This past Friday, I spent the day at Z Corporation and SolidWorks. It was my first time actually visiting Z Corp, and I was excited for it. So much so, that I got my days messed up and actually went down Thursday. Sucks getting old…Anyway, Julie Reece, Z Corp’s Director or Marketing Communication, was kind …
Category Archive: Hardware Review
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May
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Book Review – SolidWorks 2010 No Experience Required
How does one go about reviewing a book, without bias, when said book was written by friends? Well, if you’re me, you just do it. I’ve never had a problem separating business and pleasure and, in this case, this is all business. Alex Ruiz, with help from Gabi Jack, has written a SolidWorks book for …
Jul
30
Creaform – Scan your way to success
A couple of weeks ago, I was visited by Daniel Brown of Creaform. He flew in to demo one of their scanners for me. While I was familiar with them somewhat, it was good to have another up close and personal viewing. Daniel took some time to go over Creaform’s 3D Laser scanner product line, …
May
11
SpacePilot Pro – New Drivers, New Look, New Review
When 3DConnexions’s SpacePilot PRO came out, I, like so many others, jumped on the bandwagon and regurgitated the info from 3DConnexion’s marketing people. I then received a physical specimen to try out and ended up writing an open letter to SolidWorks and 3DConnexion because the drivers were messed up. My settings weren’t being saved, preset …
Apr
16
3Dconnexion’s Newest offering
3Dconnexion has a new controller, one that makes my SpacePilot™ seem like last year’s technology (actually, it’s about 4 years old). The SpacePilot™ PRO is, basically, a SpacePilot on steroids. 3Dconnexion took input from their customer base and have squeezed all sorts of new goodies into the SpacePilot™ PRO. The main features they’re touting: Larger …
Apr
09
ATI FirePro V5700
About two weeks ago I came home to find a large box addressed to me. Inside was a test computer from ATI loaded with their FirePro V5700 graphics card. ATI asked that some of us bloggers test out this card some time ago and I got to be one of the first. I haven’t touched …
Aug
24
Dell M4300
For those of you who have been reading my blog for a while, you’ll know how much I’ve enjoyed the Dell M90′s I’ve used in the past. Both of them were provided by my employer at the time and I really didn’t have many issues with them. My new employer, being a complete tightwad, opted …
Jul
17
Scanner – You Misunderstood
I’ve received a couple of emails from people asking me if I like NextEngine’s scanner. It became apparent to me that, one, they didn’t read the whole post and, two, that I didn’t do a very good job of saying what I meant. So, before there is anymore confusion…Yes, I like the scanner. Very much …
Jul
16
Scanning – Is it me or the scanner?
I’ve been messing around with the scanner that NextEngine sent me and, I have to admit, I’m getting frustrated. The demos I saw at SWW ’06 & ’07 made it all look so simple and yet I, a veritable genius, just can’t seem to get the hang of it. Ok, ok, so the genius thing …



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