Posts by Adam Beck
Engineering the World’s Longest Solar Eclipse
How a team of creative Scientists used the Concorde jet to extend the viewing time of a Solar Eclipse Last week I wasn’t interested in eclipses. It’s something I’ve been tangentially aware of, but I never saw one that…
MoreHow AR CAD Models and Apple Vision are Helping Engineers Become Tony Stark
We’ve all seen Tony Stark in the Iron Man movies. You know the routine: The world is about to end, and Tony Stark has to invent a machine to save it. So, while talking to Jarvis and eating a sandwich,…
MoreEngineering a Table From 1000 Ft of Denim and 20 Gal of Epoxy [VIDEO]
How do you engineer a table from 1000 ft of denim and 20 gal of epoxy? Cam at Blacktail Studio is known for making extremely high-end furniture. Typically he creates tables from large slabs of walnut and epoxy. His creations…
MoreCase New Holland Chooses CADENAS To Provide Strategic Parts Management Solutions
Industrial Manufacturer To Reduce Design Time by Optimizing Engineering Parts Reuse and Selection With Help of CADENAS’ Strategic Parts Management Software CADENAS Italy has embarked on a new collaboration with CNH Industrial, a prominent manufacturer specializing in agricultural and earth-moving…
MoreEngineering the World’s Smallest Nerf Gun
Mark Rober has done it again. As always, he’s applying the highest levels of engineering, skill and expertise to solve the world’s largest problems. The problem he’s solving this time? Our Nerf guns are just too big! In the past,…
More2024 Industrial Marketing Summit announced by Gorilla 76, TREW Marketing and CADENAS PARTsolutions
The stand-alone event will take place at the AT&T Conference Center in Austin, Texas on January 31 – February 2, 2024. July 27, 2023 – St. Louis, MO, Austin, TX, and Cincinnati, OH – Industrial marketing leaders Gorilla 76, TREW…
MoreEngineering an Architectural Masterpiece: The Garcia House by John Lautner
Things you’re not likely to hear in 2023 and beyond: “Please design me a cliffside home. It needs to be on stilts. The property it will be situated on is simultaneously known for earthquakes and mudslides. Also, please make it…
MoreEngineering a Run-Flat Bicycle Tire from Tennis Balls [VIDEO]
See this creative engineer improve on the wheel by fabricating a run-flat bicycle tire from tennis balls! Since the invention of the bicycle in 1817, engineers have been searching for ways to improve it. Among the key improvements was the…
MoreNative CAD Content: CADENAS Expands Manufacturer Catalogs with New Formats
CADENAS has completed the yearly update to eCATALOGsolutions portals, enabling engineers and architects to download native CAD content in the newest versions of popular CAD and BIM tools. This update is done seamlessly to the underlying structure of the portals,…
More3D Part Download Stats: Record Year for Manufacturer CAD Delivery (2022 Stats)
644,018,189 manufacturer CAD, BIM, and PDF files were downloaded from CADENAS portals in 2022. This corresponds to slightly more than 1,764,433 downloads per day, or 20 CAD, CAE and BIM models per second. This data shows the continuous growth of…
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