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Home at Last….
Well, I’ve been back all week, I’ve just neglected the blog a bit. The user group road trip was a huge success, with stops in Omaha, Detroit, and Racine (Milwaukee). The Nebraska group meeting was attended by more than 70
... ContinuedSWUGN Summit – Charlotte
Matt Lombard sums it up nicely. Matt Speaks
... ContinuedA Rising Star in the SolidWorks Community
If you frequent the SolidWorks message boards, you no doubt recognize the name Anna Wood. Anna has become a regular at the SolidWorks forum, as well as other sites such as comp.cad.solidworks, and Eng-Tips. Her insightful answers to a wide
... ContinuedSWUGN Summit – Seattle
Low attendance. Scheduling issues. Parking woes. Disappointing? Only if you weren’t there. Adam Scheible, Portland User Group Leader got things off on the right foot when he boldly proclaimed "This is going to be a great day!!" And it was…
... ContinuedSean Dotson, a CAD Community Icon
Sean Dotson has been getting some extra press lately and I’m happy to jump on the bandwagon. I had the pleasure of meeting Sean at COFES more than three years ago and we’ve become good friends since then. A leader
... ContinuedBig Community, Small World
It seems like everywhere I go I run into someone I’ve met through my association with SolidWorks. Last week when I arrived for the Redwood Empire SolidWorks User Group meeting, I ran into Steve Rebensdorf of Dimension Printing. I met
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2007 Update
The SolidWorks World website is now live. The agenda is still being developed, but there’s plenty of good reasons to visit the site: Call for Papers If you’re still thinking about speaking at SWW, the call for papers is still
... ContinuedSolidWorks Beta Content Winners
SolidWorks 2007 Beta contest winners We would like to thank everyone for participating in the SolidWorks 2007 beta contest. Here are the winners. Top 10 SolidWorks Beta Contest Name Points
... ContinuedA Week in Boston
I left Austin, Texas Monday for my bi-annual trip to SolidWorks corporate, leaving behind 90 degree weather only to arrive to 91 degrees and 65% humidity. So much for cool, early summer weather up north. The week started with the
... ContinuedSolidWorks, Students, and Marie
We’ve talked here before about SolidWorks and education. A CAD Insider article introduces one of my favorite (former) educators and now Director of Education Markets at SolidWorks, Marie Planchard. Between writing books, running a very successful SolidWorks user group in
... ContinuedMaking Friends in the SolidWorks Community
Devon Sowell of 3D Design Solutions in Carlsbad, CA registered early for the SWUGN Summit. While that’s not unusual, the Summit event he registered for was Boston, nearly 2600 miles from home. I asked Devon what made him decide to
... ContinuedMotivational video?
Evan Yares writes about marketing tactics. A friend of mine in the industry said it best: "I’m speechless" Richard
... ContinuedSWUGN Summit – Denver
The SWUGN Summit series continues to gain momentum, this time with more than 90 participants in Denver, Colorado. Bolstered by four presentations from local SolidWorks users, the session schedule was very well received. The most popular session? Kevin Van Liere’s
... ContinuedMy favorite time of the year – SolidWorks World
Anticipation gets started early this year, the SolidWorks World 2007 call-for-papers has been announced. I’ve written about why I attend SolidWorks World, I would like to hear why you attend. Richard
... ContinuedSolidWorks and Catia – again
Roopinder Tara talks about Dassault and SolidWorks not "talking", raising the question for the ten-thousandth time. John McEleney answers it for the ten-thousandth and first time (read his comments).
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