In REVIEWS

PartBrowser: Rock Your Desktop with 3D Part Browsin' Intensity

7 Mins Read

solidworks-partbrowserHey, I see you’re NOT rockin’ a desktop search program to find all your 3D CAD models. Ya know, one that indexes network folders and puts up cool little visuals to show what the models look like? Yeah, you’re probably making a bunch of shortcuts to your files or trying to find stuff through one of those PDM programs yeah?

Searching for models. It’s a pain if you don’t have the right tool. But even with a good search in a PDM program, you don’t have a lot of options for how to find your models.

ShapeSpace is planning to change this. And with their new beta launch of PartBrowser, the search for desktop 3D searching looks much brighter.

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In CAD

SolidWorks Tutorial: Create a Part, Assembly and Drawing in One Fell Swoop

3 Mins Read

front-top-rightSo, you love your cushy design engineer job, but part, assembly and drawing creation is an assembly line of repetitive horror and the screams are about to come blasting out.

If you’re like me, you love the design process, but starting everything from scratch, especially on similar components uses up a lot of extra time that could be spent supporting co-workers with meaningful conversations on the repercussions of defeating robots with lasers.

Interested in saving time and adding some automation to your part, assembly and drawing creation? Here’s how to create a SolidWorks Part, Assembly and Drawing with one step.

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In 3D CAD TECH

Product Visualization? Augmented Reality? It Goes a Little Sumthin' Like This LEGO Man

2 Mins Read

lego-digital-box-3dYou’re running down the isle, pouring consumer goods into your buggy and in the crazed rampage you wonder exactly what that boxed ham slicer is gonna look like sitting on your counter. It’s hard to imagine, but the first word you think is HIDEOUS.

You move on to the LEGOs and there, shining in brilliant digitized glory is the LEGO Digital Box interface. You hold the box out and instantly you see the product 3-dimensionally in it’s completed state. *gasp*

You must have it.

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In ROCKIN

Engineers and Designers of the Future? You Can Help.

1 Min Read

orangewood-childrenHave you ever been working through a design – finding solutions, working with others, getting sick of IT problems when suddenly you realize you would like to give someone else the opportunity to experience all the wonderfully nurturing engineering you’ve done? You can.

Alex Ruiz, The SW Geek, was given that opportunity and he wants to pass it on to all the boys and girls that are in the same spot he was so many years ago. And ya know what? It couldn’t be easier for you to help out too.

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown: Explosive Meat

1 Min Read

Did that really just happen? That tree just spontaneous combustulated, a thousand woodland creature crawled out of the hole left behind, followed by Burt Bacharach and these links. Weird little creatures – The illustrative creature works of Bobby Chiu. Simply the coolest, most surreal creature illustration imaginable. Tilt Shift Photography – Everything you wanted to…

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