Published Articles & Whitepapers
This section includes papers written by me and published by my employers, vendors, and volunteer organizations.
GoEngineer: How to Clear Your CAMWorks Registry
This is a troubleshooting walkthrough if you are soft-locked out of transitioning from a standard nodelocked CAMWorks license to an online based activiation.
PS1: How to Succeed Using Preform for the Form 3 SLA 3D Printer
This is a walkthrough I wrote for Pumping Station: One here in Chicago about how to prep parts for the Formlabs Form 3 printer using Preform software.
CATI: SOLIDWORKS 2022 What’s New — Import and Export Enhancements
A blog article examining the enhancements made in SOLIDWORKS 2022
SOLIDWORKS: SolidPractices — Working with Imported 2D Data
Description of content, duties, and background for creating a document guiding importing third party CAD data, as commissioned by SOLIDWORKS.
SOLIDWORKS: SolidPractices — Working with Imported 3D Data
Description of content, duties, and background for creating a document guiding importing third party CAD data, as commissioned by SOLIDWORKS.
CATI: Docking Stations and SOLIDWORKS
A blog post describing various docking solutions for SOLIDWORKS users, and what to look out for when shopping for one.
CATI: SOLIDWORKS 2021 “Link to Property” in Drawings Notes Causing Crashes
A funny bug in SOLIDWORKS 2021, which was fixed in SP 3.0, was causing crashes to desktop when custom properties were used in Drawings.
CATI: 3D Interconnect & SOLIDWORKS CAM — A Powerful Combination
This post explores how the 3D Interconnect translator for SOLIDWORKS can be used in combination with Automatic Feature Recognition within SOLIDWORKS CAM/CAMWorks in order to program CNC milling jobs without needing an intermediary file type.
CATI: SOLIDWORKS 2021 What’s New – User Interface Enhancements
A blog post originally written for CATI, now GoEngineer, describing UI enhancements for SOLIDWORKS 2021.