Planning is underway for what will be the first ever joint user group meeting between the Los Angeles area Solidworks User Group, and the So Cal Autodesk User Group. The meeting will take place in May. Tentatively scheduled to speak in a joint tips and tricks session are Richard Doyle from Solidworks, and Lynn Allen from Autodesk. Together they will show how using 2D and 3D together produces an emerging technology known only as 5D. Scheduled to give opening remarks is Dr. Don Normam who will discuss his emotional journey to Solidworks World this year.
Also planning to attend is Solidworks guru Matt Lombard who will be on hand to unveil his new 29 Volume set of Encyclopedia Solidworks Britannica which will be sold in your local supermarket for $29.95 with a new volume arriving each week. Other topics to be covered are:
Photoworks: Make me a super hero. Users will get the chance to take a 3D model of Rob Rodriguez and turn him into a super hero in photoworks.
Are you talking to me punk?: A how-to session on designing long range missiles, and the methods available to sell those designs on the black market by Ricky Jordan
PDM, what is it?: Devon Sowel will be on hand to reveal PDM actually stands for "production doesn't matter, and describe how simply throwing around big words, and terms will get you raises, and promotions.
Living in an electronic bubble: Josh Mings will show attendees how with a laptop and an Internet connection you too can find anything possible on the Internet including pet q-tips, and alarm clocks that will make you a cup of coffee all in the space of an organic display.
The final guest on hand will be Jeremey Luchini from Solidworks who will be on hand to showcase the newest Solidworks Certification test: C.S.W.P.A.L.I.K.H.T.L.T.P. (Certified Solidworks Professional At Least I Know How To Launch The Program)
The entire day will be video taped and produced onto dvd for all attendees by video master Ben Eadie of Solidmentor. Ben is best known for inventing the next level of HD known as 60,876 PHI High Definition. Rumor has it that at full resolution, the image can actually burn out your eye balls!
So join us for this fun filled day of activities, and don't forget to arrive early to register for your chance to win a Solidworks 8-track Walkman loaded with tons of Solidworks information! If you aren't able to attend, be sure to join us at the website below for the live webcast feed produced by Patrick Cook who is setting up a process that will allow you to receive the feed on your internet enabled wrist watch!
Web Feed: www.happy-april-fools-day.com/.org/.net/.edu/.ca/.gov
This is a better way of posting for a CAD community - April Fool
Posted by: Sunith Babu | April 03, 2008 at 08:59 PM
You had me util I started the second paragraph. Great post, it had me ROFL.
Posted by: Rod Uding | April 03, 2008 at 08:40 AM
Wait a second, this was an April fools joke, damn, now I've got to cancel my plane and hotel reservations...
Great writing, Mike. "8-track Walkman" what an idea...
Steve
Posted by: Steve Calvert | April 02, 2008 at 08:16 AM
Dude, I laughed out loud and almost woke up the baby. great stuff!
Posted by: Josh | April 02, 2008 at 07:44 AM
Salutations Mike-
Excellent thinking outside the box. Leveraging the enterprise to increase scalability will result in a robust and seamless best-of-breed solution. When B2B and B2C become state-of-the-art, cutting edge mission critical end-to-end results will drive customer-centric power users to turnkey PLM/PDM.
Devon Sowell
Posted by: Devon T. Sowell | April 02, 2008 at 05:23 AM
LOL!!!
Absolutely love it Mike! A great laugh on April Fools Day! I remembered a few days back what you posted last year and made myself a mental note to check your blog specifically on this day.
Ricky Jordan
http://www.rickyjordan.com
Posted by: Ricky Jordan | April 01, 2008 at 10:33 PM
OK...so you got me! Richard Doyle sent me this link, I read the first couple of sentences and started making calls checking my schedule for May. So this must mean I've been officially punked! I'm apparently not bright enough today to continue reading (at least to the 5D comment) to realize it was an April Fools Day joke. Nicely done Mike!
Posted by: Lynn Allen | April 01, 2008 at 05:52 PM
No no no it is not 60,876 PHI High Definition it is properly termed laser phi high def. 60,876 is just the wavelength of the laser... By the way that is why direct viewing will burn your eyes....
Posted by: Ben | April 01, 2008 at 04:28 PM