Its been a quick 5 days here in New Orleans, and tomorrow I start my journey home. First and foremost is the condition of the city. In the downtown and convention area, you cant even tell anything ever happened. Thats good for business, and that in turn will help the city. There were quite a few skeptics of how well the conference would turn out because of the storm, but I don't think it affected it one bit.
Day 3 ended with a couple of good tips and tricks sessions, nothing short of whats expected at SW World. And as soon as the day had begun, it seemed like it was all over. While the crowds had thinned out, even the 4-5 pm sessions had plenty of participants in them.
As promised earlier, here are the top 10 enhancement requests submitted over the last 3 days:
- Clearance check in assemblies similar to interference detection
- Mirror assembly features
- Provide support for dual monitors
- Title Block Wizard - dialog box to input all title block info
- Flat pattern of a mirrored sheet metal part
- Slot feature or slot option in Hole Wizard
- Input dimensions in drawing views of a mirrored or derived part
- Ability to rename components (filenames) from the assembly
- Propagate assembly features back into parts as features
- Recreate all mates when mirroring components
There is no doubt that at SW World, everyone can learn something. Thats part of the reason I come. The other reason is to come here and see the passion fellow users have for the work they do. These people love their work, and it become really evident over these 4 days. I don't know how else to communicate how much I encourage everyone to come to this conference at least once. I know this can be a big task for some, so my next suggestion would be to check out a local user group. The of the same people that attend the conference, also regularly attend user group meetings.
So thats SW World 2007. Another great time, and now its time to look forward to next year. I hope to see some of you in sunny San Diego.
Thanks for following along.