http://www.razorleaf.com Innovative Process Solutions. Bottom-Line Results. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:36:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/07/cad-models-design-automation/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/07/cad-models-design-automation/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:00:45 +0000 Paul Gimbel http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=7941 The purpose of a design automation system is to control different aspects, or parameters, of your CAD models. These could be dimensions, features, component instances, and more. Creating a truly powerful and profitable automation requires a good number of parameters. Keeping track of these parameters can get tricky, so some CAD model organization techniques are [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/07/cad-models-design-automation/feed/ 8 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/06/draftsight-announcement/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/06/draftsight-announcement/#comments Wed, 23 Jun 2010 21:00:15 +0000 Jonathan Scott http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=7877 DraftSight, a new 2D drafting program from Dassault Systemes, is available in public beta for free, and to enterprises for a small fee (to access extended features and support).  It can be downloaded here.  The tool is meant to offer all of the same functionality in AutoCAD, and to read and author data in DWG [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/06/draftsight-announcement/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/04/solidworks-api-event-wrapper/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/04/solidworks-api-event-wrapper/#comments Fri, 09 Apr 2010 11:00:44 +0000 Paul Luc http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=7266 The SolidWorks API (Application Programming Interface) is immensely powerful.  In fact, if something is doable within SolidWorks, the chances are good that there is a corresponding API.  As a result, automation possibilities are endless.  The SolidWorks API documentation is outstanding and, in most cases, provides exceptional detail.  However, one area that is somewhat tricky to [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/04/solidworks-api-event-wrapper/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/cad-virtualization/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/cad-virtualization/#comments Wed, 31 Mar 2010 17:00:10 +0000 Daniel Rohats http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=5628 Virtualization has progressed considerably in the past few years, but graphics performance has been notoriously poor because VMs (virtual machines) have been unable to take advantage of the host’s video card.  Even if your workstation has the latest from NVidia, ATI, or some other video card manufacturer, the VM has had no way of taking advantage of the GPU [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/03/cad-virtualization/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/inspectionxpert/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/inspectionxpert/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 19:00:47 +0000 Michael Craffey http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=6256 Whether you’re among the ranks of Engineering or Quality, creating inspection sheets can be a real pain.  InspectionXpert is a valuable tool for automating processes around inspection sheets, and worth a look if your industry requires documented inspections.  Nobody likes creating inspection sheets from scratch.  First there’s the duplication of effort in generating the graphics, [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/inspectionxpert/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/sw-hf-for-est/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/sw-hf-for-est/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 13:30:39 +0000 Jonathan Scott http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=6581 There is a performance problem with a specific element of the SolidWorks API in SolidWorks 2009 SP4.1 and SP5.0 that can cause problems with the ENOVIA SmarTeam integration for SolidWorks.  If you’re using the stated version of SolidWorks with SmarTeam, consider downloading and applying the relevant hotfix for SolidWorks.  The specific problem with SolidWorks is [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/sw-hf-for-est/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/action-packed-solidworks-world-2010/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/action-packed-solidworks-world-2010/#comments Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:30:40 +0000 Jonathan Scott http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=6529 For those of you not able to attend SolidWorks World 2010 in Anaheim, CA earlier this year, let us recap some of the most significant events related to the show.  As usual, SolidWorks lined up a number of interesting and motivational speakers (James Cameron, James McLurkin, Jeff Ray, and Bernard Charles).  There were also a [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/action-packed-solidworks-world-2010/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/cadfit-value/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/cadfit-value/#comments Wed, 03 Feb 2010 12:00:49 +0000 Daniel Rohats http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=5566 The CADFIT tool for SolidWorks has just been released by Razorleaf for general use.  You can read the marketing blurb to see a list of features and benefits, as well as what past users have to say about the tool.  But what does CADFIT really do? How is it going to help your company design better [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/cadfit-value/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/cadfit/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/cadfit/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 12:00:32 +0000 Jonathan Scott http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=5660 Razorleaf is proud to announce the availability of CADFIT (CAD File Inspection Tool) for SolidWorks.  CADFIT provides a detailed analysis of the integrity of your CAD data, even when it is distributed across multiple network locations.  The tool and associated data quality assessment are available for free at www.razorleaf.com/CADFIT.  CADFIT analyzes CAD data and identifies: Duplicate [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/cadfit/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/solidworks-2010/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/solidworks-2010/#comments Fri, 30 Oct 2009 01:45:36 +0000 Paul Gimbel http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=5126 We hope that by now you’ve had the opportunity to attend a What’s New in SolidWorks 2010 session sponsored by your local reseller. Razorleaf would like to take this opportunity to look into some of the features, functions, and issues that may have been a bit glossed over.]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/solidworks-2010/feed/ 0