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Hiring Contractors

Hiring an unknown contractor to do work for your engineering organization can be nervewracking. Picking the wrong person can waste precious time and resources. If you pay too little, you might get so…

Custom Linetypes and Hatch Patterns

For those who have used AutoCAD for a long duration and tried exploring the many under-the-hood techniques, understanding the cryptic methods of creating line types and hatch patterns was a daunting …

Getting Started as an Independent Contractor

In the engineering business, we sometimes have needs for which we need temporary solutions. An unexpected surge in orders requires more design help. That can include the quantity and type of the work…

Solid Edge Community Templates Quick Start

Solid Edge Community Templates Quick Start

The following video demonstrates how to install and use the Solid Edge Community Templates for Visual Studio. They are published to the Visual Studio Gallery on MSDN and allow you to quickl…

Solid Edge Community Open Source Initiative

Solid Edge Community Open Source Initiative

The following video is the official introduction to the Solid Edge Community Open Source Initiative. I spoke about this topic at Solid Edge University 2014. At that time, we were not quite ready…

Microsoft Surface Pro 3 In Action: Video

I find the Microsoft Surface Pro 3 to be a fantastic machine for people on the go. You can get a real processor in it (up to i7) and use it for real CAD. A docking station gives you more real estate …

Automation as a CAD Standards Enabler

CAD Standards, especially those pertaining to layers can be enforced effectively by providing tools to the user that will make him/her easy to adhere to the published guidelines. The previou…

Interview with Dan Vinson, Product Planning for Parts

Dan Vinson is the guy at Solid Edge responsible for planning the new developments in Parts. He does a bit of surfacing, and is in charge of most of the advanced modeling areas I’m interested in, such…

Hardware Review: Microsoft Surface Pro 3

At Solid Edge University 2014 in Atlanta the Microsoft Surface 3 was used for an entire room of Hands-on sessions. It wasn’t a fluke, it was real users running real CAD on tablet-sized hardware. You …