sww10 – day 1/2

So day 1 (or 1/2) of SolidWorks WORLD is in the books.  Sunday in Anaheim was a busy day for me.  The day started off with a meeting with Scott Harris who was one of the 6 guys that started SolidWorks back in the early 90’s.  Scott has since retired and has moved on to other ventures.  These new ventures are 2 companies called Solido and Infinite Z.  I will review both of these products more in an upcoming post by for now I encourage you to check out their websites to see what they are all about.  You will not be disappointed.

After my meeting with Scott I headed off to meet with Bill Doll.  Bill was previously in charge of SolidWorks Labs but over the course of the past year has moved into another area of SolidWorks Corporation.  I am not allowed to talk a lot about what me and Bill talked about but I again, encourage you to check out SolidWorks Labs and see all of the great products they have to offer.

My afternoon consisted of a 4 hour power geek session with Greg Jankowski called the CAD Managers Boot Camp.  I am planning on doing separate posts on the breakout sessions I attend so stay tuned.

The event officially kicked off with the Welcome Reception in the Partner Pavilion last night and all I can say is WOW!  It looks as if attendance is booming and the down economy of the last year has had no effect on SolidWorks WORLD 2010.  After the welcome reception wrapped up I headed over to the SWUGN leaders party which offered great food, drinks, and networking with user group leaders from around the world.

That is all I have time for now but be sure to check back for more in depth details of Sunday’s event and also of the rest of the week sessions and news from SolidWorks WORLD 2010.