Computer-aided design (CAD) and additive manufacturing (AM) will make up a good chunk of Machine Design’s content in July.

Engineers have relied on digital assistants for decades, starting with CAD ... of 3D printing, it’s now feasible to manufacture the sinuous shapes created with generative design.

2D CAD and 3D CAD. CAD is used to create, modify, test and analyse or optimise design in a wide range of areas, from designing skyscrapers to tiny machine parts. In the past, designs were drafted ...

But nearly all of them utilize computer aided design (CAD ... STL files "cut up" CAD models, giving the 3D printing machine the information it needs to print each layer of an object.

OpenSCAD is a CAD software specifically designed for those who wish to design machine parts. This is something that most other free 3D modeling software products fail at. Other free CAD products ...

Bright Machines' Design for Automated Assembly (DFAA ... and APIs to accelerate design workflows by integrating 3D data across various CAD (computer-aided design) and PLM (product lifecycle ...

In concept, an everyday sewing machine could make embroidery ... s first version worked well, but this new design really takes advantage of 3D printing as well as the increased availability ...