#Design Workflow

[pisoftware]

"How SketchUp Pro Enhances Engineering & Architecture Workflow | PI Software"

"Learn how SketchUp Pro improves engineering and architectural workflows with precise modeling, seamless integrations, and efficient design processes. Discover its benefits for professionals."

[cueball-creatives]

Graphic Design Process | Custom Design Workflow & Solutions | Cueball Creatives

Discover our graphic design process and workflow. We offer custom design solutions, ensuring a seamless graphic design service process tailored to your needs.

[immersivtechnologies]

HOW CAD AUTOMATION TOOLS STREAMLINE WORKFLOW & BOOSTS PRODUCTIVITY 

Discover the transformative impact of CAD Automation in simplifying intricate design tasks and enhancing the overall quality of your final product.

Read our latest article to explore how CAD Automation tools are revolutionizing workflows, reducing errors, and optimizing productivity.

[printwalaseo]

The infographic provides a comprehensive look into Printwala's meticulous logo design process, offering worldwide print, design, and web solutions. Initiating with a "Creative/Design Brief," they capture the client's vision and brand aspirations. This is followed by an in-depth "Research" phase to understand industry nuances and analyze competitor designs. During the "Brainstorming" phase, innovative ideas are sketched and conceptualized. The "Feedback/Proofing" stage ensures alignment with client expectations. Subsequently, the "Present Logo Concept" showcases potential finalized designs. The iterative "Tweaks and Refinements" phase ensures perfection. The journey concludes with "Logo File Delivery," ensuring clients receive the best quality, and "Brand Guidelines" are provided for consistent brand representation.

[hybridappbuilder]

Elevate UX Design with the Power of Design Thinking! 🌟🎨 Explore how infusing empathy and innovation can supercharge your design workflow.

[prototechsolutionsblog]

CAD Automation: Redefining the Design Landscape for Success

In the world of modern engineering and design, Computer-Aided Design (CAD) has revolutionized the way products are conceived, developed, and manufactured. As technology continues to advance, CAD automation emerges as a key player in enhancing design efficiency and fostering innovation. This blog post delves into the realm of CAD automation, exploring its significance, benefits, challenges, and potential future trends.

 Understanding CAD Automation

CAD automation refers to the process of utilizing software tools and scripts to streamline various aspects of the design process. It involves automating repetitive tasks, generating complex designs, and facilitating seamless collaboration between designers and engineers. The goal of CAD automation is to reduce manual effort, minimize errors, improve consistency, and accelerate the overall design cycle.

 Significance of CAD Automation

 1. Efficiency Enhancement:

Automating routine and time-consuming tasks, such as dimensioning, detailing, and generating drawings, allows designers and engineers to allocate more time to creative and high-value tasks. This not only accelerates the design process but also increases productivity and reduces the risk of human errors.

 2. Design Iteration and Optimization:

Automation tools enable rapid design iteration. Designers can easily generate variations of a concept, test different parameters, and evaluate multiple scenarios. This iterative process aids in identifying the most optimal design solution and fosters innovation.

 3. Consistency and Standardization:

CAD automation enforces design standards and guidelines consistently across projects. This ensures that designs adhere to industry best practices and regulatory requirements, reducing the chances of errors caused by deviations from standards.

 4. Complex Geometry and Customization:

Automated scripts and parametric modeling techniques enable the creation of intricate and complex geometries that might be challenging to achieve manually. Additionally, automation allows for easy customization of designs to meet specific customer requirements.

 5. Collaboration and Communication:

CAD automation tools facilitate seamless collaboration between cross-functional teams. Design modifications, updates, and feedback can be efficiently communicated and integrated into the design process, enhancing teamwork and reducing communication gaps.

 Benefits of CAD Automation

 1. Time Savings:

Automating repetitive tasks drastically reduces the time required for design and drafting. This leads to faster project completion and quicker time-to-market for products.

 2. Error Reduction:

Human errors are inevitable in manual tasks, but automation significantly reduces the risk. Consistent and standardized designs generated by automation tools mitigate the chances of costly mistakes.

 3. Innovation Encouragement:

By handling routine tasks, designers can focus on exploring innovative design concepts and pushing boundaries. This results in more creative and inventive solutions.

 4. Cost Efficiency:

Efficient design processes translate to cost savings. Reduced design time, fewer errors, and optimized designs contribute to lower production costs.

 5. Enhanced Quality:

Automation tools ensure that designs adhere to defined standards, leading to higher-quality outputs that meet or exceed customer expectations.

 Challenges of CAD Automation

While CAD automation offers numerous benefits, it's important to acknowledge the challenges that come with its implementation:

 1. Initial Setup Complexity:

Developing and implementing automation scripts requires specialized skills and time. Setting up an automation workflow can be complex and resource-intensive.

 2. Maintenance and Updates:

Automation workflows need continuous monitoring and updates to remain effective. Changes in design requirements or software updates may necessitate adjustments to the automation process.

 3. Skill Requirements:

CAD automation demands a certain level of programming and scripting skills. Not all design professionals possess these skills, which might lead to a skill gap within the team.

 4. Balancing Automation and Creativity:

While automation improves efficiency, there's a concern that excessive automation might stifle creativity. Striking the right balance is crucial to ensure that designers still have the freedom to innovate.

 Future Trends in CAD Automation

The future of CAD automation holds exciting possibilities:

 1. AI-Powered Design Generation:

Artificial Intelligence (AI) could play a significant role in generating design concepts based on user inputs and requirements. This could lead to the rapid creation of diverse design options.

 2. Cloud-Based Collaboration:

Collaboration tools and CAD software are likely to move towards the cloud, enabling real-time collaboration between team members regardless of their geographical location.

 3. Integration with Simulation and Analysis:

Automation could seamlessly integrate design with simulation and analysis tools, allowing for quicker evaluation of design performance and optimization.

 4. Generative Design Evolution:

Generative design algorithms, driven by AI, could become more advanced, producing complex designs that consider multiple variables and constraints.

 Conclusion

CAD automation is transforming the design landscape by freeing designers from repetitive tasks, empowering them to innovate, and enhancing design efficiency. While challenges exist, the benefits of CAD automation outweigh the drawbacks, and the continuous evolution of technology promises even greater possibilities in the future. Embracing CAD automation can position design teams at the forefront of innovation and efficiency in the rapidly evolving engineering and manufacturing industries.

ProtoTech Solutions' journey into the realm of CAD automation is a testament to the transformative power of technology. Their commitment to streamlining design processes, fostering innovation, and embracing the future sets an inspiring example for the entire design and engineering community. As ProtoTech Solutions continues to pioneer advancements in CAD automation, the design landscape stands poised for a future of unprecedented efficiency, creativity, and collaboration.

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born slippy

[pavodence]

set 3 done! close ups under the cut

[tamberrio]

Rendering practice in honor of the version update coming up (Marcus I will save up for your banner and pull you I swear)

Timelapse under the cut:

[kesbeacon]

Shoutout to this one rando internet poster's rando Grandma; I read a post where this person was setting up a computer for their grandmother, explained how it worked, and so on, and then got a call a week later from their indignant gran saying, "Why didn't you tell me about the knitting program?!?!"

Poster says, what knitting program? And she says, it's got lots of little boxes and you can colour them and put things in them. And when they go over to look - it's Excel. She's shrunk the Excel cells and is making knitting patterns in Excel.

Anyway. I now (for the last several years) make all my knitting patterns in Excel*, because if you use conditional formatting then it's extremely powerful. Type 'a' in a cell and it turns a colour; 'b', a different one.

Behold, a simple example.

Can't show you what I'm working on but it's EnormousTM.

And you can just arrow key up and across, row by row; hit save before closing and it'll even save your place.

Also, you can calculate your knitting maths with it.

Random grandma, if you're out there, I owe you one. Call me. We can swap tips and tricks.

*LibreOffice Calc also works but is a little more annoying to use.

[mintycitrus]

minori 🧡 (rough + colored sketch under the cut bc i like them)

[rawliverandgoronspice]

:D

I have finished the lineart of Thralls of Power Episode 1!!!!!!!*

🍾🥂✨

(*safe for a couple of reworks I want to do and also the end credits that I want to actually animate)

The current time for the episode is 40'19 and the current approximate number of frames I have drawn (minus a couple that are not in the actual episode, and some I have in double for Reasons, and some I haven't counted which have been done several times but I can't be arsed to do the maths right now) is 1168 frames (!!!), which, even if a lot of those are small adjustements, I AM going to pat myself on the back for because!!!! hell yeah!!!!!! heck yeah!!!!!!!!

the problem with lineart is, it's not super shareable without solid render, but have a Celebratory Messy Dorf as a bonus!!!!

(I have also finished the soundtrack EXCEPT for one track, which will be the most difficult to tackle, so !!!! oops, also my computer that can do music is dying and I need to learn a different music software but I don't have the time, so OOPS, truly Thralls has killed like, 2 different computers, maybe two and a half, insane)

[immersivtechnologies]

6 BEST PRACTICES OF CAD AUTOMATION GIVEN BY INDUSTRY EXPERTS

Discover top CAD automation tips from industry experts.

Optimize workflows with these 6 best practices for efficient and precise design processes.

[insideguppysworld]

Hey guys! I haven’t made anything in blender in a while, so I’m glad to say that I’m back and feeling so excited for new projects! I’m looking forward to learning a lot this year and creating more than ever! If you enjoy 3D art or character modeling/design then you should check this video out!

[im-fucking-baalin]

ohhhhh i am COOKING

[pepoboyz]

if only you could hear my voice

but you are screaming far too loud to hear me swear

just because I left doesn't mean that I'm not still there

[id: a digital illustration of two figures. one is man with long brown hair, light skin with freckles, and hazel eyes. he wears a simple white shirt and cropped black vest with a gaiter around his neck. in his arms he holds a small child with freckles and dark eyes. she sticks her tongue out. behind them is a sunset gradient. end id]

two characters of mine in a simpler time. ulysses and his daughter, niketa.