Shuji, from our Japan team, wanted to explain to us the sequence of events leading up to the hydrogen explosion at the Fukushima reactor. He found a 3D model of the reactor and loaded it into 3DVIA Composer. He then merged in some additional geometry (piping, rods, etc), and quickly built an animation detailing the various technical details that occurred after the catastrophic earthquake a few weeks ago.

Using 3D animations in this way — to educate and explain technical concepts — provides a simple and compelling way to quickly create and information. Thanks to Shuji for preparing this information in 3DVIA Composer, it is very interesting to understand the sequence of events describing this very unfortunate disaster.

In case you haven’t seen the highlights for our latest release, check out this video!

SolidWorks World 2010 was a great event!

This was my first SWW ever, and I was extremely impressed with the presentations, the strong community of users, and how well organized the event was.  It was great to speak to so many users, and meet other SolidWorks and Dassault Systèmes employees.  From my perspective, there were four hot topics that came out of the show, which I share in this quick video.

Thanks to the SolidWorks team for their input in this video.  Jeremy Luchini designed the Hot Rod electric car model in SolidWorks, which you can see here on 3dvia.com.

If you want to see more videos from SWW 2010, go here to the SolidWorks YouTube page.

For more information of the benefits of 3DVIA Composer for SolidWorks users, check out the 3dmojo blog or these Cliff’s Clips I created for SolidWorks users:

• 3DVIA People:  Interview with John Hirschtick
• The Best Way to Share Your CAD Designs
• Putting 3DVIA Products to Good Use

I’m already looking forward to SolidWorks World 2011!

We put many of our products together (3dvia.com, 3DVIA Composer, 3DVIA Mobile) into one video to tell the story of how users can take advantage of all the new 3D technologies we offer.

In this video, I play the role of a Copier Salesman, Emmy is an Office Manager (the customer), and Garth plays the Product Manager.  Garth and I work together to easily solve a problem using 3DVIA.

Oh, and Garth really is one of the hardest working guys in the office, not like the role he plays here.

We must give credit to the 3D models used in this video:

- The Audi Tt by jled

- ScubaGarths Copier:  Before, and After

- And, a cameo appearance by Tex-Rex by IsaacMiller1993

3DVIA Composer Community Video

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For more information on how to supersharge your technical documentation, go to the 3DVIA Composer page.

A quick overview of some of 3DVIA composer new fetures.

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3dvia composer 60 second RC truck teaser video.

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Customer Sucess story with Jim Grimes of GID.

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For more information on how to supersharge your technical documentation, go to the 3DVIA Composer page.