Enhancing Sintratec Laser Parameters to Use 100% Old Powder
What started as a fun little 3D Printing project for my daughter’s birthday party...
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[0001D] Automated Mega-Dots Tag and Leader Optimization
Some of the Mega-Dots Puzzles have small numbers and some have some massive numbers. In order to make the large numeral puzzles legible, I developed ways to optimize the tags and leaders in CATIA.
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Messing with Chronology
The Mega-Dots! puzzles are on Amazon, I’m back to blogging, and many more projects in the works!
Read MorePyramid Propagation (Early Stages)
More progress on the Pyramid Propagation utility. So far the C# base code is setup, but lots more error checking and proximity coding to be done. The current code works to ensure the volume is filled with conjoined pyramids,...
Read MoreBeekman Tower on Visit to New York
I’ve been slacking a bit on the blog because of a good deal of traveling. While in New York, my wife and I visited Frank’s Beekman Tower, a project on which I did nearly all of the facade rationalization and...
Read MoreNuri Miller Rocks Youtube with DP Videos
I can’t say enough good things about Nuri Miller. He’s the unsung hero of GT Knowledge Services (which is a fucking hard job–I did it for a year.) He does most of the work in the KS department and...
Read MoreAnnoying Powercopy Instantiation Messages. And how to remove them…
Are you instantiating powercopies and you keep getting a message about formulas? It’s annoying and screws up your workflow. Here are few solutions to avoiding the warning message. First off, you are probably using DP R3...
Read MoreScripting XYZ coordinates from a Nonstandard Axis System
Once again, I received a good technical question about one of my codes on the GTWiki. This time, the user found a bug when they ran the script on a series of objects. Here’s their question: I ran the code. After...
Read MoreAm I in Bizarro World?
“Generative Components is without any doubt the leading parametric system in architectural practices today.” -Martyn Day from the latest issue of AEC Magazine. The article is entitled “Smart Geometry...
Read MoreProblems with FindObjectByName in DP/CATIA
Recently, I was asked if DP/CATIA VB had a better method for finding objects than FindObjectsByName. Short Answer: No. Long Answer: Yes, but with a lot of work and it’s not worth it. First off, FOBN is a method at the...
Read MoreSpreading the Digital Love
The AEC World Expo 361 recorded an interview between Dennis Shelden and Frank Gehry. http://aecworldexpo.com/sites/edesign/website/361/index.html?speaker=2353 The video is divided into two segments, the interview and a...
Read MoreUsing the Powercopy Instantiator for Panelization
A week ago, I took a question from the discussion page on my PowerCopy Instantiator Script: In regards to the Powercopy Instantiator Macro: I know this tool works, if at least used in a certain manner, because someone posted a...
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