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 »
GrabCADr Luis Cordoba has become quite noticeable in the community as well as outside of GrabCAD, getting quite a lot of attention for his award-winning design for the Firanse R3. We’ve been talking lots about his work and how to make GrabCAD better, which warranted a little spotlight.
What’s a great jet aircraft design without a jet engine? For most aerospace CAD designers, you’ve probably seen and downloaded the work of this fine GrabCAD Engineer, Chris Shakal. With 3 out of the top 5 most downloaded Jet Engine designs on GrabCAD, Chris has turned his passion for aviation into parasolids, sharing with everyone. So we decided who better than Chris for another Engineer’s Spotlight!
Jarek Turkosz‘s Goldster Motorbike caught our eye last month – we couldn’t believe the beauty of the curves and slick renderings by Jarek. So much so, we had to put the Spotlight on this fine Design Engineer and GrabCADr and get an answer to that burning question ‘Who’s the one behind the CAD?’
We would like to take the time to thank all of the engineers who make GrabCAD amazing! Today, we hit the mark of 300K members and we could not have done it without you. We look different than when we started…
GrabCAD in February 2011 via The Wayback Machine
GrabCAD in October 2012 with 300K Members
But at our hearts we are still working to make engineers’ lives better. Every day I am amazed by what I see in our community.
You help each other.
You share your work.
You collaborate with peers.
You conquer challenges.
Thank you for every contribution and for every time you recommended us to your friends and coworkers. Keep going – engineer, design, explore!
Photo-rendering has become an art onto itself. Sure, photorealism has been around in film and gaming for a while – but product demonstration is in growing demand. As it turns out, a lot of students have begun to turn to GrabCAD’s 60,000 file Library to practice and perfect their skills. We caught up with one such user – James Coleman – and put him under our ray-traced, gamma-corrected Engineer’s Spotlight!
Alexander Papadopoulos is a Mechanical Engineering student from Greece, now on an internship at Karel de Grote Hogeschool in Antwerp, Belgium. You’ve probably come across his best known design, the 3D printed Synchromesh Gearbox. A pretty wicked design, deserving of a little time in our spotlight.
