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…
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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…
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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.…
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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…
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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…
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This week’s blog post is about how engineering and 3D printing can solve those annoying problems around your home. Here is an example from my apartment that I was able to solve. I had a problem with my coat hanger in my apartment. As you can see in picture 1 and 2, the top post…
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Inventor’s Network of the Carolina’s This week’s blog post is about the Inventor’s Network of the Carolina’s (INOTC.org). The INOTC is a non-profit group whose mission is to help inventors. INOTC is dedicated to empowering inventors through education, support, and networking opportunities. I am currently serving as the Vice President of the group. The…
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One of my first customers was Trent Haling. He developed a product called Tolicap. The product solves the problem of aerosol can spray nozzles breaking when dropped without the can cap on. To date, no product (as far as I am aware) solves this issue while also allowing you to use the spray nozzle. The…
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Visit to Strategic 3D solutions in Raleigh I recently went to Strategic 3D solutions in Raleigh to try out 3D scanning. I brought a battery that I had previously reverse engineered using calipers (meaning, I took measurements to build the CAD file). 3D scanning is another way to reverse engineer a part. I wanted to…
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