This was the first annual International press event for the new SolidWorks 2009 release. The purpose of the event was to show off the new version of software to the…
Casa Batllo THE highlight of this trip to Barcelona, other than the SolidWorks events of course, have been a series of excursions out into the city to experience some of…
I was a little skeptical about the concept at first. You’re going to get a bunch of CAD press and make them use the SolidWorks software. No telling what might…
(image courtesy Smack, apologies to Ralph, I know it’s an immensely long flight from Vancouver) The enhancements demo is really just a sales demo. It’s not at all a what’s…
As a city, Barcelona is unique. You can’t really compare it to any US city. The history of Barcelona goes back much further than anywhere in the US, and the…
Ok, so I had to escape from the education presentation. I have a hard time watching people sing in church unless they are very good. I can’t listen to call-in…
While I have some difficulty understanding his frenglish, as I’m sure he would have difficulty understanding mine, Bernard Charles, the CEO of Dassault Systemmes, had some interesting nuggets. Bernard made the…
The flight from Atlanta to Barcelona was as good as an 8 hour red-eye can be. Air travel is so undignified. After the sun came up, we passed some of…
SolidWorks considers bloggers part of the “press”. They have more bloggers than slots of people they can send to events like this, so they have some criteria for who gets…
From the time the 2007 book was about half done, I was considered a “Research Partner”, which is the level you get before they make you a full partner for…