For what its worth coming from a Siemens guy, these are really supposed to be about being more efficient with SE and building some community, not about marketing.
We found the one we went to useful. It was what it said it was a productivity summit not a sales presentation. Got to meet folks from Siemens as well as the VAR. I will recommended it.
Darn - just saw this. We could have hooked you up with one of our modeling experts on that sphere problem of yours. I don't suppose you managed to get help on your own?
Unfortunately, we are all running ST3 right now as we get ready to release so I can't post a video or file. However, the process was this:
1.) Create the first 2x2 square tangent to the surface (easiest to pick a reference play in one of the common planes.
2.) Pattern the square to give you one column of bricks going top to bottom. along the edge.
3.) For each row, pattern the bricks. So, for the bottom 3, you might use the same pattern. For the 4th and 5th brick up, the same pattern, and so on until you get to the top.
