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Article Archive for February 2010

Technical Tip: SolidWorks Context Toolbars
Thursday, 25 Feb, 2010 – 8:41 | View Comments
Technical Tip: SolidWorks Context Toolbars

This blog post is the seventh in a series of technical tips about the SolidWorks User Interface. Call the series “Everything you wanted to know about —–, but were afraid to ask”. The first few …

Technical Tip: The Shortcut Bar (“S” Key)
Tuesday, 23 Feb, 2010 – 10:35 | View Comments
Technical Tip: The Shortcut Bar (“S” Key)

This blog post is the sixth in a series of technical tips about the SolidWorks User Interface. Call the series “Everything you wanted to know about —–, but were afraid to ask”. The first few …

[Edit] Special Month on SolidWorks Timesaving Tips!
Monday, 22 Feb, 2010 – 15:41 | View Comments
[Edit] Special Month on SolidWorks Timesaving Tips!

[Edit: February 25, 2010]: Some update for our readers. We will actually be having one special month on timesaving tips instead of one week, giving you more time to “digest” and try out those tips …

Technical Tip: SolidWorks Heads-Up View Toolbar
Friday, 19 Feb, 2010 – 10:28 | View Comments
Technical Tip: SolidWorks Heads-Up View Toolbar

This blog post is the fourth in a series of technical tips about the SolidWorks User Interface. Call the series “Everything you wanted to know about —–, but were afraid to ask”. The first few …

SolidWorks World 2010 General Session Videos
Friday, 19 Feb, 2010 – 9:03 | View Comments
SolidWorks World 2010 General Session Videos

If you were unable to travel to Anaheim this year to participate in SolidWorks World 2010, checkout our full videos on General Sessions. Note that we are not able to show James Cameron either the …

Microsoft Surface at SolidWorks World 2010
Thursday, 18 Feb, 2010 – 15:51 | View Comments
Microsoft Surface at SolidWorks World 2010

The Research Group from DS SolidWorks showed a number of projects at the recent SolidWorks World 2010 conference. The projects were designed to explore the capabilities of the Microsoft Surface device and provided “proof of …

SolidWorks Tip: How to Align Dimensions
Tuesday, 9 Feb, 2010 – 6:21 | View Comments
SolidWorks Tip: How to Align Dimensions

Learn how to align dimension through the “align to edge” feature
Mouse over to the top left corner to watch in full screen mode. More SolidWorks video tips? Check out our SolidWorks Learning Center.

SolidWorks World 2010 Day 3: General Session
Thursday, 4 Feb, 2010 – 9:56 | View Comments
SolidWorks World 2010 Day 3: General Session

So here’s the quick and dirty rundown on what was covered today.
* The user group network awards were awarded
* Darren Henry and his team put on a CAD Smackdown, pitting two of our best modelers …

SolidWorks World 2010 Day 2: General Session
Wednesday, 3 Feb, 2010 – 9:12 | View Comments
SolidWorks World 2010 Day 2: General Session

The big news out of general session today was (obviously) James Cameron talking to the 5000 attendees. He talked about starting out as a tool-and-die guy when he was in college, and how …

SolidWorks World 2010 Day 1: General Session
Tuesday, 2 Feb, 2010 – 10:30 | View Comments
SolidWorks World 2010 Day 1: General Session

So the first general session of SolidWorks World 2010 has ended, and wow…talk about cool. If you couldn’t be here, I’ll list a few of the highlights:

Dassault Systemes CEO Bernard Charles talking about …