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DesignSpark Mechanical Software Articles
1 week ago
Tutorial: Flythrough mode in DesignSpark Mechanical
Flythrough is a display mode intended to give you the impression you are inside the model looking around. This feature can be found in DesignSpark Mechanical v5.0 and newer.

1 month ago
DesignSpark New Year Giveaway 2021
We are offering you the chance to win an exclusive engineers bundle worth over £2500, including a soldering station, meterscope, development kits, a Nintendo Switch Lite, Amazon Echo Dot and Fitbit Charge 3.

1 month ago
DS Advent Giveaway 2020: The Winners
Our DesignSpark Elves, Faraday and Lovelace, returned to DesignSpark HQ for December for our annual advent giveaway on our Twitter account @DesignSparkRS.

3 months ago
From State Machine to Machine Learning – what did MCUs ever do for us?
The world wouldn't look the same today without the embedded electronics sector, and embedded electronics couldn't exist without the MCU. It started as a relatively simple, programmable controller.

3 months ago
Making Bevel Gears with DSM
One of our elite DSM users (3D Exploration) has made a video tutorial for designing bevel gears. You can find the associated DesignSpark Mechanical 3D model here.

4 months ago
Making a propeller from Archimedes' screw
One of our elite DSM users (Jim Taylor) has made a tutorial for designing a boat propeller with 3 blades, in response to a viewer request. You can find the associated DesignSpark Mechanical 3D model here.

4 months ago
Making a funnel with perforated cone
One of our elite DSM users (Jim Taylor) has made a tutorial for designing a funnel with perforated cone, in response to a viewer request. You can find the associated DesignSpark Mechanical 3D model here.

4 months ago
Making an extension spring with DSM
One of our elite DSM users (Jim Taylor) has made a tutorial for designing a tension spring with hooks. You can find the associated DesignSpark Mechanical 3D model here.

DesignSpark Mechanical Software Articles
4 months ago
Tutorial: Constraint-based sketching with DSM v5.0
A brand new feature of our latest 5.0 release, this article contains a video tutorial to get you started with applying constraints for advanced sketching.

6 months ago
RadioGlobe Q&A with Jude Pullen
We caught up with Jude to discuss the DesignSpark RadioGlobe project and find out more about his experiences whilst taking it from an idea to reality over the past few months.

DesignSpark Mechanical Software Articles
6 months ago
DesignSpark Mechanical v5.0 - What’s New?
Watch a short video revealing the top 5 new features in version 5.0 of DSM and read the release notes for details.

6 months ago
Decade Picade Giveaway
To celebrate a decade of DesignSpark we have a retro arcade picade console to give away to one lucky winner. All you have to do is follow us on Twitter @DesignSparkRS and retweet our competition post.