As I mention in my last post, I was encountering a series of issues and strange behavior when running some examples in Basic Motion. While I’m still waiting for what SolidWorks developers may have to say about this, I was very lucky to hear from someone that really knows his stuff when it comes to Animation and SolidWorks Motion.  Jim Boland, who does not represent SolidWorks Corp., but ha...

I’m really excited about a great new resource available to all those engineers, scientists, students, and enthusiasts out there that perhaps never got exposed to CNC machining while in their college years (like yours truly) and/or that wish to learn the basics on how to program and operate a Computer Numerical Control (CNC) milling machine.  It is a book  -actually  it’s a complete course w...

My first render ever was made in PhotoView 360. That was also the day I fell in love with rendering applications, because seeing how good that rendered image looked like made me feel that I could also be a creative (even artistic) person after all. This is big news if you are like me and grew up with a sister that could draw incredibly realistic images with her hands by the time she was nine years...

As I had mentioned in my previous post, while looking for a SolidWorks Routing Manual, I came across the website of another SolidWorks user who created his own manual and was offering it for sale. Unfortunately, right at that moment he was out of town and not taking any orders, but today I’m glad to announce to all of you who may be interested that he’s back, his site is up and he’s taking o...

It may just be that I’m running a fever as I write this, I’ve been as sick as a dog all this week, but I can’t help feeling this way.  Can I pour my heart out to a listening ear out there on this vast cyber universe?  Well, it’s like this. My own copy of the newest SolidWorks book I had been (un) patiently waiting for so long finally got here just a few days ago. It is, indeed, a great b...

I just thought I should mention the awesome treatment I received from SDC (Schroff Development Corporation) not so long ago, as an example of what I’m talking about in my previous post. Schroff Development Corporation publishes a great variety of tittles on CAD, CAM, FEA and Engineering Graphics.  They have plenty of tittles on SolidWorks and COSMOS, commonly used as textbooks in school. They a...