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Quickly Create Better Products with FEA

There are an endless number of intricacies to consider, test, and change in a part, model, or component and, ultimately, FEA can help you reduce prototypes and optimize …

June 19, 2018 | James Jepsen

Unifying Physical and Digital Project Planning

In today’s digital age, we have to consider and integrate both physical and digital planning in order to successfully execute a project, no matter if it’s a development project or …

June 15, 2018 | Jeremy Hamm

Shattered Glass: Rethinking Additive Manufacturing with Neri Oxman

Neri Oxman and the Mediated Matter team set out to break the limitations of glass manufacturing and additive manufacturing.

March 16, 2018 | Quinn Frantzen

3D Modeling at Your (Literal) Fingertips

Imagine a team leveraging AR or VR to collaborate in real-time on highly-realistic 3D models, editing on the fly by simply grabbing a point or face, and manipulating it …

February 13, 2018 | James Jepsen

Thoughts from the Founders for the New Year

Last year, over 26,000 engineers, designers, students, teachers, and businesses made the decision to learn with SolidProfessor and achieved incredible things.

January 17, 2018 | Phylicia Clifton

Looking to the Future at Autodesk University 2017

Applying futuristic concepts to existing processes and procedures could solve for many of the challenges we face today while also preparing us for the future …

January 9, 2018 | Tony Glockler

Lower Engineering Costs by Designing for Manufacturing

Design for manufacturing (DFM) helps engineers and designers recognize possible product design issues, avoid common pitfalls, and impact business efficiency …

July 26, 2017 | Quinn Frantzen

Understand and Apply the Essentials of GD&T

Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) is a set of rules, symbols, and tools allowing you to control the critical features of a design and ensure …

July 26, 2017 | Sam Sanchez

SolidProfessor April Newsletter: Mastercam 2017 Courses Are Here!

It’s been a great month here at SolidProfessor!

April 12, 2017 | Megan Davidson