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More from Gerald Davis
- From The Fabricator
3-D CAD: Well-behaved bend reliefs
- By Gerald Davis
- Sep 9, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis is looking to refine a 3-D model so that it is easier to laser-cut. To do so, he relies on a popular addition to his modeling software package.
- From The Fabricator
3-D CAD: The cure for the bad isometric view
- By Gerald Davis
- Aug 1, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis walks the fabricator through a 3-D modeling process to learn how to work with a file that has broken elements.
- From The Fabricator
3-D CAD: Unfolding problems
- By Gerald Davis
- Jul 18, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis provides some tips on getting that 2-D drawing--derived from the 3-D model--to manufacturing in the best shape possible.
- From The Fabricator
3-D CAD: Modeling with limited resources
- By Gerald Davis
- Mar 14, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis reminds us that CAD modeling has its limitations and that it's still necessary to build a prototype rather than just relying on simulation.
- From The Fabricator
3-D CAD: Modeling a nest of parts
- By Gerald Davis
- Mar 10, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis bypasses CAM software and uses his 3-D software to create a nest of parts.
- From The Fabricator
3-D CAD design: Modeling a shop cart
- By Gerald Davis and
- Feb 1, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis tackles a fabricating project that every shop takes on every so often: the shop cart.
- From The Fabricator
3-D CAD design: The next dimension of services you will offer?
- By Gerald Davis
- Jan 17, 2011
- Shop Management
- Article
Columnist Gerald Davis provides readers with an idea on how transforming a 2-D sketch into a 3-D model can prove helpful in bettering a customer's original design.
- From The Fabricator
Putting 3-D CAD on the grill, Part XII
- By Gerald Davis
- Dec 16, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
Wrapping up his design work on the Shashlik Grill, columnist Gerald Davis now turns his attention to preparing final versions of project documentation.
- From The Fabricator
Putting 3-D CAD on the grill, Part XI
- By Gerald Davis
- Nov 8, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
Working on a 3-D design for the Shashlik Grill, columnist Gerald Davis has turned his attention to the sliding charcoal plan, but this particular component challenges the top-down modeling approach that has been used up until this point in the project.
- From The Fabricator
Putting 3-D CAD on the grill - Part X
- By Gerald Davis
- Oct 26, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
Working on a 3-D design for the Shashlik Grill, columnist Gerald Davis continues working on the top-level assembly. This time he's modeling two skewer supports.
- From The Fabricator
Putting 3-D CAD on the grill, Part IX
- By Gerald Davis
- Sep 16, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
Working on a 3-D design for the Shashlik Grill, columnist Gerald Davis continues working on the top-level assembly. This time he's modeling two end skirts and two side skirts.
- From The Fabricator
Putting 3-D CAD on the grill, Part VIII
- By Gerald Davis
- Aug 4, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
Working on a 3-D design for a Shashlik Grill, columnist Gerald Davis continues his work of locating features in the context of the top level assembly.
- From The Fabricator
Putting 3-D CAD on the grill, Part VII
- By Gerald Davis
- Jul 15, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
Working on a design for a Shashlik Grill, columnist Gerald Davis turns his attention to fasteners as it's time to shore up the support structure.
- From The Fabricator
Putting 3-D CAD on the grill - Part VI
- By Gerald Davis
- Jun 8, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
Working on a design for a Shashlik Grill, columnist Gerald Davis reminds CAD designers that it is a good practice to test parametric links as the design progresses.
- From The Fabricator
The impossible dream
- By Gerald Davis
- May 11, 2010
- Shop Management
- Article
From the CAD operator's point of view, he can use several tricks for sheet metal modeling that can keep the design in the realm of can-do manufacturing—the land where the tooling and metal processing technologies are commonly available.
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- The Fabricator Podcast
- Published:
- 05/14/2024
- Running Time:
- 62:12
Cameron Adams of Laser Precision, a contract metal fabricator in the Chicago area, joins the podcast to talk...
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