Architecture in SolidWorks? Can it be done? Yes, and it doesn’t look too shabby either. Take a look at Darren Ng’s (DazStudios) photostream on Flickr and you’ll see just how cool it can look.
Perhaps the greatest aspect of the images of a refurbished apartment that was modeled in SolidWorks and rendered in PhotoWorks is how Darren used his photography skills to capture the composition of each room he modeled.
Take a look. Visit his Flickr page and let him know what you think.
SolidWorks has a TON of useful features and ways to model the most amazing chunks of 3D your nimble fingers can sketch and extrude, but some features are a fiery heap of performance hindering options that just get in the way.
We’ve put together 12 features you can turn off right away to get better SolidWorks performance and a faster machine. Some of these options are useful, some never will be, but it always comes down to what kind of performance you expect out of that fancy workstation.
Do you need them?
Why would they be there if you didn’t need them, right? That’s why all of these options can be turned on or off. The features you use depend a lot on what functionality you need and your workflow. You may want to keep some on, but, far and away, these setting do nothing to get your modeling done faster. So, here the are – The 12 SolidWorks features you don’t need and how to turn them off.
You may have seen this on some of the tech or design blogs a while back, but it just so happens that this simple looking stackable chair is a highly optimized, ergonomic peice constructed of recycled Playstation 2 game consoles and, oh yeah, designed in SolidWorks.
Old news? Noooo… well maybe, but there’s a new podcast out explaining the details behind the design of the recylced chair and all the factors that play into making it and selling it. Have a look.
It’s big, it’s beefy, it’s hairy, and oh so, very scary. It’s a new site from SolidWorks and it’s has infiltrated all the fine internet web portals of your peaceful neighborhood. Who knows what wild and woolly adventures of strangeness unknown will be found within the post to come out of the SolidWorks News site.…
Exactly how rockin’ would you be with your own guitar? Not as rockin’ as you would be with a sweet, custom manufactured axe made to your exact style and specifications.
Amit Zoran, from the MIT Ambient Intelligence Group, has been fiddling with the concept of Rapid Prototyping acoustical instruments. But are the materials that rapid prototyping machines use suitable to get the sustain and amplification you need to impress the crowd or your cat?