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SFDesign is pleased to announce that we’ve recently joined the Australian Manufacturing Technology Instutite – or AMTIL for short.

This article initialy appeared on blogs.autodesk.com and was written by Trevor English Bringing in images to the design space within Inventor can be a great tool for reference. Whether you’re trying to recreate something already in existence or just need a visual reference for a design, chances are you’ll use this tool at some point in […]

This Article originally appeared on markforged.com and was written by Charlotte Weiss ______________________________________________________________ What are soft jaws? Soft jaws are a common solution for holding parts that would be difficult to fixture with standard, flat vice jaws during machining. Often milled out of aluminium or steel, soft jaws can also be 3D printed with the help […]

The Future of Additive Manufacturing Tuesday, September 18, 2018 from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM Additive manufacturing is changing how we design and manufacture products. This event will take you on a journey exploring this exciting new technology and how it is is changing the manufacturing, mining and other industries. Design for Additive Manufacturing and Metal/Carbon Fiber 3D printing […]

This article initialy appeared on blogs.autodesk.com and was written by Trevor English Although 3D CAD designs continue to grow in popularity and use cases, the need for 2D drawings still exist. Even with the introduction of Model-Based Definition, drawings are heavily relied upon by many designers and manufacturers alike. Fortunately, Autodesk Inventor makes it easy to take […]

“Supa-Star celebrities, fan-clubs, exciting exhibitors and exclusives have been woven in with entertainment technology, collectables, toys and four-colour fun.” We’re going to Supanova! To showcase our Markforged printers to the public, SFDesign will be at Supanova in Perth this weekend. If you’ve been looking for an opportunity to look at the printers or an excuse to […]

Sometimes, everything just clicks. The company whose work you’ve been chasing for months has finally responded and landed a huge pile of work on your desk. But what if it’s more than you can handle with your current workforce? How do you keep up with the workload? You could hire somebody new. That’s a good idea […]

The Future of 3D Printing lies in Parallelisation This is the use of many machines working together to additively manufacture parts rapidly. Join this live webinar discussing the details and function of Markforged’s 38-machine print farm, which produces more than 15,000 parts per month. Pictured: Markforged’s 38-machine print farm If you would like to learn […]

Check out what our partners at SMAP3D are doing with ScanToCAD; an awesome new way to take advantage of laser scanning. Contact the team at SFWorks for more details. This is a great new solution to take advantage of the latest laser scanners and turn your scans into CAD models easily and efficiently. Click the […]