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Ask the Reader: Do You Have A Software/Hardware Upgrade Plan? {Poll}

22 Oct, 2009 by Josh Mings in TECH
3D Human CAD Models

Well, heavens ta Betsy! There are software and hardware updates exploding from every pore of the hairless cat of technology and you’ve just now realized your software and hardware are about 5 years old. Time does fly.

However, I’m bettin’ a bag of chips that several of you out there, or your savvy IT groups, have an upgrade plan in place to capture the bliss of new software releases and shiny hardware pieces. How do you handle the waves of technology? Do you even have a plan? What works for you?

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COFES 2009: Big, Bright and All About the FUTURE of Software and Design

16 Apr, 2009 by Josh Mings in ROCKIN'

Pull up your socks. It’s about to get ruckus up in the CAD Engineering Software world. The Conference is going down the next few days in Scottsdale, Arizona at the Palace Resort. COFES 2009 (Conference on the Future of Engineering Software).

The topics focus on ‘Innovation’*, from how software affects design to predicting the future of intersecting technologies. The DaS (Design and Sustainability) Symposium also starts this year which allow attendees to seeks collaborative solutions for specific software/design challenges.

This conference, takes the leading minds, thinkers and tinkerers of the CAD/PLM world, sticks them in a bunch of rooms of a beautiful resort to turns out ideas and solutions for the software you use each day.

It kicks off TODAY at 3:00 PM (Mountain Time). Here’s where to find more info, live coverage and see the rampage that will be occurring via Twitter.

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The Top 3D Software for Industrial Design… and Engineering?

26 Nov, 2008 by Josh Mings in DESIGN

industrial-design-solidworksIt may not be enough that you know how to sort desktop folders, write a cordial email or sketch a straight line, you may actually need to know some software that allows others to see what’s going on in the recesses of your analytically-primed imagination.

There are hundreds of software apps that help Industrial Designers and Engineers, but what do you need to learn to get a top position in the Industrial Design field? Photoshop and Illustrator would be on most people’s lists, but what about 3D?

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It’s GiveAway Time – Win Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Pro Extended.

20 Jul, 2008 by Josh Mings in CONTESTS

The giveaway is now closed. The winner will be announce Monday July 28th! Thanks for entering and be on the lookout for more contest coming up soon!

This is the 500th post here at SolidSmack and what better way to celebrate than giving away an expensive piece of software that will make you so productive you will probably start shaking and fall to your knees… in a happy, unpainful way.

I’ve been using Acrobat 8.0 with all the 3D features added to that version. I’ve been thoroughly impressed. It’s simply provided one of the best collaboration experiences I’ve had with clients and vendors.

After looking inside the new version of Acrobat and Acrobat.com I knew I had to provide an opportunity for you to get a copy of your own. So let the fun begin. The giveaway is super easy to enter. Here’s what’s included and how to win your copy of Adobe Acrobat 9.0 Pro Extended.

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MAc Addict Alert! How To Use SolidWorks on a Mac OS X

21 May, 2008 by Josh Mings in CAD

solidworks on a macOh, the trials of being a Mac user in the CAD world. There’s just no justice for your simple and elegant character personified in a simple and elegant computer. Who is out there to understand you? SolidSmack has your back and we want to show you how easy it it is to get SolidWorks runnin’ on your Mac.

To show this, I turn to a friend that use SolidWorks with a Mac on a consistent basis. Ben Eadie, from SolidMentor, shares this step-by-step and has a few tips.
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