‘cad industry’

The Five Best 3D CAD-Related Tech Innovations of the Last Decade.

29 Dec, 2009 by in TECH

2010. It’s here… or almost here. Which means it’s time to reflect on all the fun innovations that we ran screaming towards, or away from, over the past decade.

Over the past ten years I went from storing data on a CD to storing data online. I also went from emailing someone a couple times a week to sending tens, thousands, billions of messages per day. All the tech to keep me distracted from breathing normally or having a properly developed physique is a mix of good and bad, but mostly good.

As far as the CAD-related tech is concerned, there’s only five I could think of, which means there are likely twenty others which are way better. Here’s what spilled out after a small glass tube resembling my head was shaken vigorously and smashed against a neck of a CAD administrator.

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Is It? Develop3D Wippin’ Out Tha Fresh New Look Is It? Is It? Slyyyyy.

14 Dec, 2009 by in NEWS

So, the team over at Develop3D, that pay me athe better part of a pence to write the occasional article, have some much anticipated news… a fresh new look with the best of Develop3D bits and blogs.

It’s been 18 months in the making and in all unbiased, totally biased honesty, is the absolute kickin’est product development site out there. Sink your oculars into cyan/magenta goodness for a few moments and let them know what ya like or dislike about what they’ve toiled over for 1.5% of their life. Rock tha beat boys.

FaceBook Connect… Cause SolidSmack Loves You and Your Comments

29 Dec, 2008 by in NEWS

disqus-facebook-solidsmackIf you comment here on the post regularly, you’re extremely privileged to be using the most powerful commenting system of all time, Disqus. Yes, it’s quite a lot to take in, but it’s gone one better.

If you don’t like logging into a Disqus profile, you can now just sign in using your Facebook account. The Disqus commenting now supports Facebook Connect which allows you to use you Facebook ID on many sites and publish items, like comments, to your Facebook Feed.
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