People are increasingly turning to software to design complex material structures like airplane wings and medical implants. But as design models become more capable, our fabrication techniques haven't ...

SketchUp has slowly improved the usability and functionality of its iPad application. Recent new updates offer more control over groups and components, more import and export options, more ways to ...

We were not always impressed with the output. Asking for “3d printable starship Enterprise,” for example, produced a point cloud that looked like a pregnant Klingon battle cruiser. Like most of these ...

3D modelling and BIM software can bring designers and contractors together to simplify complex railway station projects. Chris Lo talks to Neil Sharpe of design studio Weston Williamson about the ...

Before 3D modeling, the only way of finding interference was by looking at two dimensional drawings or 2D models. Unfortunately, some problems were not found until construction was underway. Engineers ...

Yan Liu receives funding from Australia Research Council and University of Queensland. Iderlina Mateo-Babiano receives funding from the Australian Research Council, Department of Foreign Affairs and ...

We’ve all been there before — you need some 3D printable design that you figure must be common enough that somebody has already designed it, so you point your browser to Thingiverse or Printables, and ...

Cultured neural tissues have been widely used as a simplified experimental model for brain research. However, existing ...

Ralph Gilles, Chief Design Officer, Stellantis with the new Jeep Wagoneer Ralph Giles, an automobile designer who has spent all his life designing vehicles for Chrysler and its sub-brands was also the ...