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SolidWorks Forum: New Look & Features
The SolidWorks Discussion Forum has a new look and feel to it. The interface to me looks much cleaner now. The biggest change to me is the addition of RSS feeds to the forum. You can now get feeds from the forum (by Category) piped directly to your favorite news reader (Examples include Netvibes, iGoogle,…
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SolidWorks For Dummies: 2nd Edition
SolidWorks for Dummies, 2nd Edition was recently released by J Wiley Publishing. The 2nd Edition has been updated to include all the changes in the software up through SolidWorks 2008. The book was authored by Greg Jankowski and Richard Doyle. Richard called me up last June and asked me if I wanted to be the…
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SolidWorks 2008 Service Pack 1 is available
I just happened to check the Customer Portal today and saw that SolidWorks 2008 Service Pack 1 has just been released. Some of you out there may have been waiting to upgrade until SP1.0 is out. For those of you in that group, it’s upgrade time! I put up a post in October of last…
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A GREAT Enhancement Request
It’s not often that I post references to enhancement requests directly, but I have to make an exception with this one. Fellow Blogger Lenny Kikstra has a Blog Post describing what I think would be an excellent enhancement request for a future release of SolidWorks. In case you missed my first link, you can check…
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New Modeling Tool at SolidWorks Labs!
SolidWorks Labs has posted a free beta of a modeling tool called CB Model Pro. It is a direct manipulation freeform modeling tool. It was developed by the creators of Cosmic Blobs. I have already downloaded it and will be posting more on it soon. Check out the website to learn more about it. Stay…
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SolidWorks 2008 Podcast with Lou
A few weeks back Jeff Mirisola and I participated in a Roundtable Discussion with Lou Gallo over at the SolidWorks: Heard! Podcast site. The subject was of course SolidWorks 2008. It was a lot of fun! Lou and Jeff are both great guys and it’s always fun to talk shop with them. Click HERE for…
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SolidWorks 2008 SP0 Early Visibility
SolidWorks 2008 SP0 Early Visibility is now available for download at the Customer Portal. This of course means that First Customer Ship (FCS) is right around the corner! As Rob Rodriguez and others have pointed out, SolidWorks has a pretty cool launch page for SolidWorks 2008 that you should check out. It includes links to…
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SolidWorks and Transformers?
I don’t post links to press releases here too often, but this one really caught my eye today. Growing up in the 80’s, I was a HUGE Transformers fan. I had quite a few of the Transformers toys from Hasbro (some of which have been passed on to my son). It was a big deal…
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SolidWorks 2008 Pre-Release 2 is out
Well that was quick! SolidWorks 2008 Pre-Release 1 (PR1) came out about a week ago and Pre-Release 2 (PR2) was made available yesterday! Luckily this is just in time for me as I was going to install PR1 today! Subscription customers can get SolidWorks 2008 Pre-Release 2 from the Customer Portal. I thought I would…
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SolidWorks 2008 Pre-Release 1 is out
SolidWorks 2008 Pre-Release 1 became available for download late last week. It is available to all subscription customers at the SolidWorks Customer Portal. Stay tuned for more on SolidWorks 2008 soon!
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Help the Help!
Matt Lombard is putting together a list of suggestions to improve the SolidWorks Help functions over at his Blog. Matt has been one of the stronger voices in the SolidWorks Community that would like to see the Help improved. There have already been quite a few good items posted. Check it out and add to…
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SolidWorks 2008 Beta4 available to Subscription Customers
I haven’t seen anything official on this anywhere, but subscription customers can now download SolidWorks 2008 Beta4 from the Customer Portal. More to come soon on SolidWorks 2008!
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SolidWorks 2008 Announced!
At last the wait is over. SolidWorks Corporation today officially announced details of SolidWorks 2008 to the public. Highlights of the changes include an all new User Interface, expansion of SWIFT technology, and all new 3D Graphics. Packed with over 250 enhancements, the primary focus areas for the user in this release are: Focus on…
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Gearing up for SolidWorks 2008
As the SolidWorks 2008 Beta Contest enters its final stages, the rollout is sure to begin soon. I have had some time to Beta test this year. (Probably more than I have had in any other SolidWorks Beta program.) There are lots of exciting features in this release. Some of them I wish I had…