{"id":19324,"date":"2018-02-13T13:29:40","date_gmt":"2018-02-13T18:29:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/?p=19324"},"modified":"2018-02-13T20:11:14","modified_gmt":"2018-02-14T01:11:14","slug":"solidworks-support-monthly-news-february-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/tech\/2018\/02\/solidworks-support-monthly-news-february-2018.html","title":{"rendered":"SOLIDWORKS Support Monthly News \u2013 February 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello to all,<\/p>\n

Welcome to this new edition of the SOLIDWORKS Support Monthly News, coauthored by members of the SOLIDWORKS Technical Support teams worldwide.<\/p>\n

Looking back at SOLIDWORKS World 2018 with Brad Phillips<\/h1>\n

By Julien Boissat
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\"\"On day 3 of SOLIDWORKS World 2018, I sat with Brad Phillips, Senior Technical Customer Support Engineer (TSE) from Woodland Hills, CA. Brad shared his impressions and his involvement at the conference.<\/p>\n

Julien: So tell me, how many times have you part<\/em>icipated in SOLIDWORKS World?<\/em><\/p>\n

Brad: This is my fifth year at SOLIDWORKS World.\u00a0 I have been lucky enough to be able to attend every year since the first year I started at SOLIDWORKS back in January 2013.<\/p>\n

Julien: You and I know that only a limited number of SOLIDWORKS TSEs go to the event. What makes you want to be part of it each year?<\/em><\/p>\n

Brad: For me I see this experience of being able to attend SOLIDWORKS World every year as an opportunity to experience the SOLIDWORKS community head on.\u00a0 As part of support, a lot of times we only see customers when they are in difficult situations, but at SOLIDWORKS World I get the experience of interacting with the most passionate and excited members of the SOLIDWORKS community.<\/p>\n

Julien: I understand you presented at breakout sessions. Tell me about it.<\/em><\/p>\n

Brad: This is the third year that I got to present the CAD Managers Boot Camp<\/a> on the Sunday before the conference begins.\u00a0 This is this session that has been going on for many, many years<\/a> that features four hours of all of the most relevant content that we in SOLIDWORKS Support think all CAD admins should know in order to best serve their clients and engineers that use SOLIDWORKS for their daily jobs.\u00a0 The two sections that I presented this year were on installations and licensing.\u00a0 The last couple releases of SOLIDWORKS have really added a lot of great new tools for CAD Admins. The Settings Administrator tool<\/a> and the brand new SOLIDWORKS Admin Portal<\/a> with Online Licensing<\/a> are just a few. I was really excited to bring some of this never before seen features to the people that could best utilize them in the workplace.\u00a0 I really encourage any CAD Admins that couldn\u2019t make it out to SOLIDWORKS World on Sunday to see the session that they try to make it next year and also look for the slides to be released with all of the other SOLIDWORKS World presentation proceedings<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The session is four hours of very technical content, so the CAD Admin Boot Camp planning team really strives to make this year\u2019s presentation very interactive and exciting.\u00a0 This year\u2019s session had about 400 attendees so it was great to see some of them come up to me at the booth in the partner pavilion and say that they had a great time and they learned a lot.<\/p>\n

Julien: There was a ton of announcements about new products, services and features this year. Which got you most exci<\/em>ted?<\/em><\/p>\n

Brad: Well as a 3D printer hobbyist, the 3DExperience Marketplace Make<\/a> was really interesting to me because if in the future I make a prototype and want it to be manufactured in steel or something besides plastic I now have a place where I can find reputable service companies that can do that for me.\u00a0 Also from the announced solid works 2019 features, the convert texture to mesh looked really exciting and the crowd during the general session strongly agreed.<\/p>\n

Julien: And which keynote presenter make the biggest impression on you?<\/em><\/p>\n

Brad: Joe Hiura and Robert Andrew Johnson<\/a> where the keynote that really made an impression on me. They were using SOLIDWORKS in a way that I\u2019ve never seen before and really thinking outside of the box in the way they used it. I also got a chance to chat with them when they came by the SOLIDWORKS booth.\u00a0 They were very personable guys and we were playing around in SOLIDWORKS and they were showing me some of the things that they do for their set designs that I haven\u2019t seen customers use before. They\u2019re using SOLIDWORKS to design art that has to capture our imagination but it also has to be functional.<\/p>\n

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Julien: See you in Dallas next year for SOLIDWORKS World 2019?<\/em><\/p>\n

Brad: Absolutely.<\/p>\n

Julien: Thanks.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Note: You can relive the action here at SWW18 with on-demand video at live.solidworks.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Understanding Multibody Sheet Metal Thickness, Derived Mirror Part Thickness and the Thickness Global Variable<\/h1>\n

By Mario Iocco<\/p>\n

\"\"Single body sheet metal can be confusing. Adding sheet metal multi-bodies and mirror part into the mix, can be overwhelming to many users who don’t deal with these issues every day. However, this does not need to be confusing, as there is a very clear logic to the functionality. To find out more, click HERE<\/a> to read the entire article.<\/p>\n

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Simulation Step-Up Series<\/h1>\n

Last month<\/a>, Reza discussed the topic of Buckling analysis<\/strong><\/span>. This month, Yannick gives an Introduction to Fatigue analysis<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

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