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SolidWorks 2014 Sneak Peek
Every year at SolidWorks World during the Wednesday General Session, users get a preview of what is coming in the next version of SolidWorks. Its an event that many look forward to and is a great way to cap off the week. So…here we go! As in past years the new features were presented in…
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New Product: SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual
The BIG news of the day on Monday at SolidWorks World 2013 was the announcement of SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual. Over the last three years speculation has run rampant since the now infamous “Cloud” announcement was made at SolidWorks World 2010. To begin with, I’m going to give you an overview on what was presented. I’ll…
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SolidWorks World 2013 – Monday
SolidWorks World 2013 officially kicked off this morning with the Monday General Session. SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot greeted over 4,500 attendees to the conference. There are 280 Technical Sessions here and over 100 solution partners in the Partner Pavilion. SolidWorks crossed the 2 million user mark in December 2012. They have 25,000 schools all over…
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SolidWorks 2013 Sneak Peek
One of the things attendees of SolidWorks World always look forward to is the Wednesday General Session which is normally the day where we get a Sneak Peek of the next version of SolidWorks. Any hopes of seeing “SolidWorks V6” or the “new platform” were dashed on Monday as it was said that it will…
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SolidWorks World 2012 – Wednesday General Session
The ever-popular Wednesday General Session at SolidWorks World 2012 showed some new features coming in SolidWorks 2013 as well as highlighting some new technology from companies using SolidWorks. First up were the Model Mania contest winners. As usual, Mark Schneider played a video showing how the part was built and then modified. The picture below…
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SolidWorks World 2012 – Tuesday General Session
SolidWorks World 2012 Tuesday’s General Session kicked off with Fielder Hiss showing off some video clips of the CSWP event from the Midway aircraft carrier the previous night. With the number of CSWPs continuing to grow, the event next year will be limited to CSWEs (Certified SolidWorks Expert) only. My guess is we will see…
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SolidWorks World 2012 – Monday General Session
SolidWorks World “officially” began this morning with the first General Session of the week. The conference kicked off with some nice CG Animations of a robot band featuring a bot named “NAO” (pronounced “Now”). (The Robot was designed in SolidWorks.) The video ended with a NAO robot on stage introducing SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot. Bertrand…
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SolidWorks World 2012 – Sunday
After a long day of travel and a busy afternoon at SolidWorks World – Sunday Edition, we are all getting geared up for the first General Session in the morning. Myself and a small group of us from Huntsville attend the Partner Pavilion opening, the ModernTech Mechanical Event, and the Tweetup. San Diego is absolutely…
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Next Up: SolidWorks World 2012
That time of the year is almost upon us. I’ll be flying out to SolidWorks World on Sunday and should arrive mid-day in San Diego. It looks like it will be a busy conference. What will be shown this year? Soon we will find out. Two years ago at SolidWorks World 2010 in Anaheim the…
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Download the SolidWorks World App!
SolidWorks has posted a SolidWorks World App for Android and iOS (iPhone & iPad) devices. I’ve only spent a few minutes using it, but it looks like it will be a GREAT App if you are attending SolidWorks World. You can view Floor Plans of the Conference Center and Partner Pavilion. There is a complete…
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SolidWorks World 2012 Top Ten List
The SolidWorks World 2012 Top Ten List candidates are posted. You can log in to the SolidWorks Forums (link provided above – click the picture) and vote your favorite ideas up or down. Idea submission is already closed but voting will be open right up until just before SolidWorks World 2012 begins. For the sixth…
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SolidWorks 2012 Sneak Peek
One of the favorite parts for many attendees at SolidWorks World each year is the Sneak Peek preview of the upcoming SolidWorks release. This year at SolidWorks World 2011, we all got a Sneak Peek of SolidWorks 2012. Like many years in the past, the new features were revealed in the form of a “skit”. …
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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…