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A 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).
... ContinuedSWUGN Summit – San Jose
Another SWUGN Summit went off without a hitch last week as 80+ users converged on the Hilton – Santa Clara in sunny California. Most of the attendees were there to see the technical sessions and they weren’t disappointed. Phil Sluder,
... ContinuedMeeting with Students
Robert Meitzler, Eastern Michigan SolidWorks User Group Leader reports on a recent morning he spent with students at Southeastern High School of Technology (yep, high school) in Detroit, Michigan. “I had the pleasure of speaking with students at the first
... ContinuedSWUGN Summit – Houston
One down, eight to go The first of nine SWUGN Technical Summits was held in Houston, Texas last week. The event drew 65 users and featured ten different technical sessions, and a couple of vendor presentations during the sit-down lunch.
... ContinuedA Community PhotoWorks Contest
Rob Rodriguez, Northern Vermont SolidWorks User Group leader has opened up a monthly PhotoWorks contest for the SolidWorks Community. The contest is open to anyone, including SolidWorks users, employees, resellers, and students. Each month, a different model will be made
... ContinuedIt's just about that time again…
For each release of SolidWorks we run a beta program. We use the beta program to gather your comments, suggestions, and opinions on the next release of SolidWorks. At SolidWorks, we place a high value on the opinion of our
... ContinuedNews and notes from the SolidWorks User Group Network
The Lower Alabama SolidWorks User Group is holding its first meeting March 23rd – https://www.swugn.org/pages/calendar/UGdetails.html?id=338 The Seattle Area SolidWorks Power User Group celebrates its 10th anniversary with a meeting on April 18th – https://www.swugn.org/pages/calendar/UGdetails.html?id=127 The Eastern Michigan SolidWorks User Group
... ContinuedSWUGN Technical Summits
Monthly Technical Events around the US The SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN) has announced the schedule for the 2006 SWUGN Technical Summit days. These one-day events are being held monthly in cities across the US and feature a choice of
... Continued23 days, 22 meetings
There are 23 working days in the month of March, and 22 SolidWorks/COSMOS User Group Meetings scheduled. https://www.swugn.org/pages/calendar/calendar.html WOW!!
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