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Leam Lane Estate is a housing estate in Gateshead, built in the 1950s and early 60's. Originally made up solely of council-built accommodation and housing association houses. Most of the properties are now privately owned. The estate is located around 4 miles (6.4 km) from Newcastle upon Tyne, 10.5 miles (16.9 km) from Sunderland, and 15.5 miles (24.9 km) from Durham. In 2011, Census data for the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough Council ward of Wardley and Leam Lane recorded a total population of 8,327.
The estate's main shopping area, Fewster Square, provides a number of amenities, including independent shops, two supermarkets, post office, and medical centre. The nearby Oliver Henderson Park includes a play area, lake, skateboard park and a bowling green, as well as a large grass football pitch.
Leam Lane Estate is bordered by Heworth, Whitehills Estate, Springwell Estate, Wardley and Windy Nook. Most of the estate is in the NE10 postcode, with NE9 covering the upper side of Leam Lane, at the border with Springwell.
Demography
According to the 2011 Census, the Wardley and Leam Lane ward has a population of 8,327. 51.2% of the population are female, slightly above the national average, while 48.8% are male. Only 2.5% of the population were from a black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) group, as opposed to 14.6% of the national population.
Data from the 2011 Census found that the average life expectancy in Wardley and Leam Lane is 79.9 years for men, and 81.9 years for women. These statistics compare fairly favorably, when compared to the average life expectancy in the North East of England, of 77.4 and 81.4 years, respectively.
Car ownership is higher than the average in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead (63.5%), but lower than the national average of 74.2% – with 67.8% of households in the Wardley and Leam Lane ward owning at least one car.
Education
Leam Lane Estate is served by four primary schools: Colegate Community Primary School and St. Augustine's Catholic Primary School – both of which were rated "good" by Ofsted. Also, Lingey House Primary School and Roman Road Primary School – both of which were rated "outstanding". Nearby primary schools also include The Drive Community Primary School in Heworth, St. Alban's Catholic Primary School in Pelaw, and Wardley Primary School and White Mere Community Primary School in Wardley.
In terms of secondary education, Leam Lane Estate is located within the catchment area for Heworth Grange School. An inspection carried out by Ofsted in January 2017 deemed the school to be "inadequate". Students from the area also attend the nearby Cardinal Hume Catholic School in Wrekenton, rated "outstanding" by Ofsted in January 2014, as well as St. Joseph's Catholic Academy in Hebburn, which was rated "requires improvement" by Ofsted in January 2019.
Governance
Wardley and Leam Lane is a local council ward in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. This ward covers an area of around 1.6 square miles (4.1 km2), and has a population of 8,327. As of April 2020, the ward is served by three councillors: Anne Wheeler, Linda Green and Stuart Green. Leam Lane Estate is located within the parliamentary constituencies of Gateshead. As of April 2020, the constituency is served by MP Ian Mearns.
Transport
Air
The nearest airport to Leam Lane Estate is Newcastle International Airport, which is located around 11.5 miles (18.5 km) away by road. Teesside International Airport and Carlisle Lake District Airport are located around 34.5 and 60 miles (55.5 and 96.6 km) away by road, respectively.
Bus
Leam Lane Estate is served by Go North East's local bus services, with services 51, 52, 57 and 58 serving Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne. Gateshead Central Taxis also operate services 67 and 69, which serve Wardley, Winlaton and the Metrocentre.
Rail
The nearest Tyne and Wear Metro stations are located at Pelaw and Heworth. The Tyne and Wear Metro provides a regular service to Newcastle, with trains running up to every 6 minutes (7–8 minutes during the evening and Sunday) between Pelaw and South Gosforth, increasing to up to every 3 minutes at peak times. Heworth is the nearest rail station, with Northern Trains providing an hourly service along the Durham Coast Line.
Road
Leam Lane Estate is located near to the A184 – a busy route linking South Tyneside with Gateshead and Newcastle upon Tyne. By road, Gateshead can be reached in around 10 minutes, Newcastle in 15 minutes, and Newcastle International Airport in 30 minutes.
People from Leam Lane Estate
Chris Waddle – former professional football player and manager
Jill Halfpenny – actress, best known for her roles in Coronation Street, EastEnders and Waterloo Road
In the media
The world's first online home shopping took place in the area, when resident, Jane Snowball, bought an item from a local Tesco supermarket in May 1984, by using her television set and remote control. The scheme had been developed by Newcastle University lecturer, Ross Davies, in conjunction with Rediffusion.
Gateshead is a town in the Gateshead Metropolitan Borough of Tyne and Wear, England. It is on the River Tyne's southern bank. The town's attractions include the twenty metre tall Angel of the North sculpture on the town's southern outskirts, The Glasshouse International Centre for Music and the Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art. The town shares the Millennium Bridge, Tyne Bridge and multiple other bridges with Newcastle upon Tyne.
Historically part of County Durham, under the Local Government Act 1888 the town was made a county borough, meaning it was administered independently of the county council.
In the 2011 Census, the town had a population of 120,046 while the wider borough had 200,214.
History
Gateshead is first mentioned in Latin translation in Bede's Ecclesiastical History of the English People as ad caput caprae ("at the goat's head"). This interpretation is consistent with the later English attestations of the name, among them Gatesheued (c. 1190), literally "goat's head" but in the context of a place-name meaning 'headland or hill frequented by (wild) goats'. Although other derivations have been mooted, it is this that is given by the standard authorities.
A Brittonic predecessor, named with the element *gabro-, 'goat' (c.f. Welsh gafr), may underlie the name. Gateshead might have been the Roman-British fort of Gabrosentum.
Early
There has been a settlement on the Gateshead side of the River Tyne, around the old river crossing where the Swing Bridge now stands, since Roman times.
The first recorded mention of Gateshead is in the writings of the Venerable Bede who referred to an Abbot of Gateshead called Utta in 623. In 1068 William the Conqueror defeated the forces of Edgar the Ætheling and Malcolm king of Scotland (Shakespeare's Malcolm) on Gateshead Fell (now Low Fell and Sheriff Hill).
During medieval times Gateshead was under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Durham. At this time the area was largely forest with some agricultural land. The forest was the subject of Gateshead's first charter, granted in the 12th century by Hugh du Puiset, Bishop of Durham. An alternative spelling may be "Gatishevede", as seen in a legal record, dated 1430.
Industrial revolution
Throughout the Industrial Revolution the population of Gateshead expanded rapidly; between 1801 and 1901 the increase was over 100,000. This expansion resulted in the spread southwards of the town.
In 1854, a catastrophic explosion on the quayside destroyed most of Gateshead's medieval heritage, and caused widespread damage on the Newcastle side of the river.
Sir Joseph Swan lived at Underhill, Low Fell, Gateshead from 1869 to 1883, where his experiments led to the invention of the electric light bulb. The house was the first in the world to be wired for domestic electric light.
In the 1889 one of the largest employers (Hawks, Crawshay and Company) closed down and unemployment has since been a burden. Up to the Second World War there were repeated newspaper reports of the unemployed sending deputations to the council to provide work. The depression years of the 1920s and 1930s created even more joblessness and the Team Valley Trading Estate was built in the mid-1930s to alleviate the situation.
Regeneration
In the late noughties, Gateshead Council started to regenerate the town, with the long-term aim of making Gateshead a city. The most extensive transformation occurred in the Quayside, with almost all the structures there being constructed or refurbished in this time.
In the early 2010s, regeneration refocused on the town centre. The £150 million Trinity Square development opened in May 2013, it incorporates student accommodation, a cinema, health centre and shops. It was nominated for the Carbuncle Cup in September 2014. The cup was however awarded to another development which involved Tesco, Woolwich Central.
Governance
In 1835, Gateshead was established as a municipal borough and in 1889 it was made a county borough, independent from Durham County Council.
In 1870, the Old Town Hall was built, designed by John Johnstone who also designed the previously built Newcastle Town Hall. The ornamental clock in front of the old town hall was presented to Gateshead in 1892 by the mayor, Walter de Lancey Willson, on the occasion of him being elected for a third time. He was also one of the founders of Walter Willson's, a chain of grocers in the North East and Cumbria. The old town hall also served as a magistrate's court and one of Gateshead's police stations.
Current
In 1974, following the Local Government Act 1972, the County Borough of Gateshead was merged with the urban districts of Felling, Whickham, Blaydon and Ryton and part of the rural district of Chester-le-Street to create the much larger Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead.
Geography
The town of Gateshead is in the North East of England in the ceremonial county of Tyne and Wear, and within the historic boundaries of County Durham. It is located on the southern bank of the River Tyne at a latitude of 54.57° N and a longitude of 1.35° W. Gateshead experiences a temperate climate which is considerably warmer than some other locations at similar latitudes as a result of the warming influence of the Gulf Stream (via the North Atlantic drift). It is located in the rain shadow of the North Pennines and is therefore in one of the driest regions of the United Kingdom.
One of the most distinguishing features of Gateshead is its topography. The land rises 230 feet from Gateshead Quays to the town centre and continues rising to a height of 525 feet at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Sheriff Hill. This is in contrast to the flat and low lying Team Valley located on the western edges of town. The high elevations allow for impressive views over the Tyne valley into Newcastle and across Tyneside to Sunderland and the North Sea from lookouts in Windmill Hills and Windy Nook respectively.
The Office for National Statistics defines the town as an urban sub-division. The latest (2011) ONS urban sub-division of Gateshead contains the historical County Borough together with areas that the town has absorbed, including Dunston, Felling, Heworth, Pelaw and Bill Quay.
Given the proximity of Gateshead to Newcastle, just south of the River Tyne from the city centre, it is sometimes incorrectly referred to as being a part of Newcastle. Gateshead Council and Newcastle City Council teamed up in 2000 to create a unified marketing brand name, NewcastleGateshead, to better promote the whole of the Tyneside conurbation.
Economy
Gateshead is home to the MetroCentre, the largest shopping mall in the UK until 2008; and the Team Valley Trading Estate, once the largest and still one of the larger purpose-built commercial estates in the UK.
Arts
The Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art has been established in a converted flour mill. The Glasshouse International Centre for Music, previously The Sage, a Norman Foster-designed venue for music and the performing arts opened on 17 December 2004. Gateshead also hosted the Gateshead Garden Festival in 1990, rejuvenating 200 acres (0.81 km2) of derelict land (now mostly replaced with housing). The Angel of the North, a famous sculpture in nearby Lamesley, is visible from the A1 to the south of Gateshead, as well as from the East Coast Main Line. Other public art include works by Richard Deacon, Colin Rose, Sally Matthews, Andy Goldsworthy, Gordon Young and Michael Winstone.
Traditional and former
The earliest recorded coal mining in the Gateshead area is dated to 1344. As trade on the Tyne prospered there were several attempts by the burghers of Newcastle to annex Gateshead. In 1576 a small group of Newcastle merchants acquired the 'Grand Lease' of the manors of Gateshead and Whickham. In the hundred years from 1574 coal shipments from Newcastle increased elevenfold while the population of Gateshead doubled to approximately 5,500. However, the lease and the abundant coal supplies ended in 1680. The pits were shallow as problems of ventilation and flooding defeated attempts to mine coal from the deeper seams.
'William Cotesworth (1668-1726) was a prominent merchant based in Gateshead, where he was a leader in coal and international trade. Cotesworth began as the son of a yeoman and apprentice to a tallow - candler. He ended as an esquire, having been mayor, Justice of the Peace and sheriff of Northumberland. He collected tallow from all over England and sold it across the globe. He imported dyes from the Indies, as well as flax, wine, and grain. He sold tea, sugar, chocolate, and tobacco. He operated the largest coal mines in the area, and was a leading salt producer. As the government's principal agent in the North country, he was in contact with leading ministers.
William Hawks originally a blacksmith, started business in Gateshead in 1747, working with the iron brought to the Tyne as ballast by the Tyne colliers. Hawks and Co. eventually became one of the biggest iron businesses in the North, producing anchors, chains and so on to meet a growing demand. There was keen contemporary rivalry between 'Hawks' Blacks' and 'Crowley's Crew'. The famous 'Hawks' men' including Ned White, went on to be celebrated in Geordie song and story.
In 1831 a locomotive works was established by the Newcastle and Darlington Railway, later part of the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway. In 1854 the works moved to the Greenesfield site and became the manufacturing headquarters of North Eastern Railway. In 1909, locomotive construction was moved to Darlington and the rest of the works were closed in 1932.
Robert Stirling Newall took out a patent on the manufacture of wire ropes in 1840 and in partnership with Messrs. Liddell and Gordon, set up his headquarters at Gateshead. A worldwide industry of wire-drawing resulted. The submarine telegraph cable received its definitive form through Newall's initiative, involving the use of gutta-percha surrounded by strong wires. The first successful Dover–Calais cable on 25 September 1851, was made in Newall's works. In 1853, he invented the brake-drum and cone for laying cable in deep seas. Half of the first Atlantic cable was manufactured in Gateshead. Newall was interested in astronomy, and his giant 25-inch (640 mm) telescope was set up in the garden at Ferndene, his Gateshead residence, in 1871.
Architecture
JB Priestley, writing of Gateshead in his 1934 travelogue English Journey, said that "no true civilisation could have produced such a town", adding that it appeared to have been designed "by an enemy of the human race".
Victorian
William Wailes the celebrated stained-glass maker, lived at South Dene from 1853 to 1860. In 1860, he designed Saltwell Towers as a fairy-tale palace for himself. It is an imposing Victorian mansion in its own park with a romantic skyline of turrets and battlements. It was originally furnished sumptuously by Gerrard Robinson. Some of the panelling installed by Robinson was later moved to the Shipley Art gallery. Wailes sold Saltwell Towers to the corporation in 1876 for use as a public park, provided he could use the house for the rest of his life. For many years the structure was essentially an empty shell but following a restoration programme it was reopened to the public in 2004.
Post millennium
The council sponsored the development of a Gateshead Quays cultural quarter. The development includes the Gateshead Millennium Bridge, erected in 2001, which won the prestigious Stirling Prize for Architecture in 2002.
Former brutalism
The brutalist Trinity Centre Car Park, which was designed by Owen Luder, dominated the town centre for many years until its demolition in 2010. A product of attempts to regenerate the area in the 1960s, the car park gained an iconic status due to its appearance in the 1971 film Get Carter, starring Michael Caine. An unsuccessful campaign to have the structure listed was backed by Sylvester Stallone, who played the main role in the 2000 remake of the film. The car park was scheduled for demolition in 2009, but this was delayed as a result of a disagreement between Tesco, who re-developed the site, and Gateshead Council. The council had not been given firm assurances that Tesco would build the previously envisioned town centre development which was to include a Tesco mega-store as well as shops, restaurants, cafes, bars, offices and student accommodation. The council effectively used the car park as a bargaining tool to ensure that the company adhered to the original proposals and blocked its demolition until they submitted a suitable planning application. Demolition finally took place in July–August 2010.
The Derwent Tower, another well known example of brutalist architecture, was also designed by Owen Luder and stood in the neighbourhood of Dunston. Like the Trinity Car Park it also failed in its bid to become a listed building and was demolished in 2012. Also located in this area are the Grade II listed Dunston Staithes which were built in 1890. Following the award of a Heritage Lottery Fund grant of almost £420,000 restoration of the structure is expected to begin in April 2014.
Sport
Gateshead International Stadium regularly holds international athletics meetings over the summer months, and is home of the Gateshead Harriers athletics club. It is also host to rugby league fixtures, and the home ground of Gateshead Football Club. Gateshead Thunder Rugby League Football Club played at Gateshead International Stadium until its purchase by Newcastle Rugby Limited and the subsequent rebranding as Newcastle Thunder. Both clubs have had their problems: Gateshead A.F.C. were controversially voted out of the Football League in 1960 in favour of Peterborough United, whilst Gateshead Thunder lost their place in Super League as a result of a takeover (officially termed a merger) by Hull F.C. Both Gateshead clubs continue to ply their trade at lower levels in their respective sports, thanks mainly to the efforts of their supporters. The Gateshead Senators American Football team also use the International Stadium, as well as this it was used in the 2006 Northern Conference champions in the British American Football League.
Gateshead Leisure Centre is home to the Gateshead Phoenix Basketball Team. The team currently plays in EBL League Division 4. Home games are usually on a Sunday afternoon during the season, which runs from September to March. The team was formed in 2013 and ended their initial season well placed to progress after defeating local rivals Newcastle Eagles II and promotion chasing Kingston Panthers.
In Low Fell there is a cricket club and a rugby club adjacent to each other on Eastwood Gardens. These are Gateshead Fell Cricket Club and Gateshead Rugby Club. Gateshead Rugby Club was formed in 1998 following the merger of Gateshead Fell Rugby Club and North Durham Rugby Club.
Transport
Gateshead is served by the following rail transport stations with some being operated by National Rail and some being Tyne & Wear Metro stations: Dunston, Felling, Gateshead Interchange, Gateshead Stadium, Heworth Interchange, MetroCentre and Pelaw.
Tyne & Wear Metro stations at Gateshead Interchange and Gateshead Stadium provide direct light-rail access to Newcastle Central, Newcastle Airport , Sunderland, Tynemouth and South Shields Interchange.
National Rail services are provided by Northern at Dunston and MetroCentre stations. The East Coast Main Line, which runs from London Kings Cross to Edinburgh Waverley, cuts directly through the town on its way between Newcastle Central and Chester-le-Street stations. There are presently no stations on this line within Gateshead, as Low Fell, Bensham and Gateshead West stations were closed in 1952, 1954 and 1965 respectively.
Road
Several major road links pass through Gateshead, including the A1 which links London to Edinburgh and the A184 which connects the town to Sunderland.
Gateshead Interchange is the busiest bus station in Tyne & Wear and was used by 3.9 million bus passengers in 2008.
Cycle routes
Various bicycle trails traverse the town; most notably is the recreational Keelmans Way (National Cycle Route 14), which is located on the south bank of the Tyne and takes riders along the entire Gateshead foreshore. Other prominent routes include the East Gateshead Cycleway, which connects to Felling, the West Gateshead Cycleway, which links the town centre to Dunston and the MetroCentre, and routes along both the old and new Durham roads, which take cyclists to Birtley, Wrekenton and the Angel of the North.
Religion
Christianity has been present in the town since at least the 7th century, when Bede mentioned a monastery in Gateshead. A church in the town was burned down in 1080 with the Bishop of Durham inside.[citation needed] St Mary's Church was built near to the site of that building, and was the only church in the town until the 1820s. Undoubtedly the oldest building on the Quayside, St Mary's has now re-opened to the public as the town's first heritage centre.
Many of the Anglican churches in the town date from the 19th century, when the population of the town grew dramatically and expanded into new areas. The town presently has a number of notable and large churches of many denominations.
Judaism
The Bensham district is home to a community of hundreds of Jewish families and used to be known as "Little Jerusalem". Within the community is the Gateshead Yeshiva, founded in 1929, and other Jewish educational institutions with international enrolments. These include two seminaries: Beis Medrash L'Morot and Beis Chaya Rochel seminary, colloquially known together as Gateshead "old" and "new" seminaries.
Many yeshivot and kollels also are active. Yeshivat Beer Hatorah, Sunderland Yeshiva, Nesivos Hatorah, Nezer Hatorah and Yeshiva Ketana make up some of the list.
Islam
Islam is practised by a large community of people in Gateshead and there are 2 mosques located in the Bensham area (in Ely Street and Villa Place).
Twinning
Gateshead is twinned with the town of Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray near Rouen in France, and the city of Komatsu in Japan.
Notable people
Eliezer Adler – founder of Jewish Community
Marcus Bentley – narrator of Big Brother
Catherine Booth – wife of William Booth, known as the Mother of The Salvation Army
William Booth – founder of the Salvation Army
Mary Bowes – the Unhappy Countess, author and celebrity
Ian Branfoot – footballer and manager (Sheffield Wednesday and Southampton)
Andy Carroll – footballer (Newcastle United, Liverpool and West Ham United)
Frank Clark – footballer and manager (Newcastle United and Nottingham Forest)
David Clelland – Labour politician and MP
Derek Conway – former Conservative politician and MP
Joseph Cowen – Radical politician
Steve Cram – athlete (middle-distance runner)
Emily Davies – educational reformer and feminist, founder of Girton College, Cambridge
Daniel Defoe – writer and government agent
Ruth Dodds – politician, writer and co-founder of the Little Theatre
Jonathan Edwards – athlete (triple jumper) and television presenter
Sammy Johnson – actor (Spender)
George Elliot – industrialist and MP
Paul Gascoigne – footballer (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Rangers and Middlesbrough)
Alex Glasgow – singer/songwriter
Avrohom Gurwicz – rabbi, Dean of Gateshead Yeshiva
Leib Gurwicz – rabbi, Dean of Gateshead Yeshiva
Jill Halfpenny – actress (Coronation Street and EastEnders)
Chelsea Halfpenny – actress (Emmerdale)
David Hodgson – footballer and manager (Middlesbrough, Liverpool and Sunderland)
Sharon Hodgson – Labour politician and MP
Norman Hunter – footballer (Leeds United and member of 1966 World Cup-winning England squad)
Don Hutchison – footballer (Liverpool, West Ham United, Everton and Sunderland)
Brian Johnson – AC/DC frontman
Tommy Johnson – footballer (Aston Villa and Celtic)
Riley Jones - actor
Howard Kendall – footballer and manager (Preston North End and Everton)
J. Thomas Looney – Shakespeare scholar
Gary Madine – footballer (Sheffield Wednesday)
Justin McDonald – actor (Distant Shores)
Lawrie McMenemy – football manager (Southampton and Northern Ireland) and pundit
Thomas Mein – professional cyclist (Canyon DHB p/b Soreen)
Robert Stirling Newall – industrialist
Bezalel Rakow – communal rabbi
John William Rayner – flying ace and war hero
James Renforth – oarsman
Mariam Rezaei – musician and artist
Sir Tom Shakespeare - baronet, sociologist and disability rights campaigner
William Shield – Master of the King's Musick
Christina Stead – Australian novelist
John Steel – drummer (The Animals)
Henry Spencer Stephenson – chaplain to King George VI and Queen Elizabeth II
Steve Stone – footballer (Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Portsmouth)
Chris Swailes – footballer (Ipswich Town)
Sir Joseph Swan – inventor of the incandescent light bulb
Nicholas Trainor – cricketer (Gloucestershire)
Chris Waddle – footballer (Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield Wednesday)
William Wailes – stained glass maker
Taylor Wane – adult entertainer
Robert Spence Watson – public benefactor
Sylvia Waugh – author of The Mennyms series for children
Chris Wilkie – guitarist (Dubstar)
John Wilson - orchestral conductor
Peter Wilson – footballer (Gateshead, captain of Australia)
Thomas Wilson – poet/school founder
Robert Wood – Australian politician
I received a few Disney Inventor Awards last year for my work on Disney Infinity. I've been meaning to photograph them for a while but I put it off because they are a pain in the butt to shoot;) It doesn't get much worse than combining high index glass with partial sand blasting, engraved lettering, black marble backing and base, and a magnified glass top. It made for a frustrating shoot.
Jueves 22 de setiembre. Alumnos de 1er grado de primaria presentan los productos de su proyecto "Somos inventores".
I finally got round to updating my boys wooden fork lift truck toy in Autodesk Inventor 2012.
These screenshots are taken with the Ray Tracing option turned on.
Inventor of computer mouse and pioneer of human computer interaction.
©Robert Holmgren, all rights reserved. bobholmgren@gmail.com
Dr. Douglas C. Engelbart is an American inventor and early computer pioneert. He is best known for inventing the computer mouse, as a pioneer of human-computer interaction whose team developed hypertext, networked computers, and precursors to GUIs; and as a committed and vocal proponent of the development and use of computers and networks to help cope with the world’s increasingly urgent and complex problems.
His lab at SRI was responsible for more breakthrough innovation than possibly any other lab before or since. Engelbart had embedded in his lab a set of organizing principles, which he termed his "bootstrapping strategy", which he specifically designed to bootstrap and accelerate the rate of innovation achievable.
A water treatmet skid for a large retail outlet designed using Autodesk Inventor and shared with Autodesk Revit to use within the Building Information Model
I finally got round to updating my boys wooden fork lift truck toy in Autodesk Inventor 2012.
These screenshots are taken with the Ray Tracing option turned on.
I finally got round to updating my boys wooden fork lift truck toy in Autodesk Inventor 2012.
These screenshots are taken with the Ray Tracing option turned on.
I took a picture of our 6 year olds desk in his bedroom and then added it as a background in Autodesk Inventor to show the forklift toy in it's true environment
The above is a screenshot of the Autodesk Inventor window - it is not a rendered image.
I added a string texture to the original model way back in Inventor R11 and was impressed with how it looked then.
Now with ray tracing in Inventor 2012 it looks so much like the real thing
(further information and pictures you can get by clicking on the link at the end of page!)
Minoritenkirche Tulln
The Minoritenkirche (church of Friars Minor Conventual) in the Lower Austrian town of Tulln at the Danube is a former monastery church and the St. John of Nepomuk dedicated.
Architectural History
The origins of the church date back to the time of the minority monastery of Tulln, which had already in 1225, yet during the lifetime of the Founder Francis of Assisi, its beginning. The original church building with Romanesque and Gothic influences but was demolished in 1735 after it was started immediately with the construction of the present church south of it, which could be completed within the short period 1732-1739. The consecration took place on 13th June 1739 by the Bishop of Passau Anton Josef Count of Lamberg.
The 1819 newly built tower originally was realized quite low, which is why in 1889 it experienced a substantial increase and received a baroque helmet modeled after the church of Pöchlarn (Lower Austria).
Architecture
The hall church partly is characterized by its late baroque uniformity and simultaneously it gets a quite particular visual attraction by the contrast between the white held nave and the by red, brown and green Stuccolustro characterized presbytery.
Ceiling frescoes
The bridge fall of Saint John of Nepomuk
The ceiling frescoes form a cycle that the church patron, St. John of Nepomuk (1350-1393), is dedicated. John of Nepomuk was canonized in 1729 and thus he experienced in those time of the church construction special attention.
The painting 'John as confessor of the Queen of Bohemia' can be found under the organ loft before the confessionals', John in front of the king Wenceslas IV' can be seen above the gallery in the area of the organ. Toward Apse progressing the Platzelgewölbe (Bohemian vaults) give the space for 'John as preacher', 'The Pilgrimage of the Holy to Altbunzlau', and finally 'The bridge fall of the saint' with an angel who in its efforts to support John literally is urged out of the frame of the fresco, his foot actually being realized in stucco plastic. This bridge fall also forms the background of his canonization because according to the legend he shouldered this martyrdom, because he should not have been willing to divulge the seal of confession of the Queen of Bohemia to King Wenceslas IV.
As creator of the frescoes the Minorite of Tulln, Innocent Moscherosch (1697-1772), is supposed. Works, that most certainly stem from this master, are a John of Nepomuk image in Tulln parish church and the 'Stigmatization of St. Francis of Assisi' in the Vienna Minoritenkirche.
Presbytery
The fresco cycle comes to an end and finds it climax in the high altarpiece, which, surrounded by a black and gold stucco frame, as a fresco in the architecture of the apse is included. The as well Moscherosch attributed image shows again the St. John of Nepomuk, who experiences by the mediation of the Virgin Mary his Assumption into heaven, but not without invoking protection for the in the lower left part of the picture recognizable city of Tulln. Horrified flees the devil towards the hell.
Vault fresco in the apse
The vault fresco of the apse is occupied by the Holy Trinity, being noteworthy that Christ is not represented as a person but by the writing 'Verbum'.
The high altar itself is characterized by a green sarcophagus table of stucco marble. The tabernacle has a superstructure which is modeled after the miraculous image of the Basilica of Mariazell (Styria).
On either side of the high altar there are life-sized, of white alabaster made statues, left John the Baptist with the banner 'Ecce Agnus Dei', right John the Evangelist with the words 'Caro Factum Est' on his book. Under the windows are the busts of the apostles Peter (left) and Paul (right) attached. The statues of St. Leopold (left) and St. Wenzel (who is not ident with Wenceslas IV) with the coat of arms showing the Bohemian lion (right) form the conlusion of the presbytery towards the nave. They should, as well as the Baptist and the Evangelist, go back to the Tullner sculptor Sebastian Gurner.
Longhouse
View in the nave
The nave has a four-bay structure, the Platzelgewölbe (Bohemian vaults) being divided by double flanges, which in turn rest on double pilasters. The delicate Bandel stucco work and the Stuckfelderrahmung (stucco panel framing) of the ceiling frescoes correspond to the style of the first third of the 18th Century. The niches of the yokes accommodate at both sides each two altars. The altar in front to the left bears the dedication 'Ordinis Minorum Fundator' and is the Saint St. Francis of Assisi dedicated. The image is a representation of Franciscus Seraphicus and probably it stems from the original church. The side figures correspond to the Saint Mauritius and the Apostle Jude Thaddeus. The tabernacle relief shows St. Franz teaching a sheep to worship God. Opposite there is the altar of the also on the image represented Saint Anthony of Padua, 'Rerum Perditarum Inventor'. At his sides the figures of St. Erasmus and St. Blasius, the tabernacle relief with the donkey of the heretic who bends his knees before the Blessed Sacrament. 'Filii Dei Nutritor' is the dedication of the altar left behind, whose altarpiece represents St. Joseph, surrounded by the figures of the parents of the Mother of God, Joachim and Anna. The dying Francis Xavier forms the relief of the tabernacle. The Altar 'Aedium Conservator' bears the image of St. Florian, bottom left in the painting the burning monastery with the city of Tulln being viewable. Statues of St. Sebastian and St. Rochus are standing at his sides, on the tabernacle the Holy Rosalia.
The pulpit eventually returns to the basic theme of the Saint John of Nepomuk and shows recovery of the dead Martyr from the Vitava against the background of Charles Bridge and the Old Town of Prague.
Wood sculptures of St. Antonny of Padua (left) and St. Leonhard mark the transition to the area under the organ loft, between the confessionals yet accommodating the figure of St. Josef von Kupertin (Joseph of Copertino).
Loretokapelle (St. Loreto chapel)
To the north there is the access to the Loreto chapel, which is probably older than the rest of the church. It is a replica of the Santa Casa in Loreto and as such as exposed stone brick vault realized. Above the altar is the 'Black Madonna of Loreto' located behind a baroque wooden lattice, surrounded by angels and illumined by the light of the side windows.
Lower church and hermitage
The lower church largely takes up the space of the nave. The walls are divided into grave niches that only in the period of 1750-1780 were used. Under the chancel there is an altar with the lying St. John of Nepomuk, who is mourned by the Queen of Bohemia. A vista above the altar into the upper church the soul of the dead clears the way to his glory, the high altarpiece.
Under the Loreto chapel there is the hermitage, four rooms whose walls are partially plastered with coarse slag and decorated with shells. About the use no exact tradition is available.
Inventors house from Dave Graffam models. This one took me a few evenings, its an order of magnitude more fiddly than the others I made for Malifaux terrain - the observatory dome in particular was a PitA.
A little rough in places but I'm pretty pleased with it overall and I think it has a slightly more steampunk vibe to it than the other more medieval buildings.
Back in January 09 we finally cracked a problem that has been plaguing up for years. Namely how do you export Inventor files into a format that Cinema 4D can understand? After a lot of failed attempts we finally discovered a very clever bit of software called PolyTrans by Okino. A carefully written bid to the right people allowed us to buy the software that allows us to make the most of both apps. Inventor is used for most of the 3D modelling, C4D is used for lighting, texture mapping and rendering.
We expect to see more exciting results over the course of this session.
Nunca te fíes de un inventor loco, y menos si tiene a un mono como ayudante.
En la tranquila Mediterrània, un gran genio ultima los detalles de una nueva máquina para recolectar uvas en su laboratorio. Todo parece marchar bien pero, de repente, algo sucede y todo se desmadra.
En medio del caos, no puede evitar que el travieso mono haga de las suyas. ¡No toques eso! le dice. Pero ya es demasiado tarde. Ha soltado la palanca que te catapultará entre los campos de vid.
Acelera de 0 a 135 km/h en 3 segundos en esta atracción única en el mundo. ¿Podrás resistir a la descarga de adrenalina?
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Never trust a mad inventor, especially if his assistant is a monkey.
In the tranquil Mediterrània, a great genius is in his lab adding the final touches to a new grape collecting machine. It all seems to be going well, but all of a sudden something happens and it all gets out of hand.
Amidst the chaos, nothing can be done to prevent the cheeky monkey from creating some chaos of his own. "Don’t touch that!" says the inventor. But it is too late; the monkey has pulled the lever that will catapult you into the vineyards.
Go from 0 to 135 km/h in 3 seconds on this unique attraction. Will you be able to resist the rush?
Autodesk Inventor Fusion has been available as a technology preview for a few years now but the 2012 version is now included with most of Autodesk geometry creation and simualtion tools.
Theres a great simplify tool (shown here) for working with data that needs simplifying for simulation and analysis
I was recently asked a question about sharing data via Autodesk Inventors BIM Exchange tool. The question was about material consistency from one to the other.
These two screenshots show the model in Inventor with textures and colours and the same thing in Revit when opening the .adsk file into Revit.
As you can see, they both have the same colours and textures applied!
Almost all electric kettles work the same way: there's a steam tube running down from the water compartment to a bimetallic thermostat at the bottom that clicks the heating element off when the water boils. The idea was developed by English inventor John Taylor and commercialized by his company Strix, which has sold an estimated one billion thermostats of this kind!
This photo shows the steam tube running down the back of a typical kettle.
It's from our article about electric kettles.
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Brunnen von Gernot Rumpf in der Fischelpassage, aufgestellt 1983 als Geschenk der Industrie- und Handelskammer Koblenz an die Bürger der Stadt zum 150-jährigen Bestehen der IHK.
Gernot Rumpf (*1941) ist ein deutscher Bildhauer. Er wurde bekannt vor allem durch seine Brunnen und Plastiken mit pfälzischen und biblischen Motiven, die neben deutschen Städten auch in Jerusalem und Tokio zu sehen sind.
Der Brunnen erinnert an die Arche Noah, der Name "Erfinderbrunnen" deutet aber noch in eine andere Richtung:
"Das Schiff ist als Transportmittel auf dem vielbefahrenen
Rhein gedacht. Die Schildkröte auf Rädern steht für den Autobauer Horch aus
Winningen, der Vogel für den Flugzeugbauer Bücker aus Ehrenbreitstein und der
mit Antrieb versehene Fisch für den Motorbauer Otto aus
Holzhausen im Taunus." (zitiert nach "Koblenzer Köpfe" von Wolfgang Schütz)
"Inventors' Well" by Gernot Rumpf in the Fischel Passage; erected in 1983 as a gift of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce to the citizens of Koblenz.
Gernot Rumpf (born 1941) is a German sculptor. He is especially known for his fountains and sculptures with Palatine and biblical motifs, situated even in Jerusalem and Tokyo.
The fountain is a reminiscence both of Noah's Ark and of the technical inventors of the region
"The ship is a means of transport on the busy
Rhine. The turtle on wheels stands for the car maker Horch from
Winningen, the bird represents the aircraft manufacturer Bücker from Ehrenbreitstein and fish with drive mechanism stands for the engine builder Otto
from Holzhausen in the Taunus." (quoted from "Koblenzer Köpfe" by Wolfgang Schütz)
I was recently asked a question about sharing data via Autodesk Inventors BIM Exchange tool. The question was about material consistency from one to the other.
These two screenshots show the model in Inventor with textures and colours and the same thing in Revit when opening the .adsk file into Revit.
As you can see, they both have the same colours and textures applied!
An image created as the result of contest #11 at the NAPP site. It's a self portrait of myself in a steampunk theme.
Augustin Fresnel (1788-1827) inventor of the well known lighthouse lenses that bear his name. The statue is in the lighthouse museum in the old keeper's house.
Fresnel was a French civil engineer who developed the wave theory relating to light and later his famous lens, which became the lighthouse standard and saved countless lives. He died at age 39 after a lifelong battle with tuberculosis.
The addition of user created iLogic forms means it is really quick and easy to add a form to help automate your design
I found this in the back of some study notes form the mid 90s.
Bill ? - Kingsway College - 1990s. - I believe he was the inventor of WitchStick.
The photographer was Simon Wing.
Photographer, inventor, and socialist Simon Wing was born 29 August 1826 in St. Alban, Maine, the son of Joshua Wing and Anne Osborne. He worked on his parents farm until around 1847, when he went to Waterville, Maine, and began his photographic career. The earliest documentary reference to his photographic career was the 1850 census, when he was living in Orangeville, Barry, Michigan, with the occupation of daguerreotype artist. He was married on 25 November 1852 to Mary E. Merrill (1830-1885) and they would have three children. In the 1860 census Simon was in Watertown, Maine, but did not have an occupation listed, although in the 1863 Civil War draft registration he listed himself as a daguerreotype artist, living in Somerville, Massachusetts. The May 14, 1863 Newark Daily carried an announcement that Samuel Wing had taken over the photographic and ferrotype gallery of Laudy and Fordham at 299 Broad Street, Newark. He came to Boston in the 1860‘s and opened a photographic studio at 144 Washington Street. He also began manufacturing photographic supplies and would eventually sell them all over the county. He rapidly expand his photographic holdings: during 1867-1876, there was a Simon Wing studio in Grand Rapids, Michigan, at 62 Canal Street; 1868-1881, a Wing studio in Toledo, Ohio at 61 Summit; in 1864 he was part of Naramore & Co., Ambrotypists, in Troy, New York at 4 King Street; in 1867, there was a Wing ferrotype studio in Buffalo, New York at 245 Main Street; 1870-1876, a Wing studio in Detroit, Michigan at 149 Jefferson; 1870, Chicago, Illinois at 238 Milwaukee; 1875-1880, Wing & Allen, San Francisco; 1874, a Wing studio in Syracuse, New York at 3 North Salina; 1869-1874, a camera manufacturing company in Charlestown, Massachusetts, at Harvard Square; and 1869 through at least 1910, Wing studios in Boston at 144, 257, 290, and 425 Washington, 120 Cambridge, and possibly other locations. All of these directory listings for various cities indicate that he was residing in Boston, although the 1870 census has him in Needham, Massachusetts. The 1880, 1900, and 1910 censuses have him residing in Boston, working in the photographic field. Wing was, of course, an inventor, receiving several patents in his life, with the Wing gem camera capable of making multiple images on tin. He was also active in the Socialist Labor Party of America and ran as its first presidential candidate in 1892; he was on the ballot in six states and received 21,512 votes. He said in 1892 that he was not in favor of all property being owned equally, but he was strongly opposed to the few owning almost everything and keeping others from having a chance to own anything. He also professed support for women voting, free trade, and prohibition. He remained active in socialist circles until his death on 17 December 1910.
Back in January 09 we finally cracked a problem that has been plaguing up for years. Namely how do you export Inventor files into a format that Cinema 4D can understand? After a lot of failed attempts we finally discovered a very clever bit of software called PolyTrans by Okino. A carefully written bid to the right people allowed us to buy the software that allows us to make the most of both apps. Inventor is used for most of the 3D modelling, C4D is used for lighting, texture mapping and rendering.
We expect to see more exciting results over the course of this session.