It’s been a long time coming, but I finally have something to show you in the way of a SolidWorks World Survival guide.

This all started this past January while having dinner with my friend Ben Eadie. After remarking that “I sure have learned a lot between my first SWW (2005) and this one (2008) he suggested that I think about putting together some sort of “survival guide”.
Well I started writing that day and it sure took a lot longer than I expected. On that note I sure do appreciate the Bloggers among us who spend endless hours at their keyboard typing away with, mostly, very interesting things to say. I hope you find this useful. There are many people to thank.

So without further a due… See attached PDF

~Muggs
John 'Muggs' Ferguson Design

Its about friggin time, SolidWorks has re-done their web page. It was getting a bit complex. Now it is easier to navigate and is much more pleasing to the eyes. Also with help from Josh Mings of SolidSmack fame helping out it has a nice ring to it.

Check it out
http://www.solidworks.com/

On my quest for world records I have come accross some great people. One of them is Roz Savage and she has rowed accross the Atlantic and is almost half way across the Pacific and about to land in Hawaii. She is doing this for the environment and so far has done this on donations alone. Here is the favor I ask of you. Please go to the Members Project for american express and vote for Roz to help her get the funding she needs to finish crossing the ocean and to help bring awareness to what we are doing to our planet. You do not have to have a american express card all you have to do is sign up as a guest member and vote. PLAEASE PLEASE do this for me will ya. Come on I provide this great site for free and I ask very little of you. Now I am just asking for a few moments of your time to help us saver our planet. SO GO VOTE!!!! And do it before Sept 1st. Sorry for the short notice but any vote helps.

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'It has been brought to my attention that some of you are not the "Environmental type" and that is fine but keep two things in mind. 1. Environmental or not we need to keep the planet clean and that is one of the benifits of this. 2. She has just about rowed two oceans and I would bet she could kick your butt, so vote or I will sick her on you :)'

Click HERE!

Although this is not as accurate as Laser Scanning it is a really interesting way to 3D scan and it is almost too easy to believe. More info can be found at NewScientist

My first article for Design Engineering Magazine is up!

Under the hood of SolidWorks 2009

Have a read here on my thoughts on SolidWorks 2009. Also spread the word, this is a great Canadian trade publication that has metric ton of great content for everyone world wide.