Have you ever wanted to make a technical illustration using non-black silhouette outlines for specific parts? It’s incredibly easy and fast to do, as Tod demonstrates in this latest TodCast.
Posted in 3DVIA, Technical illustration, Tips and Tricks
Tagged outlines, silhouettes
Hi! Since we are just about to release 3DVIA Composer Version 6 Release 2012x, I thought it would be good to review some of the good stuff that was jam-packed into the previous release 6 months ago, V6R2012.
Enjoy, and stay tuned for more!
For those of us in the northern hemisphere — hot enough for ya? Welcome to the dog days of summer! To help keep you cool, Tod has put together a set of tips and tricks that will turn complicated animations into quick and easy work — getting you out of the hot seat, on your way home, and into your hammock in no time!
Tod shows how powerful yet easy it is to mix up and incorporate some advanced stuff: assembly groups, parent/inherited animations, assembly selection mode, grid snapping, primitives, timeline filtering by selected objects… just to name a few.
Enjoy!
Posted in 3DVIA, CAD reuse, Podcasts, Tips and Tricks
Tagged animation, Conveyors, primitives, selection mode
So you want to route some wires on your 3DVIA Composer animation, but:
(a) you don’t have 3D models of wires, and (b) you don’t have a way to make parts flexible.
So what to do?
In this latest TodCast, Tod shows an interesting way to use geometry primitives + associative paths to simulate wire routings. Enjoy!
We have a TON of new videos to share with you. I was about to post our next “3DVIA your iPod” video, and quickly eclipse our 100th video, and the title itself struck me… we’ve been doing this for several years, and when we originally started, this was the era of the video iPod. And the way to get the video on your iPod was through iTunes podcast feed.
A lot has changed in the last few years. We’re in the YouTube era, social era… iPhones and iPads, Android, tablets… it’s easier than ever to share videos. We don’t need iTunes video feeds or any other complicated uploading/downloading procedures and syncing. So while I was hoping to soon mark our 100th video “podcast”, it’s time to get current and refresh the name. Plus, I’d like to introduce you to our producer of these videos: Tod.
With that… I’m happy to announce our NEW video series: The TodCast!
Here’s introducing “TodCast #1: Technical Illustration Standards” where you will learn about how 3DVIA Composer supports S1000D, WebCGM, and ATA iSpec2200. Tell us what you think! (Or, tell Tod what you think!)
Posted in CAD reuse, Technical illustration, Tips and Tricks
Tagged ATA iSpec2200, S1000D, WebCGM