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Book a 3D printing demo and see this automated approach to 3D printing in the Additive Manufacturing Competition Space. Whether your school is printing 50 student projects a week or 1,500 a term, automated 3D printing makes a difference.

Think you have what it takes to design and engineer a part for an airplane? Then take the GrabCAD Airbus Challenge for a chance to win up to $10,000 in prizes.

This is the second part of a four part tutorial series on how to optimize your manufacturing jigs & fixtures for 3D printing. Today, we'll go over what to do in each design pass as you're optimizing your part, including specific steps to do in your CAD package, your print-preparation tool, and if you're bold, your FEA package.

Historically, space travel has been a reality consigned solely to highly trained astronauts. We earthlings could only catch glimpses of space through books, the internet, documentaries and Sci-fi movies. But that’s all set to change. The prospect of the everyman being able to journey into space - through commercial space travel via spaceports - ...