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Article: SolidWorks 'Engineering Stimulus Package' Yields Results.
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- August 3, 2009
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Displaced Workers Get Free SolidWorks CAD Software, Learn It, and Obtain New Jobs
CONCORD, Mass. -- Nick Cook wasn't looking for work until the economy "turned my 401K into a 201K."
Early in his search, the retired aerospace engineer heard of a possible opening at a local company, Aerocet (www.aerocet.com), that makes advanced composite aircraft floats for seaplanes. But there was a catch: Aerocet engineers use SolidWorks([R]) CAD software, yet Cook had used a different program his whole career.
Cook contacted Dassault Systemes SolidWorks Corp. (www.solidworks.com) and learned that the company gives free SolidWorks licenses to displaced ...