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Click the image to install Autodesk's DWF Viewer plug-in.  The Viewer lets you view, pan, zoom, and print DWF CAD drawings from within your web browser.  After installing the Viewer and loading a drawing, right-click anywhere on the drawing to display the navigation menu.

• Advanced 3D CAD Technologies for the Home Craftsman and Student is an overview of the presentations in electronic format to which we are converting. Until recently, these technoloogies were largely confined to design and engineerimg professionals. We have been migrating these technologies into the DIY field.

• One-Off Construction Using Fiberglass Over Urethane Foam is a hands-on, photo-illustrated review of how it's done.

• How to Weld: An Overview of Different Welding Styles and Techniques. Teach yourself to weld in an afternoon.
  

• Abrasives: This document explains the various abrasives and what they are used for.
  

• Licensing and Insuring Homebuilt Vehicles explains how to be sure your creation meets regulations, and how to get it insured. 
   
• How to Develop, Protect, and Market New Product Ideas is a must-read for inventors and entrepreneurs.
   
• How to Develop New Products describes the organization and flow of activities in a new product development project.
   
• Lean Machine: A Case Study of the Evolution of a Design takes you step by step though the development of a home gym system.
   

• On the Road to Personal Mobility in the 21st Century is a NEW comprehensive presentation on design options for future personal mobility.
  

• Different Roads: Symposium presentation about Transportation Challenges of the 21st Century: Presented January 20, 1999, at a MoMA symposium on the future of the automobile near the close of the Different Roads exhibit.
  

• Automobile Design: Year 2010 and Beyond reviews likely directions in future car design. 
  

• Three Wheel Cars: The Factors That Determine Handling and Rollover Characteristics
  

• Automobile Ride, Handling, and Suspension Design provides an overview of suspension systems and the factors that determine ride and handling.
  

• Electric and Hybrid Vehicles: The Benefits, Challenges, and Technologies reviews EV technologies and design practices.
  

• Transportation's Impact on Energy and the Environment looks at the world's energy and environmental problems, and possible solutions. 

• The Role of Appearance Models and Mockups: A Case Study of the ARRIS Design explains the value of appearance models in product design.
  

• The Wright Brothers' Conquest of the Air:  A tribute to the accomplishment of the Wright Brothers, 100 years after mankind's first flight.
  

• Re-Birth of the Wright 1902 Glider:  Building and flying the Wright 1902 glider, now on permanent display at the California Science Center.
  

• The Power of Design:  Visionary design alone can create new products, new appeals, and new markets.
  

• Electromatic Drive Transmission: Early experiments with the Urba Electric prototype vehicle.