Archive for February, 2010
Today was our last day at SolidWorks World. This morning was the final keynote presentation by the SolidWorks product development team. First, they discussed the top 10 complaints of SolidWorks as reported by it’s users. They do this every year and they use the feedback from users it to improve the next SolidWorks release. I was [ READ MORE ]
On Tuesday night SolidWorks threw a big party for all attendees of SolidWorks World. Entertainment was provided by an Aerosmith tribute band and they had an awesome showcase of cars from Factory Five Racing, who tricks out cars using SolidWorks to design the enhancements. Pretty cool stuff! –Brock[ READ MORE ]
What does Monday’s announcement mean for the future of SolidWorks? At the show we heard a lot about the future of SolidWorks, cloud computing, and all manner of new ways of doing things. Does that mean we’ll be seeing a native Mac version of SolidWorks? Unfortunately, the answer seems to be “No”. However despite that [ READ MORE ]
envisionTEC a company from Germany produces a unique rapid prototyping machine that uses the same DLP technology used in televisions and projectors to produce rapid prototype models. One of the industries they do a lot of business in is hearing aides. Their machines are being used to actually manufacture custom hearing aides that are taken [ READ MORE ]
Some photos from today’s opening session with James Cameron. –Sam[ READ MORE ]
Working prototyping of an adjustable wrench produced by a Dimension rapid prototyping machine. Saw this on the tradeshow floor. –Sam[ READ MORE ]
This chopper motorcycle was on display at the Partner Pavilion. –Sam[ READ MORE ]
James Cameron spoke this morning at the opening session. He spoke about filmmaking, Avatar of course, but also discussed his work with documentary films and some of the engineering challenges he’s faced–very interesting stuff. More information and photos to follow. –Sam[ READ MORE ]
We had a special party this evening at Ruth’s Chris Steak House for GoEngineer employees and customers. Founder of SolidWorks, Jon Hirschtick was on-hand for the event and we got this photo of him and Ken Coburn, President of our company GoEngineer. –Sam[ READ MORE ]
Today we attended the General session this morning, after waiting in line and making our way through thousands of people, we were able to sit up close and get some good shots of the main Key Note. Jeff Ray, the CEO of SolidWorks, announced some awesome stuff this morning about the future of SolidWorks and [ READ MORE ]
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