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CADFanatic

 Brian ― http://www.cadfanatic.com

I write about SolidWorks and the CAD industry in general. I cover SolidWorks tips, tricks, & tutorials. Other technology is covered on occasion.

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Listed: Apr 13, 2011

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SolidWorks 2013 – Previous Version Interoperability

CADFanatic ― SolidWorks Previous Version Interoperability introduced with SolidWorks 2013 probably isn’t what most users were wanting (or at least, were expecting), but I believe it’s what most users need. ∙ When users hear, “previous...

Tags: Headline, Reviews, Interoperatibility

Brian ― 13 weeks ago

SolidWorks World 2013 – Wednesday General Session

CADFanatic ― The Wednesday General Session is usually bittersweet for me, because while it is the day we get a sneak peek at the upcoming version of SolidWorks, it is also the last day of the conference.  This year is no different; things start winding down ...

Tags: Headline, SolidWorks News, SolidWorks World, Technology, SolidWorks

Brian ― 16 weeks ago

SolidWorks World 2013 – Tuesday General Session

CADFanatic ― Tuesday’s General Session opened with Fielder Hiss, VP of Product Management taking the stage.  Hiss talked about how SolidWorks had been working with Intel on creating better experiences for users.  Frank Soqui, Workstation General Manager from...

Tags: Headline, SolidWorks News, SolidWorks World, SolidWorks

Brian ― 17 weeks ago

SolidWorks World 2013–Monday General Session

CADFanatic ― SolidWorks World 2013 kicked off today with CEO Bertrand Sicot taking the stage.  He seemed a little more comfortable this year than last. ∙ Sicot announced that there were over 4500 attendees at the conference this year.  Four years ago, ...

Tags: Headline, SolidWorks News, SolidWorks World, SolidWorks

Brian ― 17 weeks ago

SolidWorks 2013–Manufacturability Tools

CADFanatic ― In my line of work involving R&D and prototype work, I don’t make much use of the manufacturability tools available from SolidWorks.  They are geared more towards shops who do production runs of their own designs and those of customers.  These...

Tags: Headline, SolidWorks News, 3D, CAD, Costing, Dassault Systemes

Brian ― 32 weeks ago

SolidWorks World 2013 Registration Is Now Open!

CADFanatic ― Registration for SolidWorks World 2013 in Orlando, FL is now open!  I just received this in my inbox: ∙  

Tags: Headline, SolidWorks World, SolidWorks

Brian ― 35 weeks ago

SolidWorks 2013

CADFanatic ― The 21st release of SolidWorks, SolidWorks 2013, was released last Monday and it looks to be an exciting release…  There are several new products that have been added along with many new enhancements.  There have also been improvements in the...

Tags: Headline, SolidWorks News, 3D, CAD, Dassault Systemes, Design Analysis

Brian ― 35 weeks ago

How To Quickly Add Icons To Any Toolbar

CADFanatic ― During our sneak peak at SolidWorks 2013 last week, we were shown a tip that isn’t new, but was new to most everyone in the room: a dead-easy way to add SolidWorks icons to a toolbar. ∙ Normally, to add a new icon to a toolbar, you would ...

Tags: Headline, Tips & Tricks, Icon, Search, Tips, Tricks

Brian ― 36 weeks ago

Enable Measure In SolidWorks eDrawings

CADFanatic ― I’ve had several inquiries over the past several days on how to enable measurement in a SolidWorks eDrawings file, so I thought I would put up a quick post on how to do it. ∙ There are actually two ways to output eDrawings from...

Tags: Headline, Tips & Tricks, EDrawings

Brian ― 49 weeks ago

SolidWorks World 2012 – Monday General Session

CADFanatic ―   ∙ The Monday General Session of SolidWorks World 2012 opened with Bertrand Sicot, SolidWorks CEO, taking the stage.  He gave some numbers regarding attendees and SolidWorks users: ∙ There were 4300 attendees in 2008. This...

Tags: Headline, SolidWorks World, SolidWorks

Brian ― 14 Feb, 12

SolidWorks World 2011 – Wednesday General Session

CADFanatic ― Wednesday is the last day of SolidWorks, and they do save the best for last…Wednesday is the day they preview the next version of SolidWorks! ∙ Fielder Hiss, Vice President of Product Management at DS SolidWorks Corp, took the stage once...

Tags: Headline, SolidWorks World, SolidWorks, What's New

Brian ― 21 Apr, 11

SolidWorks World 2011 – What’s New in SolidWorks 2012

CADFanatic ― There are several new enhancements coming in SolidWorks 2012.  Below is a quick run-down of the highlights they showed.  Unfortunately, they ran through it so fast, that I was not able to capture all the details.  I will add more to this list when ...

Tags: Headline, SolidWorks World, SolidWorks, What's New

Brian ― 13 Apr, 11

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