Category: SolidWorks World 2011

  • SolidWorks 2012 Sneak Peek

    SolidWorks 2012 Sneak Peek

    One of the favorite parts for many attendees at SolidWorks World each year is the Sneak Peek preview of the upcoming SolidWorks release.  This year at SolidWorks World 2011, we all got a Sneak Peek of SolidWorks 2012.  Like many years in the past, the new features were revealed in the form of a “skit”. …

  • SolidWorks World 2011 General Session Tuesday

    SolidWorks World 2011 General Session Tuesday

    The Tuesday General Session is now over and SolidWorks World is nearing it’s halfway point. The focus of today’s session was on The SolidWorks User Groups and SolidWorks Customer Stories. Fielder Hiss led off the with an award for HP who is a platinum sponsor for SolidWorks World. He then introduced Richard Doyle, User Community…

  • SolidWorks World Monday General Session

    SolidWorks World Monday General Session

    The first General Session is over and WOW we have had quite the beginning to SolidWorks World. Jeff Ray kicked off the event by sharing how companies using SolidWorks assisted in the rescue of the miners trapped in Chile in 2010. SolidWorks customer Center Rock designs and manufactures drill bits that were used to drill…

  • SolidWorks and “Space”

    SolidWorks and “Space”

    A couple of weeks ago there were two “Space” related SolidWorks announcements. I have a personal interest in both of them (one more so than the other). So here goes, let’s take them on one by one. Apollo 13 Heroes to Headline SolidWorks World 2011 Apollo 13 Commander Capt. James Lovell and Apollo Flight Director…

  • First Announcement: SolidWorks n!Fuze

    First Announcement:  SolidWorks n!Fuze

    Yesterday on the SolidWorks Blog, SolidWorks n!Fuze was announced. This is the long rumored and delayed “first cloud product” that was demonstrated at SolidWorks World last year. As mentioned in the article, it has gone through three name changes and has now settled in as n!Fuze. There are a few screen shots (which I have…

  • Arrival at SolidWorks World 2011

    Arrival at SolidWorks World 2011

    Arrival at SolidWorks World is always one of the coolest parts of the trip.  Getting to see friends who I haven’t seen since last year is fun and is certainly one of the highlights of the day.  You also get to check out the lay of the land.  Getting to scout the convention center and…

  • Announcements to look for at SolidWorks World 2011

    Announcements to look for at SolidWorks World 2011

    We are still a few days away from the start of SolidWorks World, but here are a few interesting announcements coming that you’ll want to keep your eye on. T-SPLINES FOR SOLIDWORKS I caught this post over at SolidSmack thru Twitter a little earlier tonight (Thanks Josh!).  T-Splines for SolidWorks will be introduced at SolidWorks…

  • Forecasting the Clouds for SolidWorks V6

    Forecasting the Clouds for SolidWorks V6

    Ok…with all the Cloud jokes rolling around I couldn’t help but have a little fun with the headline.  SolidWorks V6 or “The Cloud version” as dubbed by many has been somewhat quietly talked about off and on for about the last six months which followed up a firestorm of discussion just after SolidWorks World 2010. …

  • Back in Action and Ready for SolidWorks World 2011

    Back in Action and Ready for SolidWorks World 2011

    For the first time in this site’s existence, I had to take a break.  The last two years have brought MANY exciting changes in what I do everyday which has resulted in much LESS free time for Blogging.  So with the new year upon us and SolidWorks World 2011 coming up next week, I’m excited…