The Tri-Valley SolidWorks User Group Sept 10th meeting is one of those inspirational events that (upon reflection) seems bigger than perhaps any of us knew at the moment. We had a productive face to face discussion with SolidWorks developers that really seemed to humanize the often corporate SolidWorks Corp. Many topics were covered in this personable exchange. In … Continue reading “T-VSWUG Sept 10th Meeting in Review”
The next quarterly meeting for the Tri-Valley SolidWorks User Group is on Sept 10, 2008 at 6:30pm, held in the Holiday Inn Express (6275 Dublin Blvd., Dublin CA 94568). If any SolidWorks users are within any kind of driving distance at all, I recommend they attend this event! It will start out with Kenneth Barrentine’s presentation on weldments, … Continue reading “Tri-Valley SolidWorks UG Meeting – Sept 10”
The term bolt in plain English has many definitions as applied to the Engineering Principle. It can be the movable rod that slides into a socket to fasten a door. It is the portion of a lock that moves from and back to the case. It can be fastening rods, pins or screws, usually threaded … Continue reading “Is it a Bolt or a Screw? (Nut jobs welcome)”
Whether using actual drawings or relying on the model, and whether using a highly controlled documentation system or nearly completely uncontrolled, one will find revisions are necessary. It is important to use them consistently. It is important to make sure each time another person sees a drawing or model, they understand which revision is in … Continue reading “Drawing Revisions and PDMWorks (Part 1: Letter Revision Identifiers)”
Future SW Online Community With two recent surveys (1) (2) regarding the future of the online SolidWorks community as conceived by the SolidWorks Corp, it is becoming apparent that some plan is in the works for a new vision of this online community. How is that vision shaping up for far? SolidWorks’ Matthew West’s recent words seem … Continue reading “United SolidWorks of Contributors”
There was a time when online SolidWorks resources were far and few between. When I started using SolidWorks back in 1998, I found nothing. As time progressed, sporadic sites popped up and vanished. This or that VAR would occasionally put up a page with macros or examples of models. Many of these sites were never updated or … Continue reading “SolidWorks Resources Availability”
