A few recent 3DEngr posts have been focused on 3D printing and its rise in popularity. In trying to learn more it’s been fascinating to follow all the links and mentions of new technology to see the great products that everyone is creating. It seems there are tons of universities and R&D departments that are using […]
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Over the past few months I have been intrigued by the rising popularity of 3D printing. This young technology is getting a lot of mentions in the media and on the web. In my everyday life its even making an appearance, a machine recently showed up in my office and has excited a lot of
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In an effort to keep this site up to date with the latest CSWP news and exam material I reached out to a contact, Mike Puckett, who is a Certificaiton Specialist for Soliworks. In the first two parts of the conversation Mike spoke about the growth of the CSWP and the reason most people take
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A lot of traffic to 3DEngr comes from people looking for information on the CSWP exam. It has been some time since I personally took the exam so I though it best to speak with a professional and keep things up to date. Mike Puckett, one of the Certification Specialists for Solidworks Corp. helped provide
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It has been a few years since I took the CSWP and other Solidworks certification exams. With most of the traffic to this site still coming from people looking for information on the test it seemed about time to make sure that everything was up to date. Before revisiting each of the posts individually I
Recent articles here have taken a look at the popularity of 3D printing. To do 3D printing one first needs a model, which can be difficult to create for novice users or enthusiasts. Many modeling softwares take years to master and even professionals struggle at times to keep up to date with the most cutting
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Last week an interesting research paper, published in Nature and covered at the UPenn website, hit the mainstream media with hundreds of mentions of 3d printing. The research itself is fascinating, but the implications that is has for the 3d printing industry are even more compelling. Additive fabrication machines, 3d printers, are just tools and
It is not just Sci-Fi movies that revolve around the world of tech toys and engineering. There are a number of great films, from documentaries to mainstream blockbusters, that have engineers as central plot characters or touch on some topic that is a part of every engineers world. Here are just a few of the
Recently in the news there have been a number of mentions for a product called “Sunglass.io”. At the core it is a 3D viewer that runs on a browser. Although there is some good functionality to Sunglass as a viewer the founders and PR people are going crazy with hyperbole, referencing it as “Google Docs
Rapid prototyping and 3D printing have been on my mind for a number or years, my first exposure to the technology was in college when some graduates students and a professor demoed what would go on to become an award winning board game, Khet. Seeing first hand the ease with which a new component could
