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I’m heading to the "show me" state for the Kansas City SWUGN Summit being held Tuesday, April 24th – and it’ll be a good one.  SolidWorks users from five states will be there, including five SolidWorks user groups leaders: Wayne

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Check out the new look at Ricky Jordan’s blog.

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I just sat in on the Mechanical Congress at COFES,  a slightly moderated discussion among CAD company representatives, analysts, and CAD users.  This year’s unofficial theme wasn’t much different from previous years – CAD is too hard.  Most of the

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I’ve had the good fortune of once again being invited to participate in the annual Congress on the Future of Engineering Software (COFES) starting Thursday in Scottsdale, Arizona.  I’ll be there representing the SolidWorks User Group Network and get a

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I’m sure Matt still does plenty of speaking, but he has changed the title and the look of his very popular blog.  Check out Matt’s thoughtful and sometimes controversial musings here.

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The thing I like best about the SWUGN Summit events is the unique technical sessions that are presented by local users.  I didn’t get a chance to see the session by Zach Wilsterman, but I did catch Anna Wood’s Reduced

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If you attended SolidWorks World in New Orleans, there’s a better than average chance you got your picture taken.  Check out all 609 photos here.

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The SWUGN Summit series moves to Phoenix, Arizona on March 20th, 2007.  Special guest presenters include Anna Wood, Devon Sowell, and Phoenix Metro User Group Leader Zach Wilsterman. Visit the Summit home page for more information and a link to

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Turns out that leaving New Orleans was even harder than I thought.  Several SolidWorks employees and customers spent a few extra hours in the airport due to a "mechanical issue" with our plane.  The delay wasn’t all bad as we

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I’m on my way home today after a great SolidWorks World 2007.  I’ll have more to say later, but I can tell you that this was the best conference ever for SWUGN and the SolidWorks Community.  It was great seeing

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It’s been quite a few days for SolidWorks User Groups.  We’ve been approached by more than 15 energetic individuals with an interest in starting a local user group chapter, and I’m happy to say that at least three new groups

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Congratulations to this years recipients of the Annual SWUGN Awards. SWUGN User Group of the Year – Minnesota SolidWorks User GroupThe Minnesota SolidWorks User Group takes the top prize this year for outstanding service to members, community involvement, increasing attendance

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Always my favorite meeting of the year, the 8th Annual SWUGN Summit was terrific this year.  Almost 50 user group leaders from around the world, several members of the press, and other users interested in learning more about SolidWorks user

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At the general session on Monday, SolidWorks COO Jeff Ray announced the attendee that had traveled the furthest to attend SolidWorks World New Orleans.  It was none other that our Asia/Pacific SWUGN Committee rep Hal Olguner. Way to go Hal!!

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I’m really excited about this year’s SWUGN Summit meeting.  We have more that 40 user group leaders from around the world here, and we’re anticipating a huge turnout for the two-hour meeting.  We’ve got some really good things to report

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