With over 140 entries, the SolidSmack Awesome Sauce Design Challenge received designs ranging from concept cars to hot, new ideas on consumer products. Take a look at how the contest came about and the winners who took home the prizes. The contest was created to give designers and engineers a... read more →
Oct
05
Oct
01
This week, Powergrabber and Autodesk Certified Professional, John Evans, takes us on a journey through the ever growing library of models on GrabCAD. What new and amazing designs are creating a stir and making us take notice? Have a look. Chrono watch / Ivan Spasić I do like a nice... read more →
Sep
29
Sean Dotson and Scott Wertel were the two people who inspired me to write this post. Scott wrote a fantastic blogpost about what engineering means to him and what the threats of crowd-sourcing are. I couldn't agree more with the questions he posed and they are questions you should think... read more →
Sep
27
Hosting a Challenge in GrabCAD helped the trailer manufacturer Tiki Treiler to significantly improve their product design. Tikitreiler is a manufacturer of trailers under the brand name Tiki since 1990 with an annual volume exceeding 15,000 units. Currently Tiki has over 50 different trailer models in their serial production, as... read more →
Sep
24
Since the launch of Q&A earlier this week, the flow of ideas and suggestions how to improve GrabCAD has been one big positive surprise. Great to see you all speaking up and hence one quick update of the recent happenings is overdue. Here're the recent changes. Profile percentage and ranking... read more →
Sep
23
A new season! And, the GrabCAD community is about to tip 30,000 engineers! They've been busy too. This week Power Grabber and CNC Machine designer Marc Erasmus takes on a journey through the fabulous talent and ingenuity of the Engineers of GrabCAD! Hit it! Executive Lounge Concept / Gee Gee has... read more →
Sep
22
You have probably seen all the cool car models in GrabCAD library and wondered if you could make one yourself. Our engineer Mateusz Kliber has done many of them and has shared his skills by making a great 26 part tutorial on how to model Audi TT in SolidWorks. Watch... read more →
Sep
21
We have just launched another exciting challenge for the Swedish supercar manufacturer Koenigsegg. This time the task is to redesign front and rear hood release. The prize is nice, too - 1000 USD. Swedish sportscar manufacturer Koenigsegg is redesigning their front and rear hood release handles and they need your... read more →
Sep
20
CAD Library has taken off so well, thanks to all of you. It is truly rewarding to see many engineers uploading and sharing all these amazing models. But we also take feedback seriously and the collective voice has written and told us to create an even better place to share... read more →
