Gerald Davis Brings Sheet Metal to Austin
Gerald Davis, COSUG group leader, is bringing his Sheet Metal Designed for Manufacturing presentation to Austin, Texas for the Central Texas SolidWorks User Group tonight. Gerald got huge ratings for his sessions at SolidWorks World 2007, and I’ll finally get
... ContinuedNumber 100
The Central Savannah River Area SolidWorks User Group had their first meeting on the 15th, one of nearly 30 user group meetings in November. What is significant about the meeting and the group is that CSRA-SWUG is the 100th SolidWorks/COSMOS
... ContinuedThis One Cracked Me Up
Lila Theis, former SASUG group leader and SWUGN Lifetime Achievement award recipient, sent a note to her colleagues referring to an article I wrote for Cadalyst on the SolidWorks 2008 interface. The next day I received an email from another
... ContinuedSee You at SolidWorks World!!
Notice that there isn’t a question mark in the title. That’s because it’s actually a statement I have heard dozens of times in the past two weeks. From Racine to San Jose, from Oklahoma City to Tulsa, it’s become the
... ContinuedThis Week I Get Smacked
SolidSmack(ed) that is. I’ll be attending two user group meetings in Oklahoma starting with the Oklahoma City SolidWorks User Group tonight, and Thursday night at the new Tulsa SolidWorks User Group. Josh Mings co-chairs the Tulsa group…I’ll be looking to
... ContinuedSan Jose is Sooo Lucky
Check out the lineup of presenters for the SWUGN Technical Summit – San Jose – It reads like a who’s-who of the SolidWorks Community: Matthew CumminsPhil SluderEd EatonElise MossDevon Sowell Combined, this group of SolidWorks Users has more than 20
... ContinuedMatt Lombard Gets Some TenLinks Love
A quick press release about the new SolidProfessor Advanced Surfacing Course.
... ContinuedSWUGN's Loss is Students Gain
Not that we’ve actually "lost" him, but after nearly three years, Adam Scheible is stepping down as President of the Portland Area SolidWorks User Group effective in December. I’ve seen Adam in action in front of his group, and let
... ContinuedRacing to Racine
The 5th annual Midwest SolidWorks User Conference starts next Wednesday, November 7th (thru the 9th) at the Racine Marriott in Racine, Wisconsin. The brain-child of SWUGN Midwest Region representative Mark Peters, this event has seen quite a following over the
... ContinuedHow Much Does it Cost, and Where Do I Send the Check?
I received a forwarded email from Wayne Tiffany the other day: Wayne,Four of us from <company name withheld> attended the last meeting and I was wondering what I owed for all of us. We enjoyed the meeting topics and presentations,
... ContinuedIs Dr. Norman Getting a Bad Rap?
Matt Write’s has some concerns about the choice of Dr. Don Norman as one of the keynote speakers at SolidWorks World 2008 in San Diego. The SolidSmack blog also echos a couple of these concerns. I can understand why there
... ContinuedMeet Me in St. Louis (but don't sing The Trolley Song)
I’m a big fan of old movies – adventure (The Adventures of Robin Hood – 1938), drama (Mr. Smith Goes to Washington – 1939), comedy (The Time of Their Lives – 1946), and yes, musicals (Yankee Doodle Dandy – 1942).
... ContinuedHanging Out in "The OC"
I’ll be presenting at the LA/OC SolidWorks User Group meeting tonight after a three hour flight to LAX and likely a three hour drive across the LA Basin. I’m going to be testing out my "What’s REALLY New in SolidWorks
... ContinuedWayne Tiffany Lends a Hand to the SolidWorks Community
Not only does Wayne Tiffany run a very successful user group in Kansas City, sit as the Southern US Representative on the SWUGN Committee, attend and present at various SWUGN Summit events, and somehow manage a day job, I recently
... ContinuedOctober Keeps Getting Busier
If you thought October was a busy month for User Groups when I mentioned it 8 days ago, look again. There were 21 meetings scheduled then, now there are 23 (oops, make that 24, Wendy must be adding meetings to
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