The first training session I attended was presented by Charles Culp, who is very well known at the SolidWorks Forums.  Charles was introducing all of us to a series of useful surfacing techniques, including how to convert a solid body into a surface body, fix some geometry, and then turn it back into a solid, the proper use of Delete Face and Delete Hole, the advantages of using Replace Face, an...

I apologize for not finding time to blog about it until now. There’s just so much going on at SolidWorks World and I didn’t want to miss any of it!  This is my short chronicle of the CSWP event this year. The event took place inside  one of the Hilton’s  ballrooms.  A band was playing loud music non-stop in the back of the room, while hundreds of CSWP’s were mingli...

The Wednesday general session is always the most exciting one of all three. New functionality added and future enhancements are announced during this session;  sometimes, new products are announced, as well. To continue with the tradition, I’m also sharing with you a series of pictures that I took during the session.  It was really lots of fun, because, as you may already imagine, SolidWor...

Hi everyone! First of all, let me apologize for not putting this post up yesterday, but  truth is these kind of events, as useful and educational as they are, have the nasty habit of leaving you completely exhausted.  There’s just so much going on and no time to stop!  If you checked my picasa, you may have noticed the pictures were already there, just no post. Sorry! Now that SolidWorks ...

After an incredibly long flight… Oh, wait; it only took about an hour to get to Anaheim from San Jose.Err, never mind… The important thing is that I’m here in Anaheim right now, already registered and ready for SolidWorks 2010. Today is a slow day for me. Unlike some of my bloggers friends, I haven’t got any meetings or special sessions going on, so I’m killing some t...

This is probably old news for those of you that keep up with the forums and the rest of the blogs, but there are others that may be reading this information for the first time (I just found out myself).  An important and potentially destructive issue has been identified that affects SolidWorks users running PhotoWorks in 64 bit systems with SolidWorks 2009 SP 5, SolidWorks 2010 SP 1 or SolidWorks...

Time sure flies! I’ve been so sad about the recent death of my dog, Jumper that I almost forgot:  once again, it’s almost time for SolidWorks World. I’ll be there this year, courtesy of DS SolidWorks, who gracefully covers the cost of my admission to the event, accommodations at a nearby hotel, and a few meals.  I already bought my airplane tickets and will be landing in Anaheim on the 31s...

Over the last few days, I’ve been following a thread on one of the LinkedIn SolidWorks groups I belong to with great interest. Some of you may be familiar with it. It’s about a new website, Cadooku.com, where SolidWorks users can upload and sell their models.  This is something new for me, you know? I had heard of similar places, but none that catered exclusively to SolidWorks users.  The si...

It seems to me like I’ve been out of touch with everything lately. I have certainly neglected this blog and haven’t even kept up with the entire buzz about SolidWorks related news, forums and blogs.  I apologize to those that have sent questions through email asking for help, and never received an answer. I wasn’t ignoring you, I was simply too busy working on a non-modeling, but SolidWorks...

Hey there! If you are wondering (and even if you are not) why this blog has been so empty as off lately, just let me tell you that everyone in my family, including me, has been sick on and off with some sort of flu or cold. I’m sick of it (no pun intended)!  So, that’s how with kids staying home sick and in between fevers and coughs, my days have been as boring and unproductive as they could ...

While checking out the 2010 Beta, I ran into this new option available for Motion Studies, when you have SolidWorks Simulation added as well. You can find it listed as Structural Simulation Analysis for Motion in the What’s New Guide.  It simply means that in SolidWorks 2010, and with Motion and Simulation added, you can perform your stress, deformation or factor of safety analysis automaticall...

Just as I promised before, here’s a bit more of what’s new in SolidWorks 2010. This time, let me tell you about some improvements that have been made to the user interface for the Simulation products. Simulation Xpress got some of the biggest changes. I must confess I hadn’t checked any of this out until after I heard about it while visiting DS SolidWorks offices in Massachusetts a few week...

A very cool product we heard about while at SolidWorks headquarters in Concord was what is called Sustainability Xpress, which will be included in every seat of SolidWorks 2010. To talk to us about it we had Jeremy Regnerus and Rich Chin, who was virtually present via remote conference. It’s easy to see that the folks at SolidWorks are really excited about the introduction of this product, perh...

While at Concord we were treated to a hands-on session where we got to try out some of the new functionality that will be available in this new release.  Most of us had already been exploring it through the Beta testing program, but this was our chance to ask questions about it and satisfy our curiosity.  This is a big release and it was impossible to cover everything in so very little time, so ...

It’s past midnight here in Lexington, Massachusetts, and I guess I should be in bed, but after the great time I had today, I really felt like blogging, even if just for a bit. I’m here as one of DS SolidWorks’ guests.  They were so kind to invite yours truly and a few other bloggers to visit their offices in Concord  for a couple of days, chat with several of the key people that work here,...