What was Jon Hirschtick even doing at SolidWorks? He may have ben asking himself the same question. After starting the company in 1993, serving as CEO and then as a member on the executive board for the majority of his time with SolidWorks, Jon has turned in his “immediate resignation.” GraphicSpeak broke the news, citing an email sent out to SolidWorks employees.
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Wild West Motors Gets the AutoDesk Vibe, Tells SolidWorks.. ByeBye
Strap on your chaps, slide on your shades, and assume the motorcycle rider position as your co-workers push you around the office. All custom bike heeeeeck is about to break loose.
Wild West Motors, outfitter of wicked custom motorcycles, based in San Diego, California, has decided to replace SolidWorks with AutoDesk Inventor. Why? They just so happen to use some other AutoDesk products. Was it a good decision? Is it a column knocked from the SolidWorks cool customer foundation? Read on.
SolidWorks News Reaches Critical Mass. Explosion of Updates Eminent. SolidNewsUpdate.com
It’s big, it’s beefy, it’s hairy, and oh so, very scary. It’s a new site from SolidWorks and it’s has infiltrated all the fine internet web portals of your peaceful neighborhood.
Who knows what wild and woolly adventures of strangeness unknown will be found within the post to come out of the SolidWorks News site. I’m sure that whatever it is, you’ll shiver at the shock of the incalculable possibilities… and laugh at the mystery that is SolidWorksNewsUpdate.com.
You can submit CAD UFO sightings and oddities to be posted on the site to solidnewsupdate@solidworks.com

Barcelona: The SolidWorks 2009 Press Conference Hits Spain
Over the next few days SolidSmack is jumping over to Barcelona, Spain to cover the splendor and mystery that will reveal the new features of SolidWorks 2009 to the hungry CAD Industry Media.
It’s the the SolidWorks 2009 Press Conference and it’s choke full of talkin’ and meetin’ and interactin’ with the SolidWorks team, some of the other bloggers heading out there and our dearly beloved friends in the media elite.
We’ve already covered many of the new features in SolidWorks 2009 and the surprise PhotoView360 rendering program that will be available with it. However you never know what SolidWorks may have up it’s sleeve, so be on the look-out for some news coming straight at ya from the Iberian Peninsula.





