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Model of the Week: LEGO Technic Porsche 911 [Dream Car!]
One of my 200 dream cars begins with Porsche and ends with 911 GT3 RS. Until I can sell enough plasma to purchase a used one that needs the rusted out floorboard replaced, I’ll settle for the highly...
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Autodesk Announces Gift of $25,000 in Product Design Software for Every Fab Lab
When it comes to equipping tomorrow’s designers and engineers with the tools they need to create compelling projects today, few companies have been as generous in offering access to software, tools and...
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Model of the Week: Raspberry Pi 3 Model B [Berry Awesome!]
This fabulous model? This is a Raspberry Pi 3 Model B. You know, the device you can use to brain a hexapod, integrate a complete home automation system or link to form an impressive Raspberry Pi...
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Model of the Week: Cable Hive [Cord Honey!]
Store those spare cables in your cheek bags no longer *all SolidSmack readers simultaneously spit cords out of their mouths*, there are other means of keeping those cords, cables and wires organized...
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This Is How to Model and Construct a Functional 3D Printed Violin
The one instrument I would have my bodyguards play as we sauntered down the street is a violin. They’re sound is just wonderfully ominous and mysterious, while equally enchanting and… mysterious. After...
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The Wolfe Supercharges Your Laptop by Supplying Desktop-Class GPU Power
Although MacBook Pro laptops have never been as powerful as they are today, there are still many performance limitations for serious power users that rely on desktop-class specs for working (or...
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Model of the Week: Søren Rose Bespoke Furniture [Designery!]
If you were to walk into my house, you would tuck your chin and say, “This space is a perfect illustration of a complete lack of modern design aesthetic.” And that’s ok. I would still invite you in and...
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Model of the Week: Pip (Storage) Boxes [For Your Things!]
“Ello Pip!” Why hello yourself! I’m glad you showed up because I need to talk to someone about storage. I have 397 Mason jars filled with nuts, screws, stamps, snail shells, dried shellac, dry lint…...
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First Glimpse at Vectary Online 3D Modeling Tool
Well, we’ve been waiting a long six months, but we’ve finally received access to Vectary, the highly anticipated, online 3D modeling tool, and we’re all sorts of excited to pop open a browser and see...
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Model of the Week: Shellmo Robot Centipede [With 32 Legs!]
Why aren’t there more excessively long, undulating-legged centipede style robots?! That’s the question I always ask a packed room at the local retirement village. Sure, they throw mashed potatoes and...
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Model of the Week: Archimedes Screw [Hellenist-astic!]
You know how it goes. You make one Archimedes screw and it goes missing. You make another Archimedes screw, it goes missing and you discover a small band of pygmy gopher people have been stealing them...
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First Creo Unite, Then Inventor AnyCAD, Now SolidWorks 3D Interconnect
Like Creo and Inventor, SolidWorks can now add non-native CAD files to assemblies without translation. I hopped up to Boston for D3DLive last Monday. It rocked. I met up with our old friend Jeremy...
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Model of the Week: Bugging Eyeballs [You Look GOOD!]
Here it is October and you haven’t put any thought into a public display of your talent and creativity for that one day a year where dressing a baby like a taco is perfectly fine. FOR SHAME. You’re a...
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Model of the Week: Top 5 3D Printed Halloween Costumes [All 100% Creepy!]
I bet it’s been YEARS since you dressed up in a costume. What’s up with that? You’re a creative type, right? Able to model up a doomakahizzy or a shnizzle in five minutes flat, AND look good doing it....
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I Just Used SketchUp in the Browser, And It's Awesome.
SketchUp is now in the Browser. Trimble sent out an email earlier announcing my.SketchUp and, as you can imagine, it looks just like SketchUp–a wide open modeling area, simple interface and east-to-use...
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Model of the Week: Walking Table [Eat on the Go!]
I once went for a jog. True story. It was a bit challenging holding a cheeseburger and attempting to eat it whilst trotting down the roadside, especially in the incredible jogging shorts I was wearing....
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PMDesk Puts Project Management and Your Tasks Inside SolidWorks
I’m not sure if all Engineers dream about project management… Who am I kidding. Of course we do. Although for many it’s more on the side of a nightmarish, overtime-induced hypostasis with an awkward...
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my.SketchUp Browser Test Drive (and hotkey secrets)
Last week we sent out a quick post to spread the word about Sketch Browser beta. This week I had the opportunity to delve a little deeper. So when I fired up the App, Mr. my.SketchUp himself “Josh”...
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Model of the Week: Low Poly Pun’kins [Jack-o-lantasitical!]
Well, THIS is timely. Why it wasn’t but four days ago that Simon, Adam and I were talking about how many tiny, 3D printed, low poly pumpkins we could hold in our mouth and still discernibly say ‘low...
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Fusion 360: A Look Back
Presented by Here we are, 2016, and as you know, SolidSmack likes to look at what’s pushing product development ahead. Well, to look forward, it helps to look back… unless there’s a large bear, then...
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