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Re: Economic Incentive Will Drive CAD Market

Howie Hughes — Wed, 16 May 2007 15:51:17 -0000

Hi Josh-

Great Blog.

I've been very fortunate to work for a Fortune 500 company that works strictly in 3D. They have to remain nameless. They don't advertise their design advantage, but they certainly understand the benefits. No formal 2D drawings are used, it's great!

Devon T. Sowell
http://www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

Re: The Killer Video Card for SolidWorks?

Howie Hughes — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 10:23:27 -0000

Hi Josh-

I've been bitten twice in the past 5 years by crappy ATI cards. I've found their support to be terrible.

Devon

Re: What do you like? Win a 4GB Flash Drive.

Howie Hughes — Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:54:42 -0000

I like hearing my Wife and Daughter laugh and I like snorkling in Grand Cayman.

Re: Time-saving Tip for Re-using SolidWorks Drawings

Howie Hughes — Sat, 08 Sep 2007 03:20:50 -0000

Hi Josh-

Here's another drawing tip. How many times have you heard this: Make a new drawing of this new Bracket B just like this old drawing of Bracket A (Brackets A Bracket have completely different shapes)use all the same notes(lots of notes), revison block, title block...etc.

Here's what I do; I Open the old drawing of Bracket A, then, I Save The Sheet Format; with the name Format Bracket A. Now, this Sheet Format will have all the Notes, Title Block, Revision Block, Annotations, etc.

I Open a New Drawing, Insert the Views of Bracket B, Edit the Sheet Format, Window Select and Delete the Title Block, Border, Revison Block, etc. Next, RMB the Sheet Properties and Select the Sheet Format A. And there you have it. All the desire Notes and Annotations from the old drawing are now in the new drawing.

Cheers,
Devon

Re: Time-saving Tip for Re-using SolidWorks Drawings

Howie Hughes — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 23:06:53 -0000

Jason-

RE:"If you just RMB to Sheet Properties and select your desired sheet format, it removes the old sheet format for you. This should save you a step."

Yep, thanks for the correction. Sometimes, my brain thinks faster than I type.

Devon

Re: 3DVia and Virtual Earth Join Hands

Howie Hughes — Sat, 20 Oct 2007 18:16:29 -0000

Hi Josh-

Thanks for the link.

I'm having a problem. I can bring up the image of my house, but when I go to add a 3D model and the Dassault 3D Via application is invoked, the 3D Via image shown is 200-300 yards away from the image in the Microsoft application. No matter how many times I try to get the 3D Via image to match the Microsoft image, it won't.

Devon

Re: 3DVia and Virtual Earth Join Hands

Howie Hughes — Mon, 22 Oct 2007 13:42:55 -0000

Hi Josh-

Rotating the 3D Via view to align with the grid is clunky, but doable. Again, the 2 images are always different. First I get the image of my house, then when the 3D Via image opens, it is 200-300 yards south(for example). So, I adjust my house image about 200-300 north and open the 3D Via image. Now, it is 200-300 WEST(for example). I give up after 4 or 5 tries. Both applications start to Hang, anyway.

Another half-baked beta application, IMHO.

Devon

Re: The Thumb Wrestling Continues

Howie Hughes — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 12:55:16 -0000

Hi Josh-

Another great post. I'm still amazed whenever I see Inventor mentioned. I've been consulting since 1999, and in that time, I've NEVER encountered ANYONE that has used Inventor, let alone even MENTIONED Inventor!

Devon

Re: The Thumb Wrestling Continues

Howie Hughes — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:24:10 -0000

I used to do quite a bit of work for a large company (until a certain CEO drove it into the ground, outsourced huge projects, cost thousands of people their jobs, and then took a golden parachute to leave) whose entire RD department and in-house prototype manufacturing groups were paperless. Their time to market was incredibly fast. We would design something and have metal prototypes within 2-3 days! We had full confidence in our CAD files because of the system we used to check them. Someday (maybe soon) I'll write a book about this method.

Devon

Re: Why Smart Numbers are Dumb: SolidWorks Guidelines for File Names

Howie Hughes — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:12:54 -0000

Hi Josh-

I hate sequential numbers! Ah, I feel better now.

I started out in the 1970's working for first the Suzuki Motorcycle Factory, then I went to work for the Honda Motorcycle Factory, then later Nissan. They all used "super intelligent numbers". I LOVE these types of numbers! BOMS!? We don't need no stinkin' BOMS! The Part Number IS the BOM. For example, these companies denote the Year, Make, Model, Sub-Model, Color, Material, Factory and REVISION right in the number. So, if I'm holding a Crankshaft in my hand and I know the type of car it belongs to, I can GUESS the correct Part Number close enough to find it right away. Conversly, If I see a Part Number, I KNOW the correct Year, Make, Model, SuB-Model, Color, Material, Factory and Revision.

See, aren't these great?

Who has more Part Numbers than Honda? Toyota? Yep, they use them too.

Devon

Re: Why Smart Numbers are Dumb: SolidWorks Guidelines for File Names

Howie Hughes — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:36:54 -0000

Hello J.D.-

SolidWorks Explorer will copy a Project just like you need (with renaming), check it out.

Devon

Re: Why Smart Numbers are Dumb: SolidWorks Guidelines for File Names

Howie Hughes — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 13:50:42 -0000

Josh-

RE Reusability;

Parts can have more than one Part Number. Just rename all the supporting files to the new Part Number. This is the way Suzuki, Honda, and Nissan do it. So, Parts can have more than one Part Number, so what? Then in the supporting documents, just show the parts are equal.

In my opinion, all the work either goes into the BOM (which by the way NEVER matches what's acutally being built) or the work goes into the Part Number, which has it's own intelligence built in, which takes the burden away from the BOM.

Remember, in SolidWorks, the file name IS the Part Number (in the SolidWorks BOM, leverage this data!). This applies to SolidWorks, PDMWorks Workgroup, and PDMW Enterprise.

Last year, I set up a medical device company using PDMWorks Workgroup and Agile. The Part Number with Revision is shown right in the file name.

Great post, Josh.

Devon

Re: Why Smart Numbers are Dumb: SolidWorks Guidelines for File Names

Howie Hughes — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 16:46:18 -0000

Hi Bruce-

If Honda, Suzuki, Nissan and Toyota aren't scared, then neither am I.

Devon

Re: PTC Goes History-Free, Buys CoCreate

Howie Hughes — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:02:31 -0000

Co-Create! Yuck! I was unlucky enough to have to use Co-Create when working on projects for H-P (pre Carly, of course). I took a one week training course in 2005 (or was it 2004?) and I was given a temporary seat to use.

I haven't used it since late 2005, but back then it was a real piece of work. It was totally ass backwards from SolidWorks. What I remember is the huge headache I got everyday during training, the huge amount of mouse clicks it took to do anything, and most amazingly, the fact that BY DEFAULT, Drawings ARE NOT LINKED to their models! It took a half a dozen clicks to link the Drawing to the Model. The User Interface looked like AutoCAD 13.

The last of day of class, the Trainer took me aside. He wasn't all that happy working for Co-Create and he told me SolidWorks was "killing them". He asked if I could teach him SolidWorks. I said "sure" but I never heard from him.

Cheers,
Devon

Re: PTC Goes History-Free, Buys CoCreate

Howie Hughes — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 15:46:52 -0000

Well, there was one good thing about Co-Create, there were 2 versions, one for Windows and one for UNIX. We used the UNIX version, and that O.S. was sweet.

I remember one guy telling me he had never crashed or lost any data since his machine was new, 3 years ago. He claimed to have never re-booted and to have never turned it off during the past 3 years.

Now, about that secret SolidWorks Apple project.... Let's see, eDrawings for the iPhone, what's next? I bet the Woz has an idea!

Devon

Re: 18th century LCD Flat Panel Mod

Howie Hughes — Mon, 12 Nov 2007 14:24:58 -0000

Hi Josh-

Those look great. They remind me of Jules Verne and 20,000 Leagues Under The Sea and Around The World In 80 Days.

Devon

Re: SolidWorks User Group Myths Smashed to Tiny Bits

Howie Hughes — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:24:37 -0000

Great Post, Josh.

Here's my dream, a combo Music Fest and SolidWorks User Group Meeting! Elvis Costello "Pump It Up" followed by SolidWorks Toolbox. The Ramones, "7 7 Is", followed by PDMW Enterprise. Any takers?

Devon

Re: You Can Never Be Too Careful

Howie Hughes — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:52:55 -0000

Very nice camera, Josh. Let us know how you like it and its performance, say, in low light and night time scenes.

Devon

Re: You Can Never Be Too Careful

Howie Hughes — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 16:52:41 -0000

Great, thanks for the information.

Devon

Re: SolidWorks Line to Part in 60 Seconds

Howie Hughes — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:11:19 -0000

Hello Bruce-

That's very nice work. thanks for sharing.

Devon

Re: SolidWorks Line to Part in 60 Seconds

Howie Hughes — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 08:47:10 -0000

Hello Bruce-

Is that a combo intake/exhuast manifold for an inline 8? told us more about that part.

Devon

Re: Friday Smackdown

Howie Hughes — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:39:06 -0000

Hello Josh Van Gogh-

"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"

Tip in alittle absinth into your java?

Now, I'll crank up my iTunes and listen to The Electric Prunes, I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)

Devon

Re: Friday Smackdown

Howie Hughes — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:40:00 -0000

I love the drums on that song.

Devon

Re: 200cc’s of SolidWorks STAT: Should You Upgrade?

Howie Hughes — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:44:39 -0000

Hello Marcus Josh, M.D.-

Perfect analogy; upgrade SolidWorks = Och!

Devon

Re: 200cc’s of SolidWorks STAT: Should You Upgrade?

Howie Hughes — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 13:46:29 -0000

Ouch, that is.

Re: John McEleney Elected to Board of Directors at Stratasys

Howie Hughes — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 18:32:38 -0000

Good luck to Mr. McEleney.

Devon

Re: Diesel-Electric Hybrid Kit Car Modeled with SolidWorks

Howie Hughes — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:22:16 -0000

Kudos to the Imagineers that dreamed up this design, it looks cool, but impractical to me.

1. It sits so low to the ground, it would be difficult to see, like recumbent bicycles are difficult to see while driving. Imagine an 18 wheeler making a hard right turn and not seeing this vehicle along side.

2. So many cool designs have tremendous blind spots at the B/C pillar.

3. It appears to offer very little crash protection or even inclement weather protection.

4. But, it looks cool!

Devon

Re: Diesel-Electric Hybrid Kit Car Modeled with SolidWorks

Howie Hughes — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:30:48 -0000

Out here in California, the Department of Motor Vehicles has made it very, very difficult to build any type of "kit" vehicle. Sure, you can build it yourself, but forget about getting it licensed for use on public streets. It's too bad, really.

Devon

Re: Diesel-Electric Hybrid Kit Car Modeled with SolidWorks

Howie Hughes — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:53:41 -0000

Hi Ben-

Thanks for sharing those links. At first glance, the Can-Am looks interesting to me.

Devon

Re: Best Music To Model and Groove To

Howie Hughes — Fri, 28 Dec 2007 11:33:25 -0000

Hi Josh

Andres Segovia & Leo Kottke, I was lucky to see both of these 12 string guitar players in concert. I was about 9 or 10 when I saw Segovia, my Mom and I sat in the front row. I saw Leo Kottke many times in the 1970's in SoCal.

Here's a favorite iTunes radio station; Technicolor Web Of Sound.

With over 400 songs on my iTunes library, it's difficult to list all my favorites, but here's a few;

Dave Mason, Led Zepplin, The Ramones, The Seeds, The Beach Boys, The Move, Elvis Costello, The Traveling Wilburys, Eric Clapton, ....

Devon

Re: SolidSmack 2007 Shoutouts

Howie Hughes — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 08:11:02 -0000

Hello Josh-

Your blog is outstanding, I look forward to more Smack in 2008.

Now, I'll crank up my iTunes and listen to Teacher, Jethro Tull ("Hey man, what's the plan, what was that you said?")and Here Comes The Night, Them.

I hope I see your at SWW08.

Devon

Re: Man-handle Windows Vista with Vista4Experts

Howie Hughes — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 14:32:47 -0000

Hello Josh-

Here is another method; instead of trying to make Vista act like XP, just go here and purchase XP;

http://www.buycheapsoftware.com/ms_products~sub...

Devon

Re: Create 3D Models From Video

Howie Hughes — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:50:49 -0000

Amazing!

Devon

Re: Rock Productivity With the Xobni Outlook Plugin

Howie Hughes — Thu, 10 Jan 2008 13:40:35 -0000

Josh-

Do I see 3,349 e-mails in your Inbox? Great Caesar's Ghost!

Devon

Re: Rock Productivity With the Xobni Outlook Plugin

Howie Hughes — Fri, 11 Jan 2008 14:52:00 -0000

FYI

One of my favorite tools, Microsoft Desktop Search, searches e-mails very well.

Devon

Re: San Diego Sites and Sounds, Oh and SolidWorks World 2008

Howie Hughes — Thu, 17 Jan 2008 08:15:49 -0000

Torrey Pines State Reserve, that's a great place to visit. There you'll find hiking trails with views of the oceans below. Also check out the gift shop/museum. This park protects the Torrey Pines Tree, unique to this area.

Enjoy,
Devon

Re: Pure Inspiration: Interview with John ‘Muggs’ Ferguson

Howie Hughes — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:01:56 -0000

Hi Josh-

John ‘Muggs’ Ferguson; he's a nice guy and interesting to talk to.

Devon

Re: SolidWorks World Top Ramen Enhancement Requests. Which Implemented?

Howie Hughes — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:06:10 -0000

RE:"Allow adding ordinates in detail views based off the zero in the parent view"

Here's my workaround for this;

1. Fully Ordinate Dimension the View.
2. Copy This View, The Ordiante Dimensions will also be copied.
3. "Crop" this Copied View to look just like a Detail View. "Hide" the unwanted Ordinate dimensions.

Cheers,
Devon

Re: How to Bring SolidWorks Models Into Adobe Flash

Howie Hughes — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 12:10:02 -0000

supercalifragilisticespialadocious!

Devon

Re: SolidSmack is Back to Rockin’ the Joint

Howie Hughes — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:32:18 -0000

Here's my guess;

A web hosted application with self hosted streaming audio, video, and web cameras. The ability to add attachments to Comments. The ability to view Josh's desktop and take control of his mouse. The ability to access my house and turn on the heater when I leave my office.

:-)

Devon

Re: David Lee Roth Is the Essence of 2D CAD

Howie Hughes — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:56:36 -0000

I prefer Robert Plant to Davy (Jones) Lee Roth.

Devon

Re: 5 Best Interrogation Methods for SolidWorks Models

Howie Hughes — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:59:05 -0000

All the files I get from Jeff clam up and claim the 5th when I play good cop bad cop.

Devon

Re: Touchless Interface To Navigate Your 3D… and Prevent Disease

Howie Hughes — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 14:01:04 -0000

Last time I tried the Minority Report method, I put my hand though the screen trying to delete a circular reference in SolidWorks.

Devon

Re: Clickless Interface: Would You Miss the Click?

Howie Hughes — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:51:17 -0000

Now that I like! Josh, send this link to Jim Wilkerson.

Devon

Re: How to Fix Out of Context Parts in SolidWorks

Howie Hughes — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 13:47:45 -0000

Congratualtions Josh-

Excellent!

You're now an offical member of the SolidWorks Explorer Club! Please see your Den Mom for your patch.

Even more fun is this: slash and burn all references all the way to the sketch level. Too bad the "Cavity" external reference cannot be removed, same with some Sketch Planes created a dimensioned distance from the Face of an external reference.

Devon

Re: Gardening With A 3D Geometric Twist

Howie Hughes — Tue, 12 Feb 2008 16:55:54 -0000

That's a nice shape for a planter. However, the lime green color would clash with my orange shag carpet and my green avocado colored refrigerator.

Devon

Re: How to Fix Out of Context Parts in SolidWorks

Howie Hughes — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 17:58:35 -0000

Another method is my "shock and awe" process. I take someone's carefully crafted Part and Save As a dumb solid. "No more pesky External References now, Herman!"

"Oh Lily, darn, darn, darn!"

Devon

Re: How To Avoid Being a SolidWorks Ass…embly

Howie Hughes — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 18:14:00 -0000

Never let the Boss see your fully customized SolidWorks Drawing Template. You know, the one that will create a fully dimensioned and annotated 3 view drawing with only one click.

"Pay no attention to that man behind the curtain..."

Devon

Re: Warning: Baby is Imminent

Howie Hughes — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 07:43:24 -0000

Hi Josh-

Congratulations! Sarah and I will be praying that your Wife, Son, and new Baby are well.

Devon & Sarah

Re: Isabella Baby on SolidSmack

Howie Hughes — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 10:25:44 -0000

Hi Josh-

Isabella is beautiful! Now you have a boy and a girl! Blessings to you and your family!

Devon, Sarah, & Masha

Re: 5 Slick Ways To Improve SolidWorks Large Assembly Performance

Howie Hughes — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 13:59:17 -0000

Hi Josh-

I do this; I pat my head, rub my tummy, spin around in my chair, and Open Lightweight.

Devon

Re: 5 Slick Ways To Improve SolidWorks Large Assembly Performance

Howie Hughes — Mon, 25 Feb 2008 14:23:28 -0000

Here's another way to make new friends and impress the Boss;

Use the SolidWorks Task Scheduler to 'Update Associated Files', Select the Top Level File and your're stylin'.

While this runs, I like to go for a nice relaxing walk.

When the Task is completed, make sure the Boss is standing next to you when you Open the top-level file. He'll be happier than a tornado in a trailer park. :-)

Cheers,
Devon

Re: SolidWorks ScanTo3D vs. NextEngine’s RapidWorks: Which Is Better?

Howie Hughes — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:01:12 -0000

Hi Josh-

RE:"Think of the application your using it for, the accuracy of the data you need and how you’ll be using that data."

I need plus/minus .005" on loaded PCBs that are about 6" sq. Possible?

Many people have mentioned reviews on this product, but I've yet to see one from a 'real' user.

Thanks,
Devon

Re: 5 Temptations of a Hardcore SolidWorks User

Howie Hughes — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:07:37 -0000

How about users that go 'crazy' with colors? They apply different colors at all levels, ie, at the Solid Body level, Face level, Feature level, even colored sketches too!

Willllllburrrrr, A horse is a horse, of course, of course...

:-)

Re: Can Flavored Coffee Make you Work Faster?

Howie Hughes — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:49:25 -0000

Flavored coffee?! Sufferin' Succotash! Now look at me when I'm talkin' to you boy...

I'm a Chicken Hawk and you're a Chicken!

Now son, we don't drink no flavored coffee 'round here, no how!

Re: Parkour and SolidWorks: Aware of Your Suroundings

Howie Hughes — Mon, 10 Mar 2008 17:59:27 -0000

My 5 3/4 year old Daughter is in full Parkour mode 24/7. No wonder kids are in such good shape, they RUN everywhere, all the time. Only lazy Adults make them slow down. One time, she Parkour'd herself right into the door jamb at 90 mph plus. Whew! She was out like a light, Pops (that's me) Parkour'd himself in place for a few nano seconds before calling 911. She woke up staring at 3 firemen bent over her (there were right doen the street when I called). At the hospital, she was a hit, she made everyone laugh! No injuries at all, no bump on her head either! What happened? She fainted!

Re: Are You a Solidworks Visualiser?

Howie Hughes — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 11:04:04 -0000

Josh-

Yesterday I got a call from a company wanting someone to scan fabric into a 3D file. Since I don't have a scanner, I referred them to Matt Lombard.

Devon

Re: SolidWorks Fires Up The 2009 Beta Furnace

Howie Hughes — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:33:53 -0000

Hi Josh-

Every year my level of enthusiasm diminishes when new versions are announced. To me, the glass is half empty. What I see coming is a new release that will be riddled with bugs and problems. I cringe at the task of applying 5 Service Packs again (I’d rather go to the Dentist than apply another frickin’ Service Pack). Every year fewer and fewer of my customer upgrade, they’re just burned out and want to spend time designing parts not managing SolidWorks.

I guess I rained on the parade, but that’s my opinion.

Beta Testing? I don't have time for that, I've a family to support. So, I have to purchase the software, pay for support and 'Fix' it for free? I think not! SolidWorks should pay experts and power users to do that.

Devon

Re: SolidWorks Fires Up The 2009 Beta Furnace

Howie Hughes — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 08:40:30 -0000

I get angry when I even think about Beta Testing. How dare SolidWorks encourage and expect people to work for free, it is an insult! Yes, people volunteer to Beta Test, but I won't work for free.

Devon

Re: My Top 10 SolidWorks Wish List

Howie Hughes — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:34:35 -0000

1. Real time F.E.A. in the SolidWorks U.I.

2. The ability to create CNC Code on the fly in SolidWorks. Another view on this, in SolidWorks I specify a specific CNC Machine (HAAS model xxx). Then, I load a chunk of Material into the virtual machine. Then I select a Face, chose to Drill a Hole for example, and in SolidWorks the correct Tool is chosen and it drills the Hole. The Tool Selection and G Code are created at the same time.

3. Real time Electrical Circuit creation; build a PCB, load the components, apply 'electrical power' and see the results. Is the desired current generated?

4. Hey Scott Harris, are you gettin' all this?

Devon Sowell
http://www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

Re: How To Use 3D Sketches To Reduce SolidWorks Features

Howie Hughes — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 07:45:50 -0000

Hi Josh-

Great tip, thanks for sharing.

Devon

Re: PDM Assassin: Combine the Best, Eliminate the Rest (Could it Ever Be?)

Howie Hughes — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 17:49:16 -0000

Hi Josh-

RE:"Hopefully, one day, the resource and data management will happen behind the scenes and data can be generated dynamically not matter if we start from a spreadsheet or a 3D environment. think it can happen?"

One of my favorite PDMW Enterprise tools is the ability to create Project Template Folders and SolidWorks Template files within the Project folders. Creating a 'new' Project, then using the SolidWorks Templates within the new Project is a powerful way to manage data on the fly.

How's the family? Gettin' any sleep?

Devon

Re: Friday Smackdown: Man Down

Howie Hughes — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 10:21:30 -0000

Hi Josh-

RE:"The Library of Congress has a Flickr Account"

What a great link. Fascinating photos, very clear and colorful. My grandfather owned a camera store in the 1950's. I remember hanging out there. I still have boxes of his old photos.

Thanks,
Devon

Re: An Engineers Guide to Kittys Shiver

Howie Hughes — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 15:05:37 -0000

My name is Devon Sowell and I like cats.

Cats don't bark.
Cat's don't bite strangers.
Cat's don't have to be walked.
Cat's cost less than dogs.
Cat's aren't needy like most dogs.
Little cats don't shake and pee on the floor every time you look at them, like little dogs do.
Cat's chase away unwanted thieves that raid our garden.
Cat's don't have to be bathed.

Re: How to Take the Pain Out of PDM: SolidWorks Explorer in 12 minutes, 6 seconds

Howie Hughes — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:26:28 -0000

Hi Josh-

Great post. Your tips are very useful.

Now, if I could only DELETE a Custom Property in SW Explorer like I used to in the old version...

See ya!
Devon

Re: How to Take the Pain Out of PDM: SolidWorks Explorer in 12 minutes, 6 seconds

Howie Hughes — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:29:46 -0000

Yumeee, my Mother's home made rice pudding with raisins.

Devon

Re: The Uno: Uni-Motorbike Designed in SolidWorks

Howie Hughes — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:23:23 -0000

That's a good looking design. I'd hate to see the quote for product liability insurance. The under pinnings, frame, wheels, etc also look good.

Devon

Re: The Uno: Uni-Motorbike Designed in SolidWorks

Howie Hughes — Thu, 01 May 2008 10:32:13 -0000

Hi Josh-

Here's a product I find interesting, reverse rotating front disc brake rotors for motorcycles; http://www.reverserotatingrotors.com/

Devon

Re: SolidWorks 2009 Beta Starting in June, Plus A Friendly Community Survey

Howie Hughes — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:01:17 -0000

Hi Josh-

I haven't had time to see the movie.

Here's my question; this computer application that's shown in the movie; how was "it" created? Was it Maya, RenderMan, or what?

Devon

Re: SolidSmack Turns 1 Year Old: Still Cute, But a Bit Sassy

Howie Hughes — Sat, 10 May 2008 09:50:11 -0000

Hi Josh-

I read your blog everyday. Your skills are amazing.

Now, I'll fire up my iTunes and listen to The Good, the Bad and the Ugly by the Ramones.

What, me worry?
Devon

Re: SportCopter GyroPlane Designed in SolidWorks, No Turret Guns

Howie Hughes — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 15:33:49 -0000

Josh-

With such a small lifting surface (the small rotating blades), that plastic egg shell will drop like a rock when it fouls a spark plug. It looks a little shy when it comes to any type of safety protection. I would never get into a pipe dream like that.

Devon

Re: Super Hot Falen Concept Car Designed in SolidWorks

Howie Hughes — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 10:45:29 -0000

Hey Josh-

As a modeling excercise, using SolidWorks, it's brilliant.

As a practical vehicle? Not. No A pillars, huge, blinding C pillars, way too low to the ground, short overhangs with no crush zones. And really, a gas sucking V8? Looks like no room for even a briefcase.

Designs with no practical use are just plain silly.

Devon

Re: Reader Poll: What Do You Like (Dislike) About SolidSmack?

Howie Hughes — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:34:25 -0000

Hello Josh-

Your blog is fantastic, keep up the good work.

Devon

Re: SolidWorks Confirmation Corner. Use It? Loose It? Three Other Options.

Howie Hughes — Wed, 18 Jun 2008 18:39:33 -0000

The confirmation corner? Off.

Devon

Re: Ask the Reader: What Version of SolidWorks Are You Using? (Oh, and Tips.)

Howie Hughes — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 12:06:29 -0000

Hi Josh-

Yep, just like Matt, my customers determine which version of SolidWorks I use. Of my 29 plus clients, 2 use 2008, that I know of anyway.

Here's what I see; the longer a customer has been using SolidWorks, the less likely they are to use the lastest version. The "bloom is off the rose" so to speak for long time users. Remember, most users feel that upgrading is an expensive task, one that can't be charged to a specific project...same for Service Packs.

Devon

Re: Google Makes the Future of 3D CAD… Lively

Howie Hughes — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 16:11:25 -0000

"Jeez Bullwinkle, another web based environment? There are more ways to waste, I mean spend, time on-line than there are acorns in my nest; CADJunky, FaceBook, Plaxo, Linked-In, MySpace, Twitter, Plurk, Google, Vimeo, YouTube, Blogs..."

"Hey Rocky, watch me pull a rabbit out of my hat!"

"Again?"

"I gotta get a new hat"

Re: Martin JetPack: The Kids Will Want One

Howie Hughes — Thu, 07 Aug 2008 09:58:34 -0000

Interesting, but extremely dangerous. If the engines malfunction, drop like a cast iron anchor to your terrifying death.

Devon

Re: Martin JetPack: The Kids Will Want One

Howie Hughes — Fri, 08 Aug 2008 10:27:24 -0000

Thanks for the link, Ian.

What if you're 50 off the ground when the engines quit? Think the parachute will help you then?

I hate to be so negative, but designs with no practical use are just silly.

Devon

Re: PhotoView360: SolidWorks and Luxology TeamUP Bigtime

Howie Hughes — Mon, 11 Aug 2008 16:07:27 -0000

Josh-

RE:"Luxology Modo, located in San Mateo, CA, is developed by a team that use to work at Lightwave."

I always wondered why SolidWorks switched from Lightwave to MentalRay. In my opinion, the MentalRay engine produced lower quality renderings, in the begining anyway (2001 Plus?). Then, I'd visit the LightWave website and see all the support and color/texture swatches available..

PhotoView 360, this looks interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Devon

Re: PhotoView360: SolidWorks and Luxology TeamUP Bigtime

Howie Hughes — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 09:40:59 -0000

Hi Kevin-

Yes, thanks for the recap. Do you have any thoughts as to why they switched from LW to MR? And now it appears they are switching back (in a way)? Just curious.

Thanks,
Devon

Re: Wearable MotorCycle Video: Clean Your Face With Pavement

Howie Hughes — Sat, 30 Aug 2008 18:34:32 -0000

How exactly does it steer and turn? Why isn't that shown?

"Nice it uses your own head as a crashbuffer :)"!!

And if another vehcile crashes into it, then what?

Devon

Re: 2 Freakishly Amazing Mechanized Creations

Howie Hughes — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 10:17:15 -0000

That sphere is very interesting!

Devon

Re: Oh, That’s My Fat Multi-Touch Modular Display… In HD Dude.

Howie Hughes — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 13:25:05 -0000

Very cool stuff. Their video has a slow pace. Thanks for posting.

Re: Skyros Aerial Camera Designed in SolidWorks Reigns Down Photos of Your Skull Cap

Howie Hughes — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 12:21:51 -0000

I've been flying radio controlled planes for about 15 years. In the USA, the FAA has extremely specfic rules when it comes to radio controlled flying machines. At first glance the 160 ft height seems too high and could be illegal here. I'd feel pretty nervous having these things falling from the sky in my neighbor hood.

Re: Need an Inspection Expert? Here’s… InspectionXpert for SolidWorks

Howie Hughes — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:04:26 -0000

That looks good.

Devon

Re: SmackHACK! Custom SolidWorks Scenes without PhotoWorks

Howie Hughes — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 12:00:37 -0000

Great post, excellent Tips!

Re: Smack! The 24″ HD LCD RoundUp! Six Low Priced Monitors for You or Your Crew.

Howie Hughes — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:09:30 -0000

$899.00 for a monitor? Golly gee!

Herman

Re: SolidWork Design Hits Mach 1.4 - The 1,000 MPH Bloodhound SSC

Howie Hughes — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 07:07:07 -0000

Wow, tha'ts amazing. The design is elegant. Who's got the brass to strap in and fire this baby up?

Devon

Re: Friday Smackdown: Fire-Breathing Death Dive

Howie Hughes — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 12:12:11 -0000

I like the Bench. Interesting it was designed in Alibre.

I had to laugh when I saw the builder recommending to "bend a steel rule" to make the radius. Bent steel rules laying around can't be good.

Cheers,
Paul & Babe

Re: The Venom. It Creeps. It Crawls. It’s Designed in SolidWorks.

Howie Hughes — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:11:19 -0000

Great post, Josh.

Ricky, lets hear some bench racing stories from you racing career!

Devon

Re: SolidWorks On Edge Relations: Avoid Them Like Teething Zombie Babies

Howie Hughes — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 13:15:18 -0000

RE:"Use Parallel and Perpendicular Relations
When creating Library Features and want them to work, use parallel,perpendicular and symmetric relations instead of any others. This will help them work in any orientation."

That's a great Tip, I always forget this when I make a Library Feature.

Devon

Re: Ask the Reader: What Do You Love/Hate About Upgrading to SolidWorks 2009?

Howie Hughes — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 10:30:38 -0000

My experience has shown that the longer a customer has been using SolidWorks, the longer they wait to upgrade to the newest version. After 9 1/2 years of upgrading and applying scores of Service Packs, I'm burned out on the whole process. SolidWorks continues year after year, to release software that has not been tested. For example, 2009 Weldments, Edit or Create a new Weldment Profile, the Profile Preview does not appear. There is no excuse for this at all.

I want to design parts and assemblies. I don't want to test software nor discover and report bugs. I don't want to apply 5 (or more) Service Packs every year. I don't want a new version every 12 months.

Devon T. Sowell
http://www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

Re: The Grasshopper: It Folds Up, It Recharges, It’s Designed in SolidWorks

Howie Hughes — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:36:00 -0000

Interesting.

The gear ratio/sprocket sizes appear to be reversed. The drive output gear is larger than the driven gear on the rear wheel.

Devon
http://www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

Re: The Grasshopper: It Folds Up, It Recharges, It’s Designed in SolidWorks

Howie Hughes — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 14:41:00 -0000

Good catch, Dale.

Another example of a poor design that looks good in a Render.

Devon
http://www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

Re: The Giant Foot of Google Wave Will Crush CAD and PLM

Howie Hughes — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 13:10:06 -0000

Hi Josh-

Very interesting, I signed up for the notification when Wave goes live.

A few comments: "Everything can be online"

So if your Internet connection is down, that's bad?
If the site is hacked, that's dangerous?
Google has it all, on their servers, nervous about that? What about IP spying?

Thanks,
Devon

Re: The Big Ol’ Fat Tire Sand Bike Design. No 3D CAD Required. {Video}

Howie Hughes — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 10:03:06 -0000

Very good design! A kid's version would have to have a different name :-)

Devon

Re: Get Your Shweeb On: The Story of the First Human-Powered Monorail

Howie Hughes — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 10:45:11 -0000

That looks very cool and fun, a great idea.

Schweeb, Vuuch, these names make me think when my daughter was 3 and said a lot of words backwards, like tikee (kitty) and nufis (music)

Noved

Re: CATIA & SolidWorks

Howie Hughes — Tue, 13 Jun 2006 10:17:05 -0000

Nice Blog, Ricky!

Re: SolidWorks 2007: SolidWorks Explorer

Howie Hughes — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 12:21:14 -0000

Hello Ricky-

Excellent Post!

At SWW World 2007, New Orleans, I'll be presenting a Hands On seminar about SW Explorer 2007. I hope to see some new faces there!

Cheers,
Devon T. Sowell
www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

Re: SolidWorks 2007: SolidWorks Explorer

Howie Hughes — Fri, 22 Sep 2006 08:33:00 -0000

Great Rob! I look forward to seeing you again.

Devon

Re: Steve Wozniak to be Keynote Speaker at SolidWorks World 2007

Howie Hughes — Thu, 26 Oct 2006 13:32:03 -0000

Hi Ricky-

This is very interesting news to me, especially the "Apple" connection. We all know that SolidWorks won't run on native Apple computers unless the new Windows "Boot Camp" is installed on the new Intel based machines. I wonder what new information "may" be coming?

Cheers,
Devon T. Sowell
www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

Re: Steve Wozniak to be Keynote Speaker at SolidWorks World 2007

Howie Hughes — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:18:11 -0000

Thanks for the comments, Ricky. I just find it interesting that a person connected directly with Apple would speak at a software conference whose software won't run on his product unless the users "jump thru some hoops."

Devon

Re: Steve Wozniak to be Keynote Speaker at SolidWorks World 2007

Howie Hughes — Sat, 28 Oct 2006 15:50:09 -0000

OK, here's my best guess. SolidWorks includes "Boot Camp" with SolidWorks. Now, the new Intel based Macs will run SolidWorks.

Food for thought.

Devon

Re: Countdown to SolidWorks World….literally

Howie Hughes — Wed, 24 Jan 2007 16:25:13 -0000

Very cool, Ricky!

Devon

Re: Truly an honor

Howie Hughes — Fri, 09 Feb 2007 11:24:31 -0000

Hi Ricky-

Congrats, again! Excellent content on your Blog.

Devon

Re: I Need Your Neutral CAD Data!!

Howie Hughes — Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:53:28 -0000

Hi Ricky-

That's quite a request, asking for pain. I send off one later this week.

Devon

Re: SharePoint

Howie Hughes — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 05:33:41 -0000

Hi Ricky-

I am very interested in learning more about Microsoft SharePoint 2007.

Briefly, what are just a few of its features and benefits?

Devon

Re: SolidWorks and Animations

Howie Hughes — Thu, 01 May 2008 08:15:51 -0000

Hi Ricky-

Great Tips and Tricks, thanks.

Devon

Re: ALL NEW SITE & HOST!!

Howie Hughes — Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:18:04 -0000

Ricky-

Your new site looks great, good job!

Devon

Re: FREE 30 Day Trial of SolidWorks Premium (US only)

Howie Hughes — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 15:56:59 -0000

Tha'ts cool, thanks for posting.

Devon

Re: Download and RENDER The Mach 4 Racer!

Howie Hughes — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 12:48:03 -0000

Nice model, Ricky!

Devon

Re: All NEW Content Rich Site Design!!

Howie Hughes — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 09:30:56 -0000

Looks great, nice job Ricky.

Devon

Re: SolidWorks World 2009 Monday: A Special Honor for a Special Guy

Howie Hughes — Wed, 11 Feb 2009 07:37:39 -0000

Ricky-

Thanks for all your help. Everyone really enjoyed honoring Richard, your twitter joke was fun!

See you next year.

Devon

Re: Dell M6400 Review

Howie Hughes — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 12:56:01 -0000

Nice review, Ricky. Thanks for sharing.

Devon

Re: SolidWorks World 2009 Roll Call

Howie Hughes — Mon, 05 Jan 2009 15:27:22 -0000

Hey Alex-

I'll see you there.

Devon

Re: Are You A CADjunky?

Howie Hughes — Thu, 22 Feb 2007 14:16:17 -0000

Hello Brian-

Nice blog! I look forward to reading your new blog.

Devon

Re: Demonstration of the Welding Environment

Howie Hughes — Tue, 13 Mar 2007 12:27:06 -0000

Hi Brian-

Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.

Devon

Re: John McEleney Comes To Huntsville!

Howie Hughes — Tue, 12 Jun 2007 23:25:05 -0000

Hi Brian-

Great report on what appears to be a fantasic meeting. Nice room! I think I saw an answer to one of Richard's questions!

Devon

Re: John McEleney Steps Down as SolidWorks CEO!

Howie Hughes — Sat, 14 Jul 2007 19:26:08 -0000

Interesting situation. "The grass is always greener...", even for a 45 year old CEO of 300 million/year company. I do with him well in his new marriage, family, and we pray for his father.

Devon

Re: Yes, I’m Still Here!

Howie Hughes — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 17:51:21 -0000

Hello Brian-

Sarah and I are so sorry to hear about your Parents. We hope everything gets better soon for you and your family.

Devon

Re: Free SolidWorks Certification - Offer Extended!

Howie Hughes — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 11:57:38 -0000

Free, what a deal! I think I paid $700.00 to take the 8 hour CSWP test in 2002.

Cheers,
Devon

Re: Free SolidWorks Certification - Offer Extended!

Howie Hughes — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 20:06:06 -0000

The test I took was difficult, no doubt about it. I'd have to study up to take the 8 hour test today.

Devon

Re: Ktrak - Turn Your Mountain Bike Into A Man-Powered Snowmobile

Howie Hughes — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:36:55 -0000

Nice!

Devon

Re: OnLive Unveils Gaming On Demand - Will CAD & Other Apps Follow?

Howie Hughes — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 10:04:02 -0000

Hi Brian-

Interesting post. I don't play computer games, so I'm not familar with any game User Interfaces.

In my area, SoCal, internet speeds, in general, are too slow to support resource intensive applications. My DSL speed varies considerably and cable internet starts at $100.00 per month and goes up to $750.00 per month, very expensive. Wireless, while plentiful, is also quite slow in San Diego.

Another question, what if an internet connection is not available? Would a local machine install still be required? If so, it would run so must faster than a Cloud application.

Thanks for sharing,
Devon

Re: Getting Started

Howie Hughes — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 09:25:42 -0000

Hello Gabi-

Welcome to the SolidWorks Blog Squad. I look forward to your Posts.

I enjoyed reading your history in your first Post.

Devon
http://designsmarter.typepad.com/devonsowell/
http://www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

Re: The Iterative Process of Learning

Howie Hughes — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:50:36 -0000

Hi Gabi-

Great article.

Many years ago, I was taught this when using SolidWorks;

Try to build the Part in SolidWorks as if you were building a real Part (I work mostly with Machined Parts).

Just like Steve Calvert, a power user, says; It's all about Design Intent. A robust SolidWorks Model is one where the Design Intent is obvious and it's important Features are easily changed.

Cheers,
Devon

Re: The Iterative Process of Learning

Howie Hughes — Thu, 07 Feb 2008 11:58:25 -0000

Hi Gabi-

Another Tip is to become familar with CNC Machining and the software applications, such as MasterCam, that support controlled machining.

Many of my Parts do not have Drawings. I send the 3D models to the machine shop. So, the SolidWorks Part file needs to be created so the CNC software can easily recognize Features, such as fillets, chamfers and counterbores.

Cheers,
Devon

Re: It’s just like the other one, but…

Howie Hughes — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:02:16 -0000

Hello Gabi-

Good job on the Configurations.

However, I don't recommend Configurations for Custom Parts; off the shelf Parts like Nuts and Bolts, no problem.

Here are three simple reasons, there a a few more too;

Part Files with mutiple Configurations have large File Sizes. When used in Assemblies/Drawings, performance is not good.

Configuration Names; these remind me of AutoCAD "Layer" Names. To the person that creates them, they have meaning, to another User, they usually are very confusing.

Finally, the problem I've seen at many of my Clients is this; In a Drawing, and it's Views, How do you know "which" Configuration is Displayed and then, Is it the correct Configuration? How do you know? One of my Clients had an exsiting Assembly, each Component Part had mutiple Configurations,, the top Level Assembly had over 60 different configurations, each with a "vague" name. the Creator of this Assembly no longer worked there. No one knew which Configuration was the correct one!

Devon

Re: It’s just like the other one, but…

Howie Hughes — Sun, 10 Feb 2008 13:07:50 -0000

I like to do this;

One file, with one Part Number, with one Drawing. Same with Assemblies too. This will reduce confusion and increase confidence.

Cheers,
Devon

Re: It’s just like the other one, but…

Howie Hughes — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 03:59:26 -0000

I meant to say this;

"One Configuration, One file, with one Part Number, with one Drawing. Same with Assemblies too. This will reduce confusion and increase confidence.

Devon

Re: My experience with Inspirtech

Howie Hughes — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:11:11 -0000

Hello Gabi-

Do you get paid money or get free product to have the Inspirtech link in your blog?

Devon

Re: My experience with Inspirtech

Howie Hughes — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 06:01:22 -0000

Gabi & Albert-

Please see my blog for my response to this issue.

http://designsmarter.typepad.com/devonsowell/

Devon

Re: Desktop EDA

Howie Hughes — Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:25:41 -0000

Hi Jeff-
I have some .brd files and other PCB file types. Send me an e-mail if you need them.
dtsowell@3-ddesignsolutions.com
Devon T. Sowell
www.3-ddesignsolutions.com

Re: What do you love/hate about your VAR?

Howie Hughes — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:43:30 -0000

Hi Jeff-
I laugh everytime I visit my VAR and they're all wearing long sleeved white dress shirts, sometimes with ties. They look like Used Car Salesman.
I grimace at the turn over rate of employees at my VAR.
I guffaw out loud when they always ask me if I'm ready to purchase another seat of SolidWorks. The silence is deafening right after I say no (for the 50th time).
Devon

Re: What do you love/hate about your VAR?

Howie Hughes — Tue, 21 Aug 2007 14:47:51 -0000

OK, here's what I like about my VAR:
They recommend me to Clients, muchos gracias!.
Their Technical Support is improving.
Devon

Re: Clean Install…huh…what?

Howie Hughes — Mon, 12 May 2008 20:05:28 -0000

Hey Jeff-
Welcome back.
2007 was the most stable release I've used since 1999. I have 28 clients, only 2 use 2008. Yea, that's anecdotal, but that my world, welcome to it.
Cheers,
Devon

Re: My BIG Project

Howie Hughes — Sun, 14 Sep 2008 20:51:33 -0000

Hi Jeff-
RE:"I was actually surprised that eDrawings crapped out the way it did. It simply couldn't handle the size of the assembly."
I've had this problem too.
Devon

Re: Project Update

Howie Hughes — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 11:32:48 -0000

Hey Jeff-
WorkGroup or Enterprise PDM?
Devon

Re: What a week!

Howie Hughes — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:04:57 -0000

Congratulations Jeff!
Devon

Re: Off-topic Soapbox Rant

Howie Hughes — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 19:35:39 -0000

Hi Jeff-
I was lucky enough to attend all the factory technical schools of both Honda and Suzuki. I've also done contract work for Nissan and Yamaha. All of these highly successful companies use smart part numbers.
Perhaps I should do a blog post about this.
Cheers,
Devon

Re: ATI FirePro V5700

Howie Hughes — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:22:05 -0000

Hi Jeff-

Thanks for this review.

So, nothing's changed as far as ATI video cards and SolidWorks, they still don't work very well.

Devon Sowell

Re: SolidWorks Crashes & Slowdowns: It’s Your Fault

Howie Hughes — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:24:59 -0000

Hi Jeff-

Being a consultant with over 30 clients, I'd say that the majority of the SolidWorks users I've worked with have sub-standard computers that hinder their productivity.

Devon Sowell

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