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Marketing yourself – the indispensable task

I’m reading ‘Making Ideas Happen’ and I’m just getting to the part about freelancers marketing themselves. It was recommended by a SCC grad. He talks about a world-class violinist who commands $200 for even the cheap seats when he plays. Researchers dressed him in ratty clothes in the subway where he was busking using a ...…

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Sheet Metal CSWP Exercise

This is the sheet metal exercise that you can model to add to your portfolio. If you don’t have any sheet metal examples, this will be a good start.  You will be provided with images for top, bottom, left, right, front and back.  Put these into sketch pictures to act as a guide – you will only be ...…

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Advice on how to prepare a killer engineering portfolio

This article is what I used as a guide to develop my engineering portfolio – it is from the book, now on Google Books, “Inside the technical consulting business : launching and building your independent practice” Click on the picture to read the article, it is excellent advice on how to get your message across ...…

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Sheet metal challenge #1/3

If you’re looking to add some sheet metal to your portfolio, here’s the first of 3 exercises for you to complete. This one is simple, the last one is very complicated. If you complete all of them, you’ll have great content to add to your portfolio. Do this, and you’ll be almost ready to test ...…

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How to learn to efficiently use SolidWorks – 5 Top Ways

So why learn to use SolidWorks efficiently, instead of just learning it?  Well, most mechanical engineering companies use solid modellers for design.  That means that no matter your knowledge and experience, your work will only appear through these software.  If your use of SolidWorks is fast, your output will be fast.  And the opposite is ...…

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Welcome to the CadMentoring blog!

This is the online place for those who want to be proficient at CAD…….SolidWorks, Inventor, Catia, ProEngineer etc.  You may be 1) a small business owner, 2) an engineering consultant, 3) an inventor or, 4) a professional looking to upgrade their portfolio to find a job. Basically, this is for those of you who are ...…

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