A mighty wind @ World
When a hurricane tore the roof off a customer’s plant, recalls Jason Williams, all that remained intact were some steel girders and an industrial fan – a Big Ass fan. Please pardon the language, but that’s not us cussin’. Big
... ContinuedMore about the electric hotrod
Here’s a quick interview with Jeremy Luchini, Mike North and Dave Smith talking about the electric hotrod shown today. I have a more detailed video of the car I’ll post later.
... ContinuedPartner Pavilion Showcase and Toys with Phil Sluder
Had a chance again to walk the floor of the Partner Pavilion here at Solidworks World. The product showcases here would make me want to start writing up my Christmas list. Plane. Check. Awesome Dune Buggy. Check. Massively over speced
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2010 Day 1 General Session
This morning Jeff Ray took the stage for his annual Keynote. He got the crowd excited right off the bat by announcing that over 5000 people are registered for today at Solidworks World. In times of recession Solidworks Corp. seems
... ContinuedIn Line at the Morning General Session
With a small meal in my belly this got under way with this mornings General Session. Although I had a reserved seat I wanted to arrive early and make sure I knew what was going on. It seems a few
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2010 Day 1: General Session
So the first general session of SolidWorks World 2010 has ended, and wow…talk about cool. If you couldn't be here, I'll list a few of the highlights: Dassault Systemes CEO Bernard Charles talking about his vision for he future of
... ContinuedPartner Pavilion, User Group Leaders and Tweetup
After a heavy day of tweeting and checking my schedule the trusty iPhone battery was ready to give out by about 5 O'Clock. Thankfully, with a convention hall full of booths displaying cutting edge 3D tech it was easy to
... ContinuedAmtrak has arrived at ‘World’
If you’ve luxuriated in the sleekness of Amtrak’s Acela, you can thank two SolidWorks Worlds 2010 attendees, Bruce Hoffman and John Campbell. They and their teams use SolidWorks software not to design new train cars – those last for decades
... ContinuedGetting to the SolidWorks World 2010 Tweetup
Just a quick note for those of you attending the Tweetup tonight. If you look for directions in Google Maps, the results you get won't actually get you to the House of Blues. Here's how you really need to go.
... ContinuedDrawings Rountable and Product Specialist Interview
Post by Chris McAndrew, official Internet Correspondent of Solidworks 2010. All content cross posted at https://www.3dEngr.com First up on the schedule at SolidWorks World is a Round table discussion titled “Magic Drawings”. These round tables were just recently described to
... ContinuedRegistration and Pre Show from the Internet Correspondent
Hello all. Let me introduce myself. My name is Chris McAndrew and I'll be taking over this blog for the next few days. Thanks to the folks at Solidworks I've been given a pass, camera, and free reign on the
... ContinuedLet's Get it Started!
Although there have already been plenty of activities surrounding SolidWorks World 2010, the event officially begins today at 7:00am. The registration area is one of my favorite places to hang out (in fact, it's one of my SWW duties) and I'll
... ContinuedOh My, What Have I Done?
It's early Saturday morning here in Anaheim and I'm getting ready to start my first day at SolidWorks World 2010. I guess technically last night was my first day since I had a dinner meeting with the boss at Morton's
... ContinuedFutures… made of… Virtual Parts and Assemblies!
SolidWorks 2010 introduced some great new functionality to the area of Virtual parts and assemblies. First of all lets go back to basics: What are virtual parts and assemblies? A part or assembly that does not have a saved file
... ContinuedSigning off from Concord (plus some useful links)
OK, I'm all done with pre-show stuff. No more presenter spotlights, no more contests, no more People @ SolidWorks World. The vault has been emptied. So au revior for now, and stay tuned for updates from Anaheim starting, well, probably
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