Show off your skills and solve real design problems
Design Christmas gifts for your friends and family with ZW3D.
Christmas is just around the corner! The standard tradition is to share gifts – but share designs? That’s the idea behind this Design Challenge. ZW3D wants you to come up with the ideal Christmas Gift. Don’t just make a model of Santa Claus – think of something unique and original. A mechanical Reindeer? A Christmas Tree Star made completely of gears? And for all of your ideas, you will receive a 3DConnexion Mouse and a little prize money to buy those real gifts. Or perhaps get your design 3D printed instead?
Prizes will be judged on a variety of criteria, including quality (of course) but also creativity, popularity and ease of manufacturing.
ZW3D CAD/CAM can be downloaded for a free 30-day trial at http://www.zwsoft.com/en/products/zw3d.html
Please check out also the video http://youtu.be/7WcK0Wwbp74
The design software is ZW3D.
Participant should submit both .z3 and jpg files of the finished design.
The competition is open to everyone.
One engineer can submit several entries, but no more than one will win a prize.
The design must be original. Any plagiarism will be disqualified.
The contest sponsor has the right to promote the winning entries.
Only entries uploaded to GrabCAD library will participate in the competition.
Tag your model with “christmasgift”. Only entries with valid tag will participate!
Winners will be announced within 1 month after the end of competition but not before two weeks on this Challenge site.
Free 3D printing from Ponoko is up to $150.
$700 + 3D print + 3Dconnexion SpacePilot Pro 3D Mouse
$500 + 3D print + 3Dconnexion SpaceMouse Pro 3D Mouse
$200 + 3D print + 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator 3D Mouse
$100 + 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator 3D Mouse
$100 + 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator 3D Mouse
$100 + 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator 3D Mouse
The winners will be chosen by both ZW3D and GrabCAD based on the quality of the models
ZWSOFT is a world-reowned CAD/CAM solutions provider for the AEC and MCAD industries, with over 320,000 clients in 80 countries. ZWSOFT's products, ZWCAD and ZW3D, have satisfied the needs of 2D and 3D designers for over a decade. For more info, please refer to www.zwsoft.com
Ponoko is an online service for manufacturing. People can distribute, download and customize and manufacture product designs by using its making system.
3Dconnexion offers the ultimate selection of 3D mice for navigation and motion control in CAD applications, compatible with more than 100 software programs.
If you don't receive the email within an hour (and you've checked your Spam folder), email us as confirmation@grabcad.com.
49 comments
Fateh MERRAD over 11 years ago
Wow Great competition ! :))
luis amaya over 11 years ago
Agreed, kind of kool
khorbh over 11 years ago
nice prizes . . . 3D mice ! . . . interesting . . .
John B over 11 years ago
quick question, if this has to do somewhat with 3d printing, wouldn't it be a good idea to include a .stl file?
Primož over 11 years ago
i have some questions:
-what are maximum and minimum dimensions that can be made on 3D printer?
- what kind of material?
-is it transparent (see-through) or colored material?
-can it be assembly with electric components (LED lights, speakers,itd) or just 3D printed part?
Ben Hong over 11 years ago
Hello John B! Thanks for your question. Participants can submit the .stl file to the 3D printing service provider when they win the first, second or third prize. And while doing 3D printing, there will be some details to be confirmed between the provider and winners. So they don't need to do it at this moment.
Ben Hong over 11 years ago
Hello lekaimadh! Thanks for your question. ZW3D is an easy-to-use 3D CAD software. It has built-in Show-n-Tell tutorials to shorten users' learning time. And you can find other tutorial videos, tips & tricks on the official website: http://www.zwsoft.com/Service_Support/ser_zw3d/
Ben Hong over 11 years ago
Hello reza allahyari. Have you ever installed ZW3D on your computer?
Ben Hong over 11 years ago
Hello reza allahyari. If you installed the trial version before and you didn't purchase a licence within 30 days, it would show this message. But don't worry about that. I'll apply a licence for you so that you can use for another month. And for those who have encountered this problem, please leave a comment here. I'll try to help you solve it.
Reza Allahyari over 11 years ago
thanks ben
Steve Desrosiers over 11 years ago
Wow!,.. nice challenge
Dan over 11 years ago
@Primož
The materials available will be anything in the Ponoko catalog - http://www.ponoko.com/make-and-sell/materials/ponoko-united-states?kind=3D+Printed&mode=materials
Maximum and minimum sizes differ for each material so you'll need to look at each material page for that info.
The maximum value for the printed part is $150 so you may want to limit your design to fit within a ~100mm cube.
Any assembly with electronics would need to be done by you.
Dave ten Have over 11 years ago
Every entry will also get a $10 Ponoko voucher for future 3D printing work.
emre over 11 years ago
I could not manage to open this software on Win8. Would you help about the situation?
Ajay Agrawal over 11 years ago
7SL8-9892-UMA3-AZGY-8989-89S8 key is not working for me..!
Ben Hong over 11 years ago
Hello Ajay Agrawal!
Please send me a message and describe the problem in details. Thanks.
Ben Hong over 11 years ago
Hello emre! Regarding your problem, please follow these steps:
1) Right click the short-cut of ZW3D
2) Choose Properties
3) Set it to Windows7 compatiblity.
Ben Hong over 11 years ago
Hi, everybody. If you encountered the problem that files can't be saved or can't activate the software, please send a message to me.
consp over 11 years ago
i'm in ;)
renyanpeng over 11 years ago
try.
Tobias Mattsson over 11 years ago
Just noticed after installing the software that i cant run it, i tihnk its because i used a 30 day trial at the last challenge ZW3D had also.. If this cant be fixed i cant join the challenge sadly.
riyosketch over 11 years ago
Great competition..
PonasM over 11 years ago
i've noticed that some of the models are not adjustable and the steps of model creation is not visible, so i would guess that it was created with other software and then transfered to ZW3D to get .z3 file extension. So i would like to know if it's against the rules or not?
Alibaba Iskenderov over 11 years ago
What's about PonasM question?
Tomas over 11 years ago
The answer to this question: download ZW3D software, then open models of this challenge, and you will see everything.
CAD software does not show imported (different extension file) as own. You will see a different icon, no modeling steps by steps...
PonasM over 11 years ago
@Tomas i asked a question because i couldn't see modeling steps after opening a model with ZW3D that's why made an assumption it's made with other software and then after using i.e. *.igs or some other file extension(there is a few more ways to do it as I've noticed) it was saved as *.z3
Ben Hong over 11 years ago
Hello Guys.
Every participant should use ZW3D to design his/her entriy. If someone just imports a model which was made with other software into ZW3D and save as .z3 file, the entry would not be considered as valid. Otherwise, like Santiago Ti said, it would be unfair to those who use ZW3D to design their models.
Best Regad
PonasM over 11 years ago
Btw, the model with most likes at this point who will probably win the most popular model award doesn't seem to be that superb to get that much likes. Just look at most liked models of all time, that much likes generates stuff like newly designed cars, models with really great renderings and similar stuff, but then this simple snowman pops up which truely doesn't belong there.. :) from this competition i would probably go with Tomas model as most popular.. it's not very origininal from my point of view, but atleast it has truely great rendering. But then again, i'm not from jury and it's only my opinion, sorry if i've somehow offended the creator of the snowman.
Babanatsas Theoharis (Teo) over 11 years ago
Last 7 days of valid license of ZW3D :((((
I like this soft because is very simply for use.
For me are the first time when i use ZW3D and I hope for others challanges from ZW3D.
I see some models that are created in other programs and exported in ZW3D.
Cody Taylor over 11 years ago
I'm new to grabcad thought this sounded like a cool challenge. I and uploaded my model last night withours to go on the clockzand tagged it with "christmasgift" but I don't see it in the officiazzentries. Not sure why, but please do count it if you can. Thanks! http://grabcad.com/library/geoveirtneh 3
Alexei Kositsin over 11 years ago
Results will come within one month from now?
From now
Sara Sigel over 11 years ago
@Cody and all participants, I have fixed the challenge so that entries uploaded within the last few hours are now visible. Please let me know if you don't see yours. Best of luck to all!
Sara Sigel over 11 years ago
@Alexei It usually takes about one month for judges to select winners. I will post here if the timeline is different than that.
Sara Sigel over 11 years ago
For any participants that wanted the most liked prize, we counted likes ending yesterday, Dec 4th. This gave you 4 days to collect likes after the end of the Challenge.
Ben Hong over 11 years ago
Hello folks,
I know you're waiting for the results of this challenge. We're working on it now. But before the results comes out, we'd like to invite you to do a little survey about ZW3D. We'll do a lucky draw from people who help us 100% complete it and you may have a chance to win an Amazon gift card worth 100 USD! Here's the link to the survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RFJ2VWP
Thank you and Good luck!
Tomas over 11 years ago
Congratulation to all the winners :)
Reza Allahyari over 11 years ago
Congratulation to all the winners
Alexei Kositsin over 11 years ago
Congs to all winners. Special one to Igor (its your second for last challenges)
To grab cad. I'm not talking about me, but i have no idea how do you judge. Just dont see any logic.
I thought it was a was for most "chistmas" and most creative (with most using a program) challenge. but i think i got this wrong.
once more, Congs to all! and good lucktoo bad. i dont see a reason to make a new design to any new challenge.
Solarwind over 11 years ago
Congratulations to all the winners, and at the same time, this is also a regrettable game. The result of the game disappointing.
Ben Hong over 11 years ago
Hello folks!
Thanks for paying attention to the results of this contest. And congratulation to all the winners!
As you may have doubt about the results, I'd better do some explaination here.
All the entries were evaluated from three apsects - general quality, creativity and practicability. Finnal scores of each entry were the mean value of those three scores. So the champion (Flying Toy Train) was the one that got the highest. The Most Creative Design was given to the one that got the highest score in creativity. The Most Pragmatic Design was given to the one that got the highest score in practicability. Later you'll comments from the judges for each of the winning entries.
Another thing I need to tell is that some participants just imported models which was created with other software and exported .z3 files to submit. "The design software is ZW3D", that's rule NO.1 for this challenge. So this kind of entries were not valid. It was unfair to participants who really used ZW3D to do their design.
Best regard
Solarwind over 11 years ago
If feel model is imported by other software, and the author consultation, to upload new files, feel it is not a problem. The result that person accident, also lose the level.
lsfdww over 11 years ago
If feel model is imported by other software, and the author consultation, to upload new files, feel it is not a problem. The result that person accident, also lose the level.
I agree with Solarwind very much.This is an arbitrary conclusion.
Sudhir Gill over 11 years ago
Guys, We should not doubt the jury decision. The decision is final and I totally agree with the results. There is no doubt on the selection of winners while keeping the creativity, popularity & manufacturing in mind.
Alexei Kositsin over 11 years ago
I agree that people that was banned for any reason should be noted as if there time, we can do something.
as for me, i dont know if i was banned, since i have imported dxf file from drawing program (i used drawing pen). but all other things i made in the program. i do this for other programs as well. coz no cad program are good with drawings.
i still dont understand how it was jaged. but its me.
its not complaining but the way i'm trying to understand how to procced in next time.
may be rules wasnt clear? may be ...
Ok. That real life. Congs to winners once more. And thats to letting us "fight" for winning.
Ben Hong over 11 years ago
Hello guys! Last week we conducted a little online survey among the participants of this contest. In total we got 39 responses. As I mentioned before, we would do a lucky draw among those who finished the survey. So we did a lucky draw today, and the lucky dog is.....
Santiago Ti ! Congratulation!
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