Manufacturers increasingly find it advantageous to render computer-aided design (CAD) models of engineered parts and assemblies into technical animations and photo-realistic movies. These technical ...

CAD, or computer-aided design, is the process of creating, modifying and optimizing designs using specialized software. It is widely used in a number of industries, including architecture, engineering ...

3D Systems on Tuesday announced 3DXpert for Solidworks, a new set of tools for Solidworks users to prepare and optimize their designs for both plastic and metal additive manufacturing. Solidworks ...

Editor's Note: If you would like to download the 3-D CAD files associated with this column, click here. Illustrated progress reports are useful when you are presenting a new design. While a picture ...