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Creaform is challenging you to submit your project and win $25,000!
Creaform’s Put Us to the Test engineering challenge actually works the other way around: we ask candidates to challenge our engineering experts by submitting the project they have always dreamed of so that WE can do the job. Yes, you’ve read right: that project you always kept in the back of your mind, but never had a chance to work on because you are lacking the time, the resources, or the technology means…Well we might actually The winner will get $25k worth of Creaform 3D Engineering Services to realize his dream project.
How often do engineers get the chance to make their most cherished yet craziest project a reality? It’s exactly this opportunity Creaform is putting forward through the 2013 edition of its Put us to the test! contest
With this contest, companies both big and small can submit a 3D engineering project that truly challenges our experts! Among all the entries received, Creaform will select one project, which will be awarded $25,000 to make it happen, on top of our guidance and expertise.
To get an idea about what this Challenge is about, take a look at last year’s winning project. Creaform helped the Australian Institute of Sports design a kayak that was custom fitted to Olympic athlete Jessica Fox. The project, made possible with the help of one of our application engineers, took Ms. Fox on the podium at the recent London Games, where she won the silver medal!
GrabCAD's part in this competition is to get the Community conversing, working together and collaborating on potential submissions. We encourage GrabCAD Engineers and Designers to submit sketches here, collect teammates and submit a final idea to Creaform. What's better than a single dream? A shared dream.
The proposed project has to involve at least one of the following expertise:
- 3D scanning
- Long-range scanning
- Dimensional inspection
- Reverse engineering
- Design or the engineering of a product
- FEA/CFD
- Any combination of expertise listed above.
The contest is open to all school projects, as well as to all public or private business projects.
To enter, you simply have to fill out and submit the online subscription form:
http://www.creaform3d.com/en/put-us-testonce-more/put-us-test
Entrants to the contest will receive an e-mail confirming their registration within a week of the submission date.
Registrations will be screened according to the contest criteria, and successful entries will move on to the next phase of the competition.
All entries must be received no later than February 15, 2013.
Contest entries submitted after the closing date will not be accepted for the competition. Creaform and its subsidiaries are not responsible for lost or misdirected entries. By submitting an application to the PUT US TO THE TEST! 2013 CHALLENGE, all entrants named on the submission form are in agreement with Contest Rules and have followed the entry guidelines. It is presumed all entrants have read and fully understood all contest details and rules concerning the contest.
Participants to the PUT US TO THE TEST! 2013 CHALLENGE will have their project judged based on the following criteria: compatibility with the offered services, dates and place of implementation, overall level of difficulty, estimated duration and media coverage.
By entering the PUT US TO THE TEST! 2013 CHALLENGE, the participants agree to release, discharge and hold harmless Creaform, their legal representatives, their affiliates, subsidiaries, partners, agencies and their respective officers, directors, employees and agents, from any damages which may arise out of participation to this contest, or out of the acceptance, use, misuse or possession of the prize. By participating, you agree to these Official Contest Rules and to the decisions of the panel, which are final and binding in all respects. Failure to comply with these regulations may result in disqualification. Unused project services will not be awarded.
The contest winner will be required to work in collaboration with Creaform to facilitate the appropriate service so that the project can be completed and delivered between March 01, 2013 and June 28, 2013. Failure to do so will void the prize.
No substitution or transfer of the prize will be permitted.
Acceptance of any prize or support thereof constitutes permission for Creaform, its affiliates, sponsors, subsidiaries, advertising and promotional agencies, to use the winner’s name and company profile, project description as well as details submitted in the entry form, for advertising and promotional purposes without additional compensation. The winner further grants to Creaform the right to use and publish their identity online, in print or any other media.
By entering the PUT US TO THE TEST! 2013 CHALLENGE each participant agrees to release and hold harmless Creaform, their legal representatives, any prize providers, partners/community partners and all sponsors and each of their respective parents, subsidiaries, affiliates, directors, officers, employees and agents from any and all liability for any injuries, loss or damage of any kind arising from or in connection with the PUT US TO THE TEST! 2013 CHALLENGE, or services provided, including, but not limited to, advice given, studies authored or provided, inspection reports, referrals, products and/or services developed and all other related materials. Restrictions, conditions and limitations apply. By entering, each participant further agrees that, in the event there is any conflict or other inconsistency between the Official Competition Rules and any advertisements, promotional or marketing materials, emails or announcements relevant to the PUT US TO THE TEST! 2013 CHALLENGE, the Official Contest Rules will govern.
Prize is worth a total of $25,000
The winner of the PUT US TO THE TEST! 2013 CHALLENGE will be selected by a Creaform select panel. All information submitted as part of the selection process in the PUT US TO THE TEST! 2013 CHALLENGE will be released to the judging panel exclusively.
The information submitted for entry in the Contest may be used for promotional purposes by the Creaform 3D Engineering Services. Furthermore, the winner may be requested to provide additional non-confidential details for marketing and promotional purposes.
The winning company will be contacted on February 28, 2013.
Creaform develops, manufactures and sells 3D portable measurement technologies and specializes in 3D engineering services. The company offers innovative solutions such as 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality control, non-destructive testing, product development and simulation. Its products and services are intended for industries such as the automotive, aerospace, consumer products, heavy industries, health care, manufacturing, oil & gas, power generation and research & education.
Creaform has developed and sells the Handyscan 3D portable, self-positioning 3D scanners, the HandyPROBE optical portable CMM, the MetraSCAN 3D optical CMM scanners and the Go!SCAN 3D white light scanner. The company also offers an intuitive photogrammetry device: the MaxSHOT 3D optical coordinate measuring system.
The company employs more than 325 people worldwide, and has offices in Lévis, Montréal, the United States, France, Germany, China, India and Japan. The company’s head office and Quebec-based offices are 9001 : 2008 ISO certified.
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24 comments
Manolis Theofilos over 12 years ago
Only School and buisness projects are accepted? If someone has a project in mind but he/she is not a member of an organization like a school or buisness can he participate?
Dragan Beljan over 12 years ago
If we have a project, and we are afraid that somebody might steal a patent. Do you guarantee that you will not use the patent unless he wins.
Connor Reynolds over 12 years ago
Would a high school be able to submit a project or just college level design?
Dragan Beljan over 12 years ago
@ Edwin, That particular interest to me??
Emilie Girard-Tremblay over 12 years ago
Dear all!
I’m part of the contest organizers and I would be pleased to answer your questions this morning.
Manolis: Yes the contest is open to schools, public or private organizations only.
Connor: Yes a high school is also welcome to submit a project.
Evil, Lekaimadh and Eddwin: Creaform is a well reputed producer of portable 3D Scanning and Probing devices. It is not the mission of the company to develop products in other fields. We are also engineering service provider worldwide. Our goal with this contest is to prove our team is able to realize projects with the greatest or weirdest ideas using our scanning technologies or engineering/CAD knowledge. Likewise, give a wonderful opportunity to an organization not having the time or budget to develop it. Your project would stay confidential until its realization by our team. We would of course advertise everything once it is delivered to you. We would use your project to promote our engineering services and technologies but only after its delivery.
Eddwin: Creaform is continuously searching for designers; consult our website for career opportunities. :)
Hope it gives you all a better idea on our intentions and the contest itself but please feel free to ask any other questions.
Regards,
Dragan Beljan over 12 years ago
Can I send my prototype as a private individual. I do not have an organization, do not work in school ....
Emilie Girard-Tremblay over 12 years ago
Unfortunately Evil your project do not meet the requirements for this contest.
teigan over 12 years ago
you needn't worry about anyone stealing your patent, however by publishing your project here, you commit yourself to applying for patent within a very short time limit, or else lose the ability to patent what gets published.
omega over 12 years ago
I totally agree!
Sara Sigel over 12 years ago
@Rahul From what I understand you must enter with a group (school, private, public) and can only submit one entry.
Emilie Girard-Tremblay over 12 years ago
Hello Rahul Kumar Sharma,
Yes, a comany or a institution can enter multiple of project. Like we write we eant the most challenging one in 3D scanning , reverse enginnering, FEA, etc.
Emilie Girard-Tremblay over 12 years ago
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Sara Sigel over 12 years ago
@Aleksandar You need to upload with your school - no individual entries.
Sara Sigel over 12 years ago
Perhaps you could get some other students to represent your school with you and enter the challenge @Aleksandar!
mike hershewe over 12 years ago
someone please do a dpms .308 upper and lower.
Maksim Shirokov over 12 years ago
so who won?
Mahmood over 12 years ago
When will be the announcement of results?
Tom Fred over 12 years ago
Where are the results of this Challenge??
Sara Sigel over 12 years ago
I will confirm details about how Creaform is announcing the winners and get back to you all. Sorry for the confusion. All the information I have right now is that the winning company was contacted on 28 February 2013 by Creaform.
Sourbh over 12 years ago
what about this challenge,still now we doesn't know the results.. who got 1st
Greg over 12 years ago
Where are the results please?
Sara Sigel over 12 years ago
@Greg Creaform contacted the winner. Since they were running this Challenge on a separate site, I would look there for any results posted. I would assume it would be around the completion of the winning project, around July 2013.
Sara Sigel over 12 years ago
Update from Creaform... Congrats to the winner, a fellow GrabCADr!
http://blog.grabcad.com/2013/05/creaform-put-us-to-the-test-engineering-contest-and-the-winner-is/
Sara Sigel over 12 years ago
New pics in the post: http://blog.grabcad.com/2013/05/creaform-put-us-to-the-test-engineering-contest-and-the-winner-is/
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