Category: SolidWorks User Groups

  • Knoxville Bound!

    Knoxville Bound!

    I’ll be headed off to Knoxville, TN tomorrow to present my SolidWorks Tips and Tricks at the Knoxville-Oak Ridge Innovation Valley User Group.  The group leader, Jeff Bohanan, has been doing a GREAT job in bringing this SolidWorks User Group back to life.  If you are in the area, come on by!  One of the…

  • SolidWorks World 2009 Monday: A Special Honor for a Special Guy

    SolidWorks World 2009 Monday: A Special Honor for a Special Guy

    At the end of the day Monday the 2009 SWUGN International User Summit was held.  It is the annual User Group Meeting held at SolidWorks World that is open to SolidWorks User Group Leaders, Members, and any other conference attendee who wants to attend.  This year’s Summit had a special ending this year.  About six…

  • Additional Notes to the Knoxville User Group Post

    Additional Notes to the Knoxville User Group Post

    I added some additional notes and links to photos tonight to the previous post on the Knoxville User Group Meeting that I attended last night.  All of the additional notes were in reference to Jon Hirschtick’s discussion of the Future of CAD.  Check it out when you get a chance!

  • Knoxville SolidWorks User Group Meeting

    Knoxville SolidWorks User Group Meeting

    Tonight I had the privilege of attending the Knoxville SolidWorks User Group meeting which featured SolidWorks founder Jon Hirschtick.  I’ve been hearing LOTS of great things about this group and their new leader, Jeff Bohanan.  I was not in the least disappointed.  It was evident that Jeff had meticulously planned EVERYTHING in detail for the…

  • NASWUG Happenings

    NASWUG Happenings

    We had a special guest at our North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG) meeting last week.  Follow the links below to check out the write up and some images from the meeting.  SolidWorks User Groups are a GREAT way to learn more about SolidWorks and network with your peers.  If you aren’t currently involved in…

  • SWUGN Technical Summit Nashville – 2008

    SWUGN Technical Summit Nashville – 2008

    The 2nd SWUGN Technical Summit of 2008 was held in Nashville, TN today.  An enthusiastic crowd of 86 SolidWorks users came out to see presentations on both general and specialty topics.  Richard Doyle, who is the User Community Manager for SolidWorks, had a last minute scheduling conflict and had to miss this year’s Summit in…

  • 2008 SWUGN Technical Summit – Nashville

    In just over a week (Wednesday April 9, 2008) SolidWorks users from all over the Southeast will gather in Nashville, TN for the 2008 SWUGN Nashville Technical Summit.  Last year’s event set a record for attendees with over 115 people!  If you live and work anywhere near this event, you don’t want to miss it! …

  • COSMOSWorks 2008 Arrives in Huntsville

    COSMOSWorks 2008 Arrives in Huntsville

    An impressive turnout of 38 NASWUG members were treated to a special event tonight as Dana Parrish of SolidWorks Corporation made his second trip of the year to Huntsville to present at our user group meeting.  Any successful SolidWorks User Group has topics that are member driven.  The topic of this meeting was a result…

  • John McEleney visits Huntsville

    History was made in many ways on June 11, 2007 in Huntsville, AL.  SolidWorks CEO John McEleney started off his Southern Swing user group tour with a visit to our North Alabama SolidWorks User Group meeting.  This was John’s first trip to Huntsville to visit a SolidWorks User Group.  The users in the area responded…

  • SWUGN Summit – Nashville

    SWUGN Summit – Nashville

    For the first time ever, a SWUGN Summit was held in Nashville, TN today and SolidWorks users from across the region were there in record numbers. All in all, 110 users, presenters, and resellers were in attendance. This was the first SWUGN Summit that I have had the privilege to attend.  All I can say…

  • Coming Soon: SWUGN Summit – Nashville

    Coming Soon:  SWUGN Summit – Nashville

    Back in March I Blogged about the upcoming SWUGN Summit in Nashville, TN.  The Summit is one week from Tuesday and is quickly shaping up to be the PREMIER SolidWorks event in the southeast this year. As Richard Doyle said last week, registration is filling up fast, so don’t wait around till the last minute…

  • Tips and Tricks in Tupelo

    Tips and Tricks in Tupelo

    This past Tuesday I had the pleasure of attending the first ever meeting of the North Mississippi SolidWorks User Group (NORMSWUG) in Tupelo, MS. All total there were 20 users in attendance which is an outstanding turnout for a first meeting.  Byron Morgan has taken on the task to lead this newly formed group.  He…

  • NASWUG & COSMOS FloWorks

    NASWUG & COSMOS FloWorks

    The North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group met tonight for our second evening meeting of the year. Tonight’s main agenda featured a COSMOS FloWorks demonstration by Dana Parrish of SolidWorks Corporation. Dana is the South Region Territory Technical Manager for COSMOS applications.  COSMOS FloWorks is one of those applications that you don’t seem to see demonstrated…

  • John McEleney’s Southern Tour

    John McEleney’s Southern Tour

    f SolidWorks CEO John McEleney will be coming to Alabama, North Carolina, & Georgia in June 2007 to speak at three SolidWorks User Group events. On Monday June 11th, John will be making his first stop in Huntsville, Alabama at a North Alabama SolidWorks User Group (NASWUG) meeting. This is the user group that I…