SolidWorks World 2011: San Antonio, TX

SolidWorks World 2011 will be held in San Antonio, TX, from Jan 23 to Jan 26, 2011.  To highlight this new location, I’m going to give a few facts about this historic city.

Facts

• Named for Portuguese Saint Anthony of Padua.
• On average, it has three hundred days of sunshine annually and an average temperature of 70 degrees.
• Average January temperature is 62 degrees.
• More than 26 million people visit San Antonio each year.

  

• It is Texas’ second-largest city and the seventh largest U.S. city
• It is one of the fastest-growing cities in America.
• There were 2,808.5 persons per square mile in 2000.
• Almost 60%  residents are of Hispanic or Latin heritage.
• It is site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836.
• San Antonio Zoo is the third largest in the U.S., with over 3,500 animals including 230 endangered species.
• It is the home of the NBA’s San Antonio Spurs
• Tommy Lee Jones resides in Terrell Hills, TX, a town near San Antonio
• Robert Cade, inventor of Gatorade, was from San Antonio
• Monterrey, Mexico is a sister city

Major attractions

• The San Antonio Botanical Gardens and Conservatory
• Marion Koogler McNay Art Museum
• El Mercado (old Mexican marketplace)
• Aztec On The River (restored historic 1926 movie palace)
• Enchanted Springs Ranch (authentic old west 19th-century town used for westerns)
• The San Antonio Zoo
• SeaWorld San Antonio
• Six Flags Fiesta Texas
• Buckhorn Saloon & Museum
• Casa Navarro State Historical Park
• San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
• Japanese Tea Gardens
• Brackenridge Park
• Tower of the Americas

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I’m looking forward to having a great time in San Antonio, TX!

Author: fcsuper

As a drafter, mechanical designer and CAD engineer, I've been in the mechanical design field since 1991. For the first 8 years of my career, I was an AutoCAD professional. I utilized AutoLISP and many other AutoCAD customization features to streamline drafting activities for 6+ drafters and designers. I authored several custom functions, one of which was published in the March 1997 issue of Cadalyst Magazine. Since 1998, I've been used SolidWorks non-stop. I've worked to utilize the SolidWorks' user environment to simplify drafting and design activities for 20+ engineers. I've created this website to provide current information about SolidWorks from a variety of contributors. More recently, I am now employed by Dassault Systemes as SOLIDWORKS Sr. Product Definition Manager to improve drawing, annotation and MBD related areas. View all posts by fcsuper