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| Four Fabulous Fine Furniture Designs with Gorgeous Grain | SolidSmack | |
 Raise of hands. How many have a chair made of recycled New York City water tower sitting in their living area? No? How about outdoor armchairs made of Indonesian scrapwood? (the best kind of scrapwood, I might add.) No again? Well, you may very soon want one of both. There’s an earthly aura about fine [...] |
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| P3D WordPress Plugin Puts This Eight-Eyed Baby in 3D, on Your Website | SolidSmack | |
 Eight-eyed babies. I’ve always said there are not enough of them tormenting normal babies and adult sensibilities. Fortunately, you can have the 3D model of an eight-eyed baby (or any other model) spinning across your website in glorious 3D via a new WordPress plugin from p3d. P3D WordPress Plugin We features the p3d model viewer [...] |
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| SolidWorks Education Facebook Page for Students and Educators | Learn . Create . Succeed | |
www.Facebook.com/SolidWorksEducation was released today. Designed for students and educators that love SolidWorks, we listened to your designs and your ideas to develop this Facebook page. The Facebook SolidWorksEducation page focuses on the SolidWorks Community, SolidWorks Tutorials, SolidWorks Jobs, and SolidWorks Certification. It's all about helping students, whether in class or looking for the best careers, find the tools they need. It's all about helping educators find the materials they need to make teaching and learning easier. Later this summer, there will be contests too. Like us atwww.Facebook.com/SolidWorksEducation as we visit schools and participate in student events throughout the world. The SolidWorks Teacher blog will feed thewww.Facebook.com/SolidWorksEducationpage for we know some instructors do not have access to Facebook in their schools. Marie |
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| New Computer | Matt Writes | |
I got my new computer today. The old one was 3+ years, and it was time. Several SolidWorks models brought it to its knees. Here are the specs for the new one: |
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| Dell Brings on the First Multi-User Rack Workstation. | SolidSmack | |
 Rack workstations. A fabulous remote-client solution that solves the problem of your co-workers ‘accidentally’ kicking the power button on your rig after 6.5 hours of unsaved work. That and avoiding the back-strain of moving workstations around make them ideal. But, before we get to all the glorious things that rack workstations are, it should be [...] |
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| Power SubD-NURBS Gets the modo to SolidWorks Workflow a?Flowin | SolidSmack | |
 Go ahead, say it. No, scream it. SUBD to NURBS! Better if it’s done two inches from the secretary’s face immediately after you’ve chugged a bottle of milk. SubD to NURBS indeed. You may wonder what these strange words are. Or, you may know all about the surface mesh to solid modeling possibilities recently launched [...] |
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| Bigger Crowds Mean Happier User Group Leaders | SolidWorks Community | |
With more than 200SolidWorks User Groupsworldwide, it's a little hard to keep up with each and every meeting. As part of the reimbursement process, I get some attendance numbers and sometimes some venue information - useful information, but not enough to feel like I was there. Sometimes though, I get a nice email along with the reimbursement request. This usually happens when an attendance record gets set (although Cindy Berendalwayssends a nice note), and I've received several of those this year. Here's a look at some new attendance records in 2012. Las Vegas SolidWorks User Group The group recorded it's biggest meeting ever in April with SolidWorks Simulation on the agenda. SolidWorks User Group of Fresno Jose Saldana took over the leadership of this group as of SolidWorks World 2120. The first meeting he held attracted more than double the previous attendance high. Needless to say, Jose was a bit excited about that. Tulsa SolidWorks User Group Another resurrected group thanks to Patrick O'Hern, their March meeting set a new standard for attendees. SolidWorks User Group Lynchburg They were awfully quiet about it, but the March meeting matched the all-time high. Daytona Beach SolidWorks User Group Ahh..January in Florida. The weather was nice, and Casey Gorman was the presenter. That brought in a record for John Kerr and the group. Central Indiana SolidWorks User Group Peter Fischer was just a tad excited when his February meeting nearly doubled the previous attendance mark. Louisville SolidWorks User Group Paul McCrorey took advantage of a yearly mass email, and leaned hard on everyone to promote the May meeting. Having Mark Biasotti as the featured presenter may have helped a little as well. It was by far their largest meeting yet. New Hampshire SolidWorks User Group This group isaveraging108 attendees in 2012, and had their largest meeting ever in January. Compare that to 2006 when the average was just over 10. Susquehanna Valley SolidWorks User Group Group leader Dennis Miller reported that the record number of attendees were "gushing all night" about the meeting. I think the tour of Sights and Sounds may have had something to do with it. Rhode Island/Southern Mass SolidWorks User Group They were expecting 30, and got wayyyy more than that at the March meeting - nearly double the previous high. Tech Valley SolidWorks User Group I was lucky enough to be at this St. Patrick's Day themed meeting. Former group leader Rachel York went out in style - she took a job at a reseller shortly after the meeting. Tangerang City SolidWorks User Group January saw the biggest user group meeting in terms of attendance ever. The group leader simply goes by Sudikin. Honorable Mention The following groups also set attendance records, but since they were all first meetings, we'll have to see where they go from here: Buffalo/Niagara EPDM User Group SolidWorks User Group Simcoe I hope that each of these SolidWorks User Groups takes advantage of the recent momentum, and I can see other groups following suit. 2012 looks like a great year to be a SolidWorks User Group member. |
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| 3D Systems Cube Available Soon. Does it Lack the Open-Source Soul? | SolidSmack | |
 3D Systems is getting into the Consumer 3D Printing market in a big way. If you recall last January, the Cube was showcased on the catwalk we all know as the Consumer Electronics Show. From the outside, The Cube seems to ‘walk-the-walk’, but can it ‘talk-the-talk’? We will soon know. The Cube is now available [...] |
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| New Software is Making Stitch Meshes Magnificent | SolidSmack | |
 I’m sure you’ve all been at the point where you’re trying to decide what detail to model and what detail to leave out. Should I model the five layers of paneling, plate and paint flakes? Do I really need to show how the stitching on this knitted sweater vest tucks around my armpits? YES, and [...] |
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| 3D Printed Infographics ? Cool, but difficult to fit into a Newspaper | SolidSmack | |
 What’s the best way to illustrate years of information and research in a space small and visually stimulating enough that even the most attention deficient of us can understand? Infographics baby! But let’s add a dimension or three to that and see what can be visualized through the glorious technology of 3D printing. 3D Printed [...] |
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| Axemble présent à la 1ère édition du salon Lausannetec en Suisse! | SolidWorks - Logiciel de CAO 3D | |
| Formula SAE Michigan - the final day | Learn . Create . Succeed | |
| Formula SAE Michigan - students at their best | Learn . Create . Succeed | |
| This week in Design, Tech, CAD and FAB ? SolidSmack Update 1:09 | SolidSmack | |
| Vaudeville is a 12 Foot Kinetic-Controlled Mecha | SolidSmack | |
| B9Creator 3D Printer Funded in Less Than 24 Hours | SolidSmack | |
| To 3D Cloud | Matt Writes | |
| A SolidWorks User Group Meeting Without SolidWorks? | SolidWorks Community | |
| eDrawings pour iPad ? C?est fait ! | SolidWorks - Logiciel de CAO 3D | |
| Formula SAE Michigan - Engineering Students at their best | Learn . Create . Succeed | |
| Comment réaliser une nomenclature à partir d?un dossier de composants SolidWorks ? | SolidWorks - Logiciel de CAO 3D | |
| Examining V6 Roots | Matt Writes | |
| Celtic Knot in SolidWorks | Learn . Create . Succeed | |
| Visually determine the depth of a Broken-out Section in a Drawing View during preview | SolidWorks Legion | |
| Visually determine the depth of a Broken-out Section in a Drawing View during preview | SolidWorks Legion | |
| Le salon SIAMS ouvre ses portes le 8 Mai à Moutier (Suisse), venez nombreux! | SolidWorks - Logiciel de CAO 3D | |
| eDrawings For iPad! | Mike Puckett's Blog | |
| eDrawings for iPad ? NOW AVAILABLE! | RockSolid Perspective | |
| Nouveaux catalogues disponibles sur TraceParts | SolidWorks - Logiciel de CAO 3D | |
| eDrawings on the iPad | Matt Writes | |
| A Less Emotional Look at CAD in the Cloud | Matt Writes | |
| eDrawings for iPad from 3DS SolidWorks ( #edrawingsforipad ) | SolidWorks Legion | |
| eDrawings for iPad from 3DS SolidWorks ( #edrawingsforipad ) | SolidWorks Legion | |
| E-Drawings Viewer for iPad | Ricky Jordan's Blog | |
| Selection Methods in SolidWorks | Matt Writes | |
| Comment créer un modèle de table pour l?utilitaire « ToleranceTable » ? | SolidWorks - Logiciel de CAO 3D | |
| Quelle est la performance de votre station de travail ? | SolidWorks - Logiciel de CAO 3D | |
| Taking Baby Steps into Surfacing | SolidWorks Community | |
| The official Photoview 360 book by SolidWorks ( @robrodriguez @solidworks ) | SolidWorks Legion | |
| The official Photoview 360 book by SolidWorks ( @robrodriguez @solidworks ) | SolidWorks Legion | |
| Comment créer un nouveau motif à répéter dans le module ?finition? (Perlage) de SolidWatch ? | SolidWorks - Logiciel de CAO 3D | |
| SWUGN Summit Season Kicks Off in Style | SolidWorks Community | |
| Dog Bone Mold | Learn . Create . Succeed | |
| In honor of Fenway Park?s 100th anniversary, it was modelled and 3d printed | SolidWorks Legion | |
| In honor of Fenway Park?s 100th anniversary, it was modelled and 3d printed | SolidWorks Legion | |
| La barre des 50 000 certifications SolidWorks a été franchie | SolidWorks - Logiciel de CAO 3D | |
| SolidWorks 2012 ? Select All | Ricky Jordan's Blog | |
| Resource: Guide to submitting Enhancment Requests for SolidWorks | SolidWorks Legion | |
| Resource: Guide to submitting Enhancment Requests for SolidWorks | SolidWorks Legion | |
| Here?s a great testimonial for Cloud | Matt Writes | |
