CAD & 3D Modeling
Success Stories
on Mac & Windows
Ashlar-Vellum CAD and 3D modeling software helps define the leading-edge in many of the world’s most advanced industries on both Mac and Windows.
Has Ashlar-Vellum CAD or 3D modeling software contributed to one of your successes? If so, we’d like to hear from you. Maybe you were able to think through a particular design problem, beat your competition to market, work within a challenging infrastructure, create more freely, save time or save the world. Whatever the case, we’d like to share your success with the world. We’ll set up a telephone interview and write the story. Click here to learn how to share your CAD or 3D modeling success, on either Mac or Windows, with the world.
I’ve used most of the major CAD systems on the market, but in my experience there is not much to match the flexibility, and sheer value, of Cobalt’s translation tools for 3D geometry—and then there’s the modeling!
— Kevin Quigley, Quigley Design
Full List of the Success Stories
| Story | Software | Designer | Object | Area of Interest |
Topics |
| Innovate to Differentiate | Cobalt | Fred Puksta | Kitchen Cabinet Face Frame | Kitchen Cabinet Design | Patent Drawings Concept through Manufacture Precision Drawings |
| Studebaker: Iconic & Immediate | Argon | John Houlihan | Studebaker | Automotive Transportation |
Surface Modeling |
| Training Closes the Circle for Henge Docks | Cobalt | Matthew Vroom Alex Bagden |
Mac Docking Station | Consumer Electronics |
Training |
| A Stiff Shot of Successo | Xenon | John Bicht | Espresso Dosing Hopper | Business & Industrial Mechanical Design |
Ease of Use |
| Keeping the Fun Factor in Design | Xenon | Jonty Sherwill | Retail Space, Docks, Marine Equipment | Architectural Design Product Design |
Conceptual Design Mac/Windows |
| Illuminating More than Product Design | Cobalt | Celso Santos | Lamp, Assembly Instructions, Packaging Design | Consumer Product Design Housewares |
Enhanced Visual Communications |
| New Access to Outer Space | Cobalt Graphite |
Greg Jones | Spacecraft Payload Modules | Spacecraft | Concept through Manufacture CNC |
| Catching a Dream in Midair | Graphite | Robert Perless | Metallic Sculpture | Artistic Sculpture Environmental Graphics Design |
Conceptual Sketch to Precision Engineering Drawing |
| The Wizard of Whiz | Cobalt | Jean-François Jacques | Airport Scooter | Vehicle Design Transportation Award Winning Design |
Design Iteration Explore Design in 3D History Tree Parametric Constraints |
| Innovative Kitchen Design Made Easier in Cobalt™ | Cobalt | Fred Puksta | Kitchen Cabinets | Architectural Design Kitchen Cabinet Design |
Drafting Assistant |
| In Loving Memory | Cobalt | Fred Puksta | Memorial Bench | Stone Sculpture, Environmental | Ease of Use |
| Design to Production in One | Xenon | Michael Golino | Office Furniture | Office Furniture | Concept through Manufacture CNC |
| Watching Conceptual Design Take Form | Graphite Cobalt |
Luc Heiligenstein | Sports Watch | Sports Watch Consumer Products |
Intuitive Interface Ease of Use Create Any Shape |
| Cobalt™ Makes the Differential | Cobalt | Dale Speakes | Ferrari Differential | Automotive | Intuitive Interface Ease of Use Sketches and Constraints |
| Listen to the Sound of that Ferrari | Cobalt | David Wiener Ventures | Audio Speakers | Consumer Electronics | Virtual Prototyping Concept through Manufacture CNC |
| Xenon™ Changes Designer’s Point of View | Xenon | John Bicht | Espresso Packer | Business & Industrial Mechanical Design |
Speed & Accuracy of 3D Easy to Learn Rendering |
| Cobalt™ Delivers Speed & Savings | Cobalt | David Evett | Stereo Amp, Furniture | Furniture Electronics Product Design |
Easy Design Changes Beautiful Rendering Return on Investment |
| Lounging in Luxury | Argon | Mark Robson | Lounge Chair | Furniture Design | Precision Modeling Mac |
| Flying the Beige Skies of Mars | Graphite Cobalt |
Bob Parks | Mars Flier | Spacecraft | Ease of Use Conceptual Sketch to Precision Engineering Model |
| Cobalt™ Helps Win Grand Prize | Cobalt | Nelson Au | Digital Camera | Consumer Electronics Product Design Award Winning Design |
Easy to Learn |
| A Designing Machine | Graphite | Wallace Beaudry | Machines for Manufacturing | Mechanical Design Machine Design |
Concept Development Speed of Design CNC File Translation |
| Champion Racing Engines | Cobalt | Kelley Roberts | Engine Parts | Mechanical Design Engine Parts Automotive |
Ease of Use Speed of Design |
| In the Spirit of Great Design | Cobalt | Celso Santos Christian Albanese |
Sun Umbrella | Consumer Product Design Award Winning Design |
Design Iteration Enhanced Communications |
| Not Your Daily Grind | Graphite | John Bicht | Espresso Maker | Business & Industry Mechanical Design |
Ease of Learning Ease of Use |
| Streamlined for Success with Argon™ | Argon | Bob Meyer | Manufacturing Fixtures | Mechanical Design Manufacturing Equipment |
Ease of Learning Ease of Use File Translation |
| Taking the Devil out of the Details with Cobalt™ | Cobalt | Martin Brunt | Artistic Dragons, Atrium Trees | Artistic Sculpture Environmental Graphics |
Speed of Design Precision Enhanced Communications File Translation |
| Clearly a Great Design | Cobalt | Nelson Au | Pocket Drive | Consumer Products Electronics Award Winning Design |
Ease of Use Enhanced Communications File Translation |
| Ice Cream Dream Machine | Cobalt | Nick Dearden | Ice Cream Machine | Mechanical Design Industrial Design |
Virtual prototyping Complete Package CAM FEA |
| A Model of Patience | Cobalt | Kiyoaki Shin-i | Vacuum Nozzle Mold | Mold and Model Making | Easy to Learn File Translation Mac Drafting Assistant |
| Rather Be Fishing? | Graphite | Chuck Villarreal | Fishing Gear | Mechanical Design | Easy to Learn Easy to Use Productivity File translation |
| Thinking Inside the Box | Xenon | Michael Golino | Office Cubicles | Furniture Design | Easy to Learn Easy to Use |
| Cobalt™ 3D Modeling Helps Make History | Cobalt | Burt Rutan | SpaceShipOne, White Knight | Space Craft | Ease of Use Efficiency of Design |
| Cobalt™ Helps Create Mayhem | Cobalt | Patrick Tatopoulos Dave Kindlon |
I, Robot’s Sonny | Mechanical Design Industrial Design |
Integration of Mechanical and Industrial Design File translation |
| Sailing the Shallow Waters | Cobalt | Antonio Dias Design | Sailboat | Marine Design | Integrated 2D and 3D Solid Modeling Ease of Use |
| Furniture with Zen Appeal | Cobalt | Fred Puksta | Dining Room Set | Furniture Design | Solid Modeling Speed of Design Ease of Use |
| Art, Ceiling Fans & Square Roots | Cobalt | Mark Gajewski | Ceiling Fans | Home Furnishings | Rendering Modeling Selling Ideas |
| Novice Users Win Competition | Cobalt | Rodney Mackrell Tee Smith |
Rollup Computer | Electronics Student Award Winning Design |
Easy to Learn Easy to Use Easy to Understand |
| Finding Form for the MapJack | Cobalt | Kevin Quigley | Network Test Tool | Electronics Plastic molding |
Fast Concept Design Easy Design Iteration CAM Precision Solid and Surface Modeling File Translation Blends Shelling |
| Right the First Time | Cobalt | Kevin Quigley | Molded Case | Electronics Plastic Molding |
Draft Fast Modeling File Translation |
| Optimizing the Optima | Cobalt | Kevin Quigley | Plastic Mugs | Molding | Associativity Photo-realistic Rendering |
| A Sweet First for Starbucks | Cobalt | David Ryan | Chocolates | Molding | Solid Modeling |
| Dare to be Square | Cobalt | Kevin Quigley | Bathtub | Home Furnishing | Design Revisions History Tree |
| Simplicity Pays Off | Cobalt | Andy Marshall | Guitar Amps | Electronics | Visualization Fast Design |