Vero help with Artega GT ‘supercar’ production

DECS GmbH are specialists in the design and manufacture of interior and exterior trim composite components for the automotive industry. Reference customers include Audi, BMW, Lamborghini, Mercedes, and Porsche. DECS GmbH embraces technology and firmly believes in process optimization. It is a combination of these factors that helped their latest project,... [Read more]

Software Helps Snowmobiler Win Invention Contest

Up until recently, Toronto snowmobile racer Shawn Watling used to create vehicle models with cardboard, string, and paper. Enter a professional engineering buddy who turned him onto SolidWorks software. Since then, Watling has tripled his work speed and won the Popular Science Invention Award for a device that could turn his sport on its head.Watling designed... [Read more]

Adding multimedia Sopal Selects V6 PLM Express and 3DVIA Composer

Dassault Systèmes announced that SOPAL, a Tunisian manufacturer of complex and distinctively styled kitchen and bath fixtures, is using V6 PLM Express and 3DVIA Composer to cover the entire development process of its line of faucets and related equipment. Based on the V6 platform, SOPAL has adopted a PLM strategy for all of its products, from initial... [Read more]

Mentor Graphics announces FloEFD Pro 9.3.1 software for embedded support of Pro/Engineer for fluid flow and heat transfer simulation

The Mentor Graphics FloEFD Pro v9.3.1 software works directly with native Pro/ENGINEER geometry to keep pace with continuous design iterations. Concurrent CFD can reduce simulation time by as much as 65 to 75% and can help you optimize product performance and reliability while reducing physical prototyping and development costs without time or material... [Read more]

ETA collaborates with Red Cedar Technology on industry research aimed at reducing vehicle weight

Engineering Technology Associates, Inc. (ETA) developed an Accelerated Concept to Product (ACP) process that uses design optimization technologies to provide solutions to design problems. The company says it achieved significant weight reductions as part of the Future Generation Passenger Compartment (FGPC) project and the Future Steel Vehicle (FSV)... [Read more]

Alibre announces Alibre Design Personal Edition for entrepreneurs and inventors

Alibre announced Alibre Design Personal Edition (PE).  The product is a low-cost, easy-to-use 3D design tool that inspires people to become entrepreneurs and set-up their own businesses by creating gadgets, products, and inventions in their homes and garages.  Alibre Design PE will be demoed for the first time at the Maker Faire, the world’s largest... [Read more]

Siemens PLM Software redefines CAD/CAM/CAE productivity and product development decision support with NX 7.0 software

Siemens PLM Software announced the latest enhancements added to NX™ software, the company’s integrated CAD/CAM/CAE solution. Presented at The World Exposition Shanghai China 2010 (Expo 2010), the latest enhancements to NX 7 include new functionality throughout all aspects of the software. In addition, NX, together with Teamcenter® software, are... [Read more]

Learn to Customize Autodesk Products at DevCamp

Autodesk will be holding Manufacturing and AEC software development training called “DevCamps” in Portland and Boston in early June. Those of you that spend time in deep customization can learn how to extend the capabilities of Inventor, AutoCAD Mechanical, Vault, Revit, AutoCAD Architecture, Civil 3D, Map 3D, MapGuide Enterprise, Navisworks and... [Read more]

"AutoCAD 2011 New APIs" webcast recording

The recording of the previously announced “AutoCAD 2011 New APIs” webcast held on April 13th, 2010 is now available for download (19.8MB). We’ve also completed a much-needed restructuring of our online session information. Links to downloads of previously recorded sessions… Go to Source VN:F [1.8.5_1061]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes... [Read more]

Importing Photosynth point clouds into AutoCAD 2011 Part 4

In the previous posts in this series we introduced a command that downloaded and imported point clouds from Photosynth.net, we introduced a WinForms user interface on top of it and then replaced that UI with one implemented using WPF. As… Go to Source VN:F [1.8.5_1061]please wait...Rating: 0.0/5 (0 votes cast)VN:F [1.8.5_1061]Rating: 0 (from... [Read more]