Solidworks Tips and Tricks
Approximately once per month 3 Dawn Consulting will send out a Tips and Tricks e-mail to engineers that would like to be better at their job. If you would like to be included on this distribution list please send an e-mail to Tips and Tricks at 3 Dawn (info@3dawn.com) and ask to be added to the Tips and Trick e-mail list. (Yes, it's free!)

Below are some archives to previous Tips and Tricks e-mails.

	Date sent	Description	Link
	September 27, 2004	Using your mouse efficiently	Click here

3D Internet Viewers
There are a number of online formats for viewing 3D content in a web browser. Java, Shockwave, Viewpoint, Shout3D, Quicktime, eDrawings and many more. As time goes on we plan to demonstrate the differences between these viewers. For now, we will demonstrate only Viewpoint since that is our preferred viewer. We believe it is a great company and has positioned itself to become the standard in 3D. Play with the animation on the right!


How does it work?

Most of the online viewers rely on technology already embedded inside the standard web browser to download additional plug-ins. The plug-in uses some format that attempts to minimize the file size yet deliver the content in a professional manner. The size of the plug-in and the relative capability of the plug-in is what sets the viewers apart. Also, the amount of post download marketing is also a factor. Some of the plug-ins practically take over your computer. We aren't a big fan of these.