3DEXPERIENCE World 2024: Day 2 Recap
Day 2 of 3DEXPERIENCE World was met with continued excitement, as well as warm, sunny, Texas weather.
This is my first time attending 3DEXPERIENCE World, and so far it has lived up to – and exceeded – my expectations! The educational presentations, hands-on sessions, and interactive booths in the Playground all demonstrate the breadth and depth of the 3DEXPERIENCE and SOLIDWORKS community.
3DEXPERIENCE World General Session
This morning’s General Session highlighted a few previews of enhancements we can look forward to in future releases of SOLIDWORKS and the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, and featured a few keynote speakers. One of my favorite speakers was Aneesa Muthana, CEO and Co-Owner of Pioneer Service Inc. and M&M Quality Grinding, who spoke about the importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the manufacturing and design industries.
Another favorite speaker of mine was Thomas Silva from Endiatx, who introduced the crowd to their robot pill endoscope which, after it is swallowed, takes pictures of a patient’s digestive system in a quick and non-invasive manner. Manish Kumar, the SOLIDWORKS CEO, also showed off to the crowd, with his moon-walking dance skills!
Model Mania
For SOLIDWORKS newbies and veterans alike, Model Mania is the most fun way to put SOLIDWORKS skills to the test. I took a stab at the modeling challenge this morning, but I’ll have to wait until lunchtime tomorrow for the results to be presented. The winner will be whoever re-created the model to the highest accuracy, the fastest!
Breakout Sessions
I stopped into two breakout sessions. The first was “SOLIDWORKS for Seamsters” by Rachael Naoum, where Rachael was sporting some brand new shoes that she designed and handmade with the help of SOLIDWORKS. The second was “101 Things Your Mother Never Told You about Mates” by Tracy Wettig and Chris Brooking. I was so proud to see my own manager, Tracy, rocking it with the assembly mate tips and tricks in front of a packed room!
Fun in the Playground
The 3DEXPERIENCE Playground has a variety of exhibitor booths. The R2D2 and Wall-E model robots made me smile. There was even a real robot (or, a robot arm) decorating cookies with the power of DELMIA!
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- R2D2
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- Wall-E
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- Cookie robot
Hands-on Session
I assisted Sawyer Gara with his hands-on session, “Cloud Connection: Design and Validation”, where he introduced two 3DEXPERIENCE Platform apps, xDesign and Linear Structural Validation. For many of the students, it was their first time using 3DEXPERIENCE Platform tools, and Sawyer led them through the modeling and simulation workflow with great success!
