BostonSWUG October 2022 Meeting
Details
BostonSWUG is excited to announce our next meeting for October 20th at Middlesex Community College in Bedford. We have a lot of great content planned, plus free dinner, great prizes, and maybe even a few surprises.
Raffle prizes and giveaways for attendees include exclusive SolidWorks swag, gift cards and a free 1-year subscription of SolidWorks Makers Edition!
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Agenda:
5:30pm - 6:00pm | Eat, mingle, network
6:00pm - 6:15pm | Business and Introductions
6:15pm - 7:15pm | Designing for Inclusion and Diversity - Chin-Loo Lama, User Experience Design Director @ DS SolidWorks
7:15pm - 7:30pm | Break and Networking
7:30pm - 8:30pm | Context Clues: Understanding In-Context Modeling - Chris Mowatt, Design Engineer @ Boyd
8:30pm - 9:00pm Q&A, wrap-up, raffle prize drawings, etc.
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Designing for Inclusion and Diversity
Chin-Loo Lama, User Experience Design Director @ DS SolidWorks
Chin-Loo will tackle the most important questions in engineering: How do we design with empathy, design for diversity, and design for inclusion. She'll present examples of inclusivity projects implemented within SOLIDWORKS products, as well as real world product design stories. We'll start a discussion about designing for people with disabilities, including diverse voices in the design room, and gathering perspectives from different genders, cultural backgrounds, etc. Attendees will learn more about how to approach design compassionately in physical products as well as software.
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Context Clues: Understanding In-Context Modeling
Chris Mowatt, Design Engineer @ Boyd
In-context modeling, sometimes referred to as ‘top-down’ modeling, can be a powerful method for creating features in a part that directly reference the features of another. A simple example would be transferring a hole from one part in an assembly to another. This guarantees alignment and keeps the holes in lockstep when the position changes.
There is often debate over when and where to use this method since it can result in errors or warnings if the relationships are accidentally broken. However, with a better understanding of how references are created and controlled, modeling in-context features can be a huge time saver.
This presentation will review the basics of modeling a part and features within the context of an assembly, how to manage the relationships, and how to remove the references when you are ready.
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Sponsors
Access Manufacturing Systems
Applied Rapid Technologies
Approved Sheet Metal
CAMWorks
DriveWorks
JohnGalt
MarkForged
SolidXperts