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What version of SolidWorks do you currently use?: SolidWorks 2009 SP3.0

How many years have you been using SolidWorks?: 7 Years

What certifications do you have? (CSWP, CSWA, ETC...): CSWA, CSWP

What other programs do you use?: PDMWorks Workgroup, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Livecycle, Adobe inDesign

What are you running SolidWorks on?: Home Desktop:
SolidWorks 2008 SP4.0
Windows Vista Home Premium SP1
AMD Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 4400+ 2.30 GHz
2.00 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce 6150SE nForce 430

Laptop:
Ubuntu 9.04
AMD Athlon 64 X@ Dual Core TK-55 1.80 GHz
2.00 GB Ram
NVIDIA GeForce 7000M / nForce 610M

What field do you work in?: Mechanical Engineering

What are some of your group affiliations?: none

Your Website: http://www.theswgeek.com

Who are you on twitter?: http://twitter.com/SWGeek

Facebook address?: http://www.facebook.com/alex.ruiz

Linkedin?: http://www.linkedin.com/in/alexrruiz

Any other website you can be found?: http://www.alexrruiz.com

What is your favorite Website for SolidWorks?: http://www.jeffmirisola.com/

What do you hope to gain from SWGeeks.com?: To help users of SolidWorks become better on every aspect of SolidWorks.

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Richard Puckett replied to Alex R. Ruiz's discussion How can we help the site grow?

"just a suggestion maybe get solidworks to sponsor some free certificates or maybe contests, would assume your site will get more visits or members through that, i know i just check the site to see if i can help out someone or maybe learn something"

Sep 3, 2012

Alex R. Ruiz replied to John Biddleston's discussion Really need help to improve this model, its surfaces and I think I need to redraw from scratch?

"Hi John, Which version of SolidWorks are you using? It might not be exactly what you are looking for but have you considered using the freeze features command In SOlidWorks 2012? I opened your model and currently, on my POS PC, it took aver two…"

Jan 17, 2012

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"MANY MANY RETURNS OF THE DAY !!HAPPY BIRTHDAY!! "

Dec 19, 2011

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At 10:56pm on December 19, 2011, Deepak Gupta said…: MANY MANY RETURNS OF THE DAY

!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

At 10:14pm on December 18, 2010, Deepak Gupta said…: Wishing you another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip

HAVE A BLAST

MANY MANY RETURNS OF THE DAY

!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

At 1:10pm on December 19, 2009, Deepak Gupta said…: A birthday is just the first day of another 365-day journey around the sun. Enjoy the trip

HAVE A BLAST

MANY MANY RETURNS OF THE DAY

!!HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!

At 12:01am on September 11, 2009, Deepak Gupta said…: Thanks Alex for your wishes. I will try to visit the site in between and whenever possible. Even I can't keep myself away. :)

At 4:31am on June 5, 2009, Gary Foss said…: Alex,
thanks for the message. I was thinking about it, and I bet I clicked on one of the links from the email, and saw it there.
Gary

At 8:45am on January 6, 2009, Randy Ooms said…: Alex, found the thread that mentioned SWGeeks, https://forum.solidworks.com/forum/messageview.cfm?catid=45&threadid=15824&highlight_key=y&keyword1=swgeek

At 10:24am on January 5, 2009, Randy Ooms said…: Sorry, don't remember which thread SWGeeks was mentioned in. I look through the SWX forums regularly, usually just gaining information, I seldom weigh in on the discussions.

At 12:27pm on January 2, 2009, Fred Vierheller said…: Thanks, good to be here. I was checking some of your videos, good stuff!

At 4:15am on December 31, 2008, DougD said…: Hi Alex

You have been around for some time, by the looks of things. Pls have a look at my profile and give your opinion. Thanks

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Alex R. Ruiz's Blog

And the winner of the first SWGeeks caption contest is....

Better late then never. I have the winner for this first caption contest. There were some awesome entries and I loved all of them but one made me laugh harder then the rest. The winning caption was submit by Innov8 with his caption…

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Posted on February 23, 2010 at 9:41pm

SolidWorks 2010: No Experience Required Companion Site Now Live

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Posted on February 18, 2010 at 7:37pm

‘Avatar’ Director James Cameron Headlines SolidWorks World 2010

Visual Effects Pioneer Will Share Stories

of Overcoming Daunting Technical and Business Challenges

CONCORD, Mass., Dec. 21, 2009 – A machinist, a truck driver, and then a winner of 11 Oscars, Hollywood filmmaker James Cameron is now a featured special guest at SolidWorks World 2010, taking place Jan. 31 through Feb. 3 in Anaheim, Calif.

Cameron’s films, including Titanic, Aliens, and the Terminator franchise, have amassed over $3 billion in box office receipts. Not… Continue

Posted on December 21, 2009 at 2:20pm

...and the winner is...

What is sure to be the biggest news announcement of the year, even bigger then what is going on with Jon & Kate, a winner has been selected for the SWGeeks swag design contest. I am sure that most of you already had an idea of what the winning design would be but just to make it official: David Ray's - 2D is for sissies is the official winner.

I am working on finalizing the design to work with the color scheme of the site. Once completed, the… Continue

Posted on June 4, 2009 at 10:41pm — 8 Comments

SolidWorks Geeks Swag Design Contest

If you are a reader of The SolidWorks Geek blog then, by now, you have heard about my campaign to raise money for Orangewood Children’s Foundation. The campaign, Design For The Future, is very important to me since I was a former resident of the Orangewood Children’s Home. When I started the campaign, I figured it would not be terribly difficult to raise $5000 for such a good cause but the… Continue

Posted on April 28, 2009 at 10:30am

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