In 3D CAD TECH

I Will 3D Scan You with Structured Light… and You Will Like It

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Prepare your light sensitive skins with ointments and lotions. You WILL be scanned with LIGHT. Don’t worry, it’s more a threat more than a warning. I’ll do it… and so will Kyle McDonald. But not only will he scan you, he’ll show you how to scan everybody and everything you want with pure, radiant light. He’s been developing nifty ways to visualize and capture life through music and code. This week he posted an Instructable on his latest experiments with a digital camera, projector and some sweet three-phase trigonometric chicanery.

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In CONTESTS

The Winner of the SpacePilot Pro 3D Spinnin' Mouse Is…

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Well, well, well, well, well, well, well… ahem… it’s no big surprise that when I asked if I should upgrade to Windows 7 and SolidWorks 2010 or just start vomiting, that 61% of you said to UPGRADE, while 14% said to just start vomiting.

We all know there are reasons to upgrade. We’ll touch on that in the future, in case you’re trying to prove the benefits to someone. Now, to the business at hand. There’s one person that will walk away the glorious 3D maneuvering capabilities of the brand new SpacePilot Pro from 3DConnexion.

The winner of that is…

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In 3D CAD TECH

The Five Best 3D CAD-Related Tech Innovations of the Last Decade.

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2010. It’s here… or almost here. Which means it’s time to reflect on all the fun innovations that we ran screaming towards, or away from, over the past decade.

Over the past ten years I went from storing data on a CD to storing data online. I also went from emailing someone a couple times a week to sending tens, thousands, billions of messages per day. All the tech to keep me distracted from breathing normally or having a properly developed physique is a mix of good and bad, but mostly good.

As far as the CAD-related tech is concerned, there’s only five I could think of, which means there are likely twenty others which are way better. Here’s what spilled out after a small glass tube resembling my head was shaken vigorously and smashed against a neck of a CAD administrator.

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In 3D CAD TECH

Natal 'Geometry Wars' UI Shows How Your 3D CAD Hands Will Dance

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If this update of tech to be birthed from the womb of Microsoft Project Natal is meant to fool us into believing it’s real, we’re totally going to fall for it and cuddle it in our arms.

It’s highly possible that this video shows a product developer looking a bit silly flicking his booger fingers at a screen, but also shows how the idea of tech like this has affected the future you and your future 3D CAD hands. Take a look.

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In ROCKIN

For When You Need a Hardcore 3D Nuclear Reactor Cut-away Fix

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The only feeling better than jabbing a syringe full of highly volatile nuclear material into my chest, is jabbing a syringe full of nuclear reactor cut-aways of the 3D variant into my eyeholes.

Prepare for a chain reaction of mildly tingling proportions that may send your 3D appeal into a mile-wide meltdown. For those that grew up in the old days, cut-away and other tech illustrations hold a special spot in the heart right next to that spot that loves to store old engineering scales, vellum and the yawns of cranky old drafters.

These reactors are on my new fav list of cut-aways to collect and I think you’ll like’em too.

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