The weldment "IV - frame generator" interface is better than SW. One feature I REALLY MISS is the offset command. Locate Profile in the same way and then if you want it to be say half inch out in the Y direction just put that number in the offset slot. SW you have to edit the profile and a...

What was funny about the situation there at Sims was how they ended up with inventor. I asked my boss how it came about thinking that someone had done research or had gotten roped in by the AutoCad rep. Nope he said that when the company was thinking about going 3D the bosses asked him what to use. ...

Since no one is putting anything in the topic I thought I might. So what happened? I applied for a job at Sims Recycling in the local area, near Sacramento California. They only had Inventor and had ran out of applicants that knew it. So they punted and advertised for SolidWorks guys. After the inte...

I mostly do plates with sheet metal. Only extra step needed is to created bounding box for the part. Then I put this into the description,

"SW-Thickness" x "SW-Width" x "SW-Length"