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Elektor engineer Saad Imtiaz shares his workflow for designing 3D-printed enclosures using tools like SolidWorks, Onshape, ...

A list of the best free CAD software was just asking to be compiled seeing that so many novice designers are always on the lookout for such tools. There is no doubt that a computer-aided design tool ...

If you think about it, STL files are like PDF files. You usually create them using some other program, export them, and then expect them to print. But you rarely do serious editing on a PDF or an ...

NEW YORK, Oct. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Direct Dimensions, Inc., a leader in 3D scanning, modeling, and digital measurement solutions, is teaming up with CAD BLU, one of the nation's premier providers ...

Researchers have developed a generative CAD system specifically for 3D printing. Generative CAD tools have been around for several years, and they are fun to use. They’re quite different from normal ...

Abstract: Access to large and diverse computer-aided design (CAD) drawings is critical for developing symbol spotting algorithms. In this paper, we present FloorPlan-CAD, a large-scale real-world CAD ...

I’m always on the lookout for new 3D print applications, and I think I found a new one: custom homes. No, I’m not talking about 3D printing residential homes (in less than 24hrs). Instead I’m talking ...

Abstract: In petabyte-scale distributed file systems that decouple read and write from metadata operations, behavior of the metadata server cluster will be critical to overall system performance and ...

Do You Have a Complaint? The Maine Public Utilities Commission (Commission) regulates electric, telephone, water, and natural gas utilities in Maine, as well as ferry boat services in Casco Bay. You ...