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Here, I discuss various design techniques, how-to's, Life of a Drafter stories, etc... If there is anything you ever want me to write about, let me know!

Scott Lester

Dec 23, 2019
1 min

Solid Edge Title Blocks & Templates

SO I was browsing some Facebook user groups for Solid Edge today and there was a new user that was experiencing issues changing title blocks for his drawings...

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Scott Lester

Mar 31, 2019
3 min

Solid Edge Design Manager

I'm all about powerful tools that many don't know about hidden in software packages. I feel like it's a treasure chest waiting to be found. Once such featu...

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Scott Lester

Mar 21, 2019
1 min

Home Project: Necklace Holder

I know, I know...I am a mechanical designer and sometimes the posts get boring! One tech article after the other. Tonight, I mix it up just a little bit wi...

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Scott Lester

Mar 4, 2019
5 min

Solid Edge Assembly Techniques

When you do the same thing day-in and day-out, you seem to find little shortcuts to make things even easier. I covered this in my last blog article about So...

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Scott Lester

Feb 27, 2019
2 min

Solid Edge Quicksheets

Seconds turn into minutes, minutes into hours, and hours into days......you get the idea. In the mechanical design & drafting world, just like most other pr...

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Scott Lester

Feb 18, 2019
4 min

Beginner Tips for Setting up Solid Edge

Solid Edge with Synchronous Technology is a POWERFUL tool...almost too powerful. The ability to stretch and pull, move, and cut without the use of a traditi...

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Scott Lester

Jul 28, 2017
4 min

Stay Sharp My Friends!

Things can happen in a blink of an eye and what was once a normal day can turn into a very bad day. You could be sitting there one day working hard as you a...

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Scott Lester

Apr 26, 2017
3 min

Simple, yet effective Top-Down Design approach

Every product on the market always starts with one thing in common---a problem in need of a solution. Yesterday I had a problem that I was in dire need of a...

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Scott Lester

Apr 26, 2017
3 min

The Fruits of your Labor

It says it right on my home page: "Acting on a good idea is better than just having a good idea.". Those words could not have been truer when I drove to Hig...

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Scott Lester

Oct 5, 2016
5 min

Cloud-Based CAD?

Being the curious person that I am and the constant need to learn things; I dabbled in something that was very new to me today---Cloud based CAD. In a marke...

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Scott Lester

Aug 10, 2016
2 min

What is your CADchillis Heel?

I must admit, when I first started 3D Modeling back in 2005 at my local community college,I was very awe struck; especially coming from simple 2D drafting in...

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Scott Lester

Jul 28, 2016
4 min

Top-Down or Bottom-up?

Over the vast 8 years that I have had in the drafting and design industry, I have noticed how my processes and practices have changed. I can remember back t...

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Scott Lester

Jul 20, 2016
3 min

Solid Edge: Capture the Moment! Speed up Assembly Dramatically!

It's been a few weeks since I brought something to the table. We have all heard the mantra "time is money". In 3D modeling and design, this could not be mo...

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Scott Lester

Jul 8, 2016
5 min

Solid Edge: Family of Assemblies

Earlier this week, I dove into the wonderful world of Family of Parts within Solid Edge. This week, I want to touch on a similar subject, but yet the proces...

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Scott Lester

Jul 6, 2016
5 min

Solid Edge: Family of Parts

When I switched to Solid Edge as my main program for SLDD, I ran into one small problem---part families; I did not know how to do them in Solid Edge. Part f...

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Scott Lester

Jul 5, 2016
2 min

Why do you do what you do?

I have been teaching at a local community college in the Engineering Technologies division for the past five years part-time; I guess you could say the stude...

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Scott Lester

Jul 5, 2016
1 min

New Drafter here @ SLDD!!

I am proud to announce that we have a new drafter/designer here at SLDD! I know we are a relatively new company, but I just had to have the extra help. His...

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Scott Lester

Jun 27, 2016
1 min

New Blog to the site!

Upon the advise of a colleague, I decided to add a blog to my site to give a daily/weekly insight into some of the work we do here at Scott Lester Drafting &...

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