In 1999, TIME magazine hailed the Eames LCW Chair the greatest design of 20th Century. Using this chair and others, I’ll explain SOLIDWORKS modeling techniques that can be used to recreate the most iconic Mid Century Modern furniture … [Read more...]

Production modeling of consumer products can be intimidating without the right combination of skills and modeling strategies. This session discusses techniques to accurately create production models of the most challenging shapes present in … [Read more...]

Have you ever applied a fillet at .23” instead of the required 0.25” just to have it complete? Wondered about the different types of fillets and all their options? Needed to smoothly blend multiple fillets into each other? After this … [Read more...]

When the Shell command works, it is amazing. And when it doesn't work, that is when you need this session! We will cover why shells fail, how to diagnose the source of the problem, and some simple (and sometimes devious) tricks to always … [Read more...]

Ever applied a fillet at .23" instead of the required .25" just to have it complete? Had wonky fillets across the parting line? Wondered how to blend complex shapes into each other? This presentation will discuss techniques that will allow … [Read more...]

This year's presentation is an exploration of unexpected and devious tricks for editing SolidWorks models, reorganizing history, and reverse Engineering from scans/imported models. Attendees will leave with some really useful techniques … [Read more...]

3D scanning technology has become a popular tool throughout many industries for use in quality control and reverse engineering projects. The geometry of a scanned part, known as a " point cloud " can be surfaced, smoothed, and input into … [Read more...]

Shell, Draft, and Fillet are entirely reliant on the faces of the model they are applied to. This presentation discusses how those features think and why they sometimes deliver surprising results (or no results at all). It discusses how … [Read more...]

Issues were submitted by users. Phil Sluder and Ed Eaton teamed up to provide answers, often from different perspectives. Topics covered: Modeling techniques to drastically improve performance on parts with large patterns, complex … [Read more...]

Every year I try to discuss issues that came up in my design work the previous year that are not covered by any other available materials (either mine or from others). The main issues I ran into this year with customers and coworkers … [Read more...]