Graphic courtesy of Allie Weaver Katseye is a girl group created from Netflix’s Dream Academy that has exploded over the past ...

Looking for a free advanced CAD 3D modeling tool? Solid Edge offers a free version. CAD tools tend to be complex, particularly the more advanced tool that are used by industry. While some makers start ...

Editor’s Note: Supporting CAD files and graphics for this column are available for download. A pattern of tabs and slots can be created with controls for quantity, size, shape, and various offsets for ...

Angel investors understand the high stakes of funding new technologies. The journey is fraught with financial, technical and market risks—but when a groundbreaking well-designed innovation meets the ...

Abstract: One of the tasks in assembly planning is to create the exploded views for the visualization purpose and the verification of assembly plans. In this paper, we introduce how to generate ...

Computer-aided design (CAD) is an essential tool for modern engineers who work in a variety of professional fields. As companies head toward cloud-based computing solutions and the Internet of Things ...

Editor’s Note: CAD files associated with this column can be downloaded here. We start at the end with a sheet metal project as presented in Figure 1A. The purpose of this bit of transition is to duct ...

Most readers of this site are familiar by now with the OpenSCAD 3D modeling software, where you can write code to create 3D models. You may have even used OpenSCAD to output some STL files for your 3D ...

When designing in SolidWorks, at times it may be beneficial to create parts that have more than one solid body, in applications like weldments, sheet metal or mold tools. It may also be necessary to ...

The world's first 3D-printed gun, the Liberator, has been printed, assembled, successfully test-fired -- and now the 3D CAD files are available to download, if you wish to create your own gun. A video ...