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This review is a little late in coming.\u00a0 There’s been one thing after another since I got back from this one day event in mid-December.\u00a0 But now, over Christmas vacation, I have some time to write.<\/p>\n

The December Technical Summit had around 85 persons in attendance.\u00a0 As usual, it started with coffee and pastries for breakfast.\u00a0 After the opening statements from Richard Doyle, everyone headed off to one of two sessions.<\/p>\n

I attended the session by Phil Sluder on Assemblies.\u00a0 He \u00a0broke the topic down into 10 essentials, ranging from basics about file types (.sldprt, sldasm, and slddrw) to how to manipulate components within an assembly.\u00a0 He then went into “Assembly Survival Tools” where we were shown some newer SolidWorks capabilities and more advanced functions.\u00a0 Of particular note, he did a great job of explaining Virtual Components and how to use them.\u00a0 This is something I’ve not dabbled into yet, so I found it very educational.\u00a0 He also covered multi-mating, mousing controls, warnings and errors, issues with chain mating (mating parts in a chain instead of to base components or geometry), and may other points that are good for newer and intermediate users.\u00a0 Sessions like this one are good, even for experienced users, as there is usually at least one thing we learn or get reminded about.<\/p>\n

Richard Doyle has likely done more SolidWorks related sessions than any other human alive today.\u00a0 Not only does he host the Technical Summits (with morning and noontime presentations), he usually does at least two technical sessions in each event.\u00a0 I attended his first session on CAD Management.\u00a0\u00a0This was a very thorough presentation that covered just about anything we need to know for setting up and maintaining SolidWorks on modern computers.\u00a0 One important point he brought up is that 64-bit computers and OS are not faster than 32-bit.\u00a0 They are simply able to handle more RAM (16GB vs 4BG).\u00a0 Other major point was that we (SolidWorks users) need to make sure we have administrative rights to the computers we use.\u00a0 Needless to say, this was a very informative session that I recommend to all.<\/p>\n

It was time for lunch. \u00a0The meal of good.\u00a0 The noontime entertainment included the giving of prizes (which I will cover in a\u00a0future article<\/a><\/strong>), and a review of what’s\u00a0new in SW 2009 by Richard Doyle.<\/p>\n

Some guy named Matt Lorono did some session about drawings after lunch.\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42\u00a0 I covered some of the basic information and advice about Sheet Formats and Drawing Templates, and covered some new SW 2009 features, including the new Title Block Editor.\u00a0 I then covered more advanced topics, like how to create watermarks and how to make Drawing Templates utilize multiple Sheet Formats.<\/p>\n

The next heavily attended session I went to\u00a0was by Mike Puckett on mold design.\u00a0 Mike is taking a newer approach to his presentation.\u00a0 Although he still based it around a Power Point presentation, he spent most of his time demonstrating within SolidWorks itself.\u00a0 He did such a good job with this methodology, I don’t feel he really even needed to use Power Point.\u00a0 He showed us some of the basic techniques he uses to create models of molds from existing parts.\u00a0 There was a lot of good information, such as using a preliminary skeleton sketch, how to\u00a0translate swoopy shapes to a mold, and how to design ejector pins.<\/p>\n

Over all, the Technical Summits just keep getting better!\u00a0 If you cannot make it to SolidWorks World 2009, I recommend at least trying to attend a nearby Technical Summit.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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