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Link via SolidWorks If you’re a dedicated cyclist, you know Cane Creek Cycling Components, famous for its headsets, which are the critical bearing assemblies that secure forks and handlebars to a bike. Among other innovations, the Fletcher, NC company introduced the bicycle industry to the threadless headset (AheadSet®), the dominant configuration on well-made bikes today. […] Link via NYTimes.com To successfully print 3-D objects on your own machine, you need design applications and tools to tweak your creations. All the machines I’ve seen require that you use design software that saves objects in the STL, or stereolithography, format. There are free design packages like Blender and Google SketchUp and myriad […] Link via WSJ.com Wall Street Journal article mentions the use of more affordable 3-D tools for small business from SolidWorks, SketchUp and Autodesk: Historically, small businesses that used 3-D technology were predominantly in the engineering, industrial design and architecture fields. But now, as software costs have dropped, more consumer-product companies like Mr. David’s are finding […] Link via Shapeways.com Shapeways already offered you the opportunity to create a model with SolidWorks, upload it to shapeways.com, choose the most suitable material and order your own 3D model! 10 working days later hold your own model in your hand! Now you can also directly upload your 3D designs to your Shapeways account by […] SolidWorks Education Edition 2010-2011 is now available from Creation Engine to Northern California schools in San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Cruz, Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, and Sonoma counties. SolidWorks Education Edition is the complete CAD teaching tool. Featuring software plus a full curriculum and interactive courseware, SolidWorks Education Edition is your all-inclusive […] Link via SolidWorks CONCORD, Mass., USA, May 10, 2010 – An excellent education can also be a blast. That’s a bedrock principle at Dartmouth’s Thayer School of Engineering, where students use SolidWorks® software in a wide range of activities that are always academically serious, and occasionally outrageous. Take twist carts. These are low-riding vehicles powered […] SolidWorks Student Edition 2010-2011 Save $19 when you purchase the SolidWorks Student Edition 2010-11 with the Inspirtech Training DVD together for only $149.95! Develop the abilities you’ll need for a successful career. By learning SolidWorks®, you’ll gain vital mechanical CAD, design validation, and data management skills that today’s employers demand. With a SolidWorks® background, you’ll have a clear advantage in the engineering or industrial design job markets. The easy-to-use SolidWorks Student Edition lets you sharpen your skills outside […] Link via Wired In the Wired article “In the Next Industrial Revolution, Atoms Are the New Bits” Solidworks is mentioned as the 3D tool used by the creator of BrickArms. For a final example of that, swing to the Seattle suburbs to meet Will Chapman of BrickArms. Out of a small industrial space, BrickArms fills […] 1. SolidWorks EDU products 2010-2011 academic year (Education Edition, Student Edition, and Student Design Kit) will officially support the Microsoft® Windows 7 operating system. This new release is planned in the spring of 2010. 2. SolidWorks EDU products 2009-2010 are officially supported on Windows XP 32 and 64 bit and Vista 32 and 64 […] |
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