If you have a leather jacket that says SOLIDWORKS on one side and Class A Surfacing on the other, you are a TOTAL BADASS. You also know about Power Surfacing for SolidWorks. Well, nPower Software tightened its belt a notch and released an update this week. Even though we’re not exactly sure which version it is–4… or 4.1 or X (update: officially it’s version 4.1), it’s packed with all sorts of goodies. Power Surfacing for SolidWorks So, with Power Surfacing for SOLIDWORKS there are five major features and a slew of additional updates. IntegrityWare President, David Gill, says, “This new version is packed with impressive new patent pending functionality to improve workflows…
Get that stretch out of your system with this week’s Spotify-powered SolidSmack Radio Playlist. It’s fashioned up, ready to make you pull your shoulder blades back and knock out another week of meaningful work while you bob your head to the beat. Whether you’re in the shop milling aluminum, sketching the latest product prototypes or modeling up a 3D storm, consider these tracks as a tool for your process. This week we’ll kick it off with a little new school with “Rats in the Walls” by Strung Out and even out the rock with some Death from Above 1979, Rooney, and Mr. Gnome, mix in a little Deadmau5, CSS and…
It’s a little update this time around with a mere five new features but, oh boy, are they important ones. If you hadn’t asked for these features yet, you may even wonder how they were not in there before. In other words, they are very much needed. You can see the past update history and catch the latest on the Onshape What’s New page. Here, we pick our ‘Top 3 Onshape Updates’ and provide a quick overview of each. To see our previous picks, visit our New Onshape Features page. Tell us which one you like the best, which need work, or if we picked the completely wrong features! The Stats:…
You’re slouching. It’s so bad sometimes, it looks like your arms are trying to escape your body. *Roll your shoulders BACK* There we go. That should last a few seconds. If you need a reminder, the Slouch Alert is a DIY device that electrocutes you vibrates when you start to slouch. Slouch Alert was created by Instructables user Lara Grant who’s famous for other projects like the high five collector and sled suit. For a seemingly simple device, the build is quite involved requiring the attachment of an Arduino to your shirt and an extensive amount of sewing and ironing. Honestly, hiring an old lady to stand next to you and slap you when you slouch would…
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I’m scared to look back in our ‘Model of the Week’ archive. Wait a minute! I know for certain that (almost) all of the 3D prints we feature are in the upper echelon of the most useful things for human beings EVER. For the one (or two) that slipped by, the proper shaming will ensue. Until then, we’re printing out a BUNCH of these. Stop Printing Crap Like Dave Hakkens, we were enamored with 3D printing. We too printed useless crap. Call it a phase, call it learning, but our shelf of useless prints now has more dust than the belly of an oversize cat wiped beneath a sofa. Unlike…