Today, I'd like to talk about 3D CAD, which I'm glad I used during my time at technical college.To begin with, CAD stands for ...

References and printable accessories for 3D printer owners.

Use AutoCAD's "Extrude" and "Revolve" commands to turn 2-D designs into 3-D models. "Extrude" is how 3-D modelers to refer to the technique of stretching a 2-D shape into 3-D space. AutoCAD performs ...

part 1 of this 2-part series. Using AutoCAD’s Section Plane, you can section 3D models by a user-defined cutting plane. This works with solids, surfaces, meshes, regions and point clouds. You have ...

Even though 3D CAD is being used, why are people on the shop floor still reading drawings?In the manufacturing industry, the adoption of 3D CAD is becoming the norm.Various industrial machines, such ...

Asking what the best CAD software is might be the wrong question. Instead, you’ve got to ask which CAD software is best suited to your own needs and skill set. While Computer-Aided Design (CAD) tools ...

Best known for its 2D toolset, AutoCAD also has a full suite of 3D modeling features. With AutoCAD, you can create solids, surfaces and meshes from simple to complex models. It also supplies tools for ...