James Cameron was so impressed with Infinite Z (brought up during the first presentation of the General Session) he requested to see their booth right after the end of the General Session. This meant that the press was kept waiting for awhile at the press conference in his honor. Jeff Ray and Jon Hirshtick entertained the press with a pre-press conference of sorts.<\/p>\n
They discussed the selection process in choosing guest speakers for SolidWorks World. Ray stated that they look for people that are both entertaining and relevant. Ray also stated that they want someone that goes beyond just saying they like and use the product. Hirshtick stated that they do not prep guest speakers to say good things or not to say bad things about SolidWorks.<\/p>\n
When they were first considering Cameron, the release of Avatar was still off in the future and not widely known. \u00a0There was concern about how relevant a Hollywood type would be to the core 3D CAD audience. After looking up his wikipedia article, Hirshtick was excited about this former machinist, inventor and innovator in working with cameras.<\/p>\n
Cameron’s cool statements about 3D printing and CAD during his presentation where not planned. As mentioned previously, he stated that the bulldozers shown in the movie would have been 3D printed in the storyline.<\/p>\n