April 7th, 2009 — Tips & Tricks, User Groups
The 2009 SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN) Technical Summits are about to get underway! The first one finds SolidWorks returning to sunny Orlando, FL, the site of the recent SolidWorks World 2009 conference, on April 28.
If you didn’t get to attend SolidWorks World this year, the Technical Summits are the next best thing! I liken it to a massive user group meeting.
The structure is similar to one day at SolidWorks World, but on a smaller scale; and they are bringing it to you! There will be representatives of local user groups, VAR’s, and SolidWorks in attendance and presenting at all of these events, as well as user presentations.
What’s In It For You?
There is typically a continental-style breakfast served, followed by a short orientation session. There are usually two training tracts running simultaneously through two breakout sessions in the morning and three in the afternoon. Lunch is provided (in my experience, usually a 3- or 4-course meal) during the break between morning and afternoon sessions, and Richard Doyle gives a Tips & Tricks session along with relevant news and information and some nice door prizes.
And the cost for this entire day’s worth of training? A mere $40. Now I know in this current economic climate, funds are scarce… But I think that $40 is a real deal, considering the amount of training and networking to be had.
As of this writing, the 2009 schedule is as follows (please visit the SWUGN Technical Summit page for full details, session schedules, and any changes/updates):
Orlando, FL – 04/28
Atlanta, GA – 05/19
Happy Valley, PA – 06/16
Columbus, OH – 07/21
Vancouver, BC – 08/11
Minneapolis, MN – 08/18
Denver, CO – 09/15
San Antonio, TX – 11/10
San Jose, CA – 12/08
The North Alabama SolidWorks User Group (NASWUG) (my local user group) should be well-represented at the Atlanta, GA Technical Summit. Unfortunately, I will not be able to attend this year due to a new baby arriving on the scene around that date. But I hope that you will take advantage of this opportunity to learn something new and meet some new friends!
March 11th, 2009 — Design, Miscellaneous, SolidWorks World, Technology, Tips & Tricks, User Groups
The proceedings from the SolidWorks World 2009 International User Conference and Exposition in Orlando, Florida, are now live! And things are a little different this year… Based on feedback from previous World’s, SolidWorks has opened up access to a broader audience and captured more media data to share.
CUSTOMER PORTAL USERS REJOICE!
In year’s past, attendees used a unique log-in to access the presentations and files from the conference. This year, SolidWorks is making the proceedings site available to all users with a Customer Portal account. If you do not already have a Customer Portal account, you can create one by visiting the SolidWorks Customer Portal and clicking the link under the “Not a member?” section.
MORE SWW CONTENT & FEATURES!
In addition to the standard presentations and supporting files of previous years, SolidWorks captured video of many of the sessions. These videos are available for streaming from the site. There are also pictures of all the exhibitor booths from the Partner Pavilion. (And remember, all my pictures from the conference, including most of the displays in the Product Design Showcase, are available on my Flickr photostream!)
So, be sure to go to SWW09 proceedings site to access all the SWW goodness. If you have any issues accessing the conference proceedings or have further questions, you can get help by emailing swworldinfo@solidworks.com.
***EDIT***
Some clarification from SolidWorks on the SolidWorks World 2009 proceedings site:
Login access to content: Essentially the site is open to anyone who has a customer portal login. Anyone who went to World will see all of the presentation videos that we recorded. If you did not attend World we are going to add new video content each week.
We check the e-mail you use to login against a database that we have of e-mails from conference attendees. (So if your customer portal login uses a different e-mail than the e-mail you used to register for world you won’t get full access (but we’ll fix this case by case)).
Last edited on 03/11/2009 @ 5:10PM CDT.
January 6th, 2009 — SolidWorks World, User Groups
December 18th, 2008 — Design, Miscellaneous, Uncategorized
If you are reading this from the site, you can tell that there have been some major changes around here! Like several of the other SolidWorks bloggers, I have made the jump and moved my TypePad blog to a WordPress-hosted site.
I want to thank SolidWorks for graciously providing the platform to freely air my missives over the past two years or so and Richard Doyle for getting me involved. I would also like to thank Patrick Cook and Matthew West for their help and expertise in setting things up and tweaking things here and there. And thanks to Ricky, Josh, and Matt for their help and suggestions in getting switched over.
Based upon my testing, the RSS feed should remain the same, and all URI’s out there pointing to the old TypePad permalinks should now be redirected to the new WordPress permalinks. There are still a few issues to work out, such as some images in old posts not showing up all the time, but I will slowly get those links updated. Also, I have a few issues with the Disqus comments on all previous posts, but hopefully those will be corrected in the coming days.
This is a work in progress, so you will be seeing a few changes from time to time. I am working on a logo/header, and will probably tweak the CSS colors and whatnot some, if not change to an entirely new theme altogether.
If you notice anything out of whack other than the issues I mentioned above, or have any suggestions, please let me know.
Also, please note that due to the upcoming holidays and getting the new site up and running, CADFanatic’s Tips & Tricks Tuesdays will return after the first of the year, on Tuesday, January 6, 2009.
I’m looking forward to the new site and the new year! And thanks for reading!
November 12th, 2008 — SolidWorks World
