The SolidWorks World 2013 Special Event hasn’t been officially announced on the SolidWorks World website just yet (unless we are going to travel across time and space back to Feb 2012 in San Diego, which would be cool in and of itself). People are making a lot of guesses on the forums. Where do you think it will be? Post you ideas here.
Category: SolidWorks World
Free Certified SolidWorks Associate or Profession exam when you attend SolidWorks World 2013
There are a lot of extra benefits to attendees of SolidWorks World 2013. One benefit is that when you sign up to attend, you are given the option to take a free SolidWorks certification exam at SolidWorks World. My advice is that if you do not yet have certification, take the exam! It’s free with your full conference pass!
There are two entry points for certification on SolidWorks:
- SolidWorks Certified Associate (CSWA) which covers basic SolidWorks skills.
- SolidWorks Certified Professional (CSWP) which covers deeper understanding of SolidWorks skills. This certificate is required to qualify for advanced exam modules as you work your way to earning CSWE.
I’ve heard that some people shy away from taking the exam because they are not confident in their skills. I’ve heard this from some well experienced individuals. If you have neither certification and are nervous about the exam, then attempt the CSWA exam. If you are already a CSWA or have been in industry for awhile, than take the CSWP-CORE exam. Preparation is still very important in either case. There are plenty of materials that are available to help get yourself read for the exam. There’s even a sample exam with which you can practice!
The exams are held on Sunday, January 20, 2013, the afternoon prior to the official start of SolidWorks World 2013 at Disney’s Swan and Dolphin Resort.
Submit your ideas for SolidWorks World 2013 Top Ten List
It’s that time of year again! Time to submit your ideas on how to enhance SolidWorks for the SolidWorks World 2013 Top Ten list! Please sign on the SolidWorks Forums website and goto SolidWorks World 2013 and the Top Ten List. This is a list of enhancements you would like to see in future releases of SolidWorks. It’s under the Ideas tab. Starting on November 7th, the list is open for idea creation only. To add an Idea for voting, click on the Create an Idea link in the upper right menu on the Ideas tab.
Starting December 5th the list will close to idea creation and will open up for voting. You are allowed to vote for as many ideas as you like. Voting will close on January 5th and the Top Ten List will be announced at SolidWorks World 2013!
This is an easy way to tell us how you use SolidWorks and how we can improve it to meet your needs. So please start thinking of what new functionality you would like to see, post your idea, and vote on it! We look forward to seeing you in Orlando!
SolidWorks World 2012 Proceedings site is now available ( #fb )
SolidWorks World 2012 presentations are now available for download or viewing on the preceedings website. Visit http://www.solidworks.com/sww/proceedings/ to access the proceedings information.
Also available there are videos of the General Sessions, Partner Pavilion information and some photos.
SolidWorks World 2012 announces enhancements for 2013
Briefly, here are the announced enhancements planned for Solidworks 2013. (As noted by Fielder Hiss, other enhancements are also planned.)
– Show Hidden Bodies in Parts
– Assembly Performance Offender
– eDrawings Markup Import
– Quick Section Views
– Revision Cloud tool
– Snapshots in and Doc
– Bounding Box Cut-List Properties
– 3DVIA Composer- new support for multiple cameras
– Quick Pick Document Type-for filter files
– Envelope Enhancements
– Insert Multiple Parts all at once
– Multiple Exploded Views
– Rotate Exploded Part
– Favorites Folder
– Plastic Boss Mount Control
– Cosmetic Thread and Dowel Holes
– Surface Intersect to add and remove materials
– Extrude Multiple Thin Contours
– Equation Entry to enter equations in any property
– Vary Pattern Dimensions
– Previous Release Interoperability (can open 2013 in 2012 as long as running SP5)
– EPDM- collaborate with others
– DraftSight- EPDM Checkout and Copy Sketches
SolidWorks World 2012 Top Ten Enhancement Requests
In a tradition of SolidWorks World, there is a vote for the top ten enhancement requests for SolidWorks. This year’s list varies a bit from previous a bit more than normal. There’s a couple reasons.
First, several items from last year’s top ten was actually included in the next release (some even announced at the show). Here’s the completed and planned items from last year’s list:
- SolidWorks should cleanly uninstall itself (Done in the same year)
- Freeze Features (Done in the same year)
- Enhanced Equations Input & Editing & Linking (Done in 2012 and added abilities planned for 2013.)
- File compatibility between versions (Announcement some ability for this is planned for 2013.)
Item number 9 from last year was to keep the Ideas area of the forum open for year around voting. It should be noted that this isn’t actually a request to improve SolidWorks, but regarding the process to provide input for how to improve it. It is essentially a vote for the voting process. Technically, voting for enhancements is available year around via the Enhancement Requests area in the Customer Portal. The Idea voting system is something fun just for SolidWorks World that allows SolidWorks to have the opportunity to take a yearly snapshot of customer needs.
Second, the voting system for Ideas worked a bit different this year. In previous years, voting and submission of ideas was mingled. This meant that ideas that where submitted early naturally received more votes. This year levelled the playing field. All ideas where first collected in the first phase, then voted upon during the second phase. Ideas that may have been hidden in previous years now got a chance to be noticed.
SolidWorks World 2012 Top Ten Enhancement Requests
- #10- Thread creation wizard
- #9- Add lock rotation option to cylindrical
- #8- Escape key should immediately return control of the interface (similar to request from last year)
- #7- Dimensions should stay where you place them
- #6- Ability to control a plane’s front and back side orientation
- #5- Reduce the bounding box of drawing views to visible components only
- #4- Address the shaded with edges bleed thru issue
- #3- Don’t delete your children, dangle them instead (similar to request from SolidWorks World 2010’s list)
- #2- Mass properties should include the option to automatically put a point a the center of gravity
- #1- Start using more CPU cores whenever its possible (similar to request from SolidWorks World 2010’s list)