In 3D CAD TECH

Sketching Your Way on the Web

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While many of use would be happy with a No. 2 pencil and a blank sheet of paper, it just wasn’t good enough for Richard Ziade who decided to make it possible, and might I add easy, to do it online. Sketchcast.com eliminates that old pencil case and allows you to create and share sketches…

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In SMACKDOWN

Friday Smackdown

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This is some slick stuff. I mean slick as in you look at it and you immediately fall on your hind-end and people are laughing at you and you are too, but don’t know why. That’s how slick it is. be careful. Wee planets – Panoramas made into tiny planets. HistoryShots.com – I love timelines.…

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In CAD

How to Get Print Quality Graphics from Solidworks

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solidworks tipsSolidWorks is known for it’s exceptional 3D design functionality, but what if you want to take some of those amazing products you’ve created and get them printed for a display, brochure or screenprinted t-shirt? You can get a print quality image straight from SolidWorks and it’s simple as saving a file.

Technical stuff
Typically a design department for a print shop or screen printer will need a file that is at least 200 dpi (dots per inch), which indicates the image resolution. the higher the dpi the higher the resolution. A vector (property-based) image is usually preferred, but you’ll only get a raster (pixel-based) image out of SolidWorks so dpi is important. Now, let’s get started.

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In DESIGN

Ponoko Featured at TechCrunch40

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The TechCrunch40 is being held this week and Ponoko made an appearance. Ponoko is a site where you can turn your product ideas into income. When they were in Beta, I immediately went to sign up. Even though I didn’t get an invitation I’m still excited about using it now that it’s out of beta.…

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