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Five Questions Friday with Chris Petersen of Wolverine World Wide
Name: Chris Petersen
Company: Wolverine World Wide
Title: CAD/CAM Manager
I started the CAD department in 1986 using specialized CAD software for the footwear industry running on a smoking hot 2 Mhz PC-AT with a 20 megabyte hard drive. Not even one of our current SolidWorks part files would fit on that drive today.
... ContinuedCelebrating the Patron Saint of…Engineering?
In my short tenure at SolidWorks I have learned that more things are connected to engineering than I ever thought possible. Take St. Patrick’s Day. I could tell you about all the beer mugs or beer taps or Irish products designed with SolidWorks, but that would be expected. But, did you know that the patron saint of Ireland is also considered the patron saint of engineering?
It’s at the bottom of the Wikipedia listing, hidden among the ways in which different cities celebrate. An engineering college in Rolla, Missouri has been celebrating St. Patrick, the legendary snake chaser, for the past week – in fact, the past century. After a little digging, I found out that the Missouri University of Science and Technology (Missouri S&T) is one of our customers, and gave them a call.
... ContinuedBionic Builders premiers tonight in Canada
One of the highlights of SolidWorks World 2011 was the presentation by Casey Piretti and Bill Spracher, otherwise known as the Bionic Builders. I just found out that those of you in Canada can catch the premier of the series tonight at 8:00 pm ET on Discovery Science Canada.
... ContinuedThe SolidWorks World 2011 Proceedings Website Is Live!
I know some of you have been waiting for this since SolidWorks World 2011 ended on January 26. And if you're one of those people, I won't make you read any more than necessary. Just go here to visit the SolidWorks World 2011 Proceedings website.
... ContinuedToday is National Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
Today is a very special day here in the US, especially for those of us here at SolidWorks—Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. If you’re not familiar, this is a day intended to spotlight engineering as a real career opportunity for girls and women, sponsored by the National Engineering Week Foundation.
... ContinuedHelping prepare Rwanda’s students for the future with SolidWorks
As some of you may know, we at SolidWorks have been active in Rwanda for a number of years. SolidWorks' founder Jon Hirschtick first heard of Rwandan president Kagame’s vision for improving Rwandan design and manufacturing education from a friend (and SolidWorks customer) in 2005.
... ContinuedIt’s official—DraftSight is out of beta
Big news today from the DraftSight team. After an initial launch last June and over 400,000 downloads, DraftSight is now all grown up and out of beta. So if you're already a DraftSight user, go ahead to the website and
... ContinuedSolidWorks User Group Network hits 200 groups!
I copied and pasted this from Richard Doyle’s blog on the SolidWorks forums. For those of you who haven’t met him, Richard is the SolidWorks User Group Network coordinator, and all-around great guy. I know he’s really excited about this.
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Ed Gebo
Name: Edson Gebo Title: Owner, Mechanical Designer, SolidWorks Administrator, Eastern SolidWorks User Group Network Representative, Executive Officer of the Connecticut SolidWorks User Group, blogger wanna-be Job description: Anything I can get my SolidWorks hands on. Company: Digital Detail & Design
... ContinuedNew SolidWorks tutorials page available on SolidWorks.com
One of the things I learned from being a college professor is that people learn in different ways; perhaps you like to read, watch a video, or follow along with the 100’s of step-by-step tutorials inside SolidWorks software and SolidWorks
... ContinuedDiscover Howe & Howe – the Black Ops Bros
Another day, another cool Discovery Channel show tight with the SolidWorks community. The “Black Ops Brothers, Howe & Howe Tech” show stars Geoff and Mike Howe, who have been called “The Wright brothers of the military.” Hey, we admire the
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday with Yves Thizy of Logopress
Name: Yves Thizy Company: Logopress. For over 20 years Logopress' only business has been the development of die design software for the Tool & Die Industry as well as Flattening and Blank prediction software for many kinds of parts. Logopress3™
... ContinuedFive Questions Friday: Senai Andai, student at University of Texas at Arlington
Name: Senai Andai Title: Mechanical Engineering Student, Battlebots IQ Team founder School: University of Texas at Arlington Hometown: Dallas, Texas 1. Why do you choose to study engineering? How do you find yourself on this career path?I was sitting
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2011 Day 3 – General Session Update
The third and final general session of SolidWorks World 2011 was packed with updates. Honestly, I'm not sure how they managed to fit so much stuff in. Fielder Hiss welcomed everyone and pointed out that President Obama recognized SolidWorks customer
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2011 Day 2 – General Session Update
The second day of SolidWorks World 2011 started off with Richard Doyle, who manages the SolidWorks User Group Network, hailing the local SolidWorks user communities. The "User Group of the Year Award" went to the Chicago SolidWorks User Group and was
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