SolidWorks World 2012 Recap

This year's SolidWorks World was attended by over 5600 SolidWorks Users, Resellers, and Partners.

We were joined by Mike Rowe of the Discovery Channel's Dirty Jobs.  Mike discussed his experience traveling the country in search of America's Dirtiest Jobs.

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Also, we were introduced to a variety of SolidWorks Customers that are doing extraordinary things.  There was a great presentation from the Howe Brothers of Howe & Howe Tech (AKA The Black OPS Brothers).  We saw how SolidWorks Customers Neptune Canada and Quirky(Objet Owner and Enthusiast) are introducing crowd sourcing to help solve their industry challenges.

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The week ended with a sneak peak at what is to come in SolidWorks 2013.  Here is a list of the new features and enhancements in the next release of SolidWorks. 

• Snapshots in any doc


• Simulation Sub-modeling


• Bounding box cut-list properties


• Additional 3DVIA Composer Cameras


• Quick Pick Document Type


• Envelope Enhancements


• Insert Multiple Parts


• Multiple Exploded Views


• Rotate Exploded Parts


• Favorites folder


• Plastic Boss Mount Control


• Cosmetic Thread and Dowel Holes


• Surfaces Intersect


• Extrude Multiple Thin Contours


• Equation Entry Everywhere


• Vary Pattern Dimensions


• EPDM Collaboration


• DrafSight and EPDM Integration


• Previous Release Interoperability

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Keep an eye out later this year for information regarding SolidWorks 2013 and the 2013 Beta Program.