Solidworks World Day 2 Morning Session (and day 1 afternoon)

Well things here in New Orleans continue to get more and more
exciting! The second half of Day 1 was packed with nothing but pure
information sessions. Its great to be able to sit in on a tech
session, and when you ask a question, the person answering is most
likely the the engineer that wrote that module for SW.

I sat thru a presentation on configurations, and one on advanced
modeling, and I walked away from both of them with plenty of new
info.

Monday night is CSWP night. Being that I passed my test on Sunday, I
was invited to go along and attend the event. The sessions wrapped up
at about 5:30, and then the partner Pavilion opened for another
reception party. More free snacks, beer, and wine, were in plentiful
supply, The registration line for the CSWP event was about 40-50
people, but went pretty quick. Once at the table I got my
certificate, shirt, and binder all branded with the CSWP logo. We
also all got to sign a variable pitch propeller that was designed in
SW.

At 7:45 we boarded a bus, and drove about 3 blocks to the event. This
year it was held at a restruant/bar called The Foundry. They had a
great live band, open bar, and great snacks. There was a prize give-a-
way for a contest of submitted models. Along with heading up the
whole certification program, the certification team did a great job of
party planning also. A big thanks to Jeremy Luchini and his team for
all they have done here this week.

So onto day 2!

Woz was the word of the day. Here is a guy that was able to speak for
over an hour, and never take a breath! Anyways, he spoke about how
his visions of computing and electronics in his childhood, led him to
where he is at today. He could have easily went for a few more
hours. The session opened with a video that talked about the 30,000
seat SW purchace made by the country of Norway. They showed kids in
school designing and modeling chairs in SW. They decided that every
student should have SW training as part of their schooling. They then
introduced the minister of education for Rwanda. He spoke of his
countries desire to eradicate poverty by the year 2020. One of the
things they are doing to reach that goal, is training student in SW to
help them become the first generation of educated engineers. It was
great to see the passion in this guy, they are certainly searious
about what they are doing.

So now that lunch is just about over, it onto the afternoon session
which for me means two hands on sessions, and one sit down class.
Then at 6:15 we board the busses to head across the river to Mardi
Gras World (it is actually named world too). Its amazing to see the
logistics involved in getting 2500 people bussed out of here in no
time at all!

So being that tonight will obviously be another late night, I will
post a wrap up of today, along with tomorrows morning session.
Tomorrows session is what everyone is talking about, Whats New in SW
2008? We shall find out in no time at all.

Thanks for following along.