It’s been a few years since I took an Ansys course, so I decided to refresh my memory. Most of my work is as software developer, so I need to make sure my Engineering skills remain sharp. This week I completed the Getting Started with Ansys Mechanical short course, and, since it didn’t have a […]
Continue ReadingHere are some of the improvements: -fixed propeller duct height correlated to electric motors per drone arm issue-added ability to load stl files and selected objects to object library-drone parametric generation performance improvements-booleans don’t crash so much anymore-added drone motor support aspect ratio parameter-added new CAD object: prism with rounded corners – good for aircraft […]
Continue ReadingMihai Pruna, the owner of Programmatic Modeling Consultants, has always been interested in Virtual Reality. As a software developer, it was natural that Mr. Pruna would gravitate towards this field. Mihai has over five years of experience with software and content development for Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. Read more about Mihai Pruna’s experience with […]
Continue ReadingWe are very excited to introduce this update to our free web app for designing vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) drones and manned aircraft, CopterCAD! New features include boolean operations, many more parametric sliders, new view and export options, and a revamped GUI. We hope you enjoy this release!
Continue ReadingThis is a tutorial for setting up a CAD client-server architecture which can process CAD files using OpenCASCADE and render them on the client side.
Continue ReadingThe ongoing revolution in drones and Urban Air Mobility Vehicles presents a staggering diversity of configurations. No longer are aircraft following the classic formula of wing plus engine up front or rotor over the fuselage. Freedom to design is limited only by imagination! Here is where CopterCAD, our free web-based VTOL design app , comes […]
Continue ReadingpythonOCC (http://www.pythonocc.org) is a wrapper for the free geometry library OpenCASCADE (https://www.opencascade.com/). It allows the programmer to leverage the extensive libraries and ease of use of the Python language with the powerful CAD tools of OpenCASCADE. The steps of this tutorial were performed in Windows, but it should work similarly under Linux after the first […]
Continue Readinganim8r is a great free and easy to use 3D modeling and animation software.
Continue ReadingWe added more fuselage editing sliders which allow a variety of shapes to be created. We also added arm squeeze option for making parallel arms. Also added the option to have multiple equidistant motors on every arm. CopterCAD is a free web app for designing multicopter drones and manned vehicles.
Continue ReadingSo I’ve decided that since the end of the year is a time for gifts, it should also be the time to present our favorite free applications for the year. These are geared towards the kind of work we usually do, involving streamlining CAE workflows and developing custom software for Engineering and manufacturing. Here we […]
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