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By now, everyone knows that Richard Branson will be the "Mystery Guest" at SolidWorks World 2009 in Orlando.  If you thought that was the only surprise that Kerri and her events team had up their sleeves, you might be mistaken.

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The final SWUGN Summit event of 2008 will be held at the DoubleTree Guest Suites Santa Monica on December 16th.  The lineup of presenters is impressive – Devon Sowell, Casey Gorman, Matt Lorono, Patrick Rainsberry, and Mike Puckett. At a

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I’m leaving Saturday morning for the first SWUGN Summit to be held outside of North America.  Chennai, India is the location, and Kiran Srinivasan is the local group leader tasked with pulling most of the event together.  We’re expecting between

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A few of months ago I got my hands on a couple of copies of the PhotoWorks Step-by-Step guide. I kept one for myself, and dropped the other off to Gabi Jack at the September Tri-Valley SolidWorks User Group meeting. 

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I’ve mentioned before that one of my favorite things about SolidWorks World is the "surprise" guest that shows up unexpectedly each year.  Orange County Choppers, Leonard Nimoy, and the guys from Mythbusters are just a couple of the really great

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In a recent "Twitter" conversation, Mike Puckett and Devon Sowell scheme to encourage attendance at the SWUGN Summit – Los Angeles.  Mike’s exact words…"Let’s shoot for 200+ and scare Doyle". Hah!!  Bring it on guys, the more the merrier.

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I’m off to Salt Lake City for Tuesday’s SWUGN Summit, and a chance to hang out for the day with Midwest US SWUGN rep Dan Podzimek, and 2007 Group Leader of the Year Gerald Davis.  Dan will be doing his

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Gabi Jack blogs and "Twitters". Happy Birthday Gabi!

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Jeff Rowe is one of my favorite CAD journalists (and people), but the title of his report on the SolidWorks 2009 Launch Event in Barcelona left me wondering about him. Read it here.

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Part of the criteria when deciding SWUGN Summit cities is the presence or lack of a local SolidWorks User Group.  In cities where a group exists, good attendance is almost assured.  When an area lacks a local user group, there’s

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I’ve gotten used to hearing from Gerald Davis on a regular basis, whether to share user group related information, or even calling me out for a lousy idea on occasion.  SolidWorks users that frequent the SolidWorks discussion forums also know

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The Finnish SolidWorks User Group has been around for a while, but only virtually.  Markku Lehtola has actually been running his user group on line for the past two or three years.  I spoke with him earlier this year and

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I was perusing the usual forums today and came across a message at the SolidWorks Yahoo group that looked a little…uhhmm..foreign to me.  Turns out the question was written in Portuguese.  But wouldn’t you know it, there was a response

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I used to be quite an avid golfer, sometimes playing as many as 5 times a week.  I still try to get out once every couple of weeks or so.  I started playing in 1975, but got serious about it

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