It’s time once again for another part in 3D Printering’s series of Making A Thing. Last week was a short tutorial on the beginnings of making a thing in AutoCAD. This is an extremely complex software ...

We're all familiar with two dimensional design drawings — not to mention the questions that usually accompany them because they can provide only so much information before becoming hopelessly ...

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 ...

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 ...