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I’m working in an assembly with just over 1300 parts and most of them are not in sub-assemblies, which means my Feature Manager is gets pretty long and messy looking.
Now I usually will put things in folders, group things together and eventually end up with a pretty organized structure that looks good in a BOM also.
But here’s the dilemma. It stinks having to sort this each time and remember if M comes before N, so I’m thinking it would nice to have a SolidWorks OCD Option. Something to automatically sort the Feature Manager by it’s partnumber or description or whatever.
Sound nice? If you think so, consider submitting an Enhancement Request or letting me know if I’ve missed something. I’ve logged one under “Ability to Sort Feature Manager Tree by Part Number or Description.”
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You see it in your kids all the time as they sit there tearing the vacuum cleaner apart or tapping small gears and wheels to the cat. A lot of kid’s seem to have an innate sense of mechanics and what-will-happen-if-I-do-this?
These commercials put out by Hydro on Norwegian television are perfect example.
Their phrase: “There are many young engineers, we’re looking forward with joy to when they grow up”
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There’s not too many cars out there that just jump out and slap you upside the head with incredibly astounding design.
I recently came across the Lamborghini Reventon and I gasped (in a real manly sort of way with choking and spit) with awe at how freakin’ cool it looks.
Apparently only 20 are being produced and guess what, they’re all sold, for an even $1.4 million.
Stats
Torque lb-ft (Nm) at RPM: 487(660) / 6000
Acceleration 0-60 mph: 3.3
Top Speed mph (km/h): 211 (340)
See more photos and get wallpaper here. Any venture as to what it was designed with?
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Don’t you just love the magnificent spectacle of an exploded assembly in SolidWorks? It’s like everything in the world has been revealed and facial hair has become a thing of the past. And let me tell ya, when you’re exploding stuff you want as little facial hair as possible cause that’s just gonna distract aerodynamics and there’s the whole grooming thing.
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Boy, I tell ya. The big gaming systems like the Xbox 360 amd Nintendo Wii come out and the kids go crazy with tearing things apart and making mods.
A nice young man named Johnny Chung Lee has done just that with his Wii-mote and is moments away from manipulating 3D space with his fingertips.
He’s already got the 2D down as you can see from the video below. You can keep up to date with his antics on his blog, Procrastineering.
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So some of us got on the phone and gabbed about SolidWorks World and the ensuing riot that will be the “Stump the Chumps” Session, courtesy Ben Edie. You can hear the interaction among us here (Episode 127).
I’ve never met these guys, but we’ll all be together on stage as you challenge us to answer the unanswerable. You game?
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Massive amounts of coffee. I‘m talking massive amounts. Then the birds started pecking my face and Joan Rivers was wielding four sawed-off shotguns attached to her face with opposable thumbs and red licorice.
Fotolia.com - Buy stock images and sell yours. The price is the best and it’s a free sign-up. FutureScanner - an interesting compilation of news of the future. Kind of like Ziitrend, but more news than prediction. How to Rent your Ideas - Designers or Inventors read this before you get a prototype made. This could get you going. 10 Worst Gadgets of 2007 - Crappy un-functional design that’s surprising and always expensive in more ways than one. Earthrise Video - The very first video of the earth rising from the move. Way to go Japan.
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I imagine software upgrades like vaccines. I’m one of those people that don’t get them just because they tell me I’ll die if I don’t. I check it out first. Sometimes it’s unnecessary, contains mercury, arsenic and just the right amount of recombinant mouse DNA to give your body a delayed hypersensitivity reaction.
SolidWorks Legions brings up some interesting thoughts on the SolidWorks release cycle and makes a suggestion. A 2-4 year release cycle. How would you like that? Upgrading SolidWorks every couple years?
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It looks like a war zone in my neighborhood. Trees down everywhere.
Day 3
I’m dead in the water. The winter storm that came through Tulsa knocked out the power to half the city and has left a lot of companies kaput. Especially those that have all their data on one server, in one building.
So, all of our contractors, our satellite offices and employees that depend on data from that server cannot do anything because it’s off. The server is off, the phones are off and the remaining few of us that have power at home are trickling IMs to each other.
This has me thinking that a back-up server is in order, but what works the best?
If you have any suggestions throw them out.
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Last Week Albert Whatmough gave us some insight into successful SolidWorks Training. He knows a thing or two about using SolidWorks and making training videos too.
You can watch several SolidWorks tutorials and also see some lesson overviews of the well-thought out course he offers here.
This is one of the latest.
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I’m working in an assembly with just over 1300 parts and most of them are not in sub-assemblies, which means my Feature Manager is gets pretty long and messy looking.
Don’t you just love the magnificent spectacle of an exploded assembly in SolidWorks? It’s like everything in the world has been revealed and facial hair has become a thing of the past. And let me tell ya, when you’re exploding stuff you want as little facial hair as possible cause that’s just gonna distract aerodynamics and there’s the whole grooming thing.
Boy, I tell ya. The big gaming systems like the Xbox 360 amd Nintendo Wii come out and the kids go crazy with tearing things apart and making mods.
Massive amounts of coffee. I‘m talking massive amounts. Then the birds started pecking my face and Joan Rivers was wielding four sawed-off shotguns attached to her face with opposable thumbs and red licorice.
