Friday afternoon is a good time to round up some of the most interesting models uploaded during the past week. I’ll try to make this into a weekly blog post. As the number of uploads increases a lot of good stuff gets pushed into the bowels of our CAD library.... read more →
May
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May
26
Portal 2 computer game is fresh in the stores and apparently 67% of everyone who’s ever played it want to own the Portal Gun. Scott Bruins is no different so he just 3D printed one. (more…)
May
26
Sending us an email about robots and 3D printing is a pretty good idea if you want to catch our attention. No wonder our ears perked up when Robert Steiner wrote that he gave the Robodude a 3D print treatment. Robert doesn’t just 3D print stuff, he takes it a... read more →
May
25
We didn’t know what to expect when we announced the triple clamp competition for the Amarok superbike. You guys have blown us away but there’s a whole week left to join. (more…)
May
25
Some of you have noticed that during the last 24 hours our website has experienced some stability issues. At times our site hasn’t been its usual snappy self and we have experienced some short downtime too. I wanted to take a minute to explain what’s going on. We are rolling... read more →
May
20
John Evans has beaten more than 4500 engineers by being among the very first who joined the GrabCAD in August last year. He's an Autodesk Inventor expert, writes about engineering and design for his Desing & Motion site and was happy to answer our Engineer Spotlight interview questions. GC: Tell... read more →
May
19
You’ve all seen Little Nellie, the autogyro featured in the 1967 Bond movie You Only Live Twice. Q shipped it in a suitcase and assembled before use. German company AutoGyro is building the modern gyroplanes and they’re better than what Bond had. I met Ute Hoja, who is a member... read more →
May
18
This is your big chance to help design the lightest, most efficient racing motorcycle ever made. And win an iPad 2 for your effort. Interested? :) Update! Winners announced, find out who had the best design. Photo credit: Arash Moallemi The challenge, should you accept it, is to re-design the... read more →
May
13
What on Earth is a Geneva drive (or device, mechanism, wheel, it has many names) anyway? Glad you asked :) It’s nifty little thing that the Swiss watch makers in Geneva invented to improve their mechanical watches. Or as Wikipedia describes it: The Geneva drive or Maltese cross is a... read more →
