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LetsGoDesign.tv Kicked Into Gear With the ’33 All-Electric Hot-Rod

08 Feb, 2010 by in DESIGN

Well, it’s happened. Someone at SolidWorks had a few too many no-doze with NOS chasers (and I’m almost positive) shot through the Concord office with fire spraying from their back screaming, LET’S GO DESIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIGN!!!!!!!!! It was effective.

Starting last week, LetsgoDesign.tv is up and running. There’s not any actual video yet, but the tone is set I tell ya, and the boy droppin’ that tone is SolidWorks own Jeremy Luchini. He’s got the idea that you’ll submit an idea and the community will go through the process of making it happen. Sounds like a great idea to me.

It was kicked of with a related project SolidWorks was a part of late last year. An All-electric ’33 Hot Rod. The SolidWorks World attendees got a chance to kick the tires and have their dreams shattered of not being able to ever drive or own one. I did some diggin’ on the project. Here’s the juice.

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Prototype This! Cranks SolidWorks to Blow Your Mind. Premieres Tonight.

15 Oct, 2008 by in ROCKIN'

prototype-this-premiere on disocvery channel uses solidworksI warned you. Tonight, October 15th, four uniquely qualified engineers will begin a series to entertain your analytical mind with mind controlled cars, space-age sleeping pods, giant robots and anything else that borders on cool and impossible.

Discovery Channel’s Prototype This! premiers TONIGHT. Not only will they be creating concepts that shock your senses, they’ll be using SolidWorks to design many of the components they’ll cut with their Tormach PCNC 1100. Here’s the details.
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