Jared, If you can pass along the files to me I can get them to the development team so they can try to replicate the issue and possibly suggest a different way of saving it out, or enact a fix in the app if that's what is needed. I know that it's sometimes hard to send out private files, but if you can share them, we'll keep them internal. If you can share it, email it to: certification @ solidworks.com and put attn: Mike

Jared, Not sure why you had any issues, I was just able to purchase, download, and the run the app with no issues. On top of that I'm sitting in an airport terminal and did all that over the 3G connection on my iPad. Only variable in your case sounds like the file you're trying to open, perhaps it's corrupt, or wasn't created correctly. Working fine here even with out restarting or lclosing other apps.

Dean, You will be happy to know of the nine trucks we 'packed up' after the event ended, four of those were won by people from out of the country so we shipped them so they wouldn't have to pay the fees. One of them was pretty beat up and had a bunch of broken parts, so we kept it to put in a diaplay case at the SolidWorks office along with other products designed in SolidWorks. We Gave two of them away to CSWP's that helped us with the set up and breakdown of the event along with lots of other stuff they helped with, and the last two were given away during the year, again to CSWP's around the country that helped us out with some projects. You can rest assured that we will once again give away whatever we buy for the event in San Antonio. Hope to see you there! Mike Puckett DS SolidWorks

Robcohee, As with any DS product there are a bunch of ways to handle a task, and 3DVIA Composer is no different in regards to updating documents. Check out 3DVIA Sync, it will do the updating for you, no need to do it yourself: http://www.3dmojo.com/2008/09/19/3dvia-your-ipod-79-using-3dvia-sync-to-keep-content-up-to-date/ When I was learing SolidWorks some 10 years ago what made it so easy to learn was that fact that the software seemed to work just as I expected it would. There was no wierd learning curves, or commands to remember, it just simeply worked. Sitting thru the Composer class last week, it was the exact same way, the tools just work the way you would expect them too. And Garth, maybe once I get as good as you, I can do it in under a minute!

Actually Mikeo the rendering is either done with PV360 or PhotoWorks. Mike Puckett Via iPhone On Sep 12, 2009, at 1:38 AM, typepad@sixapart.com wrote:

Rob, Would live to know. They show a bunch of similar models in that video. Mike Puckett Via iPhone On Sep 11, 2009, at 9:21 PM, typepad@sixapart.com wrote: