The first annual Golden Gear Awards are ready. Thank you again for being the best online CAD Community out there! Yesterday, we announced the trophy for the 2012 Golden Gear Awards. Today, we would like to present the winners who will be receiving that trophy. (more…)
Jan
05
Jan
04
We have had an amazing year on GrabCAD and The Golden Gear Awards are our way of saying thank you to everyone who contributed quality content in our Community. We also challenged you to design the trophy you would want to have on your desktop to show that your models... read more →
Jan
03
A lot of what we see in our GrabCAD feeds is really what the future looks like. I'm not talking about large-scale private collaborations to make incredible designs (Solidwork City, for example). I'm talking about Futuristic Tractors, Cars, Bikes and Airplanes. And as it turns out, in 2003, Sonia Zjawinski wrote... read more →
Jan
02
Jarek Turkosz's Goldster Motorbike caught our eye last month - we couldn't believe the beauty of the curves and slick renderings by Jarek. So much so, we had to put the Spotlight on this fine Design Engineer and GrabCADr and get an answer to that burning question 'Who's the one... read more →
Dec
31
It's the end! Of 2012. Not the World. Luckily for us the Mayans were wrong. Thank goodness - we can still keep Engineering, Designing and Adventuring into 2013. But before we do that, we want to show off the best models that were submitted this year on GrabCAD. I looked through... read more →
Dec
30
Usually we CAD in the realm of the very big and boisterous. Cars, tools, dinosaurs - it's the fun, we-can-see-it stuff. It's no surprise it's because we've gotten very good at making these things (except the dinosaurs). As manufacturing on the small scale gets better, CAD software catches up. Researchers... read more →
Dec
29
One of the most remarkable developments in the past year that we've noticed is the explosive growth in 3D printed music or musical instruments. For years Guitars and other wooden instruments have been carved by CNC machines, directed by CAD models. But now, a few intrepid programmers have begun to... read more →
Dec
28
Engineers and Designers are an entrepreneurial bunch, always looking at problems, coming up with ideas and turning them into products. Heck, GrabCAD was started by two Engineers! So when we hear about new startups, we always spread the word. (more…)
Dec
25
For most of the World, it's the Christmas Holidays, which means some well-earned time with the Family and a chance to try your hand at flying that toy helicopter you got as a gift. The GrabCAD Team hopes this Christmas Day will be as special for you as it is... read more →
