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GrabCAD Launches Online CAD Service. Low Cost. No Hassle.

24 Jan, 2011 by Josh Mings in NEWS
3D Human CAD Models

What’s simple, carries no obligation and only cost $49? No, not a massive black tarp to wrap yourself and fear of curdled mayonnaise in. It’s the new CAD service portal from model grabbin’, resource addin’ GrabCAD.

You may know of their web based library one can use to share, discuss and download 3D models. Now, they’re expanding the site to include a cheap, no frills CAD service you can use to have your designs modeled and drawings detailed.

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A USB Triple Foot Switch… How Would You Use This for 3D Design?

07 Jan, 2010 by Josh Mings in TECH

For shame!! You have two wide screen displays, a wireless keyboard, a wireless mouse, a 3D mouse, stereo surround speakers, a photo of Joan Rivers, a USB missile launcher, an iPod and a chair massager you use to heat oatmeal, BUT you don’t have a USB powered triple foot switch?

Wow. really, wow. It’s time to take your socks off and think about your feets productivity. Yes, they could very possibly bring about the future of design. Not convinced? Well, take a look and give your take on how you would use this for 3D design.

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Grabba Your Cadda! Outsource Design Ideas in One Minute with GrabCAD

22 Dec, 2009 by Josh Mings in RESOURCES

Amongst the various things you like to grab on a daily basis, CAD geometry may very well be the lowest on your list. Not to worry, there’s a team that is totally into grabbing CAD for you and they’re here to handle all the ideas you can throw at them.

They just so happen to be called, GrabCAD. We’ll pretend not to giggle and choke when we hear you say it five-times fast. What GrabCAD offers is simple. Fast, flat-rate outsourcing from the convenience of your browser. You don’t even have to look a person in the eye. Here’s how it works.

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Make Your 3D Spiffy. SolidWorks Presentation Studio Theme Editor

12 Nov, 2009 by Josh Mings in NEWS

solidworks presentation studio add-onThe level of my customization for something that needs the standard ‘ugly’ removed is typically slapping stickers all over with a little spray paint. It just doesn’t get any more ‘ROCKIN’ than that… in my opinion.

SolidWorks Labs has got the same idea for the Presentation Studio app we reviewed last year, and guess who gave it to them? You. Yep, Presentation Studio allows you to create a one-page interactive .PDF of your model. What it lacked was the customization. That’s all changed.

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