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Re: Pricing Next-Gen CAD: Has Dassault Systèmes Lost the Plot with 3DExperience?

Charles Culp — Sat, 14 Feb 2015 11:07:33 -0000

I'm not sure I agree with your enterprise statement. We are not interested in SWID, because we do not do surfacing/ID every day, it is but a small part of our business. We spend much more time on the other engineering aspects, and products that do not require much ID work. It is a tool that we need a few times a year. I have to imagine there are many companies in the same boat as us. We need the tools, but we need them as part of a larger toolset.

A small ID company or freelance designer would likely be using these tools day in and out, as it would be their expertise.

We have 3 floating seats of modo (601, we have not updated, we don't use it enough), and 5 static tsElements. Mostly, though, we work in Solidworks with the SW surfacing tools. We don't even have a good modo expert, because we use the tool so infrequently.

Re: Style Cred at SolidWorks World 2014

Charles Culp — Fri, 31 Jan 2014 17:27:23 -0000

Psh. I was rocking the blue striped shirt with khaki pants, just like a good engineer should.

Re: Speakers with Touch-Control Fabric Gives New Meaning to 'Invisible Interfaces'

Charles Culp — Fri, 20 Sep 2013 11:42:57 -0000

Sound interesting, and dirty.

Re: Chairigami: Modern Furniture for the Urban Nomad

Charles Culp — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 11:23:45 -0000

So, nice design, needs some engineering?

Re: Bizarre Horn-Faced Dinosaur Discovered in Utah

Charles Culp — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 09:16:22 -0000

Why are these dinosaurs bald? Where is there plumage?

Re: Autodesk Reveals Fusion 360 Pricing for Cloud-based 3D CAD

Charles Culp — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 14:38:21 -0000

Infinite Computing!@#!!@#!#

Yeah, OK. Let's see some benchmarks. I've got dibs on 'slighly slower' computing for most users.

Re: How it will feel to wear Google Glass

Charles Culp — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 18:51:25 -0000

Will it come with an eye patch? iEye capt'n!

Re: China prints a 3-meter Wingspar in Titanium

Charles Culp — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 14:46:43 -0000

Surface finish, surface finish, surface finish.

We do not use 3d printed titanium parts for our aircraft programs because of fatigue problems with the non-uniform grain and non-uniform surface finish.

We even did a study where we reduced the weight of one of our components by 1/3 (a big deal in aircraft), and our customer wouldn't go for it because of fatigue concerns.

Re: Your Dream of Designing a Steering Wheel For a Supersonic Car Comes True

Charles Culp — Tue, 15 Jan 2013 14:59:16 -0000

Gah! I wish there were a couple extra weeks. Bummer, SWW is going to prevent me from entering.

Re: (re)Creating a Home For The Highway in the Sky: A Living Room-Inspired Aircraft Cabin

Charles Culp — Wed, 05 Dec 2012 09:31:19 -0000

Well, the cabin design is nice, but I'm really impressed with whomever did those renderings. That is some stunning work.

Re: Loophole Could Allow Private Land Claims on Other Worlds

Charles Culp — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:12:01 -0000

The Man Who Sold The Moon - Robert Heinlein.

That book pretty much sums up our current situation. It's not exactly a happy ending.

Re: A 3D Printer In Every Home

Charles Culp — Thu, 26 Jan 2012 14:01:01 -0000

It's not just a matter of "want to go fishing". What are you going to do with your 3D printed stuff? You don't want a 3D printed chair, too fragile and too ugly. A desk? Sure, but that's massive amounts of plastic, and wood looks nicer. A pen? Sorry, you can't just "print" an ink pen.

What on earth is the average person going to use a 3D printer for? I use our Dimension machine at work all the time, to make mock-up prototypes. I'm not sure what I would "prototype" at home. Sure, there's the novelty part. But once that wears off, then what?

Re: Shoot Stunning Night Photos Like a Pro

Charles Culp — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:13:09 -0000

Oh, and since you actually seem to be answering questions (thanks!) I have one.

Does 100 or 200 ISO with a full moon still keep it dark enough to run around in the photo without leaving a ghost of yourself? What exposure time is required for that? In particular I'm talking about the shots that you seem to have lit with flashlights. Some of them look like you must have run into the shot itself to get those areas lit.

Re: Shoot Stunning Night Photos Like a Pro

Charles Culp — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 20:05:26 -0000

Wow, thank you very much for this response. I have always had poor quality night shots. I will keep trying.

Re: Alt Text: Give Thanks for Eels and Spam

Charles Culp — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 14:59:20 -0000

Dippin' Dots just went out of business. Sorry.

Re: The Different Kinds Of Solid Edge

Charles Culp — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:39:26 -0000

I'm with Deelip.

As a SolidWorks user I would have zero interest in paying $20/mo for a tool to give away my design to LocalMotors. Even with the possibility of winning prize money. It doesn't take an actuary to see that this is a bad deal for the designer.

Does $20/mo make business sense to Siemens to "cover their costs?" Maybe, but since when did running a marketing campaign make a profit?

If you want to pander to me to get my potential future business, you don't do it with your hand out at the same time.

Re: Details Released About Lytro Light Field Camera (Update:Engadget got hands-on)

Charles Culp — Thu, 20 Oct 2011 09:30:06 -0000

At f/2.0 it will probably handle low light fairly well, depending on how sensitive that sensor is. f/2.0 with a moden CMOS/CCD sensor is good for room lighting with just a couple 60W bulbs.

Re: Markus Kayser Harnesses Sun with Lo-Fi 3D Printing Awesomeness

Charles Culp — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 17:08:14 -0000

That's Hot.

Re: Signature Sports Venues as Seen From Space

Charles Culp — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 12:06:08 -0000

Because the old Busch stadium was architecturally interesting, while Yankee Stadium just looks like every other stadium.

Re: DIYLILCNC V2: Growing Beyond "Cute"

Charles Culp — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 09:49:56 -0000

Your link to their website needs the colon. http://diylilcnc.org.

Re: 3D Human CAD Models for SolidWorks, Rhino and More

Charles Culp — Mon, 16 May 2011 16:07:19 -0000

Wow, very nice.

Re: Relive Your Childhood… Give Your Mom a 3D Printed Ashtray

Charles Culp — Mon, 16 May 2011 09:54:17 -0000

This is waycool. I may have to use this sometime.

Re: 3D Systems Invades India… Acquires SYCODE

Charles Culp — Thu, 14 Apr 2011 11:55:52 -0000

We just had 3D Systems in our office last week. Definitely expanding into new territory.

Re: PTC's Creo Gets the App Slap.

Charles Culp — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 11:15:20 -0000

If I ran a software company, and managed to fit my full-featured CAD software onto a phone, I would not degrade it down to an "app". I would most definitely want to promote it as a full-featured software. An Application, if you will.

Re: PTC's Creo Gets the App Slap.

Charles Culp — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:13:27 -0000

"Apps" cost $5.

"Applications" or "Software" can cost $5,000.

I'm not a fan of the gimmicky lingo. The general renaming of each product for a consistent brand name is a pretty solid move.