Ever heard of General Electric? It’s one of the largest companies in the world. Chances are there’s a few things around your house designed and manufactured by GE, and now you have the chance to design a GE product of your own.
What’s a letter balance used for, and furthermore, what does one look like? Today fewer and fewer people would be able to tell you, which is why GrabCADr Dragan Beijan chose to create an old school letter balance for the “Build Models for Reuse with Good Design Intent” challenge, an entry which won him 1st place.
“I picked the design because today’s young generation does not know that device, it can be seen only in museums. I wanted to bring something unique to the community,” says Dragan. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s been over a month since we first announced the challenge to create a set of glasses that display closed-captioning for a movie, and the results have been overwhelming! All twenty-eight entries we received were amazing, and when it came time to pick ten finalists, we chose them based on creativity, design, and the use of an app (powered by WiFi/Bluetooth technology) to transmit captions to the glasses.
We’ve now ranked these ten finalists based on which are most parallel to our vision, and we’re now thrilled to announce the challenge winners! Read the rest of this entry »
Do you know how to set a camera path or import a DWG? There are some burning CAD questions out there that have not gotten help… yet. Each question answered with a tutorial, short or long, will help many other engineers get the job done better and faster. This is what GrabCADrs are all about so, we would like to put a bounty out on some of our top unanswered questions. Give these questions a tutorial and get a surprise!
The last round for the Red Dot Award Concept Design competition has started! Designers, engineers, and manufacturers from all over the world can submit their design concepts and prototypes. The Red Dot award is known around the world by companies, studios, universities and designers alike…
Build on a single idea. Design problem solving products. Show the jury an interesting challenge; an idea that will make an impact. They will consider all parts of design like aesthetics, ergonomics, manufacturing efficiency. Most of all, the jury will look for ideas that will change the world.
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Lite Plus has some great things to say about the entries for their battery design challenge and for the top-notch interactions they had with the GrabCAD Community. We saw some tough questions, beautiful designs, and lots of thoughtful work from our GrabCADrs!
Bring your hardware product and we’ll bring the experts! Bolt is a Boston-based hardware startup incubator that wants to help you get your idea from prototype to manufactured product. We’ve seen their place and these guys have some serious tools and know-how!
