Last Wednesday...
was Tridaq's 2010 roll-out. None other than Jon Hirshtick was the acclaimed speaker. Attendees listened contently as the founder of their beloved design tool gave a history of SolidWorks, where SolidWorks is today, and his vision of CAD in the future.
We were treated with fun stories of the budding company involving Jon and a blow dryer shrink wrapping product and a large bell they rang in their small office every time an order was placed for a license. SolidWorks has come a long way!
Jon's predictions include touch and motion user interface, web-based CAD, and gaming technology. This was a similar speech from World '09. My favorite part from World was when he shared the clip from Ironman. If you haven't seen the movie, you should check it out. You may be designing like Robert Downey Jr. in the future. (Here is an interesting YouTube video as well.)
This Wednesday...
was our CADD advisory board meeting. Discussions included Building Information Modeling with Revit, Industry Partnerships, SolidWorks curriculum, and related courses.
Next Wednesday...
is the SWUGONE quarterly meeting. Terry of Chief Industries will demonstrate how to use design tables to control instances and distances in assemblies. We will also discuss news and highlights of SolidWorks and SWUGONE.