Learning 3D printing is already a juggling act: slicing profiles, filament quirks, bed leveling drama, and that one spool that squeaks like it’s haunted. CAD adds another layer to that, and it’s ...

Historically, manufacturers and online retail companies have been forced to limit customization options based on quantity and scale. To produce an original design or custom option, manufacturers would ...

CAD is starting to understand English.

True or False? Automated processes and workflows are the bread-and-butter of the modern workflow. If workflow automation ensures busywork is handled by machines, then the answer varies depending on ...

A new open-source tool is reshaping how engineers design multi-material objects. Charles Wade, a fourth-year PhD student in the Department of Computer Science at CU Boulder, has created a design ...

B radley Rothenberg, cofounder and CEO of nTopology, is building next generation design software that relies on mathematical computations to create 3D-printed parts and products that are lighter and ...

A recent $1.8 million in seed funding is helping Metafold drive the mass adoption of a sustainable industrial 3D printing platform with its cloud- and API-based 3D engineering platform. Metafold’s web ...

What Is Slicer Software and How Does it Enable 3D Printing? 3D printing, a type of additive manufacturing, works by creating objects layer-by-layer based on a digital computer-aided design (CAD) model ...