nTopology announced a revolutionary new tool for product design, nTop Platform. Generative Design for 3D Printing The tool is a bit challenging to describe, as it is a hyper-mix of functions that are today often found in separate tools and products. But let me try to do so! In the old world, product design followed a more conventional path: objects were designed in CAD tools, then exported for CAM processing or slicing for 3D printers. Iterative development took place by sharing the CAD models and/or examining made prototypes. Enter 3D printing. This new technology allowed previously impossible structures, such as interior lattices, to reduce weight, or complex parts made in…

Ever since they announced they would be making customized 3D printed chairs for gamers, IKEA has been slowly entering the gaming peripheral market. Now, in collaboration with UNYQ, a worldwide prosthetic company, and Swedish e-sports company, Area Academy, they are finally working on products which aren’t just meant for setting your bottom on. Announced by both IKEA and UNYQ, UPPKOPPLA is a 3D printed line of gaming accessories which are custom-made for the players using them. Using a body scan technique developed by UNYQ, the accessories are better-fitted for their users and cause less strain when playing games for hours on end. While this works just fine for normal folks,…

As the title implies today we’ll delve into how to make realistic looking objects that can be used as film props or Cosplay accessories. And we’ll do it with the help of a new friend, The Crafsman! You’ll learn a few techniques for making molds and objects using two-part pourable silicone rubber. And after the last squishy part cures, you’ll be happy to know you could do the same without the worry of breaking the bank!By now I’d imagine my more grammatically astute readers are wondering, “Did SkillCoach lay down a typo from the get-go in the title?” Nope! The C-R-A-F-S-M-A-N spelling is spot on! And, today marks the first…

Those dreams where you walk into the office and giant flowers open up to shed rays of light on you, yeah, those dreams might become a reality. “Can it be daisies?” Suuuuure, if you want it to be daisies, it can be daisies. 3lobit has been doing the 3D print thang since early 2017, working on the practical possibilities of 3D printing — things that are usable in everyday life. Although their focus has been on the production of original jewelry, products, and prototypes, they’ve spun up projects, the first of which is FLOLA, a very unique lamp design. You’re getting some ideas now, huh? From a single controller, you…

You are a great designer. You have innate gifts with 3D and spatial relations and are a creative, original thinker. You have studied and mastered mechanical principles and fundamentals. Through industry experience, you’ve learned about manufacturing processes, rules of thumb and tools and tricks of the trade. You are an interesting “T-shaped” person pulling from a set of broad interests and skills. Requirements get fed to your mind and elegant designs come out. You are a machine-making machine. You have destroyed the good, fast, cheap paradox.  You are a great designer… in the making. And the further you go in your career, the more you’ll recognize how different roles come…

After announcing the app in October 2018 and releasing a closed beta last April, Adobe has renamed their tentatively-titled ‘Project Gemini’ drawing and painting app ‘Adobe Fresco’. Taking its name from an old Italian painting technique where an artist paints using a mixture of pigments and water on wet plaster, Fresco’s biggest draw is its Live Brushes: Using the Adobe Sensei drawing AI, the tool mimics the real-world behavior of various paints, oils, and watercolors to a point where different colors can be mixed to form interesting and lifelike results Combining more colors with varying degrees of intensity can result in new colors you wouldn’t usually find on a standard…