OpenVCAD is a completely open-source tool, meaning it is widely available for engineers around the world to use. It even comes equipped with a Python implementation so that any user can easily import ...

I have been 3D printing for several years as a hobby, and I can boldly say it’s one of the most interesting and rewarding things I’ve ever gotten into. The ability to think of and recreate something ...

This file type includes high resolution graphics and schematics when applicable. Currently the third most-popular 3D printer in the U.S., the $1,599 H-Series printer from Afinia, a division of ...

DAZ Studio lets you import 3D models and use them to create and render beautiful scenes. DAZ Studio is a free 3D design application–but it probably doesn’t do what you think it does. Most 3D design ...

It sounds like something from a science fiction plot: so-called three-dimensional printers are being used to fashion prosthetic arms and hands, jaw bones, spinal-cord implants — and one day perhaps ...

DesignSpark Mechanical, a new 3D design software, provides users at any experience level with an instinctive design process and a library of models to work off of and is available for free.

[Slant 3D] knows a lot about optimizing 3D prints so that they can be cranked out reliably with minimal need for post-processing, and in this short video he uses a cube as a simple example of how a ...

Autodesk has this month rolled out a new update to their Fusion 360 CAD/CAM software which brings with it a wealth of new features including enhanced 2D sketching and 2D drawing tweaks. Together with ...

If the global engineering and manufacturing community plans to keep unlocking the full potential of industrial 3D printing, together they will have to keep rethinking the fundamentals of design ...

There’s a revolution going on in manufacturing — one that lets everyday folks use tabletop-sized devices to produce the sorts of products that would have once required a factory. And though most of ...