Zel Components dive into part procurement in the proof-of-concept phase and how to tackle the issues that are holding ...

Formas.AI has unveiled a preview of Cartesian, its AI-assisted platform for early-stage product design, furniture and architecture design. Designed to allow design problem-solving at the stage when ...

ClassCAD.ai has been launched as an AI-driven embeddable CAD, that’s a self contained MCP able to build CAD in your Claude/Codex – useful as a collaborative automation layer, a quick conversational ...

EinScan HX – With a solid reputation for affordable 3D scanners, Shining 3D is now bringing blue light-based scanning to its range for the first time, as Al Dean reports. He finds a device that’s as ...

Anthropic has partnered with Autodesk, Blender, Adobe and others to release a set of Connectors that let its Claude AI work alongside the design software. The Model Context Protocol (MCP) Connectors ...

Addressing a packed audience at the George R Brown convention centre, Houston, USA, Dassault Systèmes Solidworks CEO Manish Kumar unveiled further Virtual Companions, AI agents that can assist ...

The sheet metal and fabrication industry requires a specific set of tools that are often only paid lip service by mainstream vendors. We take a look at the SigmaNest range from SigmaTek, which looks ...

Autodesk has announced its research project Bernini focused on developing generative AI for professional geometric workflows, capable of generating multiple functional variations of a 3D shape from a ...

Onshape Vision by PTC syncs with CAD and PDM systems to allow product designers to view and collaborate on 3D CAD models. Designers can hold, expand and resize their products, and use hand gestures, ...

Aura, Dassault Systèmes Solidworks AI-powered co-pilot, has been announced as the software – now in its 30th year – enters what it calls its Gen 7 Stage. At its 3DExperience World event in Houston, ...

The launch of Apple’s new Vision Pro spatial computing headset has got enterprise software vendors excited. Stephen Holmes headed to the Budapest headquarters of Shapr3D to see how the company is ...

When you’re creating a blended-wing body aircraft, one small tweak can impact multiple other aspects of your design. Stephen Holmes speaks to the team at aerospace start-up JetZero about how its use ...