{"id":421,"date":"2011-08-30T14:58:22","date_gmt":"2011-08-30T18:58:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/example.org\/solidworks-customers-chime-in-on-solidworks-2012-at-the-annual-media-day"},"modified":"2011-08-30T14:58:22","modified_gmt":"2011-08-30T18:58:22","slug":"solidworks-customers-chime-in-on-solidworks-2012-at-the-annual-media-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/solidworksblog\/2011\/08\/solidworks-customers-chime-in-on-solidworks-2012-at-the-annual-media-day.html","title":{"rendered":"SolidWorks customers chime in on SolidWorks 2012 at the annual media day"},"content":{"rendered":"

On September 6, we'll officially unveil SolidWorks 2012<\/a>\u2014but today, here at SolidWorks HQ, we gave a few of our friends in the press a sneak peek of the 20th<\/sup> release of our product.<\/p>\n

The day started off with a look back at how far SolidWorks has come, from coding in Jon Hirschtick's Winchester, MA condo in the beginning to building a community of 1.6 million users today. The past 19 releases have broken new ground in CAD year after year, and we\u2019re excited to roll out this latest version to all of our loyal fans.<\/p>\n

One of the best things about media day is that we have lots of customers who come in and talk about the ways they're using SolidWorks to design and build amazing products. Some of the companies represented today include Baker Drivetrain<\/a>, Jeremy Singley Designs<\/a>, Burton Snowboards<\/a>, BPG Werks<\/a>, Catapult Design<\/a>, Edge Factor TV<\/a>, Digital Design & Detail<\/a> and Lilliputian Systems<\/a>. Pictures of some of their products are included below.<\/p>\n

We also had Barbara Hughey from the MIT Women\u2019s Technology Program<\/a> in to talk about girls in education. In coordination with our own Marie Planchard, Barbara led the members of the press through a robot-building exercise. They may have only been toy robots, but that doesn't mean they were easy to put together.<\/p>\n

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As we were talking to people who are here today, they had some nice things to say about how they use SolidWorks, what functions work best for them in their roles and why they like the current version. Some of the things they told us involved:<\/p>\n