In CAD

Get an F-16, an Audi and a Lamborghini SolidWorks Tutorial for (Almost) Half Off

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I bet if you ground the pulpy goodness of a SolidWorks training manual into mash, mixed it with raw eggs and downed it in front of a group of SolidWorks Certified Professionals, you still wouldn’t absorb all the knowledge you could in a step-by-step tutorial. Particularly, an F-16, an Audi and a Lamborghini surfacing tutorial for SolidWorks. Yeah, because, you never know when you’ll need to model a Lambo and all the practicality that goes along with that. Daniel Lavoie, maker of the modeling tuts, is offering up a hefty discount on the three modeling lessons till January 5th. Here are the dets.

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In DESIGN

Stylish End of the World Street-Sign Armor

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In the realm of stylish SHTF fashion, it’s unlikely you’ll have a lot of choices. Fortunately, given the proper society ending event, there will be plenty of unnecessary road signage lining the untraveled streets. Just snag a couple or five and you’re all set to make colorful shielding to warn any would be attacker that you know how to protect your flesh in style. Ivan Owen of ChainCrafts created the bite/axe shielding concept you see here, strapped to your upper torso with leather belts for ultimate end time appeal.

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: Luyitar Dobo

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Then, hopping down the snow-drawn path, with bells singing a muted rhyme, it happened upon a cranberry grove, strange and quite serene. There in the light and shadows still, a beckoning upon that hill, a band of rabid Christmas minks, gnawing on these chewy links. Evan Raditya Pratomo – Classic and fiarytale combined, exploring worlds…

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In NEWS

SC-Motion Brings Buttery Simulation to SpaceClaim

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I remember back in the day when we had to actually build mock-ups with telekinetic powers our hands to simulate mechanical motion. Fortunately, our fancy 3D CAD programs take away the need for cardboard scraps and paper cuts. The crew doing it up right on the SpaceClaim side is AR-CAD who has created SC-Motion, a new motion and dynamic simulation add-in for the format-friendly direct modeling application. This means no more long hours convincing your loved ones that you need five small goats and a box of styrofoam to simulate the motion of your triumphal entry into the grocery store. SC-Motion is available to try free for a limited beta release. Video and features after the jump.

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