Letting the computer generate designs from a designer’s directions may just be the future of design. Expect to see unorthodox, 3D-printed shapes all around in the not-to-distant future, as generative design can produce many valid designs rather than one, optimized version of an already-modeled part. The design methods will describe the way engineers can use […]
Simscale Updates Online Post-Processor for Simulation
Officials at VTOL Technologies, of Wokingham, England, have said they’ve recently increased their drone design’s lift by 20 percent, reduced drag by 2 percent, and shaved four weeks off design time. These savings were enabled by SimScale, of Munich, an online post processer that has recently been updated. VTOL used the post processor as part […]
Utilities for Autodesk software
IMAGINiT Technologies’ customers who subscribe to Autodesk software have complimentary access to several new IMAGINiT Utilities for Autodesk Revit, Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D and Autodesk Vault Client. With more than 40 individual IMAGINiT utilities now available, building information modeling (BIM) coordinators and computer aided design (CAD) managers can increase team efficiencies and reduce human error […]
Zuken Updates E3.series for Electric Configuration Management
Zuken, a maker of software for electrical and electronic design and manufacturing, has released an update to its E3.series, which helps engineers track the growing complexity within today’s products and processes. “We extended the modularity and variant management functions to empower the configuration management capabilities we recently introduced with our engineering data management environment DS-E3,” […]
Ensuring CAD data integrity as it moves through the digital enterprise
The rise of model-based initiatives in manufacturing is increasing the need for model re-use. For many customers, especially those in the aerospace industry, stringent requirements demand a high level of data integrity. Whether for downstream manufacturing re-use or for inspection, there is a greater emphasis on the need to trust the CAD model as it […]
Optimization tool eliminates trial and error development
Design optimization requires a lot of development time; with the traditional optimization process essentially coming down to trial and error. CORTIME offers a product that will help designers leave trial and error development behind by making automated optimizations. CORTIME has powerful optimization algorithms coupled with an intuitive interface that minimizes the learning curve. By assigning […]
SIMSOLID Cloud: Breakthrough no-meshing, no-defeaturing structural analysis tool now available as an Onshape-enabled cloud application
Bruce Jenkins | Ora Research SIMSOLID, first rolled out in 2015, is a structural modeling and analysis software application that radically democratizes FEA by working directly on imported CAD geometry with no need for the two most time- and labor-intensive aspects of traditional structural analysis tools: CAD geometry simplification, or de-featuring, and finite-element mesh generation. […]
Prostep PDF Generator Now Exports Data to HTML5
Prostep AG of Darmstadt, Germany has added new functions to its PDF Generator 3D software to enables 3D PDF documents to be created automatically and to be published on the web. The company makes product lifecycle management software for publishing 2D and 3D content. Version 8 now allows both the export of 3D data to […]
Simulation experts across industries to share how Multiphysics transformed their work at the COMSOL Conference 2018 Boston
COMSOL, Inc. is pleased to announce this year’s keynote speakers at the COMSOL Conference 2018. The event, held in seven major cities, arrives in Boston on October 3-5 and features the following experts in multiphysics modeling and simulation apps: – Freddy Hansen, Abbott Laboratories, medical device industry – Justin McKennon, NTS Lightning Technologies, lighting protection […]
MSC Apex Harris Hawk accelerates structural analysis for aerospace composites
Bruce Jenkins | Ora Research MSC Apex Harris Hawk is the eighth release of MSC Software’s revolutionary new CAE platform aimed at making sophisticated, full-powered structural modeling and analysis capabilities easily, intuitively and safely usable by engineers and designers without specialized CAE training and expertise. This newest release targets the need for accelerated structural analysis […]
Lensing 2020 and beyond: 8 megatrends in engineering modeling and simulation
Bruce Jenkins | Ora Research This second decade of the twenty-first century is witnessing an explosion of invention and innovation in digital engineering technologies unrivaled since the 1980s, when so many foundational tools and methods were either created or brought to practical fruition. Here are eight megatrends that we believe will drive generational leaps forward […]
Automatic Updates for NX Coming Soon
In January, Siemens PLM Software will begin delivering its NX CAD design and analysis software in a continuous release model. This means the software updates are produced in short cycles and are released at any time. The approach helps reduce the cost, time, and risk of delivering changes by allowing for more incremental updates to […]
The perfect, unorthodox design
What if you could create the perfect part unlike anything that exists today? New CAD tools combined with 3D printing can make that happen, makers say. Jean Thilmany, Senior Editor No matter what you call the design method, having the computer generate the designs from am engineer’s directions may just be the future. Unorthodox, 3D […]
Tools for developing digital twins
The latest release of MapleSim, a system-level modeling tool, provides new tools for developing digital twins, in addition to greater connectivity with other modeling tools, and expanded modeling scope. Identifying the optimal motor size required to drive a mechanism is one of the most important goals of simulation with digital twins, and MapleSim 2018 provides […]
Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Forum North America to showcase strategies for the Industry Renaissance
Dassault Systèmes will focus on the economy of the future and the Industry Renaissance based on new ways of living, working, interacting, innovating and creating new business at its annual 3DEXPERIENCE Forum North America, held June 19-21 at the Marriott Copley Place in Boston. Attending senior executives will hear from market leaders who are transforming […]
Siemens Releases Solid Edge 2019 and Simcenter Testlab Neo
Siemens made two big announcements this week: the latest release of Solid Edge computer-aided design software, as well as an upgrade to its Simcenter Testlab software. Formerly LMS Test.Lab, the analysis tool is a suite of data collection, analytics, and modeling systems for test-based performance engineering. It’s most often used in noise and vibration, acoustics, […]
Solid Edge delivers next-generation product development tools in an integrated portfolio
Siemens announced the latest release of Solid Edge software, a portfolio of affordable, easy-to-use software tools that advance all aspects of the product development process, including mechanical and electrical design, simulation, manufacturing, technical documentation, and data management. Solid Edge 2019 adds best-in-class electrical and printed circuit board (PCB) design technologies, new requirements management capabilities, fully […]
Siemens partnership with Obeo enables a multi-domain digital twin
Siemens PLM Software announced extensions to its portfolio for model based systems engineering (MBSE) to enable Multi-Domain Engineering as a key component of the Systems Driven Product Development strategy. Building on its MBSE technology, which includes Teamcenter software, Simcenter software, Capital software, NX software, and Polarion software, Siemens PLM Software is embracing a strong commitment […]
Maplesoft joins Rockwell Automation’s Encompass Product Referencing Program
Maplesoft has been named an Encompass Product Partner in the Rockwell Automation PartnerNetwork Program. Through the partnership, joint customers of Rockwell automation and Maplesoft will benefit from technology that provides model-based tools for virtual commissioning. Using Maplesoft technology, customers can reduce integration problems through the development of high-fidelity, high-performance Digital Twins of their machines. Integrating these […]
Simulate optical phenomena in laser and fiber ring gyroscopes
Engineers developing technologies such as laser and fiber ring gyroscopes for civilian and military applications can now test new ideas and configurations in the virtual world using numerical simulation. The Ray Optics Module, an add-on product to the COMSOL Multiphysics software, supports the ability to accurately trace rays through a moving geometry. To showcase this […]
Reducing weight and design time for the Dream Chaser spacecraft
With the go-ahead from NASA for a first mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the engineering team at Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) is reviewing flight performance data and refining the Dream Chaser spacecraft, refining the vehicle’s design adaptations to meet mission requirements and changing payloads. The team is using the HyperSizer software from Collier […]
Reducing weight and design time for the Dream Chaser spacecraft
With the go-ahead from NASA for a first mission to the International Space Station (ISS), the engineering team at Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) is reviewing flight performance data and refining the Dream Chaser spacecraft, refining the vehicle’s design adaptations to meet mission requirements and changing payloads. The team is using the HyperSizer software from Collier […]
Software for machine monitoring and intelligent inspection
This software gives users a comprehensive approach to machine monitoring and management that meets the needs of multiple applications. Called WebAccess/MCM machine condition monitoring software, it conveniently acquires sensor signals, analyses signals, extracts features, manages and interprets data, and handles alert notifications for online monitoring and inspection. The software is compatible with various DAQ computers […]
Software for machine monitoring and intelligent inspection
This software gives users a comprehensive approach to machine monitoring and management that meets the needs of multiple applications. Called WebAccess/MCM machine condition monitoring software, it conveniently acquires sensor signals, analyses signals, extracts features, manages and interprets data, and handles alert notifications for online monitoring and inspection. The software is compatible with various DAQ computers […]
Creaform Releases 3D Measurement Tools for the Academic Market
The maker of 3D portable measurement technologies, Creaform, recently launched Creaform Academia, a new suite of 3D measurement tools designed especially for the academic market. The new product is a suite of tools designed for teachers and researchers who want to to integrate 3D scanning into their classroom. It allows them to educate future engineers […]