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Existing-Home Sales Up Again

July 24, 2009 in AutoCAD, CAD

Washington, July 23, 2009
Existing-home sales rose for the third consecutive month with inventory easing and home prices declining less sharply in June, according to the National Association of Realtors®.
Existing-home sales – including single-family, townhomes, condominiums and co-ops – increased 3.6 percent to a seasonally adjusted annual rate1 of 4.89 million units in June from [...]


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June SW Legion Contest analysis (Part 3) – No July Contest

July 20, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

There will be no July SW Legion contest.  I’m planning on something a bit bigger for August and September, so for now, I’ll take a month’s break from contests.   June SW Legion Contest was very successful. As promised, I’m going to discuss some of the variety of entries. There are many ways to approach modelling [...]

Source: SolidWorks Legion – June SW Legion Contest analysis (Part 3) – No July Contest
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And the June SW Legion Contest winner is… (Part 2)

July 15, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

There are two winners for the June SW Legion Contest.  The official winner (Sandeep Pawar) and the unofficial winner (per the unstated and unofficial though originally intended rules) is Arash Erfanian.   Three individuals produced verifiable scalene ellipsoids with only three elements.  One individual used two sketches and one feature (3 elements total).  Two other individuals used …

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And the June SW Legion Contest winner is… (Part 1)

July 8, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

The June SW Legion Contest asked the brave ones among us to provide the very simplest ellipsoid within Solidworks.  It turned out that the rules where a little too general.  In my excitement to announce this contest, I failed to specify that I was looking for scalene ellipsoids, not just any old sphere.  I also …

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June SW Legion Contest: Create an Ellipsoid model

July 7, 2009 in CAD, SolidWorks

The June SW Legion Contest is a different kind of challenge!  The task is to submit the simplest SolidWorks model of an ellipsoid possible.  The person with the least combined number of features and sketches wins.  Use of equations is highly encouraged.

The submitter must be the author of the file they submit.

Contestants may email their entry …

Source: SolidWorks Legion – June SW Legion Contest: Create an Ellipsoid model
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