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More from Gerald Davis
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Document management
- By Gerald Davis
- Jul 6, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis offers an overview of using document management tools with a CAD workstation.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Design for function
- By Gerald Davis
- May 27, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis offers an overview of using CAD to develop a better design.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Design for manufacturing
- By Gerald Davis
- May 12, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis provides an overview of using CAD to develop a better design, which leads it to being more manufacturable.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Design as a process
- By Gerald Davis
- May 5, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis uses CAD to explore different means to design a metal widget.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Table-driven models
- By Gerald Davis
- Feb 16, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis shows why using a design table makes sense for those models in which reasonably limited changes take place.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Metal marking
- By Gerald Davis
- Jan 28, 2015
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis walks the CAD operator through the process of creating a drill index.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Surface modeling techniques
- By Gerald Davis
- Dec 18, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis guides the reader through some of the CAD tricks necessary to create a 3-D model of a series of drill bits.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Cap-offs, springs, and threads
- By Gerald Davis
- Dec 3, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis shows CAD operators how to use two separate design functions to create the same cap-off treatment.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Some boundaries in solid modeling
- By Gerald Davis
- Oct 31, 2014
- Manufacturing Software
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis goes back to the future and shows readers what solid modeling can—and can’t—when trying to mock up a 3-D CAD model of an antique hair clipper.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Creating animations to explain the invention
- By Gerald Davis
- Sep 3, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis walks the reader through the steps needed to create a 3-D CAD movie that can be used to bring an assembly or product idea to life.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Creating the documentation essential to fabrication
- By Gerald Davis
- Aug 14, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis describes how a detailed 3-D CAD model can be a great help to those in procurement, fabrication, and assembly.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Tools for proofreading
- By Gerald Davis
- Aug 12, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis explains why proofreading is not just the domain of copy editors and how a CAD software function can help with the proofing job.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Legends and Logos
- By Gerald Davis
- Jun 23, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis investigates the CAD jockey’s role in the creation of markings on metal products, the different ways that these markings can be created, and some tips for ensuring the final marking is done correctly, no matter the process.
- From The Fabricator
Putting 3-D CAD on the grill—Part II
- By Gerald Davis
- May 29, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
After defining the project in January, columnist Gerald Davis is now set to make a virtual prototype of the Shashlik Grill in 3-D CAD.
- From The Fabricator
Shop technology and 3-D CAD: Product presentation
- By Gerald Davis
- May 26, 2014
- Shop Management
- Article
Knowing the nuances of generating an image opens the door for a wide range of possibilities.
- Podcasting
- Podcast:
- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 04/16/2024
- Running Time:
- 63:29
In this episode of The Fabricator Podcast, Caleb Chamberlain, co-founder and CEO of OSH Cut, discusses his company’s...
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