I've just about recovered from a packed week at SolidWorks World.
SolidWorks World was particularly exciting for me as we distributed almost 1000 copies of The Little Book of Rules.
Requests for me to sign copies elevated my ego to superstar status; and it was very pleasing to hear from people who had already got the book and put it to good use.
Exhibiting at SolidWorks World does take a lot of preparation; from the logistics of taking 8 members of staff and all the required equipment to providing material for presentations and promotional displays is all meticulously planned. Thank goodness for Maria and Claire.
The technical side of things, what we demo, is easy. We have DriveWorksXpress and DriveWorks to thank for that.
With DriveWorksXpress now seeing the light of day as companies roll out SolidWorks 2008 we wanted to get some main points across.
- DriveWorksXpress is not a teaser, but is of huge benefit in the real world.
- The data you put into DriveWorksXpress is easily upsized to the full product - DriveWorks.
- Highlight some, but not all, of how much more you can do with DriveWorksEngineer, DriveWorksTeam and DriveWorksEnterprise.
We like to make the most of any opportunity in front of our reseller channel; and as a large percentage of SolidWorks resellers also sell DriveWorks it was a great chance for us to show the latest enhancements, discuss opportunities and provide some technical and sales guidance.
Of course there would be no point in us attending the show at all if it was not for the attendees. This year not only saw many DriveWorks customers visit us, but also saw the largest number of potential customers visit us. In previous years (this was our 7th SolidWorks World!) our time has been spent educating on what design automation is and what DriveWorks does. This year the attendees were split between those telling us how DriveWorksXpress has saved time and those gathering information for when they do install SW2008 and start using DriveWorksXpress.
All were grateful for their Little Book of Rules.
