Do you wish you didn’t have to draw objects from scratch using a CAD platform like AutoCAD? No sooner thought than done, your wish is granted!!
There are myriad websites where CAD drawings are downloadable at no cost. These websites fall into three categories
Here are all our recent 3D visualizations in one place. They are all of imaginary cellphones. They were created by first making 3D objects in AutoCAD, positioning the objects for a suitable view, rendering the objects and touching up the final images with Adobe Photoshop CS2: In order of appearance they are the Rolex cellphone,…
Is there anyone on the face of the planet who is not interested in saving every cent at a time like this? I guess there are, but their name can’t be legion… In these hard times, everyone is looking for untapped ways of saving on cost. If you are connected with engineering or architecture, are…
Imagine if you owned a Ferrari and one day someone said, “Why are you driving such a slow car?” Well, something similar happened to us yesterday. It wasn’t a Ferrari, it was a Pentium 4 PC (3Ghz + 2GB RAM) that we had bought new a year and a half ago, and which we thought…
I thought it might be worthwhile to provide a pictorial example of the team that we deploy on a typical medium-sized CAD project. The diagram illustrates the structure of the team that is currently working on one of our active projects. Please spend a few moments looking at it, after which I will explain what…
Not only made, but fired. Several times. The firearm was made by a company called Solid Concepts, Inc., a US-based provider of 3D printing services. But don’t tear your hair out in despair, because the equipment needed for 3D printing metal is beyond the means of the casual consumer. It costs $850,000. It uses a…
Drafting services are subject to fluctuations in work inflow just like everyone else. The work inflow also fluctuates wildly, a situation that only some producers are subject to. TMG has its own way of dealing with this situation. For starters, we maintain a constant slack in our in-house workforce to absorb moderate increases in client…
