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June 2016
Manufacturing Making a Comeback in the USA
Total output from American manufacturing relative to gross domestic product is back to pre-recession levels, with more than half a million new jobs. Global manufacturing executives predict that by 2020, the U.S. will be the most competitive manufacturing economy in the world. Cheap labor is no longer the most important input for manufacturers. Success in the manufacturing sector can be attributed to the availability of advanced technologies/materials and strong protection of intellectual properties. The U.S. […]
Stratasys Showcases Unique 3D Printed Chair
Stratasys is showcasing a unique 3D printed chair designed by the late Zaha Hadid, with Patrick Schumacher, at a retrospective of Hadid’s work in Venice. The 10-room exhibition, set to run until November 27 as part of the Venice Architecture Biennale, celebrates the life and works of the world-renowned architect, who passed away earlier this year.
Since the development of the original 3D printed prototype in 2014, the chair has been featured in various exhibitions and […]
Make Functional Prototypes More Economically
You can make functional prototypes much more economically by using 3D printed injection molds. One of the most dramatic impacts of 3D printing on design and manufacturing is with injection molding. Companies such as Seuffer, Unilever, Arad Group and Whale report significant savings in molding costs and production time by 3D printing injection molds to test designs before mass production and produce small quantities of […]
SolidWorks 2016 Bidirectional Sweep
There’s a new enhancement to the sweep function in SolidWorks 2016 that will allow you to create sweeps for a mid-path profile in either direction or bidirectional. In previous versions of SolidWorks, a profile had to sweep the entire length of the path, no matter the location of the profile sketch. This is no longer the case. Now mid-path profiles can be swept using […]
Sneak Peek at Mastercam 2017
Are you ready to grab a sneak peek at Mastercam 2017? Here’s a glimpse at the new interface. The new modern interface helps workflow. For example, the selection tools, which are now located along the right side of the screen, are translucent so they don’t get in the way of your part. They “wake up” when you hover over them, ready to use.
The most noticeable change in […]
Artistic Visions and 3D Printing
Art and design have certainly benefited from the 3D printing world and its liberating capabilities. Artists with 3D printers have been producing some unique geometries, seemingly “impossible” shapes, and unprecedented combinations of color and materials for many years. The release of the new Stratasys J750 multicolor3D printer has opened up even more new doors in the artistic worlds. In this blog article we will showcase the work of one ground-breaking 3D artist named Jose Sanchez.
“Polyomino” is the […]