Want Free Entry to Solid Edge University?
There are a couple ways to get into SEU 2013 for free. If you’re a Solid Edge user, one way is to be a presenter. The door might be closing on this option, though, because I think they’re getting the slots lined up. So if you’ve got an exhibitionist urge, you better scratch it fast.
Another way to get in free is something Dan Staples suggested recently in a comment on the Dezignstuff blog. If you’re a SolidWorks user, Dan says that Solid Edge can waive the registration fees for a limited number of ‘Works users who are not very familiar with Edge, and are willing to participate in an hour or so of usability testing as part of the conference. If you meet the requirements and want to take advantage of this, you can contact Dan directly, or leave a comment here and I’ll make sure your message gets through. Here is the legal jive:
We will waive the conference fee for the first five qualified individuals to sign up to participate in a one hour usability session. Qualifications: A minimum of two years using SolidWorks in a production environment; no more than two hours prior hands-on experience with Solid Edge
Solid Edge University is being held in Cincinnati in the last week of June. I went last year, and learned a lot about the software in the technical sessions, learned about the company in the general sessions, learned about the next version of the software direct from Dan Staples, and met a lot of new friends in the halls and around the lunch table. ST6 will be announced this year, and from what I hear, there are a lot of cool things, especially for surfacing users. There are also some great new products to expand the “ecosystem” around Solid Edge, which other people are going to have to announce.
These are still early years for SEU, so you can be part of building something significant. The Solid Edge software is managed differently from other CAD products I’ve used. Getting ideas from customers isn’t just a line in a marketing slick, it’s really the way these guys operate. Maybe most importantly to me, Solid Edge can introduce ground-breaking new tools without disrupting your business. It takes more work to do it this way, but it really serves the needs of the customers better than just trashing the old way of doing things every so many years.
I may be interested in doing this. Is it fair to assume we still cover travel and lodging expenses? I am just trying to get an idea, so I can pitch this to my boss (to get the time off, and have the other expenses covered).
I have been using SW regularly at work since December of ’09 (CSWP since about a year and a half ago), so I am the one who all the tough questions get brought to. I’m also the CAD administrator/sysadmin for a 40 computer company. We run SW and Rhino (and a million other things) for all our computerized tools (take a look here for an equipment list – http://nextfabstudio.com/facility/equipment-list). I haven’t ever used SE – I found this blog after a mention on Dezign Stuff – we do have 2 seats of SpaceClaim, 3 of Rhino, 8 of SW, and one of AutoCAD, just for reference, but I am somewhat intrigued by the synchronous side of things.
Alex,
Yes, your assumption is correct — we will waive the conference fee if you participate in our 1 hour usability test. You remain responsible for travel/hotel etc. We’d love to have you come. You can write me directly at dan.staples@siemens.com when you are ready to sign up and I will have someone contact you and get er done!