Author Archives: Matthew West

Tuesday Morning General Session Richard Seymour and Dick Powel delivered a fantastic keynote this morning on how to harness creative energy to design products for the future. The London duo were hosts on the popular British television show “Better by

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Monday Morning’s General Session I woke up around dawn this morning and hustled over to Caesar’s (I’m actually stationed at Bally’s Hotel across the road) so as not to miss the 7:30AM breakfast but nearly did anyway. Hundreds of SolidWorks

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We all know that Las Vegas is famous for its tables but on Sunday, before the official kicked off SolidWorks World, some interesting discussions took place at tables of a different sort. Again this year roundtables were held enabling users

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Familiar faces, and plenty of new ones. It’s always great to see old friends at SolidWorks World. The energy from attendees that have been here before is special because they know from experience what’s going to happen over the next

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Welcome reception is the official opening of the exhibit hall on Sunday night at SolidWorks World. Folks started arriving early in a steady stream and by 5:30PM the place was packed. Rows of exhibits lined the exhibit hall and in

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On my way to Vegas I knew I was on my way to Los Vegas when the flight attendant began taking drink orders at 8:30AM on the one-hour flight from Los Angeles. I settled for coffee in a styrofoam cup

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SolidWorks World Sun 1-22 Arrived in Las Vegas and am always amazed at the size and extravagance of the hotels. Caesars Palace is an great location for the conference. This will be our biggest, best one ever. It’s always great

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The last in a series of SolidWorks World recaps SolidWorks World 2005 was déjà vu all over again (sorry Yogi). Returning to the Coronado Springs Resort for the third time in five years, attendance was high, the exhibitors were back

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Part six of seven By some accounts, SolidWorks World 2004 was disappointing. Attendance was down, and the exhibit area was small. Having the event during winter in Boston had something to do with it, but the US economy that year

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Only a couple of days till SolidWorks World. It will be the biggest and best SolidWorks World ever. We will be posting daily updates and pictures to this Blog during the show. Stop back for the highlights of each day.

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Part five of my SolidWorks World recaps I wasn’t disappointed to return to the Coronado Springs Resort having had such a great experience in 2001. A surgically repaired shoulder nixed a return trip to the golf course, but that didn’t

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Part four of my SolidWorks World recaps. Las Vegas is my town, and SolidWorks World is my conference. I’ve been there at least 20 times over the years, and in 2002 I got the chance to be in one of

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Part three in the series. SolidWorks World 2001 was another opportunity to go somewhere I had never been; Orlando, Florida. Disney’s Coronado Springs Resort was chosen for its ability to host nearly 3000 SolidWorks users, resellers, partners, and employees. I

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Part two in a series of SolidWorks World recaps My second SolidWorks World experience got started early this year. The official call-for-papers came out in mid-July, and I started to get excited about a return trip to the conference. Once

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