Welcome to the Blueprint Blog, your source for all information about the
Powerhouse Blueprint software program. Please see below for our most recent
posts.
Date Posted: September 22, 2012
Category: Blueprint Case Studies
Ebonite International Product Development Engineer Jason Kosby recently had the
opportunity to perform some on-lane ball motion testing at USBC's International
Training and Research Center...
Date Posted: August 12, 2012
Category: Bowling Technical Information
People often ask about the importance of core shape on as-drilled behavior,
given that all other things are equal. In other words, given two bowling balls with equal RGs
and...
Date Posted: August 5, 2012
Category: Bowling Technical Information
Ever since the introduction of modern bowling ball cores, there has been rampant
confusion around the topic of track flare. Specifically, with the wide variety
of core geometries...
Date Posted: December 27, 2011
Category: Blueprint Updates
We are happy to announce the release of Version 1.6.0 of Powerhouse Blueprint.
This update makes several enhancements to the software, including the addition
of the Columbia 300 Dark Encounter bowling ball and the addition of a ball
drilling spec sheet printing function...
Date Posted: December 16, 2011
Category: Bowling Technical Information
In this article, we will provide some information on axis rotation angle and axis
tilt angle, the two parameters that describe the direction of the bowling ball’s
rotation as it travels down the...
Date Posted: December 3, 2011
Category: Blueprint Tutorials
A very common topic in the bowling internet forums is the drilling of bowling
balls with unique undrilled static imbalances. This includes balls with
unusually high or low top weights, unusually long or short pin-to-CG distances,
and...
Date Posted: November 22, 2011
Category: Blueprint Updates
We are pleased to announce the release of Version 1.5.0 of Powerhouse Blueprint.
This update adds a handful of new bowling balls and nearly two dozen new oil
patterns...
Date Posted: November 20, 2011
Category: Blueprint Tutorials
One of the features of Powerhouse Blueprint is its ability to simulate a bowling
ball's on-lane performance using a bowler's actual delivery parameters.
Delivery parameters include everything necessary to...
Date Posted: November 20, 2011
Category: General
This is the first of what we hope is many posts on the newly-created Blueprint
Blog. This blog will be the main source of information related...