RuRoC Storm Trooper Helmet for extreme snowboarders!
RuRoC Storm Trooper Snowboarding Helmet Industrial design firm Curventa helped client RuRoC create the “Storm Trooper” snowboarding helmet that launched the company in 2007. Developed in SolidWorks, the molded plastic helmet’s edgy styling and its seamless combination of goggles, face mask,
... ContinuedSWUGN Year in Review – February 2009
Top StorySolidWorks World 2009 attracts over 4,500 attendees in what many would consider a down year economically. The attendance figure surprises everyone, including the event caterer, and the Monday breakfast falls a little short food-wise. Richard Branson is interviewed by Jeff
... ContinuedSWUGN Year in Review – January 2009
The Top Story With a single blog post, Ricky Jordan’s wife Christy becomes the most famous SolidWorks Community member in Alabama. Christy follows up her hilarious shot at engineers by providing tubs of homemade goodies for Ricky to bring to SolidWorks World
... ContinuedSWUGN Year in Review – Part 0
Well it's not quite the end if the year yet, but with the Holiday Season coming up I think it's close enough. The SolidWorks User Group Network enjoyed another banner year in 2009. Over the next few days, I'll recap
... ContinuedPeople @ SolidWorks World 2010: Tom Spine
Tom Spine heads up the user experience design group at SolidWorks. In this video he talks about what his group does, and what they'll be doing at SolidWorks World 2010 in Anaheim CA. If you'd like to sign up for
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2010 Presenter Spotlight: Phil Sluder
Back in February, I sat in one of Phil Sluder's presentations recording it for this blog. There were several hundred people waiting to get into the room, and once Phil started, all of the seats in the very large room
... ContinuedPeople @ SolidWorks World 2010: Marlon Banta
Next up in our series is Marlon Banta. Marlon is a Senior Product Definition Engineer at SolidWorks, and does a lot of work with our rendering products and motion manager. In this video he talks about his job, and what
... Continued3D ContentCentral 2010 helps manufacturers follow their customers around the web
The 3D ContentCentral® (3DCC)world got bigger today – or smaller, depending on your perspective. We’ve made some changes that extend 3DCC suppliers’ reach and help them pull customers in closer. Bigger world? Smaller world? Whatever. The point is to help
... ContinuedPeople @ SolidWorks World 2010: Jeremy Luchini
Jeremy heads up our user certification programs here at SolidWorks. If you've taken the CSWA or CSWP tests, your familiar with what they do. These guys are also responsible for the super-exclusive CSWP party every year at SolidWorks World. In
... ContinuedAnnouncing the SolidWorks World 2010 Hollywood Nostalgia Contest
So you didn’t want to be the Official Internet Correspondent, and maybe you didn’t have a great first-time story. That’s OK, because we’re going to give you one more chance to get in to SolidWorks World 2010 for free. SolidWorks
... ContinuedSolidWorks World 2010 Presenter Spotlight: Gerald Davis
As we approach SolidWorks World 2010, we'll periodically post interviews with some of the people leading presentations. We're kicking this off by talking with Gerald Davis. Gerald started using SolidWorks with the 98+ release, completed the CSWP exam in 2005,
... ContinuedPeople @ SolidWorks World 2010: Rick Chin
Rick Chin is Director of Product Innovation here at SolidWorks. In this video he talks about what he does, what he’ll be up to at SolidWorks World, and his history with SolidWorks.
... ContinuedAnnouncing the winners of the SolidWorks World 2010 First-Timer Contest
Yes, you read that right. When we sat down to review the entries, there were two that really stood out. We had such a hard time deciding between the two that we just decided to make them both winners. Before
... ContinuedInspiring design
Isis in Hyde Park Simon Gudgeon, whose “Isis” sculpture was unveiled in Hyde Park by Halcyon Gallery and the Royal Parks Foundation in September, will use SolidWorks to model and SolidWorks Simulation software to validate kinetic sculpture designs
... ContinuedPeople @ SolidWorks World 2010: Jim Wilkinson
Jim Wilkinson is Director of User Experience here at SolidWorks. In this video he talks about what his team does, the research they do at SolidWorks World, and his (very nearly) 14-year history with SolidWorks.
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