Dassault Dishes the Goods on SolidWorks 2015 (and the Future of SolidWorks)
#content ol {margin-left:0;} Today, SolidWorks 2015 peels itself from the cocoon of the Dassault dev chamber and releases itself into the loving arms of users around the world. (Fly free, fresh...
View ArticleHump Day Hot Tip 03: Working With Style Splines in SolidWorks 2014
As part of the new ‘Hump Day Hot Tips’ series from industrial design training site cadjunkie, industrial designer Adam O’Hern has been looking at various methods for connecting two buttery-smooth...
View ArticleSolidWorks Hump Day Tips 04: Methods for Fine-Tuning Splines
The ‘Hump Day Hot Tips’ series from our industrial design training site cadjunkie has been off to a great start after three weeks of looking at splines in SolidWorks. This week, industrial designer...
View ArticleBehind the Design Process: Industrial Designer Simon Williamson’s Vehicle...
It’s not very often when you come across an industrial designer who has a desire to bring what is commonly hidden by a panel or housing out into the open in all of its glorious and mechanical gleam....
View ArticleHoneyComb: A New and Free Browser-Based Parametric CAD Platform for 3D Printing
3D printing and CAD software couldn’t function without each other, they go together like a match made in pythonOCC. As 3D printing continues to build its freight train like momentum for home users and...
View ArticleSolidWorks Hump Day Tips 05: Closing Surfaces in SolidWorks (Part I)
Each week we’re sharing a new tip with you here on the ‘Smack to help elevate your CAD game to a new level. Our goal is to mix up the weekly tips to cover a wide variety of ground for using CAD...
View ArticleSharing is Caring: How Real CAD Users Share Data
Last week on cadjunkie we took a survey about data portability. You see, last month we asked the same crowd about The Most Annoying Things in CAD, and much to our surprise, it turned out that data...
View ArticleSolidWorks Hump Day Tips 06: Closing Surfaces in SolidWorks (Part II)
Each week we’re sharing a new tip with you here on the ‘Smack to help elevate your CAD game to a new level. Our goal is to mix up the weekly tips to cover a wide variety of ground for using CAD...
View ArticleHow Power Surfacing for SolidWorks Supercharged the Way I Model
Do you know why its called “Complex Surfacing”? Because its complicated! I have spent several years specifically working with complex surfacing inside Solidworks. For awhile now I have been working on...
View ArticleSolidWorks Hump Day Tips 07: Closing Surfaces in SolidWorks (Part III)
Each week we’re sharing a new tip with you here on the ‘Smack to help elevate your CAD game to a new level. Our goal is to mix up the weekly tips to cover a wide variety of ground for using CAD...
View ArticleSolidWorks Hump Day Tips 08: Closing Surfaces in SolidWorks (Part IV)
Each week we’re sharing a new tip with you here on the ‘Smack to help elevate your CAD game to a new level. Our goal is to mix up the weekly tips to cover a wide variety of ground for using CAD...
View ArticleSolidWorks Hump Day Tips 09: Creating Flexible Assemblies
Each week we’re sharing a new tip with you here on the ‘Smack to help elevate your CAD game to a new level. Our goal is to mix up the weekly tips to cover a wide variety of ground for using CAD...
View ArticleKeyShot 5.1 Update: Luxion Announces Multi-Touch Support, Pattern Updates,...
Back in May of 2014, Luxion released their much-anticipated Keyshot 5 that saw a host of improvements to their popular rendering package. Among other new features included the popular ‘Perspective...
View ArticleLearn How to Automate with Macros in MODO in 20 Minutes
For those who frequently use The Foundry’s MODO 3D modeling and rendering package, any opportunity to speed up the workflow can be a huge timesaver that can leave more room for actually designing...
View ArticleUse SolidWorks Simulation as a Tool for Preparing for Zombie Attacks
We can’t believe that we missed this one pre-Halloween…but it’s just too dang good to not put out either way. Originally conceived of by Stephen Endersby, a Product Manager over at SolidWorks, this...
View ArticleAutodesk’s ‘Fusion 360 Ultimate’ Releasing Tomorrow With Introductory Offer
Back in October, SolidSmack announced that Autodesk had unveiled a more-robust option for their Fusion 360 CAD package with the announcement of Fusion 360 Ultimate. The announcement included feature...
View ArticleSketchfab Thursday | Top 3D Models of the Week 11.20.14
With more than 200,000 models and counting, it’s easy to see why a lot of designers and engineers are using Sketchfab to publish, share and embed interactive 3D models. Aiming to do what YouTube has...
View ArticleWe Have a Piper Down. Autodesk 123D Web Apps Play Last Note.
Aaaaaand, just like that. Autodesk 123D Web Apps are dead… From the 123D blog (emphasis added): “If you have been using the web based versions of the 123D apps that run in your browser, you probably...
View ArticleLaunching Wednesday: New Retopology Bicycle Helmet Design Series on Cadjunkie...
EvD Media’s very own resident industrial design pro Adam O’Hern (he of Cadjunkie fame) has been busy as of late figuring out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. Thankfully,...
View ArticleFrom iPhone to SolidWorks – Learn the Basics of Retopology in New Series...
EvD Media’s very own resident industrial design pro Adam O’Hern (he of Cadjunkie fame) has been busy as of late figuring out how many licks it takes to get to the center of a Tootsie Pop. Thankfully,...
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