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Ricky Jordan
Senior Mechanical Design Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP)
Dynetics, Inc.
President, North Alabama SolidWorks User Group

09/06/2010 09:17 PM

SolidWorks 2011: Weld Bead – Part 1

So why would one “new” feature necessitate having a Part 1 and Part 2? Its mainly due to the many different ways the feature can be applied. SolidWorks 2011 introduces a new “Weld Bead” feature. While ... Related posts:

09/02/2010 08:14 PM

DraftSight for LINUX Screenshot

Wondering what DraftSight will look like when the Linux version is released? Well…wonder no more. Here’s a screenshot! Looks just as clean as the MAC & Windows versions. I did not hear exactly when we ... Related posts:

09/01/2010 05:00 AM

SolidWorks 2011: What’s New Highlights

DS SolidWorks Corporation today unveiled SolidWorks 2011, the latest release of the most popular 3D CAD software on the market. There are many new features to talk about, but today I’m going to hit ... Related posts:

08/31/2010 10:04 PM

First Look: Let’s Go Design Ultimate CAD Chair

Part of our activities at SolidWorks today included a tour of Jeremy Luchini’s Let’s Go Design studios. We got to see the set where all the episodes are filmed. Jeremy has some pretty awesome “props” ... Related posts:

08/31/2010 08:50 PM

Coming Soon: FREE DraftSight for MAC

At the SolidWorks Blogger Press Event today in Concord, MA, we were shown a screenshot of the upcoming DraftSight version for MAC. DraftSight for MAC will be available as a FREE download here in a ... Related posts:

08/08/2010 04:21 PM

SolidWorks to Provide Software for Boy Scouts

The Boy Scouts of America (BSA) has brought the Inventing Merit Badge out of a long retirement and SolidWorks has agreed to provide a FREE copy of the SolidWorks Student Design Kit to any scout ... No related posts.

06/22/2010 05:18 AM

DraftSight – FREE 2D For ALL

Dassault Systemes today announced the introduction of DraftSight, a 2D CAD tool that is available for download for FREE at DraftSight.com. Last week I was contacted by a PR agency and was asked if I ... Related posts:

06/20/2010 08:14 PM

SolidWorks 2011 Beta – Coming Soon!

Well, its that time of the year again folks. SolidWorks 2011 Beta appears to be just a few weeks away. No official dates have been given, but according to the SolidWorks Customer Portal site, the ... Related posts:

05/25/2010 09:16 PM

Part Numbers and Configurations

If you do a little searching around the net, there are many discussions on the subject of internal company part numbers. Many of the discussions center around the great debate of intelligent part numbers vs. ... Related posts:

05/17/2010 08:57 PM

SolidWorks 2010: Sketch Pictures in Drawings

With my schedule relaxing a bit, I’m finally back in the groove and am excited to bring some new posts to the site. This one is kind of a “reminder post” of a new feature ... Related posts:

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