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Archive for June, 2007

SolidWorks 2008 - A Whole New Frontier

Posted by Jason on June 19, 2007

Here I am again opening this by apologizing for my lack of time to write anything new on here. The summer months always seem to pose a serious challenge for trying to manage my time wisely. Between playing softball 3 nights a week, camping and being extremely busy at work my time has become a blur. So again I apologize.

On Monday, June 8, 2007 SolidWorks Corporation released it’s latest version of their 3D modeling software. I have not had the time to participate in any of the beta testing for this version but I was privileged enough to get a much appreciated sneak peak last week showing the “blog squad” (see my preferred blogger’s on the right side bar) some of new features this year. SolidWorks 2008 features a completely new user interface which I think I could come to like extremely well. It will definitely take some time to get used to it but I can see some definite benefits from this new interface. I am hoping to get a chance to take a look at this software sometime soon (MAYBE tonight…..) and then hopefully I will be able to give you some more insight into what this new software has to offer.

The following sites will give you some amazing insight into the new software from some Beta testers along with the official SolidWorks release and the SolidWorks 2008 What’s New file:

SolidWorks 2008 Press Release

SolidWorks 2008 What’s New (203 Page PDF)

CADFanatic (Brian McElyea)

SolidSmack (Josh Mings)

Matt Writes (Matt Lombard - Author of SolidWorks 2007 Bible)

Ricky Jordan

Also, as a side note Richard Doyle did a spectacular job of adding all of the “blog squad” links to the SWUGN website. Check it out here and enjoy: SolidWorks User Blogs.

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Time to Update

Posted by Jason on June 5, 2007

I need to start off by apologizing for not having any posts recently. As I am guessing is the case with most of you, the spring time is a very busy time as you transition from winter to the spring / summer weather. Hopefully I will be able to get back into a rhythm and set aside some time to write some technical posts.

I thought I would let everyone know that SolidWorks released SP4.0 on May 31, 2007. It is only live on the web so if you have a subscription service go to the Customer Portal and download it. Hope to post again soon.

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