Should you buy an expensive graphics card?
You already know the answer to this question. If you’re perfectly happy with the graphics performance of your CAD system, then the answer is “no.” If you’d like faster, smoother, or more realistic graphics on your system, then the answer is “yes.” The term “expensive graphics card” might be troubling to GPU suppliers such as Nvidia and AMD. Yet, it is probably... Read More
getReal3D for Unity released
Mechdyne released getReal3D for Unity, a software plug-in to the Unity toolkit that brings 3D and viewer-based perspective to a variety of immersive 3D displays.According to the company, getReal3D brings a greater sense of immersion to Unity applications for training and simulations. By integrating with head and hand tracking devices, the software provides more intuitive interaction... Read More
Power supply circuit design
It is becoming increasingly easier to design circuit boards thanks to software and hardware tools from integrate circuit (IT) manufacturers. Texas Instrument (TI), for instance, offers evaluation modules (EVM), a software design evaluation program called SwitcherPro, and SPICE software circuit simulation program TINA-TI for numerous power supply chips. You can use these tools to... Read More
Autodesk Brings AutoCAD WS Mobile App to Android
AutoCAD WS for Android enables an expanded group of users to enjoy the benefits of collaboration with architects, designers, and engineers from anywhere in the world and experience the freedom of taking designs with them.Product users will experience a simplified, intuitive set of viewing, editing, and markup tools to work on designs while on the go. You can open drawings from... Read More
Dassault Systèmes’ DraftSight Now Available for Linux
Dassault Systèmes (DS) announced the availability of a beta release of DraftSight for Linux. DraftSight is a no-cost 2D CAD product for CAD professionals, students, and educators that can be downloaded at DraftSight.com.DraftSight for Linux allows users to create, edit and view DWG files. DraftSight generally takes a few minutes to download and runs on multiple operating... Read More
Designing Formula One sophistication with Bunkspeed SHOT Pro
Cosmic Motors’ Daniel Simon is an internationally acclaimed concept designer and automotive futurist who’s worked with some of the world’s most prestigious automobile makers including Bugatti and Lamborghini. Simon is also the concept vehicle designer behind Disney’s 2010 blockbuster sci-fi flick, “Tron: Legacy,” and lead vehicle designer of Marvel’s highly anticipated... Read More
Screaming workstation
The BOXX 8550 Xtreme is a dual processor workstation well suited for design visualization specialists or CAD/CAE software users who need a system to perform multiple simulations or toolpath calculations at the same time. A test machine featured two Intel Xeon X5680 processors, but instead of the 3.33GHz clock speed they usually run at, both chips have been overclocked to an 4.2GHz.... Read More
CAM – Face classification
To explain the principle, if you simply break a 3D curve into equal length lines, the deviation of the lines from the curve would change as the curvature became larger and smaller. However, using a chordal deviation, the operator defines the maximum distance between the chord and the original geometry. The major benefit of using a chordal deviation to control the 3D mesh is that... Read More
3Dconnexion Mice Offer Advanced Design Control in Missler TopSolid
3Dconnexion’s 3D mice give TopSolid 7 engineers increased productivity and an intuitive way to interact with 3D designs for modeling, simulation, and production.–3Dconnexion’s 3D mice provide TopSolid 7 professionals with a range of design performance and productivity benefits, including: –Improved Control and Navigation allow you to simultaneously pan, zoom,... Read More
