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Comsol is set to release Comsol Multiphysics Version 5.5 in November 2019. In this version, the Design Module offers a new sketching tool for easier creation and more versatile parametric control of geometry models, says Daniel Bertilsson, technology manager for mathematics and computer science at Comsol. Comsol Multiphysics offers tools for engineering modeling, simulation, application, […]

Comsol is set to release Comsol Multiphysics Version 5.5 in November 2019. In this version, the Design Module offers a new sketching tool for easier creation and more versatile parametric control of geometry models, says Daniel Bertilsson, technology manager for mathematics and computer science at Comsol. Comsol Multiphysics offers tools for engineering modeling, simulation, application, […]

The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software has a new home in 2019. Just in time for its 20th anniversary, the even will move from Scottsdale, Ariz., to Menlo Park, Calif., the heart of Silicon Valley. The conference is think-tank event where those involved with engineering technology industry come together to discuss best practices, […]

The Khronos Group of Beaverton, Ore., an open consortium of leading hardware and software companies that come together to create advanced acceleration standards, has released the OpenXR 0.90 provisional specification. OpenXR is a unifying, royalty-free, open standard that provides high-performance access to augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR)— collectively known as XR—platforms and devices. The […]

SolidWorks and Rize Inc., a maker of 3-D printing technology have joined to integrate the CAD software with Rize’s additive manufacturing capabilities. The companies announced their business partnership at SolidWorks World held in Dallas in February. The SolidWorks CAD software will now feature a 3-D print add-in from Rize Inc. The feature will streamline 3D […]

In a recent post, we detailed SolidWorks’ recently unveiled 3DExperience.Works portfolio, which brings together cross-industry applications on one platform, called the 3DExperience platform. That platform was created after Dassault Systèmes (which owns SolidWorks) acquired IQMS, an enterprise resource planning software company, late last year. We’ll give a bit more background on IQMS and what the integration […]

Dassault Systèmes executives announced the company’s 3DExperience.Works portfolio at SolidWorks World 2019, held in Dallas this week. The applications on the portfolio run on the company’s 3DExperience platform and are tailored to SolidWorks users and mid-market companies. SolidWorks executives term the set of software  a “business experience platform.” It provides software solutions for every organization […]

IronCAD, of Atlanta, has upgraded its Multiphysics for IronCAD (MPIC) 2019, the company’s integrated FEA simulation tool. In December, IronCAD released its IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite 2019. The majority of IronCAD customers are involved with the design and manufacturing of large, complex machines with many thousands of parts, factory automation layouts, and other assembly layout […]

Arvizio Inc. is expanding its software to accommodate many types of headsets. The Canadian company’s MR Studio is used for 3D visualization and collaboration in augmented, virtual and mixed reality. It can be used for design reviews, marketing demonstrations, new project pursuit, remote expert assistance and training across industries including architecture, engineering and construction; industrial engineering; […]

Konecranes, a Finnish company that makes and service cranes and lifting equipment, has implemented Siemens’ digital innovation platform to speed product development and connect product and performance data. The company is using MindSphere, an open, cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) operating system, and the Teamcenter digital lifecycle management software to leverage the digital twin and […]

In the late 1980s, Stratasys founder Scott Crump printed a frog on a FDM printer in his kitchen. Today, students at the Anthropological Institute of the University of Zurich use Stratasys 3D printers to study the skull fragments of Neanderthal infants. To cut down on handling fragile fossils, they students scan them and reproduce 3D […]

IronCAD, the 3D computer-aided design platform for metal fabrication and custom machinery manufacturers, has been updated to IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite 2019. This is the 20th anniversary edition of the software. The software continues its performance with the large assembly designs and workflows needed by machinery manufactures. IronCAD was originally based on the idea of […]

Theorem Solutions recently released version 21.3 of its Inventor to JT Visualize 3D translator, which supports Autodesk Inventor 2017, 2018 and 2019, and up to and including the JT file format version 10.0. Theorem’s Visualize 3D products are aimed at creating visualization data for users of digital mock-up, virtual reality or desktop applications and support […]

Two makers of engineering software announced in late November acquisitions that will help them further their technology offerings through the addition of generative design, artificial intelligence, and digital blueprints. PTC, of Needham, Mass., acquired Frustum, a maker of generative design software, this month. Frustrum’s software makes use of artificial intelligence to generate design options. It […]

Future products will be designed with their capability to be manufactured in mind, according Autodesk executives, who spoke at Autodesk University, a gathering of users of their technology. The company has updated its software accordingly and made strides to further the use of, cloud capabilities, generative design and additive manufacturing, said Greg Fallon, vice president […]

At the Autodesk University Conference, HP unveiled its Opera Glass, a headset designed for what HP and similar vendors term “VR snacking.” The headset is intended for engineers who want to design in 3D CAD design, then quickly view that model in virtual reality. In other word,s the engineer who wants to switch quickly, and […]

A collaborative effort to create the concept for an interplanetary lander was unveiled at Autodesk World held this week in Las Vegas. The collaboration would be between NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and engineering software maker Autodesk. To accomplish a mission like this, an interplanetary lander needs to perform complicated operational functions in temperatures far below […]

To physically verify the safety of an autonomous vehicle (AV), Toyota estimates that a vehicle would have to undergo tests that ran along about 8.8 billion miles. Of course, testing on this many miles of test tracks is pretty much impossible. Automakers must rely on a significant increase in virtual testing and “mixed virtual-physical testing,” […]

ISmarTech Publishing expects to see that market increase to $9.5 billion by 2027, according to the research agency’s  2018 report on the 3D printed dental market. In 2017, 3D printing went mainstream in the dental industry, he report noted. Additive manufacturing within the dental industry has grown by more than 35 percent in both 2016 […]

Somehow you don’t hear much about tolerance and tolerance analysis. Obviously geometric dimensions and tolerances are a big part of every engineer’s life and, as with anything so everyday, yet vital, software has been created to help. As engineers examine the interaction of critical components in systems, they are typically performing some level of tolerance […]

MX3D, a maker of robotic additive manufacturing technology in Amsterdam has finalized the design for its 3D printed steel bridge, which is now on display at Dutch Design Week in Eindhoven, in the Netherlands. The bridge, designed by Joris Laarman Lab, will then be installed at its final location on the Oudezijds Achterburgwal, one of […]

Geometry has central role in setting up multiphysics simulations, said Lorant Olasz, Comsol’s technical product manager working with CAD. He spoke earlier this month at the Comsol Conference held in Boston. Comsol makes Multiphysics modeling software. The software contains two engines for creating and managing geometry: the native geometric kernel that’s part of the basic […]

Speakers at the recent Comsol conference in Boston updated attendees on how they use the company’s multiphysics software across a range of industries, including education, energy, and medical. Let’s break it down further: For Students It’s no secret that prospective employers are looking for new graduates who have product design and simulation skills. To ensure […]

We talked about the update to Comsol’s multiphysics software last week, let’s beak out in a little more detail more the uses for Comsol’s multiphysics modeling and analysis, which now includes a feature that allows users to share the apps they’ve designed in a single, executable file for unlimited use and distribution. That means others […]

The global computer-aided design market is set to grow by 6.8 percent over the next eight years, to $14 billion in U.S. dollars. That’s the research finding of a report recently published by Credence Research, a consulting and research firm in San Joes, Calif. The growth will come mostly as the result of the rising […]