by CADcaster
September 12, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks
There’s already a lot of buzz being built about SolidWorks World 2010 (SWW10), even with it being months away. To help readers keep track of the goings-on, SoildWorks website has a pipe that feeds articles from many of the SolidWorks related blogs. Not every article fed into the pipe is going to be about SolidWorks [...]
Source: SolidWorks Legion – Staying Connected to all things SWW10
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by CADcaster
September 12, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks
One comment I’ve seen about ASME suggests that it is geared towards fully detailing product definition. One trap that rookie designers and engineers will often fall into is over-specifying their parts by placing manufacturing process information on the drawing.
The new designer may do this because maybe a machine shop made the part wrong and [...]
Source: SolidWorks Legion – Drawings represent final product
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by CADcaster
September 12, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks
SolidWorks Corp has been working hard to improve the user experience. SolidWorks 2010 has examples have several innovative interface additions. The one addition that is sure to get a lot of attention is Mouse Gestures.
Mouse Gestures is a simple a menu scheme that is controlled by the RMB and a gesture (or short movement) of [...]
Source: SolidWorks Legion – SolidWorks 2010: Mouse Gestures
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by CADcaster
September 12, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks
Kindle gets nod for living up to the hype. Recent study shows that it is indeed more environmentally friendly than paper books. This, combined with its new lower price should turn some green heads and open their pocket books.
Do dogs go to heaven? Regardless to one’s beliefs, there is now a service available to [...]
Source: SolidWorks Legion – Tuesday Two: Crack, Bang, Pop!
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by CADcaster
September 11, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks
Even with the explosion of the QWERTY keyboard being plastered on to almost every type of electronic device these days, I’m going to go out on a limb here-and-now to declare that the QWERTY keyboard will be obsolete within my lifetime. This prediction is not limited to the keyboard device I’m using to type this [...]
Source: SolidWorks Legion – “Mommy, what’s a keyboard?”
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by CADcaster
September 11, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks
There are a ton of subtle improvements in SolidWorks 2010 to improve its usability. Many of these improvements might seem small now, but once one is reliant on the new functionality, it will seem like we’ve always had it this way. Attaching annotations to dimensions is now easier with expanded capability. Here’s a couple of [...]
Source: SolidWorks Legion – SolidWorks 2010 Usability: Attach Annotations to Dimensions
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by CADcaster
August 26, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks
SolidWorks has created a SolidWorks 2010 highlights website that has videos and information about SolidWorks 2010. Check it out: SolidWorksLaunch.com.
Source: SolidWorks Legion – SolidWorks 2010 Highlights website
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by CADcaster
August 26, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks
Dimension Palette is a great new function in SolidWorks 2010 that allows the user to edit most commonly accessed aspects of a dimension, right from the main drawing view pane.
Simply highlight or LMB click on a dimension. A ghost image of its Dimension Palette will appear nearby. Move your mouse cursor over the ghost. This [...]
Source: SolidWorks Legion – SolidWorks 2010: Dimension Palette and Styles
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by CADcaster
August 26, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks
There’s something different about SolidWorks 2010. It’s hard to put my finger on it. It just seems to be a little …oh I don’t know… snappier or peppier. That’s strange. I mean, there are obvious improvements in such areas as user interface, reliability and predictable feature results, but there’s something else.
Well, I lie, I know exactly [...]
Source: SolidWorks Legion – SolidWorks 2010 tune-up
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by CADcaster
August 22, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks
Source: SolidWorks Legion – SolidWorks World 2010: CSWP Event Teaser III
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