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SolidWorks World 2012 Coverage: Day Three

16 Feb, 2012 by in CAD, NEWS

Day three of SolidWorks World 2012! It came and went with a quickness. Then the travel and the catching up. But not to worry, we’ve got the final overview video and some more details coming at you. As you may know, the Day 3 General Session is the day when the top ten enhancement requests are brought forth, the new features coming to 2013 are shown via a comical skit (this years did not disappoint) and the location of the next SolidWorks World is announced. All that, after the jump.

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SolidWorks World 2012 Coverage: Day Two

15 Feb, 2012 by in CAD, NEWS

Intense! SolidWorks World Day Two is always the craziest. Announcements, interview, lots of technical sessions and the off-site event that probably has people feeling a little shaky the next morning. We’ve got the highlights for ya and guess what… there’s one more day to go!

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SolidWorks World 2012 Coverage: Day One

14 Feb, 2012 by in CAD, NEWS

Day one at SolidWorks World 2012. If there was such a thing as a firehose of flaming CAD vodka, this would be it. Attendees have been drenched with inspiration in the keynote, getting their geek on in the tech sessions and livin’ it up at the evening parties. One product, 5,300+ people, insanity. We caught the highlight for you right here.

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SolidWorks World 2012: Sites and Sounds of SWW12

13 Feb, 2012 by in CAD

Robots!! YES. You’ll see some like that cute little guy up above at SolidWorks World 2012. We’re on the scene at SolidWorks World and the show is in full effect with the Welcome Recpetion kicking things off Sunday night in the Partner Pavilion. We’re taking loads of video as well and will be blasting coverage at you each day. This chunk o’ footage gives you a quick taste of the sites you’ll see at the event where 5,650 people from 33 countries are getting their geek on. Here’s a look.

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SolidWorks World 2012: HSMWorks CAM Mania Challenge!

13 Feb, 2012 by in NEWS

CAM Mania is going down at SolidWorks World 2012 in the HSMWorks booth #313. If you recall, HSMWorks is the makers of the free CAM solution for SolidWorks, HSMXpress. They’ll be showing the CAM features integrated directly into the SolidWorks interface. And, you’ll definitely want to take the CAM Mania challenge with first prize being an HP Elitebook Mobile Workstation. NICE. Here are the details.

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Submit a SolidWorks World 2012 Image. Win Awesome Stuff. #SWW12

11 Feb, 2012 by in NEWS, SOLIDSMACK NEWS

SolidSmack and SolidBox are bringing you the SolidWorks World 2012 goodness this year. We’ll be on site with cords and cameras we’ve unnecessarily hacked into our ocular cavities to scare off any would-be event security. We’ll be keeping those camera eyes open for anything that may be of interested or mildly offensive, covering the General Sessions LIVE right here and via Twitter, and bringing you news of any surprising, or otherwise industry altering technology coming out.

There’s probably a few things you want to see as well, yes? New Tech? New Software? Pictures of people in uncomfortable situations? If so, suggest an image via the comments! or submit one if you’re at SolidWorks World! We’ll pick a couple winners with one receiving a one month free membership to cadjunkie premium and the other snagging a snazzy 100% cotton Engineer vs Designer t-shirt.

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SolidWorks World KeyNote Speaker to Heat Things Up

23 Jan, 2012 by in CAD

Tony Fadell. You may have heard of him. At the very least, you’e seen, or let sweet sound emanate from the device he is know as the father of. Tony was Apple’s senior vice president of the iPod division as well as adviser to Steve Jobs. He’s now CEO of NEST, a company that reinventing the Thermostat, making it more intelligent and you more comfortable in your own abode while putting a lower impact on that electrical grid we can’t live without. He’s this year’s keynot speaker at SolidWorks World 2012.

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Download All the SolidWorks World 2011 Sessions You Can Handle

03 Mar, 2011 by in RESOURCES

Maybe you didn’t make it to SolidWorks World 2011. Maybe you’re still wandering the streets of San Antonio after days of drinking Riverwalk water and salsa picante. No worries for you. If you missed a few sessions due to work or inebriation a busy schedule, you have the option of catching up.

A good month after the event, SolidWorks has gathered all the presentations, sorted them and has now made them available to everyone, anywhere to download and consume. Here a few you don’t want to miss…

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The SolidWorks World 2011 Lean, Photo-Enriched Wrap Up

31 Jan, 2011 by in NEWS

Ah, SolidWorks World 2011 has come to an end. Yet, the superbly pungent taste of a three day SolidWorks shellacking and a San Antonio Riverwalk feasting still lingers.

Here are a few of the highlights which encapsulate a wee bit of what made up the General Session at SolidWorks World 2011. Add hours of talking with like-minded people and staying within the confines of a large conference hall the majority of a day with plenty of after hour parties and you’ll get a sense of what you may have missed.

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