[Lab] A SolidWorks Christmas ...

[Paul & Andrea Mumby]

I agree, but good quality nvidia cards can be had quite cheap these days,
and getting a small formfactor with a single pci-e slot isn't difficult. It
doesn't need insane workstation style graphics, a low to midrange nvidia
gaming card would be more than enough for the labs purposes I would suspect.

- Paul

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:58 AM, Nigel Vezeau <nigel_vezeau at yahoo.com>wrote:

> I'd only go with a small form factor if we can get a decent video card with
> it.  Solidworks is very video intensive and will bring many built-in
> graphics cards to their knees if larger assemblies or complex parts are
> built.
>
> Nigel
>
> --- On *Fri, 11/19/10, Paul & Andrea Mumby <themumbys at gmail.com>* wrote:
>
>
> From: Paul & Andrea Mumby <themumbys at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Lab] A SolidWorks Christmas ...
> To: "Andrew Plumb" <andrew at plumb.org>
> Cc: "lab" <lab at artengine.ca>
> Received: Friday, November 19, 2010, 10:31 AM
>
>
> Might I suggest going with a small form factor PC, in order to improve
> portability and ease of storage. Small PCs can be had for a reasonable price
> with decent performance these days, which would be only slightly larger than
> the Mac Mini that modlab already has.
>
> - Paul
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 10:28 AM, Andrew Plumb <andrew at plumb.org<http://mc/compose?to=andrew@plumb.org>
> > wrote:
>
> I've added a Windows PC to the lab wish-list.
>
> SolidWorks is Windows-only, along with plenty of other software packages
> and equipment drivers out there.
>
> Booting up a Linux distro via USB is easy to do as the need arises.
>
> Andrew.
>
> On 2010-11-19, at 9:40 AM, krazatchu . wrote:
>
> > Hello members of ORE and ArtEngine,
> >
> > At a yet to be disclosed location, on an unspecified day, I will be
> giving an introductory seminar on my favorite CAD package, SolidWorks.
> > The venue will most likely be Algonquin, and the date depending on
> resources, sometime in the near future...
> >
> > SolidWorks has offered a number of 150 day licenses for use by the
> attending members of ORE and ArtEngine community.
> > The purpose of this mail is to determine interest and likewise the number
> of licenses to give out.
> >
> > If you are interested, reply to the list or reply directly to me at
> michael at krazatchu.ca <http://mc/compose?to=michael@krazatchu.ca>.
> > As SolidWorks is a very comprehensive package, I would also be interested
> in hearing what areas are of interest.
> >
> > Michael Grant
> > www.krazatchu.ca
> >
> >
> >
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