http://www.theartofcad.org Fri, 15 Feb 2008 21:52:29 +1100 Good CAD, Better http://www.theartofcad.org/img/theartofcad.png http://www.theartofcad.org http://www.theartofcad.org/home/080215-walkwayframe.php Model a simple weldment from a DWG file. Create custom weld profiles, then look at some of the advantages of having a 3d model. (gallery) Fri, 15 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.theartofcad.org/home/080215-walkwayframe.php http://www.theartofcad.org/home/080214-carrierhandle.php Here is an illustrated, detailed example of a single part model. This is relatively basic, but shows some good approaches to keep the part clean, and keep you out of trouble. (gallery) Thu, 14 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.theartofcad.org/home/080214-carrierhandle.php http://www.theartofcad.org/home/080213-intelligentsketches.php Use renamed dimensions, linked values, equations and annotations to dynamically determine off a plane stress Mohr\'s Circle. Use the same values to build a model showing the vectors. Build an animation to illustrate the behavior. (gallery) Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.theartofcad.org/home/080213-intelligentsketches.php http://www.theartofcad.org/index.php?msg=32 Added a way to display specialities for vendor and corporate links so they don\'t all show in a massive list. (development) Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.theartofcad.org/index.php?msg=32 http://www.theartofcad.org/index.php?msg=31 Added a brief page for a Gallery section. Need to fix some CSS, but as of now all main sections have at least some content. (development) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.theartofcad.org/index.php?msg=31 http://www.theartofcad.org/home/071204-sheetmetalexploration.php Just because a tool is called "sheetmetal" doesn't mean you can only use it on sheetmetal parts. Here is a quick exploration into alternate uses of some of SolidWorks capabilities. (gallery) Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.theartofcad.org/home/071204-sheetmetalexploration.php http://www.theartofcad.org/index.php?msg=29 I added a familiar sliding block puzzle to the puzzle section that can be played by turning on Physical Dynamics during a move. It's pretty slow on my system, but I'm somewhat underpowered. (development) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.theartofcad.org/index.php?msg=29 http://www.theartofcad.org/home/071203-parametrics.php Industry seems to be looking for opportunities to combine the intelligence of parametric modelers with the flexibility of direct modelers. Here is my little contribution to the issue. (article) Mon, 03 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.theartofcad.org/home/071203-parametrics.php http://www.theartofcad.org/home/071202-dozenprisms.php As a companion piece to the 2d "a dozen ways", here is a 3d "a dozen ways" to model the same four-dimension simple part twelve different ways. (gallery) Sun, 02 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.theartofcad.org/home/071202-dozenprisms.php http://www.theartofcad.org/home/071130-dozencenteredsquares.php There are always options to do things differently, even for the most basic tasks. Here are twelve ways of drawing a 100 mm square on a sketch. (gallery) Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 +1100 http://www.theartofcad.org/home/071130-dozencenteredsquares.php