In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: Betty Sue Fatal

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I found it, you! Sneaky it may be, but you don’t see me tossin’ arms and oatmeal about it. Good point though, it does go well with these links more than most forms of death.

Brian Despian – Robots and other Illustration like none other. Really, you may start to like robots and hat wearing fish again.
Learn an Instrument Online – Yes, as in music instruments. Guitar and drums. Now you actually have no excuses.
Make a DVD Case Hidden Cabinet – It’s the perfect size to hide your cat in when it’s being all cat like… or remote I guess.
Rollip.com – Create Polaroids? from your photos? YES.
Softslide – When you have to wear a wetsuit to fly 35 meters through the air, there’s awesomeness sure to ensue.
Steeetlights plus Bugs – Timelapsed video of buggies flying about under a streetlight. So beautiful, it almost makes you itch.
All You Can Jet – $599 to fly anywhere you want, as often as you like for a month. Pack Your bags.

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In DESIGN

If Bats Ever Shot From Your Eyes, They Would Now. Batman Mini-Tumbler Designed in SolidWorks

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Don your cap and uncomfortable rubber mask bat fiends. Your friends await the sound of harrowing theme music as you serve up equal portions of fear and justice around the neighborhood.

It’s just what you’ll be doing with your head sticking out the top of your very own Mini-Tumbler Go-kart. Designed in SolidWorks and constructed over the blazing arc of 220V Welder, you now have to chance to join the ranks of the mini go-kart hero elite. Mr. T-man created the plans for this little gem. Now, they can be all yours.

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In NEWS

Everything in the Entire World Marked Down to $99… Including Alibre Design

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In a move to spur economic growth and increase market share, EVERYTHING… in the entire world… has been marked down to a bare-bottom price of, yes, $99.

In actuality however, the only things that have been marked down are two pair of all-season radials, Coast-to-Coast Flights on JetBlue and Alibre Design Standard. Yes, Alibre, arch rival of Inventor, SolidWorks, SolidEdge, Pro/E and SpaceClaim, has slashed the price of Alibre Design Standard from $999 way down to $99.

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In REVIEWS

Your Flow is Lookin' Mighty Turbulent These Days. CFDesign 2010 Could Help.

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Are you ever ‘dropping a beat’, and it’s just not flowin’? This won’t help. I’d actually love to see a raise of hands though. How many people use Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) for flow analysis in their designs?

My experience with flow analysis and looking at scenarios surrounding flow of any kind has always been with a physical model, not even a 3D print. I’m talking cardboard, tape and little whispies glued every few inches to show turbulent areas as air passes by. This is where CFDesign comes in.

I had a chance to talk with Derrek Cooper, Program Manager at Blue Ridge Numerics, makers of CFDesign. He demoed a few ways the program is able to simplify analysis and how it can extend to a lot of different applications. Here’s what’s interesting me and making those cardboard models look better in the trash bin.

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In NEWS

SolidWorks Dumping XP and PhotoWorks, Big Hugs For PhotoView 360 and Window 7

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Hold your gasps for a few minutes… ok, just a bit more, hold it… and release. I know, it’s almost shocking. And your friends? They probably won’t believe you for a few minutes, but yes, it’s true. SolidWorks is dropping support for Windows XP and phasing out PhotoWorks after 2010.

Thanks to Matt Lombard for scraping off the boon of speculation by posting excerpts on the future of product support from a recent SolidWorks Partner Program email. Head over to read the news. Here are some of the highlights.

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