Fremont, Calif. – Feb. 16, 2010 – 3Dconnexion today announced it has become an official sponsor of the North American Eagle™ Land Speed program. Project designers will be using the 3Dconnexion SpacePilot™ PRO 3D mouse in conjunction with Lenovo ThinkStations and ThinkPads, and Dassault Systèmes CATIA V5 and Geomagic Software to design parts and assemblies [...]

I know it has been a long time since I have written a post. The new SolidWorks book has been taking up all my free time but I am hoping that I will be able to write again real soon. That does bring me to the reason for this article. I have been considering, for [...]

The SolidWorks Geek is proud to announce the Design For The Future Charity Drive for The Orangewood Children’s Foundation. Information regarding the drive can be found the the Design For the Future page on The SolidWorks Geek blog. In addition to the new page, a thermometer has been added to the main page of the [...]

Sometimes, the actual arc length is more important to specify then other dimensions. In Drawings and Sketches, you can easily specify the actual arc length. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

Often times in Sketches and Drawings, it is more important to specify the distance to the outside of an arc or circle then the center. If you enjoyed this post, make sure you subscribe to my RSS feed!

 Yesterday, a blogger that writes about another CAD package decided to write a post directed towards me personally and my fellow SolidWorks Bloggers. In Jon Banquer’s post, he refers to the SolidWorks blogging community as “Lame, Fanboy bloggers” and makes some rather unfounded accusations. I must admit, my first instinct was to write a response [...]

With the holidays behind us, all eyes have turned to SolidWorks World 2009 in Orlando. In 34 days, I will be attending my very first SolidWorks World and I am excited to be able to represent The SolidWorks Geek blog and the SolidWorks Geeks community site. In addition to be able to sit in on [...]