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www.caddigest.com Inventor versus Solidworks by Elise Moss, President, Silicon Valley AutoCAD Power Users August 2002 The gunslinger for Inventor was Kevin Schneider, an Autodesk Product Manager. The gunslinger for SolidWorks was Kym Dobson, a SolidWorks user and engineering manager. Kym has been using SolidWorks since 1995 and has trained his engineering department on SolidWorks. He is currently unemployed and looking to start his own consulting practice. The shoot-out was divided into six rounds. Each gunslinger had their own projector and screen, so the audience could watch as they completed each round. There were approximately 100 people in the audience. Both gunslingers went into the contest “blind” without seeing the files they were going to work on. Round 1: Translating an AutoCAD 2D file to 3D geometry Kevin (Inventor) took the top of the first round. Kym started by saying that he rarely imports from AutoCAD. Round 2: Creating an in-place component using reference geometry Round 3: Translate IGES Round 4: Assembly & Fasteners

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Z-XYS Enjoy!.... and remember, please submit a ER (Enhancement Request). 8^) ER link - - - Other SW Links - - Oh, and remember, don't be a coward, thief or shill. And, that means you SW Corp as well as SW Var's. Thanks to those who have contributed their models. Copyright notice - all data shown here is shareware only, to be used for learning and reference only, not for profit redistribution, advertising, sale or resale. Paul Salvador - paul@zxys.com 3DValley.com Resource for 3D models textures tutorials and more Products SolidComponents - 3D CAD drawing (Drawings) for design engineering ArchitectureWeek Brooklyn is a hub of innovative architecture and design, with dozens of young professionals commissioning or undertaking their own eco-sensitive renovations to existing brownstones and low-rise attached buildings throughout the borough. Tighthouse, a Passive House brownstone retrofit, sits at the end of a string of two-story buildings constructed in 1899 that share a tree-lined block with larger brownstones built around the same time, centrally located off Fifth Avenue in the neighborhood of Park Slope. It is the first certified Passive House in New York City and meets the standards for new construction, surpassing the EnerPHit certification. Remodeling Approach The unique retrofit of a 110-year-old house by the Brooklyn-based firm Fabrica 718 could serve as an important model for the many urban and suburban residences that need energy-saving renovations.

Render a SolidWorks Model in Maya - Wikibooks, collection of open-content textbooks This is how your render will look if you follow this how-to and use the example-files I use. How to import and render your SolidWorks model in Maya using the built in mental ray. Introduction[edit] Exporting from SolidWorks[edit] I will be working with a model (Created by Marko.M.Markovic mmmarko@neobee.net) of a lighter that I downloaded from the SolidWorks Users Group Network (SWUGN) at the bottom of the "FREE SolidWorks models" section. Before you can import your model into Maya, you need to export it to the IGES format first. Open your assembly.If you don't want to export all the objects, select the objects that you DO want to export first. File:Iges-settings.png If you had selected any objects in your assembly, SolidWorks will ask you if you want to export only the selected objects.You may also get the question if you want to resolve hidden, suppressed or lightweight objects first. Importing in Maya[edit] It is recommended that you now close SolidWorks for better performance.

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