Have you ever seen five tons of fire-breathing hamsters running at you? It would be best to turn and RUN. Dave Quiggle Artwork – I love this guys artwork. His new Tattoo Flash is incredible. Bionic Arm Uses Elephant’s Trunk as Design Model – elephant trunks can crush a man. I hope they took that…

Last week SolidWorks put out a press release about the two competitors in this years America’s Cup, Emirates Team New Zealand and Alinghi Switzerland. Emirates Team New Zealand (ETNZ) and Alinghi are competing in the America’s Cup 2007…Taking place off the coast of Valencia, Spain, the 32nd America’s Cup features a rematch of the two…

solidworks tipsAnd when I say snot, I mean all that messy undefined-ness. That is some nasty stuff and can make your part sick I tell you. Sick, sick, sick. There is one thing that can help you though.

One Command to dimension them all, One Command to relate them, One Command to bind them all and in the sketch confine them.

What could this strange and mysterious command be?
Let me fill ya in. Some of you may remember a command, back in the ’06 days, called “Constrain All” that allowed you to add a bunch of relations to an undefined sketch. Well, in SolidWorks 2007 they removed it and added the “Fully Define Sketch” command to give you ultimate power over those that do not dimension things. It’s superior in many ways.

How can I use it to defeat evil?
Ah yeah. Time to slap that sketch up side the face. Like I said in that brilliant title, you can do it in two easy steps, but first, let me show ya what happens.

On August 4-5 Team SolidWorks will be going on a bike ride to support a cure for cancer. SolidWorks started officially doing this in 2002 and will ride with a team of over 70 people this year. Their goal is to raise 500,000, a goal they nearly achieved last year. I’m usually not into this…

This is so off topic it’s rediculous, but it’s the weekend. Two of my favorite movies are Goonies and Pirates of the Carribean. Now, imagine if they were mixed together? Don’t imagine skallywag. watch the trailer!