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    Goggles A Big Thanks for the willingness to assist

    Quote Originally Posted by Jeffrey Meyer View Post
    Hi Anthony (May I call you Tony, or AJ?)

    There IS an EAA help line with the emphasis on at times. It's my understanding that that's what this forum is all about.

    Speaking strictly for myself, I can and am willing to talk to you on Whatsapp, at times. In addition there exists a neat freeware program called TeamViewer that enables you to remotely work on my computer desktop (or me to work on yours) in Internet "real time", all this at times.

    I emphasize the at times because I have to set expectations in this regard:
    1. My clock is 6 or 7 hours ahead of yours,
    2. I have to earn a living (sometimes) and I'm doing this on a voluntary basis so I can't commit to be available at any particular times or to react within any given time,
    3. I have no access to official SW support so I can't guarantee that I can answer all your questions and I certainly don't know everything about everything. (However, in the past I gained considerable experience giving telephone support to CAD users, and very seldom required help from the official help-desk.)

    On the positive side, I'm sure there are also other EAA users of SW who can contribute similar (if not better) hot-line support subject to their particular limitations.

    Jeffrey
    This software offering is the Single Largest Benefit to EAA membership and there ARE many. I have ideas for Burt Rutan's SkiGull Wing, Phil Lockwood's AirCam Fuselage and the incorporation of some USN SEAL buddies M80 hydrodynamic Sponson designs for amphibious use. After many $$ into my computer for the most memory, newest processor, three 4K monitors and triple monitor mount I would love to engage the benefits of Solidworks. The Roadmap is neither Clear nor Understandable. My VAR (Hawkridge) just wants to sell a Premium License. Thanks GSC for trying this partnership. I want tutorial, I want to hear it in English and a desperately want to understand every Icon, every keystroke and yes the features of 2016-17 Student. I would love to be sold on which level of licensing I will need for Fluid Flow Dynamics and Stress Analysis which does not look like Student will ever do. The products, the pricing and clear instruction on the training to grasp oh yes and what skills to develop. My local college passes saying they are not set up for it. Ask a local user group.

    John Cox
    Lifetime EAA member and twenty years in pursuit of this journey

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    Quote Originally Posted by John Cox View Post
    This software offering is the Single Largest Benefit to EAA membership and there ARE many. I have ideas for Burt Rutan's SkiGull Wing, Phil Lockwood's AirCam Fuselage and the incorporation of some USN SEAL buddies M80 hydrodynamic Sponson designs for amphibious use. After many $$ into my computer for the most memory, newest processor, three 4K monitors and triple monitor mount I would love to engage the benefits of Solidworks. The Roadmap is neither Clear nor Understandable. My VAR (Hawkridge) just wants to sell a Premium License. Thanks GSC for trying this partnership. I want tutorial, I want to hear it in English and a desperately want to understand every Icon, every keystroke and yes the features of 2016-17 Student. I would love to be sold on which level of licensing I will need for Fluid Flow Dynamics and Stress Analysis which does not look like Student will ever do. The products, the pricing and clear instruction on the training to grasp oh yes and what skills to develop. My local college passes saying they are not set up for it. Ask a local user group.

    John Cox
    Lifetime EAA member and twenty years in pursuit of this journey
    Thanks for the words of support, John! Based on our call, it sounds like you are going to do the tutorials built into your software. We're hoping to have that 2-3 day SportAir Workshop setup to test in the Spring. We have an offer from Zenith to provide some parts files that we can use in the class, which should make it more applicable to you than a non-aviation seminar. I will keep you posted.

    I did send Jeffery an email to ask if he would kindly reach out to you via these forums. I'd suggest you PM him. He is active on this very thread.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cory Puuri View Post
    We're hoping to have that 2-3 day SportAir Workshop setup to test in the Spring.
    Wonderful! Where do you think you'll do it?

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    Oshkosh. We have a computer lab with 20 computers. SW is installed and we have Nvidia graphics cards thanks to a generous donation by Nvidia!

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    Also check out YouTube for SOLIDWORK training--there are some really great people out there providing high-quality training on their channel. One guy is a fellow named Tim Callinan, who teaches at a Community College out east. I've never met the fellow, but I sure love his videos--and have watched and re-watched all 20 of them. Fantastic learning.

    Also, Lynda.com is another good resource--and (as I recall) you can get a free subscription for a trial period...maybe 30 days? I forget for sure, but there are a number of SW-related courses there as well. But Tim C's stuff is just fantastic, IMHO.

    TB

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    Thanks for the Tim Callinan tip. Just watched the first video and found it useful and a good pace for my slow brain.

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    Cool... The guy is an excellent instructor, and I love his accent! Anyone struggling to learn SW from scratch would do well to go through his videos and work along. I learned so much that way and feel that I reached "critical mass" much sooner with his videos than I ever would have without them. There are other good video channels on YT for learning SW, but many of them are silent (no explanation) and move very quickly. Look away for two seconds and you're totally lost as to what command was just clicked. A real ear exercise in futility in most cases.

    It's a pity that Tim doesn't have any simulation videos, because I'm getting into that stuff for static and dynamic loading, and some fatigue analysis. Luckily though there are a few good channels out there that do have videos on it.

    TB

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