SolidWorks World 2014 Top Ten voting is open until January 15, 2014. Get your votes in soon! Time to promote the ideas you like so that they make it into the top ten list!
SolidWorks World 2014 Top Ten voting
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There continues to be a lot of interest in getting certified as SolidWorks Expert (CSWE). Through there are no official accolades that go long with passing the CSWE, the certificate can garner employer and industry recognition of your established skills. Even as the number of Certified SolidWorks Professional grows (CSWP), the number of those with the higher CSWE certification is still small by comparison. Right now, there’s just over 1500 CSWEs. To earn your opportunity to take the CSWE exam, you have to pass the CSWP and also pass four advanced exam modules from a selection including topics like Weldments, Surfacing, FEA, etc.
Applian Way Technologies has a blog with several articles that are brief preparation guides for various exam modules. A Very Swell Idea, Inc has some good advice for taking the modules in their discussion of CSWP Weldment exam. 3D Dimensional Engineer also has a great series on CSWP Preparation.
SolidWorks website itself has great information for each exam, including the core, advanced and the expert exams.
Once you’ve earned your certificate, you can exhibit it in a number of ways. The certificate with a unique code is provided to you in the form of a PDF file, which can be printed out or shown on your mobile device. You can use your unique code number to allow others to verify your acheivement. Banner images are also provided so that you can add a certificate badge to your emails or website. You can also add your certification information to your Linkedin account. Don’t forget to notify your employer and colleagues.
Are you going to SolidWorks World 2014 and want to know where you can brag tell others about it? Once long ago, Linkedin used to have a function that allowed you list events you attended. No more. However, Facebook still has such functionality. So, although you cannot cleanly add SolidWorks World 2014 to your pseudo-resume on Linkedin, you can certainly add it to your social network on Facebook at the SolidWorks World 2014 event page.
SolidWorks World is big. Really big. OK, not at big as ComicCon, but it is as big as they come in the 3D CAD industry. Even still, it’s easy to get as much out of it as you possible can. There are tons of sessions available for each day, plus many other opporutnities to get together with others at the conference to learn, network, and even have fun.
Did you know there’s a SolidWorks World Survival Guide? It gives a brief overview how to get the most out of your experience at SolidWorks World. The guide has been updated for SolidWorks World 2014. Check it out.
Rod Uding (@RoughDesigning) discovers a drawing with over 100 revisions. Short but interesting Google Plus Posting here.
Just came across the most revised drawing I have ever seen.
SolidNotes blog has a very good article about the differences between Bend Tables and Gage Tables in SolidWorks.
Bend tables were the original table used by SolidWorks to pull Bend Deduction, Bend Allowance, or K-Factor values for use in calculating the flat pattern. Before the introduction of gauge tables, you would need a separate table for each thickness of material. Since gauge tables were introduced, data for multiple thicknesses of one material can be used in a single table; this makes life much easier!
