User Groups
SWUGN Group Leader Spotlight: James Adkins
“The user group community provides an invaluable resource for users to brainstorm and resolve issues with design approaches and models and in general, communicate with like-minded professionals. Most of the users are willing to offer suggestions, ideas, and/or techniques which will
... ContinuedYou Never Forget Your First…
…SOLIDWORKS User Group meeting. I’ll never forget the first meeting of the Central Texas SOLIDWORKS User Group. About 40 people showed up at the Aquarina Center in San Marcos in September 1999. We ate sandwiches and fruit trays (hey, I
... ContinuedSWUGN Group Leader Spotlight: Scott Geller
Scott Geller re-started the South Atlanta User Group a year ago after dividing the Atlanta User Group into North and South to make meetings more accessible to folks in the area. By day, Scott works with a team of SOLIDWORKS
... ContinuedSpecial SOLIDWORKS User Group Meetings Coming Up
Most SOLIDWORKS User Group meetings follow the same basic format – food and networking, followed by a technical session or two (sometimes three), and a wrap-up featuring prize drawings and a look at the next meeting. Every year though, some
... ContinuedAnniversary Cupcakes and Cincinnati Chili in Dayton
Rachel and I helped Randy Adams and the members of the Miami Valley SOLIDWORKS User Group celebrate their 10th anniversary this week. We ate some great BBQ, learned about SOLIDWORKS Certification from Rachel, and finished up with some delicious cupcakes. Congratulations
... ContinuedSWUGN Group Leader Spotlight: Chase Draper
SWUGN Group Leader Spotlight: Chase Draper Chase Draper is the leader of the Central Alabama SOLIDWORKS User Group. He is a project engineer where he designs process equipment for grinding and separating aggregate powders. He’s been a CSWE since 2014. Chase
... ContinuedCold, Warm, Hot, Cold – Braving Weather for User Group Meetings
I spent last week in the Boston area helping the Central MA SOLIDWORKS User Group celebrate their 10 year anniversary. It was chilly all week, and a little snow was falling as I boarded my plane home on Friday. Luckily, I
... ContinuedStump the Chump: Can a Sketch Profile Change as a Function of the Length of the Sweep Curve?
This is the first in a series of blogs that will delve into common questions or problems that users encounter daily and present answers from other users as well as a weigh-in from a SOLIDWORKS expert.
... ContinuedA Quick Look at a Reluctant Presenter
I first met Christie Buresh (nee Reed) at SOLIDWORKS World 1999 in Palm Springs, and we’ve been colleagues (and friends) for more than 18 years now. She’s been leading the North Texas SOLIDWORKS User Group for 11 of those years,
... ContinuedR1 and R2 are Going on the Road
Last year a SOLIDWORKS user sent an email to Rachel and me with the salutation “Dear R & R”. We decided to run with it at SOLIDWORKS World 2017. We’re both hitting the road soon for our favorite part of the
... Continued13th Annual SWUGN Awards
Tuesday at SOLIDWORKS World is always community day, and that means the SWUGN Awards. This year’s presentation was done “Grammy” style, complete with evening gowns and tuxedos. My co-host Tracey was a lot of fun to work with, and we
... ContinuedEducational Ubiquity: Why Engineering Competitions Work
SOLIDWORKS is used daily by students, educators and researchers worldwide. As a result, SOLIDWORKS is everywhere. Researchers at Waseda University in Tokyo, Japan use SOLIDWORKS to design 21-degree-of-freedom robots to navigate through natural disasters. In the SOFIA Project scientists from
... ContinuedWhy Are You Going to SOLIDWORKS World 2017?
I asked our SOLIDWORKS User Group leaders why they go to SOLIDWORKS World. I’m addicted! Tony Cantrell – Palmetto SOLIDWORKS User Group Tips, tricks, fun, and friends. Cory Derico – Portland Area SOLIDWORKS User Group Learn, network, build relationships, enjoy,
... ContinuedSWUGN Group Leader Spotlight: Tony Cantrell
“I feel like the SOLIDWORKS community is one of the best in the world.” Tony Cantrell is the leader, and founder, of the Palmetto SOLIDWORKS User Group (PSWUG) in Columbia, South Carolina! After realizing that there wasn’t a user group
... ContinuedSWUGN Group Leader Spotlight: Elena Marker
“I love to learn from anyone about what they are doing, how they present information, and just sharing information.” Elena Marker started the Inland Empire SOLIDWORKS User Group very recently; in fact, the group has only been around since May
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