There is a lot of media outlets for keeinpg updated during SolidWorks World. One that is particularly interesting is the Flickr group. There are no photos posted just yet (save for the header image), but as the conference gets underway, this group will fill up with images of SolidWorks World 2011. I recommend joining the SolidWorks World 2011 Flickr group and visiting often during the conference to see the latest photos.
Category: News
InspectionXpert for SolidWorks achieves Gold Partner status
Extensible CAD Technologies LLC recently declared that InspectionXpert® for SolidWorks has just achieved Certified Gold Partner status with DS SolidWorks Corp. They state,
With this certification awarded on January 7th, InspectionXpert for SolidWorks becomes the first Certified Gold Partner application for automating quality inspection documentation that is fully integrated into SolidWorks® software.
InspectionXpert enables users to access inspection dimensions directly from their SolidWorks drawings, create ballooned inspection drawings, and export to an inspection report form. The technology should help users reduce manual processes, reduce errors, and save the time it takes to create inspection documentation for first article, in-process, and final inspections.
As noted, Extensible CAD Technologies will be demonstrating InspectionXpert SolidWorks World 2011. As with many other products being shown next week, I’ll try to get a chance to check out their demonstration.
My SolidWorks World 2011 presentation
I’ve first attended SolidWorks World in 2008 in San Diego, CA as a customer. At SolidWorks World 2009 and 2010, I attended as a member of the Press. In 2010, I participated on the panel in the Stump the Chumps II breakout session. My short debut as a co-presenter was less than glorious but not terribly horrible.
At SolidWorks World 2011 in San Antonio, TX, I will be presenting my first breakout session, Establishing CAD standards within SolidWorks environment. The session will be on Monday 24 at 2:45PM (local time), scheduled in room 202 of the convention center. (All sessions may be viewed at the SolidWorks World 2011 website.) My breakout session is one hour long and will discuss the general areas that require documentation which are essential for establishing company CAD standards within an engineering environment that utilizes SolidWorks.
This session will cover as much as I can in one hour. There will be a discussion on procedure writing techniques, important considerations when establishing standards, and the types of documents that should be written. I will offer some specific advice, but the breakout session will focus on the big picture by providing a general road map for creating and maintaining your own CAD standards.
Monday is a busy day for many attendees. Even still, I’m hopefully that many will join me for my breakout session.
New head at SolidWorks Corp
Today, Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp accounced that executive vice president of sales, Bertrand Sicot, is now the new CEO. Former CEO, Jeff Ray, was promoted into a leadership role at Dassault Systèmes based in Vélizy, France. Sicot started his career at DS SolidWorks in 1997 as the regional sales manager for Western Europe and Scandinavia. SolidWorks Corp stated that ” Sicot has consistently improved worldwide distribution performance, revenue, profit, and global market share.”
Ray is moving to DS corporate HQ in France as Executive Vice President of Geographic Operations and “will oversee the company’s 12 geographies to enable local DS teams to better address the specific local challenges facing customers and partners.”
Sicot brings his own brand of excitement and interest. In his first public message as CEO, he declares, “one of the first things I ever designed and built at the age of 13—a remote-control boat with full wood hull and electric drive—still works.” He also talks about the excitement he has for “technology [SolidWorks is] building with our next-generation platform” and for the SolidWorks company and its customers.
Both Sicot and Ray will attend at SolidWorks World 2011.
SolidWorks World 2011 Linkedin page
SolidWorks World 2011 has a Linkedin Event page where people with Linkedin accounts can connect. You can show others how you will attend SolidWorks World 2011 and get other information about others. It is a good resource for linking up with other SolidWorks users on Linkedin. To view the Event page, go here and login.
Another reason to go to SolidWorks World 2011?
There is yet another contest for those of us who register to attend SolidWorks World 2011. SolidWorks Corp is conducting a random drawing for a one-hour group blackjack lesson with Jon Hirschtick (SolidWorks Corp founder) at SolidWorks World 2011 in San Antonio, TX. According to Vic Leventhal (another SolidWorks Corp founder), Mr. Hirschtick was part of the MIT Blackjack team and he used money earned from that effort to start SolidWorks. Mr. Hirschtick has conducted similar sessions at past SolidWorks Worlds. I was fortunate to join one such event at SolidWorks World 2009 in Orlando, FL. The experience was amazing.
For more information and rules from SolidWorks about their contest, see the Contest Website.