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SolidWorks World 2011 General Session Tuesday
The Tuesday General Session is now over and SolidWorks World is nearing it’s halfway point. The focus of today’s session was on The SolidWorks User Groups and SolidWorks Customer Stories. Fielder Hiss led off the with an award for HP who is a platinum sponsor for SolidWorks World. He then introduced Richard Doyle, User Community…
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SolidWorks World Monday General Session
The first General Session is over and WOW we have had quite the beginning to SolidWorks World. Jeff Ray kicked off the event by sharing how companies using SolidWorks assisted in the rescue of the miners trapped in Chile in 2010. SolidWorks customer Center Rock designs and manufactures drill bits that were used to drill…
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SolidWorks and “Space”
A couple of weeks ago there were two “Space” related SolidWorks announcements. I have a personal interest in both of them (one more so than the other). So here goes, let’s take them on one by one. Apollo 13 Heroes to Headline SolidWorks World 2011 Apollo 13 Commander Capt. James Lovell and Apollo Flight Director…
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First Announcement: SolidWorks n!Fuze
Yesterday on the SolidWorks Blog, SolidWorks n!Fuze was announced. This is the long rumored and delayed “first cloud product” that was demonstrated at SolidWorks World last year. As mentioned in the article, it has gone through three name changes and has now settled in as n!Fuze. There are a few screen shots (which I have…
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Arrival at SolidWorks World 2011
Arrival at SolidWorks World is always one of the coolest parts of the trip. Getting to see friends who I haven’t seen since last year is fun and is certainly one of the highlights of the day. You also get to check out the lay of the land. Getting to scout the convention center and…
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Announcements to look for at SolidWorks World 2011
We are still a few days away from the start of SolidWorks World, but here are a few interesting announcements coming that you’ll want to keep your eye on. T-SPLINES FOR SOLIDWORKS I caught this post over at SolidSmack thru Twitter a little earlier tonight (Thanks Josh!). T-Splines for SolidWorks will be introduced at SolidWorks…
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Back in Action and Ready for SolidWorks World 2011
For the first time in this site’s existence, I had to take a break. The last two years have brought MANY exciting changes in what I do everyday which has resulted in much LESS free time for Blogging. So with the new year upon us and SolidWorks World 2011 coming up next week, I’m excited…
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Al Predicts the Future of SolidWorks
If you are active in the CAD world and haven’t heard of Al Dean and Develop3D, then you are seriously missing out. Al does a great job of looking at the MCAD Industry as a whole and his latest article lays out what I think is a spot on prediction of the future of SolidWorks. …
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SolidWorks 2011 Sneak Peek
One of the things that attendees look forward to the most when attending SolidWorks World is the sneak peek of the next version of SolidWorks. Attendees were treated to TWO previews this year since the SolidWorks Cloud technology was shown on Monday. Wednesday’s General Session has in recent tradition been the day where we get…
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SolidWorks World Sunday Part 2
Well, Sunday has now wrapped up and everyone is getting geared up for the first General Session tomorrow morning starting at 8:30am PST. The rest of my day included a few more Roundtable Sessions followed by the opening of the Partner Pavilion. To me, this looks like the BIGGEST Partner Pavilion ever! As usual there…
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SolidWorks World Sunday Part 1
Well…I’ve got a small amount of time between sessions here so I thought I would post a few pictures of the convention center areas. Below is the Convention Center entrance. Nice Sign! Here’s a further out shot from the street showing just how big this convention center is! According to Al Dean over at Develop3D,…
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Arrival at SolidWorks World 2010
Well after some flight delays, I finally made it to Anaheim about 4:30pm PST this afternoon. While at the baggage terminal we ran into Alex Ruiz who was there to pick up Jeff Mirisola. Alex gave Richard Hall and myself a ride over to the Hilton which saved us from having to hunt down a…
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New Product Announcement at SolidWorks World?
One of the interesting things on the press agenda for SolidWorks World 2010 is a press conference scheduled for Wednesday morning regarding a “New Product Announcement”. This is the only reference I have seen anywhere on this so I don’t really have anything else concrete on what this may be. So what do you think…
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Getting Set for SolidWorks World 2010
With the start of SolidWorks World 2010 now officially 1 day away, I’m finalizing my schedule, planning my coverage, and pondering just what exactly we might see at the biggest MCAD event in the industry. One curve ball has already been thrown my way as my 6:15am flight for tomorrow morning was canceled. I am…