Just about a year ago, we heard from two exciting makers and YouTubers, Brad Thompson (Impact Props) and Eric Haddad (3DAeroventures), on how they were using 3DEXPERIENCE Works to grow their design-centric channels. They explained how they did this by using tools like SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD and 3D Sculptor (containing Sub-D capabilities) to design faster and more satisfyingly.
Back when I was a SOLIDWORKS user working on industry projects, I always used to wonder: “Hey, what happened to those cool people I saw on mainstage at World that one year?”
This blog is meant to give you an answer to that question about these two mainstage speakers. And yes, it’s also to appease my former self!
Impact Props
SOLIDWORKS Champion Brad Thompson is no stranger to making. He made his channel back in 2008 and originally launched his channel as a means to document the maker adventures of he and his friends back in college.
Since his days in college, he’s held engineering roles in industry. But the channel, as is the case with a lot of content creators, has remained active as a side endeavor apart from his day job. As Brad’s grown in his own career, his channel has taken many twists and turns as it continues to evolve in alignment with his interests. In fact, recently, he decided to make the jump to become a full-time creator!
Suffice to say: he’s all about doing new things. We saw this at 3DEXPERIENCE World last year, when he debuted this custom helmet designed using 3D Sculptor. As a SOLIDWORKS user in industry, he hadn’t come across a natural need to do Sub-D modeling at work. But for prop/helmet making? Natural fit!
Ehh, nevermind. Maybe if we decide to blow up (read: enlarge, not explode like Brad) the X100 and make it flyable by a human pilot! We’ll have to ask Eric if that’s in the cards.
Be sure to subscribe to both Brad’s and Eric’s channels to keep up with their latest design adventures. And if you would like to sign up for alerts on when you can use SOLIDWORKS and the 3DEXPERIENCE platform at a maker level just like these guys later this year, you can do so by clicking here!
Sean O'Neill