In CAD

How To Avoid Corn Mash and Open Unigraphics (UG/NX) Files in Pro/E

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I’ll tell you right now, when you can’t open 3D files from another system in your favorite modeling program, it’s like spooning soggy corn chips into your mouth… corn chips made of FIRE… and HATE.

Fortunately, there are some smart people who know the tricks. Example? Opening a UG/NX file in Pro/E may make you feel like jamming a massive scoop down your gullet, but it’s really as simple as adding a file type to the Wildfire options. After that, you’ll be smoothing that corn mash all over your coworkers desk, laughing as you open file, upon file upon file.

Here’s the step-by-step process to go about getting your UG files into Pro/E.

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In FAB

Top 5 Tips for 3D Printing? Yes. With Peanut Butter? No.

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You remember that time you were yelled at by that German guy for putting putting peanut butter in the print mechanism? Yeah, that was hilarious. He was like, “SLA!! Schweinhund!! nicht meine Erdnussbutter!!!” and you were like, “wha?” while spraying a goat down with a water hose.

I’ll never forget that. It’s sad however that peanut butter doesn’t work in a standard, bolt-it-to-the-floor 3D printer. Maybe one day, but until then, you’ll have to settle with the standard materials and the standard operating procedures. If not… lets just say it thirty lashes with a week-old bratwurst.

Solid Concepts has your back in the mean time and the tips to help you along. Here they are.

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: Dairy Airy

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In ancient times, the butter would be catapulted straight up into the air. All of it. If the boy caught it with his face, he was given these links. Jamshed Jurabaev – I don’t care. With a name like Jamshed and amazing ship scenes like this, you can do whatever you want. Bendy Bike -…

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In ROCKIN

Nike's Massive 3D Sculpture Kickin' Tons of Yellow Balls

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Not that they would copy your idea, but yeah, Nike totally ganked the idea you had of replacing yourself with a 21 meter sculpture of yellow balls.

Nike strung the massive structure from the ceiling of the Carlton Centre atrium in Johannesburg, South Africa for the last few weeks of the FIFA Worldcup. Designed by Ratcliffe Fowler Design, it used 5,500 footballs, is 21 meters high, uses over 6 miles of cable and weighs a whopping 4.75 tons. After the final game, it will be dismantled and the balls given to the community.

To make it they used the 3D scan of an athlete, then used the cable to attach and line up the balls in space. (Kinda like the kinetic sculpture at the BMW Museum.) It took three weeks to assemble the spheroid strung footballer. Here are the shots.

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