Bright, colorful Glitter wands promote bonding between cats and their owners through interactive play. Assorted colors. Dimensions: 18"L
Setting the document precision in SOLIDWORKS is a global setting for that whole document; meaning every number will be set to that precision including values in a table. You might think the only way to set the precision in a table, therefore, is to set the document precision but in the case when you only want to change the precision of a specific column, this method will give you real problems. Well fear not because there is a way to explicitly set the precision for just a table. Just follow these simple steps.
Because Visualize leverages both CPU and GPU hardware, the “preview” of the render in the Viewport as you set up the shot is actually a real-time rendering. This means that what you see in the Viewport and what you get when you output the render are one and the same. As such, it is important to consider what renderer you are using not only when you are setting up the shot, but also when you are outputting the final image.
The real-time Viewport Renderer can be selected from the Main Toolbar (the toolbar that appears when hovering the cursor over the top portion of the Viewport).
The Preview Renderer allows you to position and manipulate the model, scene, and cameras with little to no noticeable graphics lag. Some of the advanced, resource-intensive features of the software are turned off, but the model retains a rendered appearance (similar to using RealView graphics in SOLIDWORKS).
The Preview Renderer is great for the initial setup of the shot. Using Preview mode, you can position the model in the environment and move the camera without having to wait for the image in the viewport to catch up. It is particularly useful if you have an especially large or complex model. However, because Preview uses a simplified subset of the software, it is not a visually accurate renderer.
Fast rendering takes the next step towards photorealism by enabling one of SOLIDWORKS Visualize’s core rendering techniques: raytracing. Raytracing works by tracing the path a ray of light takes as it travels from its source to the point where it has no further influence on the scene. With Fast rendering, the image in the Viewport will now be realistically illuminated, but still optimized for low rendering time.
The Fast renderer showcases Visualize’s ability to excellently balance render speed and quality. Theoretically, the Fast renderer is best suited for making minor adjustments to the lighting, appearances, and effects after having set up the shot. That said, it is so well optimized that if the model and/or environment are sufficiently simple, you can skip the Preview renderer and simply use the Fast renderer to position the model and camera.
The screen capture above was taken in Fast mode after just ten seconds of elapsed rendering time. There is some noise around the headlights and wheels, but it’s such a small amount that I would feel comfortable leaving the Viewport in Fast rendering if I needed to make a change to the shot.
In Visualize 2017 SP2, a new tool was introduced to further optimize the Fast rendering mode for the Viewport. By navigating to the Tools, Options…, ‘3D Viewport’ tab you can access two radio buttons that allow you to prioritize the Fast renderer for render speed or quality.
Choosing Optimize For Speed can cut rendering time in half by turning off self-shadowing and transparent reflections, such as glass. This is great if you want to use Fast mode when setting up the shot or if the shot does not include any transparent objects, with the obvious downside being a loss of visual accuracy.
Choosing Quality increases the accuracy of the raytracing, resulting in more realistic representation of light and shadows. This technique is also the difference between the Fast renderer and the Accurate renderer (more on that below) but to a lesser extent. For reference, the screenshot above was taken with Quality selected in Fast mode.
The Accurate renderer also leverages raytracing, but with more stringent calculations of the light paths. This results in the most precise rendering possible with Visualize. Because the Accurate render places so much importance on exactness, it is the most time-intensive mode.
In this screenshot—taken using the Accurate rendering mode—there is significantly more noise compared to the Fast, Quality image after the same elapsed time. Let’s take a closer look at the details.
As you can see, the Fast renderer optimized for quality has a major advantage over the Accurate renderer after 10 seconds. This is because Accurate is running more calculations and simply can’t keep the same pace as Fast. For this reason, Accurate mode should not be used when setting up the shot, and ideally would only be turned on to compare to Fast, Quality results. Though it is more time consuming, using the Accurate render in the Viewport can help when deciding which renderer to use during output, as is illustrated by this comparison after 60 seconds.
After 60 seconds, the Accurate render still has more noise, but the difference is not as drastic. Additionally, notice the reflection from the sun and the highlights around the headlight and its bezel. The Accurate renderer has created a softer, more natural look in both areas. The image is also not as dark overall. These details are subtle but important, and ultimately it is up to you to decide which render method is the best for the job. In this case, both the Fast, Quality renderer and the Accurate renderer are reasonable choices as output render methods (depending on what the final image will be used for).
There are several settings available when in Fast or Accurate mode to optimize the Viewport. These options are referred to as Interactivity Acceleration, as they are meant to speed up how the Viewport reacts as you such as move the camera or the model, play an animation, or edit the scene or appearances.
Using the Downscaled accelerator will reduce the size of the viewport as you interact with it. This will speed up interaction, but will result in lower image quality during interaction.
We all dream of an island paradise and while doing so usually picture some in the South Pacific or the Caribbean, but there are some awesomely great tourist islands in northern USA. You all have probably heard of Martha’s Vineyard and Mackinac Island, but hold on.., they don’t hold a candle to Put-in-Bay, Ohio.
This gorgeous little island five miles off the mainland has steep white cliffs on the western edges, sloping down to beaches on the east side. It is heavily wooded and beautiful. The island has about 2500 summertime residents and an average of about 25,000 daily visitors that flock to the island on the Jet Express Ferry and Miller Ferry.
Mackinac has its HOOK, such as having no cars, and lots of horses and horse dung, by the way. Put-in-Bay’s hook is Antique Cars. Most of the islanders drive antique cars everywhere. And every Sunday around 2 pm they have an Antique Car Parade which has had as many as 109 cars. There are 32 Model T Fords on the island, and many more Model As.
The island is considered the crown jewel of the Lake Erie islands, and Put-in-Bay is nicknamed the “Key West of the North, “ offering exciting nightlife with live musical entertainment to satisfy all generations – Strolling Barbershop Singers, bagpipers, steel drums and Ohio very best entertainers, i.e., Pat Dailey and Mike “Mad Dog” Adams. There are also several award-winning wineries where many folks gather to have a taste of the grape.
Waves racing in the harbor in front of the Perry Monument. Perry's Victory and International War Memorial commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie, near Ohio's South Bass Island, in which Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry led a fleet to victory in one of the most significant naval battles to occur in the War of 1812. The memorial also celebrates the lasting peace between Britain, Canada, and the United States that followed the war.
A 352 foot (107 m) monument — the world's most massive Doric column — was constructed in Put-in-Bay, Ohio by a multi-state commission from 1912 to 1915 "to inculcate the lessons of international peace by arbitration and disarmament." Beneath the stone floor of the monument lie the remains of three American officers and three British officers. It is among the tallest monuments in the United States (the Gateway Arch, San Jacinto Monument, and the Washington Monument are taller). Although substantially completed in 1915, funding problems prevented the proper completion of a fully realized memorial complex.[2] In 1919 the federal government assumed control of the monument and provided additional funding. The official dedication was celebrated on July 31, 1931. In 2002, 2.4 million dollars was spent on a new visitor center. The memorial is visited by 200,000 people each year.
This major regatta has been considered the largest fresh-water regatta in the world since 1886. The I-LYA Bay Week Regatta is one of the premier events in the Great Lakes. Rick White said, “I got my first sailboat, a Shark Catamaran, in 1965 and sailed this event and absolutely loved it. I have not missed one since!”
There are feeder races from all over the Lake on the days leading up to the actual Bay Week Regatta. For the catamarans it is the Sandusky Steeplechase, from Sandusky to Put-in-Bay, Ohio, a 20 + mile race across open water.
Skip Kaub (left) and Mike Fahle (right) won the Rick White Perpetual Trophy (a hand-carved replica of Perry's Monument which was hand-carved by Ed Cutchall. This award for first to finish. They also won the Bill Wells Sailing Spirit Trophy for best on corrected time.
Then there are three days of racing and partying. One can not be sure which drains you the most. There is never a time when a party is not scheduled. The small course adds to that with a Wine and Cheese Party at Bullet Borman’s Cottages after racing is over.
Waves on a reach to the leeward mark. Jet Express Ferry in background with Perry's Monument overlooking the race course.
This year we had two Wave Classes participating. How this happened was at a get-together at the HCA Midwinter Nationals in Mississippi, where the Wave attendance was the best HCA had ever seen. Jack Woehrle talked up the Wave North Coast Championship and wondered if the IWCA would allow an HCA Wave Class. The idea was present to IWCA President Rick White, who immediately was all for it. He said, “We have always welcomed any Wave.”
And so the idea happened. We ended up with 26 registered Wave, which is the best turnout we have had for a while. While the Waves have been the largest class at the regatta for a number of years now, the largest turnout was in the mid-2000 when the Wave North Americans there.
All the boats started together, but each class was scored separately. Colored ribbons determined which class you were in. In that way you would not have to worry too much about covering a boat in a different class.
Two HCA Waves (colored sails) mix it up with the IWCA Waves (white sails). #38 doing a pretty good roll-tack.
On the first day in excellent winds in the 15 mph category, but they managed to create some pretty lumpy seas as well. It was quite difficult trying to drive through seas that were about 4' high and about 13' apart with a 13' boat.
Doug Seib started things off well for himself on the first day of racing getting two bullets and a third and fourth, thereby taking a two point lead over Rick White. Sharon Woodruff was another two points behind White in 3rd place. And one point behind Woodruff was Ray Matszak and Jim Hildebrandt. Obviously, this is a very tough fleet and racing is always very tight.
Doug Seib won a lot of the races, but due to a flooding hull, missed two races. Somehow he managed to still come in second place overall
On Saturday, the second day of racing, showed everyone that this venue has a little bit of everything for everybody. Sure enough it was light, shifting winds, with quite a bit of powerboat chop to contend with. The object seemed to be to keep up the boat speed and drive through the chop when you saw it.
Bad news struck Seib – he was sinking. Either a drain plug fell out or it was not properly put in, but the end result was he had to sail to the nearest island and drain the boat, missing two races.
Meanwhile Rick White was really smelling the wind and the windshifts and took three bullets and a second – his worst race in the series was a 5th. Seib got back in for the last two races of the day, winning one race and taking a 2nd in the other. Amazingly, with a throwout, he was still in 2nd place, but 11 points down from White.
Rick White on the way to a first place finish. On the second day in the light stuff, White took three bullets and a second place to seal a victory.
Sharon Woodruff was hanging on to 3rd spot, four points behind Seib, and again there Matuszak and Hildebrandt one point behind her.
Sharon Woodruff had one of her best regattas of the year, hanging on to third place through most of the regatta
Ray Matuszak was always right there in the picture and despite a three-way tie for second place over, ended up fourth.
Newcomer to the Wave, Jim Hildebrandt had an awesome regatta, and in the three-way tie for second, ended up third overall.
On Sunday morning, the last day of the regatta, the forecast was for 15-20 winds out of the North and colder weather. None of which was true. Actual winds were 8 knots out of the north – perfect. And the temperature was certainly not what you would call cold.
Rick White’s game plan was to stick to Seib like velcro and to not allow any of those 11 points to vanish. White was 2nd around the weather mark of the first race with Seib close behind. Seib slipped by White on the first reach, as did a couple of other boats.
After rounding the leeward mark for the second beat White was forced out of a good lane in which he was able to keep Seib close. The boat causing the trouble was an International Canoe in the monohull class, who was on starboard. White had to duck the Canoe and was now down in bad air.
Later White said, “All of us on port tack kept getting lifted and lifted. I thought to myself this sure looks like the ‘Great Circle Route’ and tacked over the left side of the course, and sure enough, I tacked to port near the left layline and passed the entire fleet except for Jim Hildebrandt, who won the race. White settled for 2nd and Seib took a 4th place, now falling back to 13 points behind the leader.
White rolled on to three 2nd place finishes in the last races to win overall by 20 points. There was now a three was tie for second with 40 points – Seib, Hildebrandt and Matuszak, and that is the order the tie breaker came up with. Now one point behind those second spot ties was Sharon Woodruff, who had to settle for 5th place overall.
Below is a great series of shots of one of the starts. This was a bit of a port favored line and through these pictures you can see the jockeying for position to get to the port end of the line and in good air.
Jim Glanden with the white top dipped in just ahead of Rick White (50). Just to windward of White are Jack Woehrle (colored sail) and Ray Matuszak (24)
White, knowing he cannot get the pin end, holds up the boats above him to make room below to drive for speed just before the start
And White got off to a great start. He was able to pull away from Woehrle (shark bow), others above are dropping back as well, and eventually sailed up even to Glanden and tacked for the weather mark. White was first to the pin.
For the HCA Jim Glanden of Delaware never had anyone close. On the first day he had finishes of 1-3-2-1 to take a 3 point lead over Jack Woehrle. One point behind Woehrle was Matt Wirth, followed by Ben Wells.
Jim Glanden pretty much dominated the HCA Class. Of the HCA Class, he was the only one that was able to sail amongst the IWCA sailors
The light air on the second day suited Glanden to a TEE, as he took all aces, creating an 8 point lead over Woehrle. Wirth was still hanging in there in 3rd place, another six point back. Ben Wells was now secure in 4th place, with the next boat on his heels was Mimi Appel down by another 20 points.
The last day had good air, although it was forecasted to be howling. Glanden sealed the deal with two bullets and two thirds to win by 15 points. Woehrle had a 10th place finish that allowed Wirth to close, but held on to second place overall. Wirth finished 3rd place.
Returning to sailing again after a number of years being a landlubber, Bob Everson spend most of the regatta learning the ins and outs of the Wave.
The first reach of the course was a deep reach, yet you needed to read your telltales for ultimate speed
Rick White being presented the Blue Pennant for First Place in the IWCA Fleet, along with bottle of Mount Gay Rum
Doug Seib, despite all the bad luck, still ended up in a three way tie for second, which broke in his favor. Here is with Steve Harris, Vice-Commodore of the I-LYA
The Awards Party is Over, So, Now it is Time to Go to the Wine and Cheese Party at Bullet Borman's Cottages -- a tradition of many, many years
He’s been limited to a back-up role for Brazil in this World Cup, but Roberto Firmino took his chance against Mexico to send Tite’s men into the quarter-finals.
Neymar had given Brazil the lead early in the second half despite a spirited start from their opponents who looked very dangerous in the opening stages.
The Paris Saint-Germain forward then looked set to double his tally, but as Guillermo Ochoa produced a top save to deny him, he could only deflect it into Firmino’s path and he made no mistake from close range to tap home.
With Manchester City forward Gabriel Jesus yet to score at the 2018 World Cup, coupled with the fact Firmino has made a positive impact every time he has come off the bench, there has to be a strong argument for the Liverpool man to secure a starting berth.
Whether or not Tite opts to make such an important change this deep into the tournament remains to be seen, as evidently he does have a winning formula and he may not wish to break it.
Nevertheless, Firmino has done his chances no harm at all and he’ll be itching to get back on the pitch to continue to have an influence on Brazil’s run in Russia.
Arsenal are having a busy summer as they look to bolster Unai Emery’s squad, and the video below would suggest that they’ve secured another signing.
As noted by BBC Sport, the Spanish tactician saw midfielder Lucas Torreira become his fourth summer signing after deals were already done for Stephan Lichtsteiner, Bernd Leno and Sokratis Papastathopoulos.
Further, the report goes on to add that French youngster Matteo Guendouzi was set to undergo a medical with the Gunners to make it five new additions, but it seems as though the signing of the 19-year-old has gone further than that.
The official Arsenal Twitter page has yet to make any reference to a deal being done for Guendouzi, but as seen in the video below which has been leaked on social media, it appears to show the talented Lorient starlet signing his Arsenal contract with club officials and the badge in the background.
It remains to be seen when the club will officially confirm the deal, but it looks as though Emery has added another midfielder to his squad as he continues to strengthen the team ahead of his first season in charge at the Emirates.
Arsenal had the worst defensive record of the top seven sides in the Premier League last season, and so that combined with the attacking quality already at Emery’s disposal, it seems like a sensible strategy to prioritise strengthening the defence and midfield this summer.
DONE DEAL: Matteo Guendouzi has completer his move from #Lorient to @arsenal on a 5-year deal worth £7m! pic.twitter.com/z2ZtTieMsd