Kickstarter has been very popular in the maker world, allowing enterprising designers and engineers to see their great ideas become products. In making new products often prototypes are required so it should come as no surprise that the users of Kickstarter may also use 3D printers. But Kickstarter also helps to develop and produce new 3D Printers. […]
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I recently had the chance to review Solid Edge ST5 in order to compare it to Solidworks. Most of my experience is with Solidworks, as evidenced by the majority of the posts on this site, but I appreicated the opportunity to dabble in a new system. Over at CADDigest there area series of posts reviewing the
Sometime during every design review it is necessary to send a CAD file to someone who may not be an everyday CAD user. When this happens it is important to have an easy way to view a file without having to buy multiple seats of an expensive software. Solidworks has their eDrawings viewer, reviewed previously,
Transitioning to and learning a new software system is intimidating, so when I was asked to compare my experience with Solidworks to Solid Edge ST5 I was expecting a steep learning curve. In the past 7 years I have been exposed to Solidworks in a variety of capacities; as a university student, new employee, administrator,
Just click to enlarge the 3D printing user categories infographic. The various users of 3D printing Check out more about 3D Printing and learn about the new industrial revolution.
Acquisitions are a great way to grow an organization, especially if the acquired companies can be leveraged to support core products. With nearly three dozen acquisitions in 3 years, 3DS is no stranger to acquisitions. All of this growth, which has been a huge benefit to their stock price, has come with a bit of
When my computer crashed a few months ago it took me three weeks to replace. Not because of the lead time on a new machine, but instead because I was not sure I needed a desktop or laptop for personal use considering how much I use a tablet and phone. In the end the handful
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Hopefully 2013 will be a breakthrough year in technology and with any luck 3D printing will be one of the things to break through. It is already well on it’s way, GigaOm wrote about a development at Ford Motors where 3D printers are starting to show up on many engineer’s desks, 3D printer’s are appearing
Oh Santa please bring me, 1. Accessibility to a wide consumer base 2. Libraries of useful everyday items 3. Stations/Kiosks that are easy to use 4. Recyclable materials that can be reprocessed into other products 5. Eager industrial designers and engineers looking to develop new 3D products 6. Smaller printer machine sizes… -3D Printing
