SolidWorks World 2011 kicked off this year in San Antonio, TX, with Jeff Ray, the former CEO of Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation and the new Executive Vice President, Geographic Operations, Dassault Systèmes, taking the stage.
Year In Review
Jeff started off talking about the trapped Chilean miners, and how people from around the world rushed to offer help.  He mentioned Schramm, who drilled the first tunnel that found the miners, and they also drilled the “Plan B” tunnel.
He also mentioned Center Rock, Inc. (CRI), who manufactured the drill bit used.  …

Wednesday’s General Session opened with Fielder Hiss, VP of Product Management, taking the stage once again.  Fielder announced the launch of an online SolidWorks store, where one can purchase swag, such as shirts and caps, along with a few books.  The pickings are a little sparse right now, but hopefully more resources will be added soon.
TOP TEN ENHANCEMENT IDEAS
Bruce Holway, Director of Product Definition, was up next to announce this year’s top ten enhancement ideas.  Some recent examples of enhancement ideas that have been added recently are:

Recreate all mates …

Jon Hirschtick shows off his yo-yo skills at the Tuesday night special event:

The yo-yo belongs to Joshua Updyke, an Associate Engineer for Xpresso.  (Ricky Jordan also had a try, and it turns out that he is quite adept with a yo-yo, too!)