9 April 2008
Chris Rand, Editor
TOP BLOG POSTS
From SolidSmack.com: Very Cool Cutting Board Designed in SolidWorks - “Slice! Dice! Oh, shazang! my favorite Scrubs episode is on right beneath my tomato slices! Sweet! This fine example of kitchen gadgetry was created in SolidWorks 2008 and rendered in PhotoWorks by Marc Nardangeli, an industrial designer…”
From SolidSmack.com: Protomold Sample Cube: Rapid Injection Molding Goodness - “If you’re involved in plastic design you may have heard of Protomold. If not, they’re a Rapid Injection Molding outfit. You can send them your 3D models and have a prototype created super fast for as little as $1795…”
From Lynn Allen’s blog at Autodesk: More AutoCAD LT 2009 Features - “A friendly reminder that you can download my AutoCAD 2009 Tips and Tricks booklet by hitting the promo box over on the left side of my blog! This is a short and sweet booklet that is basically “Just the facts,…”
From SolidSmack.com: SolidSmack Bares It All Today - “Today, SolidSmack is shedding it’s stylesheet and baring it all. It’s official CSS Naked Day and while seemingly a bit silly (which is not beyond this blog) it’s all for the good fun… to promote Web Standards…”
From the AutoCAD Insider blog at Autodesk: AutoCAD 2009: A closer look at layer management - “AutoCAD 2009 includes many enhancements to help you work more efficiently with layers. The Layer Properties Manger has been converted to a palette enabling you to keep it displayed while using other commands…”
From WorldCAD Access: CAD World Free of Wikileaks - “WikiLeaks is apparently a bullet-proof site for hosting controversial documents, whether formerly-secret manuals belonging to the Church of Scientology or cellphone videos of bloodied Tibetans…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: Revit User Group of New Zealand - Notice of April Meeting - “Last month Mr Burke told me these posts actually work The next RUGNZ meeting is to be held on 16th April at Jasmax’s Offices - Level 4, 65 Upper Queen Street…”
From the Solidworks Legion blog: SolidWorks Performance Blitz! (Part 1: /3GB Switch) - “Windows NT, 2000, XP for 32-bit have one important limitation in memory management. By default, they limit any program running to 2GB of physical memory…”
From the Through the Interface blog at Autodesk: The New RibbonBar API in AutoCAD 2009 - “Thank you to Sreekar Devatha, from DevTech India, for writing this article for the recently published ADN Platform Technologies Customization Newsletter…”
From SolidSmack.com: Buell Motorcycles Hiring Senior CAD Designer, SolidWorks Hiring Too - “Last week I gave you some tips on how to get hired on the spot. I got some good feedback from it and apparently some people are taking the advice…”
From the 3DMojo blog: Tech Writers Unite! - “It had been a long standing assumption of mine that anybody threatened by new technology would dig in their heels and fight for the status quo…”
From RobiNZ CAD Blog: Michael on Silverlight… - “On the way to Autodesk University 2007, during my S.F. stopover, I had the pleasure of catching up with Michael Scherotter over coffee…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Inventor Wish List Ballot Results, February 2008 - “Presented below are the Top 10 wishes from the Inventor Wish List, February 2008 voting cycle…”
From SolidSmack.com: PDM Assassin: Combine the Best, Eliminate the Rest (Could it Ever Be?) - “I’m not sure about you, but I am increasingly frustrated in the separation between 3D design and data management…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: Revit Architecture Wish List Ballot Results, February 2008 - “Presented below are the Top 10 wishes from the Revit Architecture Wish List…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: AutoCAD Civil 3D Wish List Ballot Results, February 2008 - “Presented below are the Top 10 wishes from the AutoCAD Civil 3D Wish List…”
From the BLAUGI Blog of Autodesk User Group International: AutoCAD Wish List Ballot Results, February 2008 - “Presented below are the Top 10 wishes from the AutoCAD Wish List…”
TOP NEWS STORIES
From Cadalyst AEC news: Dirtworks Wins Design Landscape Design Awards - “Company’s Keene State Project was recognized by the American Association of School Administrators and the American Society of Landscape Architects-New York Chapter…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Machine Cleaning and
Maintenance (CAD Manager+amp;rsquo;s Toolbox)
- “If you’ve ever struggled to completely uninstall old software versions or keep track of several versions of software on a test machine, you’ve no doubt encountered problems with machine maintenance…”
From Cadalyst CAD Management news: Tips Rain Down on Harry (Hot Tip
Harry AutoCAD Tutorial) - “From a bountiful batch of routines, Harry praises a robust set of command functions for breaking all selected objects…”
From CADCAM Insider: Advertising on CADCAM-insider.com - “CADCAM-insider.com attracts a high number of highly-focused technical professionals every month. Some readers visit for news and information…”
From Cadopolis: Visual Weld Symbols Updated - “Announcing Visual Weld 6! Now create welding symbols in with Visual Weld using over 20 different AutoCAD defined and custom arrowheads! This new version also…”
From Engineeringtalk: Maths software provides performance boost - “O-Matrix performance now far exceeds typical interactive math environments and often rivals solutions implemented in traditional compiled languages such as C++ and Fortran…”
From Engineeringtalk: Software update provides Russian support - “SpinFire Professional 8.3 features enhanced measurement capabilities and Vista compatibility, offering users a more thorough tool for digital design communications…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Data scanning system gives good feedback - “Automotive transmissions supplier is using a data scanning system on a production line because of its extremely rugged construction, 3GL good read feedback system, and superior reading performance…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Manufacturing channel: Fibre optic lines bridge longer distances - “Intrinsically safe fiber optic communication bridges middle distances in Profibus DP networks providing reliable Ex-signal transfer through 2km fibre optic lines or rings…”
From Manufacturingtalk’s IT for Engineering channel: Multi-CAD translation supports CATIA V5 R18 files - “Multi-CAD viewing, translation and productivity software can open R18 files and translate them to CATIA V4, Pro/ENGINEER, Unigraphics, SolidWorks, Parasolid, IGES and STEP…”
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