American Engineering

Is it possible to manufacture and build a PC case exclusively by using American suppliers? With the resurgence of manufacturing in the United States, how much easier has it become to achieve this goal? Project Recreate teenage engineering’s computer-1, manufactured and sourced entirely in the United States. Goals Case manufactured in America. Parts sourced from American suppliers. Open-sourced CAD and BOM so that anyone can order their own. Breakdown of pricing (teenage engineering vs. bulk vs. one-off). Requirements Mini-ITX SFX Power Supply Aluminum Enclosure Flat-packable As close as possible to the computer-1 without any branding. ...

December 26, 2025

Exporting 3D Model From Blender to SceneKit

Steps Select the object you want to export in Blender. Go to File > Export > glTF 2.0 (.glb/gltf). Under Include make sure to check Limit to > Selected Objects and then click Export glTF 2.0. Open Reality Converter, go to File > Import and find the file you just exported from Blender. Once it’s done importing go to File > Export and export it to a USDZ file by clicking Export. Open up your project in Xcode. Import the USDZ file by dragging and dropping it into your project or going to File > Add Files to…. Select the file and click the Export to SceneKit button in the top right to save the new file. You now have a SceneKit compatible model that you can use in your project. You can delete the imported USDZ file from your project as it is no longer required. ...

January 3, 2025