Robots immediately bring up connotations of hard metal, whirling motors and precise movements. The rapidly developing field of 'soft robotics' is bending that notion by combining pneumatics, 3D printing, silicone... read more →
Conveyor systems are one of those important aspects yet often ignored aspects of factory layout and mechanical design. And one of the more common and heavily downloaded items on GrabCAD.... read more →
Battery technology has reached a point at which what was thought impossible, is now possible. Two years ago, a group of German engineers and inventors pooled their resources and know-how... read more →
Collaboration always makes us happy - we were really excited about the partnership between Geomagic and Spaceclaim to create Geomagic Spark, a Scan-to-CAD software program that many in the CAD... read more →
Some of the newer GrabCADrs might not be aware of our Request page. Need a part modelled? Need a CAD file in a different format. Or perhaps you have some... read more →
Yet again, we had an awesome Design Challenge for the GrabCAD Community to design and deliver their best work! This time the 500 Group needed everyone to develop a new... read more →
This is an open invitation to the GrabCAD Community in the greater Boston area to come by our office and discuss all things CAD, open engineering and of course, community.... read more →
Layered Labs is a new 3D Printing company that aims to crowdsource a basic design for a 3D Printer. The greatest tool for the Engineer and the Designer since the... read more →
Today a new space-exploration group, Deep Space Industries, announced in Los Angeles that they intend to capture an asteroid and mine it for valuable resources. This is not the stuff... read more →