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Getting started with solidThinking Inspire 8.5 This intensive 1-hour training webinar will demonstrate how solidThinking Inspire can be used to generate efficient structural concepts for your design problems. This training session will provide detailed instructions  [more...]

In this month’s edition of the Tips & Tricks series, Darren Chilton highlights the best methods for exporting models as polygonal data for 3D printing in either .stl or .obj file formats.  Please click on the video below to the following tips in action: Use  [more...]

In this month’s Tips & Tricks, Darren Chilton discusses the options available in solidThinking to help you work more efficiently and create better quality images. Click on the image below to watch the video for tips on: Using global illumination for more realistic  [more...]

Last month we were pleased to give you a preview about the upcoming solidThinking 9.0 EvolveTM release. As we get closer to launch, we are very excited to start sharing more details about some of the features, improvements and updates we gave you last month. Check  [more...]

Coming soon, the latest installment of solidThinking software is the company’s most evolved, user-focused version yet. Suitably named, solidThinking EvolveTM9.0 has exited beta reviews with positive and promising response to its improved user interface and workflow,  [more...]

The latest solidThinking Tips & Tricks involve alternative modeling methods that let you start sketch modeling and progressively refine your model as you see it come to life.  Click on the video for useful information on: Simple Extrusions to create complex surfaces  [more...]

When not spending time with his wife and kids, mountain biking or golfing, solidThinking Program Manager of Product Strategy and Development Darren Chilton is leading the global solidThinking team in pursuing industrial design needs and trends. A senior designer with  [more...]

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  [more...]

In the spirit of collaboration, we’re giving our loyal visitors and solidThinking enthusiasts insight into the creative minds behind solidThinking by profiling a new key team member every quarter. For our inaugural article we sat down with one of solidThinking’s  [more...]

Adolfo Cota, director of development for Dagaa Ricardo Ponce, head designer for Dagaa Dagaa is more than a traditional design studio; it is a company focused on the invention, design and development of new products for clients. For the founders of the company, innovation  [more...]

Adolfo Cota, director of development for Dagaa Ricardo Ponce, head designer for Dagaa Dagaa is more than a traditional design studio; it is a company focused on the invention, design and development of new products for clients. For the founders of the company, innovation  [more...]

Register for FREE attendance to solidThinking’s next webinar: solidThinking Inspired: Morphogenesis for Architects and Designers A live training session describing how solidThinking Inspired and its unique morphogenesis form-generation technology can provide  [more...]

We are pleased to announce that we have recently signed Cadsoft Solutions Limited to our network of worldwide distributors. As the company’s U.K.-based distributor, Cadsoft Solutions will introduce its creative design and architectural customer base to the extensive  [more...]

If you are a student of a college or university and you are 18 years of age or older, the solidThinking Design Competition is a great opportunity to express your creativity, use advanced 3D technologies, be evaluated by global design thought leaders and win great prizes.  [more...]

Architosh recently covered solidThinking Inspired 8.5. Click here to read the In-depth look. [more...]

Connect with us at the Industrial Designers Society of America’s (IDSA) 2011 district conferences. As a comprehensive program sponsor, solidThinking aims to support the continuing education of industrial designers and contribute to the conferences’ ongoing collaborative  [more...]

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  [more...]

solidThinking 8.5 and solidThinking 8.5 Inspired 30-day trial versions are now available for download. Click here to request the hands-on experience. [more...]

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  [more...]

Register for FREE attendance to solidThinking’s next webinars: Introduction to solidThinking, a live training session that introduces the concepts and tools offered by solidThinking. Duration: 1 hour. February 3, 2011 – 1:00 PM EST (Eastern Standard Time) February  [more...]

DEVELOP3D previewed the upcoming solidThinking Inspired 8.5 Release. Click here to read the on-line article or download the PDF extract from the December 2010/January 2011 issue. Josh Ming, the author of the article, wrote: “We like to explore. Whether we’re  [more...]

One of the latest projects developed by designers Paolo De Lucchi and Emanuele Rodella is certainly an interesting one, from both the design and the modeling point of view. Modeling a complex object can be challenging but modeling something that, in some way, has no  [more...]

Siggraph Asia 2010 is the third edition of the ACM SIGGRAPH Conference and Exhibition on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques in Asia. solidThinking reseller Silicon Studio will be demonstrating solidThinking and solidThinking Inspired at Booth D26. Location:  [more...]

The latest issue of Altair Engineering’s Concept to Reality published “Getting the Right Design, Getting the Design Right,” an article describing four ways that we can enhance the entire product development cycle by 1) finding pathways to winning  [more...]

Register for FREE attendance to the next Introduction to solidThinking webinars — live training sessions that introduce the concepts and tools of solidThinking. Duration: 1 hour. December 7, 2010 – 10:00 AM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) December 21, 2010 – 10:00  [more...]

solidThinking will exhibit at the HKTDC Inno Design Tech Expo in Hong Kong. The HKTDC Inno Design Tech Expo (IDT Expo) is a one-stop platform where visitors from different industries can explore the latest commercial design, brand strategies, applied technology, and  [more...]

solidThinking Inspired and its unique morphogenesis form-generation technology can provide great inspiration to architects just like it does for product designers. The pictures below illustrate how starting from a very simple design space (represented in orange) and  [more...]

On Wednesday, Sept. 29, several representatives from solidThinking, Inc. and colleagues from parent company Altair Engineering, Inc. attended the TEDxDetroit conference at the Detroit Institute of Arts to listen, learn and collaborate with leaders from across metro  [more...]

Ron Mendell is one of the most talented concept artist serving the motion picture industry. Click here to read how he used solidThinking to develop designs for Iron Man 2, as described in the book “The Art of Iron Man 2″ (cover above). Other images and  [more...]

Taking place annually, TCT Live draws together everyone involved in the concept, design, manufacturing and specification functions. Designers, prototype specialists, technical directors, product managers, design directors, chief engineers, consultants and other manufacturing  [more...]

solidThinking will be exhibiting at the Acadia 2010 conference in New York, October 21st to 24th. Acadia 2010 will explore the ways designers, architects, engineers and scientists collect, analyze and assemble information through computational systems that redefine  [more...]

Design and engineering team members from solidThinking and AltairProductDesign are excited to share that their joint submission of a human-powered “rescue tool” designed for use by the U.S. Air Force, has been recognized by the Industrial Designers Society of America  [more...]

Register for FREE attendance to the next Introduction to solidThinking, a live training session that introduces the concepts and tools of solidThinking. Duration: 1 hour. Dates: September 7, 2010 – 10:00 AM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) September 23, 2010 – 2:00 PM EDT  [more...]

Register for FREE attendance to the next Introduction to solidThinking, a live training session that introduces the concepts and tools of solidThinking. Duration: 1 hour. Dates: August 12, 2010 – 2:00 PM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time) August 17, 2010 – 10:00 AM EDT (Eastern  [more...]