With the release of Solidworks 2007 Service Pack 4, Solidworks will abandon its own drawing package, and fully integrate the Autocad drawing interface.
"Its nice to see that the folks over at Solidworks finally have realized that todays designers have it too easy, and are making a switch to Autocad, to bring back the good old days of design lead times."-Jerry Jones, product development manager for Autocad Systems.
Upon hearing news of the merger, the blogoshpere exploded with excitement and an egerness to get SP 4.0 as soon as possible. One blogger wrote: "I'm tired of finishing my designs before they are due, now I can spend more time than needed on my designs, and less time playing that paper airplane game from Solidworks!"
One un-named company that currently has 10,000 seats of Solidworks, said that once the SP is installed, it will happily increase its product delivery times, and consequently increase its prices.
While just a rumor for now, the talk is that Solidworks will change its official name to: Autoworks, and will use the new marketing slogan: ".....Why be efficient, when you can drag your work out, and really look like your busy?"
The C.E.O.'s will make the formal announcement on Monday April 2nd, where they will appear at a local Department of Motor Vehicles office to hold their press conference. A person familiar with the choice of venue said: "We decided to make the announcement at the DMV, because they are a model for efficiency, and we wanted to show that Autoworks will be just as efficient."
Details of pricing and integration are expected to be mailed out via U.S. post. They opted for snail mail over email citing that email is too quick a way to get the word out. It is also expected that Autocad will now be able to cancel the orders for 1,000 taxi cab signs that were headed to San Diego next year.
Story is developing, check back on Monday for more details!
Nice, I had a good laugh. The DMV thing was great!! LOL It is kind of ironic though I had to do a 2D drawing last night and sparked up the old Auto Desk program and felt right at home since I have more hours on that program (not for long). We need to get together for some more lessons!
Posted by: Rich Truchinski | April 11, 2007 at 10:08 AM
If Solidworks & Autocad are going to merge, there will be a perfect name for the new company : ASS (Autodesk-SolidWorks-System).
Posted by: Lin Shaodun | April 05, 2007 at 02:51 PM
LOL, great fools joke, Mike.
Friends don't let Friends use Autocad...
Steve
Posted by: Steve Calvert | April 02, 2007 at 09:35 AM
I love April Fools day!
Ricky Jordan
http://www.rickyjordan.net
Posted by: Ricky Jordan | April 01, 2007 at 09:42 PM
I gotta' admit. You got my attention.
April Fools?
Posted by: Gary Hall | April 01, 2007 at 08:41 PM