Articles by: Dimos Siagoulis
Recently, Javelin Technologies sponsored Canada’s top female javelin thrower, Liz Gleadle. Liz trains daily in preparation for Canadian and international competitions; this year that includes the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. When we met with Liz a while back, she explained how she maintains…
Using SOLIDWORKS and ExactFlat to Design, Optimize, and Flatten Composite Products
Composite materials offer great strength to weight advantages making them perfect for hundreds of applications including anything from carbon fiber airplane wings, or boat hulls, to textile motorcycle jackets and pants. As amazing these composite materials are, they are difficult to manufacture due to the extremely…
New features in SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer 2016
With the release of SOLIDWORKS Industrial Designer 2016, our friends at Dassault Systemes have added some new features to help you create more accurate freeform models as quickly as possible. Scale by Distance The Scale by Distance tool is very useful when you know the exact…
Ever since 3D Printing became mainstream a few years ago, businesses all around the world are using the technology to revolutionize their industry. From medical to automotive applications, 3D printing is used in almost every industry. If you haven’t been following the 3D printing news lately,…
The Steel Detailer Automated Structural Design (VIDEO series 3 of 3)
https://youtu.be/3AJf7lAGdfs Time and Money savings The full capabilities of The Steel Detailer (TSD) can be demonstrated when working on large projects. The amount of time (and money) you will save by taking advantage of the automatic file naming and categorizing is immense. Furthermore TSD will also…
The Steel Detailer Bolted Connections (VIDEO series 2 of 3)
With over 50 different bolted connections including Angle, Base, Brace, Fin, End and Cap it is a no brainer to switch over to The Steel Detailer
https://youtu.be/eKc8lN2bmyI Steel construction with the familiarity and flexibility of SOLIDWORKS “The Steel Detailer is an add-on for SOLIDWORKS which allows structural and mechanical designers to efficiently design structural steel within the SOLIDWORKS environment”. By using the strengths of SOLIDWORKS and adding some autonomy, The Steel Detailer is without…
The Stratasys Connex3 Multi-Material Colour 3D Printing technology has been enhanced with the new Stratasys Creative Colours Software, powered by the Adobe 3D Colour Print Engine, blending colours is now a breeze. Simply create a design in Adobe Photoshop, add your colours and textures, import…
Part 3 of our 3D Printed Architectural Model series includes the final assembly steps and best practices we learned along the way to our project completion.