![]() ![]() ![]() This renaming of the event is clearly intended to bring it more into line with Dassault Systèmes’ overall branding, and was perhaps inevitable, but the clinical manner in which the news was delivered (shortly followed by an update on the return of much-coveted free backpacks) raised some eyebrows. While the first day’s ‘next-generation’ sales pitches are often met with apathy, or at least, no discernible reaction, I’ve never before heard anything like the audible collective groan with which the news of this name change was received. Now, there’s a thing that happens at these user events: media attendees are typically penned in an area at the front of the audience, among loyal staff and resellers – but the smarter reporters sit further back, where it’s easier to gauge audience reactions to on-stage announcements. On the first day, the mainstage presentation ended with the news that the name ‘Solidworks World’ was no more and that the name moving forward will be ‘3DExperience World’. For example, some of the changes around this flagship user event seemed to cause more ripples than has previously been the case. While it’s clear that Dassault is forging ahead with its plans, there’s a real risk that it is becoming disconnected from its Solidworks customer base. ![]() The integration between xShape and Desktop Solidworks, meanwhile, is more complex, but follows a similar approach, allowing you to build engineering features and detail out a model for production – though the capability to ‘round trip’ any subsequent edits is unclear at present. In terms of interoperability with xDesign and Desktop Solidworks, integration between xShape and xDesign is pretty much as you might expect, allowing you to build features on top of the base sub Ds. After all, the dynamic nature of such modelling methods can place a heavy strain on cloud-based systems. The interaction looks pretty snappy, considering that this a cloud-based solution. XShape, as you might imagine, is a sub-divisional modelling add-on, allowing users to create those organic, sculpted shapes that can be a royal pain in the arse to build up with traditional solid/surface modelling systems. XShape is a new sub-divisional modelling add-on for the xDesign suite of cloud-based design tools Adding ERP to the Solidworks world is an interesting move and one that makes huge sense, even if the announcement seemed to catch both the audience and some staff members by surprise (remember, this acquisition was only completed a month before the event). While the messaging around this venture was as clear as mud, it seems that this is Dassault leveraging its very recently completed acquisition of IQMS and its manufacturing enterprise resource planning (ERP) software to create a brand new set of offerings for the Solidworks community.ģDExperience.Works will include products from various areas of the business: Solidworks, Enovia (PDM/PLM), Simulia (simulation), as well as the newly acquired IQMS, now rebranded as Delmia.Works. This year, Dassault chief executive, Bernard Charlès took the opportunity to announce yet another new initiative: 3DExperience.Works. We’ve seen company executives take to the stage in front of an increasingly apathetic crowd to wax lyrical about how we are all now living in the “age of experience”. Ever since bosses at Dassault Systèmes made it clear that they intend (and with good reason) to develop the next generation of the Solidworks application set on the company’s own 3DExperience platform, things haven’t exactly gone according to plan.įor almost a decade, we have seen a gradual decline in celebration among the huge Solidworks community, as it has increasingly been bombarded with more exposition, more sales pitches and more product launches than you can shake a stick at. Solidworks World has become one of the industry’s most interesting events in recent years – and not always for the right reasons. ![]() Solidworks CEO Gian Paulo Bassi addresses the 6,000-strong crowd of resellers, partners and users (Image courtesy of Dassault Systèmes) ![]()
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