Ask the Reader: Does 3D CAD Make You Dream in 3D?

by Josh on July 16, 2008 · View Comments

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It’s absolutely insane, I tell you. How are you suppose to get a good nights sleep when your brain is obsessing about the intricacies of how to model inventive new products?

I wonder what it is that makes us bring our 3D models into our ~~nightmares~~ dreams. Is it the challenge? the hours? subliminal messages in the software? EVIL mice using radiating surface features to manipulate our brainwaves. hmmm…the dreams are now affecting my sanity.

This happens from time to time for me. It’s usually when I’m very involved with how I’m creating a design in SolidWorks or when I’ve been looking into the depths of the design for hours. What’s cool are the dreams where I feel like I’m floating around the model. Ok, I’m getting a little personal about my possible psychosis. Hit the comments and make me feel not so alone in my 3D altered reality. bless you.

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Tagged as: 3d, cad, design

{ 5 comments }

Josh M July 16, 2008 at 2:24 pm: I wish I could dream killing strikes like that. dang! for me though, it would be the other way around and the calculus would be trying to kill me… which it actually did once in college.
TX80 July 16, 2008 at 3:16 pm: In college i dreamt of the black acad screen many times, i would tell people and they would tell me i was stupid. NOW, i catch myself spinning my left hand like if i was using a 3D controller. I do it when im sleeping and when starting to pass out.
ME2011 July 17, 2008 at 7:08 pm: Yes, I had been to SW dreams for so many times……it's positive for me though.

Once I had to meet a deadline for a project (as many of us do have to!!), and I came home very upset thinking all abt the project and in my dreams I discovered so many shortcuts for using diff. features, and some ideas of doing things differently……I noted down all those in morning…..And your guess is right…..it helped me a lot to finish that nasty little project on time!!
Tabz July 24, 2008 at 4:08 pm: I've had dreams about work SO often. When I was doing a lot of graphic work I'd be cutting and pasting things in my sleep. It was annoying.
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