October 2010 Meeting Announcement

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The North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG) would like to announce our October 2010 Meeting!   The meeting will be held on Thursday October 28, 2010 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the Dynetics Corporate Headquarters Building.

Come join us for a Custom What’s New in SolidWorks 2011 Presentation! This is NOT the presentation shown at the SolidWorks 2011 Roll-outs, so make sure you stop in and check it out!

Dinner will be provided along with Door Prizes to be given away at the end of the meeting.

RSVP for the event today by following the link below to sign up on our online registration form.

http://www.naswug.com/meeting-rsvp/

Don’t miss your opportunity to network with fellow SolidWorks users, gain valuable information, get free food, and pick up some cool prizes!

BEST Robotics Training Class – This Saturday – Looking for Volunteers

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The North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG), Dynetics, & Trobotics Inc. will be sponsoring a BEST Robotics SolidWorks Training Class this Saturday August 21, 2010 at the Calhoun Community College Campus in Decatur, Alabama. We will be providing hands-on SolidWorks training for North Alabama Schools participating in the BEST Robotics competition this year. The training will take place at the Noble Russell Building, Room 115.

Class instruction is already covered, but we are looking for volunteers to help guide the students as they follow along in the class. If you are interested in volunteering your time to help in the training sessions, please send me an e-mail (ricky@naswug.com) There will be a morning session (9:00am -11:30am) and afternoon session (12:30pm – 3:00pm). Any time you have is greatly appreciated, even if you only have time to stay for one of the sessions.

For more details, including directions to the campus and building, click HERE to view the event flyer.

NASWUG-RSA August 2010 Meeting Announcement

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The North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG) would like to announce our August 2010 NASWUG-RSA meeting. The meeting will be held on Thursday August 26, 2010 from 11:00am to 1:00pm on the grounds of the Redstone Arsenal. The meeting will be held at the Redstone Bowling Lanes. This is located just to the right when coming in the Patton Road Gate. (see link for location)

Link to Google Map of Location.

Come join us for a presentation on SolidWorks Simulation!  Dana Parrish and Ramesh Lakshmipathy from DS SolidWorks Corporation will be on hand show how SolidWorks Simulation can solve your structural and vibration problems.

The meeting is open to all SolidWorks users who have their own pass to get on the grounds of the Arsenal. Buffet lunch and door prizes will be provided.

To RSVP, click on the link below and fill the form. Don’t forget to hit “Submit” when you are done!

http://www.naswug.com/meeting-rsvp/

You will receive a confirmation e-mail upon submitting your RSVP.

If you have any questions regarding the meeting location or time, contact Gary Hall (gary.hall@stanleyassociates.com)

Don’t miss your opportunity to network with fellow SolidWorks users, gain valuable information, get free food, and pick up some cool prizes!

NASWUG July 2010 Meeting Announcement

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Join us this Thursday for the North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG) July 2010 meeting. The meeting will be held on Thursday July 15, 2010 from 5:00pm to 7:00pm at the Dynetics Corporate Headquarters Building.

This month’s meeting will feature a Photoview 360 presentation along with an open floor Question and Answer session.

Bring your questions about anything SolidWorks related, and the group will do our best to answer them! (If you have files you would like to bring that are related to your question, please e-mail them along with your question to ricky@naswug.com in advance so we can load the files up for the meeting.)

Dinner will be provided along with Door Prizes to be given away at the end of the meeting.

RSVP for the event today by following the link below to sign up on our online registration form.

http://www.naswug.com/meeting-rsvp/

We’ve had to shuffle the date for this meeting a few times due to unforeseen circumstances, so my apologies for the much shorter notice on this meeting.

Don’t miss your opportunity to network with fellow SolidWorks users, gain valuable information, get free food, and pick up some cool prizes!

NASWUG April 2010 Meeting Announcement!

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The North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG) is proud to announce our April 2010 meeting! The meeting will be held on Thursday April 22, 2010 from 5:00pm to 7:30pm at the Dynetics Corporate Headquarters Building.

Come join us for a SolidWorks Tips and Tricks presentation brought to you by a combination of NASWUG Members!

Dinner will be provided along with Door Prizes to be given away at the end of the meeting.

RSVP for the event today by following the link below to sign up on our online registration form.

http://www.naswug.com/meeting-rsvp/

Don’t miss your opportunity to network with fellow SolidWorks users, gain valuable information, get free food, and pick up some cool prizes!

Wrap-up for NASWUG-RSA March (April) Meeting

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We had a great turnout of around 30 people at the NASWUG-RSA March Meeting!  Thanks to all who were able to attend.  For those that couldn’t attend…we missed you and hope you can make it out for our next meeting.  We had a bit of a last minute schedule change and had to move the meeting to Thursday April 1st.  That certainly wasn’t the first time and probably won’t be the last time we have to do this.  Thanks to Gary Hall for helping get the word out on the meeting date change.

Speaking of Gary, he was our presenter for the meeting.  Gary did a GREAT job showing off the many different types of Mates SolidWorks Users can access in Assemblies.  It certainly has come a long way in the last several years.  I can’t think of any mate types that aren’t covered in the software now.  Gary also gave a quick overview on the SolidWorks Certification Program which includes the new Certified SolidWorks Expert program.

We briefly discussed the upcoming April 22nd NASWUG meeting which will feature Tips and Tricks presented by a combination of NASWUG members from across the SolidWorks Software Suite.  I was looking for some suggestions on areas of the software that folks would like to see tips and tricks on and the crowd certainly did not disappoint.  I got some GREAT ideas.  Many of which will be featured in the April 22nd meeting.

We look forward to the next NASWUG-RSA Meeting which we hope to get scheduled soon for May.  If anyone has any suggestions on meeting topics, please send them out to Gary Hall or myself.  You can also leave a comment on this post with suggestions if you like.

Thanks again for a great meeting.

NASWUG-RSA March 2010 Meeting Announcement!

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Good Morning,

The North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG) would like to announce our March 2010 NASWUG-RSA meeting. The meeting will be held on Tuesday March 30, 2010 from 11:00am to 1:00pm on the grounds of the Redstone Arsenal. The meeting will be held at the Redstone Bowling Lanes. This is located just to the right when coming in the Patton Road Gate. (see link for location)

Click Here to view the meeting location in Google Maps

NOTE: Due to construction, turn at the light Aerobee Road and Patton and then right on Zeus Dr.

Come join us for a presentation on SolidWorks Certification and Assembly Mates!

The meeting is open to all SolidWorks users who have their own pass to get on the grounds of the Arsenal. Buffet lunch and door prizes will be provided.

To RSVP, click on the link below and fill the form. Don’t forget to hit “Submit” when you are done!

http://www.naswug.com/meeting-rsvp/

You will receive a confirmation e-mail upon submitting your RSVP.

If you have any questions regarding the meeting location or time, contact Gary Hall (gary.hall@stanleyassociates.com)

Don’t miss your opportunity to network with fellow SolidWorks users, gain valuable information, get free food, and pick up some cool prizes!

NASWUG December 10, 2009 Meeting Notes

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Hello fellow SolidWorks users. We had our annual year end meeting on Thursday December 10. The attendance was a little light for a year end meeting with only 26 attending. The meeting was held at the beautiful Dynetics HQ building with Ricky Jordan our president presiding. For those who could not make it you missed out on some great food. We had roast beef, garlic mash potatoes and green beans..hmmmmm…Gotcha, just kidding. We had pizza and coke products provided by Papa Johns.
Ricky opened the meeting talking briefly about SolidWorks World and recently released service pack 1 for SolidWorks 2010. He also talked about Presentation Studio and Treehouse 2 in SolidWorks Labs. Then Ricky turned the meeting over to Matt Rece from SoildWorks and Tom Young from Modern Tech.
They did a presentation on “What’s New In SolidWorks 2010” Some of the functions they covered were sheet metal, mates, visualization, mouse jesters, weldments, drawings, toolbox, and virtual parts.
After the presentation Ricky gave the closing comments, talking about Solidworks education in the local area and asking for volunteers to help in some training classes. Ricky also asked for feedback and suggestions for future meetings.
At the end of the meeting we drew for prizes. Lloyd Philpott won the grand prize of a Logitech Nano cordless laser mouse donated by 3D Connection. MLC Cad Systems also donated 3 gifts cards.
Thanks to Matt and Tom for outstanding presentations. And just a note to all members. Anyone interested in presenting on a topic should contact Ricky Jordan. We always get outstanding presenters from the SolidWorks community and sometimes don’t realize the wealth of experience within our own group.
P.S. Thanks to Jim Clyburn for filling in for me and compiling the above meeting notes.

5th Annual NASWUG Year End Meeting Announcement!

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The North Alabama SolidWorks Users Group (NASWUG) is proud to announce our 5th Annual NASWUG Year End meeting! The meeting will be held on Thursday December 10, 2009 from 5:00pm to 8:00pm at the Dynetics Corporate Headquarters Building.

Matt Rece of SolidWorks Corporation will be on hand to present What’s New in SolidWorks 2010! Matt is a Territory Technical Manager for SolidWorks and is one of the most knowledgeable users around!

As a group we normally like to schedule our meetings with a little more notice, but that wasn’t possible this time due to some challenges beyond our control.

Grand Prize giveaways are in the works, so stay tuned to the NASWUG site for the latest information.

Dinner will be provided along with LOTS of Door Prizes to be given away at the end of the meeting.

RSVP for the meeting today by following the link below to sign up on our online registration form.

http://www.naswug.com/meeting-rsvp/

Don’t miss your opportunity to network with fellow SolidWorks users, gain valuable information, get free food, and pick up some cool prizes!