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Leif Buckley, a regular contributor to the StrataCafé, recently surprised us with a cool and creative twist on 3D modeling that would normally be found in the office cubicle. Check out his digital recreation of office doodling using paper clips - Paper Clip Man & Dog. We hope to see new additions to his paper clip modeling gallery in the future.

Strata Facebook Fans Tony Bailey, Felix Lapointe, Joe Rademan and Mike Mitchell all won 3D bundles of Design 3D SE and Foto 3D SE from the Mac App Store in the month of May. Become a fan and you might be our next winner!

We've highlighted Kip's 3D work in the past and are excited to see him bringing the whole thing to a Gallery Exhibition of his Engineering / Art in August. Check out Kip's 3D concept vehicles and scenes at the StrataCafé.

Strata 3D University makes it easy to develop new Design 3D skills in an online learning environment. We encourage university members to email their ideas for new tutorials to university@strata.com. Your requests will be distributed to our team of online contributors and you may soon see a video covering your topic. If you haven't tried Strata 3D University, it's just 99 cents for the first two weeks of training.

October 5-7, 2011 Strata Professional Christian Moore is hosting another hands-on skills course for Strata Design 3D CX. Christian has been teaching Strata CX for more than 13 years and his experience and communication style makes learning easy and fun. Class size is limited to 12 students, so sign up early and start preparing to hone your 3D skills.