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The Design Flaw in my Ice Maker. A Potential Burn out of an Electrical Component
I bought a replacement ice maker for the freeze after the heating element burned out, and it was cheaper just to buy a new one instead of...
MadCadSkills
Jun 12, 20241 min read
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Snow Globe Model Having Hardware Christmas FIgure.
A Christmas snow globe that has these inventive snow men and pine trees in the background. Also on the floor there is Christmas lights...
MadCadSkills
Dec 20, 20231 min read
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Mechanical Cat Ear for Costume Prop
Here is the second version of these cat ears design. It brings together the newer ideas of wanting to compact the design down a single...
MadCadSkills
Dec 18, 20231 min read
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Testing Mechanical Principles Out
Like sketching or brainstorming ideas. Designers should look to sharpen their skills in trying to solve seemingly impossible movements...
MadCadSkills
Oct 26, 20211 min read
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Explode View to Cut Away to Internal Inner Workings
The three best ways to show how a product functions and the unraveling of its internal structurer can tell way more than a 90 page patent...
MadCadSkills
Aug 3, 20211 min read
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Paddle Wheel River Aeration with River Current Powered Drive Input
In the dessert or ocean there is no fast source for drinking water. In a place with a running river through town one might think that...
MadCadSkills
Jul 26, 20211 min read
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Importance of Editing Images when Presenting Finished Work to Your Clients
Whenever the work is completed and it’s time to show the client the results we could get lazy on that. Most cameras these days are...
MadCadSkills
Jul 21, 20211 min read
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Getting 3D printing Texture in Your Rendered Models
The bump map was created to show the raised bumps of the texture to resemble the laying of the plastic as seen in 3d Printing. I used my...
MadCadSkills
Jul 13, 20211 min read
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Glossy Leather Material
Since most of my work is done at very close distances it is important to make sure that the fine textures are developed. This can be seen...
MadCadSkills
Jul 25, 20191 min read
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Delete Face and Patch – quickly eliminate fragments
Sometimes during modeling you get some strange results. Theses could be corners sticking through. Excess that needs to be trimmed off. Or...
MadCadSkills
Jul 16, 20192 min read
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Art and science could walk together hand in hand - - Leonard da Vinci
I have always had a strong desire to design even way back when I was growing up. I would spend hours on video games building cities, zoos...
MadCadSkills
Jul 2, 20192 min read
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