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The SolidWorks 2011 Beta contest  is underway!  This year the beta contest has a number of smaller contest running inside the larger overall contest.  One that I like is the specific PhotoView 360 2011 contest.    The PV360 contest gives you a chance to win some great cash prizes while creating renderings. 

Did SolidWorks give PhotoView 360 [...]

Dassault had the CAD world talking when it showed a cloud based version of SolidWorks at SolidWorks World 2010.  I sat in the audience during the conference and listen to Bernard Charles talk about the Dassault family of products and their mantra of “3d for all”.    That’s why I was surprised when I learned the newest software  [...]

I’ve been absent here for a while.  Reason being I’ve been completely swamped with work and really just haven’t had time to post.  I’m currently working on an animation about 1 minute 30 seconds in length and created entirely with SolidWorks Motion and PhotoWorks.  This fully rendered animation is approximately 1150 images (frames) and will [...]

It’s been a few weeks since I’ve posted so I thought I’d give a run down of what’s been happening with me.  A ”State of the State “or maybe a “State of the Rob” is a better way to put it.  This could turn into a lengthy post so I’ve broken it up into sections, in no [...]

The transformation is complete, well almost. If you typed www.robrodriguez.com in your browser and landed here then you know my website has changed. You probably had to wait a few seconds on the re-direct page before the new site loaded. I’m working on a way to eliminate the re-direct page wait time. Hopefully I’ll find [...]

The partner pavilion at SolidWorks World is packed with SolidWorks partner products for a variety of uses.  This year the big draw for me was Luxology.  As you probably know the results of the Luxology and SolidWorks partnerhip appeared in the SolidWorks 2009 release as PhotoView 360.  This partnership is now also bringing Modo users [...]

More than just a fresh look but a whole new blog really.  Following the lead of some of the other SolidWorks Bloggers I’ve made the leap to a self  hosted WordPress blog.  I’ve always had control over the content of my blog but the new blog will give me 100% control over the layout, graphics [...]

In June Develop 3D magazine was targeted and launched at informing readers about the tools and processes surrounding product development.  As you would expect each monthly issue has software reviews for a wide spectrum of the design process including, modeling, analyzing, rendering, rapid prototyping and colaboration.  Of course you’ll also find hardware information for [...]

There’s a new SolidWorks blog on the scene.  SolidWorks ~ from cradle to grave is the work of Jason Cooper.  Jason sent me an e-mail a few weeks back inviting me to view his new SolidWorks based blog.  Once I arrived I noticed a couple sentences letting everyone know myself and fellow SolidWorks blogger [...]