Despite the dominance of digital tools in modern engineering, leading automakers continue to craft full-scale clay models for new vehicle designs. This labor-intensive tradition, still prevalent in ...

This project demonstrates how to create a layered cardboard human skull using a Full Spectrum laser cutter and Autodesk 123D Make software. After cutting and assembling the pieces, the skull is coated ...

While digital innovations have sped up processes throughout the automotive manufacturing cycle, some things are better when done the old-school way. Case in point: clay modeling. CAD drawings are ...

Do kids ever truly outgrow the clay-molding stage? The soft texture oozing through your fingertips and the way it easily molds to just about any shape in seconds is enticing to little ones and can ...

How often should you clay your paint and what are the best steps to do it properly? Find out today. The clay bar is a fantastic tool for removing embedded contaminants in your paint. How often should ...

Depending on who you ask, talking about car companies making clay models during the designing process will elicit either an "I'm sorry, what?" or "Well of course." Sculpting facsimiles of in-progress ...