Many of you might not know it, but mechanical CAD can trace its roots to the 1950s. In 1957 Dr. Patrick Hanratty, sometimes referred to as the “Father of CAD”, developed the first numerical control manufacturing system. He later went on to license technology to United Computing and Intergraph (both... read more →
Jun
13
Jun
13
Starting today GrabCAD has opened our platform to allow users to publish content directly from third-party applications to the public Library or private Workbench projects. Our first “Publish to GrabCAD” partner is Luxion, makers of KeyShot. KeyShot is a top choice of GrabCADrs for amazing renderings, and now we’ve made... read more →
Jun
11
Ever heard of General Electric? It's one of the largest companies in the world. Chances are there's a few things around your house designed and manufactured by GE, and now you have the chance to design a GE product of your own. (more…)
Jun
07
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... read more →
Jun
05
I had the opportunity to talk to superyacht designer from UK, Orion Shuttleworth about his work and the award winning 42,5 M Trimaran Adastra. What is your background? I remember spending weekends with my father in his design office building models and trying to mimic his drawings when I was... read more →
Jun
04
It’s been over a month since we first announced the challenge to create a set of glasses that display closed-captioning for a movie, and the results have been overwhelming! All twenty-eight entries we received were amazing, and when it came time to pick ten finalists, we chose them based on... read more →
May
31
A few weeks ago we told the world about GrabCAD Workbench, a better way to share CAD models securely with both engineers and non-engineers. Workbench makes it easy for partners and collaborators to see a 3D model in their browser, then make comments, add pins and sketch right on the... read more →
May
28
If you participate in a “digital” design and manufacturing process you are probably sharing or receiving product data in digital form - usually a CAD file. Physical products seldom consist of a single part and are rarely designed and made by a single individual. Engineering is a team sport. However,... read more →
May
21
Crowdsourcing. It’s a hot topic right now thanks to developments in technology. Before, there were barriers to asking a large group for input and ideas. Now, these barriers are quickly falling away. The Internet is always on, which makes it faster and easier to connect the world’s talent. Books like... read more →
