Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that it is bringing an innovative approach for sharing accurate thermal models of integrated circuit (IC) packages to the electronics supply chain. The main advantages are protecting intellectual property, enhancing supply chain collaboration, and accuracy of models for steady state and transient thermal analysis to enhance design studies. Introduced […]
The present and future state of 3D simulation in engineering
Simulation in the engineering space empowers designers to create, test, and revise ideas with a speed and complexity not possible with traditional means alone. Just as simulation has enabled faster and more calculated development of products across industries, its own evolution is rapid and crucial to understand. The current state of simulation in the engineering […]
Model-based product development takes center stage
Product development has a problem. To drive greater efficiencies and higher quality for downstream consumers, organizations have asked product development to adopt model-based definition. This is helping to tie the digital thread from engineering to manufacturing and beyond. But what about within engineering? Faced with mounting global competition, increasing product complexity, and a mandate to […]
Carnot uses Creo and Windchill to decarbonize engine technology
Carnot, a London startup, has signed a new deal with PTC that will help it tackle the trillion-dollar challenge of decarbonizing industry, long-haul transport, and off-grid power. The company was formed by Archie Watts-Farmer, Francis Lempp, and Nadiur Rahman in 2019 and will extend its use of the digital transformation specialist’s CAD design software Creo […]
Space Machines develops Optimus for in-space transport and logistics
Siemens Digital Industries Software announced that Space Machines Company (SMC), an Australian space on-orbit services and logistics startup, has used the Siemens Xcelerator portfolio of industry software to design and build the Optimus Orbital Servicing Vehicle. One of the largest commercial spacecrafts being designed, manufactured, and assembled in Australia, is in development at the University […]
Onshape Professional is free for six months with Discovery Program
Reading-based PTC is now offering free access to Onshape Professional for up to six months. With this offer, the company wants to give development teams enough time to extensively test the advantages of the cloud-native product development platform, with the only requirement being to qualify as a user. Onshape is the only product development platform developed […]
AI takes center stage at Autodesk University 2023
Autodesk held its Autodesk University (AU) event, the company’s annual design and make conference, on November 13-15, 2023, in Las Vegas. Over the three days, 10,000 of the world’s designers, engineers, builders, and creators united to learn and gain inspiration for the next iterations of the buildings we live and work in, the cars we […]
SprutCAM Tech enhances online libraries
SprutCAM Tech announced the addition of dozens of new industrial robot models, hundreds of pre-designed kinematics and post-processors for CNC machines, and an extensive collection of ready-to-use CAM projects. The software ecosystem surrounding SprutCAM X, a CAD/CAM system for the next-generation makers, and SprutCAM X Robot, an all-in-one offline programming system, has expanded to include […]
CAD Exchanger 3.23.0 released with new features
CAD Exchanger recently released CAD Exchanger 3.23.0 — a software suite for 3D CAD software developers and end-users, allowing them to view, explore, and convert 3D CAD data on desktop, web, and mobile. The new major features include: NX 2306, Autodesk Inventor 2023 and 2024 import Reworked BIM model structure SDK documentation global revision The […]
COMSOL releases version 6.2 of COMSOL Multiphysics
COMSOL announced the release of COMSOL Multiphysics version 6.2, adding data-driven surrogate model functionality for efficient standalone simulation apps and multiphysics-based digital twins. It also features high-performance multiphysics solvers for the analysis of electric motors, up to 40% faster turbulent CFD simulations, and an order of magnitude faster impulse response calculations for room and cabin acoustics. […]
Three software companies win Design World’s 2023 LEAP awards
Each year, the LEAP Awards recognizes exceptional innovation that moves worldwide industries forward. LEAP stands for Leadership in Engineering Achievement Program, and this year’s expert judging panel selected the best of the best across multiple categories, including software. The 2023 LEAP Award winners in the Software category are: Gold ECM PCB Stator Tech PrintStator […]
SolidWorks 2024 makes design engineers more productive
SolidWorks 2024 is officially released to help engineers reimagine design. The What’s New in SolidWorks 2024 website is live and packed with information to get you up to speed on the latest enhancements. The new version enables design engineers to: Collaborate with other users, even if they are using an older SolidWorks version. Employ new […]
Multiphysics simulation guides project decisions at construction sites
A leading global cement supplier provides its customers with a compiled multiphysics simulation application that predicts curing times for concrete casting at construction sites. Heidelberg Materials, one of the world’s largest suppliers of building materials, is putting multiphysics simulation into the hands of contractors with a compiled simulation app called HETT22. The app enables Heidelberg […]
How digital tools expand engineering educators’ horizons
By Bernard Ang, Keysight Imagine how engineers performed their work a hundred years ago. They had no computer-aided design (CAD) or computer-aided engineering (CAE) software to help them analyze and optimize their design work. They did pure engineering on paper. It is unthinkable an engineer would be successful today without CAD and CAE tools. Now […]
Register for COMSOL Day: Aerospace & Defense online event, October 5
COMSOL Day: Aerospace & Defense will be held on Thursday, October 5, from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EDT. This online event will feature keynote speakers from NASA Ames Research Center, Northrop Grumman, and Raytheon Technologies. The event will also include COMSOL-led technical sessions covering how multiphysics modeling benefits the aerospace and defense industry. The […]
Meet “Emma Twin,” Dassault Systèmes’ avatar for healthcare innovation
Dassault Systèmes recently introduced “Emma Twin,” an avatar designed to raise awareness of the key role that virtual twins have in advancing healthcare and the innovations that are shaping the future of medicine. Through a rich social media program, Emma Twin will share stories explaining how the virtual twin of her body was created from […]
Self-driving CAM technology simplifies cost estimations for manufacturing
Cetim, the Technical Centre for Mechanical Industries, has integrated ModuleWorks Self-Driving CAM into its TechniQuote cost estimation software. The self-driving technology with built-in toolpath generation simplifies and speeds up cost estimations for milling. Machine shops and sub-contractors use TechniQuote cost estimation software to generate detailed cost breakdowns and make informed decisions about pricing, process optimization, […]
How computed tomography (CT) data analysis helps quality inspection
Learn how TE Connectivity gains critical insights with Volume Graphics software throughout design, simulation, and manufacturing to achieve its ultimate goal of end-to-end quality inspection. The all-digital movement is winning over manufacturers seeking more automation, connectivity, and reliability from their models and machines. Surveys from the Manufacturing Leadership Council and others show strong investments and […]
Cadence releases new AI-driven OrCAD X for faster PCB design
Cadence Design Systems announced the new Cadence OrCAD X Platform, a cloud-enabled system design solution that offers transformative improvements in ease of use, performance, automation, and collaboration. The new OrCAD X Platform streamlines the system design process and empowers designers through cloud scalability and AI-powered placement automation technology, enabling up to 5X reduction in design […]
ECM uses PrintStator motor CAD to bring motor design to the 21st century
In the fourth quarter of 2022, ECM PCB Stator Technology began beta-testing its proprietary motor CAD platform, PrintStator, with select partners. PrintStator enables engineers to rapidly design, model, and prototype optimized printed-circuit-board stator motors to exact specifications. Since then, the electric motor design and software company has updated PrintStator with five new patents and recently […]
Ansys 2023 R2 powers innovation with simulation
The latest release from Ansys 2023 R2 enables distributed engineering teams with new technologies and improved performance to drive industry innovation forward. It combines an exceptional range of enhanced numerics capabilities, performance improvements, and cross-disciplinary engineering solutions to equip organizations with advanced physics solvers, scalable GPU-based computing, and seamless workflows. “From semiconductor manufacturers to electric […]
Design and Make companies prioritize workforce, sustainability, digitization
Leaders and experts from industries that design and make places, objects, and experiences report more business resilience amid an increasingly uncertain global landscape, according to Autodesk’s 2023 State of Design & Make report, released earlier this year. Globally, 79% of respondents said the world feels more uncertain than it did three years ago. To compile the […]
Concentric’s new hydraulic product configurator streamlines designs
Concentric AB, an innovator in flow control and fluid power, supplying proprietary systems and components to the world’s truck, bus, agricultural machinery, construction equipment, and industrial applications end-markets, provides a CAD download tool built by CADENAS PARTsolutions. A customer-focused manufacturer best known for their external gear pumps and motors, Concentric has offered an industry-leading customer […]
A closer look at cloud-based Creo+
PTC recently announced a major breakthrough for its industry-leading computer-aided design (CAD) solution. Creo+ combines the power and proven functionality of Creo with new cloud-based tools to enhance design collaboration and simplify CAD administration. Building on the market-leading capabilities for model-based definition, simulation-driven design, and advanced manufacturing, the software as a service (Saas) includes real-time […]
Siemens releases Calibre DesignEnhancer for IC optimization
Siemens Digital Industries Software recently introduced Calibre DesignEnhancer software, an innovative solution that enables integrated circuit (IC), place-and-route (P&R), and full-custom design teams to dramatically improve productivity, boost design quality and reduce time to market by automatically implementing “Calibre correct-by-construction” design layout modifications much earlier in the IC design and verification process. The latest in […]