Mike Puckett's Blog

Solidworks 2008 Performance

One of the guys that work with me the other day was working in an assembly and made an interesting comment while waiting for it to rebuild "Well, I guess it's a good thing that I can work faster than Solidworks". Now that's a challenge for Solidworks to stay focused on improving performance for 2009!

The Solidworks Salad Days

This time of year is what I like to call the Solidworks salad days for a few reasons. The newest version is in full use, and it's also at a service pack that has for the most part solved critical issues. Solidworks World has passed, beta for the next version is a month or two away, and the roll-outs for the next release is six months away. Ah yes, time to bask in the warm 80 degree spring days (at least that's what it's been here), and enjoy life as it is. Soon we will be wrapped up in debugging the new version all competing for cool prizes in the Beta contest, and then before we all know it, we will be hearing how some people wish that they would bring back Solidworks 2008, and forget about 2009! So enjoy this time when things are normal, and life is good, but don't forget to get your service packs in the mean time.

Spring Forward

Don't forget to set your clocks forward this weekend. Daylight savings time officially begins at 2:00am Sunday morning. Thanks to the passage of The Energy Policy Act of 2005, we now get to lose an hour of sleep three weeks earlier. Are we losing it, or regaining it? I always get confused. One way or the other, don't forget to change, or you may end up getting to work on Monday an hour early! (Or late? I'm so confused)