3D Modeling Resources

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3D Modeling: The ability to create three-dimensional images. See surface modeling, solid modeling and 3D printing.; Full 3D Modeling Definition >>

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Active Dimensions 3 (zip): Active Dimensions 3 is an entry-level 3D modeling tool designed for users who need basic 3D modeling capabilities. Models can be constructed by transforming and combining up to thirty-one basic 3D surfaces or by extruding, revolving, or lofting 2D profiles. Active Dimensions 3 allows users to export models in DXF,...; Tags: 3D, 3D Modeling, Robert Lee, Virtual Reality, Emerging Technologies; Software downloads 2008-06-30
Nvidia chip with Java allows 3D modeling on cell phones: At the JavaOne Conference in San Francisco, Ken Russell and Sven Gothel of Sun Microsystems explain how the Nvidia APX2500 chip allows developers to write Java apps on a desktop and run them directly to cell phones. Users will be able to play games and navigate cities in 3D using...; Tags: 3D, Phone, 3D Modeling, NVidia Corp., Cell Phone, Chip, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, JavaOne, Nvidia, cell phones, Java Application, Middleware, Enterprise Software; Videos 2008-05-12
Texcel LLC Uses Biscom Delivery Server (BDS) to Eliminate Email Attachment File Size Issues, Take the Burden Off Their Mail Server, and Send Large 3D Modeling and Design Files to Their Clients Quickly, Easily, and Securely: Texcel provides their world-wide customer base with medical device products and process development. Texcel has a department of twenty-five engineers who use SolidWorks, a 3D modeling and design software application, to create medical device drawings. The engineers work collaboratively with each other, as well as with their clients. Because specifications...; Tags: 3D, 3D Modeling, Medical Device, Server, E-mail, E-mail Server, Biscom, Texcel, Healthcare; Case studies 2008-03-31
Photos: Tech camp for kids: Thousands of kids are attending iD Tech Camps on college campuses around the country this summer. Jimmy McChristy, 17, shows off video animations he''s created with Adobe AfterEffects for a four-minute film takeoff on the movie The Matrix.McChristy, a Santa Fe, N.M., high school senior, is one of thousands of...; Tags: Games, PRODUCTIVITY, Corporate communications, It', photograph, game, iD Tech Camps, iD Tech, computer, Jimmy McChristy, Stanford University, camp, video game, hog, dorm, 3D modeling, Pixar Animation Studios Inc., programming, backward, Stanford, robotics, Web design, Universi; Image galleries 2007-08-09
Short Clip: Webcor's "virtual building technology" spurs construction innovation: Gregg Davis, the CIO of Webcor Builders, shows how 3D modeling software works in the design and construction of landmark buildings. by Andrew Mager; Tags: Innovation, 3D Modeling, Leadership, Management, Andrew Mager; Blog posts 2007-07-17

Jiangnan Jiajie Elevator Company Reduces Prototypes Using 3D Modeling With Built-In Design Management: Suzhou Jiangnan Jiajie Elevator Co., Ltd., located in the city of SuZhou in Jiangsu province, is capitalizing on this opportunity-rich environment. The company wanted to design complex passenger elevators, escalators and automobile elevators and manage design data to allow entire company access to critical information. The company choose Solid Edge...; Tags: 3D, 3D Modeling, Siemens AG, Elevator, CAD, Product Marketing, Software, Marketing; Case studies 2007-02-01
Microspot Modeler (zip): Microspot Modeler is an interactive 3D modeling application that makes it simple to create and render models in real world dimensions and make animations that can be recorded as movies and viewed by anyone with QuickTime. Microspot Modeler can be used on its own or as an ideal companion product...; Tags: 3D Modeling, Microspot Modeler, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics; Software downloads 2006-07-17
World-Class Mechanical Sealing Specialist Chooses Solid Edge for 3D Modeling: The AESSEAL group of companies are world-class specialists in the mechanical sealing industry that design, manufacture and distribute precision engineered mechanical seals and sealing systems. AESSEAL found it time consuming and laborious to create sophisticated designs using 2D CAD. 2D made it impossible for designers to visualize and create new...; Tags: 3D, 3D Modeling, 2D, Siemens AG; Case studies 2005-10-01
Photos: Designer Legos: Users of Lego Factory and Lego Digital Designer can design their own customizable models using the 3D modeling software.; Tags: photograph, LEGO Co., software, 3D, 3D modeling; Image galleries 2005-09-15
Photos: Designer Legos: Users of Lego Factory and Lego Digital Designer can design their own customizable models using the 3D modeling software.; Tags: photograph, LEGO Co., software, 3D, 3D modeling; Image galleries 2005-09-15
Bye-bye, blueprint: 3D modeling catches on: Bye-bye, blueprint: 3D modeling catches onOld news is NO newsThis type of technology for building systems has been around for a couple of decades. Just not from Autodesk. Not surprising since AutoCAD is the Windows of the CAD world (meaning more work than it is worth, lots of hidden costs,...; Tags: Old News, BIM, CAD, 3D modeling, 3D; Discussion threads 2004-10-04

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Nokia 500 Auto Navigation: First announced at SEMA 2007, the Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system is finally hitting the streets. It's the second portable navigation device we've seen from the Finnish cell phone manufacturer (the first being the Nokia 330 Auto Navigation) and it's a big improvement over the 330. The design is a...; Tags: Tools & Techniques, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation system, power button, Nokia Corp., Nokia 500, Nokia 500 Auto Navigation; Product reviews 2008-07-23
Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game: Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...; Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-23
(Gallery: New user interface for Xbox 360): (Gallery: New user interface for Xbox 360)AvatarsWhat is with this absurd thought that 2D avatars of whatever you want should be replaced with these real life 3D versions? I always thought of avatars as a way to display your art, feelings, or to break through the realm of reality. I...; Tags: avatar, New User Interface, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Inside the mind - and config - of Terry Childs: Terry Childs's lawyer, Erin Crane, offered the court some insights into the Childs' motivations in changing SF's network passwords. She will argue today for a reduction in his $5 million bail, perhaps to something closer to the bail set for common murderers ($1 mil.) In her written...; Tags: Password, Network, Backup, Terry Childs, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tap: Apple hints at lower prices as iPod, notebook refresh on tapWinner if they don't sacrifice qualityThis move would be a winner as long as Apple doesn't sacrifice quality. If they lower prices by making lower quality products, game over. If they just shave off price overhead, that's great. If they...; Tags: Notebooks, Desktops, Apple Inc., Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod, notebook; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
XMLBlueprint (exe): XML editor and validator of XML documents, DTDs, Relax NG Schemas and XML Schemas. It supports Unicode aware text editing, XML layout tidying, real-time XML coloring, context-sensitive XML Completion, XSL Transformation, XPath Expression Evaluator, XML tree explorer, text wrapping, OASIS XML Catalogs, unlimited undo and redo.Version 6 now has a...; Tags: Monkfish Software, XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development; Software downloads 2008-07-22
Desktoptopia (zip): With Desktoptopia the user can click to Pause they can also go back, or to the next desktop right from the menubar. Users can rate desktops anytime from the menubar. Users can also subscribe to categories like Photography, Illustration, Typography, Architecture, Graphic Design, 3D, and Abstract; or can mix it...; Tags: Monitor, Desktoptopia Commercial Partners, Desktops, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-07-22
GrowFX (exe): GrowFX - a new system of modeling and animating plants for 3D Studio Max. Now you can recreate digitally a lifelike 3D model of any plant, from grass and trees to woodland using a refreshingly simple interface and an essential set of parameters that you can set up yourself. GrowFX...; Tags: 3D, Animation, Plant, Exlevel, GrowFX; Software downloads 2008-07-21
AuraCube (exe): AuraCube is a program that allows users to have animated wallpaper on their Windows XP desktop. It supports 3D graphics as animated wallpaper, dynamically generated content as animated wallpaper, and more. The default setup includes two animated wallpapers, there are a beautiful girl with a rainbow and the planet Mars....; Tags: Wallpaper, ImoxSoft, AuraCube, Default Setup, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Components; Software downloads 2008-07-21