Happy Holidays to one and all! Enjoy these holiday videos I created which include some of the most bizarre Christmas displays you will ever see! We'll be back with new CAD Systems Help soon.
Friday, 24 December 2010
Friday, 17 December 2010
Tips and Tricks: Keyboard Shortcuts for 3D VIA Virtools
Posted on 07:03 by Unknown
Here are a few tips, tricks, and keyboard shortcuts to make your life easier if you are a 3D Via user. What is 3D Via used for? You can use 3DVIA Virtools to deliver graphically stunning, interactive real-time experiences for industry or game production. Creation Tools Shortcuts:1 - Create a camera2 - Create a light3 - Create a curve4 - Create a 3D frame5 - Create a grid6 - Create a 2D frame7
Monday, 13 December 2010
Tips and Tricks: How do you email large Solidworks part files?
Posted on 06:37 by Unknown
Sometimes e-mailing a SolidWorks part or assembly file can be problem because of their large file size. If you use Winzip it will reduce the file size, but not by much. In order to drastically reduce the size of a SolidWorks files before e-mailing try the following technique:Enclose the entire part within a solid box. I usually name the feature something like 'Delete me'.Change the display
Saturday, 11 December 2010
Coaster Model Update
Posted on 17:09 by Unknown
Quick update on the cantilevered roller coaster model. I used my VB catscript to quickly and easily create the cross-ties for the upper and lower rails. I also modeled all of the supports and cement footers. Pictured is one of the "side/head knocker" effects where it looks like you are about to run into a post before the cantilevered car serves out of the way in the nick of time. There is also an
Posted in CATIA, CATScript, Coasters, Engineering, Kinematics, Macros, Manikin, Models, Simulation, VBA, Video
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Wednesday, 1 December 2010
Model Featured on 3DS Academy Website
Posted on 08:51 by Unknown
Dassault's DS Campus website was recently transformed into the 3DS Academy and guess what model they chose to represent the Project Showroom pages? My cantilevered coaster model is featured in the header of all the project pages. Below is a screen shot I grabbed of the page or you can head to http://academy.3ds.com/projects/showroom/ to check it out for yourself!
How can you tell which version a Pro/E model was made in?
Posted on 07:18 by Unknown
The easiest way to tell which version of Pro/Engineer a model was made in is to open up the part (.prt) file in a text editor (such as notepad) and look at the first line of text. This will show you the necessary information. As an example. #UGC:2 ASSEMBLY 1068 440 0 1 1 15 2100 2000050 0000b335 \ #- VERS 0 0 \ #- HOST in this listing, the 2100 signifies v21 or 2000i and 2000050 is the build
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