Category: SolidWorks World 2013

  • SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual Announced

    SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual Announced

    Looks like SolidWorks World 2014 started off with a bang today with the release announcement of SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual.  With an NDA that still appears to be in place, I can’t comment much on the specifics of it, but it does have some very unique tools for conceptual and mechanism design.  Currently it is available…

  • SolidWorks 2014 Sneak Peek

    SolidWorks 2014 Sneak Peek

    Every year at SolidWorks World during the Wednesday General Session, users get a preview of what is coming in the next version of SolidWorks.  Its an event that many look forward to and is a great way to cap off the week.  So…here we go! As in past years the new features were presented in…

  • New Product: SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual

    New Product:  SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual

    The BIG news of the day on Monday at SolidWorks World 2013 was the announcement of SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual.  Over the last three years speculation has run rampant since the now infamous “Cloud” announcement was made at SolidWorks World 2010.  To begin with, I’m going to give you an overview on what was presented.  I’ll…

  • SolidWorks World 2013 – Monday

    SolidWorks World 2013 – Monday

    SolidWorks World 2013 officially kicked off this morning with the Monday General Session. SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot greeted over 4,500 attendees to the conference. There are 280 Technical Sessions here and over 100 solution partners in the Partner Pavilion. SolidWorks crossed the 2 million user mark in December 2012. They have 25,000 schools all over…

  • SolidWorks World 2013 – Sunday

    SolidWorks World 2013 – Sunday

      And so it begins.  Sunday at SolidWorks World is always a busy day.  The highlights of the day included the CAD Managers Boot Camp, Certification Testing, and numerous Roundtable Sessions.  (To name all the sessions would take quite a few lines.) During the CAD Managers Boot Camp, SolidWorks announced My.SolidWorks.com.  This is a website…

  • Coming Up: SolidWorks World 2013

    Coming Up:  SolidWorks World 2013

    It’s hard to believe that that time is upon us again, but SolidWorks World 2013 is set to begin in just two days!  SolidWorks users from across the world will gather in Orlando, Florida at the Swan and Dolphin Hotel and Convention Center.  This will be 15th year of the event.  Ten years ago, I…