Novedge Pulse™ of Matthew Lorono

As some already know, DS SolidWorks Corp recently hired me as the new Product Definition Specialist for drawings.  As such, I am no longer a neutral outsider in affairs related to SolidWorks Corp or any products created by Dassault Systemses.  I will no longer be posting  [more...]

Just over a year ago, 3DVIA was showing off something called Magnetic Lines.  In 3DVIA, Magnetic Lines are a documentation aid that allows you to quickly line up any type of objects with each other by attaching them to a common line.  Most notibly, Magnetic Lines can  [more...]

If you feel that you have a good information to share about a particular SolidWorks related topic, then perhaps it is time to consider giving a presentation at SolidWorks World 2012.  The perk for presenters is that you get a free Full Conference Pass (saves you just  [more...]

This is an editorial (my opinion).  Did you know that individual States cannot tax interstate commerce, as a general rule?  There are some very specific exceptions, and California (and other States) have been trying to exploit extremely loose interpretations of those  [more...]

Although the status bar of the SolidWorks drawing mode always displays the X and Y coordinates of the location of the mouse cursor on the drawing sheet, sometimes the visual aid of a sheet ruler may provide additional help.  SolidWorks drawing mode rules can be turned  [more...]

In previous versions of SolidWorks, when you attempted to move the Section View letter by clicked on it and dragging, very strong soft snaps would often force the location of the letter to fall into one of two set locations around the Section View cutting plane line  [more...]

The next leap year where Feburaury does not have a full moon is 25721. The current definition of the term “Blue Moon” dates back to March 1946, in which Sky and Telescope magizine mistakenly misinterpreted the definition of the term from 1937 Maine Farmers’  [more...]

The annual vote for the top ten requests enhancements for SolidWorks World 2012 is in full swing right now.   The format for this year’s Top Ten changed from previous years.  Last year, some ideas didn’t get noticed if they were submitted late in the process.   [more...]

This is the first in a series of articles that will cover *some* highlights of new functions added in SolidWorks 2012.  Just as a matter of a reminder, I am an employee of Dassault Systemes.  However, what I’m doing here is talking about improvements that interest  [more...]

The bioartifacial liver is a step in the right direction to help patients who have liver failure until a transplant liver is available. SonoPrep takes a page from Star Trek, kinda.  It’s a medication delivery system that may be used instead of injections.

Hari Padmanabhan and myself presented at the Center Massachusetts and Northern Connecticut SolidWorks Users Group (CMNC-SWUG) yesterday evening.  The meeting was very well attended.   It’s prolly the largest user group meeting I’ve seen.  However, from  [more...]

The first SolidWorks World that I attended was 2008 in San Diego, as an attendee.  My schedule was full of breakout and hands-on sessions, from which I learned a lot.  I also remember attending focus groups, the beautiful San Diego days, seeing lots of cool stuff at  [more...]

American Design Drafting Association is hosting the 53rd annual Technical & Education Training Conference on March 27-30, 2012 at the Hard Rock Hotel in Tulsa, Oklahoma.  The theme this year is “Training with Evolving Technologies”. The conference is  [more...]

Polyplus propel potentional power, providing pertinent p…oh…nevermind.  Polyplus new technology will allow for “ultra-high energy density [lithium] batteries ” to significantly increase battery charge.  This will allow cellphones and many other  [more...]

At first, I wasn’t sure where to place the Virtual Therapy.  Is this a tremendous fail or something that will change the future?  Well, so far the results speak for themselves.  95% of patients complete the virtual course, versus only 37% when with human therapists.  [more...]

If you don’t have a LinkedIn account, you might consider creating one.  LinkedIn is a great tool to connect with peers, potential employers/employees, consultants, and display your career information in an interactive manner on your own terms.  If you already  [more...]

Breakout Sessions SolidWorks World 2012 is only a month away!  It’s already shaping up to be a great convention!  The breakout sessions schedule is filled with great topics.  These are a small sample of what is on the schedule at of January 1, 2012 (schedule  [more...]

Some would say that travelling to Ontario in December is foolish.  It is wet, snowy and very cold.  Well, call me a fool.  I visited Toronto to present at the December meeting of the Ontario SolidWorks User Group.  It was cold, but not much different from Massachusetts.   [more...]

An unofficial standard has crept into the Drafting field for mechanical drawings.  In an effort to leverage drawings for functions other than defining the specifications for product, many companies are placing Quality Inspection (also known by other names such as Incoming  [more...]

I rarely used auxiliary views.  Every once in awhile, parts defy orthogonal projection.  These are when auxiliary views are useful.  In those cases, auxiliary views are generally projected from some perpendicular surface.  But once in awhile, there’s a part that  [more...]

Break views are common practice for some industries where long components do not fit well on standard sheet sizes at a useful scale.  SolidWorks has a function to break views in the Break tool in the Drawing toolbar.  However, what if there is a projected view of that  [more...]

Tuesday Two Sipuleucel-T is new treatment from Dendreon that uses the body’s own immune system to fight prostate cancer.   Each dose is personalized by consisting of the patient’s own immune cells that have been trained to seek and attack prostate cancer  [more...]

A common request from users has been to provide a quicker method to change a document’s unit of measure.  Previously, the only out-of-the-box method was through the Document Properties window, which involves a whole series of clicks and mouse movement.  In SolidWorks  [more...]

Equations is, by far, my favorite update in SolidWorks 2012.  The interface has been totally redesigned (and UI very very is important).   My favorite new function with Equations is that we now have the option to include extremely simple equations directly to driving dimensions.   [more...]

A giraffe heart weighs about 24 pounds. Plastic sheaths at each end of a shoe lace are called aglets. The world’s largest baseball bat is 120 feet long. It weighs 68,000 pounds. Pat Welsh was the voice of E.T. in the movie E.T. the Extra-terrestrial That dot  [more...]

I’m finally getting around to part 2 of my article Controlling how flag notes are attached to leaders.  Sorry for the long delay.  There’s been a lot going on IRL.  Also, for a very brief .001 second, I thought it might be funny to just do a bunch of part  [more...]

Linking a blog to Facebook isn’t as easy as linking it to Twitter.  That’s why I haven’t done it up to this point, even though there’s been a page for SolidWorks Legion on Facebook for a couple of years.  Today, I finally did it.  With the publishing  [more...]

Article by Rob Romaine, president of MRINetwork.  Republished with permission of The Chatham Group, an MRI company.  The statements expressed in this article are those of the original author and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of SolidWorks Legion or its authors.  [more...]

Here’s a video updated to Youtube by Ben Eadie that describes the various ways to make threads.  Even if you won’t use these techniques, it is very interesting.

Bertrand Sicot, new CEO of DS SolidWorks Corp is undergoing the three stages of the Certified SolidWorks Professional test.  He passed the first stage on his first try, but failed the second stage.  He had to retake that portion of the test.  If you haven’t yet  [more...]

For the past week, I was driving across the USA.  I stopped off at several cities along the way.  There were some surprizes; nothing Earth shattering, but still surprizes.  There was some minor disappoints too (mostly at Hotwire’s unpublished rates program).  [more...]