{"id":33852,"date":"2015-01-29T09:40:45","date_gmt":"2015-01-29T15:40:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/swcommunity\/?p=1556"},"modified":"2017-08-25T07:46:05","modified_gmt":"2017-08-25T11:46:05","slug":"cad-managers-boot-camp-at-solidworks-world-2015","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2015\/01\/cad-managers-boot-camp-at-solidworks-world-2015.html","title":{"rendered":"CAD Managers Boot Camp at SOLIDWORKS World 2015"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Greg Jankowski<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Do you know which technical session at SOLIDWORKS World<\/a> attracts the most attendees?\u00a0 If you guessed the CAD Managers Boot Camp<\/a>, you are correct.\u00a0 Greg Jankowski has been leading this session since 2005, and\u00a0600 to 900 SOLIDWORKS World attendees take advantage of this pre-conference session for good reason – it’s packed with information that everyone can use.<\/p>\n

The official description\u00a0doesn’t begin to tell the story:<\/p>\n

CAD Manager’s Boot Camp<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Explore a wide range of topics and issues to help you effectively deploy and manage SOLIDWORKS software. The goal of the camp is to show system administrators and IT personnel how they can use a combination of IT and CAD best practices, tools, and methodologies to reduce the total cost of ownership and maximize their investment in SOLIDWORKS software.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

There’s so much more to the Boot Camp, including (but not limited to);<\/p>\n

TECHNICAL RESOURCES
\n<\/strong>\u203aFinding resources and search
\n\u203aSOLIDWORKS Customer Portal, Forums, and Knowledge Base
\n\u203aMySOLIDWORKS
\n\u203aDocumentation (intranets, best practices, and standards)
\n\u203aOther available resources<\/p>\n

COMPUTERS AND NETWORKS
\n<\/strong>\u203aConfiguring a CAD workstation
\n\u203aWhere is the performance bottleneck?
\n\u203aManaging computers
\n\u203aSystem maintenance<\/p>\n

INSTALLATION
\n<\/strong>\u203aInstallation related references and overview
\n\u203aCommon practices
\n\u203aUsing the\u00a0SOLIDWORKS Installation Manager
\n\u203aConfiguring SOLIDWORKS<\/p>\n

ADMINISTERING SOLIDWORKS
\n<\/strong>\u203aBest practices
\n\u203aConfiguring SOLIDWORKS
\n\u203aTemplates and custom properties
\n\u203aLicense management and product activation
\n\u203aBeing a good CAD Manager
\n\u203aTraining, evaluation, and planning
\n\u203aMentoring and super-users
\n\u203aAPI and macros<\/p>\n

MANAGING YOUR DATA
\n<\/strong>\u203aWhy it\u2019s important
\n\u203aOptions for data management<\/p>\n

TROUBLSHOOTING AND MANAGING ISSUES
\n<\/strong>\u203aReporting issues and issue management
\n\u203aTroubleshooting
\n\u203aSOLIDWORKS Rx<\/p>\n

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS
\n<\/strong>\u203aTying it all together
\n\u203aPlan for success\u2014metrics, expectations, and proactive management
\n\u203aUser Groups<\/p>\n

The CAD Managers Boot Camp is scheduled for Sunday, February 8th, 1:00pm to 5:00pm.\u00a0 Preregistration is required, but I’ve never seen anyone turned away from this session.\u00a0 The room number should be announced soon.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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