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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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Take a look.

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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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Sure you can, especially if you get your hands on the SolidWorks World Survival Guide by John "Muggs" Ferguson. Muggs has put together a primer for your first SolidWorks World based on his previous experiences.  It’s a good read even

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There’s been a good deal of writing about SolidWorks 2009 since the NDA was lifted.  Josh had some nice things to say, so have Jason and Gabi.  But looking at my NetVibes page, two guys have been really pounding the

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…you have space for 130, but 160 want to be there? The SWUGN Summit – Minneapolis had already set a record for attendance when initial capacity was reached.  And we’re still 6 days away from the event. Some rearranging of

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Matt Lombard writes today about how to get free admission to SolidWorks World 2009 by presenting a technical breakout session.  And you should. There’s also another way – become a User Group Leader.  User Group leaders are rewarded each year

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Read Rob Rodriguez’s blog to find out.

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If this was a normal week, I’d be rubbing my crystal ball trying to figure out exactly how much food to order for an upcoming SWUGN Summit event.  In most cases, people have been waiting until the last minute to

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