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Solidworks Weldments Tutorial

This tutorial video shows how to download the extensive libraries of steel shapes provided with Solidworks 2007 and 2008. The libraries expand the weldments capability to include all commonly used angle ,channels and beams to the worlds most popular standards.

Introduction to solidworks part files

This tutorial video shows how to download the extensive libraries of steel shapes provided with Solidworks 2007 and 2008. The libraries expand the weldments capability to include all commonly used angle ,channels and beams to the worlds most popular standards.

Introduction to solidworks part files Part 1 Lesson 1

This video starts at the beginning, teaching the very basics of sketching, adding relations and creating the first part file

Basics of Assemblies

This video shows the basics of assembly modeling such as inserting and mating parts together to form assemblies.

Basics of Assemblies Part 2

Basics of assembly modeling Part 2

The drawing editor is a complete replacement for autocad which is included with every solidworks licence. This 2D drafting package is useful for those times when you need to update .dwg files and dont require 3D models. This video talks about the basics of coordinate entry in drawing editor

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The F-35, Joint strike search and rescue fighter
The recent 16 billion dollar purchase of F-35 stealth fighters is a triumph in buying American . While Canada needs more search and rescue planes to patrol the oceans the Canadian government decides to purchase stealth fighters. One wonders what kind of a changing role the Canadian air force has up its sleeve for these high tech seek and destroy weapons.

Perhaps the stealth and speed will allow our pilots to sneak up on sailors before they even get shipwrecked. The pilot can launch missiles at the pesky shoals or reefs blowing them up, preventing any marine disaster from ever happening.

Canadian Pilots flying the joint strike fighter solo over the arctic are assured that the fighters engine is more “robust” and unlikely to fail. Much like the Titanic was unsinkable. It will be cold comfort to a our pilots, reflecting on their emergency manual which said “relax, your jet engine is robust” as they eject in 50 below temperature.

Worse, the purchase of joint strike fighters protect American jobs, not Canadian ones, as the purchase of Bombardier search and rescue planes would have. Unfortunately when the Pentagon barks, we have to pay attention. This was true in the days of the Avro Arrow and now again with the F-35 joint strike fighter.