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Autodesk Acquires Instructables.

02 Aug, 2011 by in FAB, NEWS

Yesterday, Autodesk gained the upper hand in the CAD industry by now being able to say, “Here’s how to bake a helicopter cake and a paper catapult with which to launch it into the air.” Autodesk has acquired DIY project site and passionate user community Instructables in an all out effort to seal their takeover of sites bringing food and engineering together, while at the same time extending the reach of their creative tool suite of software products and third-party service. Check it.

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SolidSmack Love Your Comments So Much, We Give Melons To Chihuahuas

31 Mar, 2009 by in NEWS

Yes, it’s true. We here at SolidSmack lover your comments. In fact we love them so much, in addition to providing reasonably sized delectables to tiny dogs, we keep the Disqus comment system updated… and apologize to people whose comments have been sitting in the Spam folder for three week. yeah, sorry about that.

If you haven’t commented recently or at all, check out the bottom of each post. You can use you facebook account, create a Disqus profile or just stay anonymous.

There’s also new options for ‘Like’ing a comment (see below). Whatever you do, rest assure, your comments will be embraced… in a cool and not at all creepy way.

Image: doggy and melon Flickr

SolidJott: The Second Coming – An Add-in Among Us

14 Dec, 2008 by in RESOURCES

SolidWorks users. You are in for a treat. A free add-in treat for SolidWorks.

A couple weeks ago SolidJott hit the scene aiming to get your questions and issues answered fast, online. Today they are announcing that it’s available inside SolidWorks.

Direct access to the collective brainpower of SolidWorks users worldwide baby. Best of all, it’s absolutely free and available for download here (796kb .zip)

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