{"id":2799,"date":"2011-04-17T19:00:16","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T03:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799"},"modified":"2011-04-17T21:13:39","modified_gmt":"2011-04-18T05:13:39","slug":"cofes11-the-congress-on-the-future-of-engineering-software","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799","title":{"rendered":"COFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congress on the Future of Engineering Software 2011 conference (COFES11)\u00a0ends today. \u00a0People from all over came to Scottsdale, AZ for a week of conversation about…well, about the future of engineering software. \u00a0I guess the name describes the event fairly well. \u00a0Its agenda <\/a>speaks for the conference well, too. \u00a0From the event’s press release:\u00a0\u201cFor design and engineering organizations, software is key to innovation,\u201d explains Cyon Research President and CEO Brad Holtz. \u201cAt COFES, leading thinkers from all corners of the industry gather to explore where and how design and engineering software needs to evolve to.\u201d \u00a0Oh, and there is golfing too! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Congress on the Future of Engineering Software 2011 conference (COFES11)\u00a0ends today. \u00a0People from all over came to Scottsdale, AZ for a week of conversation about…well, about the future of engineering software. \u00a0I guess the name describes the event fairly well. \u00a0Its agenda speaks for the conference well, too. \u00a0From the event’s press release:\u00a0\u201cFor design and … Continue reading “COFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[11],"tags":[1287],"series":[],"class_list":["post-2799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-cofes11"],"yoast_head":"\nCOFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software - SolidWorks Legion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"COFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software - SolidWorks Legion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Congress on the Future of Engineering Software 2011 conference (COFES11)\u00a0ends today. \u00a0People from all over came to Scottsdale, AZ for a week of conversation about…well, about the future of engineering software. \u00a0I guess the name describes the event fairly well. \u00a0Its agenda speaks for the conference well, too. \u00a0From the event’s press release:\u00a0\u201cFor design and … Continue reading "COFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software"\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SolidWorks Legion\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-04-18T03:00:16+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2011-04-18T05:13:39+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"fcsuper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@swsuper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@swsuper\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"fcsuper\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"fcsuper\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#\/schema\/person\/859d9f25668554f7193852892dbad92b\"},\"headline\":\"COFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software\",\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-18T03:00:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-04-18T05:13:39+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799\"},\"wordCount\":112,\"commentCount\":1,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#\/schema\/person\/859d9f25668554f7193852892dbad92b\"},\"keywords\":[\"COFES11\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799\",\"name\":\"COFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software - SolidWorks Legion\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2011-04-18T03:00:16+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2011-04-18T05:13:39+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"COFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/\",\"name\":\"SolidWorks Legion\",\"description\":\"SolidWorks related topics!\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#\/schema\/person\/859d9f25668554f7193852892dbad92b\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":[\"Person\",\"Organization\"],\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#\/schema\/person\/859d9f25668554f7193852892dbad92b\",\"name\":\"fcsuper\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/310185_10150356792820560_1654177_n.jpg?fit=153%2C153\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/310185_10150356792820560_1654177_n.jpg?fit=153%2C153\",\"width\":153,\"height\":153,\"caption\":\"fcsuper\"},\"logo\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\"},\"description\":\"As a drafter, mechanical designer and CAD engineer, I've been in the mechanical design field since 1991. For the first 8 years of my career, I was an AutoCAD professional. I utilized AutoLISP and many other AutoCAD customization features to streamline drafting activities for 6+ drafters and designers. I authored several custom functions, one of which was published in the March 1997 issue of Cadalyst Magazine. Since 1998, I've been used SolidWorks non-stop. I've worked to utilize the SolidWorks' user environment to simplify drafting and design activities for 20+ engineers. I've created this website to provide current information about SolidWorks from a variety of contributors. More recently, I am now employed by Dassault Systemes as SOLIDWORKS Sr. Product Definition Manager to improve drawing, annotation and MBD related areas.\",\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/swsuper\"],\"url\":\"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?author=2\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"COFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software - SolidWorks Legion","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"COFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software - SolidWorks Legion","og_description":"Congress on the Future of Engineering Software 2011 conference (COFES11)\u00a0ends today. \u00a0People from all over came to Scottsdale, AZ for a week of conversation about…well, about the future of engineering software. \u00a0I guess the name describes the event fairly well. \u00a0Its agenda speaks for the conference well, too. \u00a0From the event’s press release:\u00a0\u201cFor design and … Continue reading \"COFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software\"","og_url":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799","og_site_name":"SolidWorks Legion","article_published_time":"2011-04-18T03:00:16+00:00","article_modified_time":"2011-04-18T05:13:39+00:00","author":"fcsuper","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@swsuper","twitter_site":"@swsuper","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"fcsuper","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799"},"author":{"name":"fcsuper","@id":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#\/schema\/person\/859d9f25668554f7193852892dbad92b"},"headline":"COFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software","datePublished":"2011-04-18T03:00:16+00:00","dateModified":"2011-04-18T05:13:39+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799"},"wordCount":112,"commentCount":1,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#\/schema\/person\/859d9f25668554f7193852892dbad92b"},"keywords":["COFES11"],"articleSection":["News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799","url":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799","name":"COFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software - SolidWorks Legion","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2011-04-18T03:00:16+00:00","dateModified":"2011-04-18T05:13:39+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?p=2799#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"COFES11: The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/","name":"SolidWorks Legion","description":"SolidWorks related topics!","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#\/schema\/person\/859d9f25668554f7193852892dbad92b"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#\/schema\/person\/859d9f25668554f7193852892dbad92b","name":"fcsuper","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/310185_10150356792820560_1654177_n.jpg?fit=153%2C153","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/310185_10150356792820560_1654177_n.jpg?fit=153%2C153","width":153,"height":153,"caption":"fcsuper"},"logo":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/"},"description":"As a drafter, mechanical designer and CAD engineer, I've been in the mechanical design field since 1991. For the first 8 years of my career, I was an AutoCAD professional. I utilized AutoLISP and many other AutoCAD customization features to streamline drafting activities for 6+ drafters and designers. I authored several custom functions, one of which was published in the March 1997 issue of Cadalyst Magazine. Since 1998, I've been used SolidWorks non-stop. I've worked to utilize the SolidWorks' user environment to simplify drafting and design activities for 20+ engineers. I've created this website to provide current information about SolidWorks from a variety of contributors. More recently, I am now employed by Dassault Systemes as SOLIDWORKS Sr. Product Definition Manager to improve drawing, annotation and MBD related areas.","sameAs":["http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog","https:\/\/x.com\/swsuper"],"url":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/?author=2"}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2799\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2799"},{"taxonomy":"series","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.fcsuper.com\/swblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fseries&post=2799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}