Comments on: 3D CAD Smack! Graphic Design for Print and Web Using SolidWorks

By: Digital_Proto

Digital_Proto — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 22:34:43 +0000

Thought you'd just like to see my site, all the graphics are rendered in solidworks. It makes it quite easy to change or add something and then just rerender. As an engineer I appreciate when things like shadows and highlights are uniform across the site. Graphic designers are happy to fake it as long as it looks nice, but it's just not the same having 3D geometry. Hope you enjoy it. www.digitalproto.com

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By: contractor web design

contractor web design — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:28:31 +0000

Awesome! So this is how you make logos on photoshop! interesting…

By: Alisa Rogers

Alisa Rogers — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:15:44 +0000

WOW..Such a Great resource for all of us Web designers…You Rock Man !!

By: Dman

Dman — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:16:54 +0000

I have been working on this for about a year on and off but I haven't published the site yet. I was considering mentioning to solidworks that they should develop so tools for rendering and exporting more effectively. My method has been creating the whole site and creating the slices in fireworks. Give it a try.

By: Josh M

Josh M — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 16:00:11 +0000

Let us see the results when you're done! but only if it's cool lookin! just kidding, I want to see what you come up with.

By: ckeen

ckeen — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 15:07:12 +0000

The more I think about it, the more fun this sounds. I am going to try as an experiment.

By: FrankParenteau

FrankParenteau — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:18:21 +0000

I wouldn't call this method a best practice nightmare, as it's basically just the “design” aspect of the work. It then all goes into Photoshop, where i do the slicing and optimising of the files, and then in Dreamweaver where i code everything. I use Solidworks because it is easy for me to get the shapes or the textures i want for whatever part of the project i am working on. It's one of many tools available to get the job done, i just happen to be quicker with this one
And I am a xhtml / css purist so no worries there.

By: ckeen

ckeen — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 12:57:50 +0000

Interesting technique, but it looks like a best practices nightmare (SEO, XHTML compliance, load time, 508, etc). I would like to see this design methodology to completion. Fun stuff.

I guess you could take the image and start slicing in PS or Fireworks (pick your poison).

By: Anna Wood

Anna Wood — Fri, 26 Jun 2009 03:20:29 +0000

This is really cool…. Would have never thought to use SolidWorks for Graphic Design. Thanks for the inspiration.

Cheers,

Anna

By: FrankParenteau

FrankParenteau — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 21:16:46 +0000

I am basically the render guy at the office, and photoworks can be really powerful if set up right. For exemple if you check most of Mega Bloks packaging, and instructions booklets, those are all Photoworks renders. You just have to know how to tweak it and emulate a studio environment the right way. I love seeing what others can do with it, some great exemples can be found here : http://rendercontest.com/ , where the Rob Rodriguez contest now lives on

By: Rod_Uding

Rod_Uding — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:53:27 +0000

Fascinating.

By: Josh M

Josh M — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:50:46 +0000

I love hearing that. I really push engineers/designers, if they have the interest in this stuff, to go ahead and do it for the company to show what can be done. It shows some initiative and helps learn some rendering stuff, and it doesn't take that much and could save the company a lot of money!

By: bigmikeo

bigmikeo — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 20:34:21 +0000

I've rendered all our current products for the sales/marketing folks. They wanted photo's and paid good money for crappy pics. Then they asked me to give it a shot and people felt they are pretty decent. I mean if you get in on it you can tell it's not the real thing but it's good enough.

By: Yes You Can! Graphic Design for Print and Web Using SolidWorks | Adobe Tutorials

Thu, 25 Jun 2009 17:49:09 +0000

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