


If you have a common set of 2D parts that you use regularly, then you should convert them now. For more complex parts, you could use this technique to get you started or get you 20-to-80% there, before having to make a few final additions to complete your design. If you have a lot of prismatic parts to convert, you can apply this technique yourself. In the video above, I have taken a basic 2D drawing and converted it to 3D in a few simple steps in Onshape.

It’s definitely a worthwhile exercise to recreate your most frequently used 2D drawings in 3D, so you can reuse them, check that they fit correctly, make modifications quickly and calculate accurate assembly mass properties – not to mention many other beneficial uses.

Most of these may be obsolete, from products you stopped making years ago, but some may still be relevant today and you may want to reuse them in your 3D designs. Each eye sees the complete image just as a normal 2D display.If you started your design career on a 2D CAD platform, then chances are you have hundreds (if not thousands) of DWG files. UPDATE: A Dialog Semiconductor PR rep informed us that users can watch content in 2D as the parallax barrier can be "switched off making it transparent. No word on when or where exactly we'll see this technology implemented. There isn't any software that needs to be installed, and use of this 2D-to-3D chip should only use "a tiny fraction of the battery." Nevertheless, the technology is pretty revolutionary and uncomplicated for the end-user. However, because that barrier is required, if you would want to watch any content in old school 2D, you'd have to go somewhere else. Dialog recommends 3.8- to 10-inch displays, such as OLED or TFT. The chip supports displaying 3D content in both portrait and landscape positions in real time. Touted as ideal for smartphones and tablets, the DA8223 also features a parallax barrier screen driver that permits users to view 3D content without any 3D-ready glasses. 41 impressive questions to ask in a job interviewĭialog Semiconductor has introduced the DA8223, the "world’s first" real time 2D to 3D video conversion chip for portable devices.
