Even though it’s just 2D, this makes the whole line-by-line drawing space much more interesting. DraftSight brings a full set of 2D drawing features to users and has full .dwg and .dxf compatibility. It can be downloaded now for Windows and will be available later this year for Mac and Linux. Here’s whatcha want to know.

Over at the 3DVisions blog, chief antelope slapper and CSWP, Randy Simmons shows you how to make a Quick surface curved 2 directions. It’s a great technique. One we want to slap into the ground like an unruly Kudu that’s had one too many ginger ales. Here’s how it’s done and a little example to give you an idea about some applications.

So are a slew of other people you may know of. Thanks to the relationship between Facebook and Pandora a few weeks ago, you can now see what your Facebook friends are listening to on your Pandora Radio interface. You can even listen along, or make fun of them for bookmarking Morrissey.
You can learn about a lot a person by what music they listen to. Namely, how cool they are. Here are 15 people in the CAD industry scene, that I’m friends with (till they see that I’ve posted this), and the music they listen to while livin’, workin’ and groovin’ to the beat.

Today Shapeways releases their 3D print add-in for SolidWorks which allows you direct upload capability from the SolidWorks user interface. There are other 3D print add-ins for SolidWorks but none with the visibility that Shapeways has and certainly none with the same amount of options and materials to go from digital to physical overnight. Here are more details to get you printing.
Why I remember when we would empty that rusty container… so long ago. It smelled of butter and when you saw what crawled out… son, you’d throw these links right at’em. Dan Blomberg – This chunky, dark illustration style of Dan Blomberg pops of detail. Scenes, vehicles and fabulous buildings. Scott Pilgrim vs. the World…
