SOLIDWORKS USER GROUPS

We are planning a CSUG meeting for Tuesday, September 26, 2023 from 5pm to 8:30pm at the DES PLAINES Campus of Oakton College, in ROOM 1610. The address is 1600 E. Golf Rd., Des Plaines, Illinois 60016. 

We will start with a short business meeting followed by the presentation.

AGENDA:

5:00-5:30PM     Sign-in and networking.

5:30PM                Food served.  Pizza & soft drinks.

5:30-6:00PM     Short business meeting during pizza time.

6:00-6:30PM     VAR & Partner Spotlight – T.B.D.

6:30-8:00PM     Presentation – Ed Eaton & Mark Termion

8:00-8:30PM     Q&A, Door Prize Drawing.

8:30PM                Meeting adjourned.

VAR & Partner Spotlight:

CATI – GoEngineer

Graphics Systems Corp. – GSC (An Ellison Technologies Company)

Presentation:

When was the last time you updated your SOLIDWORKS document templates?

Ed Eaton  |  DiMonte Group Inc.

Mark Termion  |  DiMonte Group

Ed has presented at SOLIDWORKS World and User Group meetings several times, always entertaining and educational.

There have been a lot of improvements and neat features added to document templates over the years.  After you first set up your templates it’s easy to forget about them – that’s the great thing about document templates for Parts, Assemblies, and Drawings.  But it also means that it’s on us to revisit them every few years to be sure we aren’t missing out on anything that could help us work better in SOLIDWORKS. In addition to the obvious document properties, during this presentation we’ll be talking about things in the feature tree, in configuration properties, in lights, etc. that are also part of the templates that will make us more productive and prevent errors.  We’ll also be opening the floor for everybody to share what they have in their templates that they can’t live without!

We feel that this is an especially appropriate subject for our 25th Anniversary. This is the type of stuff we did at the beginning of CSUG, where we were all just trying to figure stuff out and share what we learned. 25 years later and we’re still learning.

We will have the usual pizza and soft drinks for refreshments, along with a door prize drawing (if we have prizes to give away). The meeting should adjourn around 8:30pm.

No RSVP necessary.

Join us at MRIGlobal North Kansas City facility for a night of food, networking and of course a GREAT SolidWorks presentation.

Food: BBQ

Agenda: Drew Tucker will be presenting Simulation Tools

6:00 - 6:45 PM Sign-in, Food and Networking

7:00PM - 7:45 PM Presentation

8:00PM - 8:45 PM Presentation

8:45PM - 9:00PM Raffle, Wrap-up & mingling

Please RSVP so we can plan to have enough food.

We're looking forward to hosting our third meeting of 2023. Please come join us to gain knowledge, eat, and socialize!

Our meeting will consist of a highly informative “Double Header” presentation on-site, conducted by GoEngineer.

1. They will present on Rendering using SolidWorks’ PhotoView 360 (add-in included in Professional+)
2. They will present on FEA (I.e., Finite Element Analysis) using SolidWorks’ Simulation (add-in stand-alone).

Invitation is open to all who use SolidWorks at work, in school, or for hobby. We also invite those who don't use it, but are interested in meeting to discuss the software and its real-world application.

Please RSVP, so we can anticipate headcount for food and give-a-ways. We plan to order BBQ!!