It's been a few years since I've played with these tools, but it's come time for me to start doing some serious drafting again. Unfortunately this means relearning quite a bit (I used to be really ...

This free 650-page book, “The Engineering Design Revolution,” provides a fascinating history of the development and evolution of mechanical computer-aided design tools. This free 650-page book, “The ...

Though the term mechatronics was coined back in 1969, it is still tough to find easy-to-use electromechanical design tools that enable design optimization across engineering disciplines. Few machine ...

Eagle and Fusion are getting all the respect for integrating electronic and mechanical design, but what about KiCad? Are there any tools out there that allow you to easily build an enclosure for your ...

An interesting factoid about computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing is that 70% of all 3D mechanical CAD/CAM systems can trace their roots to CAD pioneer Patrick Hanratty ’s original ...

Dezeen shares the project of design student Ken Nakagaki, who has adapted a device to work with computer aided design (CAD) software to replicate digital files on paper. The device, named Comp*pass, ...