There's still time left to enter the TopSolid Design Contest 2006. All you have to do is submit your project (format jpg, tiff, and a brief description of the project) to win the following prizes:. * An all expenses paid weekend away for 2.

* An integrated PDA/GPS.

* A smartphone.

* An Ipod.

* A state-of-the-art laptop computer.

For further details and contest rules see the topsolid website.

Among the projects that have been received so far, there are stairs created by the French company Delzanni.

The stairs was completely designed using TopSolid'Design and TopSolid'Fold.

The steps are made of glass and fibre optic; the stair stringer is made in steel; the stair railing is made in glass and the handrail is in wood.

The second project is a 'U' shaped soiled dish table made by the company Trimark/Foodcraft based in North Carolina, USA.

The company is a national supplier of restaurant equipment from such things as glassware, blank menus, cookware to custom fabricated stainless steel equipment.

According to Philip Collins, the TopSolid operator at Trimark/Foodcraft, TopSolid has been the easiest CAD software he has ever used (he has been working with CAD software since 1991and with TopSolid for just over 1 year) Trimark/Foodcraft has been working with its local TopSolid reseller Indsco and with ClearCut Solutions, TopSolid's master reseller in the USA