I bet you’re squeezing a giant pot pie into your mouth right now. I am. In fact it’s one of my favorite things to do while sharing and discussing 3D models amongst friends. GrabCAD is where it’s all happening. We covered GrabCAD when it first came on the scene as a place to outsource your…
Well, blow my everloving mind out of the water. You won’t see the PR till Tuesday, but the New York Times just scooped the whole CAD industry on the news. AutoCAD for Apple Mac is here. Not only that, the scaled down version, AutoCAD WS, is here for the iPhone and the iPad. We’ve not…
Once you’re able to buckle the bread ends down sufficiently, it’s all a matter of how you apply the jelly. In this case, you’ll need a shovel, a big one, and these links. Brent Nolasco – No portfolio, but his blog is filled with much of his amazing acrylic paintings and vinyl/resin customs. Linguistics puzzles…
If you look at the image to the left (and the larger version after the jump) you’ll see a bunch of tiny people mulling about the large appendage like structure in front of them. Little do they know that beneath the crumpled paper lies the number… 2011… that in 6 days… will… transform and DEVOUR…
There are times in our life when we stand behind a wall, peek around the corner and snicker at someone pulling dimensions off a PDF document to sketch out a part. The tears roll down their overworked cheeks. If only they could convert the PDF to an .dwg file. They can. It use to be…
Deep outta the heart of Berlin, Germany comes news for the user who enjoys the planar bliss of X and Y coordinates… and wears a shirt that say, “I do it on a Mac.” Everyone down with 2D alternatives to AutoCAD knew that Graebert was working on a version of their ARES Commander product for…
I know, I know. You get so giddy thinking about shopping, you just totally lose it. Then someone mentions shopping for CAD products, and you go completely nuts and lose control of your stomach juices. You may start to feel the gurgle yet again though. In the past you had but one option, Novedge. Their…
A couple months ago I went to Siemens PLMConx Event. It was a magical time filled with magical talk about PLM, Solid Edge, NX, curling irons, highlight techniques and ways to deal with split ends… I may be getting two events mixed up, but whatever the case, Mrs. Dora Smith was on the hunt to…
That, my friend, is a mighty fine curd. May I ask, how does one mix breakbeats and bebop with coagulated milk? Ahhh, with two pointy nubs you say? and these links?! Brilliant! Pablo Vicentin – He’s got some 3D, but what’s exceptional is the characters and composition of his 2D work. Grahpic.ly – Comics where…
A mere month ago we asked y’all how to go about slapping color across parts in SolidWorks. Unless you have a program to apply a random color to a part when you put it in an assembly, they all have the same curiously drab color. That’s not the diverse kind of 3D modeling world we…
Occasionally, I’ll see some Antonio Gaudi architecture, and just start draping balls of strings and chains from everything, cover it with plaster and throw some shards of glass at it. If you know (and appreciate) Gaudi, you might feel the same. The work he’s done is inspiring, as is the work he’s inspired in others.…
I know you’re busy strapping a flamethrower and Gatling gun to the front of your 1958 Norton Dominator, but stop, I say. STOP! Norton motorcycles has new and wonderful things in the works. For one, the headquarters was moved from Oregon, USA back to the temperate isle beauty of the UK. That was in 2008.…
It just makes sense. Robots attack humans. Robots ingest humans. Robot digest humans. Robots excrete oily human remains. Chewin’ and pooin’ is what Ecobot III is all about. However, it doesn’t actually chew. It’s equipped with “digestive tract” in which Microbial Fuel Cells (MFC) containing biomass hungry bacteria converts the material to hydrogen. Once the…
I use to say, “Toast it crispy and cover it with jam!” about everything. It got to be annoying to some. Why, one day I woke up toasted to a fine crisp, covered with jam, being nibbled on by these here links. Lake Hurwitz – Illustration and concept art with a knack for creature, tech…
I appreciate a good zombie monkey. They’re a rarity and usually make for better sport than other types of chronically drooling, undead monkeys. So, if you’re like me, it’s pretty obvious that you may want to create some usable data from a 2D drawing or graphic of a zombie monkey. Maybe you want to create…
I hate Facebook games. Hate. them. Too the point I feel like butchering a hog over someone’s keyboard as they get a Crop Whisperer ribbon on Farmville. Those feelings may change…. I doubt it, but this… is cool. Last week 3DVia made the announcement that the 3D Social gaming blitzkrieg that is Billions is now…
Sometimes when you’re weeding through your co-workers file drawers, you’ll come across a thumb-drive with all sorts of interesting files on them. Often they’ll meet your suspicions that they’ve been messing around with other 3D file formats, but what you see is strange to you. What could they be? How can you find out? File…
BEEEEHOLD!!! Oh, ouch! Ok, muscles have tensed cracking most of the bones in my upper torso, but… (deep breath) No worries, because the endorphins are kicking in and some good ol’ modeling fun approacheth. T-Splines is holding a contest. Yes, a modeling contest using T-Splines for Rhino. The winner will be chosen from the best…
Actually, who cares about product development at this point. You’ll be the DJ, up in the front of your office as people tear off their blazers and patent leather loafers. DJ Pablo Martin has launched a new MIDI multitouch controller called Emulator. The multitouch screen you’ll see is called Token and developed by Yöyen Munchausen…
Tumbled! I don’t like it! It reeks of peach juice and looks like a muffled badger strung out on battery acid. I’ll say it again! Spray it with chowder and give it these links! Nicolas Ferrand – What good is being a concept artist without drawing ships, bots, worlds and creatures. Ghosts of World War…
You know the comments you keep hearing? No, not the ones about how you look in tight pants. The ones about how good the product you design would look if you only had a good rendering. Once upon a time, a simple rendering seemed impossible. No more. Over the past few years, creating amazing renderings…
My mouth… is full of soup. It’s also gapping wide open. So, soup is falling all over my desk as I watch the future controlled by our appendages. Appendages that haven’t been detached by our robot friends, but are being used to manipulate where we want them to display information… or interact with our environment.…
Go ahead, open the fridge. What do you see beside the fruit salad? A fresh bottle of SpaceClaim 2010. It’s fizzy and brimming with all sort of new features that make 3D product developers say things like, “refreshing!” and “titillating!” but mostly, “I’m so excited, I’ve torn my eyebrows off my face!” Yesterday, SpaceClaim launched…