COMSOL announced the release of major new additions to the COMSOL simulation platform. The latest version of COMSOL Multiphysics, version 4.3b, introduces five new application-specific modules and expanded modeling and analysis tools. New Application-Specific Modules With the introduction of the five new modules, users in key application areas from major industries now have access to [...]
MISUMI featuring one-on-one consultations at ATX Canada
May 10, 2013 : 0 Comments
At this year’s ATX Canada, May 14-16, MISUMI USA invites attendees to visit its exhibit at Booth #939 to learn more about the firm’s configurable components for machine building, manufacturing automation and linear motion control. According to MISUMI, this year’s exhibit offers many interactive features―both digital and person-to-person. For example: Interactive Kiosks to introduce attendees
Why Jon Hirschtick loves CAD
May 3, 2013 :
COFES, the Congress on the Future of Engineering Software, is “meet by the pool” kind of conference. It’s a place where you have the chance to chat with really interesting people, who are otherwise quite busy. A few weeks ago, at COFES 2013, I sat down with Jon Hirschtick, and recorded a six minute video, [...]
Alibre becomes Geomagic Design
April 30, 2013 :
Almost 2 years ago—in July, 2011—3D Systems acquired Alibre, a developer of budget 3D parametric MCAD software. It was just one of a large number of acquisitions that 3D Systems made over the last several years, and, for awhile, it appeared that Alibre was getting lost in the shuffle. Alibre has now found a new [...]
Five presentations on Model-Based Development
April 24, 2013 :
The term “Model-Based Development” (MBD) has been around for more than a few years. So far as most CAD users can tell, it means getting rid of 2D drawings, and putting 3D-GD&T and PMI into the 3D models. That’s probably a pretty good working definition, but it’s not really quite right. I went back to [...]
Cooper Crouse-Hinds adds 3D CAD Configurator to Meet the Growing Needs
April 24, 2013 :
CADENAS PARTsolutions announce the launch of Cooper Crouse-Hinds’ online 3D CAD configurator. Cooper Crouse-Hinds is now utilizing the 3D CAD and online product catalog technology powered by CADENAS PARTsolutions. With their new embedded configuration platform, Cooper Crouse-Hinds is able to grow their product reach as well as improve customer experience by placing the latest tools [...]
Bertrand Sicot: Seriously, we’re not going to mess up SolidWorks.
April 5, 2013 :
A few days ago, SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot posted a blog, reiterating yet again that, no, they’re not going to mess with the SolidWorks program that so many people count on. Just as since it was first written, it will continue to use Parasolid as its geometric modeling kernel. While I think it’s healthy for [...]
Jennifer Herron on managing mass properties in CAD assemblies
April 5, 2013 :
There are times when you really need to know the mass properties of a design, before you build it. In this Design World editorial Webinar, Jennifer Herron discusses best practices in managing mass properties in CAD assemblies. Jennifer is the owner of Action Engineering, a company that specializes in the promotion, process development and standardization [...]
2D conceptual design, 50 years later
April 5, 2013 :
Many years ago, an MIT graduate student named Ivan created a 2D conceptual design program that allowed users to interactively sketch out their ideas, and by applying constraints and dimensions to the sketch, have the computer calculate the ideal solution for their design. He never even tried to commercialize his program, because, at the time, [...]
MSC at 50: A CAE pioneer reinvents itself
MSC Software is celebrating its 50th anniversary. It was literally one of the first software companies, and though its been through some changes over the years, it’s still in the business of creating tools for engineers to simulate and analyze complex systems. Last week, I spent a couple of days with MSC, at their user [...]
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