It’s happened to all of us: you find the perfect model for your needs — a bracket, a box, a cable clip, but it only comes in STL, and doesn’t quite fit. That problem will never happen if you’re using ...

The core function to generate element names is TopoShape::makESHAPE(). At a high level, the algorithm can be described as using four steps to try to name as many elements as possible. Let's take an ...

This script imports FreeCAD .FCStd files into Blender. This is a work in progress, so not all geometry elements of FreeCAD might be supported at this point. And the update option will make some mess ...

One of the great joys of constantly checking out new or obscure Linux operating systems is finding some insane innovations that stand out from the crowded collection of distros. The current release of ...

Open source hardware for scientific equipment needs to provide source files and enough documentation to allow the study, replication and modification of the design. In addition, parametric modeling is ...