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TopSolid Design Contest 2007

Official Contest Rules

Eligibility
- Only companies equipped with the TopSolid range of products can participate 
-  This contest is not open to Missler Software employees, Missler Software subsidiaries or Missler Software VAR resellers.

Inscription obligations:
- Submitted projects must be free of rights (therefore, Missler Software can freely communicate about the project without asking the participant’s permission) 
- Missler Software will accept one project per company and per category. A company may, however, participate in 3 categories with 3 different projects.  
- Inscriptions will be accepted from 01 March – 15 December 2007. 
- Inscriptions will be made from the TopSolid web site www.topsolid.com by filling out the online form and accepting the conditions.
- All inscriptions must include the native TopSolid or TopSolid’Viewer files or high resolution images (see the explanation below) – including all parts, assemblies and plans if necessary. Providing native TopSolid files may help the TopSolid jury to better understand and analyse projects. 
- All inscriptions must include at least one project image.*  The image must be in a resolution of at least 300 DPI and approximately 2000 x 3000 pixels. Preferred image formats are TIFF, BMP, or JPEG.  The image should have a white background. 
For the categories Best Design and Best Draft you can submit up to 3 images with different orientations and views of your project. 
For the Best kinematics category the avi file should not exceed 5 MB (compressed) in size.
Photos of your projects, finished products and prototypes are welcome and will help the jury in the choice of the Contest winners. 
- Projects, images and text sent without using the online inscription form will not be accepted. All text presenting the project with must written correctly (please use complete phrases) and should contain enough information to clearly present the use of TopSolid in the context of the submitted project. (approx. 150-250 words).

* Here is the procedure to save an image using TopSolid:

- With the project open click on File, Save as. Choose “Type of file” Image Bitmap 
- Click OK. You will see a dialogue box appear 
- Choose 3000 x 2000 pixels
- Choose a resolution of at least 300 DPI 
- Save your image on a white background

Winners
- Candidate projects will be analysed and judged by a Missler Software jury made up of CAD specialists, Product and Marketing Managers. Winners will be chosen based on the following: 
- Technical performance (complexity, interaction between assembly parts and drafts) 
- Aesthetic merit (visual clarity, forms)
    - Level of innovation
    - Level of use of TopSolid in the project

Missler Software requires that all Design Contest entries adhere to the above rules and regulations. By choosing accept below you acknowledge and accept these rules and regulations.

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