Roughly 20 new engineers sign up with GrabCAD every day and it's always interesting to check out their profiles to see what are the different backgrounds and experiences people have. Today I noticed a new joiner, Mark Mason, who has been posting CAD video tutorials on his website http://mtm-cadtutorials.blogspot.com already... read more →
Feb
09
Feb
09
3D printing has been receiving a lot of attention recently and for a good reason - it's great for speeding up prototyping, the prices have come down enough to become reasonable even for a hobby builder and... read more →
Feb
06
Every engineer worth their salt should use dual monitor setup for work. Period. Want to get more done, faster? Two monitors on your desktop is the cheapest and easiest way to do that. Research shows that extra screen increases productivity by 20-30 percent. Doesn't matter if you're output is 3D... read more →
Feb
04
A few months ago we added something called Requests to GrabCAD website. The aim was to give our users a simple forum to ask each other for help with specific models. Since then there's been a little bit of confusion around the price, how it works etc and I thought... read more →
Feb
02
Yellow rubber ducks are not what spring to mind when someone mentions CAD, engineering, SolidWorks or other related topics. Having said that, one never knows when they might need the happy duckling from bathing session when we were still kids. Luckily GrabCAD now has not one, but two, rubber duck... read more →
Feb
01
Current economic climate is tough on everyone - reduction in workforce means that engineers are buried in work, contractors and manufacturing companies are struggling to make ends meet and competition to win bids is higher than ever. Winning RFQs (request for quote) and increasing sales needs to be a smart... read more →
Jan
31
Last week we announce a quick competition around who uploads the 1000th model to GrabCAD. We're well past the 1000 mark now so time to announce the winners. First, the very first GrabCAD tshirt goes to user KMX236 who uploaded the model number 1000 which happened to be an engine... read more →
Jan
30
Not long ago we had quite a challenge in picking the winner for the first rendering competition. Benjamin Garson and his Drill model was a favourite of many, so we took a chance to talk to the rendering star to learn more about his talent and interests. GC: You have... read more →
Jan
24
As many of you already know, SolidWorks World 2011 kicked off yesterday. GrabCAD is there as well and Indrek is looking forward to talk to everyone, so if you happen to wander around, stop by in box no 136. But for GrabCAD that's not... read more →
