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Long, long time ago (in January this year), a very smart SolidWorks user was fishing at the Javelin Blog for tips and tricks when he caught the Golden Fish. The fish promised granting one wish (the biggest tech tip of the year, of course). The conversation continued:

The Smart User: “I want to go to SolidWorks World in San Diego, so I can attend all those amazing training sessions. I heard that they will have over 200 presentations to choose from.”

The Golden Fish: “I can send you to San Diego, but be aware that you will be able to attend maximum five presentations every day. You will not have time for more.

The Smart User: “That’s too bad, but I still want to go. I want to see the amazing Partner’s Pavilion and to go to the CSWP party and to see the dancing snake and to attend Eric’s presentation on Piping Design using E3 Wireworks.

The Golden Fish:“But are you aware that they scheduled the conference during Valentine’s Day? Are you sure your loved one will allow you to go?”

The Smart User: “Oh, noooooo. I cannot go away on Valentine’s! My loved one would never forgive me. What can you do for me then? I still want to see all the presentations!

The Golden Fish: “That I can do. And you know what? Because you are such an amazing SolidWorks user, I will open for you my treasure box containing all the sessions from 2010 in Anaheim, 2011 in San Antonio and 2012 in San Diego. Just click on one of the images on this page and you can watch any presentation you want.

And this, my friends, is the best tech tip you can receive in 2012 – the link to a million tech tips from some of the best SolidWorks users in the World. Enjoy!

Great News – the voting has been opened for new ideas on improving SolidWorks software!

It is probably the best opportunity for us, the users, to make our voice heard by the product definition groups at DS SolidWorks. The top ten ideas (based on our votes) will be presented at SolidWorks World 2012.

Historically, over 85% of the enhancement requests on each year’s top ten list are implemented in future releases of SolidWorks. So vote on a favorite enhancement you would like to see and it may just show up in a future release.

To access the voting page you have to be a SolidWorks subscription customer with a forum account on http://forum.solidworks.com.

Once you are logged in to your forum account, please CLICK HERE to start voting.

The 3^rd day of SolidWorks World 2011 was the day when users were teased by getting a glimpse of some of the enhancements that might be included in the next version. Since SolidWorks 2012 is still in development, there are no guarantees that they will actually be included in the final release later on this fall.

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At the end of SolidWorks World 2011 I was suffering from information overload. After each general session in the morning we could attend a maximum of 4 other presentations until the end of the day. It was very hard to choose between more than 150 presentations knowing that you could see only 12 of them live.

Fortunately, starting today, we have access to all of them - both in PowerPoint and video formats.

While the PowerPoint slide-shows can give you a good idea about the topics of the presentations, I strongly suggest watching the videos. Not only you will get more information from the presenter’s comments, but you can listen to the interaction with the audience. There are some great questions and equally good answers in each presentation.

Amie provided quite a few reasons for getting your CSWP/CSWE certifications in her article. She forgot to tell you that your certificate is also the only ticket that can get you into exclusive parties at SolidWorks World. 

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DS SolidWorks have posted a video for the SolidWorks World day 3 general session on their YouTube channel and we have it available in this post for our readers. For the last day the general session includes:

• The SolidWorks certification team present awards for SolidWorks Certified Experts.
• Mark Schneider announces the winners of this year’s Model Mania contest.
• Neil Cooke presents a demonstration of SolidWorks Live Buildings, a new 3D tool for the AEC market.
• Fielder Hiss and Neil Cooke present a demonstration of SolidWorks n!Fuze, a new online sharing and collaboration tool for SolidWorks users and 3D content.
• The top ten list of enhancements and changes as requested by customers on the SolidWorks forum.
• The session closed out with stories about some of the amazing ways SolidWorks is being used in education.

To learn more about the presentations delivered on final day read the comprehensive post on the SolidWorks blog.

DS SolidWorks have posted a video for the SolidWorks World day 2 general session on their YouTube channel and we have it available in this post for our readers. The second day general session includes:

• Richard Doyle, who manages the SolidWorks User Group Network, presenting awards to SWUGN leaders
• SolidWorks founder Jon Hirschtick introduces some really cool SolidWorks customers including:
  • Barrett Technologies who design robots.
  • MAKO Surgical who use robotics and software to make surgery better.
  • Local Motors, a company that builds cars based on crowdsourced design efforts.

To learn more about the presentations delivered on day 2 read the comprehensive post on the SolidWorks blog.

Information overload after the first day of SolidWorks World 2011. A few facts that stood out:

• Attendees: more than 5000– a few hundred more than last year. Everybody is in high spirits.

• At 7:30am a crowd at least 1000 strong was waiting in front of the auditorium doors where the General Session would take place. At 8:30 am when the doors opened more than 5000 users filled the huge room.

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DS SolidWorks have posted a video for the SolidWorks World day 1 general session on their YouTube channel and we have it available in this post for our readers. The first day general session includes:

• A farewell from former SolidWorks CEO Jeff Ray.
• A presentation from the new SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot.
• An introduction to Post3D, presented by Dassault Systemes CEO Bernard Charles and Jeremy Luchini, SolidWorks Certification Manager and host of Let’s Go Design. Post3D is a product based on 3DVIA technology that lets SolidWorks users show off their work in new ways.

To learn more about the presentations delivered on day 1 read the comprehensive post on the SolidWorks blog.