Watlow® recently announced that its COMPOSER® with INTUITION® graphical configuration software now supports both the F4T and EZ-ZONE® RM controllers. COMPOSER is Watlow’s easy-to-use graphical software for configuring and customizing the company’s controllers. It helps users visualize and easily implement control and automation solutions. Task-specific views simplify all aspects of setting up new controllers including…
3 key lessons from IoT implementations
According to GE CEO Jeff Immelt, if you “woke up as an industrial company today, you will wake up as a software and analytics company tomorrow.” As the Internet of Things (IoT) develops, software will be an important part of whatever you’re making. GE has spent five years and a billion dollars learning how to…
Software eases PCB manufacturing
Version 8.1 of the ODB++ intelligent product model is a single and open data structure that handles transferring printed circuit board (PCB) designs into data for fabrication, assembly and test. It provides virtual documentation capability that seamlessly translates all data files, drawings and documents from PCB design through the manufacturing flow. This open product model…
Comsol update: Multiphysics for more than analysts
Jean Thilmany • Contributing Editor Neither Comsol multiphysics software itself nor its application builder will see extensive changes this year, Svante Littmarck, Comsol’s president and CEO, told attendees at the company’s 2015 user conference. Instead, the multiphysics simulation company has been focused on making the graphical user interface of the soon-to-be-released Comsol version 5.2 easier…
Users call the shots in CAD enhancements
SolidWorks 2016 is the latest release of Dassault Systèmes’ portfolio of 3D design and engineering applications. New capabilities of this software suite will make it easier to innovate, design, validate, collaborate and build, from initial concept to final product. User-requested enhancements include the ability to flatten any surface, visualize and validate design performance, more efficiently…
Software based controller
Siemens Simatic® S7-1500 software controller offers the advantages of the Simatic S7-1500 standard controller on industrial PCs. The new software-based controller is easy to use and engineer with Siemens Totally Integrated Automation (TIA) Portal. Scalable performance features include integrated system diagnostics with a mouse click, motion and security functions and know how protection. The software…
Simulation apps shrink costs, time-to-market for packaging container manufacturer
By Bruce Jenkins, President, Ora Research Simulation apps are the latest development in making advanced CAE capabilities safely and easily available to engineers and designers. As we explored…
Software helps ensure consistent quality with additive metal parts
Optomec, a leading global supplier of production grade additive manufacturing systems for 3D printed metals and printed electronics, announced the availability of Smart Additive Manufacturing (SmartAM) technology for…
FATHOM launches rapid 3D Print quoting plugin for Fusion 360
The FATHOM team announced the launch of a new partnership with Autodesk. Its SmartQuote platform now fully integrates with Autodesk Fusion 360, synthesizing the design, prototyping, and production…
Innovative software solutions from Horner
Horner APG released materials for their newest software offering: WebMI. Formally launching later this week, WebMI will allow users to remotely monitor and control their Horner OCS (Operator Control Station) controllers from their phone, tablet, or other mobile device. “For over 20 years, we have produced strong engineered hardware solutions, known for our OCS all-in-one…
Comsol Multiphysics Sees Update to Version 5.2
Following its October user conference, Comsol has updated its Comsol Multiphysics package to 5.2 that, as in the previous version, includes an application builder that allows engineers to…
Mentor Graphics announces new FloTHERM product
Mentor Graphics Corporation (NASDAQ: MENT) announce the newest version of its FloTHERM® product. The FloTHERM product was developed to quickly identify potential thermal issues early in the design…
B&R mapp technology now includes robot-kinematics functions
B&R is expanding its mapp technology portfolio to include robot-kinematics functions for all the most common robot kinematic systems. Not only does this allow users to commission robots…
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Custom robotic picking applications with Motopick software
MotoPick is a user-friendly software package that enables development of fast machine-vision-based robotic picking. This powerful software can synchronize multiple robots equipped with vision to pick fast moving product off…
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Legacy CAD and Engineering Data: Keep it Updated
Legacy information and original drawings are being lost as enterprise software is updated beyond the package used to create the original drawings and as the engineers who made…
MakerBot improves print speed on its 3D printers
MakerBot claims its Desktop 3.8 prints designs 30% faster and with stronger structural support. 3D printing speed is affected by several factors, including how you arrange a build…
With CAD, an Artist Turns to Robots
Philip Norman came to his job as technical lead at Ross Robotics Ltd., which makes reconfigurable robots, via a most nontechnical avenue: the arts, he told the Solid…
Connecting More than Machines
On July 20, 1969, a pair of cryptic error codes almost cost the U.S. the moon landing. The “1201” and “1202” alarms reported by Buzz Aldrin were as much a mystery to mission control as they were to the astronauts in the midst of a harrowing descent toward a boulder field on the moon. But…
Keep electronics cool
Developers continue to work on ways to cool sensitive electronic hardware. The latest example is the custom, self-contained Intelligent Thermal Management System (iTMS). This system is based on liquid cooling system technology developed by Thermacore for military applications, such as embedded military computing, radar and image processing applications, laser diodes and power converters. It extends…
Structural analysis and design modeling software features 3D CAD modeler
Intergraph GT STRUDL 2015 structural analysis and design software includes a new 3D CAD modeler, plus 64-bit high-performance, multi-processor solvers. GT STRUDL is an integrated, database-driven system for frame and finite element linear and nonlinear static and dynamic analysis, as well as comprehensive steel and reinforced concrete design. The program includes all of the tools…
Will ALM and PLM play nicely together?
Jean Thilmany • Contributing Editor In this age of mechatronics and control systems, design, electric, software and system engineers need to coordinate efforts and work together much more regularly than in the past. In the future, expect to see more homogeneous teams made up of software and mechanical engineers as well as the system engineers…
Sketching with Geometric Accuracy
The two-dimensional freehand sketching app that corrects for geometry will soon see its beta release, Ken Hosch, director of strategy at Siemens PLM, told the Solid Edge 2015…
Drawing Apps for Engineers and Artists
Though vector drawing apps are usually targeted to designers of all stripes, they can be particularly useful to manufacturing and engineering designers. And they can be fun for…
CAD and the Internet of Things
The Internet of Things is certainly being hyped, but is it overhyped? We’ll see when the technology becomes mainstream—as business analysts say it will– within a few years’…
Bundled 3D scanning and 3D printing
Artec 3D, a leading developer and manufacturer of professional 3D software and hardware, announced a new product bundle that will equip customers with a full suite of the…