Military Precision (Supacat and SolidWorks)

Recently, a DEVELOP3d contributor visited Supacar with an interesting report.  Of note is Supacat’s use of SolidWorks on products, including their Coyote truck.

“For the Coyote truck (6×6) we have the following breakdown: Full vehicle drawing pack – 2,200+ drawings (parts and assemblies) consisting of unique 5,500 parts and assemblies, 18,000 individual parts in the bill of materials,”  explains Dr Jonathan Farley, Supacat’s principal systems engineer.  All of the drawings and assemblies are done in SolidWorks, of which there are 20 seats in-house.

The very detailed article is a facintating read: Military Precision – DEVELOP3D

My.SolidWorks November Update

On the continous road of improvement, My.SolidWorks.com update for November is now available.  Improvements include:

3D ContentCentral on My.SolidWorks3D ContentCentral Integration – Models from 3D ContentCentral are now searchable directly from My.SolidWorks.  Also, previews of models is now improved.

Improved Search – Search now includes SolidWorks Youtube channel.  Searches are now improved to provide more relevant results.

Online Training Manuals – Users who attend training classes can now gain access to online copies of their training manuals.

#SWW14 is already taking off – SolidWorks World 2014 still 70+ days away

The SolidWorks World hashtag is something that started way-back-when during the early days of Twitter.  You can still check the old tweets under #SWW09, which supposedly trended on Twitter during SolidWorks World 2009.  Many years later, many more services now support hashtagging.  Even though SolidWorks World 2014 is still 70+ days away, #sww14 is already being used on Twitter and Google+.

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Tuesday Two: Tracking balls

Bounce, bounce aroundThe aptly name  Bounce Imaging Explorer is a throwable camera that allows you to see around corners simply by rolling or throwing it into the area.  Great for cops, firefighters, and military.

trakdotYou can track yourself, your kids, your phone and your car.  Now you track your luggage with Trakdot.  This device can send  text messages, emails or updates to an app.  This allows you to know where luggage is, even if the airline doesn’t.