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UK-based Shaderlight will be hosting upcoming training sessions online for its popular Sketchup plugi [more...]

Project Nesting – “You’d Be Mad Not To” says Engineer An engineering subcontractor says Radan’s Project Nesting function has changed his life and completely revolutionised the way his company works. “I’d been waiting for something like this for years,” says Andrew Hemings, Managing Director of Suffolk-based Hemings Engineering, who started using the [more...]

May Tech News:This podcast covers the SolidWorks and CAD-related tech news that broke since mid-March covering the SolidWorks Blog, various tech alerts and other industry tech news. Topics covered:SolidWorks Blog:Tips: - Breaking a sheet metal loft so it shows bend lines. - Using SolidWorks Sub-Weldments - Revision Clouds in SolidWorks 2013 - Driving SolidWorks Assemblies with Curve-driven Patterns - Simplify Your Models Using the Intersect Tool - Note-Building Machine: SolidWorks vs Infinite Monkeys - Creating Section Views in SolidWorks 2013 - 5 SolidWorks Tips You May Have Never Seen BeforeNews: - Free SolidWorks Certification for Subscriptions Service Customers - Q&A: Keeping up with the U.S. DoD Requirements - Romotive turns your iPhone into a programmable robot with the help of SolidWorks - Learn More About SolidWorks Using the Built-in TutorialsTech Alerts: - May Featured Content - 2 Questions SurveySupport Monthly FAQ: - New format from SW Support - Service Pack News - Noteworthy Solutions from the SW KBIndustry News: - Google Now comes to iOS - GrabCAD Workbench Launches - Windows "Blue" officially now Windows 8.1 (will be free!) - Google I/O 2013 AnnouncementsI know this is a little late but I opted to give myself a little break, catch up on some work and wait till the Google I/O conference was over so I could add some interesting information to the Industry news area of the show.SolidWorks news seems to be a little slim. I would imagine there will be a high volume of stuff hitting the web once the beta for 2014 comes out. I am hoping to hear more news in the coming weeks about SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual, which was announced at SolidWorks World in January. As many of the announcements of years past, it has been silent, however I am anxious to see if we get a beta opportunity in conjunction with the desktop version of SolidWorks 2014.As you might imagine, I was focused on the big Google Developer conference that launched this week so I decided to push the show out till I could add some of the announcements from Google I/O since they have such a powerful impact on the future of the web. Every year Google gives a good outlook on the future of the web and all it could potientially offer us. Whether you love or hate them, the employ more PHDs than any other company so "pushing the envelope" is woven into their DNA. ~LouCheck out the SolidWorks:Heard! Blog and follow us on Google+, Twitter, Facebook and THE HEaRD!Direct Downloa [more...]

Top Unanswered CAD questionsDo you know how to set a camera path or import a DWG? There are some burning CAD questions out there that have not gotten help… yet. Each question answered with a tutorial, short or long, will help many other engineers get the job done better and faster. This is what GrabCADrs are all about so [more...]

See Answer to the tip 9255: (ACAD,ADT,Civil,Map [more...]

I took Seth Godin's recent blog post title and plugged BIM in instead. His post said "Life is Full of Holes". His perspective and observations are always welcome and happily sometimes (often) they plug right into my own life and work.In particular these lines resonated with me and what a friend once essentially asked his company during their deliberations regarding "To do Revit or not to do Revit"...Seth wrote: "I don't think the right question is, "is the path perfect?" It's probably, "Is this somewhere I'd like to go?"In the context of Revit the questions is, "Do we want to continue to work this way or that way". Do want to keep doing what we already do or see where and how we can benefit from using Revit instead?The Revit path isn't perfect, no "path" is... but do we need to keep waiting for it to be perfect, or even have that expectation? Keep in mind it never WILL be perfect...nothing is.Stop prevaricating about the bush, make a decision [more...]

Autodesk announced yesterday at Maker Faire which is essentially the center of the universe event for DIY & Makers our intent to acquire Tinkercad. Tinkercad is an easy-to-use browser-based 3D design tool and will become part of the popular Autodesk 123D family of apps and supports Autodesk’s vision to help anybody imagine, design and create anything.. The addition of Tinkercad to Autodesk will help broaden the The acquisition will also revive the Tinkercad service and community, despite a previously announced shutdown by its founders and creators. Tinkercad has been one of the favorite tools of many Makers just wanting a simple web based 3D design tool to create 3D models for 3D printing. With Autodesk as a new parent and placed into 123D Family it is not only not going away as was the case before Autodesk, but it will be improved and given much love and attention. Tinkercad Blog Post: Tinkercad has found a new home at Autodesk Go give Tinkercad a try, its super simple and a fun way to create 3D geometry for 3D printing or just for fun. http://www.tinkercad.com [more...]

Autodesk Agrees To Acquire Tinkerca [more...]