{"id":235,"date":"2011-09-26T01:58:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T05:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/cadcam-to-new-heights-with-edgefactors-gnarly-metal"},"modified":"2011-09-26T01:58:00","modified_gmt":"2011-09-26T05:58:00","slug":"cadcam-to-new-heights-with-edgefactors-gnarly-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2011\/09\/cadcam-to-new-heights-with-edgefactors-gnarly-metal.html","title":{"rendered":"CAD\/CAM to New Heights with EdgeFactor&#8217;s Gnarly Metal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a style=\"display: inline;\" href=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e2015435aa9f15970c.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"asset  asset-image at-xid-6a00d83451706569e2015435aa9f15970c image-full\" title=\"Straitline Edge Factor Gnarly Metal\" src=\"https:\/\/blog-assets.solidworks.com\/uploads\/sites\/3\/6a00d83451706569e2015435aa9f15970c-800wi.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Straitline Edge Factor Gnarly Metal\" \/><\/a>&nbsp;<br \/>CAD\/CAM &#8211; two acronyms that define Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacturing. Sometimes they live in separate worlds.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;When you want to teach students the same excitement I feel every time I walk into a machine shop, then the new <a title=\"Edge Factor Home Page\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edgefactor.com\/\" target=\"_self\">EDGEFACTOR<\/a> video&nbsp;<a title=\"Episode 2 Edge Factor Gnarly Metal\" href=\"https:\/\/www.edgefactor.com\/ef_ep2\" target=\"_self\">Gnarly Metal<\/a> is one to share.<\/p>\n<p>A fews months ago, I wrote a <a title=\"Edge Factor Sneak Peak story\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.solidworks.com\/teacher\/2011\/08\/edgefactor-sneak-peak-and-solidworks.html\" target=\"_self\">story <\/a>on how I was fortunate to be on set of this second major production of Edge Factor. The final 30 minute episode delivers action, entertainment and education by showing when an engineer and manufacturer work together, with competitive slope-style bike riders, great things happen. Designs from SolidWorks&#8217; customer Straitline and the beautiful background of Victoria Harbor and the British Columbia forest, provide your students a great example that design and manufacturing can reach new heights. Marie<\/p>\n<p><object width='500' height='281'><param name='allowFullScreen' value='true' \/><param name='AllowScriptAccess' value='always' \/><param name='movie' value='https:\/\/www.pinkbike.com\/v\/217729' \/><embed src='https:\/\/www.pinkbike.com\/v\/217729' type='application\/x-shockwave-flash' width='500' height='281' allowFullScreen='true' AllowScriptAccess='always' \/><\/object><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;CAD\/CAM &#8211; two acronyms that define Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Manufacturing. 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