3Dconnexion and GrabCAD are hosting a video contest and giving away 3D mice and cash totaling $5400 ! Here's the scoop, one surprising judge, and the link. ...Read the rest of this article...
3Dconnexion GrabCAD Video Challenge
3Dconnexion Unveils the SpaceMouse Pro at Autodesk University
Here's a preview of the sweet new product added to the 3DConnexion lineup ...Read the rest of this article...
NVIDIA Performance Driver for AutoCAD
While the NVIDIA Quadro GPU and Civil 3D tests did not turn out exactly how I intended, I did come away with one very important peice of information... ...Read the rest of this article...
Machine Design Motor, GrabCAD, and a free Spacepilot Pro
Update on the new design project, GrabCAD, and an interesting coincidence involving a SolidSmack giveaway ...Read the rest of this article...
Hardware | How Strong is the NVIDIA Quadro 5000M Graphics Card?
Did you ever wonder what's up with NVIDIA’s Fermi architecture, or how it pertains to the Quadro pro-graphics cards? I decided to see what the new Quadro's are made of. ...Read the rest of this article...
In Design | Project Work and an Interview
This weekend is looking like a busy mess. Here’s what’s cooking. Spring Perch The first version of the Spring Perch is coming along. I already have some ideas to refine the concept and reduce size. Right now I need to get this initial concept completed and shipping it off to GrabCAD, so anyone can play with it. Before I can do that, I need to chop the OA Diameter down a bit, and work the [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Solidsmack’s HP Workstation Giveaway
I’m not joking. Josh is giving away an HP 8740w high-end mobile workstation, for nothing more than about a minute of your life. The thing is loaded, and worth about 5 g’s. Here is the list from Solidsmack: Windows® 7 Professional 64-bit Intel® Core™ i7-740QM (1.73GHz, 6MB L3 Cache) 8GB 1333 MHz DDR3 SDRAM 500GB 7200RPM Hard Drive NVIDIA Quadro 5000m dedicated 2GB DDR5 2.0MP integrated webcam DVD+/-RW SuperMulti with Double Layer LightScribe Drive 17.0-inch [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
Mac Pro gets the NVIDIA Quadro
NVIDIA announced today that they have expanded the Quadro Professional line of workstation graphics cards to include the Mac Pro. The NVIDIA Quadro 4000 carries some cool functionality, and emerges in the Mac OS X Snow Leapard. Various applications are supported on the Mac Pro platform through this GPU. Adobe applications can now leverage NVIDIA CUDA technology on the MAC, and the double precision functionality, unique to the Quadro 40000 for Mac, is being directly [...] ...Read the rest of this article...
News – NVIDIA Introduces 2 Cards to the Quadro Lineup
NVIDA announces the release of the Quadro 2000 and Quadro 600 CAD workstation video cards in the low and mid range capability ...Read the rest of this article...
Inventor – Let the games begin
Autodesk Inventor 2011 gets compared with Solidworks in a feature to feature review. Join me for a review of the report, Rob's post, some highlights, and some responses as well. ...Read the rest of this article...