SolidWorks tips and tech news podcast sponsored by Digital Dimensions, Inc. http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/pipe.info?_id=290e7b3e8fb3847128048eb3580898b3 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:56:14 +0000 http://pipes.yahoo.com/pipes/ (c) SolidWorks:Heard!, 2012solidworks,CAD,gol10drTechnology/Tech NewsTechnology/Software How-ToTechnologylou@solidworksheard.comLou GalloLou Gallonosolidworks,CAD,gol10drSolidWorks:HEARD! Is a weekly podcast covering tips, tricks, and tech news surrounding SolidWorks, CAE tools and related technology. SolidWorks:HEARD! Is a weekly podcast covering tips, tricks, and tech news surrounding SolidWorks, CAE tools and related technology. http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/IAoBxJKR8jk/solidworksheard-episode-440-enterprise-pdm-tips-and-tricks <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/5186e521e4b04fc5ce7467a5/1367794978270/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>Enterprise PDM Tips and Tricks:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers the various approaches, common implementation settings and other tidbits I have used over the past 10+ years of consulting on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.solidworks.com/sw/products/product-data-management/solidworks-enterprise-pdm.htm">SolidWorks Enterprise PDM</a>. &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p>- Best practices for implementations</p><p>- Common Data Routing Approaches</p><p>- Linking ECOs with CAD data (different workflows)</p><p>- Getting the most out of Tasks</p><p>- Optional interfaces</p><p>- Various add-ins and custom apps</p><p>Amazing to look back to 2001 when I first got my hands on Conisio, the former name of SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. &nbsp;Back in those days the product was a 3rd party, had the same Windows Explorer interface but the SW interface was nothing like the fully integrated experience of today. SolidWorks' acquisition of of Conisio in 2006 has brought the product to the next level however successful use of the product is still very tied to proper setup in the early stages.</p><p>The name "Enterprise" can come with some negative connotations in terms of implementation time and leaves many with the question, "How many months is this going to take to get working?". &nbsp;This is typically far from the case but like any tool that is highly configurable, the phased approach allows it to address the Engineering-centric issues and then be grown to bring more neighboring departments into the automation fold.</p><p>Another challenging part of implementing EPDM can be determining the scope of control since it overlaps in functionality with many other management systems (ERP/MRP/PLM) within a company. &nbsp;Today we will touch on some topics and details for common setup and configuration options in EPDM. ~Lou</p><p></p><p></p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP440.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:5186e0efe4b0b930f1cf08aa Mon, 06 May 2013 05:20:16 +0000 lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no Enterprise PDM Tips and Tricks: This podcast covers the various approaches, common implementation settings and other tidbits I have used over the past 10+ years of consulting on SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. &nbsp;Topics covered: - Best practices for implemLou Gallo Enterprise PDM Tips and Tricks: This podcast covers the various approaches, common implementation settings and other tidbits I have used over the past 10+ years of consulting on SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. &nbsp;Topics covered: - Best practices for implementations - Common Data Routing Approaches - Linking ECOs with CAD data (different workflows) - Getting the most out of Tasks - Optional interfaces - Various add-ins and custom apps Amazing to look back to 2001 when I first got my hands on Conisio, the former name of SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. &nbsp;Back in those days the product was a 3rd party, had the same Windows Explorer interface but the SW interface was nothing like the fully integrated experience of today. SolidWorks' acquisition of of Conisio in 2006 has brought the product to the next level however successful use of the product is still very tied to proper setup in the early stages. The name "Enterprise" can come with some negative connotations in terms of implementation time and leaves many with the question, "How many months is this going to take to get working?". &nbsp;This is typically far from the case but like any tool that is highly configurable, the phased approach allows it to address the Engineering-centric issues and then be grown to bring more neighboring departments into the automation fold. Another challenging part of implementing EPDM can be determining the scope of control since it overlaps in functionality with many other management systems (ERP/MRP/PLM) within a company. &nbsp;Today we will touch on some topics and details for common setup and configuration options in EPDM. ~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/5/5/solidworksheard-episode-440-enterprise-pdm-tips-and-trickshttps://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP440.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/6ZDdgsG85F8/solidworksheard-episode-439-sunglass-revision-management <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/517d9f9de4b065cfbf641ef3/1367187358147/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>Sunglass Revision Management:</strong></p><p>This podcast is a first look at the new revision management feature set that was added to the popular 3D browser-based collaboration service <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://Sunglass.io.">Sunglass.io.</a>&nbsp; Revision tracking is a key feature to using today's CAD platforms however they are typically format specific or can be challenging to get outside parties (vendors/contractors) into the collaboration environment. &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p>- An overview of the updated UI of Sunglass.io</p><p>- Understanding the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://sunglass.io/plugins.html">SoilidWorks plugin</a> and workflow</p><p>- Web viewer experience for collaborators</p><p>- Projects and Spaces in the Sunglass Dashboard</p><p>- Viewing / Comparing / Restoring Revisions</p><p>- User experience and workflow</p><p>- Overall impressions</p><p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://Sunglass.io.">Sunglass.io</a>, a San Francisco 3D web-based collaboration start-up, has been very busy iterating over the past year and much of what was in the V1 service during the initial release has been refined. &nbsp;This past week Sunglass announced a revision management layer to their 3D web viewer, co-viewing and other collaboration tools to help keep track of the various changes that occur during the design process.</p><p>PDM, product data management, tools are typically expensive, require hardware/infrastructure and implementation. &nbsp;Although the end result can be very powerful however for small. remote groups this can be too expensive and overkill. Sunglass is attempting to address this common need by taking the hosting and setup out of the equation by introducing simple "push/pull" plugins for SolidWorks, Inventor, SketchUp and Rhino. &nbsp;Pushing a revision up to Sunglass is easy, prompting for comments and syncing the changes up to the collaboration service with the push of a button.</p><p>This "Github for CAD" is starting to focus on some of the big challenges when it comes to 3D design. &nbsp;I have been testing Sunglass since their launch and although many services support version tracking (uploading a file of the same name), their approach is more streamlined to how CAD users work. &nbsp;~Lou</p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP439.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:517d9a4be4b065cfbf640aa3 Sun, 28 Apr 2013 23:53:55 +0000 lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no Sunglass Revision Management: This podcast is a first look at the new revision management feature set that was added to the popular 3D browser-based collaboration service Sunglass.io.&nbsp; Revision tracking is a key feature to using today's CAD platformLou Gallo Sunglass Revision Management: This podcast is a first look at the new revision management feature set that was added to the popular 3D browser-based collaboration service Sunglass.io.&nbsp; Revision tracking is a key feature to using today's CAD platforms however they are typically format specific or can be challenging to get outside parties (vendors/contractors) into the collaboration environment. &nbsp;Topics covered: - An overview of the updated UI of Sunglass.io - Understanding the SoilidWorks plugin and workflow - Web viewer experience for collaborators - Projects and Spaces in the Sunglass Dashboard - Viewing / Comparing / Restoring Revisions - User experience and workflow - Overall impressions Sunglass.io, a San Francisco 3D web-based collaboration start-up, has been very busy iterating over the past year and much of what was in the V1 service during the initial release has been refined. &nbsp;This past week Sunglass announced a revision management layer to their 3D web viewer, co-viewing and other collaboration tools to help keep track of the various changes that occur during the design process. PDM, product data management, tools are typically expensive, require hardware/infrastructure and implementation. &nbsp;Although the end result can be very powerful however for small. remote groups this can be too expensive and overkill. Sunglass is attempting to address this common need by taking the hosting and setup out of the equation by introducing simple "push/pull" plugins for SolidWorks, Inventor, SketchUp and Rhino. &nbsp;Pushing a revision up to Sunglass is easy, prompting for comments and syncing the changes up to the collaboration service with the push of a button. This "Github for CAD" is starting to focus on some of the big challenges when it comes to 3D design. &nbsp;I have been testing Sunglass since their launch and although many services support version tracking (uploading a file of the same name), their approach is more streamlined to how CAD users work. &nbsp;~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/4/28/solidworksheard-episode-439-sunglass-revision-managementhttps://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP439.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/gEh4wroAhpk/solidworksheard-episode-438-grabcad-workbench <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/51746f9ae4b010aac9556e7b/1366585243090/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>GrabCAD Workbench:</strong></p><p>This podcast discusses the newly launched collaboration addition to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://grabcad.com">GrabCAD</a>'s already popular 3D Model Community. &nbsp;GrabCAD has now entered the browser-based collaboration arena to join players like <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://teamplatform.com">TeamPlatform</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://sunglass.io">Sunglass.io</a>. &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://grabcad.com/workbench">What is Workbench</a>?</p><p>- Collaboration portfolio&nbsp;</p><p>- The workflow of uploading, sharing and collaborating with others</p><p>- Toolsets for collaboration</p><p>- My wish list (for let's say V2)</p><p>- Initial thoughts</p><p>This past week GrabCAD, a 3D model community, introduced a new collaboration are to their service called Workbench. &nbsp;Workbench is an attempt to give it's community more depth to this popular sharing platform by enabling it's users design collaboration tools. Prior to Workbench's launch, GrabCAD offered sharing but more inline with an open source mentality where the community could see, comment and download models from you. &nbsp;</p><p>Workbench is a collaboration area of your GrabCAD account where projects are uploaded, collaborators are invited and 3D collaboration and communication happens on your terms. &nbsp;Although in the V1 launch is asynchronous, I hope more real-time features make the coming builds and knowing GrabCAD and how quickly they iterate, it is probably not too far out. &nbsp;</p><p>It is far from the perfect collaboration tool as it sits today but it is addressing a grown need for remote teams and smaller groups to easily get their project content hosted and give them tools to make informed 3D decisions without a lot of prerequisites and software. &nbsp;This is yet another example of how the web is connecting us to be more efficient in design, communication and yes collaboration. ~Lou</p><p></p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP438.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:517466abe4b0b9b09d38e845 Mon, 22 Apr 2013 05:52:37 +0000 lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no GrabCAD Workbench: This podcast discusses the newly launched collaboration addition to GrabCAD's already popular 3D Model Community. &nbsp;GrabCAD has now entered the browser-based collaboration arena to join players like TeamPlatform and Sunglass.io. &nLou Gallo GrabCAD Workbench: This podcast discusses the newly launched collaboration addition to GrabCAD's already popular 3D Model Community. &nbsp;GrabCAD has now entered the browser-based collaboration arena to join players like TeamPlatform and Sunglass.io. &nbsp;Topics covered: - What is Workbench? - Collaboration portfolio&nbsp; - The workflow of uploading, sharing and collaborating with others - Toolsets for collaboration - My wish list (for let's say V2) - Initial thoughts This past week GrabCAD, a 3D model community, introduced a new collaboration are to their service called Workbench. &nbsp;Workbench is an attempt to give it's community more depth to this popular sharing platform by enabling it's users design collaboration tools. Prior to Workbench's launch, GrabCAD offered sharing but more inline with an open source mentality where the community could see, comment and download models from you. &nbsp; Workbench is a collaboration area of your GrabCAD account where projects are uploaded, collaborators are invited and 3D collaboration and communication happens on your terms. &nbsp;Although in the V1 launch is asynchronous, I hope more real-time features make the coming builds and knowing GrabCAD and how quickly they iterate, it is probably not too far out. &nbsp; It is far from the perfect collaboration tool as it sits today but it is addressing a grown need for remote teams and smaller groups to easily get their project content hosted and give them tools to make informed 3D decisions without a lot of prerequisites and software. &nbsp;This is yet another example of how the web is connecting us to be more efficient in design, communication and yes collaboration. ~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/4/21/solidworksheard-episode-438-grabcad-workbenchhttps://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP438.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/dFmW6JeMPIM/y3g00w2u5lr7f1ixxsx5fp1xmf8pz8 <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/516afe5ee4b0e454d7752d4a/1365966430772/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>April Tech News:</strong></p><p>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. &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p><strong><em>SolidWorks Blog:</em></strong><br><em>Tips:<br></em> &nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/03/allowing-solidworks-to-perform.html">Allowing SolidWorks to Perfiorm</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/03/editing-your-legacy-electrical-data-with-solidworks-electrical.html">Editing Legacy Electrical Data with SolidWorks Electrical</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/03/forget-the-cavity-search-intersect-instead.html">Forget the Cavity search--user the Intersect command for filled volume (SW2013)</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/04/solidworks-simulation-time-saver-sub-modeling.html">SolidWorks Simulation Time Saver: Sub-Modeling</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/04/stripping-a-coatedplated-part-in-solidworks.html">Stripping a Coated/Plated Part in SolidWorks</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/04/new-in-solidworks-2013-change-your-life-with-search-options.html">New in SW2013: Change Your Life with Search Options</a> (on of my fav)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/04/the-magic-8-ball.html">The Magic 8-ball in SolidWorks</a></p><p><em>News:</em><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/03/new-on-born-to-design-design-that-matters-uses-solidworks-to-help-save-newborns-with-jaundice.html">Design That Matters uses SolidWorks to help save newborns with jaundice</a> (Born to Design)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/03/got-22-minutes.html">SolidWorks 22 min Webinar Series reminder...</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/03/how-do-i-learn-how-to-use-solidworks.html">How to Learn SolidWorks (tutorials)</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/04/setting-the-record-straight-on-the-future-of-solidworks-mechanical-cad.html">Setting the record straight on the future of SolidWorks Mechanical CAD</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/04/introducing-mysolidworks.html">Introducing My.SolidWorks</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/04/replicating-history-teversham-engineerings-project-to-rebuild-the-first-computer.html">Replicating History: Teversham Engineering's Project to Rebuild the First Computer using SolidWorks.</a></p><p><em><strong>Tech Alerts:</strong></em><br>- SolidWorks 2013 SP3 is available for download (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://files.solidworks.com/Supportfiles/Release_Notes/2013/English/relnotes.htm">release notes</a>)</p><p><em><strong>Support Monthly FAQ:<br></strong></em>- Top Questions and Issues<br>- New Knowledge Base Articles</p><p><strong><em>Industry News:<br></em></strong>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromebook-pixel/">Google Pixel</a> first thoughts (besides expensive)<br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://googledevelopers.blogspot.com/2013/03/build-collaborative-apps-with-google.html">Google announces a Realtime API for Drive</a> (more collaborative tools to come!)<br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://winsupersite.com/windows-8/windows-blue-leaks">Microsoft's next revision to Windows 8 (codename: Blue) leaks</a><br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://cadinsider.typepad.com/my_weblog/2013/02/blake-courter-founder-leaves-spaceclaim.html">Blake Couter, Founder, Leaves SpaceClaim</a> for <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://grabcad.com">GrabCAD</a><br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.tenlinks.com/news/PR/solidworks/040813_fielder_hiss.htm">Fielder Hiss leaves his post at SolidWorks</a> (VP of Product Marketing and Management)</p><p></p><p></p><p>The tech news this month was hard to choose what exactly to cover since there was more than usual. &nbsp;On the SolidWorks front, the news has a few eye openers and some reflection and even worry when it comes to the future of the SolidWorks product direction.</p><p>This past week Fielder Hiss, a long time friend of mine and the VP of Product Marketing and Management stepped down to after 14 years with the DS SolidWorks. &nbsp;It took many by surprise but raised concerns on exactly what was behind the decision. &nbsp;Fielder had reportedly said his decision was NOT due to any broad organizational changes but more around a need for change after spending 1/3 his life with the same company. &nbsp;He is taking a similar role with in a non-CAD industry (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.enernoc.com/">EnerNOC</a>).</p><p>The other news was from a "Getting the facts straight" post on the SolidWorks Blog by CEO, Bertrand Sicot about the future of SolidWorks Mechanical CAD. &nbsp;SolidWorks is finding itself in these situations due to unclear statements in public arenas like SolidWorks World or the shear lack of updated information to the general public after such announcements. (i.e. closed beta on SW Mechanical Conceptual). &nbsp;Users and analysts like updates and the lack of updates causes wild speculation which then requires actions like this. ~Lou</p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP437.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:516afdd7e4b0f1cbdef149d7 Mon, 15 Apr 2013 05:59:20 +0000 Tech News lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no April 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. &nbsp;Topics covered: SolidWorks Blog: Tips: &nbsp; - Allowing SolidWLou Gallo April 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. &nbsp;Topics covered: SolidWorks Blog: Tips: &nbsp; - Allowing SolidWorks to Perfiorm &nbsp; &nbsp;- Editing Legacy Electrical Data with SolidWorks Electrical &nbsp; &nbsp;- Forget the Cavity search--user the Intersect command for filled volume (SW2013) &nbsp; &nbsp;- SolidWorks Simulation Time Saver: Sub-Modeling &nbsp; &nbsp;- Stripping a Coated/Plated Part in SolidWorks &nbsp; &nbsp;- New in SW2013: Change Your Life with Search Options (on of my fav) &nbsp; &nbsp;- The Magic 8-ball in SolidWorks News: &nbsp; &nbsp;- Design That Matters uses SolidWorks to help save newborns with jaundice (Born to Design) &nbsp; &nbsp;- SolidWorks 22 min Webinar Series reminder... &nbsp; &nbsp;- How to Learn SolidWorks (tutorials) &nbsp; &nbsp;- Setting the record straight on the future of SolidWorks Mechanical CAD &nbsp; &nbsp;- Introducing My.SolidWorks &nbsp; &nbsp;- Replicating History: Teversham Engineering's Project to Rebuild the First Computer using SolidWorks. Tech Alerts: - SolidWorks 2013 SP3 is available for download (release notes) Support Monthly FAQ: - Top Questions and Issues - New Knowledge Base Articles Industry News: - Google Pixel first thoughts (besides expensive) - Google announces a Realtime API for Drive (more collaborative tools to come!) - Microsoft's next revision to Windows 8 (codename: Blue) leaks - Blake Couter, Founder, Leaves SpaceClaim for GrabCAD - Fielder Hiss leaves his post at SolidWorks (VP of Product Marketing and Management) The tech news this month was hard to choose what exactly to cover since there was more than usual. &nbsp;On the SolidWorks front, the news has a few eye openers and some reflection and even worry when it comes to the future of the SolidWorks product direction. This past week Fielder Hiss, a long time friend of mine and the VP of Product Marketing and Management stepped down to after 14 years with the DS SolidWorks. &nbsp;It took many by surprise but raised concerns on exactly what was behind the decision. &nbsp;Fielder had reportedly said his decision was NOT due to any broad organizational changes but more around a need for change after spending 1/3 his life with the same company. &nbsp;He is taking a similar role with in a non-CAD industry (EnerNOC). The other news was from a "Getting the facts straight" post on the SolidWorks Blog by CEO, Bertrand Sicot about the future of SolidWorks Mechanical CAD. &nbsp;SolidWorks is finding itself in these situations due to unclear statements in public arenas like SolidWorks World or the shear lack of updated information to the general public after such announcements. (i.e. closed beta on SW Mechanical Conceptual). &nbsp;Users and analysts like updates and the lack of updates causes wild speculation which then requires actions like this. ~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/4/14/y3g00w2u5lr7f1ixxsx5fp1xmf8pz8https://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP437.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/BDtiOfhNsWE/solidworksheard-episode-436-kenesto-community <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/5160732ee4b0715db61cd08b/1365275439646/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>Kenesto Community:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers the free <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://kenesto.com">Kenesto</a> Community, a cloud service that brings business process workflow and social interactivity into one hosted community. &nbsp;Kenesto came on the radar a couple years ago at SWW 2012 but was still under beta at the time. &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p>- What does Kenesto Community do?</p><p>- What are the costs of the business plans and what do they offer?</p><p>- The feature list and how it blends workflow with social.</p><p>- Use cases and highlights</p><p>- Overall impressions</p><p>I had heard about Kenesto in the early months before SolidWorks World 2012 in San Diego, CA and that Mike Payne, long time CAD pioneer, was taking the PLM and business process automation (BPA) to the cloud. &nbsp;The early promises were to take the&nbsp;infrastructure load off of customers and centralize this automation in the cloud.&nbsp;</p><p>I first saw the product at their booth in the SolidWorks World Partner Pavillion where I got a demo and a more concise description of their goals and product roadmap. &nbsp;Since then the product fell off my radar since the launch was not quick and it appeared that the beta was going to take some time. &nbsp;However, earlier this year there was a shift when <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://raykurland.com/2012/09/18/steve-bodnar-leaves-autodesk-for-kenesto/">Kenesto brought on Steve Bodnar from Autodesk</a> to head up products and marketing.</p><p>This year (2013) they are now expanding upon&nbsp;their&nbsp;hosted workflow and integrating a social layer and "Freemium" model to get users familiar with the service. &nbsp;Kenesto offers collaboration and&nbsp;discussion&nbsp;around tasks, documents, workflows, links, forms and a number of other aspects important to project/process management.</p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP436.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:51606e3ee4b0f29c9261be5f Sun, 07 Apr 2013 07:01:00 +0000 lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no Kenesto Community: This podcast covers the free Kenesto Community, a cloud service that brings business process workflow and social interactivity into one hosted community. &nbsp;Kenesto came on the radar a couple years ago at SWW 2012 but was still undeLou Gallo Kenesto Community: This podcast covers the free Kenesto Community, a cloud service that brings business process workflow and social interactivity into one hosted community. &nbsp;Kenesto came on the radar a couple years ago at SWW 2012 but was still under beta at the time. &nbsp;Topics covered: - What does Kenesto Community do? - What are the costs of the business plans and what do they offer? - The feature list and how it blends workflow with social. - Use cases and highlights - Overall impressions I had heard about Kenesto in the early months before SolidWorks World 2012 in San Diego, CA and that Mike Payne, long time CAD pioneer, was taking the PLM and business process automation (BPA) to the cloud. &nbsp;The early promises were to take the&nbsp;infrastructure load off of customers and centralize this automation in the cloud.&nbsp; I first saw the product at their booth in the SolidWorks World Partner Pavillion where I got a demo and a more concise description of their goals and product roadmap. &nbsp;Since then the product fell off my radar since the launch was not quick and it appeared that the beta was going to take some time. &nbsp;However, earlier this year there was a shift when Kenesto brought on Steve Bodnar from Autodesk to head up products and marketing. This year (2013) they are now expanding upon&nbsp;their&nbsp;hosted workflow and integrating a social layer and "Freemium" model to get users familiar with the service. &nbsp;Kenesto offers collaboration and&nbsp;discussion&nbsp;around tasks, documents, workflows, links, forms and a number of other aspects important to project/process management. Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/4/6/solidworksheard-episode-436-kenesto-communityhttps://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP436.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/nLcTZttdBC8/solidworksheard-episode-435-engineering-via-the-web <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/51513c69e4b0e340ec54a5d2/1364278377825/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>Engineering Via The Web:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers various tools that I have used or am paying attention to as the next frontier to engineering product management. &nbsp;Online storage, web-based collaboration tools, project management, notes and tasks are just a few categories of tools I use daily. &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p><em>Online 3D Collaboration:<br></em>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://teamplatform.com">Teamplatform</a><br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://sunglass.io">Sunglass&nbsp;</a></p><p><em>Notes and Tasks:</em><br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://evernote.com">Evernote</a> / <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://Simplenote.com">SimpleNote</a> / <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote/">OneNote</a><br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://trello.com/">Trello</a>&nbsp;(lists, simple project management)<br><em>- </em><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://mail.google.com/mail/help/tasks/">Google Tasks</a> (iOS, Android, Web)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/ae/app/gtasks-hd-google-tasks-go/id428249408?mt=8">gTasks</a> (My pic on iOS)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.teamtasks.tasks.paid&amp;hl=en">Tasks</a> (My pic on Android)<br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://drive.google.com/keep">Google Keep</a> (new, simple)</p><p><em>Productivity Suites:<br></em>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://apps.google.com">Google Apps</a> (Docs, Sheets, Presentations...more)<br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/">Microsoft Office 365</a></p><p><em>Project Management:<br></em>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://podio.com">Podio</a> (By Citrix, the GoToMeeting folks)<br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://basecamp.com">Basecamp</a> (By <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://37signals.com">37 signals</a>)<br>- Teamplatform (new Gantt chart functions)<br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gantter.com/">Gantter</a> (for Google Drive)<br></p><p><em>Storage and Sharing:<br></em>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dropbox.com">Dropbox</a><br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://drive.google.com">Google Drive</a><br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://skydrive.com">Microsoft SkyDrive</a><br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://box.net">Box.net</a><br><br></p><p></p><p>About once a quarter I like to do a web tools discovery show to shed some light on updates and new players on the market of 3D online collaboration and project management. &nbsp;Since web-based tools are hosted and live, the tend to evolve on a much shorter update schedule and constantly rolling out new features and functionality. &nbsp;Ship and&nbsp;iterate&nbsp;it the motto so if you don't pay attention, you'll miss the updates!&nbsp;</p><p>As an avid Google <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://google.com/chromebook">Chromebook </a>user for the past 4 years, I am moving much of my tool sets to the web for centralization and backup of my must-have apps. &nbsp;Web-based has become my number 1 criteria for almost anything since I use so many devices and am never in the same place so the confinement to a single, desktop installed app is restrictive.</p><p>The goal of this show is to rattle out a number of online solutions, some of which I use daily, and bring some awareness of this collaborative movement with tools that are deployed in the browser. &nbsp;As someone who does video, audio and code development in addition to run all the SolidWorks suite of tools, a traditional PC and OS are probably going to be in my workflow for some time to come but the rest I do on the Web! &nbsp;~Lou</p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP435.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:5151383ae4b0b73e8236b0e6 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 06:22:38 +0000 lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no Engineering Via The Web: This podcast covers various tools that I have used or am paying attention to as the next frontier to engineering product management. &nbsp;Online storage, web-based collaboration tools, project management, notes and tasks are jusLou Gallo Engineering Via The Web: This podcast covers various tools that I have used or am paying attention to as the next frontier to engineering product management. &nbsp;Online storage, web-based collaboration tools, project management, notes and tasks are just a few categories of tools I use daily. &nbsp;Topics covered: Online 3D Collaboration: - Teamplatform - Sunglass&nbsp; Notes and Tasks: - Evernote / SimpleNote / OneNote - Trello&nbsp;(lists, simple project management) - Google Tasks (iOS, Android, Web) &nbsp; &nbsp;- gTasks (My pic on iOS) &nbsp; &nbsp;- Tasks (My pic on Android) - Google Keep (new, simple) Productivity Suites: - Google Apps (Docs, Sheets, Presentations...more) - Microsoft Office 365 Project Management: - Podio (By Citrix, the GoToMeeting folks) - Basecamp (By 37 signals) - Teamplatform (new Gantt chart functions) - Gantter (for Google Drive) Storage and Sharing: - Dropbox - Google Drive - Microsoft SkyDrive - Box.net About once a quarter I like to do a web tools discovery show to shed some light on updates and new players on the market of 3D online collaboration and project management. &nbsp;Since web-based tools are hosted and live, the tend to evolve on a much shorter update schedule and constantly rolling out new features and functionality. &nbsp;Ship and&nbsp;iterate&nbsp;it the motto so if you don't pay attention, you'll miss the updates!&nbsp; As an avid Google Chromebook user for the past 4 years, I am moving much of my tool sets to the web for centralization and backup of my must-have apps. &nbsp;Web-based has become my number 1 criteria for almost anything since I use so many devices and am never in the same place so the confinement to a single, desktop installed app is restrictive. The goal of this show is to rattle out a number of online solutions, some of which I use daily, and bring some awareness of this collaborative movement with tools that are deployed in the browser. &nbsp;As someone who does video, audio and code development in addition to run all the SolidWorks suite of tools, a traditional PC and OS are probably going to be in my workflow for some time to come but the rest I do on the Web! &nbsp;~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/3/25/solidworksheard-episode-435-engineering-via-the-webhttps://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP435.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/1s-z1yIp9dU/solidworksheard-episode-434-march-tech-news <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/5146a5cde4b008c6b37884ef/1363584462262/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>March Tech News:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers the SolidWorks and CAD-related tech news that broke since mid-February covering the SolidWorks Blog, various tech alterts and other industry tech news. &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p><strong><em>SolidWorks Blog:</em></strong><br>- <em>Tips</em><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/02/most-users-run-the-solidworks-copy-settings-wizard-after-they-have-initially-set-up-the-solidworks-i.html">Revisitng You SolidWorks Copy Settings</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/02/solidworks-dismissed-warning-and-error-messages.html">SolidWorks Dismissed Warnings and Error Messages</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/02/new-bounding-box-in-solidworks-2013-not-just-for-weldments-.html">New "Bounding Box" in SolidWorks 2013 (it's not just for weldments!)</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/02/interpreting-intersect-tool-in-solidworks-2013.html">Using the Intersect tool in SolidWorks 2013</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/03/snapshots-of-photoview-360-viewpoint.html">Snapshots of PhotoView 360: Viewpoint</a> (Part 5 of series)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/03/convert-that-old-legacy-data-to-solidworks.html">It's Easy to Convert that old Legacy Data to SolidWorks</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/03/reduce-reuse-recycle-your-sketches.html">Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Your Sketches</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/03/remote-vs-distributed-mass-in-solidworks-simulation.html">Remote vs. Distributes Mass in SolidWorks Simulation</a><br>- <em>News</em><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/02/donn-mckinneys-uss-missouri-propelling-forward-with-edrawings.html">Donn McKinney's U.S.S. Missouri (in eDrawings)</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/03/solidworks-world-2013-technical-presentations-are-now-available-on-our-proceedings-website.html">SolidWorks World 2013 Technical Presentations are now available for download</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/03/designing-a-standing-desk-with-solidworks.html">Designing a Standing Desk in SolidWorks</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/03/how-design-has-changed-the-way-we-drink.html">How Design Has Changed The Way We Drink</a> (St. Patty's Day)</p><p><strong><em>Tech Alterts:</em></strong><br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://forum.solidworks.com/community/solidworks/parts_and_features/blog/2012/03/01/featured-content--great-content-for-all?fromrss=1">March Featured Content</a></p><p><strong><em>Support Monthly FAQ:</em></strong><br>- No SMFAQ this month...</p><p></p><p><strong><em>Industry News:</em></strong><br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/devices/chromebook-pixel/">Google Released the Pixel Chromebook</a> ($1300 bones..)<br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mycadbox.com">CADFaster lauches MyCadBox beta</a> (cloud based collaboration on Azure)<br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dropbox.com">Dropbox launches version 2.0</a> Desktop sync tool<br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://googlereader.blogspot.com/2013/03/powering-down-google-reader.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogspot%2FdtKx+%28Official+Google+Reader+Blog%29">Google to Kill Reader July 1</a></p><p>This has been a busy month in tech but pretty slow month with respect to SolidWorks. &nbsp;The SolidWorks blog was stocked full of great tips from the AE community but there were no tech alerts or support monthly FAQ.</p><p>There was, however, a number of technology updates across the web, devices and other services in and around many of the technologies I personally use. &nbsp;Google launched a high end, Macbook Pro quality, Chromebook but came with quite a price tag of over $1300 USD (plus tax).&nbsp;</p><p>Google Reader, a tool that I use daily, reading over 270K articles across the web since 2006, was announced last week that it was going to be shutting down July 1. &nbsp;Google has been doing a lot of "Spring cleaning" since Larry Page took the helm. &nbsp;~Lou</p><p></p><p></p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP434.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:5146347ae4b0657c0f09d33b Mon, 18 Mar 2013 05:07:33 +0000 Tech News lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no March Tech News: This podcast covers the SolidWorks and CAD-related tech news that broke since mid-February covering the SolidWorks Blog, various tech alterts and other industry tech news. &nbsp;Topics covered: SolidWorks Blog: - Tips &nbsp; &nbsp;- ReviLou Gallo March Tech News: This podcast covers the SolidWorks and CAD-related tech news that broke since mid-February covering the SolidWorks Blog, various tech alterts and other industry tech news. &nbsp;Topics covered: SolidWorks Blog: - Tips &nbsp; &nbsp;- Revisitng You SolidWorks Copy Settings &nbsp; &nbsp;- SolidWorks Dismissed Warnings and Error Messages &nbsp; &nbsp;- New "Bounding Box" in SolidWorks 2013 (it's not just for weldments!) &nbsp; &nbsp;- Using the Intersect tool in SolidWorks 2013 &nbsp; &nbsp;- Snapshots of PhotoView 360: Viewpoint (Part 5 of series) &nbsp; &nbsp;- It's Easy to Convert that old Legacy Data to SolidWorks &nbsp; &nbsp;- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Your Sketches &nbsp; &nbsp;- Remote vs. Distributes Mass in SolidWorks Simulation - News &nbsp; &nbsp;- Donn McKinney's U.S.S. Missouri (in eDrawings) &nbsp; &nbsp;- SolidWorks World 2013 Technical Presentations are now available for download &nbsp; &nbsp;- Designing a Standing Desk in SolidWorks &nbsp; &nbsp;- How Design Has Changed The Way We Drink (St. Patty's Day) Tech Alterts: - March Featured Content Support Monthly FAQ: - No SMFAQ this month... Industry News: - Google Released the Pixel Chromebook ($1300 bones..) - CADFaster lauches MyCadBox beta (cloud based collaboration on Azure) - Dropbox launches version 2.0 Desktop sync tool - Google to Kill Reader July 1 This has been a busy month in tech but pretty slow month with respect to SolidWorks. &nbsp;The SolidWorks blog was stocked full of great tips from the AE community but there were no tech alerts or support monthly FAQ. There was, however, a number of technology updates across the web, devices and other services in and around many of the technologies I personally use. &nbsp;Google launched a high end, Macbook Pro quality, Chromebook but came with quite a price tag of over $1300 USD (plus tax).&nbsp; Google Reader, a tool that I use daily, reading over 270K articles across the web since 2006, was announced last week that it was going to be shutting down July 1. &nbsp;Google has been doing a lot of "Spring cleaning" since Larry Page took the helm. &nbsp;~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/3/17/solidworksheard-episode-434-march-tech-newshttps://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP434.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/A2czem5Ij0M/solidworksheard-episode-433-mycadbox <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/513bc2f0e4b0009a8de76794/1362871025282/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>MyCadBox:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers a new product from the folks over at <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.cadfaster.com/">CadFaster </a>called <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://mycadbox.com">MyCadbox</a>. &nbsp;This is a new online CAD collaboration service that is works across the desktop and the iPad. &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p>- What is MyCadbox really?</p><p>- Details on the "Freemium" model</p><p>- Collaboration tool on the desktop and iPad</p><p>- Co-Viewing Experience</p><p>- Overall impressions</p><p>- Enhancement ideas</p><p>Two years ago I ttalked to Tuomas Holma, the VP of Marketing at CadFaster and we discussed a product that had come our right before SolidWorks World that year called CadFaster Collaborate for SolidWorks. &nbsp;Since then the company has focused more on BIM (Building Information Modeling) and was not as focused on the MCAD industry.</p><p>A few weeks ago, MyCadbox launched a a pseudo the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://dropbox.com">Dropbox</a> for CAD, which I first read on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.deelip.com/?p=8578">Deelip's blog</a>, and since I have spend a fair amount of time in the Dropbox API and a long time user of the service, I was intrigued. &nbsp;I have spend a few hours of testing with the service and now believe is it nothing like Dropbox (Deelip's words) but that there is more focus on sharing the experience than the files themselves.</p><p>With services like <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://gotomeeting.com">GoToMeeting</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://join.me">Join.Me</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.deelip.com/?p=8578">Google Hangouts</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://skype.com">Skype</a>, collaboration services coming into this space need to focus on the vertical markets like CAD and have to add tool-sets that break the collaboration habits we currently rely on in our design lives. &nbsp;I am unsure at this point if MyCadbox will dislodge my collaboration habits yet. ~Lou</p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP433.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:513bb7e5e4b0b5df0ebdc9ef Sun, 10 Mar 2013 22:33:32 +0000 lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no MyCadBox: This podcast covers a new product from the folks over at CadFaster called MyCadbox. &nbsp;This is a new online CAD collaboration service that is works across the desktop and the iPad. &nbsp;Topics covered: - What is MyCadbox really? - Details oLou Gallo MyCadBox: This podcast covers a new product from the folks over at CadFaster called MyCadbox. &nbsp;This is a new online CAD collaboration service that is works across the desktop and the iPad. &nbsp;Topics covered: - What is MyCadbox really? - Details on the "Freemium" model - Collaboration tool on the desktop and iPad - Co-Viewing Experience - Overall impressions - Enhancement ideas Two years ago I ttalked to Tuomas Holma, the VP of Marketing at CadFaster and we discussed a product that had come our right before SolidWorks World that year called CadFaster Collaborate for SolidWorks. &nbsp;Since then the company has focused more on BIM (Building Information Modeling) and was not as focused on the MCAD industry. A few weeks ago, MyCadbox launched a a pseudo the Dropbox for CAD, which I first read on Deelip's blog, and since I have spend a fair amount of time in the Dropbox API and a long time user of the service, I was intrigued. &nbsp;I have spend a few hours of testing with the service and now believe is it nothing like Dropbox (Deelip's words) but that there is more focus on sharing the experience than the files themselves. With services like GoToMeeting, Join.Me, Google Hangouts and Skype, collaboration services coming into this space need to focus on the vertical markets like CAD and have to add tool-sets that break the collaboration habits we currently rely on in our design lives. &nbsp;I am unsure at this point if MyCadbox will dislodge my collaboration habits yet. ~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/3/9/solidworksheard-episode-433-mycadboxhttps://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP433.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/R3Qp7XCHuTo/solidworksheard-episode-432-augmenting-reality-with-edrawings <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/5133e558e4b021358bcd0a65/1362355545144/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>Augmenting Reality with eDrawings:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers the new feature added to eDrawings for iOS that came out a few weeks ago. &nbsp;Now that I have had time to play with it, &nbsp;I wanted to give me thoughts on it. &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p>- Understanding AR<br>- Getting to know the AR tools<br>- Best practices for AR marker (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidsmack.com/cad-design-news/solidworks-updates-edrawings-app-to-feature-augmented-reality-model-presentation/">great SolidSmack writeup</a>)<br>- Applications for AR&nbsp;<br>- Other AR Apps (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/gb/app/augment-3d-augmented-reality/id506463171?mt=8">Augment 3D</a>)<br>- Thoughts and enhancement ideas</p><p>A few weeks ago, eDrawings for iOS was updated to include a new augmented reality feature that was debuted at SolidWorks World 2013 in January. &nbsp;Although the first launch of this came with an unfortunate bug that rendered AR broken, SolidWorks caught the issue and was able to get it fixed in a week.</p><p>I talked briefly about this new feature in the last tech news show but I wanted to dive in a bit more and talk about how I have used it, trials I have gone through and a few interesting finds along the way. &nbsp;It is a fun little tool that can be used to get a "feel" of how something might work in the physical world, however I am still trying to find the ideal use for this new feature.</p><p>There are a few examples of AR in the Apple App Store and I have looked at these and a few others just to get an ideal of various implementations. &nbsp;The 3DVIA Mobile app tried to do a pseudo AR feature but again the practicality of it was a stretch. &nbsp;More interesting was watching the rest of our techs trying to augment models in all types of scenarios around the office once this tool shipped! ~Lou</p><p></p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP432.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:5133e40be4b027b1c053d9f9 Tue, 05 Mar 2013 06:28:16 +0000 eDrawings lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no Augmenting Reality with eDrawings: This podcast covers the new feature added to eDrawings for iOS that came out a few weeks ago. &nbsp;Now that I have had time to play with it, &nbsp;I wanted to give me thoughts on it. &nbsp;Topics covered: - UnderstandiLou Gallo Augmenting Reality with eDrawings: This podcast covers the new feature added to eDrawings for iOS that came out a few weeks ago. &nbsp;Now that I have had time to play with it, &nbsp;I wanted to give me thoughts on it. &nbsp;Topics covered: - Understanding AR - Getting to know the AR tools - Best practices for AR marker (great SolidSmack writeup) - Applications for AR&nbsp; - Other AR Apps (Augment 3D) - Thoughts and enhancement ideas A few weeks ago, eDrawings for iOS was updated to include a new augmented reality feature that was debuted at SolidWorks World 2013 in January. &nbsp;Although the first launch of this came with an unfortunate bug that rendered AR broken, SolidWorks caught the issue and was able to get it fixed in a week. I talked briefly about this new feature in the last tech news show but I wanted to dive in a bit more and talk about how I have used it, trials I have gone through and a few interesting finds along the way. &nbsp;It is a fun little tool that can be used to get a "feel" of how something might work in the physical world, however I am still trying to find the ideal use for this new feature. There are a few examples of AR in the Apple App Store and I have looked at these and a few others just to get an ideal of various implementations. &nbsp;The 3DVIA Mobile app tried to do a pseudo AR feature but again the practicality of it was a stretch. &nbsp;More interesting was watching the rest of our techs trying to augment models in all types of scenarios around the office once this tool shipped! ~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/3/3/solidworksheard-episode-432-augmenting-reality-with-edrawingshttps://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP432.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/ib8Z5b-Kvz4/solidworksheard-episode-431-mysolidworks <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/512a54a9e4b0df88da729aa6/1361728681720/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>My.SolidWorks:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers the new content&nbsp;aggregator that was announced at SolidWorks World 2013 that gives users a one-stop view of the top content sources offered by SolidWorks. &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://my.solidworks.com">My.SolidWorks</a> landing page (not logged in)</p><p>- What CustomerPortal users will see logged i</p><p>- How to navigate and filte</p><p>- Bookmarking and sharin</p><p>- Supported browsers and devices (workarounds)</p><p>- Features coming soon for search</p><p>- Overall Impression</p><p>Last year Dassault had announced that it had&nbsp;acquired&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.netvibes.com/en">NetVibes</a>, a news&nbsp;aggregator, dashboarding site that allows you to organize and read content around the web. &nbsp;Since that aquisition, DS has added a few "premium" features and is charging for this service. &nbsp;I personally am an avid <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://reader.google.com">Google Reader</a> user and enjoy the simplicity and power over the dashboard approach.</p><p>DS also&nbsp;acquired <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.exalead.com/search/">Exalead</a>, a search company and together these two technologies appear to be engines behind the My.SolidWorks service. &nbsp;SolidWorks' goal seems to make a content hub for it's users to consume content from a variety of services like their <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://forum.solidworks.com/community/general">Forum blog</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com">SolidWorks Blog</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/teacher">SolidWorks Teacher Blog</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworks">Twitter stream</a>, and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/solidworks">YouTube channel</a>.&nbsp;</p><p>I believe this is only the first step to SolidWorks pulling more content and possibly delivering it inside of it's products. &nbsp;It might be why they started to bring in more content from the AE network of blogs in order to populate this interface with more useful tips and tricks for users. &nbsp;It will be interesting to see it this sticks around or if it will be another online service users ignore. ~Lou</p><p></p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP431.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:512a53ede4b03f854eeb9dc8 Sun, 24 Feb 2013 18:42:29 +0000 Web Resources lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no My.SolidWorks: This podcast covers the new content&nbsp;aggregator that was announced at SolidWorks World 2013 that gives users a one-stop view of the top content sources offered by SolidWorks. &nbsp;Topics covered: - My.SolidWorks landing page (not loggLou Gallo My.SolidWorks: This podcast covers the new content&nbsp;aggregator that was announced at SolidWorks World 2013 that gives users a one-stop view of the top content sources offered by SolidWorks. &nbsp;Topics covered: - My.SolidWorks landing page (not logged in) - What CustomerPortal users will see logged i - How to navigate and filte - Bookmarking and sharin - Supported browsers and devices (workarounds) - Features coming soon for search - Overall Impression Last year Dassault had announced that it had&nbsp;acquired&nbsp;NetVibes, a news&nbsp;aggregator, dashboarding site that allows you to organize and read content around the web. &nbsp;Since that aquisition, DS has added a few "premium" features and is charging for this service. &nbsp;I personally am an avid Google Reader user and enjoy the simplicity and power over the dashboard approach. DS also&nbsp;acquired Exalead, a search company and together these two technologies appear to be engines behind the My.SolidWorks service. &nbsp;SolidWorks' goal seems to make a content hub for it's users to consume content from a variety of services like their Forum blog, SolidWorks Blog, SolidWorks Teacher Blog, Twitter stream, and YouTube channel.&nbsp; I believe this is only the first step to SolidWorks pulling more content and possibly delivering it inside of it's products. &nbsp;It might be why they started to bring in more content from the AE network of blogs in order to populate this interface with more useful tips and tricks for users. &nbsp;It will be interesting to see it this sticks around or if it will be another online service users ignore. ~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/2/24/solidworksheard-episode-431-mysolidworkshttps://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP431.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/v8GFBYLygbo/solidworksheard-episode-430-february-tech-news <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/5121bf8ce4b0cbd2cf29a5eb/1361166220944/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>February Tech News:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers the SolidWorks and CAD-related tech news that broke since mid-January covering the SolidWorks Blog, various tech alerts and other industry tech news. &nbsp;Topics covered:<strong></strong></p><p><em></em><em><strong>SolidWorks Blog:</strong></em><br>- Tips<br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/solidworks-hole-callouts-for-hole-wizard-holes-on-cylindrical-faces.html">SolidWorks Hole Callouts for Hole Wizard Holes on Cylindrical Faces</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/get-started-with-solidworks-simulation.html">Get Started with SolidWorks Simulation</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/why-does-my-epdm-calculated-bom-change.html">Why Does M y EPDM Calculated BOM Change?</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/02/snapshots-of-photoview-360-lighting.html">Snapshots of PhotoView 360: Lighting</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/02/snapshots-of-photoview-360-lighting.html">SolidWorks Simulation Tech Tip: Initial Temperatures</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/02/rendering-liquids-in-photoview-360.html">Rendering Liquids in PhotoView 360</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/02/solidworks-composer-easy-way-to-rotate-actors.html">SolidWorks Composer: An Easy Way to Rotate Actors</a><br>- SWW News<br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/solidworks-world-2013-the-ceos-perspective-.html">SolidWorks World 2013: The CEO's Perspective</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/introducing-my-solidworks-a-new-way-to-experience-the-solidworks-community.html">Overview on My.SolidWorks</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/introducing-solid.html">Overview on SW Mechanical Conceptual</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/solidworks-world-2013-complete-day-1-general-session-video.html">SWW13 Day 1 General Session Video</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/solidworks-world-2013-complete-day-2-general-session-video.html">SWW13 Day 2 General Session Video</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/the-solidworks-world-2013-top-10-list.html">The SolidWorks World 2013 Top 10 List</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/solidworks-world-2013-day-3-general-session-video.html">SWW13 Day 3 General Session Video</a><br>- News<br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/15-years-of-solidworks-certification.html">Celebrating 15 years of SolidWorks certification</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/easily-manage-and-edit-your-2d-data-with-enterprise-pdm-and-draftsight.html">Manage 2D Data in EPDM and DraftSight</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/02/cswa-cswp-cswp-advanced-modules-and-cswe-are-all-important-certifications-thatdemonstrate-a-persons-skill-level-with-solid.html">Display your CSWP on LinkedIn</a><br>&nbsp; - <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/02/and-the-award-goes-to-solidworks.html">SolidWorks wins the 2013 Engineers' Choice Awards</a></p><p></p><p><em><strong>Tech Alerts:</strong></em><br>- SolidWorks 2013 SP2 is available for download<br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://forum.solidworks.com/community/solidworks/parts_and_features/blog/2012/03/01/featured-content--great-content-for-all?fromrss=1">Featured content updated for February</a><br>- SolidWorks EPDM 2013 SP2 available for download<br>- Model Mania 2013 files available for download</p><p></p><p><em><strong>Support Monthly FAQ:</strong></em><br>-Top Questions and Issues<br>- New Knowledge Base articles</p><p><em><strong>Industry News:</strong></em><br>- Sunglass.io gets notable updates<br>- eDrawings for iOS Augmented Reality</p><p>Typically the weeks following SWW tend to be dry, although littered with opinions and summaries of the news out of the conference. &nbsp;This month has a few nice highlights and as well as some updates to the 2013 product line.</p><p>What seems to be more unbelievable is that in just 4 months we should be getting ready for yet another beta season even though SolidWorks 2013 still feel pretty new. &nbsp;SolidWorks also rebranded 3DVIA Composer to SolidWorks Composer which seems to make sense and maybe that will come with more integration as well.</p><p>There was one thing that was mentioned at SolidWorks World, product wise that did make it in the hands of the masses and that is eDrawings augmented reality feature that was shown on the main stage. &nbsp;I have had some time to test it out and will talk about that as well. &nbsp;~Lou</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/gol10dr/SWH-EP430.mp3"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP430.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:5121576fe4b0b5151b72a94d Mon, 18 Feb 2013 05:55:09 +0000 Tech News lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no February Tech News: This podcast covers the SolidWorks and CAD-related tech news that broke since mid-January covering the SolidWorks Blog, various tech alerts and other industry tech news. &nbsp;Topics covered: SolidWorks Blog: - Tips &nbsp; - SolidWorkLou Gallo February Tech News: This podcast covers the SolidWorks and CAD-related tech news that broke since mid-January covering the SolidWorks Blog, various tech alerts and other industry tech news. &nbsp;Topics covered: SolidWorks Blog: - Tips &nbsp; - SolidWorks Hole Callouts for Hole Wizard Holes on Cylindrical Faces &nbsp; - Get Started with SolidWorks Simulation &nbsp; - Why Does M y EPDM Calculated BOM Change? &nbsp; - Snapshots of PhotoView 360: Lighting &nbsp; - SolidWorks Simulation Tech Tip: Initial Temperatures &nbsp; - Rendering Liquids in PhotoView 360 &nbsp; - SolidWorks Composer: An Easy Way to Rotate Actors - SWW News &nbsp; - SolidWorks World 2013: The CEO's Perspective &nbsp; - Overview on My.SolidWorks &nbsp; - Overview on SW Mechanical Conceptual &nbsp; - SWW13 Day 1 General Session Video &nbsp; - SWW13 Day 2 General Session Video &nbsp; - The SolidWorks World 2013 Top 10 List &nbsp; - SWW13 Day 3 General Session Video - News &nbsp; - Celebrating 15 years of SolidWorks certification &nbsp; - Manage 2D Data in EPDM and DraftSight &nbsp; - Display your CSWP on LinkedIn &nbsp; - SolidWorks wins the 2013 Engineers' Choice Awards Tech Alerts: - SolidWorks 2013 SP2 is available for download - Featured content updated for February - SolidWorks EPDM 2013 SP2 available for download - Model Mania 2013 files available for download Support Monthly FAQ: -Top Questions and Issues - New Knowledge Base articles Industry News: - Sunglass.io gets notable updates - eDrawings for iOS Augmented Reality Typically the weeks following SWW tend to be dry, although littered with opinions and summaries of the news out of the conference. &nbsp;This month has a few nice highlights and as well as some updates to the 2013 product line. What seems to be more unbelievable is that in just 4 months we should be getting ready for yet another beta season even though SolidWorks 2013 still feel pretty new. &nbsp;SolidWorks also rebranded 3DVIA Composer to SolidWorks Composer which seems to make sense and maybe that will come with more integration as well. There was one thing that was mentioned at SolidWorks World, product wise that did make it in the hands of the masses and that is eDrawings augmented reality feature that was shown on the main stage. &nbsp;I have had some time to test it out and will talk about that as well. &nbsp;~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/2/17/solidworksheard-episode-430-february-tech-newshttps://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP430.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/CzeEE5vE1P0/solidworksheard-episode-429-woodworking-with-solidworks-revisited <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/5118093ee4b0cd4cc7190624/1360529727550/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>Woodworking With SolidWorks Revisited:</strong></p><p>This podcast is a quick update and replay of episode 266 from March 21, 2010 when I covered how to use SolidWorks as a woodworking tool. &nbsp;The show covered how to automate aspects of woodworking from trim and molding to complex joining techniques. &nbsp;</p><p>Original Show notes:</p><blockquote><p>- Using Weldments for trim (base, crown, casing, shoe, etc.)</p><p>- How to&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://help.solidworks.com/2010/English/solidworks/sldworks/weldments/weldments_-_file_location_for_custom_profiles.htm">create a profile library for Weldments</a></p><p>- Building Library Features for joints (lap, tongue &amp; groove, mortise &amp; tenon, pockets, rabbets, etc.)</p><p>- Creating Smart Components for inserts, biscuits, dowels, hardware, etc..</p><p>- Common pitfalls</p><p>- Using&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.driveworks.co.uk/">DriveWorks</a>&nbsp;for design variation</p><p>Back in the Midwest, my family's business is carpentry and I grew up building homes and doing finish work for many summers. &nbsp;I also have used SolidWorks for years to do all types of building and woodworking projects of my own and found it to be very powerful. &nbsp;SolidWorks has some great tools for building the woodworker's library to assist in complex joint operations, standard millwork libraries, and find assembly problems.</p><p>For years I have built tools using the Library Features (even in the old days of the Feature&nbsp;Palette) that would add a dado or cut a biscuit joint but there was still much to be done. &nbsp;In the past 5 years, SolidWorks has added Weldments and Smart Components which can automate&nbsp;cultists&nbsp;and the insertion of hardware with fasteners and drilled holes in&nbsp;adjacent&nbsp;components. &nbsp;</p><p>Even though much of this is not "out of the box" and requires users to build that library up from scratch, the payoff is huge for those that want the power of CAD behind their designs. &nbsp;Once a baseline is set, I have found design automation (DriveWorks) to be a more reliable way of varying a design to avoid in-context references and multiple rebuilds to get changes to propagate.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p></blockquote><p>This past week, Digital Dimensions moved our offices across town and with packed, moving and getting all our systems setup I just ran out of time to prep a show and record. &nbsp;So I apologize for missing my first show in the 7+ years of podcasting. &nbsp;</p><p>In prep for this week I had started digging into the new update to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/edrawings/id520231936?mt=8">eDrawings for iOS</a>&nbsp;but there was a glitch that was discovered with the camera in the new Augmented Reality (AR) feature.</p><p></p><center><blockquote><p>@<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/gol10dr">gol10dr</a> @<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/megahertz604">megahertz604</a> Sorry about that everyone :-( We discovered the camera glitch when eDw hit AppStore. Fix in AppStore by Fri 15-Feb</p>— Rick Chin (@RickWChin) <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/RickWChin/status/300343390778818561">February 9, 2013</a></blockquote> </center><p>So as a favor to Rick, I decided to push the show till next week so I can get some hands on time before talking about it on the show. &nbsp;So since the show must go on, I started looking back through the catalog and looking for a topic that had not had airtime in a while. &nbsp;I really enjoyed the show on Woodworking so I hope it finds you well. &nbsp;~Lou</p><p></p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP429.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:511804f0e4b0cd4cc718f2ec Sun, 10 Feb 2013 20:55:13 +0000 WoodWorking lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no Woodworking With SolidWorks Revisited: This podcast is a quick update and replay of episode 266 from March 21, 2010 when I covered how to use SolidWorks as a woodworking tool. &nbsp;The show covered how to automate aspects of woodworking from trim and moLou Gallo Woodworking With SolidWorks Revisited: This podcast is a quick update and replay of episode 266 from March 21, 2010 when I covered how to use SolidWorks as a woodworking tool. &nbsp;The show covered how to automate aspects of woodworking from trim and molding to complex joining techniques. &nbsp; Original Show notes: - Using Weldments for trim (base, crown, casing, shoe, etc.) - How to&nbsp;create a profile library for Weldments - Building Library Features for joints (lap, tongue &amp; groove, mortise &amp; tenon, pockets, rabbets, etc.) - Creating Smart Components for inserts, biscuits, dowels, hardware, etc.. - Common pitfalls - Using&nbsp;DriveWorks&nbsp;for design variation Back in the Midwest, my family's business is carpentry and I grew up building homes and doing finish work for many summers. &nbsp;I also have used SolidWorks for years to do all types of building and woodworking projects of my own and found it to be very powerful. &nbsp;SolidWorks has some great tools for building the woodworker's library to assist in complex joint operations, standard millwork libraries, and find assembly problems. For years I have built tools using the Library Features (even in the old days of the Feature&nbsp;Palette) that would add a dado or cut a biscuit joint but there was still much to be done. &nbsp;In the past 5 years, SolidWorks has added Weldments and Smart Components which can automate&nbsp;cultists&nbsp;and the insertion of hardware with fasteners and drilled holes in&nbsp;adjacent&nbsp;components. &nbsp; Even though much of this is not "out of the box" and requires users to build that library up from scratch, the payoff is huge for those that want the power of CAD behind their designs. &nbsp;Once a baseline is set, I have found design automation (DriveWorks) to be a more reliable way of varying a design to avoid in-context references and multiple rebuilds to get changes to propagate. This past week, Digital Dimensions moved our offices across town and with packed, moving and getting all our systems setup I just ran out of time to prep a show and record. &nbsp;So I apologize for missing my first show in the 7+ years of podcasting. &nbsp; In prep for this week I had started digging into the new update to eDrawings for iOS&nbsp;but there was a glitch that was discovered with the camera in the new Augmented Reality (AR) feature. @gol10dr @megahertz604 Sorry about that everyone :-( We discovered the camera glitch when eDw hit AppStore. Fix in AppStore by Fri 15-Feb— Rick Chin (@RickWChin) February 9, 2013 So as a favor to Rick, I decided to push the show till next week so I can get some hands on time before talking about it on the show. &nbsp;So since the show must go on, I started looking back through the catalog and looking for a topic that had not had airtime in a while. &nbsp;I really enjoyed the show on Woodworking so I hope it finds you well. &nbsp;~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/2/10/solidworksheard-episode-429-woodworking-with-solidworks-revisitedhttps://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP429.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/0rif4nKa5lo/solidworksheard-episode-428-sww13-in-review <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/5104568fe4b016b6f9336d8c/1359238800202/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>SWW In Review:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers the highlights of this year's SolidWorks World Conference held in Orlando this past week. &nbsp;After the general sessions, breakouts, partner booths and events, I am exhausted! &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p>- General Sessions</p><p>- Announcements and Speakers</p><p>- Breaksouts and Venue</p><p>- Partners and Events</p><p>- Overall vibe and closing thoughts</p><p>This year's SolidWorks World was the 4th I have been to in Orlando and my 12th overall and I am sorry to say it might have been my least favorite. &nbsp;Not because it was uneventful or that the breakouts were not good...quite the opposite actually. &nbsp;The user community brought their game, along with the resellers and SolidWorks corporate, making breakout sessions some of the best I have seen.</p><p>The&nbsp;disappointment,&nbsp;for me personally, was in the speakers. &nbsp;Since 2002, my first SWW, they have always had the best speakers from <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leonard_Nimoy">Leonard Nimoy</a>&nbsp;(Spok) to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Wozniak">Steve Wozniak</a>,&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard Branson to James Cameron and one of my favorite, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Lovell">Jim Lovell</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_Kranz">Gene Krantz</a> (amazing). &nbsp;These inspired us all, giving us insight into the greats in engineering and technology.</p><p>Despite the lack of major headliners, they did bring in some amazing research professors, the engineering team behind <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;ved=0CDYQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.felixbaumgartner.com%2F&amp;ei=lV0EUfybMePz2QWN_4HoDA&amp;usg=AFQjCNGNUGbHRTd-Ptwn3t0SjSiiV4jQfg&amp;sig2=WzzfWA70snLKGi0nrioR7A&amp;bvm=bv.41524429,d.b2I">Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking free fall</a> and the engineering team at Festo that made a <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=1&amp;cad=rja&amp;ved=0CDYQFjAA&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.felixbaumgartner.com%2F&amp;ei=lV0EUfybMePz2QWN_4HoDA&amp;usg=AFQjCNGNUGbHRTd-Ptwn3t0SjSiiV4jQfg&amp;sig2=WzzfWA70snLKGi0nrioR7A&amp;bvm=bv.41524429,d.b2I">mechanical bird fly around the auditorium</a>. So uneventful? &nbsp;No! &nbsp;just less amazing than previous years past. ~Lou</p><p></p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP428.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:510454aae4b0f426332b90d1 Sun, 27 Jan 2013 17:58:07 +0000 SolidWorks World lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no SWW In Review: This podcast covers the highlights of this year's SolidWorks World Conference held in Orlando this past week. &nbsp;After the general sessions, breakouts, partner booths and events, I am exhausted! &nbsp;Topics covered: - General Sessions Lou Gallo SWW In Review: This podcast covers the highlights of this year's SolidWorks World Conference held in Orlando this past week. &nbsp;After the general sessions, breakouts, partner booths and events, I am exhausted! &nbsp;Topics covered: - General Sessions - Announcements and Speakers - Breaksouts and Venue - Partners and Events - Overall vibe and closing thoughts This year's SolidWorks World was the 4th I have been to in Orlando and my 12th overall and I am sorry to say it might have been my least favorite. &nbsp;Not because it was uneventful or that the breakouts were not good...quite the opposite actually. &nbsp;The user community brought their game, along with the resellers and SolidWorks corporate, making breakout sessions some of the best I have seen. The&nbsp;disappointment,&nbsp;for me personally, was in the speakers. &nbsp;Since 2002, my first SWW, they have always had the best speakers from Leonard Nimoy&nbsp;(Spok) to Steve Wozniak,&nbsp;&nbsp;Richard Branson to James Cameron and one of my favorite, Jim Lovell and Gene Krantz (amazing). &nbsp;These inspired us all, giving us insight into the greats in engineering and technology. Despite the lack of major headliners, they did bring in some amazing research professors, the engineering team behind Felix Baumgartner's record-breaking free fall and the engineering team at Festo that made a mechanical bird fly around the auditorium. So uneventful? &nbsp;No! &nbsp;just less amazing than previous years past. ~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/1/26/solidworksheard-episode-428-sww13-in-reviewhttps://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP428.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/xe2NTHZ0vOQ/solidworksheard-episode-427-solidworks-mechanical-electrical-first-look <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/50fd90f6e4b0dcfb3cb6eb93/1358794998981/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual First Look:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers the first look at the first new product announced at SolidWorks World 2013 in Orlando, Florida. &nbsp;Topics covered:<br></p><p>- The launch of SW Mechanical Conceptual</p><p>- Product focus and capabilities</p><p>- Simulation options</p><p>- Communication options</p><p>- Workflow used with SolidWorks on the desktop&nbsp;</p><p>- What "always connected" means</p><p>- Availability and thoughts</p><p>Well today was the day we have been waiting for since SolidWorks World 2010 in Anaheim, CA. &nbsp;Fielder Hiss took the stage and announced a new 3DExperience platform (no really that is the name of the platform) that is "always connected and will bring conceptual design and collaboration to the SolidWorks offering.</p><p>Unlike the last announcement, this product looks similar, like most of the DS products do, in the UI but had a much larger list of functions focused on both history and direct modeling techniques. &nbsp;The feature list included function like sketching, dynamic movement, simulation, version control, chat, communities, and the list went on.</p><p>I wanted to simply talk about what we know and what was shown since we have no more answers than we did the last time. &nbsp;There are dates but those can be pushed however I think due to the scope of the list of features, this product might have merit once users can get in and start modeling. ~Lou</p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP427.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:50fd90cae4b01072fd31ecd2 Mon, 21 Jan 2013 19:01:13 +0000 lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual First Look: This podcast covers the first look at the first new product announced at SolidWorks World 2013 in Orlando, Florida. &nbsp;Topics covered: - The launch of SW Mechanical Conceptual - Product focus and capabilitiLou Gallo SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual First Look: This podcast covers the first look at the first new product announced at SolidWorks World 2013 in Orlando, Florida. &nbsp;Topics covered: - The launch of SW Mechanical Conceptual - Product focus and capabilities - Simulation options - Communication options - Workflow used with SolidWorks on the desktop&nbsp; - What "always connected" means - Availability and thoughts Well today was the day we have been waiting for since SolidWorks World 2010 in Anaheim, CA. &nbsp;Fielder Hiss took the stage and announced a new 3DExperience platform (no really that is the name of the platform) that is "always connected and will bring conceptual design and collaboration to the SolidWorks offering. Unlike the last announcement, this product looks similar, like most of the DS products do, in the UI but had a much larger list of functions focused on both history and direct modeling techniques. &nbsp;The feature list included function like sketching, dynamic movement, simulation, version control, chat, communities, and the list went on. I wanted to simply talk about what we know and what was shown since we have no more answers than we did the last time. &nbsp;There are dates but those can be pushed however I think due to the scope of the list of features, this product might have merit once users can get in and start modeling. ~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/1/21/solidworksheard-episode-427-solidworks-mechanical-electrical-first-lookhttps://lou-gallo.squarespace.com/s/SWH-EP427.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/SnhqDKu1ZQM/solidworksheard-episode-426-january-tech-news <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/50f4e9e5e4b07b02ee539e8f/1358227942356/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>January Tech News:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers the SolidWorks and CAD-related tech news that broke since mid-December covering the SolidWorks Blog, various tech alerts and other industry tech news. Topics covered:</p><p><strong><em>SolidWorks Blog:</em></strong><br>- <em>Tips<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;</em>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2012/12/creating-drawings-for-solidworks-multi-body-parts.html">Creating Drawings for SolidWorks Multi-body Parts</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2012/12/dimension-tangent-to-an-arc-or-circle.html">Dimension Tangent to an Arc or Circle</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2012/12/solidworks-simulation-2013-two-of-my-favorite-additions.html">SW Simulation 2013 - Two of My Favorite Additions</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2012/12/how-to-overline-text-on-a-solidworks-drawing.html">How to overline text on a SolidWorks drawing</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/snapshots-of-photoview-360-appearances.html">Snapshots of PhotoView 360: Appearances</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/whats-in-the-black-box-lets-discuss-how-to-represent-certain-objects-in-a-solidworks-electrical-schematic-as.html">SolidWorks Electrical: What's in the Black Box?</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/how-to-add-a-custom-hole-size-to-the-hole-wizard-database-in-solidworks.html">How to Add a Custom Hole Size to the Hole Wizard Database in SolidWorks</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2013/01/epdm-using-the-report-generator.html">SolidWorks Enterprise PDM - Using the Report Generator</a></p><p></p><p>- <em>Partner Profiles:<br></em>&nbsp; &nbsp;- Delcam (CADCAM)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- Capvidia (3D data translataion, validation, visualization and CFD)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- Luxion (Rendering... KeyShot)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- C&amp;G Systems (CADCAM)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- NVIDIA (graphics cards)</p><p><strong><em>Tech Alerts:</em></strong><br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/916794/Installing-SolidWorks-for-the-First-Time?fromrss=1">NEW Installation and Deployment Survey</a><br>- SolidWorks 2013 SP2 Early Visibility available for download<br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://forum.solidworks.com/community/solidworks/parts_and_features/blog/2012/03/01/featured-content--great-content-for-all?fromrss=1">The Featured Content Blog for January is now available<em></em></a></p><p><em><strong>Support Monthly FAQ:<br><span>-&nbsp;</span></strong></em>Top Questions and Issues<br>- New Knowledge Base articles<em></em></p><p><em>I<strong>ndustry News:<br>- </strong></em>CES is a bust<br></p><p></p><p>The week before SolidWorks World Conference is here and typically the news is quiet due to the news that will be streaming out in the next week. &nbsp;This month, however, seems to be littered with a ton of tips, a new service pack on the horizon and even a Support FAQ!<br></p><p>With CES finishing up last week, and for the most part a bust for innovation, I am looking forward to seeing old friends and wondering if I will be amazed this year at SW World. &nbsp;It has been a while since SolidWorks World showed the magic it had just a few years back &nbsp;Don't get me wrong, i still enjoy the event and the community aspect but the revealing on the mainstage has not been at the level is was in years before.</p><p>SolidWorks events crew always goes big so I know there will be no&nbsp;disappointment&nbsp;there. &nbsp;We all hope to see and get a launch date of V6, if it will ship, maybe Live Buildings and how about an Android version of eDrawings? &nbsp;Maybe? &nbsp;I will hold my breath... ~Lou</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP426.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:50f4e0ffe4b02681d3531366 Tue, 15 Jan 2013 05:39:04 +0000 Tech News lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no January Tech News: This podcast covers the SolidWorks and CAD-related tech news that broke since mid-December covering the SolidWorks Blog, various tech alerts and other industry tech news. Topics covered: SolidWorks Blog: - Tips &nbsp; &nbsp;- Creating Lou Gallo January Tech News: This podcast covers the SolidWorks and CAD-related tech news that broke since mid-December covering the SolidWorks Blog, various tech alerts and other industry tech news. Topics covered: SolidWorks Blog: - Tips &nbsp; &nbsp;- Creating Drawings for SolidWorks Multi-body Parts &nbsp; &nbsp;- Dimension Tangent to an Arc or Circle &nbsp; &nbsp;- SW Simulation 2013 - Two of My Favorite Additions &nbsp; &nbsp;- How to overline text on a SolidWorks drawing &nbsp; &nbsp;- Snapshots of PhotoView 360: Appearances &nbsp; &nbsp;- SolidWorks Electrical: What's in the Black Box? &nbsp; &nbsp;- How to Add a Custom Hole Size to the Hole Wizard Database in SolidWorks &nbsp; &nbsp;- SolidWorks Enterprise PDM - Using the Report Generator - Partner Profiles: &nbsp; &nbsp;- Delcam (CADCAM) &nbsp; &nbsp;- Capvidia (3D data translataion, validation, visualization and CFD) &nbsp; &nbsp;- Luxion (Rendering... KeyShot) &nbsp; &nbsp;- C&amp;G Systems (CADCAM) &nbsp; &nbsp;- NVIDIA (graphics cards) Tech Alerts: - NEW Installation and Deployment Survey - SolidWorks 2013 SP2 Early Visibility available for download - The Featured Content Blog for January is now available Support Monthly FAQ: -&nbsp;Top Questions and Issues - New Knowledge Base articles Industry News: - CES is a bust The week before SolidWorks World Conference is here and typically the news is quiet due to the news that will be streaming out in the next week. &nbsp;This month, however, seems to be littered with a ton of tips, a new service pack on the horizon and even a Support FAQ! With CES finishing up last week, and for the most part a bust for innovation, I am looking forward to seeing old friends and wondering if I will be amazed this year at SW World. &nbsp;It has been a while since SolidWorks World showed the magic it had just a few years back &nbsp;Don't get me wrong, i still enjoy the event and the community aspect but the revealing on the mainstage has not been at the level is was in years before. SolidWorks events crew always goes big so I know there will be no&nbsp;disappointment&nbsp;there. &nbsp;We all hope to see and get a launch date of V6, if it will ship, maybe Live Buildings and how about an Android version of eDrawings? &nbsp;Maybe? &nbsp;I will hold my breath... ~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/1/14/solidworksheard-episode-426-january-tech-newshttp://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/516089e4e4b080e51173ae03/1365281252073/SWH-EP426.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/VCrYhKYhByY/solidworksheard-episode-425-sww13-coverage <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/50ea5879e4b0955e4601c91c/1357535354399/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>SWW13 Coverage:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers the various places you will be able to get the sights, sounds and news that breaks at this year's SolidWorks World conference in Orlando, Florida. &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p>- SolidWorks: HEARD! coverage options</p><p>- Other blogs covering the event</p><p>- Following on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworks">Twitter</a> (<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://twitter.com/search?q=sww13&amp;src=typd">#sww13</a>)</p><p>- Photo stream on <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://flickr.com/solidworks">Flickr</a> (group: sww13)</p><p>- Video posted to SolidWorks' <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://youtube.com/solidworks">YouTube Channel</a></p><p>- A quick peek at the <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://forum.solidworks.com/community/general/solidworks_world_2013_and_the_top_ten_list?view=blog">top 10 list</a></p><p>Well SolidWorks World conference is just about 2 weeks away and this will be the 8th year that I have covered the event live in some way and personally my 12th time at this event. &nbsp;I have been very fortunate to have been able to attend this show, thanks to DDi, but I have also an interesting perspective since much has changed with the conference in the past dozen years.</p><p></p><p>There is somewhat of a trend since about 2007 that there is a few new products announced over the general sessions. &nbsp;This usually yields a few details of the next release of SolidWorks on Monday and a more comprehensive reveal on Wednesday. &nbsp;They also tend to have fantastic speakers and special guests so it will be interesting who will grace the stage at this year's event.</p><p>I also will be trying to get a tip stream out as well as coverage of various breakouts the event has to offer. &nbsp;If you are unable to attend this event, I would like you to head over to the user&nbsp;agenda&nbsp;and look up breakouts you would like cover and let me know which ones to cover. &nbsp;I am only one, but I will do my best to get the most requested session out to you. &nbsp;~Lou</p><p>Remember to check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/">SolidWorks: Heard! Blog</a>&nbsp;and to follow me on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard">Facebook</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr">THE HEaRD!</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/s/SWH-EP425.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:50ea5349e4b07dba600ab745 Mon, 07 Jan 2013 05:41:57 +0000 SolidWorks World lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no SWW13 Coverage: This podcast covers the various places you will be able to get the sights, sounds and news that breaks at this year's SolidWorks World conference in Orlando, Florida. &nbsp;Topics covered: - SolidWorks: HEARD! coverage options - Other bloLou Gallo SWW13 Coverage: This podcast covers the various places you will be able to get the sights, sounds and news that breaks at this year's SolidWorks World conference in Orlando, Florida. &nbsp;Topics covered: - SolidWorks: HEARD! coverage options - Other blogs covering the event - Following on Twitter (#sww13) - Photo stream on Flickr (group: sww13) - Video posted to SolidWorks' YouTube Channel - A quick peek at the top 10 list Well SolidWorks World conference is just about 2 weeks away and this will be the 8th year that I have covered the event live in some way and personally my 12th time at this event. &nbsp;I have been very fortunate to have been able to attend this show, thanks to DDi, but I have also an interesting perspective since much has changed with the conference in the past dozen years. There is somewhat of a trend since about 2007 that there is a few new products announced over the general sessions. &nbsp;This usually yields a few details of the next release of SolidWorks on Monday and a more comprehensive reveal on Wednesday. &nbsp;They also tend to have fantastic speakers and special guests so it will be interesting who will grace the stage at this year's event. I also will be trying to get a tip stream out as well as coverage of various breakouts the event has to offer. &nbsp;If you are unable to attend this event, I would like you to head over to the user&nbsp;agenda&nbsp;and look up breakouts you would like cover and let me know which ones to cover. &nbsp;I am only one, but I will do my best to get the most requested session out to you. &nbsp;~Lou Remember to check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks: Heard! Blog&nbsp;and to follow me on&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2013/1/6/solidworksheard-episode-425-sww13-coveragehttp://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/51607a8fe4b0715db61ce2ce/1365277327408/SWH-EP425.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/E2tTdbd--b4/solidworksheard-episode-424-2012-year-in-review <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/50e0a288e4b0a05702af2fc6/1356898952489/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>2012 Year in Review:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers a summary of 2012 and the specific SolidWorks' most memorable moments from the rise and fall of n!Fuze to eDrawings on the iPhone and everything in between. &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p><em>SolidWorks 2012&nbsp;Highlights:</em></p><p>- SolidWorks hints at SolidWorks V6 in early 2013 (@ sww13)<br>- SolidWorks early testing on Windows 8 (March 2012)<br>- Introduction of SolidWorks Plastics (Simpoe agreement in April 2012)<br>- 3DVIA Composer V6R2013 ships (May 2012)<br>- eDrawings for iPad (May 2012)<br>- SolidWorks Electrical hits the scene (August 2012)<br>- Unveiling SolidWorks 2013 product line (September 2012)<br>- Debut of eDrawings Pro for iPad (September 2012)<br>- SolidWorks launches 2013 products with Windows 8 Support on day 1 (September)<br>- SolidWorks 2013 SP0 Ships (October 2012)<br>- eDarwings Pro support for iPhone (November 2012)<br>- SolidWorks 2012 SP5 (giving backwards interoperability to 2013 (November 2012)<br>- 3DVIA Composer V6R2013x ships (December 2012)</p><p><em>Technology Highlights:</em></p><p>- Apple ships <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.apple.com/ipad/">retina iPad and iPad mini</a><br>- Google ships <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.google.com/nexus/">Nexus 7 and 10</a><br>- Windows 8 goes live<br>- Amazon launches <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.amazon.com/dp/B007HCCNJU">Kindle Fire HD</a><br>- Microsoft launches Surface RT (Arm based tablet)<br>- The rise of webGL 3D tools emerge with <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://sunglass.io">Sunglass</a>, <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://grabcad.com">GrabCAD</a> and <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://teamplatform.com">TeamPlatform</a></p><p>From a technology standpoint, 2012 has been an amazing year! &nbsp;Consumer electronics were brought to a new level, not only in technology but in adoption. &nbsp;Tablets have hit the scene in a huge way, brining larger screen mobile devices to a significant portion of the population. &nbsp;This is changing the way many of us compute on a daily basis.</p><p>As far as the CAD scene, the emergence of more mobile tools that extend the workflow of markup and communication is far overdue and I hope becomes more expansive in the coming year. &nbsp;Web-based collaboration tools for 3D are also growing in capabilities allowing teams to use cloud centric tools to bridge the gap.<br></p><p>2013 should bring many technological surprises, especially since the comfort with the cloud is slowly but surly growing. &nbsp;We might actually see something from DS SolidWorks at SolidWorks World this year if the hint of Bertrand Sicot stands true. &nbsp; </p><p>I want to take a moment to thank you all for listening/reading for another year and I am excited to see what 2013 brings to us in the engineering and tech world. &nbsp;Happy New Year! &nbsp;~Lou</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Remember to check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/">SolidWorks: Heard! Blog</a>&nbsp;and to follow me on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard">Facebook</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr">THE HEaRD!</a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/gol10dr/SWH-EP424.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:50e0a268e4b0a05702af2f96 Sun, 30 Dec 2012 21:27:32 +0000 Tech News lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no 2012 Year in Review: This podcast covers a summary of 2012 and the specific SolidWorks' most memorable moments from the rise and fall of n!Fuze to eDrawings on the iPhone and everything in between. &nbsp;Topics covered: SolidWorks 2012&nbsp;Highlights: -Lou Gallo 2012 Year in Review: This podcast covers a summary of 2012 and the specific SolidWorks' most memorable moments from the rise and fall of n!Fuze to eDrawings on the iPhone and everything in between. &nbsp;Topics covered: SolidWorks 2012&nbsp;Highlights: - SolidWorks hints at SolidWorks V6 in early 2013 (@ sww13) - SolidWorks early testing on Windows 8 (March 2012) - Introduction of SolidWorks Plastics (Simpoe agreement in April 2012) - 3DVIA Composer V6R2013 ships (May 2012) - eDrawings for iPad (May 2012) - SolidWorks Electrical hits the scene (August 2012) - Unveiling SolidWorks 2013 product line (September 2012) - Debut of eDrawings Pro for iPad (September 2012) - SolidWorks launches 2013 products with Windows 8 Support on day 1 (September) - SolidWorks 2013 SP0 Ships (October 2012) - eDarwings Pro support for iPhone (November 2012) - SolidWorks 2012 SP5 (giving backwards interoperability to 2013 (November 2012) - 3DVIA Composer V6R2013x ships (December 2012) Technology Highlights: - Apple ships retina iPad and iPad mini - Google ships Nexus 7 and 10 - Windows 8 goes live - Amazon launches Kindle Fire HD - Microsoft launches Surface RT (Arm based tablet) - The rise of webGL 3D tools emerge with Sunglass, GrabCAD and TeamPlatform From a technology standpoint, 2012 has been an amazing year! &nbsp;Consumer electronics were brought to a new level, not only in technology but in adoption. &nbsp;Tablets have hit the scene in a huge way, brining larger screen mobile devices to a significant portion of the population. &nbsp;This is changing the way many of us compute on a daily basis. As far as the CAD scene, the emergence of more mobile tools that extend the workflow of markup and communication is far overdue and I hope becomes more expansive in the coming year. &nbsp;Web-based collaboration tools for 3D are also growing in capabilities allowing teams to use cloud centric tools to bridge the gap. 2013 should bring many technological surprises, especially since the comfort with the cloud is slowly but surly growing. &nbsp;We might actually see something from DS SolidWorks at SolidWorks World this year if the hint of Bertrand Sicot stands true. &nbsp; I want to take a moment to thank you all for listening/reading for another year and I am excited to see what 2013 brings to us in the engineering and tech world. &nbsp;Happy New Year! &nbsp;~Lou Remember to check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks: Heard! Blog&nbsp;and to follow me on&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2012/12/30/solidworksheard-episode-424-2012-year-in-reviewhttp://traffic.libsyn.com/gol10dr/SWH-EP424.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/wAa9lbC0kDw/solidworksheard-episode-423-3dvia-composer-v6r2013x <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/50d79022e4b03955128ef206/1356304419169/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>3DVIA Composer V6R2013x:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers the new features released in the most recent build of 3DVIA Composer. &nbsp;Topics covered:</p><p>- Overview of the What's New</p><p>- Browser Support (HTML Publish)</p><p>- Usability/Efficiency enhancements</p><p>- 3D Tool Library</p><p>- Installation and Supported OS</p><p>Unlike SolidWorks, 3DVIA Composer tends to ship their major updates on a 6 month release cycle instead of the industry standard yearly release. &nbsp;Typically the releases are very focused and workflow-centric, addressing how to make creating content efficient.</p><p>2013x has brought wider support for the HTML publishing, offering support across a wider range of browsers. &nbsp;In addition to a number of enhancements to existing functionality, they have expanded the 3D tool library for outlining various assembly or procedural processes.</p><p>For those of us who import data into composer from CAD, the new import profiles will automate the "death by import checkbox" menu. &nbsp;It is another solid release and I am sure existing users will be happy to see some of their workflows refined. ~Lou</p><p></p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/gol10dr/SWH-EP423.mp3"></a><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/gol10dr/SWH-EP423.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:50d78e00e4b015296ccdbe9d Mon, 24 Dec 2012 05:40:29 +0000 3dvia Composer lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no 3DVIA Composer V6R2013x: This podcast covers the new features released in the most recent build of 3DVIA Composer. &nbsp;Topics covered: - Overview of the What's New - Browser Support (HTML Publish) - Usability/Efficiency enhancements - 3D Tool Library -Lou Gallo 3DVIA Composer V6R2013x: This podcast covers the new features released in the most recent build of 3DVIA Composer. &nbsp;Topics covered: - Overview of the What's New - Browser Support (HTML Publish) - Usability/Efficiency enhancements - 3D Tool Library - Installation and Supported OS Unlike SolidWorks, 3DVIA Composer tends to ship their major updates on a 6 month release cycle instead of the industry standard yearly release. &nbsp;Typically the releases are very focused and workflow-centric, addressing how to make creating content efficient. 2013x has brought wider support for the HTML publishing, offering support across a wider range of browsers. &nbsp;In addition to a number of enhancements to existing functionality, they have expanded the 3D tool library for outlining various assembly or procedural processes. For those of us who import data into composer from CAD, the new import profiles will automate the "death by import checkbox" menu. &nbsp;It is another solid release and I am sure existing users will be happy to see some of their workflows refined. ~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2012/12/23/solidworksheard-episode-423-3dvia-composer-v6r2013xhttp://traffic.libsyn.com/gol10dr/SWH-EP423.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/BtWLsdunRk0/solidworksheard-episode-422-december-tech-news <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/50ccdb2de4b0409d24438cab/1355602733606/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>December Tech News:</strong></p><p></p><p>This podcast covers the SolidWorks and CAD-related tech news that broke since mid-November covering the SolidWorks Blog, various tech alerts and other industry tech news. Topics covered:</p><p><em><strong>SolidWorks Blog:</strong></em><br><em>- Tips:</em><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2012/11/why-are-some-of-my-dimensions-grey-and-others-black.html">Why are some of my dimensions grey and other black?</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2012/12/something-intersecting-in-solidworks-2013-join-your-parts-to-find-volumes.html">Something Intersecting in SolidWorks 2013: Join Your Parts to Find Volumes</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2012/12/viewing-different-sheets-at-the-same-time.html">Viewing different sheets at the same time</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2012/12/using-solidworks-to-create-a-helical-pattern.html">Using SolidWorks to Create a Helical Pattern</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2012/12/epdm-how-to-map-to-microsoft-office.html">Make A Single Body with Multiple Open&nbsp;Contours&nbsp;in SolidWorks 2013</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2012/12/epdm-how-to-map-to-microsoft-office.html">Enterprise PDM: How to Map to Microsoft Office</a></p><p><em>- SolidWorks World 2013 Partner Profiles:</em><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- AMD (graphics cards)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- Software Cradle (CFD software)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- DriveWorks (design automation)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- Striker Systems (sheet metal CAD/CAM &amp; nesting software)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- Hewlet Packard (workstations)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- Mastercam (CAM software)<br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- ATR Soft (Office-EPDM integration and EPDM services)</p><p><em>- Maker Movement Articles:</em><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2012/12/part-one-3d-printers-and-the-emergence-of-the-maker-movement.html">3D Printers and the Emergence of the Maker Movement</a><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://blogs.solidworks.com/solidworksblog/2012/12/part-two-stirring-up-the-maker-movement-with-the-makerbot-replicator-2-desktop-3d-printer.html">Stirring up the Maker Movement with the MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer</a>&nbsp;</p><p></p><p><em>Tech Alerts:</em><br>- Participate in defining the future of SolidWorks<br>- SolidWorks Top Ten list idea creation launches<br>- SolidWorks 2013 SP1 is available for download<br>- 3DVIA Composer V6R2013x SP0 is available for download<br>- Enterprise PDM 2013 SP1 is available for download</p><p><em>Support Monthly FAQ:</em><br>- Top Questions and Issues:<br>- New Knowledge Base articles</p><p><em>Industry News:</em><br>- <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://www.teamplatform.com/teamplatform-api-released-for-cad-3d-busines/">TeamPlatorm free version adds teams and API access</a></p><p>December is always a busy month of news in the weeks before SolidWorks World 2013. &nbsp;For the past few years SolidWorks has done partner profiles on some of the headliners of the Partner&nbsp;Pavilion since it is one of the event's most untapped resources. &nbsp;So start making your partner hit list and make a plan to spend your time wisely in this year's partner pavillon. &nbsp;&nbsp;</p><p>SolidWorks was also busy pushing out SolidWorks and EPDM 2013 SP1 in addition to launching the new build of 3DVIA Composer (typically on a 6 month release cycle) V6R2013x SP0. &nbsp;They also opened up the top 10 list, which always is a big part of the 3rd day at SolidWorks World general session.</p><p>The excitement behind the Maker Movement is something I believe is in the hearts of every engineer and watching it soar is encouraging. &nbsp;Improvements in web-based tools for CAD are also on the rise and one of our new favorite players, TeamPlatform is raising the bar in experience and integration (now with free API access). ~Lou</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/gol10dr/SWH-EP422.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:50ccc781e4b05b3d2efff106 Sun, 16 Dec 2012 07:01:00 +0000 Tech News lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no December Tech News: This podcast covers the SolidWorks and CAD-related tech news that broke since mid-November covering the SolidWorks Blog, various tech alerts and other industry tech news. Topics covered: SolidWorks Blog: - Tips: &nbsp; &nbsp;- Why areLou Gallo December Tech News: This podcast covers the SolidWorks and CAD-related tech news that broke since mid-November covering the SolidWorks Blog, various tech alerts and other industry tech news. Topics covered: SolidWorks Blog: - Tips: &nbsp; &nbsp;- Why are some of my dimensions grey and other black? &nbsp; &nbsp;- Something Intersecting in SolidWorks 2013: Join Your Parts to Find Volumes &nbsp; &nbsp;- Viewing different sheets at the same time &nbsp; &nbsp;- Using SolidWorks to Create a Helical Pattern &nbsp; &nbsp;- Make A Single Body with Multiple Open&nbsp;Contours&nbsp;in SolidWorks 2013 &nbsp; &nbsp;- Enterprise PDM: How to Map to Microsoft Office - SolidWorks World 2013 Partner Profiles: &nbsp; &nbsp;- AMD (graphics cards) &nbsp; &nbsp;- Software Cradle (CFD software) &nbsp; &nbsp;- DriveWorks (design automation) &nbsp; &nbsp;- Striker Systems (sheet metal CAD/CAM &amp; nesting software) &nbsp; &nbsp;- Hewlet Packard (workstations) &nbsp; &nbsp;- Mastercam (CAM software) &nbsp; &nbsp;- ATR Soft (Office-EPDM integration and EPDM services) - Maker Movement Articles: &nbsp; &nbsp;- 3D Printers and the Emergence of the Maker Movement &nbsp; &nbsp;- Stirring up the Maker Movement with the MakerBot Replicator 2 Desktop 3D Printer&nbsp; Tech Alerts: - Participate in defining the future of SolidWorks - SolidWorks Top Ten list idea creation launches - SolidWorks 2013 SP1 is available for download - 3DVIA Composer V6R2013x SP0 is available for download - Enterprise PDM 2013 SP1 is available for download Support Monthly FAQ: - Top Questions and Issues: - New Knowledge Base articles Industry News: - TeamPlatorm free version adds teams and API access December is always a busy month of news in the weeks before SolidWorks World 2013. &nbsp;For the past few years SolidWorks has done partner profiles on some of the headliners of the Partner&nbsp;Pavilion since it is one of the event's most untapped resources. &nbsp;So start making your partner hit list and make a plan to spend your time wisely in this year's partner pavillon. &nbsp;&nbsp; SolidWorks was also busy pushing out SolidWorks and EPDM 2013 SP1 in addition to launching the new build of 3DVIA Composer (typically on a 6 month release cycle) V6R2013x SP0. &nbsp;They also opened up the top 10 list, which always is a big part of the 3rd day at SolidWorks World general session. The excitement behind the Maker Movement is something I believe is in the hearts of every engineer and watching it soar is encouraging. &nbsp;Improvements in web-based tools for CAD are also on the rise and one of our new favorite players, TeamPlatform is raising the bar in experience and integration (now with free API access). ~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2012/12/15/solidworksheard-episode-422-december-tech-newshttp://traffic.libsyn.com/gol10dr/SWH-EP422.mp3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/swhpodcast/~3/du2GBcbsfPI/solidworksheard-episode-421-configurations-cache-or-purge <img src="http://static.squarespace.com/static/5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f/t/50c3c263e4b0e98ba8a9aa5d/1355006564599/SolidWorks_Heard_Logo_2012_V2_Small.png?format=500w"/><br/><p><strong>Configurations: Cache or Purge:</strong></p><p>This podcast covers the new configurations management feature built right into the ConfigurationManager inside of SolidWorks. Topics covered:</p><p>- Overview on the new functionality in Configuration</p><p>- Understanding icon feedback and options</p><p>- Effects with version interoperability</p><p>- Usage models and tips</p><p>Configurations are one of my favorite and most used, foundation features of SolidWorks and have not had much enhancement since the introduction of Display States. &nbsp;Anyone who uses configurations knows that as the number of configs goes up, so does the file size. &nbsp;Finally there is a way to keep the file size down and have full control of which configurations have quick access.</p><p>After using this, one of the best parts about the new configuration management feature is it works on not only 2013 files, but when you convert an older file to 2013, all these management features are in play. &nbsp;That means those large assemblies with configs that take forever to open can be trimmed down and improved for the next time.</p><p>Today we will break down the features, what icons mean what and explain how this can be a great tool to clean up your current data and speed up access times. &nbsp;This also plays a part in how 2013 files are accessed and viewed inside of 2012 SP5 using the new version interoperability feature. &nbsp;~Lou</p><p></p><p>Check out the&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://solidworksheard.com/blog/"><span>SolidWorks:Heard! Blog</span></a>&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/b/106558518058232770521/106558518058232770521/about">Google+</a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://twitter.com/solidworksheard"><span>Twitter</span></a>,&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.facebook.com/solidworksheard"><span>Facebook</span></a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://herd.solidworksheard.com/gol10dr"><span>THE HEaRD!</span></a></p> <p><a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/gol10dr/SWH-EP421.mp3">Direct Download</a></p> 5005be6284ae929b3720ba2f:5005d80ee4b0af37b904a960:50c3b9eee4b07f6250b58fab Sun, 09 Dec 2012 20:52:54 +0000 Configurations lou@solidworksheard.com (Lou Gallo)no Configurations: Cache or Purge: This podcast covers the new configurations management feature built right into the ConfigurationManager inside of SolidWorks. Topics covered: - Overview on the new functionality in Configuration - Understanding icon feedbaLou Gallo Configurations: Cache or Purge: This podcast covers the new configurations management feature built right into the ConfigurationManager inside of SolidWorks. Topics covered: - Overview on the new functionality in Configuration - Understanding icon feedback and options - Effects with version interoperability - Usage models and tips Configurations are one of my favorite and most used, foundation features of SolidWorks and have not had much enhancement since the introduction of Display States. &nbsp;Anyone who uses configurations knows that as the number of configs goes up, so does the file size. &nbsp;Finally there is a way to keep the file size down and have full control of which configurations have quick access. After using this, one of the best parts about the new configuration management feature is it works on not only 2013 files, but when you convert an older file to 2013, all these management features are in play. &nbsp;That means those large assemblies with configs that take forever to open can be trimmed down and improved for the next time. Today we will break down the features, what icons mean what and explain how this can be a great tool to clean up your current data and speed up access times. &nbsp;This also plays a part in how 2013 files are accessed and viewed inside of 2012 SP5 using the new version interoperability feature. &nbsp;~Lou Check out the&nbsp;SolidWorks:Heard! Blog&nbsp;and follow us on&nbsp;Google+,&nbsp;Twitter,&nbsp;Facebook&nbsp;and&nbsp;THE HEaRD! Direct Downloadsolidworks,CAD,gol10drhttp://solidworksheard.com/podcast/2012/12/8/solidworksheard-episode-421-configurations-cache-or-purgehttp://traffic.libsyn.com/gol10dr/SWH-EP421.mp3 en-us(c) SolidWorks:Heard!, 2012Lou Gallononadult