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Ok, so I’m chillin’ over at RockSolid with Jason and he’s like, “Do you need a Free Pass for SolidWorks World 2008 that’ll get you into the general sessions, Sunday and Monday receptions and the Exhibit Hall? Tacton is providing them… for FREE!”

“First,” I said, “Let’s get some burgers, play some Guitar Hero, and let everyone else know about those magic tickets.”

Free Pass here

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I’m working in an assembly with just over 1300 parts and most of them are not in sub-assemblies, which means my Feature Manager is gets pretty long and messy looking.

Now I usually will put things in folders, group things together and eventually end up with a pretty organized structure that looks good in a BOM also.

But here’s the dilemma. It stinks having to sort this each time and remember if M comes before N, so I’m thinking it would nice to have a SolidWorks OCD Option. Something to automatically sort the Feature Manager by it’s partnumber or description or whatever.

Sound nice? If you think so, consider submitting an Enhancement Request or letting me know if I’ve missed something. I’ve logged one under “Ability to Sort Feature Manager Tree by Part Number or Description.”

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Maybe you jumped on the Dell deal last month and got yourself a $500 gifty for a Dell Monitor.

This month, if you’re thinking of buying SolidWorks, the deal has been sweetened. You’ll get a $1200 dollar coupon for a nVidia Quadro FX 4600 graphics card. That’s an even 50% off what those badboys usually cost and about $250 less than the best price you can find online. Here’s a great review.

So, if you need a mega-graphics crunching machine, jump on this deal and save enough to buy a 32″ LCD. You have till December 31st.

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Have you ever had a question about SolidWorks you think nobody can answer? Here’s your chance.

Some of you may be going to SolidWorks World 2008. One of the sessions is called Stump the Chump, hosted by Ben over at SolidMentor, where a panel of SolidWorks Bloggers, Matt Lombard, Rob Rodriguez, Ricky Jordan, Lou Gallo, Jeff Mirlsola, Lenny Kikstra, Ben and I, will be fielding questions from the audience. We’re doing a warm-up this Wednesday.

Got any impossible questions? …pertaining to SolidWorks?

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