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Re: What Was Your Favorite SOLIDWORKS World Special Event?

MatthewWest — Tue, 31 Jan 2017 11:48:25 -0000

Universal Islands of Adventure, whenever that was. Maybe 2012?

Re: MILO: Conservatives Who Oppose Trump Can’t Call Themselves Conservatives

MatthewWest — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 21:46:35 -0000

Maybe, maybe not. But having to get along with Senator Smith because your wife played bridge with his wife was a powerful motivator.

Re: MILO: Conservatives Who Oppose Trump Can’t Call Themselves Conservatives

MatthewWest — Tue, 11 Oct 2016 21:33:09 -0000

Wrong. Back in the day, politicians moved to DC and stayed there. Their wives (and kids) socialized, and senators and congressmen of both parties got along because of this. This led to much more bipartisanship, and congress worked. It was only when this ended that the current hyper-partisan era began.

Re: Cruz: Brokered convention would lead to voter 'revolt'

MatthewWest — Sat, 05 Mar 2016 07:54:40 -0000

Are Republican voters really the ones putting Trump on top? There seems to be a lot of evidence of people who normally vote Democratic crossing over to vote for him. Upcoming closed primaries will be interesting to watch.

Re: Could Ancient Textbooks Be The Source Of The Next Medical Breakthrough?

MatthewWest — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 20:39:40 -0000

The Voynich Manuscript isn't an ancient textbook. No one can read the script, the illustrations don't resemble any known plants, and the provenance is unknown. More than likely it was created as a hoax.

Re: Snow Forecast Increased--2 Feet Now Likely for Acton

MatthewWest — Sun, 08 Feb 2015 14:14:55 -0000

The story clearly says 12-18 inches for this area. Why does the headline say two feet?

Re: Guitar Center Black Friday Ad Posted!

MatthewWest — Fri, 14 Nov 2014 16:23:38 -0000

They'll usually let you use the coupons on those brands if you call them. A lot of their vendor agreements prevent them from advertising discounts.

Re: Facebook is not failing marketers, some are just failing at social marketing

MatthewWest — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 13:33:01 -0000

I think you're missing the point to some degree. What people are complaining about is not the efficacy of paid advertising. What people are complaining about is the ability to reach people free of cost. For years, marketing folks have been told that if they develop great content, their audiences will A) see it and B) engage with it. Many of them have spent considerable amounts of money to build this great content and cultivate these audiences. And now they are being told that no matter how great a job they do at either task, the lion's share of these audiences will not see it because Facebook has decided not to show it to them. Facebook is violating the tacit understanding that if I (as a user) say I want to see something, I actually want to see it and it's Facebook's job to let me see it. And on the flip side, the tacit understanding that if I as a brand create content and spend to build audiences, those audiences will see it. Why it is Facebook's role to decide what I do and don't want to see? It's like AT&T or Verizon deciding that you should only get 1 out of 10 text messages sent to you, or Google deciding that you should only get 5% of your emails.

Re: How does the Collaborative Economy Weed out the Jerks?

MatthewWest — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 14:18:24 -0000

eBay used to allow sellers to rate buyers, but removed the function several years ago when buyers started complaining about mean sellers. As a result, buyer fraud has become rampant in some categories, such as musical instruments. Many musicians refuse to sell on eBay anymore because the company always sides with buyers, even when the buyers abuse the system. I would expect to see similar things happen with other services. Imagine if businesses could rate Yelp members. The service would become even more useless than it already is due to endless retaliation.

Every social service needs to implement something like Facebook's "close friends" designation to really make the social graph useful as a method of establishing trust. Look at your own LinkedIn or Twitter account and count up how many people you actually know and trust versus people you only know online or have met once at a conference or something similar.

Re: Announcing SolidWorks Inspection

MatthewWest — Fri, 07 Feb 2014 14:23:48 -0000

The technology is licensed from InspectionXpert. We have not acquired them.

Re: Get ready for SolidWorks World 2014 with our California themed playlist!

MatthewWest — Sat, 25 Jan 2014 12:43:51 -0000

Playlists tend to reflect the musical tastes of the people who create them--in this case, mine. I'll withhold my thoughts on the Eagles to prevent any upset feelings.

Re: Win a free pass to SolidWorks World 2014 with our Holiday Gift Contest

MatthewWest — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 11:23:30 -0000

Hey Mike, Cris Rowlands won't be able to join us, and has graciously agreed to give his pass to the first runner up, who happens to be you. Please contact me at matthew.west at 3ds dot com to get your registration code.

Re: Win a free pass to SolidWorks World 2014 with our Holiday Gift Contest

MatthewWest — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:02:26 -0000

Hi Eric, could you contact me at matthew.west at 3ds dot com so I can forward your registration code for SolidWorks World?

Re: Win a free pass to SolidWorks World 2014 with our Holiday Gift Contest

MatthewWest — Tue, 24 Dec 2013 09:02:10 -0000

Hi Cris, could you contact me at matthew.west at 3ds dot com so I can forward your registration code for SolidWorks World?

Re: How do I view SolidWorks files if I don’t have SolidWorks?

MatthewWest — Wed, 18 Dec 2013 13:31:26 -0000

We've updated the post to note that there is a small fee charged for the mobile apps.

Re: Setting the record straight on the future of SolidWorks Mechanical CAD

MatthewWest — Thu, 31 Oct 2013 10:04:07 -0000

Our R&D team takes advantage of new kernel capabilities as soon as possible following a new release.

Re: Now available: updates and enhancements for eDrawings mobile apps

MatthewWest — Fri, 25 Oct 2013 11:42:46 -0000

Not yet, but hopefully in the future. The iOS version had been out for nearly a year before the AR features were added.

Re: Got 22 Minutes? Why not learn something new about SolidWorks?

MatthewWest — Thu, 18 Jul 2013 15:34:09 -0000

There is never any cost for our webinars.

Matt / SolidWorks

Re: SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual Announced At SolidWorks World 2013

MatthewWest — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 10:50:04 -0000

There were videos shown on stage. They're in the session video on our YouTube channel.

Re: Why Solid Edge matters, part 2: It’s the best SolidWorks alternative

MatthewWest — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 11:57:30 -0000

That number comes from a single reseller in the UK. It is not something that came from an official SolidWorks communication.

Matt / SolidWorks

Re: PepsiCo Installs Its First-Ever Chief Design Officer. Can He Deliver?

MatthewWest — Wed, 13 Jun 2012 11:42:59 -0000

PepsiCo’s new hire is setting the stage for what is to come.
Brands rely on the relationship created between their products and customers.
Mauro Porcini is tasked with maintaining the experience while driving
innovation for all of PepsiCo’s 12 brands. This new role emphasizes the
importance of design and will give PepsiCo a competitive advantage to retain
and expand its brand loyalty.

Re: SolidWorks World 2012 Coverage: SolidWorks 2013 Features (and Top Requests)

MatthewWest — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 14:08:00 -0000

The current SolidWorks applications will continue to use the Parasolid kernel for all future releases. Only the next-generation tools will use the CGM kernel.

Re: Women in Technology: The Next Generation

MatthewWest — Thu, 24 Feb 2011 13:33:48 -0000

Thanks for calling attention to Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. Here at SolidWorks, we create software that's used by designers and engineers around the world. We're highly-focused on education, and recently shipped out our one-millionth license of education software. We issued a special news release today focusing on girls in engineering, and spotlighting four women in the SolidWorks community who really make a difference. Anyone interested in reading it can find it on our website here http://www.solidworks.com/s....

Matthew West / SolidWorks

Re: SolidWorks World 2011 (Day 1) – Conversation With Matt West

MatthewWest — Mon, 24 Jan 2011 15:34:58 -0000

The dead and undead are generally unwelcome at SolidWorks World. We have to draw the line somewhere. You have to be over 21 and breathing.

Re: 2 Reasons You Should Live on Gravy Substitutes and Beta Test SolidWorks

MatthewWest — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 16:50:19 -0000

Kevin, I'm not sure that I have a good answer for you. Composer is developed by the 3DVIA team in France, and has a different release schedule than SolidWorks. The 2011 version of Composer was just released late last month, so I would guess that the beta period for that (if there is one) was likely earlier this year. But I get your point about including it to see how it would work with files from SW2011, and I'll mention it to the product manager next time I see him. I doubt they could make it happen this year, but maybe next year. Thanks for the idea.

Matt