Over the last five years, two main advances have helped additive manufacturing (AM) evolve from a prototyping technology to a viable production method. The first is in material development, where ...

Editor's Note: An updated version of this information can be found here. What exactly is computer-numerical-controlled (CNC) machining? It’s a means to make parts by removing material via high-speed, ...

There are thousands of designers who design injection molded parts but there is an elite group within this large community who can actually design parts for injection molders. Injection molded product ...

In part one of this two-part article, design engineer Michael Paloian outlined the first four milestones of a product-design project, ending with the “cornerstone” of the product-design cycle — ...

当一个元件封装包含多个相对独立的功能部分（部件）时，可以使用子件。原则上，任何一个元件都可以被任意地划分为多个part（子件），这在电气意义上没有错误，在原理图的设计上增强了可读性和绘制方便性。 子件是属于元件的一个部分，如果一个元件被 ...

When it comes to creating miniature parts, innovative cutting and machining processes continually make more intricate features and precise geometries possible. Although advanced machining can create ...

Injection-molded plastic part design is a lot like parenting. The job falls into your lap, you have zero qualifications, and yet, you are supposed to do it perfectly while blindfolded. It's difficult ...

OpenSCAD has a lot of fans around these parts — if you’re unaware, it’s essentially a code-based way of designing 3D models. Instead of drawing them up in a CAD program, one writes a script that ...