solidworks-form-featureIf you’ve upgraded to SolidWorks 2009 SP2.1, you might notice a message for an obscure feature that helps you make lil’ bumps on faces. The Shape feature. Turns out, this particular feature will not be available in SolidWorks 2010.

Yep, so now, you and that one guy in South Dakota who use it to make fake indentations on sheet metal parts are going to have to move on to another feature. What could it be?

shapeways-photoshaperHere’s your chance to give those photos a little more depth and a more monochromatic feel. Today, Shapeways launches PhotoShaper that turns your photo into a 3D printed plastic masterpiece.

I’m guessing you probably don’t get many photos printed nowadays with the whole digital camera craze going on now, but if you are thinking about archiving some of those brilliant photos, you now have the option of 3D. How’s it work. Take a look.

You’ve got five days I reckon. After that, you can’t tell what the unintended results of too much lather will do to affect migration of wild yaks. I’d put down some crumbs and use these links. Josh Keyes – You won’t see surreal cutaway art like this in the textbooks. Great detail and a touch…

future-cadBIG hat tip to Kevin Quigley for commenting on the Future Design and Engineering post yesterday and mentioning another video that takes a stab ( much better stab) and future design possibilities.

FilmMaker Bruce Branit brings reality to life in a big way. No touchscreens, no paper, and no limit to what can be done. Pure artistry really. It’s adaptive and puts you in the design environment. The video’s a bit long and liable to spark some emotions, but worth every minute.

future-designAhhh, it’s that time where we sit with a pretend cup of hallucinogenic material and ponder the inescapable existence of highly advanced technology creeping it’s way into our future (as well as the need to still clean it all.)

A little over a week ago Microsoft presented, in fine video form, it’s vision of what the future computing and collaboration might be in 2019. Sound boring? Maybe typical?

Well, it’s anything but, and when you apply it to 3D CAD, PLM and all those amazing things you design, engineer and manufacture each day… the future is lookin’ pretty dang cool. Lets ponder…