Designer Rants

30 Jun 2016

Simple Wall-Mounted Standing Desk & PC Tower Bracket

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Fixed wall-mounted standing mini-desk design idea.

31 May 2016

Dry Fertilizer Cart Manifolds & Solidworks Routings for Flexible Tubing

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Part of an agriculture heavy equipment concept design project I worked on. Dry fertilizer row crop delivery.

3 Apr 2016

Heavy Metal Stairway – Custom Bronze & Copper Balusters

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Custom designed and lathed balusters for a staircase, alternating each step between copper and bronze spindles.

15 Mar 2016

Logo Updates & Branding Graphics for AFES Website Upgrade

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Branding Graphics and Website Upgrade for AFES non-profit organization.

Parts Catalog - OO Writer - PDF export - highlightable searchable BOMs

12 Feb 2016

Publish PDFs with Searchable, Highlightable BOMs in SVG Vector Art from SolidWorks Composer

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I’m not alone in wondering: When Composer exports such beautiful technical artwork in vector image formats, why is it so hard to find a mainstream word processing or desktop publishing program that can showcase these images! Well, I found a way, and it’s FREE.

For SolidWorks correctly push Metadata into Composer BOMs

11 Feb 2016

Set SolidWorks files to Resolved to get Metadata changes to update in Composer BOMs

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I spent way too long trying to figure out why my metadata changes to CAD files weren’t updating in the Composer BOMs… Again.

3 ST PAUL LEGO LEAGUE LOGOS - RECYCLING THEME - BLACK LINES

31 Jan 2016

Making & Unifying Team Logos for Tee-Shirts

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More Jr. FIRST Lego Leaguers Logos – Let’s make some Team Tee-Shirts!

SolidWorks PhotoView360 just doesn't get multibody part files

1 Jan 2016

SolidWorks PhotoView360: Don’t Try This With MultiBody Parts / Bonjour? Oui Oui!

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Try installing Bonjour Print Service to get PV360 dialog to open, & quit wasting your time trying to save different photorealistic patterns on multibody part bodies.

12 Dec 2015

DIY Laptop & Tablet Mount for Treadmill

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When Function wins out over Form: How to make a laptop/tablet bracket for a treadmill with 2 pieces of scrap plywood & duct tape.

15 Nov 2015

Jr. FIRST Lego League Team Logo: Variations on a Theme

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I coach a team of 6 Jr. FIRST Lego Leaguers this year. Here are some variations on the team logo themes the kids dreamed up (I kept calling it a castle, and no one corrected me.)

2 Sep 2015

[VIDEO] How To Remove & Replace Image Backgrounds Using Free Software

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Video tutorials on how to use free photo editing software to delete the background of an image and replace it with neutral painted or transparent pixels.

16 Aug 2015

Jackisms

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Jack is 5 years old. For at least a year or two, we’ve really enjoyed his versions of certain words. Here are some of them–in use between age 3 and present.

SolidWorks Graphics Card Repaint Freak Out

9 Aug 2015

How To Fix: AMD FirePro Graphics Card Repaint Issues in SolidWorks

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Short Answer: If your assembly blows up, put it back together. With AMD W7100 pro graphics Recommendation.

Sexy Samsung 250GB M.2 SSD drive - not recognized in Lenovo BIOS

7 Aug 2015

Lenovo ThinkStation Probs: BIOS Issues & Windows7 Boot Install on M.2 SSD

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New CAD Workstation Review: Have a Lenovo ThinkStation Desktop P500, P700, or P900 with an M.2 SSD? Have trouble installing Windows as boot drive? I’ll walk through BIOS updating, which solved my problem.