Laporte, who comes from an arts and graphic design background, founded SmartPixel in 2009 with the goal of helping clients leverage technology to communicate more efficiently.

Autodesk's Tinkercad is a free Web-based design tool that enables you to create 3D objects, then download those creations in a printer-friendly format. Here's how to get started.

In this edition of DIY-IT's discovery series on 3D printing, we'll look at making our first design in a CAD program and then printing it on the MakerBot Replicator. The design took less than 20 ...

3D positives: – Design freedom: Create shapes and internal geometries that can’t be made any other way. – Weight saving: Remove mass from non-essential areas for better CG control.

Local Motors is using Autodesk's Spark, a new open platform for 3D printing, as it continues to work with privately held Cincinnati Inc. and Oak Ridge National Laboratory to develop the Strati ...

In the long run, thermal aware 3D architectures and micro-architectures would help in keeping the 3D stacking roadmap alive. Relationships between temperature and reliability will also need to be ...

The 3D digital design minor provides a foundation in designing visual elements using three-dimensional digital software for a range of applications. Courses cover topics such as modeling, motion, ...

In the 3D world, where NAND has hundreds of layers and packages come in intricate stacks, fresh graduates and veteran engineers alike are being confronted with design challenges that require a ...

High import/export costs: On-site 3D printing production also eliminates high import/export cost. With a focus on metal printing design keeping cost in mind is important.