One of the most enjoyable aspects of a new SolidWorks release, for me, is seeing old faces come in for new training. Whether it’s a one-day update class or a refresher on assembly modeling or even Essentials, I always look forward to the new release because I know I’m going to see people I’ve trained in the past come back around for more.
Something that strikes me is the people I see come in for updates every year are the ones that seem to be some of the best users; they are also the happiest users. They see SolidWorks as a tool and they want to make sure they are getting everything out of it. Sure, they could just do things the same old way they learned years ago, but instead of resting on their laurels, they come back and push themselves so they can in turn push the tool to work better for them.
If you come to an update class, one of the many new things you’ll learn is a new behavior in SolidWorks 2012 that rotates your model view normal to your sketch plane automatically when you create a new sketch; essentially the behavior you see when you make your first sketch in a SolidWorks part continues for your second, third, fourth, etc. If you want to turn this on (or back off), you’ll find the setting in Tools, Options, Systems Options on the Sketch page right at the top as shown:
Check our training calendar and see if you can’t improve your skills by coming back to school for a day or two. We have a lot of classes on the schedule for the first quarter of 2012 and I’m pleased to see how fast they are filling already.
As for me, I’ll be going back to school as well by attending SolidWorks World in February. I can’t wait to learn some new things from other users and instructors and bring them back with me to share with my students throughout the coming year.
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