{"id":33786,"date":"2012-05-11T09:53:45","date_gmt":"2012-05-11T13:53:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/swcommunity\/i-cant-recall-a-solidworks-user-group-meeting-that-ive-attended-without-a-single-launch-of-solidworks-so-last-nights-north-t"},"modified":"2012-05-11T09:53:45","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T13:53:45","slug":"i-cant-recall-a-solidworks-user-group-meeting-that-ive-attended-without-a-single-launch-of-solidworks-so-last-nights-north-t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2012\/05\/i-cant-recall-a-solidworks-user-group-meeting-that-ive-attended-without-a-single-launch-of-solidworks-so-last-nights-north-t.html","title":{"rendered":"A SolidWorks User Group Meeting Without SolidWorks?"},"content":{"rendered":"

I can’t recall a SolidWorks User Group meeting that I’ve attended without a single launch of SolidWorks, so last night’s North Texas SolidWorks User Group<\/a> meeting was a little different.\u00a0 That’s not to say it wasn’t a good meeting, in fact, it was\u00a0a great one.<\/p>\n

Thomas Allsup started things off with a really nice recap of SolidWorks World 2012.\u00a0 I’ve see his SolidWorks World synopses before, and he always does a great job of making people feel like they were “almost” there.\u00a0 He talked about the general sessions, and the technical sessions he attended.\u00a0 His slides always include some of the things he learned in the sessions, so the attendees last night did actually learn a few things about SolidWorks.\u00a0 Thomas’s presentation ended with a friendly, spirited discussion on the topic of “V”.<\/p>\n

Next up was Anthony Botting, Simulation Specialist with Jelani AI, and a\u00a0very\u00a0familier face to SolidWorks\/Simulation users in the Dallas area.\u00a0 Tony’s topic was SolidWorks Plastics, but\u00a0bereft of\u00a0the actual software, he was limited to a few slides and a video presentation.\u00a0 That did not temper his enthusiasm one bit, and at one point during the session, he actualy giggled over the prospect of using SolidWorks Plastics.\u00a0 I also heard him mutter the term “geek-ery”.\u00a0 It was fun to watch.<\/p>\n

I got to close the meeting with a presentation that covered a little bit of everything – SolidWorks User Groups, the SolidWorks Community, the SolidWorks Forums, etc.\u00a0 Included in my talk were examples of “content” that is being continuously posted in the SolidWorks forums – Part Reviewer example files, 1-Minute Tips, API examples and the like.\u00a0 So while I didn’t actually fire up SolidWorks, this morning the attendees can download content and do some\u00a0learning on their own.<\/p>\n

An unusual meeting for sure, but a really good one overall.\u00a0 Thanks Christie and Thomas for keeping the Dallas area SolidWorks users informed and entertained.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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