Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

• What is 3DCADTips.com?
• How can I submit my own tips and tutorials?
• What can I see on 3DCADTips.com without registering?
• Why should I register at 3DCADTips.com?
• What is the TAC bar for at the top of 3DCADTips.com?
• How can I take advantage of the free online training?
• Where do you get your material for the site?
• What are TechBits?
• How can I find out what's new on 3DCADTips.com today?
• How can I search for tips in a specific category?
  

What is 3DCADTips.com?

3DCADTips.com is a FREE, independent and objective information resource for 3D CAD users, administrators, and managers around the world developed exclusively by eDocHelp ( www.eDocHelp.com ). Our goal is simple but challenging - to continuously provide a wide range of valuable tips and tutorials on CAD technology and applications and to bring the best CAD tips and tutorials on the web under one roof where they can be searched and browsed by all users! The site provides 1,000s of tips from experienced users, industry experts and prominent CAD developers with section for MCAD, CAM and CAE applications and technologies.

How can I submit my own tips and tutorials?

Navigate to the appropriate category in the 3DCADTips directory. Suggest your link from the category you think most appropriate.

Click on the "Add Tip" link and complete the online form. For tutorials, click on the "Add Tutorial" link. The link URL should go directly to the tip or tutorial, not to home pages or index pages.

We update our database daily so you can expect to be added in a short amount of time. You will receive an email confirmation when your tip or tutorial has been validated and posted to the site. It will contain a link to where you can view your material.

Click here for met more information.

What can I see on 3DCADTips.com without registering?

3DCADTips.com contains 1000s of tips and 100s of books that you can browse for free without registering or submitting any information about yourself.

Why should I register at 3DCADTips.com?

Registering with 3DCADTips.com is fast, free, safe and easy. In addition to the 1000s of FREE tips and 100 of books, the site offers exclusive material and advanced services to its registered members. Here is a list of additional benefits to be taken advantage of when you register at 3DCADTips.com.

• Get tips and tutorials on your desktop every week with the free 3DCADTips Weekly email letter. Click here to see the latest issue.

• 3DCADTips.com offers a series of free online training classes in 3D Parametric Modeling to its registered members through a partnership with Alibre Inc. These invaluable classes are conducted online by a live instructor through Live Meeting software. Click here for more information.

• Registered members get free access to its exclusive archive of over 300 CAD technology tips (TechBits). You'll find many important categories like including data exchange, (IGES and STEP), Moving to 3D, Solid Modeling Implementation, Training, documentation and others.

• Registered members can access our extensive tutorial directory containing 100s of free online tutorials for many of today's popular CAD systems.

• Registered members can submit tip and tutorial links to the site for inclusion to our extensive directories. Each new link is included in the 3DCADTips Weekly email letter to its registered members. Click here for more information.

What is the TAC bar for at the top of 3DCADTips.com?

TAC stands for the Targeted Advertising Consortium. 3DCADTips.com joined TAC as a founding member in March of 2005. The Targeted Advertising Consortium (TAC) delivers millions of page views and advertising impressions to advertisers in the CAD, CAM , AEC, GIS, Plant and PLM industries. By banding together, the TAC's combined audience gives advertisers the opportunity to expand their reach to very a diverse, yet CAD-focused technical audience. The founding members of the Targeted Advertising Consortium are CADwire.net, 3DCADTips.com, EPJournal.com, AECNews.com, MCADcentral.com, and Click4Links.com. As a TAC member, 3DCADTips.com can spend money on site development that would normally be spent on marketing itself to potential advertisers. Other TAC members in our target market are listed across the TAC topbar. Click here to see our press release.

How can I take advantage of the free online training?

3DCADTips.com offers a series of free online training classes in 3D Parametric Modeling to its registered members through a partnership with Alibre Inc. These invaluable classes are conducted online by a live instructor through Live Meeting software. Click here for more information.

Where do you get your material for the site?

3DCADTips.com scours the web to bring you the best 3D CAD tips tutorials available. We also develop our own and accept developer and user submitted material. Here's a short list of some of our sources:

• Custom developed by 3DCADTips.com
• Developed exclusively for 3DCADTips.com by our partners
• Submitted by 3D CAD developers, users and industry leaders
• CAD archives on the Web
• CAD forums on the Web
• CAD publications on the Web
• CAD newsletters
• CAD Web logs (Blogs)

What are TechBits?

Registered members get free access to its exclusive archive of over 300 CAD technology tips (TechBits). You'll find many important categories like including data exchange, (IGES and STEP), Moving to 3D, Solid Modeling Implementation, Training, documentation and others.

How can I find out what's new on 3DCADTips.com today?

Go to the left side menu and select "New Tips" (or "New Tutorials" if you're in the tutorials directory). All new material submitted in the last 30 days is listed. To refine the list select the number of days from the drop-down selector and only that material will be listed. Click here for new tips. Click here for new tutorials.

How can I search for tips in a specific category?

3DCADTips.com has a powerful search function that allows you to locate material on the entire or is specific categories. To find material in a specific category, navigate to that category and select "Search" from the row of links at the bottom of the page. This will take you to our Search Directory page. From there you can set the scope of the search to include only the current category, include sub-categories or all categories. You can even sort the search results by Title, Date, Author, Submitted By and Source. To perform a simple site search, use the search field located in the top left menu area.