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For ya’ll that like to make your models look like the real deal, there’s a (soon-to-be available) new book for you to cozy up with.
Rob Rodriguez and Jim Boland have joined together to expand the PhotoWorks step-by-step series with the 2008 PhotoWorks Step-by-Step Self-Study Guide. If you’re familiar with Rob’s talent, you know it will contain everything to get you from plain model to photo-realistic bliss in beautiful, easy to understand steps.
Keep an eye out for the book and in the mean time check out the table of contents and definitely subscribe to Rob’s blog! He’ll be going over and expanding on topics in the book. Here’s some items you’ll be able to create.
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If you’re wondering why the presentations to SolidWorks World 2008 haven’t been made available to the public, here’s the answer… I have no freakin’ idea.
But, you can download them all now and you don’t need top double secret access. Matt Lombard has put all 1.3GB on his site, so time to get a drink from the fire hose.
Oh, instead of crashing his server, maybe have one guy take the day and download them all. There’s a bunch.
UPDATE: Right now some of the post are still up, but SolidWorks did request that he remove the link. My opinion is that SolidWorks totally missed a chance to capitalize on providing content for the users. They could have easily gained access to a focused group of SolidWorks users by making the content available immediately after the conference and could have provided even more incentive to go to future events.
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This could also be called “Why Engineers Should Not Have Cats.”
I’m sure this will help someone and also disturb others. I’m sorry, I just can’t stand cats. It’s not so much the cat though. It’s more the giant whelps I get when scratched and the incessant amount of hair that spills out of their bodies. Hairless, clawless cats would be fine. I would also suggest to the guys that it may help you get a girlfriend, as long as she doesn’t swell up from cat scratches.
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What would you do if you were off in Ethiopia waiting in a guest house to adopt your third child?
If I thought long and hard I probably wouldn’t have come up with what Caleb Stolls did. I don’t want to tell his whole story but basically he created an model and animation of the guest house to help people planning trips to the location. You get the layout of the rooms with photos… and he even added a groovy world rhythm to boot.
Here’s the video, but check out his post and let him know what you think.
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And then, when I fell off the top of the fence, this tiny possum army carried me off to a tree to have some cake and visit these useful links.
1930’s Color Photos - The Library of Congress has a Flickr Account with color photos from when a roll of film cost more than a days wage. FontCubes - My secret obsession with cool fonts finds a home. My new favorite site for type. Stylish - An add-on I use in FireFox to change website style. I use this one for Gmail. Much more rockin’. Yodlee - I’m using this to pay bills with a credit card, get airline miles and mange finances. Amazingly helpful. 9 Free Vector Graphics - Like Vector graphics? want to know more about them? Here are nine free ones for ya.
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If only I had a ice-cold beverage that didn’t become hot and tasteless within a container that fit nicely to the shape of my hand.*sob* Your polycarbonate dreams of a cool beverage lasting till your final sip and designed in SolidWorks have arrived. CoolGear Inc. is designing their liquid holding devices in SolidWorks.
I know you’ve seen these in the stores. They have a freezing core with gel inside to keep things on the cool side. Personally, I prefer the stainless steel Kleen Kanteen types. There are entire arguments just within the container industry on the potential leeching and oversea manufacturing monopoly. Anyway, it’s an innovative product that goes beyond the ordinary water bottle.
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Oh to have the power over time and SPACE. The folding and bending and rotating. You take that too lightly and you’ve suddenly destroyed three planetary systems and a shrimp boat off the coast of New Jersey. Take that down a few million notches and you have all the harnessed energy of 3D computational manipulation in the palm of your opposite and less dexterous hand with the 3DConnexion SpaceExplorer.
What does this device do? Does is actually reduce 50% of mouse clicks and make you more productive? I have a mouse to select stuff, a keyboard to type stuff and now a I have a 3D Mouse to rotate stuff. It looks cool, but I want it to do more than provide another way to spin a model around. Let’s see what this thing can do. Continue reading ‘Product Review: Hands-on With the 3DConnexion SpaceExplorer’
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Assemblies people! Not assemblies of people, which can have you going through more gallons of fake blood than a remake of the Re-animator, but assemblies of inanimate chunks of 3D data.
You can make really, grossly huge assemblies but there’s a point where people start whispering about you behind your back. Instead of spending your morning talking gossip with the office manager while your models load, split them suckers up and do a little dance that will also have people talking behind your back. Continue reading ‘SolidWorks Assemblies: Four Furious Ways To Split ‘em Up (and Why You Should)’
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Yep, faster than blindfolded Japanese hurdle jumpers for sure. You may think your 8GB flash memory thumbdrive is all that. Sure, it’s tiny and cute and degrades slowly over time, but how about some memory that will store and access information over 100 times faster and not degrade?
IBM’s Racetrack memory has been buzzing around for about a year now, but some events last week broke the research barriers that could have this tempting your zombie tech-consumers lusts within the next ten years.
Knocking Down the Walls
To totally geek out on you, IBM has been able to dance gingerly around the inconsistencies in the crystalline structure of magnetic nano-wires to allow magnetic domains to read/write data unhindered. Fascinating. This means some fast data accessin’ power son. An explanatory video? Sure, see below.
Faster Load Times For 3D CAD?
You all know load 3D data can take an eternity sometimes. If it’s not the network, it’s the size of the model. If it’s not the model, its your fist in the computer screen. Its hard to even comprehend not having to wait for load times huh? Since no load times leads to more free time, models and data will become so complex and realistic that there will still be load times. Here’s that video.
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Allright, I’ve found something that will keep you up all night or keep the kiddos entertained for 8 minutes longer than usual. It’s called LineRider and you create a world of ramps, hills, valleys and obstacles to send a tiny sledder down until he flies of falls to his demise.
Amazing simple and fun. Here’s a video.
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For ya’ll that like to make your models look like the real deal, there’s a (soon-to-be available) new book for you to cozy up with.
If you’re wondering why the presentations to SolidWorks World 2008 haven’t been made available to the public, here’s the answer… I have no freakin’ idea.
And then, when I fell off the top of the fence, this tiny possum army carried me off to a tree to have some cake and visit these useful links.
If only I had a ice-cold beverage that didn’t become hot and tasteless within a container that fit nicely to the shape of my hand.*sob* Your polycarbonate dreams of a cool beverage lasting till your final sip and designed in SolidWorks have arrived. 
Oh to have the power over time and SPACE. The folding and bending and rotating. You take that too lightly and you’ve suddenly destroyed three planetary systems and a shrimp boat off the coast of New Jersey. Take that down a few million notches and you have all the harnessed energy of 3D computational manipulation in the palm of your opposite and less dexterous hand with the 
Assemblies people! Not assemblies of people, which can have you going through more gallons of fake blood than a remake of the Re-animator, but assemblies of inanimate chunks of 3D data.
Yep, faster than blindfolded Japanese hurdle jumpers for sure. You may think your 8GB flash memory thumbdrive is all that. Sure, it’s tiny and cute and degrades slowly over time, but how about some memory that will store and access information over 100 times faster and not degrade?
