23 April 2009
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From SolidSmack.com: SolidSmack 2-Minute Tut!: (soon to be video-ized) - “Allright, I’m not doing anyone any good by delaying some SolidWorks tutorial goodness just because I can’t get my video act together, so without further ado, I will introduce the SolidSmack 2-minute Tut… soon to be video-ized…”
From SolidSmack.com: How Many Plug-ins Does it Take to Put 3D on the Web? Google Releases O3D - “3D… on the web. It’s here… again, but this time in fine Google form with all the openness you would expect from the crew. Tuesday, Google opened the gates on their interactive 3D graphics accelerator for web browsers, O3D…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidWorks 2-Minute Tut! How to Create Complex ‘Sweeps’ in a Single Sketch - “So, you like to draw a bunch of sketches and create really complicated sweep geometry in SolidWorks huh? You should be commended for your bravery, but sometimes there’s a simpler way to get curvy with your parts…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Creating a CAD Standards Review Team - What they do - “There are some general items that the CAD Standard reviewer will oversee. They typically do not work for the CAD Manager but are involved beyond the level of CAD User. They will help you define and review the docs and standards you create…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Pro/E tip: Google Search - “Is Google Search a foreign concept to a lot of people? Maybe they’re too lazy? Or do they just like to see their name in the PTC/User Exploder? I see some awfully simple questions turn up that have been covered here and elsewhere…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Good CAD Standards Meetings - Part 2 - “Keeping meetings flowing and on topic can be tough. It is not an easy task. Here are some tips that I have used to help me make progress. Create an agenda and stick to it Nothing kills a meeting more than not having an agenda…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Pro/E Tip (Web.link): Have you read? - “I was thinking the other day about how difficult it has been getting any traction with J-Link. Maybe it’s me, but I think Pro/Web.link is the tool of first choice for anyone frustrated with macros, relations, Pro/Program, etc…”
From the CADDmanager blog: Good CAD Standards Meetings - Part 1 - “There are many ways to have meetings that are unproductive. Confused topics, no prep, misunderstood agendas and more can wreak havoc on your progress. So many of these creep into your meeting attempts and derail your efforts…”
From the Eat Your CAD blog: Debugging MicroStation - “There are times when MicroStation cannot find a file it is supposed to. It could be that an interface is missing, none of your cell libraries are listed, or you receive an error message when trying to open a DWG file…”
From WorldCAD Access: Countdown to Leiden: T Minus 2 Days - “Water for Free Hotels have a curious economic thinking in which coffee is free but water costs. In Europe, water is expensive, and can cost e4 a bottle in restaurants…”
From the CADDmanager blog: CAD Standards - Topic Triage - “When beginning the discussion on CAD Standards it may be helpful to do a quick triage of subjects. Check out my list to see a good starting point…”
From WorldCAD Access: Earth Day Specials - “I’m getting a chuckle out of the “green” earth-day specials landing in my email In box…”
From the Pro/Engineer FAQ blog: Off topic: Who moved my cheese? - “Count me in as another casualty of the recent economic downturn…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Engineeringtalk: CAD software features 2D and 3D design tools - “Avanquest Software Publishing has released Turbocad Mac Pro V4, a professional application for precision 2D and 3D design…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Diamond releases Maxtriever SRMs - “The lane-changing Maxtriever family of storage and retrieval machines (SRMs) offers fast delivery from, and replenishment to, more than one aisle of a warehouse…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Version One rids Datel of manual data entry - “Datel, a UK Sage software partner, is saving GBP36,000 a year and has eliminated manual data entry in the processing of purchase invoices, using Version One’s document management and imaging software…”
MORE FROM THE BLOGGERS
So… what now? from The Gear Box blog at Autodesk
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