Big news just hitting the wires. Stratasys has announced that they have agreed to acquire the CAD platform and marketplace, GrabCAD. The deal is said to be worth $100 million, all cash. With the acquisition Stratasys will instantly become one of the leaders within the CAD design space. GrabCAD has over 520,000 3D models which are free to download, and offers a variety of collaborative features to their members. More details on this acquisition can be found here: http://3dprint.com/15361/stratasys-grabcad/

It's interesting that Stratasys now will own both GrabCAD and Thingiverse, two of the largest 3D model platforms out there. Opinions?