He slide the noodles off the window… slowly. Never had he seen a site as shocking, lighting the night sky beyond the pane of blurry glass, as he did that night. It reached the sky, towering over the city, tossing vegetable matter mixed with these links. Leo Snow – Wow, just wow. Sketches, illustration,characters and…

Honestly I can’t get enough of what people are able to do with some of the rendering programs of late. Especially with KeyShot 2.1 we covered last week. Al at Develop 3D took a rip through KeyShot 2.1 as well. His overview, rendering results and the video he slapped together (after the jump) are nothing…

Our good friend, world record-breaking, seafaring and slightly beady-eyed Canuck, Ben Eadie is at it again. You might know him from an encounter at a SolidWorks event or from his multiple online presence at SolidMentor, SolidJott and MechanicalMashup. The latest of his offerings for the info-hungry SolidWorks user has just launched. Give a warm welcome…

You know how it goes. You’re sitting hunched over the keyboard with a coffee in one hand, spinning your model around while singing “Weeeee little bird!” in your highest pitch, when a knife comes flying over the cubicle wall. That… can cause a mess the janitor is not use to cleaning up. Besides taking voice…

Wouldn’t you know it? CNBC reports that the iPad is the “most quickly adopted non-phone electronic product” EVER in the history of all history.

You know what’s not cool? Cancer. You know what’s super cool? Thousands of people sporting bald caps in support of those stricken with the disease that doesn’t do much for the energy level, the hairline, or the organs it affects. That’s why SolidSmack is joining in the fight and is asking you to join in…

Just look at that Quadro 2000 circuit board shimmer in the perfectly directed studio lighting. It’s almost enough to take your mind off the $50k you just spent upgrading all the company’s computers to the, now antiquated, Quadro FX 1800. So what, I say! What’s $50k when it comes to a full 1GB of memory,…

One of my favorite things to do in the morning is bake the plastic off the CPU cores in the ol’ computer and there’s nothing like a little rendering action to make that happen. As I write this, my CPU is maxed out at 100% while KeyShot 2.1 creates some of the renderings you’ll see…

There, in the distance, then… suddenly. A ripple felt through the quaking air across everyone’s furrowed, skeptical brow. The pounders had escaped and each screeching moment that elapsed, brought them closer. Closer to these links. Ian McQue – Gunboats. That’s all you need to tell me. Airships of any style will do, especially the ones…

Take those fancy Apple iDevices out of their immaculate leather holsters party people. 2D and 3D fans of all shapes and sizes are getting some angst-relieving app juice to soak their geometry in today. Autodesk has release both the AutoCAD WS 2D app and the Inventor Publisher 3D viewer app. Both are released on the…

You just know when you see massive chunks of metal and wires attached to a scrap piece of plywood, there’s got to be a story behind it… either that, or you’ve taken a wrong turn down a hillbilly back road where you’ll quickly discover everything is attached to a scrap piece of plywood. You may…

Sometimes there are simply not enough laser beams you can shoot out your eye holes to automatically change how geometry is modeled. They should have built it this way, they should have built it that way, they should have quit and taken a job as someone who jabs lard into large buckets. Stacking model features…

The small cichlid examined it’s surroundings. To it’s surprise there were sea berries to eat, plankton to befriend then devour and most of all, a link for every eyeball and fin. Toby Lewin – Wow. Wonderfully rich environments for the few that are there. Check out his blog for more work plus some 3D. Nacho…

I’m shaking my head right now. Tears are welling up in my eyes as my PC scrapes it’s fingers across the blackboard of the boot sequence. Grueling, especailly on a computer in major need of being kicked through a hard surface. Jorge Rui, a SolidWorks user and Mechanical Engineer, is NOT experiencing the same feeling.…

You could stab the stuffing out of the SolidWorks documentation, but you won’t find the mention of BIM or AEC anywhere. What you will find is another cushiony three letter acronym synonymous with both, IFC. In fact, for SolidWorks 2011, you’ll see a little .IFC format compatibility, the addition of walk-through visualization, and special reference…

With all the touchscreen craziness we’ve seen over the past few years, there are about 500 direction future screen technology could go. Personally, I won’t be satisfied until they’re formable, edible and can be wrapped around my face like a make-shift Halloween mask. Some people have other ideas, and the perfect organization to compile them…

With all the software release news as of late, your 2D CAD on a Mac dreams are either a repeating nightmare or a pleasure feast of .dmg delight. First with the announcement of ARES on the Mac then with Autodesk publicly announcing they would soon release AutoCAD on the Mac… along with it’s little brother,…

They hung lazily, swinging in a light breeze – wind chimes singing randomly in the distance and the distinct cackle of hyenas as they finish their morning biscuits and gnaw on these links. Jon McCoy – He wraps deep perspective and rich colors around an environment scene like you wouldn’t believe. The Best Bathroom Sign…

You lika to burn tha meatballs eh? He lika to burn tha meatballs! OH, and the noodles!? and the TABLE!!? and the ULTEM 9085!!!?!?!? Bontà mia! Yes folks, and burn it will, all of it. Even the 3D print material that passes FAR 25.853 flammability requirements for aircraft with occupants. It’s ULTEM 9085, the up…

I’m looking upon the screen, at a presentation of Solid Edge ST3 at this very moment. The 3rd amalgamation of history-free and history-based design wrapped up in a simple phrase you comfort your children with, Synchronous Technology. I’m seeing it, but I can’t say anything about it. The pushing, the pulling, the Live Rules… taunting…

If you enjoy an evening of pouring soup out of a bucket, into six buckets and then back into one bucket, you’ll like this mix of combo tech coolness. Both ATI and MSI are making thick and chunky waves with some much anticipated news which, albeit at a price, gives you more options on your…

Close your eyes for a moment. Now, fling your head forward into the nearest solid object you can’t see. What’s that you do see? Yes, pretty lights. Pretty lights jittering their way across the back of your eyelids and unconsciousness like a hallucinogenic back-slap. Dentsu and Berg know this feeling and how to produce it.…

There are a whopping 500 apps in Apple’s AppStore for architects and contractors. This includes apps categorized as “games,” “lifestyle,” and “entertainment.” While SimCity Deluxe might alleviate stress on the job site, it’s not going to help create layouts or access floorplans. So, Software Advice has slapped together a list of the best iPhone and…

Guess what kind of wild 3D manipulation news came flying out of Velizy, France today? Wrong, it has nothing to do with crêpes, large mustaches or the combination of the two. It’s all about 3D and iPads and viewing the 3D, on the iPad. The news actually ‘leaked’ out late last week with an early…

You know what’s cooler than flesh-eating robots? Nothing. That’s the worse it can get. However, printing out robots and robot parts falls into a whole other class of cool which will distract you from any impending robot doom. I’ve never thought about using Shapeways to print different variations of mechanical creatures and their implements of…

Nothing but good can come out of a project that includes a bunch of researchers in a small room and finger probes. Especially when they start toying with the visible aether and our ability to touch it. That’s exactly what a group from the Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has done. They’ve…

I’d say you need to float at least two meters off the surface. Why? Let’s just say, teeth are not the only thing it uses. It has nine tentacles… and these links. Post apocalyptic Tokyo – Who doesn’t like a scene of desolation and plant overgrowth. TokyoGenso gives you the future. iPad apps for writers…

Well, just look how time oozes suspiciously right past us. SolidWorks 2011 launched last week, but you may not have known there have been 15 years of enhancements before it. Today, September 6th, 2011 marks the 15th anniversary of SolidWorks selling the very first seat of their 3D product development software. Over 1 millllliooooon seats…

Yeah, you spend your days modeling food dispersal system for fish hatcheries, but your evening activities tell a different story. Let’s just say people should think twice before challenging you to 5-day Mario Kart Marathon. Perhaps, as you’ve sat in silence waiting for the next installment of the Halo series to come out, you’ve wondered…

September 4th is a special day. It’s the zero day anniversary of the day I figured out that it cost less to get a full salad and full soup, instead of two half salad, half soup “Deals”. Soup and Salad ON ME. It’s also the 25th anniversary of the Buckyball, a spherical Fullerene created using…

It’s all about absorbency. If you find one with six paws and an orange belly, you’ve got a keeper. But watch it! They’ll soak these links right out of your head. Alexandr Melentiev – Alexandr creates amazing world art.. amazing. Right-click, view image on his site to see large versions. If Historical Events had Facebook…

Blow the beet juice out of your mouth. This week SolidWorks 2011 is launched. We could ask the same questions we did last year and we could also bore 1/4-20 screws into our head. We will do neither. What we want to know is one thing, is 2011 better. Is it better than 2010? Does…

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…