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I was recently interviewed by Entertainment Engineering<\/a><\/em>, an online magazine that covers technologies used in many types of entertainment devices and events such as movies, concerts, theme and amusement parks, electronic games, etc. \u00a0The November 2012<\/a> issue focuses on the value of individual contributors and also of teamwork in the design process. \u00a0Here’s the kicker, I’m quoted in the issue’s editorial article<\/a> along side the great Steve Wozniak<\/a>.\u00a0 Kinda cool.<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The article for which I was specifically interviewed is called Teamwork Improves Section-View Options in SolidWorks 2013<\/a>, which leads-off a series of interviews with various individuals from all over the engineering discipline. \u00a0In my interview, I talk about the new SolidWorks section view functionality (now called Section View Assist<\/a>) that has a whole new user interface that changes the way section views are created on drawings in CAD. \u00a0This includes how I originally developed the concept which was then improved and refined via teamwork within the SolidWorks organization.<\/p>\n

Section View Assist replaces the need to first create sketches before being able to create a section view. \u00a0Instead, you can\u00a0directly\u00a0place cutting line on the original view and have the section view generated automatically. \u00a0If you want to use aligned section view, you can add offsets to the cutting line directly in the Section View Assist interface (without the need to draw lines or edit sketches). \u00a0Same goes to notch and single offsets. \u00a0The new user interface saves time and steps. \u00a0The improvement is nearly exponential. \u00a0The more complex your cutting line, the quicker you can create it versus old methods using sketches.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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