Dear Fellow SolidWorks Users…. (Sorry for the Long Post)...

I cannot believe that the Forum we knew from the Beginning of SolidWorks is being dissected and shutdown forever. We knew, we felt it in our hearts a long time ago, you could see it coming. I would love to go through a lot of posts naming a lot more that are not listed below, I had to draw a line for now.

I am responding without any feelings, I am numb, not happy, not distraught and no moisture in the eyes, just blah.. The time has come where the SolidWorks Forum will be thrown away like a piece of toilet paper, wiped clean and flushed. 

How is it possible to acknowledge all the people that I’ve spoken with, either PM, Email, or Telephone, how can I rescind when I pissed people off, like the guy that sent our owner a FU laced email about what I said on the Forum, none of you guys ever heard me say “All SolidWork Issues are User Input”, yep, that was enough for this guy to send the owner an email, with every other word FU…

How is it possible to acknowledge the great people over the years, there is no way that it would be possible to name each one by name, maybe someday. I do want to point out a few people, Number One ever Deepak Gupta thank you Deepak for what you have done for the community over the years. Personal most favorite SW Guru, making crazy stuff and crazy renderings, Paul Salvador – thank your Paul for your assistance and showing us your creativity – What can I say about Alin Vargatu – SW is truly a better Design Software because of his contribution and drive and his User Challenges – thank you Alin.. Who can talk the same language as Rob Edwards – Alin christened him SolidWorks Demigod. Who could ever forget the ONE – TWO spokespersons Rick Becker & Dennis Dohogne – How about the Help Posts by Glenn Schroeder - Josh Brady has been a huge asset to the forum, Roland Schwarz who will ever forget his comments, the greatest SW forum poster (in my mind) – All the contributions from Artem Taturevych – My Blood Still Boils Jim Sculley , thanks Jim – The Dave Bear Story by Todd Blacksher who rides bikes and wears funny looking shoes - – The Bridges by Matt Peneguy, amazing designs – The awesome contributions of Keith Rice Solid Air We will never forget the start of Maha Nadarasa the Youtuber, a sponge to absorb as much as possible, I will say if everyone would put in as much effort as Maha did in learning SW in five years we would have 1,000ths of Deepak’s, thank you Maha for your inspiration. Another personal favorite Kelef Man, love all of his rhythmic posts… Gonna miss Greg Hynd picture post, how about those awesome Grills and Outdoor Kitchen equipment by Adrian Crisci – The unbelievable talent of Sergey Novikov, do you need jewelry? – the unreal models by Chris Wilson & Craig Makarowski – The Awesome Renderings of Rob Rodríguez - Brian Hillner – Michael Lord - Alen Topic - Kevin Schlaepfer - Ron Bates – Benoit Gallice – the list could go on for a long time… The contributions of Dave Laban Tom Gagnon Jim Steinmeyer David Matula Dan Pihlaja Matt Juric Alex Lachance Scott Perman Rick McDonald Ned Hutchinson Dwight Livingston Christian Chu Tony Tieuli Karsten Meißner

Drum Roll……… Frederick Law the upstart take over the top spot of the Top Ten, proven and professional Snarky, love ya man

The Why people Dan Golthing The Merovingien Dan Bovinich 

To the awesome ladies that cut their teeth in SW and have been a Huge asset in the SW communities, Anna Wood & Betty Baker & Carrie Ives

The people that are no long here Bernie Daraz and the greatest ever Wayne Tiffany who sent me an email making sure that I know the difference of the Your or You’re & Mauricio Martinez-Saez

To all the rest in one way or another you have contributed on a grand scale, anybody in the Top 500, great day to you, thank you for sharing your knowledge