Monday Morning From SolidWorks World 2008
Just got up and am anxious to get going for the first official day of SWW 2008. Today the convention center will be just buzzing with activity as all the participants arrive. The first general Session on Monday is always highly anticipated.
I have decided on the Breakout Sessions I am planning to attend today. I am going to go see Rob Rodriguez's session on PhotoWorks 2008: Photo Finish in the morning. Then I am off to a lunch time focus group hosted by Greg Jankowski. After that I will be attending the Design Automation with DriveWorks Xpress session. Followed up by Hybrid Modeling Techniques in SolidWorks presented by Matt Lombard.
The last session for the day will be the Ninth Annual SWUGN Summit hosted by Richard Doyle. The SWUGN Summit is always a highlight with all the user group leaders from all over the world convening. It is great to catch up with the other user group leaders and see what they have been up to over the year.
Wow, it is going to be a busy day, and I get to cap it off on Monday evening with the Press Dinner.
Last night's Welcome Reception was great fun. I hung around the SWUGN Booth most of the evening and got to meet a number of the people that I only know by name online in the forums. I got to meet Rodney Hall, Anne Yust, Dwight Livingston, Joy Garon, and Steve Calvert. Gerald Davis was manning the booth for part of the time so I had some time to chat with him. I am sure I am missing a few more folks. It is great to put faces to the names of the folks I particpate online with.
Spent some time over at the DriveWorks booth and was suprised to find out that they also keep up with the blogs and they even read mine. I spent a bit of time chatting with the founders of DesignWorks, Maria Sarkar and Ian Yates. DriveWorks is one of the programs that I wish to learn and to incorporate into our workflow at Auer. I think it, with the DriveWorks Xpress tool found in core SolidWorks 2008, will be a great solution to help automate the design of the Auer Precision product line items we manufacture and market.
Time to go join the group waiting outside the doors for the General Session....
Cheers,
Anna
Anna, it was certainly nice to finally meet you. Will be looking forward to working with you and others in the future.
Steve
Posted by: Steve Calvert | January 25, 2008 at 04:58 AM