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Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:16:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/solidworks-data-in-shape/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/solidworks-data-in-shape/#comments Fri, 05 Feb 2010 12:00:45 +0000 Daniel Rohats http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=5565 Razorleaf has just released the new CADFIT tool for public consumption.  I don’t recommend actually eating or consuming the tool, but I do recommend that you use it.  “Well of course you do, you work for Razorleaf.”  Okay, that factor not withstanding, CADFIT is a really great tool to help you determine the health of your [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2010/02/solidworks-data-in-shape/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/12/prod-test-dev-environments/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/12/prod-test-dev-environments/#comments Thu, 31 Dec 2009 14:00:35 +0000 Derek Neiding http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=5889 Many of the systems our clients work with could rightly be considered business critical systems.  Whether its Design Automation (DA) tools, a PLM/PDM system, a custom application, or a tool for electronic process automation Razorleaf’s clients would be hard-pressed to efficiently complete their day’s activities if the system was down or not operating as it should.  There [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/12/prod-test-dev-environments/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/12/business-process-change-3/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/12/business-process-change-3/#comments Fri, 18 Dec 2009 20:58:15 +0000 Daniel Rohats http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=4398 Have you ever attempted to map a process, only to get bogged down in the details?  What seemed like a simple flow chart with four or five boxes got really complicated when you started accounting for all of the special case scenarios?  If you’ve experienced this situation, then you’ll certainly appreciate this installment of my blog series [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/12/business-process-change-3/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/11/dassault-not-crazy/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/11/dassault-not-crazy/#comments Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:06 +0000 Jonathan Scott http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=5336 With Dassault recently announcing the spin-off of SmarTeam V5 development to Artizone, a lot of people have opinions (and concerns) about what Dassault Systemes (DS) is doing with the ENOVIA brand these days.  I can’t offer definitive answers since I don’t work for DS, but I know enough people at the ENOVIA brand that I [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/11/dassault-not-crazy/feed/ 4 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/recycle-data/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/recycle-data/#comments Wed, 07 Oct 2009 11:30:41 +0000 Paul Gimbel http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=4804 One of the biggest selling points that we had for parametrics was the argument for data reuse. “Why would you spend all day doing File, Save As when you can build once and use as many times as you want?” As always, the answer is “it depends.” ]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/recycle-data/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/no-fear-of-programming/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/no-fear-of-programming/#comments Fri, 02 Oct 2009 12:30:24 +0000 Paul Gimbel http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=4516 Whether it’s automating something in SolidWorks, adding functionality to your PLM implementation or increasing the computing power and flexibility of an automated process, we engineers stop short of programming. Why? There's no reason to fear the code. Here are some secrets to help anyone start to program.]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/10/no-fear-of-programming/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/evaluating-your-import-data-validation/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/evaluating-your-import-data-validation/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:00:14 +0000 Derek Neiding http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=4684 The launch of nearly every new business system requires some level of legacy data load.  After all, you have probably been doing the things the new business system does, just by some other means.  I believe a successful import begins with quality source data.  Remember, garbage in, garbage out.  The more consistent your source data is [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/evaluating-your-import-data-validation/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/how-long-to-migrate-my-data/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/how-long-to-migrate-my-data/#comments Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:45:47 +0000 Michael Craffey http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=4626 I am often asked “How long will it take to migrate our data?” My response is almost always, “That depends on the data.” I am not being intentionally vague, I’m just sharing a truth which many do not understand or want to believe. For sake of argument, I have a client who has a PDM system [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/how-long-to-migrate-my-data/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/solidworks-user-group-south-carolina/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/solidworks-user-group-south-carolina/#comments Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:47:31 +0000 Paul Gimbel http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=4486 Design Automation Presentations Available Online Now Great people, fascinating conversations, and an incredible venue (not to mention pretty good burgers, too). Yes it was another fine showing by the Greenville SolidWorks User Group at the Clemson University International Center for Automotive Research (CU-ICAR) in South Carolina. Not only did you feel the magic of being right [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/solidworks-user-group-south-carolina/feed/ 0 http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/da-and-mouse-clicks/ http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/da-and-mouse-clicks/#comments Tue, 01 Sep 2009 23:30:02 +0000 Paul Gimbel http://www.razorleaf.com/?p=4121 Design Automation is becoming an issue that more and more people are paying attention to. Part of this is because new tools like DriveWorks and TactonWorks are emerging that are tightly integrated with a designer’s CAD platform of choice. The unfortunate part is that within the marketing messages the true power (and purpose) of design [...]]]> http://www.razorleaf.com/2009/09/da-and-mouse-clicks/feed/ 0