This guest article about becoming SOLIDWORKS certified (CSWP) is from . The CSWP (Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional) exam is one of the top industry certifications for demonstrating your expertise using SOLIDWORKS. Through SolidProfessor’s partnership with SOLIDWORKS, you can be confident in… Continue Reading
This guest post is from the CEO of SolidProfessor. Our 3D Engineer readers can currently get a free SolidProfessor account. Engineers and designers who want to get (and keep) their skills sharp, can no longer rely on one-time training to stay… Continue Reading
3D printing is a fast-growing technology. Similarly, mobile applications have been growing in availability and popularity to assist in 3d CAD and 3d printing. 3D computer aided design with a variety of software and applications and 3D printing is already… Continue Reading
Best selling smart home thermostats on Amazon Here are the top three best selling smart home thermostats on Amazon. All connect to Wifi and work with Amazon Alexa. Nest #7 best selling product in the tools and hardware category. 4.6… Continue Reading
3D printing is changing the prototyping and innovation management space. It’s allowing companies to more scalably and swiftly develop minimum viable products and product enhancements and it’s only going to get more sophisticated and more accessible as time goes on.… Continue Reading
Monoprice Maker Select Ultimate 3D Printer Overview The Maker Select Ultimate 3D printer is the premier machine in the Monoprice line of printers. While the MP Select Ultimate is still on the higher end of budget 3D printers, do not let… Continue Reading
Just in the past five years, 3D printing has boomed. Starting out, users could create only small items such as knickknacks, but his is no longer the case. 3D printers now have amazing capabilities. These small but powerful tools can… Continue Reading
Sindoh 3D Printer Review (DP200 3DWOX) With Sindoh’s new lower-budget DP201 3DWOX 3D Printer releasing in 2017, we absolutely needed to cover it’s big brother, the DP200 3DWOX first. While both models are focused on user safety and thermal consistency,… Continue Reading
Parametric drawing is a method of making geometries with the help of constraints or restrictions. AutoCAD introduced this feature back in 2010 and even after so many years of release the tool is still largely unknown or overlooked. In this… Continue Reading
This special guest article from a CSWP expert is authored by Rohit Mitra, founder of SolidWize. The Certified SOLIDWORKS Professional Exam, or CSWP for short, can be a tricky exam to get through the first time around, but with solid… Continue Reading
Makerspaces, hackerspaces, fablabs, or DIY co-working spaces that have special “making” equipment are born out of the thirst people have these days to make a wide variety of things themselves, use new technologies to do it, and get their hands… Continue Reading
Before launching into Solidworks certification training courses, study tips, and practice exams for the Certified Solidworks exams you may ask yourself “Is it worth it”? If you have asked yourself this you are not alone. The question is a valid… Continue Reading
The 3D technology is rapidly upgrading in the 21st century. We now have a number of high quality, completely efficient 3D printers that can print anything of various shape or size, simply based on our own desires. Now since people… Continue Reading
Owning a 3D printer doesn’t always make 3D printing a smooth experience, which is why the incorporation of essential and compatible parts and accessories are required. Such required accessories also make a 3D printer easy to use and help in… Continue Reading
LulzBot TAZ 6 3D Printer While the LulzBot Mini and the LulzBot TAZ 5 3D printers developed a fan base, customers noted that each model was missing a few options. In response to requests, Aleph Objects introduced the LulzBot TAZ… Continue Reading
The past half-decade has seen the story of the 3D printer rapidly evolve. It seems only yesterday that the first prototypes were being knocked up hobbyists and optimists, who each had wild ideas as to what this emerging technology may… Continue Reading
View our related post: Is SOLIDWORKS certification worth it? Need more SOLIDWORKS certification prep materials and tutorials? Get online training. This post is one in a series by Jim Lucas, a CSWP on the road to the CSWE. If you are on this… Continue Reading
Here we discuss nine factors that can affect your 3D printer quality and although these can apply to all 3D printers, it is mainly focused towards the MakerGear M2. Like many things, often it is the user who is the… Continue Reading
A short guide to laser engravers and getting started with the business of laser engraving. The field of laser engraving has experienced steady growth for a number of years and there doesn’t appear to be any slowdown in sight. Manufacturers… Continue Reading
Not long ago, the idea of having mini-factories in the home was basically a story out of science fiction. The arrival of 3D printing has made that technology come closer to reality than ever before. There may well come a… Continue Reading
A Teacher’s Story about How to Get Started with 3D Printing with Students in School The first time I heard the term 3D printing, I had no clue what it could possibly mean. Did it mean that you print on… Continue Reading
Stay up to date on the newest Dremel 3D Printers. Dremel released a newer version of their Idea Builder 3D printer, the Dremel 3D40-01 Idea Builder 2.0 3D Printer, Wi-Fi Enabled with Guided Leveling. Dremel also now offers a 3D… Continue Reading
Faster Modeling in SOLIDWORKS: Best of Model Mania Register here for the next faster modeling in SOLIDWORKS webinar Do you want to learn how to create SOLIDWORKS models in a flash? In this webinar, I’ll be demonstrating some of the… Continue Reading
If you would have told me a year ago that a large part of my professional life would be operating, maintaining, and teaching people how to use a 3D printer, I would have called you a liar. A year ago,… Continue Reading
How to get ideas for objects or products you can design & 3D Print There are a number of ways to get ideas for what you can 3D print yourself. You can spend time just thinking and hoping the ideas… Continue Reading