solidworld 2004

I just attended my 1st Solidworld in Sunny Boston.

I love the software and do not want to bash but I felt let down. My
expectations were much higher.

I expected more useful information. Maybe I attended the wrong seminars
but it seemed like there was the BASIC and Programming seminars.
The last thing I want to do is to tell my boss that I am disappointed.

I did learn alot from the other participants. Thank you.

Done venting.

SD

 

SWW is a far cry from what it started out to be in Palm Springs. I didn't
attend this year because there was nothing much there that I could use to
justify going. In previous years there were three days jam packed with
seminars that were worth it. I was hard pressed to find any this year that
I hadn't attended before or that filled in gaps in my knowledge.

 

JK:

I'm curious about what your impression of the mold tools is. I've been a
pretty vocal critic on the advisory board area, and I'd like to hear from
someone else who knows which side of the mold to squirt the plastic in.
I've had nothing but bad luck with them since beta, but I saw that they
were in the list of favorite new features in 2004 from SWW. Am I missing
something?


matt

 

This was my 4th consecutive SWW and although I found it worthwhile, it
didn't hold a candle to the previous three. Other years there were 3
days jam packed full of breakout sessions, this year there were only
2. Luckily I had signed up for 2 round table sessions on Monday or
that day would have been a bust. Boston in the winter was not very
appealing either. Hopefully they will go back to a warm climate again
next year. Also the $190 plus room rate was a bit steep.

 

John,
I agree with you. I wish SW would take all the resources used to develop the
new mold tools and applied them to stability and speed enhancements.
Let R&B or I-Mold or FaceWorks do the specialty products for Mold design.
The new tools have boomed out every time I used them on a model complex
enough that I need them.

SW has a lot of other issues that need fixed, not adding new mold tools.

 

Not sure why the email bounced. You removed the "_"s from it?

Anyway, I think it was a good thing that they added the ruled surface tool.
It has some cool ways of working which will simplify some mold and plastic
part design tasks some day when it's more reliable. I was not a big fan of
the tooling split done as a multi-body in the part. Tooling data needs to
be separated from the part data.

I read in one of the e-zine reports from SWWorld that side cores are a
planned enhancement in SW05. This is going more deeply into partner
territory where it might be better if they left it alone.

I'm disappointed to hear what you said about Cholly. He used to post in
here many moons ago before SW hired him. He's a programmer with mold
design experience, which is rare enough. Maybe I can get a copy of his
presentation when they post it on the web. I'd still like to see what he
showed.

matt

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