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My answer to What should I do to be more creative in CAD? Answer by Scott Tarcy: My advice is to design a product that is significantly different that what you have traditionally designed. For example, my background has mostly been in plastic part design. I have gotten a few sheet metal projects but assigned…
This week’s blog post is on a recent project where the client needed a stylish base to hold glass awards. These were being handed out at his company’s annual party for leadership. The awards are shown the following pictures. This project was done using…
My answer to How can I prepare myself for a degree in product design? Answer by Scott Tarcy: So Ill give a quick story of my background. I went to school for Mechanical Engineering at Virginia Tech. I started out as a product engineer for Tetra (www.tetra–Aquarium Supplies, Fish Tanks, & Live Tropical Fish). At…
My answer to Why Solidworks is not available for Mac? Answer by Scott Tarcy: This would be a question for Dessault Systems, the creator of SW. However, if you have a Mac and want to use SW you can do this by running a parallel operating system (Windows) on your Mac. It is not that…
3D Printed Keys Let’s say you lost your key and got locked out of your house or car. If you have a saved image of your key on your phone, it is possible to use that image to create a CAD model of the key and 3D print out a temporary key to get in.…
My answer to Is Macbook Pro 13-inch with retina display good for mechanical engineering? Running programs like Auto… Answer by Scott Tarcy: AutoCAD products will work (I have used Fusion 360 on my Mac) but Solidworks will definitely not work (unless you Windows operation system on your Mac). Solidworks requires Windows. And my recommendation is…
What are the best 3d printers? by @CADdesignhelp Answer by Scott Tarcy: Hi, Scott Tarcy from CADdesignhelp.com, I will do my best to answer your question This is a very good question and it is hard to answer, because the 3D printing market is changing so fast. Let me explain what is going on: In…
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Creating Content Online to Diversify Your Income Streams This week’s blog post is about what to do when your freelance business slows down. I’ve been running my CADdesignhelp.com business now full time for 5 months. I estimate that my average week I was working around 60 hours. I would guess that only about half of…
