A computer scientist has created a new software that can create a design sketch of an everyday object, addressing the challenge of accurately describing shapes. A University of British Columbia ...

People often use their hands when describing an object, while pens are great tools for describing objects in detail. Taking this idea, a KAIST team introduced a new 3D sketching workflow, combining ...

3D shapes can be made from 2D shapes called nets. Watch the video to learn how 3D shapes, such as a cube, can be created from nets, an arrangement of 2D shapes. Let's talk about nets. More ...

A little bit of sleuthing through the layers of tabs, ribbons, menus and buttons on the Microsoft Word workspace reveals that you can do quite a bit more than just typing flat characters on a document ...

SketchUp for iPad is the new, versatile way to create, edit and view 3D models from anywhere. With the support of Apple Pencil, multi-touch gestures, mouse, and keyboard, you can work on the go, ...

Are you fond of drawing some random doodles? Have you ever imagined some magic tricks that would transform your boring 2D picture into a realistic 3D model? Well then, turning a 2D shape into a 3D ...

3D printers build objects by cross-section, one layer at a time from the ground up—gravity is the limiting factor. But what if it wasn’t? Using proprietary 3D printing materials, Petr Novikov and Saša ...

Designers and technologists, from big corporations to start-ups, will be interested in improvements to computer aided drawing. Accurate depictions of everything from everyday objects to complex ...

A prism is a 3D shape which has a constant cross section - both ends of the solid are the same shape and anywhere you cut parallel to these ends will give you the same shape. For example, in the prism ...