January 16, 2012
Will be taking a bigger role in the Yakima Area SolidWorks Users group. John will still be involved.  Next meeting on Wed February 22, 2012.

January 16, 2012

Our Architectural CAD class using AutoCAD and Revit is up and running again for a new quarter.  There are a lot more instructional videos embedded in the site than last quarter.  Check out the class website at the following link: http://e-d-and-i.com/Classes/2012-1-IET-161/

December 14, 2011
Fall quarter is over and my Revit class did an excellent job on their Commercial Projects.  See their work at http://e-d-and-i.com/Classes/2011-3-IET-161/#G 

July 13, 2010
New images showing progress on the Pole Barn Garage can be viewed on the Projects page.

July 10, 2010
Phuc Nguyen made some recent updates to the website.  He does excellent work!

June 5, 2010
Twelve of my students from my two classes this quarter had just passed their CSWA exams this past Saturday and are now Certified SolidWorks Associates. Congratulations to all of you!! Check out CWU's hall of fame:http://e-d-and-i.com/Classes/CSWA-Hall-of-Fame/

April 2, 2010
Two new projects have been posted, a Physical Therapy Device and a Pole Barn Garage design, both modeled in SolidWorks.

March 20, 2010
Spring is here and a new SolidWorks class has started at CWU. This time we have 2 sections with over 30 students. Check out the Classes link on this website for more information

February 23, 2010
YSWUG meeting tomorrow, February 3rd at 6pm, Oxford Suites, 1701 E. Yakima Ave. Topic will be a recap of SolidWorks World 2011.

February 12, 2010
Back from SolidWorks World 2011. I will have a simplified model and video available soon using the "Modeling Box" concept for construction design that I presented at SWW2011. The simplified model will have no sub-assemblies but only parts like floors, walls and roofs driven by the master assembly sketches and categorized by folders instead of sub-assemblies. The simplified model, I believe, will run much faster. Check back soon.

February 12, 2010
The Revit class is moving along real well. The automated features in the program really enhance the speed of design but lack some of the control that you get with SolidWorks. Now SolidWorks has introduced “SolidWorks Live Building”. A video demonstrating this is available at the Video link. 

December 31, 2010
A new page on this website directs you to some recent downloads on the 3D Content Central site. These files are mostly realted to recent control panel designs. Visit the Download link on this site. More downloads will be coming soon.

December 19, 2010
Two of my students, Austin Spangrud and Jonathon Spiry had just passed their CSWA exams this evening and are now Certified SolidWorks Associates. Congratulations to you both!!

December 12, 2010
I will be teaching Revit next quarter for Architectural CAD, IET-161, This should be an easier class for my students rather than trying to use 2D AutoCAD for 3D modeling. Check back soon for the website.

November 25, 2010
This week's grades have been posted on my Architectural CAD website. One more week to go before the Final Project presentations.

November 15, 2010
Storm Innovations and E. D. and I. are entering in a partnership to develop, patent and license various consummer products, already in design, over the next couple of months.

November 5, 2010
I will be presenting at a breakout session at the upcoming SolidWorks World conference in San Antonio, on Tuesday, January 25th between 2:45 and 3:45.

November 25, 2010
This week's grades have been posted on my Architectural CAD website. One more week to go before the Final Project presentations.

November 15, 2010
Storm Innovations and E. D. and I. are entering in a partnership to develop, patent and license various consummer products, already in design, over the next couple of months.

November 5, 2010
I will be presenting at a breakout session at the upcoming SolidWorks World conference in San Antonio, on Tuesday, January 25th between 2:45 and