Author Archives: Matthew West
23 days, 22 meetings
There are 23 working days in the month of March, and 22 SolidWorks/COSMOS User Group Meetings scheduled. https://www.swugn.org/pages/calendar/calendar.html WOW!!
... ContinuedSpecial edition of SolidWorks Express dedicated to reviewing SolidWorks World 2006
Please click below to view a special edition of SolidWorks Express dedicated to reviewing SolidWorks World 2006. It includes an Event Highlights Video, a summary of Press Reviews available online, and more. Find out why SolidWorks World 2006 was the
... ContinuedGetting more from the support site.
An under-used features for SolidWorks subscription service customers are the web cast (Online seminars) area. We host quartly web casts on a wide variety of topics. There is also an archive of previous web casts for your review. The Online
... ContinuedSolidWorks 2006 SP3.4 is now available
SolidWorks 2006 SP3.4 is now available to Subscription Service customers. For more information about this release or to download your personal copy, visit: https://www.solidworks.com/pages/services/downloads.html. SP3.3 and SP3.4 mainly deals with some PDF and BOM releated issues. To determine whether to
... ContinuedBusy month for user groups
After we have all caught our breadth after SolidWorks World, March can be a busy time for user groups. Many of the group leaders were at SolidWorks World and are bringing back a summary and ideas from the many sessions,
... ContinuedPost Conference Materials for SolidWorks World
For those of you who attended SolidWorks, here is some information on the post conference materials: Next week an email with a link to access the end-user breakout session presentations will be sent to all full conference attendees At the
... ContinuedInterview with Suchit Jain, Vice President of Analysis Products
I caught Suchit Jain in the press room at SolidWorks World long enough to throw a few questions at him. Suchit has been working with the COSMOSWorks product line for 12 years, and now works out of the SolidWorks office
... ContinuedInterview with SolidWorks COO Jeff Ray
I had a few minutes during SolidWorks World to sit down and talk with Jeff Ray, chief operating officer of SolidWorks. Jeff’s been with the company for two years now, and this is his second SolidWorks World event. Jeff is
... ContinuedSolidWorks World: Day 3
Jeff Ray kicked off the morning’s General Session. He showed a hilarious video taken in the arcade at the off-site event of the heads of John McEleney and two others on top of these little cartoon bodies dancing to the
... ContinuedSolidWorks World Wen 1-23
Last day of the show and we saved one of the favorite items for many attendees, an introduction to the next version of SolidWorks, SolidWorks 2007. The format was the dating game, and it was both hilarious and informative. The
... ContinuedSolidWorks World Tues 1-23
The general session today feature the design duo of Seymour & Powell. They gave us some interesting perspectives on design and how to look at things in different ways. I gave three presentations today on the Design Checker, Large Assembly
... ContinuedInterview with SolidWorks CEO John McEleney
John McEleney is the CEO of SolidWorks, a position handed down to him by company founded and former CEO John Hirschtick five years ago. This month McEleney celebrates his ten year anniversary at SolidWorks. Although his title may sound intimidating,
... ContinuedStraight Talk with User Group Founder Rob Rodriguez
I had a nice chat at SolidWorks World with Rob Rodriguez, who is the president and founder of the Northern Vermont SolidWorks user group. Rob started the group just over a year ago. His day job is as CAD designer
... ContinuedStraight Talk with SWUGN Regional Director Mark Peters
During the 2006 SolidWorks World conference, I had a chance to talk to Mark Peters, regional director for the SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN) the Midwest territory. Marks is also the president/CEO of IMPACT Engineering, a 65-member engineering support and
... ContinuedSolidWorks World Mon 1-23
When I walked in the 1st general session Monday morning it amazed me as to the size and vibrancy of the SolidWorks community represented in the hall. Caught a quick sneak peak at the 2007 as John McEleney showed a
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