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  Cliff’s Clips: The Best Way to Share Your 3D CAD Designs

  When designing a new product or concept, and need to show the concept to other members of our team (Marketing, Management, Graphic Design, Sales, Customers, etc.) we often have to deal with exporting many formats, both 3D and 2D images.  However, downloading your 3D models to 3DVIA is a “one-stop shop”, as everyone on the team can access 3DVIA.com from almost anywhere.  This includes those who are not 3D users. Using a SolidWorks design, I show here how easy it

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  The Doctor of 3D Models is ‘IN’

  I went to see Dr. Polycount, “THE” Doctor of 3D Models. I needed some expert advice on how to clean up my 3D models, to make them smaller, cleaner, and more efficient. With advanced computing power, and internet speeds, we still need our 3D models is their top shape when used on the web and real-time environments (i.e. gaming).  Dr. Polycount goes over five common problems with my models, and the cures. 3D modelers of all levels can benefit from

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  3DVIA Mobile – Quick Tutorial

  This tutorial will quickly walk you through the use for the New 3DVIA Mobile App for the iPhone. All information on the App, including where to download is here:  www.3dvia.com/mobile. Oh, and we are opening a contest (all the information is here) to all iPhone users who download the App, with the chance to win an Amazon Kindle. A great chance to use your creativity to crete your own image with a certain Tex-Rex model and an image you take. 

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  Great Uses for The New 3DVIA Mobile App

  If you have an iPhone, you must download this App. If you don’t have an iPhone, you may want to pick up one, just for this App. Seriously, this is that cool! We have developed our first iPhone app for 3DVIA, which allows you to view and inspect any public 3D model from the 3DVIA.com library. However, the best part is the collage function, which allows you to take a photo with your iPhone, then download any 3D model from

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  3DVIA at SIGGRAPH 2009 Wrap-Up

  Following up from our week in New Orleans, where we showed-off some new technology, met a lot of new people, and our many of our guests played the Subsurface game…many times! In case you missed it, or want to see it again, we have some highlights from our booth in the following video, and some important links: Learn more about 3DVIA’s Publishing Products: 3DVIA Virtools – Build Rich 3D Applications Fast 3DVIA Composer – 3D Technical Documentation Made Easy 3DVIA

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  Add 3D to Your Website or Blog

  If you can embed a YouTube video, then you already know how to embed 3D into your site. This short video shows you how simple it is. It doesn’t get much easier! This is a great way to share and show off your 3D models and collaborate on your 3D designs with others. Be sure to reply to this post with your embedded examples and ideas for future tips and tricks

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  A Quick Tour of 3DVIA.com

  3DVIA.com is much more than a warehouse of 3D models, but a thriving community of users, and tools for all 3D enthusiasts.  Watch this short video to see what we’re all about. I will have Cliff’s Clips every Tuesday concentrating on all things 3D! Add your feedback/comments below…

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  3D Format Spotlight: IGES and STEP

  Here at 3DVIA, we receive many questions about 3D formats and standards, which we want to answer, so we started a new series of Cliff’s Clips titled:  “3D Format Spotlight”.  In this first episode we wanted to clarify the two most common exchange formats:  STEP and IGES.  We wanted to better explain these formats in layman’s terms for all of our users, and to explain why these formats are important. For the next “3D Format Spotlight” we want to know what

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