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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 Essential Videos Now Available in Ten Languages!

With the release of solidThinking 8.5 six essentials videos, which can help users get up and running quickly and independently, are now available in ten languages. Supported languages include English, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish.

Customer Video: Novellini

Watch solidThinking’s new video about Novellini, a pacesetter in Europe in wellness products. Novellini manufactures more than 1.3 million bathroom solutions such as whirlpools, equipped shower panels, complete enclosures, and towel radiators each year, and has been using solidThinking in several of its production departments since 2003 to meet a wide range of needs.

How to Model Video: Modeling a Razor

A new demo showing how to model an electric razor has been added to solidThinking’s YouTube Channel.

See how you can quickly model the razor, change details and perfect its design in complete freedom thanks to solidThinking’s unique ConstructionTree technology.

Customer Video: XOX Audio Tools

Watch the video about XOX Audio Tools and how they used solidThinking to develop The Handle, the carbon-fiber guitar winner of several design awards, including the Good Design Award from the Chicago Athenaeum Museum of Architecture and Design. To read the story in PDF format, click here.

User Story: Pininfarina Extra – Innovation, Essentiality, and Elegance

Read the story and see the video about the Pininfarina Extra design process and how they use solidThinking.

Set up in 1986 out of a desire to bring Pininfarina design into sectors other than the automotive industry, the roots of Pininfarina Extra identity lie in the cultural and industrial experience it has gained throughout the eighty years the Pininfarina Group has been in the car manufacturing business. Through an elegant and essential style, Pininfarina Extra sets man and his needs at the centre of its design philosophy.

Video – How to model a Spray Bottle

spraybottleA new demo showing how to model a spray bottle is available. See how solidThinking lets you explore  any possible design alternative in real time. 

You can find the real time version of the demo, useful for learning, at the Demos page of the solidThinking Web site.

An accelerated version of the demo is avaialble at www.youtube.com/solidthinking.

Video – How to model a Web Cam

A new solidThinking video is available at www.solidthinking.com, Demos page. See how to model a Web Cam with solidThinking while exploring design alternatives.

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