[Brandon Martus]

I was asked to pass this along:

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Aside from many teams using this software to design their robots, SolidWorks was used to create BONECRUSHER in Transformers (The Movie).
See Jeremy's note below:


If like me your children are forcibly taking you to the cinema this weekend to see Transformers ( The Movie ), it's worth watching closely. The Buffalo MPCV toy from SolidWorks customer Force Protection features as BONECRUSHER in the movie.



Force Protection's Buffalo Mine Protected Clearance Vehicle was selected as an "actor" in the summer blockbuster movie, TRANSFORMERS, in theaters July 3, 2007. In the movie, which is a DreamWorks / Paramount picture in association with Hasbro, the Buffalo MPCV transforms into a Decepticon named Bonecrusher. Hasbro, Inc. has also released a toy series of movie characters, which includes the Buffalo/Bonecrusher. This package (contents shown to the right) has been available in toy stores nationally since mid-June.

http://www.forceprotection.net/news/transformers.html