Posts in category: ‘Rants’

GrabCAD News: Bringing Quality to You Through Open Engineering

| By Sara | 1 comment »

At GrabCAD we encourage innovation and quality. We value involvement in events like hackathons and meetups that push limits and advocate open engineering. So, what are we actually doing to support these values? I want to share some updates and let you know why the GrabCAD team cares so much.

Video via TechCrunch, "A Hackathon for the Data Center, Now That's A First" by Alex Williams

Video via TechCrunch, “A Hackathon for the Data Center, Now That’s A First” by Alex Williams
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Standard parts libraries vs. GrabCAD – what’s the difference?

| By Siim Teller | 5 comments »

Fanuc 430 robot. Model by Ken Schulze, rendered by Indrek Narusk.

“Your site is a great idea and could be very helpful but it seems to focus too much on very specific designs rather than standard parts.”

This is a comment we get every now and then and it’s understandable enough. So why isn’t GrabCAD a standard parts library? After all, standard parts are what most (mechanical) engineers use in their everyday work.

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