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Truly an honor
On Monday afternoon I had the honor of receiving the SWUGN User Group Leader of the Year award for 2006. I am still pretty much at a loss for words. All I can say is that when you are honored by your peers, it really means a lot. Thanks guys. User groups are only successful…
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NASWUG at SolidWorks World
The North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG) had six representatives at SolidWorks World 2007. I’ve know some of these guys for quite a few years and this was the first time that I have had a chance to really hang out with them. We all got together usually at least once every day and hung…
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SolidWorks World: Wednesday General Session
In today’s General Session, SolidWorks gave the 3500+ users a sneak peek of SolidWorks 2008. The session was kicked off with a REALLY cool video that Mark Biasotti put together (on his own time). The video shows a rocket launching from Concord, MA in 1995 signifying the debut of SolidWorks 95. A time clocked was…
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SolidWorks World: Monday General Session
Sorry it has taken so long to post this. It’s been a busy day and there hasn’t been much time to write. On top of that I had four pages of notes from the General Session and I wanted to include everything. Even though SolidWorks World officially began yesterday with the Welcome Reception and Super…
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SolidWorks Labs
SolidWorks today announced the launch of the SolidWorks Labs website. This site includes several innovative R&D projects that users can use in a variety of ways. For the launch, four different software tools are available which provide a variety of functions across the CAD spectrum. Drawings Now is a service that allows you to upload…
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SolidWorks 95 at SolidWorks World 2007
Richard Hall is one of our longtime supporters and members of the North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG). Richard has the unique honor of being one of the first in Huntsville to purchase SolidWorks. The version of SolidWorks he started on was SolidWorks 95. Early last year Richard brought his SolidWorks 95 CD and User’s…
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SolidWorks World: Sunday PM
First up for Sunday afternoon was Greg Jankowski’s CAD Manager’s Boot Camp. This was a heavily attended session as it is most every year. Greg’s presentation outlines important information for users who manage seats of SolidWorks in an organization. Not all of the information presented applied to “multi-seat” users. A vast amount of information was…
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SolidWorks World 2007: Sunday AM
Sunday is upon us and the Morial Convention Center is really starting to crank up with activity. More and more people are starting to arrive (including some of my fellow NASWUG members!). Roundtable discussions will be occuring throughout most of the day today. One event that is always popular with users is Greg Jankowski’s “CAD…
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SolidWorks World: Meeting of the Bloggers
One of the great things about SolidWorks World is getting to meet the people that you communicate with on sometimes a daily basis as part of the SolidWorks Community. A great example of this was getting to finally meet several of my fellow Bloggers face to face for the first time. Last night all of…
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SolidWorks World: Saturday
It was an early start to the day for me as my flight leaving Huntsville was at 6:00am. Add to that the fact that I had to run by work to pickup those all important business cards I had forgotten and the result is quite a long day. Am I complaining? Not a chance. I…
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Matt Speaks….in Huntsville
The North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG) started off 2007 with a strong turnout tonight. Matt Lombard was in town to present his Misc. Debris: Tips and Trix SolidWorks 2007 Presentation. We had 33 people at the meeting tonight. (Even with winter weather coming to our area this evening.) Not everyone gets to go to…
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Are we there yet!
Three days away from the start of SolidWorks World. Am I excited? OH YEA! I feel like a kid in the back seat of his parent’s car that has to fight the urge to ask those infamous questions every two minutes….Are we there yet? Is it time? How much longer? (That old countdown clock is…
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Countdown to SolidWorks World….literally
Richard Doyle and I have been talking about getting a countdown clock added to our Blogs for SolidWorks World. If you take a look at the “vertical link bar” on this Blog or Richard’s Blog you’ll see that we were able to get one added. (A big thanks to Patrick for helping us with this!)…
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2007 SWUGN Summits Announced
The SolidWorks User Group Network (SWUGN) today announced the dates and locations for their 2007 Technical Summits. Click HERE to see a complete list of the events. One particular date and location I am excited about is the April 24th Summit in Nashville, TN. Nashville is about an hour and a half drive for most…