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SolidWorks 2010: Mouse Gestures

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 [...]

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SolidWorks Labs

August 13, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

One of the more fascinating groups at SolidWorks Corp is SolidWorks Labs.  The R&D members in this group really have no central location from which they operate.  They are dispersed throughout the world.  They work by taking tons of input from many different sources and funnelling these into their group for development.  Technology they develop [...]

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SolidWorks headquarters

August 5, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

The visit to SolidWorks headquarters in Concord, MA has been very eventful.  This has been on busy trip.  The schedule has been full from each early morning to evening.  The SolidWorks bloggers definitely have a lot of material to work from in the up coming months.  There a lot of detail on already available information, [...]

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Methodology in making solid models (a discussion)

July 17, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

According to some of my sources (who shall remain nameless), there was a time when SolidWorks Corp thought about making a something like a best modelling practices guide for SolidWorks users.  The idea of best practices is something of which I’ve been critical.  The main reason is that every situation, environment, company and industry is different, …

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