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Entries for September, 2010

2011 – Saving the Planet

Tweet Asheen Phansey, the PM for SolidWorks Sustainability, came up to show us Sustainability. “Show” isn’t really the right word. Asheen is so passionate about sustainability, I felt guilty for not recycling the gum I chewed earlier in the day. Here’s the deal for me, though: I get sustainability. I recycle, I try to minimize [...]

2011 – The Simulation side of things.

Tweet Admittedly, Simulation isn’t my cup of tea. I use it minimally, but leave the hardcore stuff up to those that know. However, I am learning more about it. I may even take the exam some day…maybe. Stephen Ensby, the Simulation Product Manager, was quite happy about the changes they’ve made to Simulation. Their thought [...]

2011 Part II – No more shiny stuff

Tweet That’s what customers are saying, according to Shaun Murphy, no more bells and whistles. What does that mean for the development folks at SolidWorks? It means they’re going back into the code to make it better, more robust. To that end, a major focus for the 2011 release was lowering the memory footprint. We’ve [...]

SolidWorks 2011 – A modest man’s take on it

Tweet I was one of the lucky ones to be flown to Concord, put up in a hotel and fattened up on some great food last week. So much for the diet I’ve been so strictly sticking to. Although, being able to go home, see family and friends, enjoy a few cups of Dunkins and [...]

  
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