Iām trying out a new online service that hopes to enable makers to work together on open source hardware projects.
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Free Online 3D CAD Training in New Onshape Learning Center
You remember rolling out of bed extra early for a week long CAD training session?
Coreform Uses Exact Geometry (Not A Mesh) to Bring You Next-Gen FEA
Remember when you had to create a mesh of your model to run any sort of simulation?
Top 3 Onshape Updates: Composite Curve, 3D Fit Spline, DXF/DWG Import
Onshape snuck one in on us last Friday.
Simulating Your Way out of 3D Printingās Problems
3D printing is quickly transforming from a method for prototyping and making tooling into a technology for manufacturing end parts.
Top 3 Onshape Updates: Projected Curve, Bridging Curve, Merge Surfaces
Late last week Onshape rolled out another major release.
Autodeskās Roadmap for Fusion 360
Fusion 360 is Autodeskās flagship product for 3D CAD in the market. But where is it going? Letās find out.
Anyone Can CAD Online With CAD.ai
A startup company provides a set of CAD APIs that can be embedded on any website.
Onshape In-Context Assembly Design is Unlike Anything Youāve Ever Seen
Throughout all the years (decades? yeow!) Iāve use 3D modeling software, I canāt think of a time where I didnāt use some type of in-context assembly design.
Shapr3D for iPad Pro Adds Sketch Constraints, Dimensioning and More
Right when you think everyone gave up on putting parametric 3D CAD software on an iPad, a small, rebellious group of software developers launches an app that puts those large, money-laden software companies to shame.
5 New, Must See Features Coming to Fusion 360
If you want to find out what Autodesk is up too, Autodesk University is the place to be each year.
Flashforge Partners With ZW3D for CAD
A major desktop 3D printer vendor selected a CAD vendor as partner.
Onshape Switches Up Subscription Options, Unlimited Docs, Pushes for Pro
Well, well, well. Just as you were getting comfy with the limited private storage of Onshapeās free plan and dumping your Documents occasionally to clear room for others, theyāve gone and switched things up on you.
Why STL Files Can Be Insufficient For 3D Printing
Iām reading an interesting piece by Gal Raz on Medium about the file types required by 3D print service bureaus.
3D Print Community: RhinoSlic3r
This monthās community support selection is the RhinoSlic3r project by Quentin Labrosse.
3YOURMINDās Powerful 3D Printing Meta-Service
Iām taking a look at 3YOURMIND, a Berlin-based startup that provides simplified ways to access 3D printing services for industrial and professional use.
3DPrinterOS Breaks Silence With New Enterprise Capabilities
I havenāt heard much from 3DPrinterOS for a while, but now the reason for this is clear: theyāve been working on powerful integrations.
And After You Learn 3D CADā¦
Iām reading an interesting post on GrabCAD by Khadija Ouajjani that discusses the testing of a 3D design.
5 Ways Fusion 360 Improves Team Collaboration
Well, well, well. We have quite a cocktail coming together here. Weāve poured in some Fusion 360 part modeling and assembly features, and squeezed in a little simulation.
Onshape Continues to Add New Features: When Will It End?
Itās getting hard to keep up with the ongoing changes in Onshape, one of our favorite professional 3D CAD tools.
123D Design Upgraded to 1.7 And Adds Some Very Useful Features
The free 123D suite of apps from Autodesk just got a lot better with the release of 123D Design 1.7.
Onshape Receives USD$80M; Fuel For Massive Growth
Upstart web-based 3D modeling service Onshape just raised a massive USD$80M from a group of venture capital investors, which may lead to a battle for 3D modeling supremacy in the future.
MITās Fab Forms Pre-Tests 3D Model Variations
Researchers at MIT have developed āFab Formsā, a system that pre-tests thousands of variations of a 3D model to simplify end user design.
Powerful New Features in Onshape
Web-based 3D CAD service Onshape continues to add new features and fixes almost weekly, but recently a very powerful feature was added: DXF and DWG import.
A Barrier To 3D Printing: Itās The Design, Not The Making
As the technology of 3D printing increases in capability and reliability, where does oneās workload land? We think itās in the design.
Polygonicaās Incredible New CAD Model Generation Feature
3D software MachineWorks announced an amazing new feature in their upcoming Polygonica release: the ability to automatically recognize 3D CAD features from a 3D mesh.
Are You Overflowing With 3D Models?
To use a 3D printer, you must have 3D models. But wait, exactly how many do you have? Probably far too many to keep track of.
An Introduction to SolveSpace
I was recently made aware of a free modelling tool called SolveSpace.
Battle of the 3D CAD Systems
Autodesk jiggered the features on their subscription CAD service, Fusion 360. Why did they do so?
A Look at Onshape
A relatively recent newcomer to the CAD world, Onshape is riding the waves of Cloud computing and aims to set the standard of industrial and product design of the future.
DesignSpark Mechanical Goes 2.0
CAD design tool DesignSpark Mechanical has now been upgraded to version 2.0.