In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: Rodento Torturo

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A blanket made of moles for pete’s sake! There’s just no need, it’s uncomfortable and the moles aren’t even alive… oh wait, that one is… that one might be… wait! They are! They are alive and they’re eating these links!! MegaMunden – Mega!!! Mega what? Mega cool tattoo illustration, rockin’ skullage and a mix of…

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In CONTESTS

iPad Model Rendering Challenge. Snag a 3DConnexion SpaceNavigator

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If your nerves, family or free-time have been affected by the frenzy of the shiny new iPad from Apple, you’re not alone. In less than a month Apple sold over 1 million of the 10″ touch-screen tablets.

However, only a small percent of those people are obsessed with getting a 3D model of the iPad design, and it looks like you are one of them. Not a problem, because Mike Puckett from SolidWorks took on the task and has made his iPad model available for download. He tells us the process he used, plus offers a challenge…

Can you render it? The winner takes away a 3DConnexion Space Navigator. Download below.

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In RESOURCES

Rock the Process: DIY Camera Rig Design. So DIY, Even More Awesome

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The design process is something we absolutely CRAVE here at SolidSmack. You can throw up pretty pictures all day, but going behind the scenes and getting an idea of the work and thought that goes into a design… simply wonderful.

This is a perfect example. Jonathan Bergqvist wanted to have a shoulder mount for his Canon 7D. Fortunately for him, his pops is a skilled woodworker that can turn a raw stick of birch into a thing of beauty. From start to finish, here’s the process of Jonathan’s dad, Erik, creating the body, handles and focus mechanism for his son’s camera. How cool is that?

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In FAB

How Big Is the Biggest Freeform 3D Architecture Print? This Big.

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I don’t know if I’d really call it ‘the Biggest’ 3D print. I’d be more likely to call it the BIGGESTEST Freeform Architecture 3D Print ever excreted by the pucker of a print head.

You remember Enrico Dini, right? The fine Italian gent with a passion for print? He’s working on his next project, a quaint island Villa. Layer by layer, piece by piece, his team is printing and assembling the free-form structure over the summer. He provided us a couple preview shots of a ‘small’ section that will soon serve as a room at the villa. Here are the images of one direction 3D print is going.

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In RESOURCES

SolidWorks Video Training Whips Your Knowledge Upside the Head

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You see that image to the left with the weird purple guy shooting green out his hand? That’s actually your brain being whipped repeatedly with the enjoyable sound of SolidWorks video training, but not just any video training, oh no.

This is Inspirtech SolidWorks 2010 tutorials, on your computer, in SolidWorks and if full-effect with 150 examples clearly dictated in the finest Canadian accent you’ve ever heard. Al Whatmough has set up this entire course and we got a tidbit from him on why in-context video training is so important.

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