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Darren Chilton - solidThinking Program Manager of Product Strategy and Development

When not spending time with his wife and kids, mountain biking or golfing, solidThinking Program Manager of Product Strategy and Development Darren Chilton is leading the global solidThinking team in pursuing industrial design needs and trends.

A senior designer with solidThinking since 2008 and formerly the studio lead for transportation design with parent company Altair, the Battle Creek, Mich.-native has come a long way since his days as an industrial design student at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit. He specializes in using his knowledge of the industrial design process, product development and technology to create tools that enable designers to work more efficiently.

Click here for the full article and to learn more about Darren Chilton.

New! solidThinking Tips & Tricks

Whether you are new to the solidThinking community or a veteran user, every software tip and trick can add up to make a world of difference when working on a design. In an effort to offer our loyal customers useful information and foster collaboration, we are offering a featured tip or trick every month.

This month we offer you a brief series of keyboard shortcuts to help you be more efficient when using solidThinking.  We invite you to watch the video below to see these keyboard shortcuts in action.

                Keyboard Shorcuts               
                Ctrl+Spacebar – re-activate the previous modeling tool
                Alt+Spacebar – toggle between Edit Parameters mode and Edit Points mode
                Alt+Left Click – select objects while in Edit Parameters mode
                Ctrl+T  (Command+T)mac – fit selected object to the current view
                H – Hide/Unhide selected objects
                Ctrl+Alt+D – turntable animation

 

solidThinking Team Spotlight

Antonio Flores: Senior Product Specialist

In the spirit of collaboration, we’re giving our loyal visitors and solidThinking enthusiasts insight into the creative minds behind solidThinking by profiling a new key team member every quarter. For our inaugural article we sat down with one of solidThinking’s veteran senior product specialists, Antonio Flores, for a Q&A session about solidThinking, the industry and his creative inspirations.

Click here for the full article and more about Antonio Flores.

Be on the lookout for more on the solidThinking team in future blog posts.