Wow! What a great day this was. I headed out from Huntsville, AL early and ended up in Orlando, FL at SolidWorks World 2009. The first ever SolidWorks (SW) Tweetup was held in the lobby of the Disney Dolphin hotel where we are staying. I was reacquainted with some SW folks and met a lot of great new ones thanks in part to Twitter and also to Matthew West of The SolidWorks BLOG who hosted the get together. As is the case with the whole event, the Tweetup was an excellent place to network and find out more in-depth information about SW people, their companies and how to best utilize the relationships that are being created. It was amazing to me to sit and listen to all the people talk passionately about one of the things I’m so passionate about. It is also nice to talk to someone who understands the issues faced daily in using, implementation, networking, training….. and all the other things you must do for a CAD package in an office. If tonight is any indication of how the days will go, then this is going to be a blast! Hang on to your seats SolidWorks folks who are reading this. In the next few days your RSS feeds and twitter apps will be inundated with posts and tweets from SolidWorks World 2009 and #SWW09. Check out my blog links and read what gets posted. Also check me out on Twitter: @richard_hall , look at my follow list and you will get more information than you can shake a stick at.
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DEVELOP 3D is a relatively new CAD technology Magazine published in the U.K. I was first introduced to it late last year when I joined Twitter. One of the guys that all the CAD bloggers seemed to be following was a guy named Al Dean. Al happens to be the editor of the magazine. I immediately signed up for the online subscription and found out that Josh Mings*, aka solidsmack.com, was a regular contributor. The .PDF version that is distributed is very nice and from this version I noticed how well the mag. is laid out. Each article and editorial are well written and, if more than one page, are continued on the next consecutive page and not somewhere else in the mag. I enjoyed reading the digital version but recently Al offered to send a few of us in the U.S. some of the paper copies as published in the U.K. All I could say after opening the package was WOW! If you appreciate a great full color publication you will really enjoy this magazine. I find nothing as nice as a well put together periodical. And to have one with full color and with my favorite engineering/CAD content, well, what can I say. SolidWorks as well as other major CAD packages and other manufacturing software are covered and advertised inside. Currently subscriptions of the published paper magazine are free in the U.K. with the digital version free worldwide. If enough interrest is generated in the U.S. I think we could approach DEVELOP 3D about distribution here. I would pay to have this magazine as I currently pay for lesser publications. Take a look at DEVELOP 3D by following the links and drop me a line with your thoughts and comments.
*Josh Mings maintains a SolidWorks Twitter list at his website solidsmack.com
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