For some fun, I just got a chocolate printer. My wife even lets me put it in the kitchen.

CAD companies should go after the dessert market

https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/wii ... er-211396/

good idea.

I saw this table the other day. Most of them make sense or are so small they don't really matter (e.g. AI) However, we had a debate about what "Collaborative Design" really meant. What do you think it means or what do you think it should mean? https://www.cadalyst.com/cadalyst/cad-trends-s...

In case anyone is interested in 'clubhouse' I have some invites.

If you don't know what clubhouse is, you are lucky. Move along and don't get sucked in.

However, if you have a social media addiction, I can send you an invite. I could use a few more CAD discussions.

Blockchain is being looked at for 3D printing too. The last thing most companies want is for a competitor to be able to grab your STL or similar parts and start manufacturing what you just spend many $$$ and hours creating. Perhaps as important is someone tampering with the file in a way that screws...

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5 years down the line, the CAD landscape will be much the same as now, but the direction of travel will be much clearer. Yep. I think one issue (and something I do myself) is that if you are in the middle of the the "long tail" things, you don't always realize you are not anywhere close t...

Darn, late to the party. My wife had had me cleaning the basement the last 4 days and just let me out. matt Additive ends up in my conversations a lot mainly because it is driving change in design tools. Let me say upfront that I realize it is just another manufacturing technology like sheet metal b...

I had access to a Stratasys uPrint SE for a while. It was a pretty good machine although the solvent bath for supports was a bit of a pain.

SLA makes some better prints but what a gooey mess :-(

@jcpriotti, it looks like the student version of SW. This is just for home experimentation so that is fine.

@Mattpeneguy , reading though it again, I think I misunderstood and that they are providing it though organizations (like EAA that you mentioned). I have a Fablab near me that I can check out.

Haha! My Avatar is from 2007 and now I can't get rid of it or no one will know me. I think immersive environments are great but I learned from back then that those things have a limited appeal. I fear the young 'uns are learning this again with AR and VR.

Has anyone got the SolidWorks Maker version? I was thinking of getting it but it is a pretty long application form that seems to assume I'm a startup.

What is your 3D printer and what do you think about it? I've got 3 printers at home plus an Ultimaker 3ex I brought from work during COVID19. I mainly use them to test out some designs but 20% of the time it is for useful stuff like mounting brackets or special tools. 30% is likely for stupid deskto...

Thanks, matt.

I did just do a podcast for DesignWorld. Would be good to hear from real designers where they think CAD should go :-)

https://soundcloud.com/design-world/res ... ufacturing

I'll be interested to see how this goes!

Whooo hooo! I'm member 7!