Though vector drawing apps are usually targeted to designers of all stripes, they can be particularly useful to manufacturing and engineering designers. And they can be fun for those designers to use ...

A sleeve bushing can be simple to model yet difficult to quote or verify when its drawing omits the conditions that govern ...

Mechanical drawings are an excellent way to convey design information, and while sophisticated 3D modeling is slowly taking over, with some companies accepting files over drawings, the mechanical ...

My journey with CAD technology began in the year 2000, when I took an AutoCAD R14 course. I still remember the thrill of being able to review technical drawings digitally, in a fraction of the time it ...

Geometry in parametric drawing is constrained with a set of mathematical and geometrical rules with respect to other geometries of the drawing. A parametric approach to design offers a big list of ...

The purpose of this course is to introduce engineering drawing techniques through an in-depth experience with modern computer aided design (CAD) software. The course will begin with an introduction of ...

When a design project is completed, the next immediate task is to communicate the design to much broader audiences, such as peers in different companies, engineers in a manufacturing division, a ...

This article analyses the challenges of protecting engineering or technical drawings that are likely to be transformed into a product. Should such as drawing be ...

Engineers spend a lot of their time researching how their companies have solved past problems, Chris Brown, VP of U.S. Growth of CADDi, tells Design News. They are often left to search for information ...