GrabCAD Blog: Engineering, Design & 3D Printing News

May 20

X-Rite Color Profiles Are Now Available in GrabCAD Print

The latest version of GrabCAD Print released an exciting new color profile that is guaranteed to make 3D printing in color even better: X-Rite. X-Rite is a world leader in the color industry by offering the most accurate level of color integrity so your 3D printed parts come out exactly... read more →

May 19

How 3D Printing Empowers Artists

Artists have always been among the pro-active early adopters and explorers of new technologies, tools and techniques -- and 3D printing is no exception. From small sci-fi and gaming accessories to jewelry, small... read more →

May 19, 2020
Daniel Dern
3D Printing, Engineer Spotlight, Fun stuff, GrabCAD Community

May 13

How the Engineering and Design Community Worked Together for the CoVent-19 Challenge

COVID-19 is an infectious disease that infects people of all ages with underlying medical problems. If infected, you may experience little to no symptoms. For those who do experience severe symptoms, the disease will move down your respiratory tract making it extremely hard to breath. (more…)

May 13, 2020
Sylvia Rosen
3D Printing, Design, Engineering, GrabCAD Community, Project Spotlight

May 11

SOLIDWORKS Models We Love from April

Hello everyone, it's that time again to check out the top models from the GrabCAD Community! This month we are going to focus on a few great models that were created in SOLIDWORKS in April. SOLIDWORKS is a solid modeling computer-aided design and a computer-aided engineering computer program that runs... read more →

May 11, 2020
Kesa Lynch
CAD files and models, Fun stuff, GrabCAD Community, Models We Love

May 04

MIT’s Professor David Hardt Offers His Perspective On Industry 4.0

While Industry 4.0 does identify an emerging stage in manufacturing processes, the underlying -- and persistent -- principles of manufacturing still apply, according to MIT’s Professor David Hardt. Professor Hardt is one of the many people involved in studying and teaching Industry 4.0-related... read more →

May 4, 2020
Daniel Dern
Engineer Spotlight, Interview, Manufacturing

Apr 28

GrabCAD Shop and GrabCAD Print Integration

GrabCAD Print is Now Integrated with GrabCAD Shop

We heard your feedback and we are so excited to announce that it is NOW possible to open part files from GrabCAD Shop right onto your tray in GrabCAD Print! This integration -- released in GrabCAD Print version 1.41 -- will improve your 3D printing workflow dramatically: (more…)

April 28, 2020
Sylvia Rosen
3D Printing, GrabCAD, GrabCAD Print, GrabCAD Shop, Software

Apr 21

Why 3MF is the New STL

In the beginning of this year, we shook up the Community and explained why it was time to move away from STL file format for 3D printing; you lose resolution, you lose color, and most importantly, you lose time. (more…)

April 21, 2020
Sylvia Rosen
3D Printing, CAD files and models, Design, GrabCAD Print, Software, Tips of the Trade

Apr 15

Software Every Engineer Needs to Know

If you are -- or are studying to be an engineer, you’re familiar with sketching and designing ideas on the back of an envelope. But to turn that idea into a makeable design, you're going to need one or more software packages beyond the office and Internet productivity tools that... read more →

April 15, 2020
Daniel Dern
CAD services, Career Development, Engineering, Software

Apr 08

Top CAD Models and Designs from the GrabCAD Community

Spring Top Models We Love

Welcome back to another edition of Top Models! COVID-19 updates are all over the news these days and our amazing engineers and designers have created some awesome COVID-19 models that we wanted to share with you. (more…)

April 8, 2020
Kesa Lynch
CAD files and models, Fun stuff, GrabCAD Community, Models We Love

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