Online Resources for Design Engineers

I’m not an engineer anymore. But, in the time that I spent as a design engineer, I accumulated a few interesting or useful online resources in my day-to-day. Here they are (see the Google Sheet below for a better format):

Servos

servocity.com

CNcChiploads

https://www.onsrud.com/xdoc/FeedSpeeds

Phenakistoscopes

http://makezine.com/projects/animated-records-phenakistoscopes/

ZoeTrope instructable

http://www.instructables.com/id/Blooming-Zoetrope-Sculptures/

Festo Robotics (biorobotics)

https://www.festo.com/cms/en-us_us/55431.htm

Lead Screws, lead screw systems

https://www.roton.com/resources/useful-formulas/

Weldment maker (has list of their cross sections, can do different materials)

https://www.myalro.com/

Dead fronting

http://www.rapidkeypads.com/index.php

Gas spring angle & force calculator

http://www.weforma.com/gas_spring_calculation/editor.php

Free blender materials

http://blendermada.com/

Free and paid rhino and grasshopper extensions

http://www.food4rhino.com/

Like mcmaster but with more things, and for moving

http://www.bimba.com/

Programmable Lights, LEDs, other electronics

https://www.adafruit.com/

Machinable materials (REN Shape, etc.)

https://www.freemansupply.com/

Mechanical Engineering Dictionary

http://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780199587438.001.0001/acref-9780199587438

Screw thread sizes

http://www.engineersedge.com/screw_threads_chart.htm

Robotic & electronic components

https://www.pololu.com/

Just laser-safe materials

https://www.johnsonplastics.com/

80 20 — easiest way to navigate

http://catalogs.8020.net/app.php?RelId=6.9.2.0.4&bookcode=egt13flx

80 20 — database of CAD models

https://8020.net/tools-cad

CATIA V5 Instructional Videos

https://www.linkedin.com/learning/learning-catia-v5/welcome

A range of interesting and useful questions & resources for engineers

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskEngineers/

Tools and basic information for a range of engineering fields

https://www.engineeringtoolbox.com/

Online Engineering Resources - Google Drive

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