Dear GrabCAD Community, Today is an exciting day in GrabCAD history - I’m happy to announce that GrabCAD has entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Stratasys. Once the transaction is closed, subject to the fulfillment of customary closing conditions, GrabCAD will be joining the Stratasys family. (more…)
Sep
16
Sep
15
Ask the Internet about the job outlook for people in ME, and two things become clear. First, we are alarmingly short of mechanical engineers in this country. Second, mechanical engineers are flooding the market. (more…)
Sep
10
What do you do when you need a highly detailed and fully functional 3D printed movie prop in a hurry? You look for experts in 3D printing and additive manufacturing, of course. (more…)
Sep
04
So that last article was rather frightening for some, you know, with the zombies and the whole thing with engineering drawings not being alive and all that. For some, it was downright traumatic. Many have rightly pointed out that cost constraints and the limitations of today's tools make Model Based... read more →
Sep
02
Product design changes are inevitable. In fact, they are an essential part of the product lifecycle. Changes to a product design are triggered and implemented mostly (but certainly not only) during design, prototyping and test iterations in response to a new market requirement, a cost take-out campaign, changes in cost... read more →
Sep
02
A couple of weeks ago, a senior design engineer at a mid-sized engineering services company did a perfectly reasonable thing. He asked the Internet to recommend a PDM solution based on specific criteria. The recommended solution should: 1) be cloud-based 2) support Inventor, SolidWorks, and Solid Edge files. (more…)
Aug
28
GrabCAD spoke to Shannon Holt, co-founder of Oregon Manifest and creator of The Bike Design Project. A crowd-sourced competition and exploration, the cycling public decided which bike was the Ultimate Urban Utility Bike in their collective eyes. Since Oregon Manifest is an independent innovation platform for utility cycling that asked teams to create... read more →
Aug
27
Product development experts seem obsessed with "getting it right the first time," and grand statements about failure and options. But the truth is, all teams experience setbacks. The difference between the winners and the losers is that one team plans for it, while the other team can't believe this is... read more →
Aug
25
Let’s just admit it, CAD files are messy, especially when we get into assemblies. Although reusing parts is generally beneficial, it can cause problems if you’re not prepared. (more…)
