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If you’ve seen the movie Transformers or were a fan of the animated series you’ll know how super freakin’ cool this is. The truck that was used in the movie and played the part of Bonecrusher is an actual production vehicle that is developed in SolidWorks.
Force Protection Inc. created this monstrous vehicle in their Buffalo Series of Armored Vehicles to clear mines, transport assets and clear routes. The company is based Charleston, S.C. and has 94 licenses of SolidWorks. You can read more about them in this SolidWorks Press Release.
The site for the the Buffalo Series has a lot of info. If you look close at the photo on the site you can see the Decepticons logo on the scoop. sweet. They also have an employment section if you’re interested in working with this group.
Enjoy a video of Optimus Prime vs. Bonecrusher (with transformation!) in the movie and check out some pics of the beast.
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In the past 14 years of my experience in CAD the wood end grain hatch pattern has always been one of the most elusive of the nocturnal hatch patterns. At least, it has been in the 5 companies of the lower southern mid-west I’ve worked at.
I doubt it has to do with temperate zone or carbon emissions, although you can blame carbon emissions on just about anything now days. So, instead of chopping down a tree to show you some fabulous wood grain, I’m going to give you a hatch pattern you can use in SolidWorks.
All it takes is a little modification to the SolidWorks Hatch pattern file. There are two options to make it easy.
Self-Extracting Zip file
This has all the existing SolidWorks hatch patterns along with the wood end grain pattern. Download this, unzip it and extract it to your SolidWorks install folder. It looks something like this: C:\Program Files\SolidWorks 2007\lang\english
Text File
If you want to add it to your existing hatch pattern file, it pretty easy. First, copy the original file to a safe place to back it up. Open the file below, select all the text (Ctrl-A) and copy (Ctrl-C) the text. Go to the install folder (C:\Program Files\SolidWorks 2007\lang\english) and open the Sldwks.ptn file with Wordpad (Right Click, Open with…,Wordpad). Go to the end and Paste (Ctrl-V) the pattern info in the file.
Making parts look like real wood. Now that’s a good feeling.
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There’s been some interesting things going on the past week. Here’s some links you may find interesting and the one of the best from last week here on SolidSmack
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Imagine not paying thousands for a crumby, burnt-looking 3D print out of a part. These guys over in Russia have done it.
(This page shows you) “How to make a 3D-printer for your home lab with $340 cnc kit and some junk. It uses cheapest plastic waste or powder paint as raw material to produce freeform models from STL files. Also there are links to original open-source 3D model file reader and step motor control application.” Make
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Ready for a knee-slapin’ good time? What’s that? You don’t like strawberries thrown at you? How bout if I mash’em up real good first? Still no? You are indeed a strange one. I think it best you sit and look at these.
Fuzzwich Mini-vids - make your own little animations quick and easy like. Super FUN. Stealth Computers - Finally someone is making SMALL Desktop PC. 6 x 10 x 3. (via) It’s not the new imac though. 80 Beautiful Typefaces For Professional Design - I love Typefaces. I buy them. It has to be perfect. It took me 10 days to find the right one for the SolidSmack Logo. I am insane. Synthasite - Make a website fast. Still being developed, but uses AJAX and is way easy to use. EarthShots - a lot of great, inspiring and sometimes odd photos of the world we live in.
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You know the things in life you’ve always dreamt you would have the chance to do? If creating an Isometric Section View in SolidWorks is one of them, get ready to mark it off the list.
Actually, dreaming about something like this may be a bit odd. Harnessing frustration might be a better term. Similar for some people, I suppose, although the later usually leaves you bitter and wrinkled. There is hope however. Have a look.
SPR# 5268-niner
Prevent user from becoming embittered and wrinkled by adding isometric section views
Status:
Resolved
Fix:
In solidworks 2007 SP 2.0 the ability to create isometric section views has been added.
Yes, you read that correctly. In SolidWorks 2007 SP 2.0 you can now create Isometric Section Views and you can do it very easily.
Two easy steps
Create a section view as you normally would
Right click on the section view and select Isometric Section View
To change it back
Just right click on the view again and select Remove Isometric View.
Exceptions
You can’t do it with Partial Section or with Display only Cut Face(s) selected. Just make sure you draw the section line across the entire view and don’t have those selected.
Prior to 2007?
If you’re running an earlier version, the best method I’ve found is to create a configuration of an assembly with an assembly cut. If you want a hatch pattern in the drawing though, you’ll have to select each area manually, go to the Insert menu and select Annotations, Area Hatch/Fill.
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At Siggraph this year, ATI announced its line of super-powered, new generation, 3D whooping, FireGL™ graphics cards. With features that lends itself to perform better with 3D applications, you would think it’s what everyone with slow graphics performance would want. So what kind of KILLER video card is this going to be?
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While the Northern Hemisphere is getting ready for SolidWorks World 2008, our friends on the Southern Hemisphere are getting ready for SolidWorks World 2007.
It runs shorter than the User Conference in the States but looks as if it will be just as full a day with Breakout sessions, Exhibits, Tips and Key-note Speakers. And while it’s called SolidWorks 2007, there’s a full hour and a half devoted to SolidWorks 2008.
So if you’re in the Melbourne area, check it out. It will only set you back $275 if you sign up before August 27th.
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Yep, it’s easier than pushing an orange through a keyhole. You can become famous just by doing what you do everyday (that would be thinking) and come up with a new and innovative product or just show off your crazy skills.
There are currently two design contest going on for you to expose your genius to.
SolidWorks has started their Design contest for this year and I’ve been impressed with the entries in the past. Some of the previous contestants entered photorealistic models of yachts, bike frames and concept vehicles as well as some animations.
The prizes range from new computer systems to license upgrades and more.
NASA Tech Briefs has started up their design contest for products that could change the future. The categories range from Machinery, Medical and Safety to Consumer Products and Sustainable Technology. You can view the entries that have already been submitted like the Kangan Roo Wheelchair which is one of my favorites out of the 24 that have been submitted.
Here also are some tips on how you can create a winning entry.
The grand prize is $20,000 USD and you can get a t-shirt just for submitting a qualified entry. So what do you have to loose besides a few hours of cranking out a really phenomenal idea?
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If you’ve seen the movie Transformers or were a fan of the animated series you’ll know how super freakin’ cool this is. The truck that was used in the movie and played the part of Bonecrusher is an actual production vehicle that is developed in SolidWorks.
In the past 14 years of my experience in CAD the wood end grain hatch pattern has always been one of the most elusive of the nocturnal hatch patterns. At least, it has been in the 5 companies of the lower southern mid-west I’ve worked at.
Imagine not paying thousands for a crumby, burnt-looking 3D print out of a part. These guys over in Russia have done it.
Ready for a knee-slapin’ good time? What’s that? You don’t like strawberries thrown at you? How bout if I mash’em up real good first? Still no? You are indeed a strange one. I think it best you sit and look at these.
You know the things in life you’ve always dreamt you would have the chance to do? If creating an Isometric Section View in SolidWorks is one of them, get ready to mark it off the list.
The grand prize is $20,000 USD and you can get a t-shirt just for submitting a qualified entry. So what do you have to loose besides a few hours of cranking out a really phenomenal idea?
There’s nothing quite like a good hat. Once I had a hat, but it was too tight, so I checked out these links.
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