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Kenneth Barrentine has started a new SolidWorks User Group in the southern end of the San Francisco East Bay called the Tri-Valley SolidWorks User Group<\/a> (T-VSWUG).\u00a0 (I originally was abbreviating it as TVSWUG, but I just realized there is already a group with those initials).\u00a0 He held the group’s\u00a0first meeting a few days ago.\u00a0 It appears to be a great success.\u00a0 As meetings and SWUGs go, this was one big start!\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Vic<\/p>\n

We had Vic Leventhal (former COO of SolidWorks Corp and current\u00a0Group Executive,\u00a0Dassault Systemes) give the keynote speech of the evening about the history of SolidWorks.\u00a0 His presentation of fun and informative.\u00a0 He even gave out $50 of his own money!\u00a0<\/p>\n

I personally give a presentation about SWW8<\/a>.\u00a0 In attendance, we had Gabi Jack, who recorded a video\u00a0of the event.\u00a0 In fact, her blog article<\/a>\u00a0about this meeting has edited videos of Vic Leventhal’s presentation.\u00a0 Her article also includes details about the event from a unique and refreshing perspective.<\/p>\n

\"Kenneth's<\/p>\n

Kenneth conducted a live demonstration of various tips and tricks, including topics like showing how to find the origin of a detail\u00a0view for\u00a0ordinate dimensioning.\u00a0 The format was semi-open, with frequent audience participation.\u00a0 I was impressed by\u00a0Kenneth because he made hand-outs that listed the topics that he was going to cover in his presentation.\u00a0 This allowed\u00a0people\u00a0to\u00a0follow along, and they knew what to expect.<\/p>\n

Oh, and what a day to attend.\u00a0 Prizes, prizes, prizes.\u00a0 Just about everyone went home with something.\u00a0 I apologize for not noting his name, but here’s the grand prize winner of the 3Dconnexion SpaceExplorer.<\/p>\n

\"Grand<\/p>\n

I believe there was a little over 50 people in attendance.\u00a0 This photo shows that it was pretty much a full house.\u00a0 I thank Kenneth for organizing this event and getting this new group started.\u00a0 I personally look forward to attending more of his meetings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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