Northern Utah SolidWorks User Group

Job Opportunity

2010-09-16T12:58:00.001-07:00

FLSmidth is looking for Mechanical Engineers. Please contact Colin Heald for more information.

Satellite Meeting in Davis County

2010-03-10T15:55:00.000-08:00

SolidWorks users please join us for our Davis County "Satellite" User Group meeting!

RSVP Required - NUSWUG Meeting details

When: Thursday, April 1st - 5:30pm to 8:00pm
Where: Davis Applied Technology College (DATC)
550 E 300 S, Kaysville, UT 84037 (MAP)
(East Side of Campus - Barlow Building Room 119)

Meeting Agenda

5:30 Food, Drinks, Socializing, Networking
5:55 Group Business, Announcements
6:00 Technical Presentations
• Surfacing - Matt Morgan, Sr. Applications Engineer | GoEngineer
• SolidWorks Tips n Tricks - Colin Heald | FLSmidth
7:45 Prize Drawings - iPod Nano (sponsored by GoEngineer)

This meeting is sponsored by DATC, GoEngineer, and SolidWorks.

Please RSVP to:

Chad Clarke OR Colin Heald

Another Job Announcement

2010-03-03T16:01:00.000-08:00

Tooling Engineer

Duties:
Model complex, lofted surfaces and parts.
Design tooling to manufacture, repair, and assemble parts.
Reverse engineer parts using a Faro arm and Verisurf software to fill in missing or incorrect data in drawing and loft. Also use Faro arm to verify models created in SolidWorks.
Adhere to quality assurance procedures and processes.
Document actions by completing logs.
Update job knowledge by participating in educational opportunities and reading technical publications.
Accomplish organization goals by accepting ownership for accomplishing new and different requests; exploring opportunities to add value to job accomplishments.
Skills/Qualifications:
Conceptual Skills, Process Improvement, Verbal Communication, Functional and Technical Skills, Controls and Instrumentation, Supply Management, Tooling, Coordination, Inventory Control, Attention to Detail, Judgment
Requirements
Requirements:
• BS in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering.
• Minimum of 2-3 years of full time experience with SolidWorks
• Experience with tool design, specifically tools used to create aerospace parts
• Experience in a manufacturing environment preferred
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES: To include but not limited to the following:
- Modeling of complex, lofted aerospace parts in SolidWorks
- Design tooling for manufacturing, repair, and assembly of parts.
REQUIRED JOB QUALIFICATIONS / EXPERIENCE AND TECHNICAL SKILLS:
- SolidWorks experience is required
- SolidWorks lofting, surfacing, and sheet metal experience preferred
- Degree in Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering
- Experience designing tools for Aerospace parts preferred
- Excellent drawing reading skills. Knowledge about GD&T
- Experience with tools for checking parts
Specifically Faro Arm preferred
- Experience with metal (steel, aluminum) machining preferred
- Knowledge of Lathe and Mills preferred

HELPFUL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Sheet Metal work experience
- Casting Tooling experience
- Aerospace experience
- Government contracts experience

PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
- Self-Starter / Self-Motivated / Flexible
- Reliable and dependable
- Positive customer focused attitude
- Enjoys fast pace and rapidly changing environment
- Honest with good integrity
- Professional demeanor and respectful to people in all situations
- Flexible and willing to help others as needed
- Team player

Please contact Shelly Barlow for more info.

Job Announcement

2010-03-03T16:00:00.000-08:00

Salt Lake City company looking for a SolidWorks Designer / Test Technician / Technical Writer for full time contract position, please send resume to chadlclarke@gmail.com

February Meeting

2010-02-12T15:53:00.000-08:00

When: Thursday, Feb 25th - 5:30pm to 8:00pm
Where: FLSmidth Minerals - 2850 S Decker Lake Dr
Salt Lake City, UT 84119

Meeting Agenda
5:30 Food (Joe Morley's BAR-B-Q), Drinks, Socializing, Networking
5:55 Vendor Presentation - SolidMap (3 minute video)
6:00 Technical Presentations by local users
-Sheet Metal - Bryce Calvin (TeraFLex)
-Sketches and Design Intent - Colin Heald (FLSmidth)
-ePDM - Chad Clarke (Parvus) (time permitting)
7:45 Prize Drawings - SolidWorks Swag, Gift Cards, iPod Shuffle

Please RSVP ASAP!

Job Opportunities!

2009-12-08T12:38:00.000-08:00

Anyone interested in part time modeling and detailing work, please contact me immediately. I have opportunities that can start today!

November 2009 Meeting

2009-11-24T10:13:00.001-08:00

Thanks to all who participated in our November meeting. As usual it was a great event with great technical content and good food, fun and prizes.

Check out these pictures of the meeting:

Giant Party Subs!!

Steve Swensen of FFKR Architects gives a presentation on PhotoWorks/Animator

Tony Rands of Torion Technologies gives a presentation on Detail Engineering Drawings.

Rebecca Lorenc of Merit Medical gives a presentation on Title Blocks.

November Meeting Announcement

2009-11-04T20:05:00.000-08:00

Please join us for our next meeting on November 17th. The meeting will be held at FLSmidth (2850 S. Decker Lake Drive) from 5:30 to 8:30.

We will be having several short technical presentations by our users:

Drawing Title Blocks - Rebecca Lorenc of Merit Medical
Detail Engineering Drawings, views, custom properties - Tony Rands of Torion Technologies
Animator/Photoworks - Steve Swensen of FFKR Architects
Sketches and Design Intent - Colin Heald of FLSmidth

There will also be food, prizes and fun as usual!

Please RSVP to Colin or Chad if you plan on attending.

Design Challenge 09 Winners

2009-11-02T13:38:00.001-08:00

The first annual NUSWUG Design Challenge is over. The solution to the final challenge, the Megaslinky, can be downloaded here.

Chris Bradford, of Magpie Systems, Inc. and Brian Kwant of FLSmidth tied for first place. After an impartial coin toss, Chris Bradford won an iPod Touch, donated by GoEngineer.

Brian Kwant won a digital camera, donated by FLSmidth.

Jack Nichols, of the CAO Group, was the third place winner and won a universal remote donated by FLSmidth.

Thanks to everyone who participated this year.

August Meeting

2009-11-02T13:15:00.000-08:00

We had another very successful meeting in August. Special thanks to Jason Stats of Bard Access Systems. He gave a fantastic tips and tricks presentation. His presentation can be downloaded here.

Here are a few pictures of the meeting:

Great attendance!

DelCAM gave a good presentation on CAM and SolidWorks. They also provided loads of fantastic prizes.

Thank you DelCAM for sponsoring this meeting.

August Meeting

2009-08-11T09:14:00.000-07:00

Our Q3 meeting is coming up. The date is August 27th and the location is FLSmidth Minerals (2850 S Decker Lake Drive). The agenda will be as follows:

Food, Drink, and Networking
FeatureCAM presentation
Design Challenge (Winners of the year long contest will be announced)
Tips-n-Tricks presentation by Jason Stats (A local user)
Prize givaways

Everyone will receive an Outlook meeting request soon.

We hope to see everyone there!!

Final Design Challenge

2009-07-09T15:01:00.000-07:00

The final design challenge can be downloaded Here. As described in the last user group meeting, the first person to submit an entry will receive 3 bonus points. The next 9 people will receive 1 bonus point. Good Luck!

Contest Winners!

2009-05-10T18:37:00.001-07:00

Congratulations to the following winners of the PADT Rapid design contest:

1st Place Shelly Barlow - Kihomac
2nd Place Chris Bradford - TDWilliamson
3rd Place Jon Holway - EG&G

Prize Announcement

2009-04-28T10:26:00.000-07:00

Phoenix Analysis and Design Technologies will be giving a demonstration of 3d Printing at our next meeting. In connection with their presentation, they have offered a prize promotion.

The first 3 people who see this announcement and respond via email to me (colin.heald@flsmidth.com) will win a free prototype model (printed from one of your files).

Prizes are as follows:

1st prize - 12 cu in model
2nd prize - 9 cu in model
3rd prize - 6 cu in model

If you win, I will contact you to give instructions on what type of file you need to submit. The models will be brought to the User Group meeting on May 28th.

Job Opportunity

2009-04-07T09:34:00.000-07:00

I received the following job solicitation:

Regional Account Manager, QuadriSpace Corporation (http://www.quadrispace.com)

- Software Sales Experience, 3D CAD or related software preferred
- Understanding of 3D Documentation products and solutions
- Regional Contacts of 3D users and companies
- Technical Skills necessary to Properly demonstrate 3D software
- Send resumes to jobs@quadrispace.com

Solidtraining Blog

2009-04-07T09:27:00.000-07:00

Tyler Beck from GoEngineer has created a new blog where he will be posting training and tips for all things SolidWorks. Check it out here.

Logo Competition Results

2009-03-13T16:15:00.001-07:00

Thanks to everyone who participated in our Logo competition. Here are the entries:

The winning entry was submitted by Colin Heald and can be seen at the top of the blog.

Great Q1-09 Meeting

2009-03-13T16:08:00.000-07:00

We had a fantastic first quarter meeting on February 26th. Thank you to Mike Spens for his excellent presentation on API programming in SolidWorks. Those of you who are interested in downloading his presentation files can click here.

Thanks also to our other sponsors: Fastenal, FLSmidth, and SolidWorks.

Here are a few photos of the evening.

February Design Challenge

2009-03-04T08:43:00.001-08:00

The Slinky!!!

Directions to FLSmidth

2009-02-26T15:04:00.000-08:00

Here is a map to the FLSmidth facility (A). The building is on the West side of Decker Lake Drive. Please enter through the employee entrance on the North of the building.

February Meeting Tonight!!

2009-02-26T14:58:00.000-08:00

NUSWUG MEETING
When: Thursday, February 26th
Time: 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Where: FLSmidth Minerals
2850 South, Decker Lake Drive
Salt Lake City, UT 84119

Meeting Agenda

Food, Socialize, Network
Design Challenge
Logo Competition
Presentation by Fastenal
Technical Presentation – Mike Spens from GoEngineer will give a presentation on using the SolidWorks API. And he literally wrote the book on that!
Q & A, Wrap up, prize drawings, next meeting date

We have many prizes to give away including tools, electronics, and Solidworks gear!!

Logo Competition

2009-02-15T21:30:00.000-08:00

DESIGN A LOGO FOR OUR USER GROUP!!

We need a snazzy logo for our blog and for our meeting announcements, etc. Submit as many entries as you want (via email to me). The deadline for entries is 5pm on February 25th (the day before our meeting). Entries must be in jpg, png, or bmp format.

Judging will be done by vote of the attendees at the user group meeting – whoever gets the most votes, wins the prize.

The prize is a Logitech Universal Remote valued at $100. See the link below to read all of the cool, geeky features:

http://www.logitech.com/index.cfm/remotes/universal_remotes/devices/4738&cl=us,en

Please don’t include any offensive graphics or copyrighted material (such as the SolidWorks logo) in your entry. Other than that, the contest is wide open. Feel free to design your logo using SolidWorks or not. The vote of the group is final.

Thanks, and I hope to see many entries,

Next Meeting

2009-01-05T14:21:00.000-08:00

This is a preliminary announcement.

Our next meeting will be held on February 26th. The location is FLSmidth Minerals, 2850 South, Decker Lake Drive, SLC. We will publish more details (such as an agenda, driving directions, times, etc.) later.

As usual, there will be great prizes and food. Mike Spens from GoEngineer will be giving a presentation on Macros and programming in the SolidWorks API.

There is still plenty of time to complete the November Design Challenge!!

November Meeting

2008-12-03T14:33:00.000-08:00

We had a fantastic meeting on November 12th. The meeting was held at the Ramada Inn in Salt Lake City.

As you can see, the turnout was great - over 50 people.

We had pizza from The Pie. We had awesome prizes including a Garmin GPS, Dewalt cordless Drill, Multifunction Printer, External Hard Drive, and MORE!

Thanks to our sponsors: Fastenal, TDW Services, Inc., Complex Fabricators, and FLSmidth Minerals!!!

Phil Sluder, of Triaxial Design, flew in from San Diego to give his legendary tips and tricks presentation. This presentation is an annual fixture at SolidWorks World.

Everyone learned something from Phil and we were extremely lucky that he could come.

August Design Challenge Solution

2008-11-29T00:58:00.000-08:00

Here is a video showing my solution to the August Design Challenge - The Twizler.
You can download the SolidWorks model here.

November Design Challenge

2008-11-20T09:07:00.001-08:00

Here is the November Design Challenge!

Click to enlarge.

August Design Challenge

2008-11-20T09:03:00.000-08:00

Here is the August Design Challenge!

Click to enlarge.