I had mentioned in a previous post that I was working on a motion study using a model of a pair of friction grabs. Here I have a short video of that motion study, demonstrating the use of friction when defining 3D contacts for motion analysis.   When defining 3D contacts for motion analysis in SolidWorks Motion, we have the option of acknowledging there’s friction between the components or no...

I stayed up late last night watching a long collection of sheet metal related videos. Some were tutorials on how to bend metal by hand or with simple tools, with a hammer, a leaf brake or a box and pan brake; some others dealt with the design of tools and dies. I know this doesn’t replace visiting a real shop and (hopefully) getting a try at bending a piece of metal myself, but the videos we...

OK, second part is here. This is the part that includes the discussion on lenght of release cycle, number of service packs and backwards compatibility, among other issues. I don’t know if I’ll be able to edit the rest of the material or if I’ll have to wait for a few days, until I come back from Barcelona to take care of that, but, at least, I’ll leave you with this. Enjoy!...

I finally got a first part video together. I’m still working on the rest. For some reason (probably something I did wrong) the audio doesn’t seem to be completely in sync with the video, and the image seems to stutter a bit from time to time. Oh, well, at least the sound is still clear, which is really the important part. I hope to have at least the rest of the developers round table e...