{"id":262,"date":"2009-09-18T03:15:33","date_gmt":"2009-09-18T11:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=262"},"modified":"2009-11-08T09:41:33","modified_gmt":"2009-11-08T17:41:33","slug":"free-upgrade-for-californians-will-end-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=262","title":{"rendered":"Free Upgrade for Californians will end soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Upgrade offer\" href=\"http:\/\/mkt.solidworks.com\/emarketing_enu\/start.swe?CID=1-LHG37F&amp;SSId=1-LHG35F&amp;SWEMethod=StartSS&amp;SWECmd=InvokeMethod&amp;PRO=1-NKZ7N&amp;SWENargs=SSId%3D1-LHG35F%2CSSName%3DUpgrade+to+Premium+-+ext%2CSSLC%3D%2CSSCC%3D%2CCID%3D1-LHG37F%2CCOID%3D1-LHG38P%2CPRO%3D1-NKZ7N&amp;COID=1-LHG38P&amp;_sn=fVRJT9Zu64mU48tX5TEDVwKYxdFZ-6qnT1onHzg3xl8_&amp;SWEView=URLRouter&amp;SWEHo=mkt.solidworks.com&amp;SWETS=1253379913&amp;SWEApplet=SSRoute&amp;SSName=Upgrade+to+Premium+-+ext\" target=\"_blank\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" style=\"border: 0pt none; margin: 3px 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/fcsuper.com\/images\/Blog\/headdo_Upgrade_2009.jpg?resize=411%2C107\" border=\"2\" alt=\"Up soon!\" hspace=\"2\" vspace=\"2\" width=\"411\" height=\"107\" \/><\/a> SolidWorks has a special running right now for Californians.\u00a0 Right now, if a company or individual buys any seat of SolidWorks, they will upgrade that license to the Premium package at no additional cost (with the purchase of a subscription).\u00a0 Not a bad deal at all.<\/p>\n<p>The Premium package includes many tools that can boost the power and capabilities given to engineers.\u00a0 Beyond SolidWorks itself, the package included feature recognition of imported models, standard hardware libraries, design checker, routing (for everything from pipes to wires), tolerance stack-up validation, non-linear dynamics simulation (FEA), and more.<\/p>\n<p>The deadline is September 30, 2009.\u00a0 That&#8217;s not a lot of time left!<\/p>\n<h3><a title=\"Upgrade offer\" href=\"http:\/\/mkt.solidworks.com\/emarketing_enu\/start.swe?CID=1-LHG37F&amp;SSId=1-LHG35F&amp;SWEMethod=StartSS&amp;SWECmd=InvokeMethod&amp;PRO=1-NKZ7N&amp;SWENargs=SSId%3D1-LHG35F%2CSSName%3DUpgrade+to+Premium+-+ext%2CSSLC%3D%2CSSCC%3D%2CCID%3D1-LHG37F%2CCOID%3D1-LHG38P%2CPRO%3D1-NKZ7N&amp;COID=1-LHG38P&amp;_sn=fVRJT9Zu64mU48tX5TEDVwKYxdFZ-6qnT1onHzg3xl8_&amp;SWEView=URLRouter&amp;SWEHo=mkt.solidworks.com&amp;SWETS=1253379913&amp;SWEApplet=SSRoute&amp;SSName=Upgrade+to+Premium+-+ext\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Here&#8217;s the details.<\/strong><\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SolidWorks has a special running right now for Californians.\u00a0 Right now, if a company or individual buys any seat of SolidWorks, they will upgrade that license to the Premium package at no additional cost (with the purchase of a subscription).\u00a0 Not a bad deal at all. 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