Adobe PDF and XVL compression on CAD models have changed today’s CAD environment. 3D data are now so accessible, the entire team can view files at any time during the design process. Not surprisingly, though, the broader use of design documentation brings a new set of concerns about security. XVLstaff, developed by Lattice Technology, Inc.,…
Oil and gas industry benefits from CAD partnership
A partnership between Kubotek USA and Fitiri of Houston, TX will bring advanced CAD/CAM software to the oil and gas industry. Kubotek USA makes the geometry-based CAD/CAM software, KeyCreator, and Fitiri specializes in the worldwide and wireless management of rig operations. Fitiri is the newest authorized reseller of the program. KeyCreator’s real geometry approach offers…
Dassault Tops CIMdata CAM Survey
Dassault Systèmes (DS), a world leader in 3D and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, has been named the global market share leader in computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software revenue by the international technology research firm CIMdata. Dassault Systèmes is the top company in vendor revenues received and end user payments, according to CIMdata's 2006 NC Software…
MSC. Software Releases SimEnterprise R2
SANTA ANA, Calif. – MSC. Software Corp. (NASDAQ: MSCS), the leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions and services, today announced the release of SimEnterprise R2, the newest installment of the company’s integrated, enterprise simulation solutions. SimEnterprise R2 includes the SimXpert, SimDesigner, and SimManager applications. “SimEnterprise R2 takes MSC. Software’s solutions to the next level…
TraceParts Offers the First Suppliers’ Parts Library to Google SketchUp
TraceParts has organized catalogs from major manufacturers of standard parts into master collections on Google 3D Warehouse, each of them containing one native SketchUp model for each product family. Users can either directly download the model into SketchUp 5 or 6, or jump to the same product family on TraceParts Online CAD Library (www.tracepartsonline.net) to…
Racing CAD Files to the Finish Line
The ING Renault F1 Team design office has an enviable record. From 1992 through 1997 it captured six consecutive manufacturer’s titles as a supplier of racing engines to the Williams and Benetton Formula 1 racing teams. Renault’s F1 Team went on to win the Formula 1 Constructors’ Championship titles in 2005 and 2006. Their wins…
Software Enables Full-Throttle Design
Since almost all ship designs are unique, a lot of work goes into designing the shaft and propeller arrangement for the combination of hull, engine, and propeller. Berg Propulsion, a designer and producer of Controllable Pitch Propellers (CPP) and Tunnel Thrusters for use in merchant shipping, has previously used AutoCAD to produce the individual 2D…
Improving Communication And Collaboration
Right Hemisphere introduced its Right Hemisphere 5 platform, an integrated suite of visual product communication and collaboration programs. The software eliminates various inefficiencies in collaboration and helps manufacturers get their products and support materials to market faster. The software integrates with major product data management and product lifecycle management (PLM) systems, and enables the…
The Need for Speed
When James Engineering decided to add automotive systems and specialized racing kart products to its established product line of deburring machines, the company’s founder and Principal Engineer, Jim Richards, knew his challenges. “We got into kart design late in the game. The field is 30 years old and our competitors have a lot of accrued…
Modeling in 3D PDF Gives Everyone an Eye into Design
AMEC, a UK-based company that builds new additions to infrastructure, provides design and construction services to Heathrow International and other regional airports. When John Albinson, Product and Development Manager to the Product and Infrastructure Team (P&IT), designed the A390, a test machine that assesses a structure's resistance to impact, he turned to Alibre, Inc., for…
Solidworks Names COMSOL Select Solution Partner
SolidWorks Corporation has named COMSOL as one of its select Solution Partners. This program provides SolidWorks 3D CAD users with access to integrated products and services that can further boost productivity. In this case, COMSOL Multiphysics includes a feature in the CAD Import Module called the SolidWorks Live Connection, an easy-to-use bidirectional link that allows…
Collaboration Software Remains Hot
The latest company to introduce CAD collaboration software is Adobe, with its Acrobat® 3D Version 8 software. This software lets you rapidly convert almost any CAD file into highly compressed, secure Adobe PDF files. Co-workers, customers, and suppliers can review and mark up 3D designs using the free Adobe Reader® software. To begin a collaboration…
SpaceClaim Offers Integrated Parts Catalog
SpaceClaim Corp. and TraceParts S. A. announced the immediate availability of SpaceClaim TraceParts, a comprehensive library of manufacturers’ and industry standard parts seamlessly integrated into SpaceClaim Professional 2007. Users can choose components from a variety of leading parts supplier catalogs and place them directly into their designs. The availability and use of manufacturer-supplied design models…
Innovative Thinking Transforms An Old Industry
Ice cream aficionados know that nothing beats the taste of fresh ice cream. Unfortunately, really fresh ice cream is hard to find. The process of making this delicious desert has not significantly changed since the 1840s. Batches of freshly made product are frozen and stored in freezers for months until shipment. Eventually, refrigerated trucks transport…
Microsoft Compute Cluster Ed. Webcast
This webcast will focus on the transition to cost-effective compute clusters for improved, scalable application performance for users of high performance technical or commercial computing applications and disciplines. Learn how new approaches in high-performance compute clusters and operating environments have opened the door for a much simpler and cost-effective strategy to meet demand for faster…
3Dconnexion’s New Software Development Kit
3Dconnexion, a Logitech company, announces the availability of a new software development kit (SDK), enabling developers of 3D design and visualization applications to quickly and easily implement support for 3Dconnexion’s award-winning line of 3D navigation devices, including the SpaceNavigator. The 3Dconnexion COM-based SDK for Windows is free and available immediately for download at www.3dconnexion.com/support. With…
MSC.Software Moves Multi-Discipline Simulation to the Next Level
SANTA ANA, Calif. – March 19, 2007 – MSC. Software Corp., a leading global provider of enterprise simulation solutions and services, today announced the release of MD Adams, a new addition to its MD Solutions suite which adds integrated multi-body dynamics, structural, and controls systems simulation capabilities. MD Adams enables powerful extensions to system simulation…
New eBook: What’s New in AutoCAD 2008?
Abbotsford, BC Canada, – upFront. eZine Publishing, Ltd. “What’s New? AutoCAD 2008” PDF ebook is for everyone wondering about, and competitors worrying over, AutoCAD 2008 and its new feature lists. This 110-page PDF ebook details changes in Autodesk’s latest release of its AutoCAD flagship software. “What’s New? AutoCAD 2008” covers these aspects of the new…
Programs Deliver More Than CAD/CAM Features
The capabilities of CAD/CAM programs are evolving beyond modeling and design. Increasingly, vendors are adding tools that provide intellectual property protection yet ease the transmission of data to other corporate software programs. New programs practically automate the conversion of model or drawing data into machine code. And vendors of rendering programs work to “suspend disbelief”…
Multidiscipline Simulation Solutions from MSC.Software
ANTA ANA, Calif. – March 13, 2007 – MSC. Software Corp., announced the release of MD Solutions R2 (MD R2), the newest installment of the company’s line of multidiscipline enterprise simulation solutions. MD R2 gives engineers an integrated, multidiscipline simulation to speed design efficiency and drive early design validation. It also gives manufacturers insight into…
SpaceClaim Launches 3D Mechanical Design Software
CONCORD, MA – 14 March 2007 – SpaceClaim Corporation today announced the launch of its flagship product, SpaceClaim Professional 2007. SpaceClaim bridges the gap between designers and those in the extended product development team-such as suppliers, manufacturing engineers, analysis engineers, and engineering management-who lack access or time to master the designers’ 3D CAD system. To…
March Design for Industry & Design for Manufacturing News
Windows Vista and 3D publishing Right Hemisphere, a provider of product communication and collaboration systems, announced it has been chosen by Microsoft Corp. as one of 10 companies to go to market with Windows Vista operating system. Microsoft selected Right Hemisphere to showcase some of the more unique capabilities of Windows Vista and Right Hemisphere’s…
Controls Evolve Beyond the PLC
By James Davis The PLC and PC no longer suit today’s control needs. Applications demand integrated rather than add-on functions. A new control, the PAC, promises to address the new requirements. James Davis Senior Systems EngineerOpto 22 Modern industrial applications present a daunting mix of control requirements. A typical control system must interface with signals…
Noran Partners With Topologica
Noran Engineering, Inc., a developer and global supplier of Nastran finite element analysis (FEA) software, announced that Topologica Solutions of Montreal, Canada has signed a Distribution Agreement for its portfolio of engineering analysis and simulation software in Canada. Topologica Solutions provides engineering services to the aerospace, electronics, automotive, consumer products, marine, and heavy equipment industries.…
Get Ready For Algor V20
Some of the new features designers can expect in V20 of this FEA program include an integrated CAD/FEA modeling environment; a software wizard for applying bolt loads; support for design studies and optimization; texture display; multipoint constraints; an industry-standard sparse solver for fluid flow, heat transfer and linear dynamic analyses; and expanded capabilities for Mechanical…