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Guest Post: Discover How 3D Printing is Helping the Coronavirus Fight

3D Design, 3D printingBy caddesignhelp June 6, 2020 Leave a comment

Guest Post: Discover How 3D Printing is Helping the Coronavirus Fight It has been over three months since the Coronavirus pandemic took over our lives. With countries going into full lockdown mode, and sweeping travel and transport restrictions in place, along with stringent social distancing measures, healthcare systems across the globe are facing an unprecedented crisis. One, they have never prepared for. As the first face masks ran…

Locking Cap Design

3D printing, Prototype, SolidworksBy caddesignhelp October 25, 2019 Leave a comment

Locking cap Design I thought it would be beneficial to you all to see some different designs that my company has done. This video show a locking cap design with a threaded bottom. The top cap rotates and locks in both the open and closed positions. There is a plastic pin that provides the pivot point.…

Guest Post – 5 Parametric 3D Modeling Basics for CAD Beginners

3D Design, concept artBy caddesignhelp July 25, 2019 Leave a comment

If you’ve just recently begun exploring the magical world of parametric 3D modeling, it’s recommended to start with the basics so that you can better understand the very essence. Since we live in a world where modern technology intertwines with every segment of our lives,…

What are all of the technologies that a product designer must know?

3D Design, Product Design, PrototypeBy caddesignhelp May 20, 2019 Leave a comment

Read Scott Tarcy‘s answer to What are all of the technologies that a product designer must know? on Quora

How do you go about designing a plastic water bottle?

UncategorizedBy caddesignhelp January 16, 2019 Leave a comment

Read Scott Tarcy‘s answer to How do you go about designing a plastic water bottle? on Quora

What knowledge is necessary to use a 3D printer?

3D Design, 3D Printer, 3D printingBy caddesignhelp November 28, 2018 Leave a comment

Read Scott Tarcy‘s answer to What knowledge is necessary to use a 3D printer? on Quora I will assume you mean FDM 3D printing. FDM printing works by the machine extruding a line a filament (essentially a wire of plastic) through a hot nozzle of a small diameter (typically 0.1mm to 0.8mm). It will build…

How do I use FDM printing today?

3D Design, 3D Printer, 3D printingBy caddesignhelp October 3, 2018 Leave a comment

Read Scott Tarcy‘s answer to How do you use FDM 3D printing today? on Quora Multiple uses. I have many products I sell online that are printed FDM style. Here is one of my more popular sellers: The Led Zeppelin Object For clients to make their prototypes. Obviously many photos I can’t share due to…

How to 3D print a hollow ball

3D Design, 3D Printer, 3D printing, CAD Design, Simplify3D, SolidworksBy caddesignhelp July 30, 2018 Leave a comment

How to 3D print a hollow ball You might think it is easy to 3D print a hollow ball, but it actually took me quite a few attempts to get it right. What I printed was a 40mm (1.57in) outer diameter ball with a wall thickness of 2mm. It is very important that the…

How does one practice advanced surfacing in a 3D CAD such as SolidWorks?

3D Design, CAD Design, Industrial Design, mechanical engineering, Product Design, Prototype, SolidworksBy caddesignhelp April 29, 2018 Leave a comment

Read Scott Tarcy‘s answer to How does one practice advanced surfacing in a 3D CAD such as SolidWorks? on Quora I think it’s easiest to design from something physical that you can measure, or from pictures. If using picture, it makes it easier if you have a photo from the side and the front.…

Optimizing design to save material and 3D print time

3D Design, 3D Printer, CAD Design, Product Design, Prototype, SolidworksBy caddesignhelp January 11, 2018 Leave a comment

Optimizing design to save material and 3D print time I recently designed a motor housing for a portable vacuum cleaner. This required fitting together many pieces. What I want to show in this article is how I designed this to optimize for material and 3D print time. First, I want to explain the goal…

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