We all know it. There are at least six programs that go into design process. That is, when there are more than five programs used. And with that, there’s a workflow that needs to be beat into submission. You’re about to see one that has been dealt with thusly.
You remember the design arsenal poll last week, right? The comment about using six different programs in the design process, which inspired that poll, came from none other than Bruce Buck, SolidSmack reader from the great city of San Antonio, Texas.
Now, he lays the process out for us – the design, the management and the rendering inside the company he works with, Metso Texas Shredder. As the name implies, they make machines that shred things, big things. Cars, for example. They have offices around the world that coordinate with each other on the engineering of the massive structures and they use NX, SolidWorks, AutoCAD, Teamcenter, Keyshot and Shot to do it all.
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Your measly, little common pens are about to become insanely jealous. You may have warned them that smartpens were a comin’ but being the arrogant pens that they are, they simply taunted you with ink leaks and repeated trips to the stock cabinet.
Now, they’ll take notice. The Livescribe Echo Smartpen is showing it’s face and it’s nothing but computerific possibility wrapped in a chunky looking exterior. What’s even more interesting is the possibilities of using it in design applications, from graphics design to 3D product development.
We’re just seeing the beginning of these getting some more advanced functionality, but I’ve got no doubt they’ll be part of how we interface with paper and space in the coming years. Take a look.
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Here’s your chance to be part of the future… and also part of the remains left over after a rebel group goes after the people responsible for the creation of our friendly humanoid companions.
You may be familiar with the REEM-A or REEM-B developed by PAL Robitics. Well, as you might be able to guess, REEM-C is in development and claims to be the one of the most advanced humanoid robots in the world… and guess what? They need YOU to design a snazzy exterior for the chunky beast.
Details are on Life in the Robotics Lab, but needless to say, elegant, not scary, not toy-like and recognizable are going to be a great challenge. Up for it? Here’s what’s up for grabs.
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Quick! Switch your screen from the SolidWorks model of your house back to the spreadsheet that updates Mr. Manager coming round the corner on your task status.
Yep, you know what I’m talking about. Modeling your house in SolidWorks. Many have done it in their ‘spare time’. Or, maybe you actually work for a architect who models building with SolidWorks. Even better. I was a 5 day horse ride away from becoming an architect, so this topic is near the top of my “list of cool things I like to scream about into a fake microphone.”
Way back when I started this post, I saw a video from Deelip on Dassault’s Live Buildings. Then he post about Designing Building with SolidWorks yesterday. There are people doing it. We’ve touched on using SolidWorks for Architecture more than a couple times. But, what about the big stuff? We may be seeing more come out of SolidWorks and specifically Dassault as their V6 tech, their community and their collaboration tools find it’s way into SolidWorks.
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Now, there was a time when vassal and vessel sailed betwixt the vapored reef, but all the coin and all the curd could not save your hide from links like these.
Alberto Cerriteno – I could seriously sip paint and look at Alberto’s art all day. Brilliant colors and design.
Big Bang Big Boom – Blu’s stop-motion graffiti animation. I imagine it took billions and billions of years to do.
Tesla – A quick, entertaining overview of Nikola Tesla. Surprise, he was in no way a half-vampire, half-human.
Presenting your portfolio on the iPad – Here’s one way of doing it, another way is an album with a soundtrack and dancing bears.
Magnetic Putty – It’s a magnet. No, it’s putty. NO, it’s magnetic putty!
20 Amazing Physics Simulations – So fun. There’s nothing like busting through stuff or making something explode. There’s one in 3D too.
OhDoctah answers Old Spice Man – The reckoning is here. The big guy confronts the skinny pretty boy in the Old Spice commercials.
Tileables – Tile your screen, your face. Great “tileable” texture packs free for download.
The biggest problem with 3D, creating it, viewing it, and eating it, is the 2D screen. You ruin plenty of screens trying to reach through to crush the model with your hand. Soon, you may not have to do that. Instead you’ll just use a collapsible pen-like gadget to jab that geometry into submission.
Jinha Lee in her research with the MIT Media Lab has been developing the idea of manipulating digital objects in 3D space. However, instead of bringing the virtual into the physical, she’s smashing the two together and reaching right through the screen with a device she calls Beyond.
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It’s been a while since we’ve asked this. Plus, when I was talking to a friend about mixing cheese sauce with green paint and throwing it into a fan, he suddenly slapped me and mentioned this:
“I’m currently using SolidWorks, NX, AutoCAD, TeamCenter, KeyShot, Shot, and Photoshop as my design arsenal.”
I dropped the cheese sauce. I was shocked and amazed. “That’s a lot of different programs.” I said. I imagine some of you live in the same cornucopia of deisgn and management bliss.
For instance, I use SolidWorks, AutoCAD, a homegrown PDM system, Photoview 360, modo and Photoshop.” Quite the list as well, I must say. So now, I’m wondering about you. How crazy is it?
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You know how it goes. You buy one, two, eighty quadrotor flying robots at Christmas for your kids. Ya know, because the little gripping mechanism on their belly is just so cute. All of a sudden, the kiddos are being carried off to the mother quadrotor for experimentation.
If you saw the copterbot pulling baby g’s and aerial acrobatics before, you’ll love the team spirit they’ve been endowed with this time. GRASP Labs, University of Pennsylvania, has no qualms about robots and the possibilities they have in serving the greater good our demise. Take a look.
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That’s right. Zombie. Killing. Machine. You may think you yourself are just that, but think about it. What if you had an entire factory to take on the jowl-sagging rampage of a hundred thousand brain gobblers? Mmmm-hmm.
There’s plenty of ways to go about designing implements with the ability to knock off an arm, a leg, or a head, but what you need is a process, a factory optimized to take care of the mess for you. For that, there’s the Autodesk Factory Design Suite. There are five ways you can use it to cram conveyor right up the face of the undead. Check it.
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If you’re cruising down the drag and needing some head-bobbin’ beats to make the cabbies and cuties drop their ice-cream cones, check out Luxology founder Brad Peebler.
♪♫ Dope beat ♪♫ aaaaand Happy, Happy birthday to my main man Jetty, he’s bustin’ out assets fast as Mario Andretti…. you’ll have to listen to this week’s modcast to feel the full brunt of Peeb’s beatastic brilliance. Seriously. Step off front-a-lot. Nerd-core supreme. can I get a hey hey.
Oh yeah, and there’s something about releasing modo SP5 or something. HOT.
Update: You must, MUST listen to the end of the modcast… it’s got B. Peeb on the mic doing RenderGod – full version… make note. pure gold I tell ya. (psst. RenderGod.mp4 here!!)
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