SolidWorks announced their long-awaited direct modeling tool, SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual, to the public today at the SolidWorks World 2013 event in Orlando, Florida. Many have been looking forward to this event for some time now anticipating an announcement like this. What surprised me however was that I found it easier to get the news via Twitter than from the more conventional digital sources.
Despite #SWW13 attendees reporting a lack of sufficient wifi coverage, and Twitter's congestion today, the Tweet stream emerging from the show is both entertaining and informative.
Here are a few of the tastier nuggets...
Fielder Hiss announcing our newest product, SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual, a new tool for conceptual design #sww13 twitter.com/SolidWorks/sta…
— SolidWorks (@SolidWorks) January 21, 2013
SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual combines parametric modeling and direct editing in a single interface. #sww13 twitter.com/SolidWorks/sta…
— SolidWorks (@SolidWorks) January 21, 2013
SW Mechanical Conceptual is an 'instinctive' blend of history, direct, and 'learns' how parts are used #sww13
— Monica Schnitger (@monica_schnitge) January 21, 2013
SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual is complementary to SolidWorks. When your concept is done, import to SolidWorks for detail design. #sww13
— SolidWorks (@SolidWorks) January 21, 2013
And there it is... new V6 transition product is "Mechanical Conceptual", for concept design. At least it doesn't have a ! in the name #SWW13
— SolidSmack (@SolidSmack) January 21, 2013
There are actually two morals to this story...
- SolidWorks has some impressive new tools coming down the road.
- Twitter continues to prove its value as a news & publishing tool.
For additional details and further coverage...
- SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual Announced At SolidWorks World 2013 [Deelip.com]
- SOLIDWORKS ANNOUNCES MECHANICAL CONCEPTUAL, DATABASE DRIVEN CONCEPT DESIGN TOOL [SolidSmack]
- SolidWorks Mechanical Conceptual aka SWV6 at SWW13 [SolidWorks Heard!]
- SolidWorks World 2013 tweets [#SWW13 on Twitter]