Stay in touch
Stay in touch

CodeStack is a educational resource inspired by fantastic SOLIDWORKS community. It features free and open source macros, add-ins, scripts and stand-alone application to automate SOLIDWORKS and learn SOLIDWORKS API. There are also multiple sections dedicated to different aspects of programming, including Web Development, WPF, C#, DevOps, Visual Basic etc. New articles, videos and posts posted every week. There are multiple ways to stay up-to-date with the latest updates. Explore them below and stay in touch with CodeStack!

Blog and Newsletter

CodeStack Blog is a way to publish interesting finds, useful techniques or updates for SOLIDWORKS API automation and other. New posts published fortnightly. To not miss new post, please subscribe to the newsletters and e-mail will be sent once new blog post is published. Follow the steps below to subscribe:

  • Find the Subscribe to my newsletter box in the right hand side of the blog page.
  • Enter e-mail and click Subscribe
Subscribe to CodeStack blog newsletters
Subscribe to CodeStack blog newsletters
  • Answer the captcha. Do not be scared by the old style of the popup page and the Sorry, not valid Captcha answer. Please try again. Fill the captcha and the issue will be resolved. I’m using Google Feedburner Service for newsletter distribution which is an old service but still very poplar and it does the job.
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  • Google Feedburner will send you an e-mail with validation instructions.
  • Now, once new post is published you will receive the e-mail similar to the one below:
CodeStack Blog newsletter e-mail
CodeStack Blog newsletter e-mail

RSS Feeds

RSS is a mechanism to subscribe to the updates on the web-site using the RSS readers. RSS is an open format and there multiple different readers you can use to receive notifications. Below are 3 examples you can use.

Feedly

Feedly is a popular online RSS reader which has a free and premium tiers. Below are the steps to add CodeStack feed to your Feedly newsletters:

  • Click Add Content button.
Adding new feedly content
Adding new feedly content
  • Paste the url of feed: https://www.codestack.net/feed.xml
Adding CodeStack feed to Feedly
Adding CodeStack feed to Feedly
  • Now all new article will be available in your panel:
CodeStack newest articles displayed in Feedly
CodeStack newest articles displayed in Feedly

Thunderbird

Mozilla Thunderbird is a popular free e-mail client with an RSS feed subscription capabilities.

  • Click on Feeds link in the Accounts section to create new feed account
Creating Thunderbird feeds account
Creating Thunderbird feeds account
  • Select Subscribe command from the context menu of the Feeds Account.
Subscribe to Thunderbird feed
Subscribe to Thunderbird feed
  • Specify the url of feed: https://www.codestack.net/feed.xml
  • Optionally select Automatically create tags from feed <category> names option
  • Click Add button
Subscribe to CodeStack feed
Subscribe to CodeStack feed

One of the great features of Thunderbird Feed Reader is an ability to group articles by categories so you can quickly filter SOLIDWORKS API, Macros, SOLIDWORKS PDM API etc. categories to only receive the updates you want.

CodeStack feeds in Thunderbird filtered by tags
CodeStack feeds in Thunderbird filtered by tags

Outlook

If you are using MS Outlook e-mail client you can add the CodeStack feed by following the steps below. Once new article is published you will receive a notification similar to receiving an e-mails.

  • Select Add a New RSS Feed… from the context menu of the RSS Feeds folder
Add new RSS feed to MS Outlook
Add new RSS feed to MS Outlook
  • Paste the url of feed: https://www.codestack.net/feed.xml and click Add button
Subscribe to CodeStack feed in MS Outlook
Subscribe to CodeStack feed in MS Outlook

YouTube Channel

New educational videos in CodeStack YouTube Channel are published every 2-3 weeks. If you finding them useful subscribe to channel and receive notification once new video is published.

Subscribe to YouTube channel
Subscribe to YouTube channel

GitHub

Most of the projects and macros featured on the web-site are free and open source. Source code is hosted on GitHub. Feel free to fork, view, download or contribute to the source code. You can also use GitHub to report bugs or enhancement requests for the available products.

CodeStack GitHub page
CodeStack GitHub page

If you find the code helpful please give it a star.

Star GitHub project
Star GitHub project

LinkedIn Group

Join SOLIDWORKS API Automation group in LinkedIn and learn new things from community or share your experience, questions or useful applications which compliment SOLIDWORKS.

Share and Feedback

This resource is ‘fuelled’ and inspired by the feedback, questions and comments of the users of the community. If you are finding any article useful please share this on social media. You can use the quick share buttons under the title of each article.

Share CodeStack article on social media
Share CodeStack article on social media

You can participate in discussions, ask or answer questions using the discussions pane below each article.

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Recommend and start discussion

If you have any comments, feedbacks, requests or constructive criticism, please do not hesitate to contact me by sending e-mail