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June updates: Manual material orientation in Visualization
June updates: Manual material orientation in Visualization

June updates in Shapr3D brought manual material orientation to Visualization and Detail Views in Section View for 2D Drawings. Get the full breakdown.

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Seb Cachia

How does Direct Modeling actually work?
How does Direct Modeling actually work?

Our CEO, Istvan Csanady, is back with an in-depth piece on the ins and outs of Direct Modeling.

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Istvan Csanady

Tidy, clean, and fast: Multidevice CAD with Folders
Tidy, clean, and fast: Multidevice CAD with Folders

Create, move, nest, and sort: Store projects exactly how you like with the upcoming rollout of Folders in Shapr3D. Showcase designs, keep private, or just keep modeling - faster.

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Seb Cachia

Eclipse Furniture delivers custom furniture 60% faster than competitors
Eclipse Furniture delivers custom furniture 60% faster than competitors

Traditional furniture design company levels up with Shapr3D

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Dalma Szabo

May updates: Detail Views for 2D Drawings
May updates: Detail Views for 2D Drawings

With Shapr3D May updates, you can now add Detailed Views and get more granular control with your 2D Drawings. Upgrades in Visualization give you faster rendering speed for a smoother experience.

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Seb Cachia

Behind the Shapr3D user interface refresh
Behind the Shapr3D user interface refresh

How did our Design Team tackle the Shapr3D user interface refresh? Alex, Product Designer, shares how we remove CAD barriers to deliver a multidevice workflow.

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Alex Marton

How Sohbi Craft implemented a production line in under 4 months
How Sohbi Craft implemented a production line in under 4 months

This is how you get a full production line ready in record time with Shapr3D.

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Dalma Szabo

Product update: Refreshing the Shapr3D User Interface
Product update: Refreshing the Shapr3D User Interface

Seb is back to tell you about Shapr3D's visual refresh.

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Seb Cachia

April updates: 2D Drawings Title Block layouts
April updates: 2D Drawings Title Block layouts

Tag along with Seb as he introduces the freshest updates in Shapr3D.

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Seb Cachia

Hubbardton Forge Senior designer achieves 30% time savings getting product to market
Hubbardton Forge Senior designer achieves 30% time savings getting product to market

After switching from AutoCAD and hand-built models to Shapr3D, designer at Hubbardton Forge drastically decreased concepting and production speed.

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Dalma Szabo

Rapid prototyping evolves into multiple processes
Rapid prototyping evolves into multiple processes

How does your design get from CAD to your hand? Read this comprehensive guide to learn about prototyping, its various techniques, and more.

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Matt Lombard

Selecting the best CAD for your requirements
Selecting the best CAD for your requirements

Make the right call and pick the CAD software best suited for your individual and business needs.

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Matt Lombard

Rev Limit Customs delivers faster custom hot rod design & manufacturing with fewer people
Rev Limit Customs delivers faster custom hot rod design & manufacturing with fewer people

Rev Limit Customs beats industry-wide shortages by boosting team communication and speeding up production using Shapr3D. Here’s how.

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Dalma Szabo

March updates: Add images to 2D Drawings
March updates: Add images to 2D Drawings

Seb is here to break down the latest and greatest additions brought by version 5.340

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Seb Cachia

The untapped benefits of Augmented Reality for business
The untapped benefits of Augmented Reality for business

From reduced costs to increased sales, AR is changing the world. We examine the benefits of Augmented Reality and how it can help your business perform better.

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Rebekah Hanks

What is CAD: the technological foundations of CAD software
What is CAD: the technological foundations of CAD software

Get a full grasp of how CAD software are built up, narrated by our CEO, István Csanády.

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István Csanády

How Buckeye Metal Works cut part design time by 50%
How Buckeye Metal Works cut part design time by 50%

Learn how Buckeye Metal Works utilized the mobile and multidevice benefits of Shapr3D to be able to reduce their part design time by 50%

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Dalma Szabo

Prototype modeling methods
Prototype modeling methods

6 methods for developing your concept and minimizing production costs from pen and paper to digital and even creating full scale models

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Adam Miklosi

3D printed jigs and fixtures
3D printed jigs and fixtures

Learn about the pros and cons of 3D printed jigs and fixtures and how they can help your manufacturing process

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Dalma Szabo

History of CAD
History of CAD

The People, Companies and Computer Systems That Changed Forever the Practice of Engineering and Manufacturing. A "Brief" History of CAD by David E. Weisberg

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David Weisberg

Parametric vs direct modeling
Parametric vs direct modeling

We explain parametric vs direct modeling and help choose the right type of modeling for you.

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Dalma Szabo

Fusion 360 alternatives
Fusion 360 alternatives

Fusion 360 is an amazing in piece of software, but it's not for everyone. Browse our recommendations for alternatives to try out.

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Peter Selmeczy

How to design for 3D printing
How to design for 3D printing

Whether you're a beginner of a professional these tips and tricks will help you optimize your designs for 3D Printing. With a finetuned model you'll be able to save both time and money.

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Reka Forgach

Conceptual solid modeling for design teams
Conceptual solid modeling for design teams

As head of product design, Samuele leads a team of 6 designers. He uses Shapr3D to develop and maintain Dometic's design language and work with his team.

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Daniel Rosner

Building a movement for electric vehicles
Building a movement for electric vehicles

The Jaunt team is reimagining classic Land Rovers and converting them into fun and sustainable electric vehicles. See how they rebuild a handmade classic.

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Reka Forgach

Designing bottles for big brand beverages
Designing bottles for big brand beverages

SIPA is the leading bottle manufacturing company in the world. Packaging design and development manager Cheng Feng designs model concepts in Shapr3D.

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Reka Forgach

 Prototyping end-of-arm tooling
Prototyping end-of-arm tooling

Wolfgang the CEO of 3Dsystec uses Shapr3D to work more flexibly at his end-of-arm-tooling manufacturing company based in Shenzhen, China.

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Reka Forgach

10 furniture design software to try in 2022
10 furniture design software to try in 2022

We asked our CAD (computer-aided design) experts at Shapr3D to review existing furniture design programs and handpick the ten best 3D software for furniture design for woodworkers.

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Victoria Kurichenko

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