Join Us For WMLSWUG Technical Summit 2025
The Western Michigan Lakeshore SOLIDWORKS User Group (WMLSWUG) Technical Summit returns on December 18, 2025, in Holland, Michigan, bringing together designers, engineers, CAD managers, and PDM professionals for a full day of technical learning and community collaboration. This year’s agenda features two deeply practical sessions designed to strengthen everyday SOLIDWORKS workflows: one focused on configurations,…
Read MoreBest Practices for New User Requests
Best Practices for Requesting, Approving, and Creating New Users in a SOLIDWORKS PDM Environment Managing access in a SOLIDWORKS® PDM (Product Data Management) environment is an essential part of maintaining a secure, organized, and efficient engineering data system. While user creation might seem like a simple task—just a few clicks in the PDM Administration tool—the…
Read MoreCraig Teaches the Power of Custom Properties
Craig Lalumiere will be presenting at the 3rd Annual BOSTONSWUG Festival on the Dassault campus in Waltham, MA on Thursday, June 26, 2025. Craig will be joined by many other speakers covering a wide variety of topics at this half-day event! In this presentation, we will explore the game-changing capabilities of custom properties within your…
Read MoreCOMING SOON AT #3DXW2025…
COMING SOON AT #3DXW2025… Dassault Systemes just announced that Tom and Craig are co-hosting a presentation called “Oh Sh*t I Shouldn’t Have Done That!” It is going to be a class to teach you what to do when you shouldn’t have done what you did. A “Must See” For All PDM Admin’s Following the successful…
Read MorePDM SWUG: User Permissions and Security
Robert Frost once wrote that fences make good neighbors. But some neighbors don’t understand that walls help the whole group work together better. CAD and PLM admins work hard to set up workflows to protect users from accidents…or even from themselves. Our workflows allow users to avoid pitfalls or accidental misconfigurations as they design their…
Read MoreDid Craig Beat Tom in the 3DXW24 Session Rankings?!
Over the past several years one or more of the ACS team has been invited to give a presentation regarding PDM or SOLIDWORKS at 3DEXPERIENCE World (and its predesessor SOLIDWORKS World). Every year we wait (im)patiently for our rankings, that tally of your votes that tell us if we were successful in presenting our material. …
Read More12TH ANNUAL CAD MONKEY DINNER
Saturday, February 10, 2024 at 5:00 PM CST @ the Vetted Well restaurant in Dallas, TX! Every year 3DEXPERIENCE World is unofficially opened by one of the best parties of the year…the CAD Monkey Dinner! Each year we all enjoy this great event to “eat, drink, mingle, and network” the night away. This year we…
Read MoreEffective Strategies for Managing Your User Base in SOLIDWORKS and PDM Session
We are excited to have our team be a part of the 3DEXPERIENCE World event again this year! On Wednesday, February 14, 2024, our own Tom Cote will be joined by our friend Marty Ohnemus in a presentation aimed at helping you manage your SOLIDWORKS and PDM users. In this presentation, we’ll unlock the nuances…
Read MoreSOLIDWORKS License Essentials: A Comprehensive Guide
We are excited to have our team be a part of the 3DEXPERIENCE World event again this year! On Wednesday, February 14, 2024, our own Craig Lalumiere will be presenting an in-depth guide to SOLIDWORKS licensing (Session 304). He will break down how the opportunity is in the details with SOLIDWORKS Licensing! This discussion will…
Read MoreJoin us for our 2024 SOLIDWORKS PDM Roundtable!
A 3DEXPERIENCE World experience wouldn’t be complete without a throughout discussion with peers about the challenges and breakthroughs on PDM administration! Join us on Monday, February 12, 2024 as we gather PDM admins from around the United States and the world. PDM SWUG leaders Tom Cote, Craig Lalumiere, and Marty Ohnemus lead a discussion about…
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