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Flatten A Sticker, by Matt Lombard

admin — Mon, 20 Jul 2009 16:37:19 +0000

“It’s interesting sometimes the lengths you have to go to solve a little problem. I frequently get emails or calls from folks who maybe I’ve met once upon a time, and maybe not. A lot of them ask me to solve some sort of a problem they’ve got. Sometimes the problems are interesting. The other day I got one that should have been easy to solve, but wasn’t. Or maybe I was just looking for the complex solution. Anyway, here it is. Maybe you can learn something, and maybe you can teach me something. I’m sure there were other ways to solve this, but this is the way I did it.” …

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Published by Matt Lombard on 7/13/09 on Dezignstuff

Modeling Challenge: Bottles, by Matt Lombard

admin — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 17:55:27 +0000

“Bottles are a very common showcase for complex shapes. Plastic bottles, glass bottles, you name it. This challenge may be too ambitious, but I’m gonna see what you folks come up with. The quality of the work you have submitted in previous challenges is stunning. I’m not going to pin you down to a specific bottle, but I’ll let you choose what you want to attempt.” …

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Published by Matt Lombard on 4/27/09 on Dezignstuff

Surface modeling from scanned data, by Matt Lombard

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:41:08 +0000

“This is a project Jeff Mirisola sent to me from a company called Status Racing. They have an existing car seat, but didn’t have CAD data for the mold, so they wanted a parametric model. The process was interesting, so I thought I’d pass it along.” …

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Published by Matt Lombard on 4/22/09 on Dezignstuff

Modeling Challenge: Modeling a propeller, by Matt Lombard

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:33:23 +0000

“I’ve got to admit, I had a bit of difficulty getting a propeller that was even recognizable. This challenge may be more difficult than it looks. Consumer product, “artsy surfacing”, is easy enough, because no one knows if you are faking it. There is no such thing as “precision” in that kind of modeling. As long as it looks good, you’re ok. I’m not trying to put down that kind of work, because I do plenty of it.” …

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Published by Matt Lombard on 4/5/09 on Dezignstuff

What is SolidWorks Toolbox?, by Matt Lombard

admin — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 18:29:05 +0000

“This is part 1 in a series just on Toolbox. It has started from the series on CAD Admin. Toolbox is not a topic that you can talk about in a single long blog post, there is just too much there, if you’re gonna do the topic justice.” …

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Published by Matt Lombard on 4/5/09 on Dezignstuff