3DVision Technologies | Experience the Difference
August 2010

	Promotions		Technology
	DraftSight – A professional-grade open 2D CAD product Download Free!		Microsoft Office Excel: The Sequel
	Tips for Engineers – Free Screencast Series		Make Your Ideas Real
	$100 Rebate on 3DConnexion Devices		Cooking Up Better Pyrex® Bakeware
	Events
	Upcoming Tradeshows
	Free Product Hands-on Test Drives

Promotions

DraftSight – A professional-grade open 2D CAD product Download Free!
Your software. Your Vision. Your community.

You told us you wanted a better way to read, write and share DWG files. And we heard you. Presenting DraftSight™, an easy-to-use, professional-grade, open 2D CAD product that supports Windows XP®, Windows Vista®, and Windows® 7 and is free to download at www.DraftSight.com

Join the Community
To learn more about DraftSight, ask questions and get access to online training videos, tutorials and other learning resources. The DraftSight Community. Where CAD users unite.

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Tips for Engineers – Free Screencast Series

One of the most popular, yet under-utilized, engineering tools is Microsoft® Office Excel, the ubiquitous spreadsheet software. Excel is far more robust than most people think. Are you missing a chance to improve you design productivity?

Join us for a free screencast that will cover 10 tips for transforming Excel from a basic spreadsheet program to a powerful engineering application. During the presentation you will learn how to input data more efficiently, build easy-to-use interfaces, utilize powerful functions for advanced calculations, and optimize how the data is displayed. Excel can accelerate calculations as well as control all aspects of a SolidWorks model.

See the possibilities! Click here.

$100 Rebate on 3DConnexion Devices
It’s like holding the 3D model in your hand.

Revolutionize the way you work with 3D applications. Pan, zoon and rotate the model or camera as if you’re holding it in your hand.

For a limited time, if you purchase either the 3DConnexion SpacePilot Pro or the SpaceExplorer you will receive a $100 rebate.

To learn more, email cpatrick@3dvision.com

Technology

Microsoft Office® Excel: The Sequel

Are you missing a chance to improve your design productivity? Microsoft Office® Excel helps designers and engineers organize their design data, manage design information, and communicate statistics and ideas.

In this free screencast series, you will see how Excel can help solve difficult design problems.

Click here to see the possibilities.

Make Your Ideas Real

With growing competition and shrinking budgets, it makes more sense than ever to increase productivity, improve collaboration and accelerate your design process with a Dimension 3D printer. Here’s how:

See for yourself: Watch the video that shows how Dimension makes printing 3D models easy and practical right in your office. You’ll see more iterations in less time, and perform functional tests on models throughout the design process. The result: far greater confidence that your final design is problem free. Click here to watch the video.

See hard evidence: Request a sample part printed on a Dimension 3D printer. It’s an eye-opening experience when you put an accurate, functional model in someone’s hands. Dimension 3D printers print models in production-grade ABSplus thermoplastic, so you can test every design under the same conditions that you’ll test the final product. Click here to request a sample part.

See how it fits into your budget: Lease options on Dimension 3D printers start at just $275/month* in the US. Putting a Dimension 3D printer to work in your office is a low-cost way to shorten development cycles and help get new products to market sooner. Click here to learn more about Dimension leasing options.

*Additional options, shipping, applicable taxes/duties not included.

For more information on Dimension 3D Printers, click here.

Cooking Up Better Pyrex® Bakeware

World Kitchen, LLC who produces its tempered, heat-resistant Pyrex bakeware was looking to shorten the timeline for new product development by funding a less cumbersome solution for creating, thermo balancing, and manufacturing tempered-glass bakeware products.

Until 2006, the Pyrex plant used 2D design tools to develop its products in conjunction with a trial-and-error approach to its thermoforming manufacturing process.

See how they resolved their issues as well as cut their annual development costs by over $230,000.

Click here to read the case study in full.

Events

Upcoming Tradeshows

3DVision Technologies is thrilled to announce our participation in the following Tradeshows:

Design & Manufacturing Midwest Show	September 28 – 30, 2010	Chicago, IL	For more information visit www.DM-Midwest.com For a free show pass valued at $55, email CPatrick@3dvision.com and submit your name and address and a pass will be mailed via US Mail.
Advanced Manufacturing & Technology Show 2010	October 20 – 21, 2010	Dayton, Ohio	For more information visit www.daytonamts.com
International Motorsports Industry Show	December 1 – 3, 2010	Indianapolis, Indiana	For more information visit www.imis-indy.com

Free Product Hands-on Test Drives

3DVision Technologies offers hands-on product seminars, webinars and demos free for engineers, engineering managers and designers looking to educate themselves on 3D Design Software, Design Validation, Product Data Management, Documentation Software, 3D Printing & Design Automation.

SolidWorks Hands-on Test Drive	8/19/2010/td>	Indianapolis, IN	9am EST	Click here to register
3DVIA Composer – Understanding 3DVIA	8/19/2010	Webinar	8am EST	Click here to register
3DVIA Composer Hands-on Test Drive	9/7/2010	Columbus, Ohio	10am EST	Click here to register
SolidWorks Hands-on Test Drive	9/9/2010	Dayton, Ohio	9am EST	Click here to register
SolidWorks Hands-on Test Drive	9/23/2010	Indianapolis, IN	9am EST	Click here to register

For a full list of 3DVision Technologies events including webinars on all our solutions, click here.

3DVision Technologies provides mechanical engineers and designers
with software-based technology and training that significantly enhances
productivity and quality throughout the computerized design and
manufacturing process.

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