Engineers are increasingly turning to the already perfected designs found in nature to create lightweight and optimized products. And one software program—also inspired by nature– optimizes the CAD model for the job at hand Jean Thilmany, Senior Editor Want an example of efficient, environmentally friendly design? Look to nature. When engineers take a biomimetic approach […]
CAD and Analysis: Integration and Beyond
CAD and analysis programs need to work together. Regardless of how the geometry gets to the analysis program, the important thing is it gets there easily and can be quickly analyzed. That smooth transfer and analysis are how companies are cutting product lifecycle time and increasing profits. Jean Thilmany, Senior Editor You’ve created your CAD […]
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 […]
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 […]
Can you find gold in IronCAD?
Phil Foley, Contributor When reviewing new software, I’m always carful not trust my first impressions as they can prevent you from seeing important features and capabilities. With IronCAD this rule of thumb was important. In reviewing IronCAD I was surprised at how cool and powerful it was. IronCAD reminds me of many cad packages. It […]
Innovative motor designs for electric cars come to life through Multiphysics
The automotive industry is in the midst of a disruption, and the transcendence of electric vehicles from niche to mainstream products is a driving force behind this change. Yet challenges remain to improve the motor designs used in electric vehicles. One potential solution is the use of Power Magnetic Devices (PMDs), a category of devices […]
Iowa State University’s Formula SAE team uses solidThinking Inspire to slash weight of rear aerodynamic wing
Bruce Jenkins | Ora Research Cyclone Racing, Iowa State University’s Formula SAE team, consists of 40+ active members who design, build, test and race a formula-style race car each year to compete with approximately 80 teams representing seven different countries at the Formula Lincoln event and some 30 different teams at the Formula North event. […]
Is SolidWorks CAM Better Than an Integrated System?
When the engineering software vendor announced it was moving from integrated CAM to a total CAD/CAM solution industry watchers took note. Jean Thilmany, Contributing Editor For engineers and design companies, it’s not difficult to find integrated computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing technologies. Yet, the announcement of SolidWorks CAM, released in October as a SolidWorks 2018 […]
SOLIDWORKS 2018 helps merge design and manufacturing
Additive manufacturing, the Internet of Things, and other technologies are smashing through the wall that used to separate design and manufacturing. A number of programs being launched this year promise to merge design and manufacturing into one function. One of those programs is SOLIDWORKS 2018, which includes new tools and enhancements to help engineers get […]
Latest version of FloTHERM helps streamline user interface
Mentor, a Siemens business, announced the latest release of its market-leading FloTHERM product for computational fluid dynamics (CFD) software for electronics cooling simulation. This latest version offers functionality aimed at increasing user effectiveness and productivity. It includes Command Center, which allows users to understand the product design space by defining variations of the base models. […]
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