Until recently, computer-aided design (CAD) software was really only used by engineering companies who could afford to pay thousands of dollars a year per license. The available software, while very ...

Dutch engineer Johan Von Konowhas created a stunning gingerbread house – but instead of using traditional techniques he used a 50W laser engraver with a simple CAD program! Johan first created an ...

When you are ready to design real things, you’ll find simple CAD programs can be pretty limiting. Serious modern designs tend to use parametric modeling where you don’t necessarily set dimensions and ...

Very challenging to learn, but interesting and rewarding once you get the hang of it, especially with the aid of online machinists. When I make stuff–regardless of the material I use–I start by ...

In this video, I explore the feasibility of outsourcing CAD work for 3D printing projects. As a creator, I assess the practicality and affordability of delegating CAD design, product design, and ...

K-Display® Convert enables CAD file translation and viewing on Windows, Mac, and Linux. MARLBOROUGH, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kubotek3D, the leading developer of precision geometry software technology, ...

GrabCAD is an online collaborative community of engineers and partners who design physical products, and GrabCAD Workbench is a cloud service for sharing and collaborating with others around ...

Great lamenting and gnashing of teeth ensued in March when Tinkercad announced it would be discontinuing its web-based 3-D modeling tool to focus its energies on Airstone, an interactive simulation ...

The process of making custom objects for Minecraft and then bringing them into the playable sandbox world of Mojang's megahit just got easier, thanks to a free 3D design tool called Tinkercad.