Ricky Jordan's Blog
Ricky
Jordan
Senior Mechanical Design
Engineer
Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP)
Dynetics, Inc.
President,
North Alabama SolidWorks User Group
10/12/2008 08:48 PM
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SolidWorks on the Military Channel! |
As I was channel surfing this morning I ran across a program on the Military Channel called Backyard to Battlefield. I came in about halfway through the episode but it IMMEDIATELY caught my attention. If you are not familiar with the show it features “outsider” defense contractors made up of small teams that are often [...]
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10/07/2008 09:10 PM
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SolidWorks 2009 & SNL |
No…I’m not talking about Saturday Night Live. They have had some pretty darned funny skits on the Presidential candidates lately though….but I digress. I’m talking about the SolidWorks Network License (SNL). If you wish to upgrade to SolidWorks 2009 in the next few weeks, you will need to download a temporary network license file to [...]
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10/06/2008 09:20 PM
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NASWUG Happenings |
We had a special guest at our North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG) meeting last week. Follow the links below to check out the write up and some images from the meeting. SolidWorks User Groups are a GREAT way to learn more about SolidWorks and network with your peers. If you aren’t currently involved in [...]
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10/06/2008 11:38 AM
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FREE 30 Day Trial of SolidWorks Premium (US only) |
If you click on the image above it will take you to a website that will allow you to sign up for a Free 30 day evaluation copy of SolidWorks Premium 2009. Unfortunately for some folks, this offer is only available to those in the United States. If anything changes with that, I’ll post it [...]
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10/05/2008 09:14 PM
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SolidWorks Video Tip: 2009 BOM Restructure |
SolidWorks 2009 has been out long enough now that most of the “major” enhancements have probably been talked about on quite a few sites across the web. Here’s an enhancement that I have noticed hasn’t gotten much press. That enhancement is the ability to restructure Bills of Materials (BOM) in Drawings.
This video tip will show [...]
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09/28/2008 11:17 PM
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SolidWorks Video Tip: 2009 Convert to Sheet Metal |
The Convert to Sheet Metal feature is a new tool available in SolidWorks 2009 that allows you to quickly create Sheet Metal parts from an existing solid model. Click on the link below to see this new tool in action.
The voice over is getting better….still some room for improvement though!
Stay tuned….more to come!
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09/21/2008 08:51 PM
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SolidWorks 2009 SP0 Released |
Well, after a week in the HOT sun of Orlando, Florida at Walt Disney World, I’m finally back and ready to get back to Blogging. There was quite a bit going on last week in the World of SolidWorks both stateside & at the SolidWorks press event in Barcelona. I’m sure you’ve read many of [...]
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09/11/2008 10:02 PM
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VACATION!!! |
It’s been a busy year and is time for an overdue VACATION!! I leave early tomorrow morning for Walt Disney World. I’ll be there for 1 complete fun filled week! More than likely you won’t see any posts out of me until I get back. I’m sure some of my fellow Blog Squad members will [...]
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09/11/2008 09:55 PM
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SolidWorks Employees participate in the Pan Massachusetts Challenge |
Being involved in the SolidWorks Community connects you with many great people doing great things. A few years back in a former life as a SolidWorks AE I met Matt Rece who was at that time working at SolidWorks in Technical Support. I’ve kept in contact with Matt through the years and get to work [...]
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09/09/2008 10:05 PM
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SolidWorks Video Tip: Flippin Tangencies |
This SolidWorks Video Tip shows off an option that is easy to miss when applying Tangent Relations between Splines and Lines. If you right click on a Tangent Relation between a line and a spline, you have the option to flip the direction of Tangency via the “Flip Relation” option. As the video will show, [...]
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