Unless you have been living under a rock for the last few years, you know that it is becoming easier and easier to "network" with other like-minded individuals around the world.  The proliferation of Web 2.0 "social media" networks (sites such as Twitter, Jaiku, Facebook, Pownce, and MySpace instantly spring to mind) is growing by leaps and bounds.  It seems like every week, there are a dozen new services to join (yes, I am a joiner).  Even SolidWorks is in the fray with 3D ContentCentral.
One of the key things …

It is drawing ever closer…the day when thousands of SolidWorks employees, users, and vendors converge on the Happiest Place on Earth.  SolidWorks World 2009 will be here before you know it and for a few days, the ratio of engineers to rodents in the House of Mouse will skyrocket!
Jason over at RockSolid Perspective has pulled together some great testimonials on attending the upcoming SolidWorks World 2009 conference in his post, Orlando or Bust…What Others Are Saying.  He posed the question, "As a user who has been to a previous …

Welcome to CADFanatic‘s Tips & Tricks Tuesday!  Hopefully, this will become a regular feature here on CADFanatic.  Every Tuesday I plan to post a short tip or trick that will hopefully help you become more proficient with SolidWorks.
So at a SolidWorks 2009 What’s New presentation I gave a couple of weeks ago, I was working in SolidWorks and mating two components together.  As I added the mate, literally everyone in the room said in unison, "How did you do that??  Is that a new feature in 2009?"
I was a little …