Join us at the next West Michigan SolidWorks User Group Meeting for food, networking opportunities, (2) presentations, and SolidWorks giveaways.  See details below!

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Date:  Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Where: Haworth Inn (click for map and/or directions) – Holland, Michigan

Time:  5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

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Agenda

• Dinner / Networking
• Opening Announcements
• Chris Peterson (Wolverine World Wide)
• Break / Networking
• Measuring SolidWorks Performance – Paul Kellner (Engineering Transport, LLC.)
• SolidWorks roundtable (time permitting)
• Closing Remarks / Giveaways / Networking

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This should be a great meeting and I encourage all to attend if you can.

Please use the automated email notification and confirmation tool to RSVP.  To sign up please click on the “sign-up” tab on the top or the “wmswug sign-up form” on the right.

Join us at the next West Michigan SolidWorks User Group Meeting for food, networking opportunities, (2) presentations, and SolidWorks giveaways.  See details below!

NOTICE THE DAY CHANGE!!! THIS MEETING WILL BE ON A THURSDAY INSTEAD OF OUR NORMAL TUESDAY MEETINGS!!!

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Date:  THURSDAY, July 15, 2010

Where: Haworth Inn (click for map and/or directions) – Holland, Michigan

Time:  5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

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Agenda

• Dinner / Networking
• Opening Announcements
• Jeff Ray (CEO, SolidWorks Corporation)
• Break / Networking
• Tips & Tricks – Richard Doyle (User Community Manager, SolidWorks Corporation)
• SolidWorks roundtable (time permitting)
• Closing Remarks / Giveaways / Networking

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This should be a great meeting and I encourage all to attend if you can.

Please RSVP to Fred Egge or Jason Raak.

Join us at the next West Michigan SolidWorks User Group Meeting for food, networking opportunities, (2) presentations, and SolidWorks giveaways.  See details below!

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Date:  May 11, 2010

Where: Haworth Inn (click for map and/or directions) – Holland, Michigan

Time:  5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

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Agenda

• Dinner / Networking
• Opening Announcements
• Using SolidWorks in Photonics Engineering – Harold Brunt (Lumenflow Corporation)
• Break / Networking
• Getting Started with PDM – Bill Briggs (SolidWorks Corporation)
• SolidWorks roundtable (time permitting)
• Closing Remarks / Giveaways / Networking

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This should be a great meeting and I encourage all to attend if you can.

Please RSVP to Fred Egge or Jason Raak.

We started our meeting off with some general announcements which included all of the places on the web that the WMSWUG has a presence.  Also, we gave a run down of the new Email Notifications tool that our group is going to be using instead of Fred’s master Excel sheet.  Along with the new way of tracking members of our group, we announced that we are hoping to send out a newsletter to all of the members on the off months that we do not have a meeting.  A couple of notes from the rest of the updates presentation are…

• SWUGN Technical Summit in Chicago, IL
  • $40.00 to attend for a 1 day SolidWorks WORLD
  • Tentatively scheduled for May 25, 2010
• The WMSWUG was 1 of 4 finalists for the User Group of the Year award at SolidWorks WORLD
  • What a great accomplishment for our group and it is all because of YOU, the attendees, that make this group what it is.
• It looks like a special guest will be attending our meeting sometime in the end of June or the beginning of July (hopefully at our scheduled July 13, 2010 meeting).

After we wrapped up the short updates portion the meeting was turned over to Chris Peterson & Dean Anderson, both of Wolverine World Wide.  They did an AWESOME presentation on everything that happened at SolidWorks WORLD 2010 in Anaheim, CA.  They did such a great job that I think that they just signed themselves up for doing our groups yearly SolidWorks WORLD report.  I will not say much about their presentation (because the PowerPoint will be posted on our Downloads page soon) other than that they mixed in a ton of humor to their presentation.  It was great and thanks guys!

After a short break Brian Gilson from Aromech did a presentation called “Whiteboard Sketching in SolidWorks”.  In this presentation he covered how to use SolidWorks sketches and blocks to simulate cam paths and how cylinders work together by using blocks.  He showed how this functionality can be used to replace the good old notepad or napkin that we normally use to come up with our designs.  I am hoping (and will encourage) Brian will do a write up in one of our upcoming newsletters on this topic seeing how I don’t have a PowerPoint or anything to post from his presentation.

Like I said, this was a great meeting and it was nice to see everyone again.  Our next meeting is scheduled for May 11, 2010 at the same place.  Stay tuned for more details about this meeting.

One last thing, our group is what it is because of you, the end users.  Because of this, I would love to see more of our members do short technical presentations at our meetings or just give a presentation on what kind of products you design and how you do it.  If you are interested in doing this, please send Fred Egge or Jason Raak an email and we will put you on the schedule.  Oh and by the way, if you present, you get 1st chance at choosing a giveaway that SolidWorks provides our group.

Join us at the next West Michigan SolidWorks User Group Meeting for food, networking opportunities, (2) presentations, and SolidWorks giveaways.  See details below!

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Date:  March 9, 2010

Where: Haworth Inn (click for map and/or directions) – Holland, Michigan

Time:  5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

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Agenda

• Food & Networking
• Announcements
• SolidWorks WORLD 2010 Review – Chris Peterson & Dean Anderson (Wolverine World Wide)
• Break / Networking
• Technical Presentation – Brian Gilson (Aromech)
• SolidWorks roundtable
• Closing, Networking, & Giveaways

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This should be a great meeting and I encourage all to attend if you can.

Please RSVP to Fred Egge or Jason Raak.

Find the details here!

NOTE: THIS PROBLEM IS ONLY FOR USERS RUNNING SOLIDWORKS 64BIT (VERSIONS ABOVE) AND USING PHOTOWORKS ON LARGE RENDERINGS!!!

Solution Id:

S-046282

Keyword:

PhotoWorks2

Question:

SolidWorks® and operating system may become unstable after PhotoWorks™ add-in is enabled when SolidWorks®  is running and the SolidWorks® process is using more than 2GB of virtual memory. What may cause this?

Answer:

Windows® XP, Vista™, Windows® 7 (64 Bit only) operating systems:
SolidWorks® and operating system may become unstable after PhotoWorks™ add-in is enabled when SolidWorks® is running and the SolidWorks® process is using more than 2GB of virtual memory.
An issue with PhotoWorks™ has been identified where SolidWorks® and the Windows® operating system may become unstable after enabling the PhotoWorks™ add-in within SolidWorks® 2009 SP5 and SolidWorks® 2010 SP1 or later. The issue has been reported to the development team as SPR#535417. If using PhotoWorks™, it is advised to enable the PhotoWorks™ add-in only after first opening a new SolidWorks® session before any files are loaded.
A symptom that this issue may occur is if no PhotoWorks™ Toolbar or menu appears but the Render Manager tab remains shown. If you notice these symptoms, it is strongly advised to end the SolidWorks® session with the “end process” selection from the processes tab of the Windows Task Manager.

You can find more information in the SolidWorks Forums by following these links.

https://forum.solidworks.com/message/138724#138724

https://forum.solidworks.com/message/138670#138670

Join us at the next West Michigan SolidWorks User Group Meeting for food, networking opportunities, (2) presentations, and SolidWorks giveaways.  See details below!

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Date:  January 12, 2010

Where: Haworth Inn (click for map and/or directions) – Holland, Michigan

Time:  5:30 pm – 8:30 pm

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Agenda

• Food & Networking
• Jim Byrne (DASI Solutions) – What’s New in SolidWorks 2010
• He will be showing us what’s new in the SolidWorks 2010 software release
• SolidWorks 2010 roundtable
• Closing & Giveaways

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This should be a great meeting and I encourage all to attend if you can.

Please RSVP to Fred Egge or Jason Raak.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

May your days be filled with joy as you celebrate during this holiday season!

Let me know if you have any questions or if you would like their information.