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Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
When people hear about the FIRST® Robotics Competition, they immediately think “Battle Bots!” but FIRST® is much more than that. The FIRST® program was founded by Dean Kamen, the inventor of the Segway, in 1992. The premise: For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology. FIRST® Robotics Competition (FRC) teams usually consist of students from
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
Why should you get SOLIDWORKS Certified? Because the pursuit will make you a better SOLIDWORKS user, period. I saw SOLIDWORKS for the first time in 2006. I attended SOLIDWORKS Essentials and that was as far as I went with it. I never attended a “What’s New” session, and after I found out I could get
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
Have you ever wanted to measure between two arbitrary points on surfaces, but you don’t have geometry suitable for selection in the measure command? You may have tried to split the surfaces or even add points on the surface to measure between. Measuring point-to-point is made easy by initiating the Measure command from the command
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This is a continuation of Franco’s post on Desktop Backgrounds. If you’ve seen a film documentary, you’ve probably heard the phrase “fix it in post.” It’s a phrase that I jokingly toss around whenever something doesn’t go right in the moment. The mindset is simple: Get things as close as you can on the first pass,
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
I’ve been working this gig for two years now, and I think I’ve figured out what I like the most, and what I like the least. Seemed a little silly to me to call it the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, because this is surely the coolest job ever – so we’re going with
Published in: 3D Printing
CADimensions is rolling out our March Morning Show this Friday, 3/21. This month’s show will be hosted by Jeff Lewis and Tom DiLaura. Some topics that will be presented are how rapid prototyping can aid in design considerations, how to effectively create an STL file from SOLIDWORKS, and some insights into what’s new in the
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I have some exciting SOLIDWORKS User Group (SWUGN) news! On Tuesday, April 29, 2014, SOLIDWORKS will host a SWUGN Summit event in Albany, New York at Siena College. Why is this a big deal? I wanted to take this opportunity to let you know more about how the SWUGN is structured and why a Summit
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
CADimensions is rolling out our March Morning Show this Friday, 3/21. This month’s show will be hosted by Jeff Lewis and Tom DiLaura. Some topics that will be presented are how rapid prototyping can aid in design considerations, how to effectively create an STL file from SOLIDWORKS, and some insights into what’s new in the
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
A little while ago, SOLIDWORKS partnered up with Luxology for the PhotoView rendering engine. This is when PhotoWorks became PhotoView360. For the 2013 release, Luxology opened up some of their materials and textures to SOLIDWORKS users on subscription. You can access these through your SOLIDWORKS Customer Portal Account. Since my job has me in front of
Published in: SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD
It’s a question that comes up quite frequently. Here are three scenarios you may find yourself in, with descriptions of exactly what the capabilities are concerning the ability to measure in eDrawings. Working within eDrawings Professional Measuring within SOLIDWORKS files and eDrawings files exported from SOLIDWORKS Standard is possible. The enable measure option must be
