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More from Gerald Davis
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Modeling a cable harness
- By Gerald Davis
- Oct 17, 2016
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis considers techniques for adding parametric harness connections to models.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Changing the hierarchy and file names within CAD assemblies
- By Gerald Davis
- Sep 15, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis provides file organization and renaming guidance, so that the CAD operator doesn’t make a needless mistake that can boost frustration and reduce modeling efficiency.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Product development modeling with fabrication as the end goal
- By Gerald Davis
- Aug 16, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis reveals that delivering a straightforward CAD model might make sense for a project that will require alterations down the road.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Design evolution from invention to manufacturing
- By Gerald Davis
- Jul 11, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis considers how designs evolve from invention to manufacturing and how various CAD techniques might best be used.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Modeling with surfaces, patterns, and configurations
- By Gerald Davis
- Jun 20, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis reviews the use of equations, configurations, design tables, and specific modeling tools for creating 3-D models of paper and cake.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Comparison of two animation tools for creating walk-through tours
- By Gerald Davis
- May 23, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis reviews methods for creating walk-through animations. The use of a camera following a path is discussed.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: A review of animation tools to improve the work flow for moviemaking
- By Gerald Davis
- Apr 18, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis reviews methods for creating animations. The use of dedicated software is discussed.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Using animation tools in design review
- By Gerald Davis
- Mar 28, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis shares some best practices when it comes to creating animations and movies for design review purposes.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Using 3-D geometry to create interactive documents
- By Gerald Davis
- Feb 15, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis reviews the similarities between drafting and illustrating. The use of dedicated software is considered.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Using 3-D geometry for more than creating 2-D drawings
- By Gerald Davis
- Jan 27, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis demonstrates file linking between 3-D CAD and published literature. Some published formats are easier to produce with postprocessing software.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Using images and live demos to explain a product’s function
- By Gerald Davis
- Jan 4, 2016
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis explores the use of “mates” as he reveals how to make a hand drill operate the same way in the 3-D model as it does in the real world.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Making CAD magnets
- By Gerald Davis
- Nov 11, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Does your shop have special punching tooling that it would like to use more? Columnist Gerald Davis demonstrates how to prepare a CAD model of the punching tooling that a customer can download into its own CAD tooling library and possibly incorporate into future jobs that may end up with the job shop.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: In-context modeling
- By Gerald Davis
- Oct 28, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis continues his work on a go-cart body. This time the focus is on modeling weldments with an eye on accommodating future edits.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Forming sheet stock
- By Gerald Davis
- Sep 8, 2015
- Metals/Materials
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis demonstrates the flexibility of forming tools in CAD modeling by working on the body of a not-ready-for-prime-time tricycle.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Table-driven design
- By Gerald Davis
- Aug 12, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis walks the reader through the creation of a hex nut and shows how this exercise can be applied to other threaded creations.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 04/16/2024
- Running Time:
- 63:29
In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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