Inspired by this post by Keith Rice, I would like to share my thoughts on the forum. In 2007 as a new Administrator, I needed a resource for information on SolidWorks PDMWorks Enterprise. This forum was indispensable in providing that. In those days were several resources for information on SolidWorks CAD but very few on PDM. I felt compelled to pay it forward, so to speak, by providing answers as my knowledge and experience grew. I also followed the eDrawings and API groups searching for and providing answers. I made several connections here over the years and would seek them out at the SOLIDWORKS World conferences.
I now work for a reseller so a different email and go by Mike instead of Michael, but I still participate and you can still find my old posts. I may want some of those to disappear during the migration.
My hope is that everyone will move to the SWYM forum and make suggestions to improve what you may not like. If not, then thank you for your participation and any assistance you have provided me or others here. If so, then I will see you there.
Sincerely,
Michael (Mike) DeKoning
As part of the migration from the legacy Forum to the new SOLIDWORKS Forum, there was an overlap in timing where the new Forum was being loaded with historical data from an export migration, while at the same time, the legacy Forum was still operating during the period of March 12th to March 31st. Due to the overlapping timelines and import-export technical issues, posts during that time-frame could not have their media imported. If you created a post in the legacy Forum during that time-frame and wish to update the post in the new Forum with supporting media, please go to your post in the new Forum, enter into Edit mode and re-add any supporting media you want to insert.
The easiest way to find your posted content is: from the new Forum, click on your profile icon in the top right of the GUI, then select "My Profile" and you will be taken to the "Overview" tab where you can see all of your posting history.
Thank you