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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 in the Cloud
This is just the first post of many to come on this. I’m going to try and hit the highlights and then we will get into some of the details later. Today at the first General Session of SolidWorks World 2010, SolidWorks previewed some new technology that they have been working on now for the…
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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…
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HP Mini 110 Review
Last year while attending SolidWorks World 2009, I started thinking seriously about purchasing a “netbook” computer after lugging around an 8.5 pound Dell M6400 for 6 straight days. Rather than purchasing one right away, I decided to wait and see what the rumored “Apple Tablet” looked like before taking the dive. With SolidWorks World approaching,…
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SolidWorks World 2009 Presentation: Custom PCB Design with SolidWorks
This year at SolidWorks World I gave a presentation on Custom PCB Design with SolidWorks. It covers not only useful features in SolidWorks that can help make the Printed Circuit Board (PCB) design process faster, but also recommendations on the process itself. The presentation along with all the model files is available for download HERE.…
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SolidWorks 2010 – The Quick List
Ok…I still need to type up my COMPLETE post of Wednesday’s General Session. LOTS of cool things were shown…but for the folks wondering about SolidWorks 2010, here is a quick list of what was shown: New Display Box for View Mates with Separater Bar. Lots of new functionality with this new display box! Mirror Components…
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SolidWorks World 2009 Tuesday General Session
OK folks….it’s a long post…but quite a bit happened in the General Session today. Lots of GOOD STUFF! Tuesday’s General Session at SolidWorks World 2009 started off with Fielder Hiss, who is the Director of Product Marketing for SolidWorks taking the stage in advance of a long cast of participants. Fielder introduced Tom Salomone of…
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SolidWorks World 2009 Monday: A Special Honor for a Special Guy
At the end of the day Monday the 2009 SWUGN International User Summit was held. It is the annual User Group Meeting held at SolidWorks World that is open to SolidWorks User Group Leaders, Members, and any other conference attendee who wants to attend. This year’s Summit had a special ending this year. About six…
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SolidWorks World 2009 Monday: Custom PCB Design in SolidWorks
For the third year in a row, I got to participate in a Breakout Session Presentation at SolidWorks World. Today was not only the start of the conference, but also the day of my presentation on Custom PCB Design in SolidWorks. I had an absolute BLAST giving the presentation. The questions from the audience were…
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SolidWorks World 2009 Sunday
Its approaching late afternoon here in Orlando at SolidWorks World 2009. It has been a very interesting day thus far. Today I attended Round Table sessions on SolidWorks Toolbox and Surfacing. I also have been able to catch up with some folks that I haven’t seen in quite sometime. This is of course a typical…