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Look. Windows XP Loading on a MacBook Pro with Parallels 6

23 Sep, 2010 by in TECH

I’m shaking my head right now. Tears are welling up in my eyes as my PC scrapes it’s fingers across the blackboard of the boot sequence. Grueling, especailly on a computer in major need of being kicked through a hard surface.

Jorge Rui, a SolidWorks user and Mechanical Engineer, is NOT experiencing the same feeling. He uses a MacBook Pro 17″ i5 with 4GB of RAM. He boots into Windows XP SP3 using the new Parallels Desktop 6 for Mac. It’s insanely fast and I’m sure you’ll enjoy seeing it and knowing how it’s happening.

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Autodesk Beat to the Punch. DraftSight for Mac Now Available… Free

20 Sep, 2010 by in NEWS

With all the software release news as of late, your 2D CAD on a Mac dreams are either a repeating nightmare or a pleasure feast of .dmg delight. First with the announcement of ARES on the Mac then with Autodesk publicly announcing they would soon release AutoCAD on the Mac… along with it’s little brother, AutoCAD WS, on the iPhone and iPad.

You could try Graebert’s ARES, but you’ll eventually have to pay the $995. You could wait for AutoCAD and dish out $4000. Or, you could hop over to DraftSight.com and feel the unfettered freedom of FREE. Whatcha gonna do?

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What’s SolidWorks Developing? Check Out their Job Listings… Cloud, Mac, Sketch

13 May, 2010 by in NEWS

Do you see those three words? Cloud, Mac, and Sketch? The triumvirate of contemporary CAD computing, those are by golly, and if you’re CAD slappin’ 3D code pro or have a little marketing and management panache, SolidWorks is hiring.

What’s more interesting, and also no big surprise, is what job titles these lie under. There’s definitely a drive from SolidWorks to continue to pursue development in the three areas listed and that means plenty of critics to voice their opinion, haters to hate, fanboys to drool and apparently, jobs to kick CAD development into high gear.

No matter what the job, that’s a good thing. Check this out.

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Apple iPad: Initial Thoughts on Product Development and Tablet Computing

06 Apr, 2010 by in TECH

Oh yes, it’s here party people. Apple released their iPad on Saturday, so I picked one up to toss around and see if it stacks up to all the hype. Personally, it tastes awful, but when you hit the little button on the front the screen lights up and makes you wonder if it will stick to your belly on a hot summer day.

After that, you’ll wonder what it can do. You caught a glimpse with the Sketchbook Pro news last Thursday and an obnoxious amount of coverage and reviews online. We’ll get in on that as well, but what we’re wondering more than most is this. Is there any validity to it actually being a usable tool to create content?

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Head to Screen Slam Jam. 3D Head Tracking and Inventor on a Mac?

12 Jan, 2010 by in TECH

What if you could stick suction cups on your oculars and move models around on the screen with your eyeballs? Yeah, and, what if you could stick suction cups on your chest, hands, neck and elbows to do the same thing? Oh yeah. Well, what if… you didn’t need suction cups… BOO.YAH.

We’ve talked about Microsoft’s Project Natal making your 3D CAD hands dance, but what about Apple? Houston Neal from Manufacturing Software Advice has some ideas and shows one way your massive brain cage could harness 3D.

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SolidWorks on Mac: CEO Speaks Out. You Have Your Say. {Poll}

20 Apr, 2009 by in NEWS

I’m sure of it. Your ankles are swelling with excitiment at the thought. SolidWorks on a Mac? Is this another post teasing of the possibility? Totally. Yes. But this time, you get to find out a little more about what’s going on in the mind of SolidWorks. Particularly, it’s CEO, Jeff Ray, courtesy of a fine, distinguished writer, Kenneth Wong.

You’ve seen how to run SolidWorks on a Mac here, porting it through bootcamp and doing a softmod to get RealView on a MacBookPro, but what if you could run it native… on a Mac?

Recently, Kenneth asked Jeff Ray about putting SolidWorks on a Mac. Here’s what he had to say…
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Run SolidWorks on a Mac: Soft-Mod Your GeForce into a Quadro

17 Jul, 2008 by in CAD

run solidworks on macWay back, in a recent post that showed all you Mac-ophiles how to use SolidWorks on a Mac a commenter named Peter Privitera was having graphics issues with his MacBook Pro when using SolidWorks.

His MacBook Pro uses a NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT video card, a low-end 512MB card that runs around $130 and up. He did a simple soft-mod (modify in software) to turn it into a beefy NVidia Quadro crankin’ beast and now has the graphics performance you would expect on a Mac.

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Apple iPhone, SolidWorks 2009 Beta, It’s All Crazy *Updated*

09 Jun, 2008 by in TECH

Right now, everything is in this amazing state of flux. The Apple WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) is kicking off (10AM PST) on the WestCoast and on the East Coast SolidWorks 2009 Beta may be announce (12AM EST). It’s just about more than someone interested in new technology can handle.

These two things are obviously not even related, although I’m sure there are some that wish it was. A couple years ago maybe, when the eDrawings Viewer was announce to be compatible with Macs.

So far, there’s no rumors of anything going on between SolidWorks and Apple. Maybe something about 3D. We’ll see though and I’ll mention it for sure. I can just imagine if Beta was announced that included a beta for Mac. I wouldn’t car to use SolidWorks on a Mac myself, but man, would that ignite some fires.

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UPDATE:
Apple News: The 3G Apple iPhone is now available – 8GB/$199 – 16GB/$299
SolidWorks News: The SolidWorks Beta Site is down. Nothing has shown up on the Customer Portal.

MAc Addict Alert! How To Use SolidWorks on a Mac OS X

21 May, 2008 by in CAD

solidworks on a macOh, the trials of being a Mac user in the CAD world. There’s just no justice for your simple and elegant character personified in a simple and elegant computer. Who is out there to understand you? SolidSmack has your back and we want to show you how easy it it is to get SolidWorks runnin’ on your Mac.

To show this, I turn to a friend that use SolidWorks with a Mac on a consistent basis. Ben Eadie, from SolidMentor, shares this step-by-step and has a few tips.
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