Computer-Aided Design (CAD) and Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software are critical tools used in woodworking today. While these software programs share similarities in their capabilities, they ...

Manufacturers are experiencing a perfect storm, with stretched supply chains, increasing cost of goods and materials, and the ever-present skills gap. At times it can be challenging to survive – let ...

Some methods that can improve the process include examining prints and removing information that distracts from the engineers’ design intent. An innovative approach to design intent looks at geometric ...

When Devin Hamilton (left) and engineering assistant Alex Peña work on-site for contract programming services, a tablet provides a remote connection to Hamilton's CAD workstation at his office. For ...

CAD for CAM, or computer-aided design for computer-aided manufacturing, is all about bridging the gap between the designer’s vision and the manufacturer’s process. But from working with diverse CAD ...

The world of the product designer is all about designing and developing goods or products. Meanwhile, the machinist’s world is all about converting designs into real parts, based on the available ...

SPRUTCAM TECH released new versions of its CAD/CAM/OLP software products that it claims form “an entire software ecosystem.” They are the most powerful and functional versions to date but at the same ...

Wondering about the uses for CAD? Computer-aided design software has shaped the evolution of many fields, allowing designers to create both 2D or 3D plans and prototypes of systems, spaces and objects ...

An internal computer aided design (CAD) or design services engineer is responsible for delivering efficient, robust and high-quality design flow solutions. The design flow on a day-to-day basis keeps ...

It's time to retire my Technet copy of Visio 2013 in favor of something that can drag me kicking and screaming into the world of 3D. The only other CAD software I've used was AutoCAD several decades ...