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Re: 3DVia Hawks Big 3D Loogie Into Photo-Editing. 3DVia for Photoshop

joshmings — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 11:10:59 -0000

Thanks for reminding Charles. I'd love to see some stuff you've brought in. I have yet to buy CS4. *sadness*

Re: 3DVia Hawks Big 3D Loogie Into Photo-Editing. 3DVia for Photoshop

CharlesCulp — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 10:53:53 -0000

Don't forget. With the collada export plug-in for SolidWorks, you can export collada files that can be directly imported into Photoshop.

Re: 4 Rockin’ Cool Transforming Aircraft and Vehicle Animations? YES. For REAL.

CharlesCulp — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:15:32 -0000

Citroen did a whole series of commercials about 3-4 years ago with their new C4.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4ckJFNkra8

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Re: 10 Things That Still Sucks the Big Lemon in SolidWorks 2010.

smk436 — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:42:34 -0000

Thanks. That's a helpful write-up

www.farskt.com

Re: You Say Electrobeam Freeform Fabrication. I Say 3D Metal Manufacturing Magic, So There.

joshmings — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:33:00 -0000

ShapeWays could take this on I'm sure, and they probably wouldn't even have to kidnap those researchers. What they do with the stainless steel and titanium still uses powder and binders as far as I know. The EBF seems like it could really crunch a lot of the cost if the development takes off.

Re: You Say Electrobeam Freeform Fabrication. I Say 3D Metal Manufacturing Magic, So There.

CharlesCulp — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:57:05 -0000

http://www.shapeways.com/blog/archives/213-Tita...

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Re: 2D Exorcism Quick Tips! From Adobe Illustrator to SolidWorks to Rockin’

joshmings — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 17:12:09 -0000

eww yeah, the path select and direct select. I use the Ctrl key to toggle. I've gotten use to it, but still prefer the SolidWorks style. I'd like SolidWorks to export solids as paths, or maybe PV360 could have some non-photorealistic rendering like Penguin or 3DVia Composer. Going way off, but I can dream can't I?

Re: 2D Exorcism Quick Tips! From Adobe Illustrator to SolidWorks to Rockin’

CharlesCulp — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 16:35:00 -0000

Solidworks 2D Spline interface > Adobe Illustrator Spline interface

Yeah, I said it. Adobe could learn a lesson from Solidworks. Adobe's trace function is far better. Their spline handles are also easier to manipulate, but they also require that quirky two different mouse pointer thing (black selection tool vs white selection tool).

Re: Ask The Reader: Tablet, Laptop, Desktop. What Would You Use For 3D Design?

joshmings — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:24:21 -0000

Noted Charles. it's hypothetical, and almost kind of obvious what I think people will pick. (I'm guessing tablet) It's really asking what people expect to be modeling on in the future, based on the cutting-edge tech that is coming out now.

I like the drafting board idea and I'm positive we'll have some sort of stylus or virtual multi-tipped command wheel of sorts.

I saw some AT&T ads from 1993 recently and it was amazing how close they were to future ideas of how we would communicate. Interesting that they also put it in the early 90's frame of reference.

Re: Ask The Reader: Tablet, Laptop, Desktop. What Would You Use For 3D Design?

CharlesCulp — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 16:06:16 -0000

Your questionnaire is a bit ambiguous to me. Is this hypothetical "in the future", or based on currently available technology?

Currently, desktops are the only ones with 24" widescreen high-contrast high-brightness monitors for any realistic price, so it wins.

Five years from now I'd love to have a 32x24" sheet of touchscreen goodness, with a stylus in my hand. Hopefully we get there soon. We still have our old drafting desks here, I want to mount my "monitor" on one of these bad boys and go oldschool/newschool on it.

Re: Two Skull Crushing Methods to Recess a Curved Surface in SolidWorks

CharlesCulp — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 11:57:33 -0000

The difference between Extrude To Surface (or extruded cut to surface), and an offset is a matter of the sides, and the curvature. Extrudes will create flat sides, and a linear extrusion. If you are looking ad embossing or debossing a logo into a plastic part, then it is definitely the way to go. You can then create draft, and it will be easy to make.

The reason to consider an offset surface is for more complex shapes. If you want it to cover a 90° bend, for example, it will have to be an offset, because you cannot extrude in both of the directions. Because the "curvy surface" used in this example is almost flat, this is not noticeable.

Also, if it is a plastic injection molded part, with the offset surface you will have to accommodate the draft with other solutions. Simply "applying draft" will probably not work, and that will all just depend on the model.

Re: 8 Pounds of Buttery Car Modeling Tutorials Comin’ atacha

joshmings — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 13:40:01 -0000

Thanks Charles. I was hoping you had some input here. I had tried to find an Icem tutorial out there, but couldn't find one. This is great though. thanks.

Re: 8 Pounds of Buttery Car Modeling Tutorials Comin’ atacha

CharlesCulp — Thu, 10 Sep 2009 12:09:53 -0000

Here is a tutorial on how to design Class A surfaces done in Alias SurfaceStudio:

http://aliasdesign.autodesk.com/learning/tutori...

It is not for the faint of heart.

Re: How To Model a Audi R8 Car in SolidWorks. 12 Hours in 5 Minutes.

CharlesCulp — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 17:45:05 -0000

https://1bosweb3.experient-inc.com/Events/Solid...

Make sure to include a link to this page.

Re: How To Model a Audi R8 Car in SolidWorks. 12 Hours in 5 Minutes.

Daniel Lavoie — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 13:51:46 -0000

That would be cool ;)

Re: How To Model a Audi R8 Car in SolidWorks. 12 Hours in 5 Minutes.

joshmings — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 23:48:39 -0000

He does seem to have some presentation skills. I know I'd love to see him there.

Re: How To Model a Audi R8 Car in SolidWorks. 12 Hours in 5 Minutes.

CharlesCulp — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:11:50 -0000

That man should be presenting at SWW 2010.

Re: 10 Things That Still Sucks the Big Lemon in SolidWorks 2010.

CharlesCulp — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 18:29:01 -0000

Yes, there are some functions that are faster. Matt did a writeup of it here: http://www.dezignstuff.com/blog/?p=2685

Re: Friday Smackdown: Bun Snap Kill

joshmings — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 10:59:31 -0000

thanks, yes, seems that site is down now. The beetle ceiling can also be seen right here

That tool chest is even BIGGER and cooler, you win. But can you pay 19.99 for a poster of it? I think not ;)

Re: Friday Smackdown: Bun Snap Kill

CharlesCulp — Fri, 21 Aug 2009 09:38:46 -0000

Your beetle link didn't work, google made it all OK though.

Here's another outstanding toolchest: http://www.finewoodworking.com/item/14357/lonni...

Re: Design Engineers, Look Out. You are Becoming Extinct.

CharlesCulp — Thu, 20 Aug 2009 10:23:58 -0000

I have to say that I've only ever met a few "CAD engineers". Almost all engineers I know spend most of their time engineering, and only use CAD as a tool for creating drawings, or hand off that work to a CAD designer.

Re: I want my 3D print in Stainless Steel!

CharlesCulp — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 09:41:39 -0000

Bathsheba has been using ProMetal to do this for quite a while now (quite a few years):
http://www.bathsheba.com/sculpt/process/

And also now available from shapeways:
http://www.shapeways.com/shops/bathsheba

Very cool stuff.

Re: The SolidWorks Community Forums Are Alive and Jivin’

joshmings — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 10:51:43 -0000

Thanks Charles, you are the man. I think they prolly need to fix that mouseover 'feature' as well.

Re: The SolidWorks Community Forums Are Alive and Jivin’

CharlesCulp — Thu, 16 Jul 2009 09:22:44 -0000

Josh,

Sending direct messages to people was disabled temporarily to avoid some privacy issues. Once they get that worked out the forums will allow for direct email to anyone who is a "friend"; which I think is the reason you will want to friend people.

Re: Eeny, Meeny, What Comes Next? High End CAD on OS X.

CharlesCulp — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 17:48:36 -0000

Haha. Your response merely proves my point that you are all emotion and absolutely no fact.

As I mentioned, I have practical, real reasons for running both Windows and OSX. Neither of them are driven because one is "more stable" than the other; because it isn't true, as you are obviously unable to admit to yourself.