When you think of modeling, you may think of features used when creating 3D geometry… or you may think of your days as a elbow model for L.L. Bean. You sexy beast. Either way, there’s a process and a need for both. In the case of 3D modeling, the process is dependent on what you [...]

Earlier today, after sliding down a few escalators head first, I caught up with SolidWorks Product Manager, John Ellsworth, and the team responsible for introducing you to the first tool you’ll use to share, store and manage your SolidWorks data in a collaborative environment. You’ll see it first inside SolidWorks later this year, on the [...]

Like you’ve got a screaming mouthful of peanut butter… or like you’re screaming with a mouthful of peanut butter. Either way, there’s little anyone can do except stare with gaping eyes when you’re crashing into walls, coughing up half-chewed peanut butter. If you think about it though, there are the benefits that go along with [...]

I’ve got a bat. Actually, I have 10 little bats and they’re shaped suspiciously like fingers. Don’t worry, they’re mine and they’re ready to gouge the eye of technology… repeatedly, with lots of details, photos, unnecessary screaming and a skull that looks oddly like meat. Yes, it’s time to take a look at the HP [...]

That's the GRiD Compass, the first clamshell computer anyone had ever seen, designed by Bill Moggridge for his very first California client, GRiD Systems. Before anyone had coined the phrase "laptop" or figured out what one should look like, Moggridge worked it out.

[GRiD CEO John] Ellenby's idea was to create a computer with an electronic