Author Archives: Richard Doyle
More SolidWorks Food for Thought
All of the sudden, it’s getting popular to model food in SolidWorks. First it was Richard Williams and his Pasta Bridge. Today I got an email from an old friend – Catherine Norman (nee Wright) of MLC Cad Systems in
... ContinuedThere's Community, and Then There's Community
When it comes to SolidWorks (and engineering in general), what does Community mean to you? User Groups? Forums? 3D Content Central? None of the above? That’s what we’d like to find out. SolidWorks Corporation has developed a comprehensive survey to
... ContinuedOn Top of Spaghetti…
..or more precisely, fettuccine. Richard Williams is bridging the gap between mechanical engineering and pasta. I got some new pictures from Richard last night showing the progress he’s made – I hope they make it into his blog soon.
... ContinuedDivided We Stand, United We Conquer
As a whole, the SolidWorks Community is pretty tight-knit – user group leaders have their own private discussion area, dozens of them meet yearly at SolidWorks World, and plenty of them keep in touch all year. More and more, user
... ContinuedSoutheast SolidWorks User Workshop
Tony Cantrell runs a little ol’ user group in Columbia, SC, home of the South Carolina Fighting Gamecocks, the 2005 NCAA Equestrian National Champions. They’ve also had a couple of well known football coaches (Lou Holtz and Steve Spurrier). But
... ContinuedSWUGN Spotlight – North Alabama SolidWorks User Group
One of the most active SolidWorks User Groups in the world resides in Huntsville, Alabama – The North Alabama SolidWorks User Group. Resurrected nearly three years ago by Ricky Jordan, NASWUG has steadily increased membership, added more meetings, and has
... ContinuedSolidWorks World Presentations for Everyone!
There’s been a bit of hubbub the last couple of days regarding access to SolidWorks World 2008 proceedings. As is common with many technical conferences that people pay good money to attend, conference proceedings have been limited to attendees. Right
... ContinuedOKC is Okay (At Least Until October 11th)
As a die-hard Texas Longhorn fan, it’s a little tough for me to venture north of the Red River, but this is a SWUGN Summit event, so I’m very happy to go. A great lineup of presenters awaits attendees at
... ContinuedBlogger Rehash
Here are a few of my favorite SolidWorks blogger posts from this week: Ricky writes about 3DVia. Mike Puckett got a DVD and installed it right away. Gabi never stops doing stuff. Matt explains templates and formats. Josh doesn’t like
... ContinuedSWUGN Spotlight – Central Texas SolidWorks User Group
I can’t help but have a certain fondness for the Central Texas SolidWorks User Group. Formed in September of 1999, it was the first independent SolidWorks User Group in Texas. The original membership consisted of SolidWorks users from the Austin
... ContinuedWell, I Finally Missed One
I arrived in Nashville for the SWUGN Summit last Tuesday looking forward to another stellar event. Alas, it wasn’t to be – a medical emergency at home left me scrambling for a quick return flight that night. So, what do
... ContinuedOilers vs. Flames – User Group Style
Billed as the Alberta SolidWorks User Groups Summit, The Calgary SolidWorks User Group Society and the Edmonton SolidWorks User Group are holding a combined meeting on May 3rd in Red Deer, Alberta. Edmonton group leader Laurise Chedid (whom you may
... ContinuedSWUGN Spotlight – Eastern Michigan SolidWorks User Group
In September 2005, Robert Meitzler put together the first meeting of the Eastern Michigan SolidWorks User Group. Over 90 SolidWorks users attended the inaugural meeting – that may still be record for a first meeting. Since then, the group hasn’t
... ContinuedPittsburgh Wraps Up the Midwest Swing
If there’s a sure-fire way to double the attendance at a user group meeting, it’s an appearance by SolidWorks CEO Jeff Ray. Each of the three groups that Jeff visited last week upped their average attendance by at least 100%.
... ContinuedCleveland Rocks!!
Okay, the NEOSWUG meeting was actually in Painesville, Ohio, but that doesn’t lend itself to a Drew Carey reference. Still, when 104 SolidWorks users show up for a user group meeting, it rocks! Dan Bertschi put together quite a lineup,
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