What Is a 3-Part Specification?
Building product manufacturer specifications are essential to construction projects. They serve as directives from the product designers to construction teams in order to communicate the product design intentions. It’s critical for product manufacturers to ensure their guide specification sections are…
MoreEngineering Mardi Gras Floats With a CNC Machine [VIDEO]
About two miles South of New Orleans’ buzzing French Quarter, in the city’s Lower Garden District on the banks of the Mississippi River, sits a giant warehouse that most would deem unassuming. However, inside is a Willy Wonka-esque studio filled…
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…
MoreDimensioned 3D Previews Deliver Enhanced Customer Experience for Manufacturer Components
Industrial component manufacturers are streamlining the process of finding, configuring, specifying, and purchasing products by including dimensions directly within their 3D product previews. This feature helps engineers quickly determine the scale of a product, as well as critical dimensions like…
MoreCelebrating Black Engineers
According to The American Society of Mechanical Engineers, diversity among engineers can improve innovation, profitability, ethics, and customer satisfaction. However, Black people are underrepresented throughout all engineering roles. According to the National Science Foundation, a smaller proportion of Black people…
MoreBosch Rexroth Adds System Configurator for Electric Axis, CytroMotion
Configurable 3D CAD models of the self-contained actuators CytroMotion are available for download. CADENAS and Bosch Rexroth are working together to provide configurable 3D CAD models of the self-contained actuators, CytroMotion. Designers can now configure CytroMotion products online and download…
MoreNTN Automation Launches Linear Motion Configurator
Linear motion supplier now provides on-demand access for customers to find and configure linear motion products online. Linear motion supplier NTN Automation has recently launched an all-new linear motion configurator within their NTN Americas website. Built by CADENAS PARTsolutions, the…
MoreThe Strange Engineering Behind Rubber Ducks [VIDEO]
What the duck?! For over a century, rubber ducks have been a quintessential part of childhood, and we have Goodyear tires and Walt Disney to thank. Learn how they’re made and how they’ve influenced history: Engineering Rubber Ducks 1. Rubber…
MoreBIM vs. CAD – What’s the difference?
BIM vs. CAD: Today’s engineering and architectural space is a thriving ecosystem of software, tools, and terminology. Among the most often confused are BIM and CAD. These two terms are closely related, yet quite different in form and function. …
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