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Gerald Davis
Gerald Davis Design and Consulting
- From The Fabricator
Tips for creating a kinematic model
- By Gerald Davis
- Feb 29, 2024
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
CAD guru Gerald Davis discusses how downloads made into fully kinematic posers are used for developing a swinging door mechanism.
- From The Fabricator
Tips for efficient sketching in 3D modeling
- By Gerald Davis
- Jan 31, 2024
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
CAD guru Gerald Davis discusses how efficient sketching pays dividends when it comes to efficient DC modeling.
- From The Fabricator
Tips for tackling virtual sharp points and bend lines for oblique angles
- By Gerald Davis
- Dec 29, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
To show how different approaches can be used to detail sheet metal characteristics in a CAD drawing, Gerald Davis focuses on two modeling examples.
- From The Fabricator
Tips for better illustrating component relationships in a 3D model
- By Gerald Davis
- Nov 14, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
CAD guru Gerald Davis discusses the creation of Exploded Views, while tossing in tips for specifying O-ring glands.
- From The Fabricator
Coordinating CAD techniques with planning documents leads to user-friendly models
- By Gerald Davis
- Oct 8, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
CAD guru Gerald Davis discusses the perils and advantages of various CAD techniques.
- From The Fabricator
Sustaining engineering with the use of logs, tables, and a hierarchy of CAD files
- By Gerald Davis
- Sep 20, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Blog Post
CAD guru Gerald Davis demonstrates how an engineering change can be logged and changed on the bill of materials by following a standard revision procedure.
- From The Fabricator
Finding the CAD technique that gets the job done
- By Gerald Davis
- Aug 31, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis uses a welded frame to demonstrate how a design and the techniques used to create the drawing can evolve.
- From The Fabricator
How CAD technique adapts to the requirements for product documentation
- By Gerald Davis
- Jul 31, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis demonstrates techniques that create workarounds and extra work so that future pitfalls might be avoided.
- From The Fabricator
How some CAD tools deliver automatic design for manufacturability results
- By Gerald Davis
- Jun 30, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis to explore toolpaths as a topic of design for manufacturability.
- From The Fabricator
Using a Design Table in 3D CAD to produce varied models
- By Gerald Davis
- May 31, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Gerald Davis reviews equations, design tables, and configurations in creating flexible models.
- From The Fabricator
How to use imported CAD models
- By Gerald Davis
- Apr 28, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis shows how imported CAD can be modified almost as fast as it can be downloaded.
- From The Fabricator
Review native CAD models to glean and gain modeling technique
- By Gerald Davis
- Mar 31, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis snips his way through the modeling techniques used nearly a decade ago by another expert CAD jockey.
- From The Fabricator
Tips for preparing a model for review
- By Gerald Davis
- Feb 28, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis guides a product designer through the steps to improve the model review experience.
- From The Fabricator
Tips for decals, zonal section views, and shading of drawings to be used in presentations
- By Gerald Davis
- Jan 26, 2023
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis discusses the use of image files to create decals, and along the way he rolls the cart past section views, colors, and textures.
- From The Fabricator
Tips for cloning product manufacturing information from one CAD file to another
- By Gerald Davis
- Dec 9, 2022
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
CAD guru Gerald Davis discusses the use of the File Properties user interface for copying Custom Properties between CAD files.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 03/05/2024
- Running Time:
- 65:35
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