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Showing posts with label Photos. Show all posts

Sunday, February 18, 2024

Recent posts from #3DXW24

 

Final day of #3DXW24 and the closing General Session finishes with the announcement for next year's event @ Houston, TX. First time for me in Houston was last year. Second time was this January. (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3V4UwovEoS/?hl=en)

Dan McGinn & Chris Pagliarini presentation on "Elevating Design Efficient with SOLIDWORKS Cloud ~ drawing, parts and assemblies" 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024 (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3TKjJcPnaA/?hl=en)

Chris Pagliarini gets applause when talking about single-source-of-truth between MBD and Drawings, being able to create product definition in either drawings or MBD environments and have that drive both environments seamlessly at the same time with no additional work to operate in either ~ Future of Design session at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024 (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3S8wZ9rVKB/?hl=en)

cadence is excited about their partnership with DS at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024's Future of Design session. (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3S7OmprJbY/?hl=en)

Three "D's" of Flowserve on main stage during #3DEXPERIENCE World 2024's Tuesday General Session. (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3Srx9fslb4/?hl=en)

glüxkind AI driven rocking baby carriage at 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024 in the Playground. (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3SkHkUsWMY/?hl=en&img_index=1)

Crowd for my What's Recently Been Added to SOLIDWORKS Drawings presentation! Great group for a great session. (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3Q6bunL8SZ/?hl=en)

Nutella empanada at the Denver International Airport Concourse B in my may to 3DEXPERIENCE World 2024 (Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/p/C3LaxZcPxbv/?hl=en)

Saturday, February 10, 2024

3DEXPERIENCE World 2024

February 10 - 15 2024, we had another great year with awesome people, such as Heather HaszMichael LordChin-loo LamaYoshihiro DobashiJoe LanceJustin KidderKristen Wilson SyrekSantiago LaverdeBrenda MonahanSalih Majid Al AniMichel CloutierUtpal Kumar, Lennart Tinndahl, MariaDavid Ferreira, Kevin Berni, Rick Encello, Mark Biasotti, Suchit Jain, Casey Gorman, Allan Azcuna, Mhal Louh, Eric Beatty, Jonny Harrison, Kim Richardson, Denny Bahl, Madhav Joshi, Erin Kimbrell, Jason Pohl, Sarah Downey, Jessie Long, Matt LongAvelino RochinoFrank RueppSal LamaDan Ferrucci-HerzbergSteve CalvertKirby DowneyTara HodgettsDitmars VeinbachsDan RiffellJohn MatrishonJosh MayesRobert JostBrad WilliamsonKaren DaleyMark MartelLuke DaleyMatthieu FourcadeMike BuchliMike SabocheckRachael NaoumBrad MeadorSaurav SahaPruthvi VenketeshBetty BakerShigeo KimuraShravan JodalliJeff Niederman, and many others visited Omni Dallas Hotel, The Owners Box, Gilley's, Frankie's Downtown, Derby Restaurant, The Backyard, Deep Ellum, Elm Street Cask & Kitchen, Cafe Herrera on Lamar and Morsel's. (FB post/backup link)

Wednesday, January 24, 2024

New Flag Design in Planning for Illinois

Back in August of 2023, the State of Illinois started the process to design a new flag for the state. From the announcement, I'm not sure if the process will take suggestions from the public directly.  Instead, there's going to be a relatively huge design committee, though.

Vexillologically speaking, the current state flag is not a good design. Problems include:

  • A complex image directly pulled from the State Seal, where details are lost in the cluster and not easy to draw;
  • As a result, the flag also has too many colors;
  • Unnecessary, distracting, redundant and poorly placed text "ILLINOIS".

 

The only thing that makes this flag distinct when comparing it to other state flags is the white background.  Other than that, from a glance, you wouldn't know if this was the flag for Michigan, North Dakota or Vermont.

One interesting fact is that Illinois created anniversary flags. I think the answer for a new flag design lies in the Centennial flag.


This flag isn't perfect, but it's much better and more distinctive. I think this would make a great basis for the new state flag.  Here's what I would consider to change in order to adopt this flag as the new state flag:

  • I don't think the star fields are necessary, as these represent other states and not Illinois itself; 

  • The design looks like a missile (or even something rude) in modern aesthetics.

I would remove the star fields and move the white star to the center.

This concept is historic, unique when compared other states, easily recognizable on its own, and simple enough for grade school children to draw from memory. It also falls in line with the regional motif established by the Chicago flag; while offering more strength of design by being even more succinct.

It should be noted that Wallace Rice designed both the Chicago flag and the Illinois Centennial flag.

Tuesday, December 19, 2023

Returning North from Our San Diego Trip (Photos)

During our San Diego trip, we also spent a little more than a day in Los Angeles on the drive back up North.

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Sunday, December 17, 2023

San Diego Trip Photos from La Jolla

A great capper to our San Diego trip was the surprizing visit to La Jolla.  We encountered sea lions and many sea birds.  We also had a great dinner at George's at the Cove.
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Saturday, December 16, 2023

San Diego Safari Park Photos

Highlight of our SoCal journey was our visit to San Diego Safari Park!
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