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Inspire Training in Huntsville

There were plenty of smiling faces at the morning and afternoon Inspire classes in Huntsville, AL today, and not just our own Nandeesh Madapadi. Why so happy? It takes just 4 hours of training to get design engineers ready to use Inspire on their own projects.

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Wake Up with Evolve

Antonio Flores knows how to get a classroom full of students alert in the morning, the largest espresso cup you’ve ever seen! Antonio was teaching a group at Nantes Design School how to master 3D modeling and rendering in Evolve.3 2

Evolve Tips & Tricks: Animation Basics

This month, Darren Chilton will guide Evolve users through some animation basics. Animation in Evolve is based on a simple but powerful technique called Key Framing. Darren explains the attributes that you can animate for an object (translation, rotation and scale) and for the camera (position and target) with an easy to follow example.

Click on the video below to see these tips & tricks in action.

Inspire Tips & Tricks: Sketch Tools and Boolean Operations

This month, solidThinking Inspire users will get an in-depth look at how to best benefit from the software’s sketch tools and Boolean operations. The team’s Nandeesh Madapadi provides insight on how to split a single part into design and non-design regions for concept design generation.

Click on the video below to see this tricks in action.

Tips & Tricks: Pixel Mapping

This month’s Tips & Tricks video provides insight into the pixel mapping process, including:

  • Techniques for using 2D images to create 3D geometry
  • Methods to create embossed logos and textures on a model for rapid prototypes

Click on the video below to see these tips in action.

Tips & Tricks: Applying Textures and Materials

In this month’s Tips & Tricks, Darren Chilton provides techniques for applying textures and materials to the individual surfaces of an object using:

  • Face Extract to group surfaces
  • Label to apply images and textures
  • Texture mapping tool to interactively control images and textures

Click on the video below to see these tips & tricks in action.

Tips & Tricks: Model Symmetry

In this month’s Tips & Tricks, Darren Chilton provides techniques for creating models that have symmetrical elements including:

  • Using the Mirror tool
  • Using Snaps and Grid as alignment aids
  • Options for creating simplified models and construction history

Click on the video below to see these tips & tricks in action.

Tips & Tricks: Using RenderQ

In this month’s Tips & Tricks, Darren Chilton discusses using RenderQ to process batch renderings, including batch rendering setup for images and animations.  Click on the video below to see these tips & tricks in action.

Webinar: What’s New in Evolve 9.0

Attend this FREE 1-hour webinar to learn about the new and updated features available in Evolve 9.0. This webinar will focus on the enhancements featured in Evolve 9.0 that were made under the following categories:

            – User Interface/Workflow
            - Modeling Interaction
            – Rendering
            – Input/Output
            – Plugins

Don’t miss out on this opportunity to learn all about Evolve 9.0, our most user-focused version yet.

July 24, 2012 – 9:00 AM EDT / 3:00 PM CEST

 

Tips & Tricks: Importing Reference Images

In this month’s edition of the solidThinking Tips & Tricks series, Darren Chilton highlights using 2D images as references to create 3D models.  Please click on the video below to see the following tips in action:

  • Editing images to simplify the setup in EVOLVE
  • Import and setup of reference images