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SolidWorks – Connecting aircraft design

Terrafugia used SolidWorks to model their flying car, the Transition, and make the precise calculations needed to meet both aircraft and road vehicle safety and performance standards. As a dual-purpose vehicle, the Transition had to be light enough to get off the ground, yet sturdy enough to pass government regulations for crash safety. Terrafugia used SolidWorks Simulation to calculate the amount of material that could be reduced without compromising the vehicle’s performance. SolidWorks seems to be the CAD solution of choice for aircraft enthusiasts, with local designer Nick Harrison in the process of using it to bring back to life a monoplane conceived back in 1909. “It was in 1998 when I discovered a copy of a hand written document, which gave details of the monoplane and the men that built it,” says Harrison. He then found that someone in the village had a photo of it and was hooked therein. Harrison used all of the documentation that he could lay his hands on as a base for a redesign of the monoplane in SolidWorks, as supplied and trained by Innova Systems. Mark Bradford, Managing Director of Innova Systems comments “Here we have two very different examples in using SolidWorks. Firstly, an enthusiast using the power of SolidWorks to help reverse engineer from sketchy details a plane that never flew. Secondly, an example of a company formed by MIT-trained aeronautical engineers, embracing the challenges of the US Civil Aviation Authority to get a lightweight but structurally sound amazing aircraft”. Cambridge Network keeps you informed of all the latest news from Cambridge and beyond.
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Convert Photos to Pencil Drawings with AKVIS Sketch, Plus New ...

(PRWEB) November 8, 2007

AKVIS LLC announces the release of AKVIS Sketch v.6.0 for Windows and Macintosh. Now the software does not only convert photos to realistic pencil and watercolor drawings, but also allows adding a canvas, or any other textured surface to your picture. The new version is available as a stand-alone application, as well as a plugin to a photo editor. Upgrade for registered users is free.

AKVIS Sketch is an award-winning program for conversion of photos into pencil sketches and watercolor drawings. Make any photo look like a B&W or color drawing, imitate the technique of graphite or color pencil, charcoal or watercolor painting.

Version 6.0 offers a new Canvas effect that makes the software the ultimate tool in creation of artistic works out of a photo. This effect allows adding a textured surface to a picture imitating a drawing on a canvas, corrugated paper, brick wall or anything else. The program comes with a built-in Texture Library that contains a great variety of samples. If it is not enough, you can load your own texture. It can be any rectangular pattern saved as a graphic file.

Have a look how it works: http://akvis.com/en/sketch-tutorial/howwork/canvas.php

Besides, in version 6.0 added compatibility with Photoshop Elements v.6.0. Also added compatibility with Mac OS X 10.5 (Leopard).

Many photo editing enthusiasts have already appreciated the Sketch’ s features. You can see a gallery of examples (many created by users) at http://akvis.com/en/sketch/examples-pencil-drawing.php

AKVIS Sketch also enjoys attention of professional designers. The program was awarded “Best Image Editing Software 2006″ by “DT&G Magazine”.

You can use Sketch in many ways. Surprise your friends and relatives by presenting them their pencil portraits. Make a watercolor drawing out of a photo from your last nature shooting to decorate your room. Convert your own photo into a color sketch to print on a T-shirt. Create a comic out of your party videos.

The program can be helpful to designers who need to quickly bring images to one style for a web-site or an advertisement booklet.

AKVIS Sketch has a simple interface with a few sliders. At first you can process the image with the default settings and then touch up the photo adding color, or trying different techniques — from pencil to charcoal or watercolor. You can make the hatching denser or finer and change the pitch angle of strokes. After that, you can apply a texture to imitate a painting on a canvas.

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