Kendra's Virtual SOLIDWORKS User Group - 12/11/2018

Discussion created by 1-3PL95X on Nov 6, 2018
Latest reply on Dec 17, 2018 by Deepak Gupta

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Anywhere, any device.

All times are CST. Register here - https://zoom.us/meeting/register/bf7d6cb169f1f7dc34538d7d4481ef37 (cut and past this link).

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6:00pm - 6:15pm - Welcome and introductions by group leader Kendra Wardlow and Richard Doyle from DS SOLIDWORKS.

6:15pm - 7:00pm - Seven Surfacing Tools you can use TODAY! Toby Schnaars - DS SOLIDWORKS. Toby will show you many things you can do with SOLIDWORKS Surfacing right now! Even if you have never used the tools, Toby will make sure you know how to use them in specific situations.

7:00pm - 7:15pm - SOLIDWORKS News and Notes. Kendra Wardlow - Group Leader. Kendra will take few minutes to fill you in on what's happening in the SOLIDWORKS Community.

More info here - SolidWorks User Group Network

Richard

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Eric Beatty Nov 6, 2018 2:12 PM
Fantastic! Consider the word spread out here in the Pacific NW!

BTW, I got feedback from a couple of my locals who tuned into our latest Virtual Swug (aka VLOGME ) and they really enjoyed the format itself as well as the 3 presentations. These things are just going to keep snowballing! YAY!
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Jim Steinmeyer Nov 6, 2018 2:36 PM
Registered.

You need to do something about those "I am not a robot" things. I had to put my glasses on and get about 6" from the screen to see where the bikes were.
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John Matrishon Nov 20, 2018 12:17 PM
Signed up and I let my group know during the SLUGME event!
JM
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- Eric Beatty @ John Matrishon on Nov 20, 2018 12:39 PM
  I did the same. I've been promoting them with my email distribution list the same as a physical meeting for the past couple of ones. I found out at SLUGME that we had about 5 or 6 SASPUG members tune in for the most recent show.
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Denny Bahl Dec 14, 2018 5:00 PM
That was cool. My first time using Zoom and started it on my phone while driving home, pulled over of course to start but listened the rest of the way home then switched to my iPad. Sorry for the feedback while switching, yes that was me.
Great job Kendra Wardlow & Toby Schnaars.
I will miss you at SWW2019, I will be on a family vacation that same week.
Thanks for setting this up.
Denny
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Jim Steinmeyer Dec 14, 2018 5:21 PM
I was looking forward to it but wound up making a trip to the doctor's office instead. I hope to make the next time.
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- Rick McDonald @ Jim Steinmeyer on Dec 14, 2018 5:29 PM
  I did get to see part of the meeting but was at work and got called away a few times and missed parts.
  I tried to also record the screen and thought I got it, but found out later that the settings I used had my monitor microphone as the sound input device instead of the Web Meeting sound - so all I got was background noise and what I was discussing with others here at work.
  Richard Doyle - are these meeting being recorded so we can go someplace and see the recordings when we miss them?
  I missed a lot of the previous Web Meeting as well and that had a lot of good content that I missed
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  - Kendra Wardlow @ Rick McDonald on Dec 17, 2018 1:22 PM
    I have the recording of my VUG meeting, but I'm not sure what SW plans on doing with them yet. I'll let you know when I know, ok?
    Thanks for tuning in!
    Kendra
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    - Rick McDonald @ Kendra Wardlow on Dec 17, 2018 1:33 PM
      OK, Thanks.
      I hope they at least allow all the participants that signed up for the VUG to get access (preferably everyone would have access).
      There was a lot of good information but I got pulled away a few times so missed some details and it's nice to see over again and practice with the examples.
      Thanks, Rick.
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    - Deepak Gupta @ Kendra Wardlow on Dec 17, 2018 3:24 PM
      It would be nice to have the video if possible
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Eric Beatty Dec 14, 2018 5:23 PM
Here's a follow up to Kendra's Virtual SWUG meeting. I thought it was fantastic. I think I've managed to attend all of these Virtual SWUG meetings and I'm sold on them as another tool to build our communities even larger.

Toby Schnaars gave a wonderful presentation and I picked up a few great tips. Further, I'm happy to report that I noticed at least 5 of the attendees were SASPUG members.

During Toby's presentation on the Surface Flatten feature, I made reference to a tip that Phil Sluder shared at SWW18 about using a seed file to access this feature if you don't have SW Premium. Here's a link to the forum thread where I passed along this tip, as well as a SW2017 part file that you can use as the seed file for your own parts that need flattening. https://forum.solidworks.com/message/770070#899670

Lastly, Kendra Wardlow asked about a recent imported part model that had a lot of leaky gaps/open edges. Here's a macro, created by Alin Vargatu, that I tracked down on a Javelin Technologies blog page. It will select every open edge on a surface model, making them far more visible than just looking for the different colors on screen. I then usually save the resultant selection set and then open a 3D sketch to convert the open edges to sketch geometry that I can keep track of visually at a glance.

Anyhow, thanks again to Richard Doyle and Kendra for hosting this particular meeting. I'm looking forward to more of them in the future.

Cheers,
Eric A. Beatty
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