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Nov 16

How 3D Printing is Saving Lives on The Battlefield

Additive manufacturing has been making great strides in the field of medicine. Through AM’s rapid production, we were able to combat the spread of disease during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. When surgeons and young medical professionals needed training, additive was able to create hyper-realistic medical models. In a... read more →

November 16, 2022
Anthony Valle
3D Printing, GrabCAD Community, Healthcare

Nov 08

Celebrating 10 Million Members - GrabCAD Community

The Winners GrabCAD 10 Million Trophy Challenge!

The GrabCAD community has faithfully stayed together for more than 10 years! It has seen millions of models be uploaded and downloaded, thousands of tutorials created, hundreds of specialised groups, and tens of challenges for the community to participate in. In less than 3 years the community has grown by... read more →

November 8, 2022
Anthony Valle
Fun stuff, GrabCAD, GrabCAD Community, Models We Love

Nov 03

The Winners of The NASA Challenge: Spacecraft Docking Adapter with a Flexible but Load-Bearing Floor

To wrap up our trio of NASA challenges these past few months, the GrabCAD Community hosted a NASA challenge that asked participants to design a flexible, but load-bearing floor for use in both microgravity and gravity. The design will be used as part of a docking system that can articulate... read more →

November 3, 2022
Anthony Valle
3D Printing, Aerospace, Competitions, Fun stuff, GrabCAD Community

Sep 28

The Winners of The NASA Challenge: Ultralight Starshade Structural Design

Not too long ago, NASA challenged the GrabCAD Community to design an innovative wind tunnel test section(s) that can increase the effectiveness of an advanced transonic (between Mach 0.05 to 1.6) wind tunnel facility. NASA issued a new challenge to the GrabCAD community asking them to design an ultralight starshade... read more →

September 28, 2022
Anthony Valle
3D Printing, Aerospace, GrabCAD Community

Sep 21

The Winners of The NASA Challenge: New Transonic Wind Tunnel Test Section

This late summer, the GrabCAD Community hosted a NASA challenge that asked participants to design innovative wind tunnel test section(s) that can increase the effectiveness of an advanced transonic (between Mach 0.05 to 1.6) wind tunnel facility. In the past NASA has challenged the GrabCAD community to design rovers, mobility... read more →

Sep 07

3D Printing For Affordable Housing is Expanding

Societal woes are many nowadays. One notable problem in many parts of the United States and the world is affordable housing. This is especially true in inflationary times and is one added to the wake of a worldwide pandemic along with many other economic factors. 3D printing may be part... read more →

September 7, 2022
Jim Romeo
3D Printing, GrabCAD Community, Manufacturing

Aug 23

GrabCAD Community Reaches 10 Million Members!

The GrabCAD community has come a long way since its founding in 2010. From a small group of engineers in Tallinn, Estonia, to the largest online community of engineers, hobbyists, students, and 3D printing creatives. GrabCAD was founded with the vision of providing the tools needed for engineers to manage... read more →

August 23, 2022
Anthony Valle
3D Printing, Fun stuff, GrabCAD Community

Aug 16

The 3D Printing-Sustainability Connection

Sustainability is on everyone's radar nowadays. Companies have audacious goals to reduce their overall carbon footprint. In some instances, banks and lenders mandate that a company show that they have sustainability goals and plans. Many contracts with public agencies require a proposal to have a sustainability plan or provide evidence... read more →

August 16, 2022
Jim Romeo
3D Printing, Fun stuff, GrabCAD Community, Manufacturing

Aug 09

A Fond Farewell to GrabCAD Workbench

In 2012 we launched our first software product - GrabCAD Workbench with the goal of helping engineers manage and share their CAD files. First, our viewer made it easy for you to share CAD models with non-CAD users. Then we added a variety of markup, measurement and communication tools so... read more →

August 9, 2022
Anthony Valle
3D Printing, GrabCAD Community, workbench

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