KBMax Configurator Automates Autodesk Inventor 2010

Austin, TX – Citius Corporation announced their software integrates with Autodesk Inventor 2010 software. Manufacturers use Autodesk Inventor 2010 to create digital prototypes for a wide range of engineer to order products. KBMax will automate those custom designs and accelerate corresponding price quote processes. More efficient engineering and... [Read more]

Software Ranks #1 in Every Major Category of New Simulation Data & Process Management

Siemens PLM Software, a business unit of the Siemens Industry Automation Division and a provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, announced that the Simulation Process Management offering in its Teamcenter® software portfolio outperformed all of its competitors in every major category of an independent... [Read more]

Luxology Announces Free modo Training

Luxology® LLC, developer of next-generation 3D content creation software, announced a free bi-weekly podcast on the company’s 3D modeling and rendering software modo®. Created by Pixel Corps, a worldwide guild of content creators, each podcast will be hosted by Pixel Corps founder and Chief Architect, Alex Lindsay, with Pixel Corps... [Read more]

FEA and Altair ProductDesign Plays Key Role in Development of Xerox’s ColorQube Multifunction Printers

Using Xerox’s solid ink technology, the ColorQube series of high-speed multifunction printers lowers the environmental impact and cost of color printing. The cartridge-free ink sticks generate 90% less waste in supplies and enable pricing plans that cut the cost of color pages by up to 62% compared to traditional color lasers, without compromising... [Read more]

Advanced Composites Analysis for Nastran

NEi Software and Firehole Technologies have formed a  partnership that will first focus on leveraging Firehole’s multiscale composites analysis technology, Helius:MCT, to deliver an advanced composites analysis application to users of the NEi Nastran FEA package. “The integration of Firehole’s composites simulation technology... [Read more]

Concurrent CFD from Mentor

Well-known CFD software vendor Flomerics, acquired last year by Mentor Graphics, is making a new appearance. Its new identity is as the Mechanical Analysis Div. of Mentor Graphics. And with the new name comes a significant new mission, that if accepted by us engineers could significantly expand the role that CFD analysis plays in design. First, a... [Read more]

CFD is Focus of Windpower Engineering’s First Issue

Design World has a new sister magazine, Windpower Engineering, and the cover stories of its first issue dealt with CFD as a tool in designing and siting wind turbines. It’s not our intent to reproduce those entire articles here, but we do want you to be aware of and have access to the full articles. The first article, by editorial director Paul... [Read more]

Blue Ridge/SpaceClaim Partnership

CFD vendor Blue Ridge Numerics and CAD company SpaceClaim have announced a partnership to serve engineers who perform CFD analysis as part of their CAD operations. The agreement refers to these “multi-tasking engineers” who need “ Upfront CFD.” The announcement indicates that Blue Ridge CFdesign and SpaceClaim make it possible... [Read more]

Shooting for the Moon

ANSYS, Inc. has signed on an official sponsor of Astrobotic Technology Inc.’s Tranquility Trek mission, which involves developing a rocket-launched robot as part of the Google Lunar X Prize competition. As a sponsor, ANSYS is providing its multiphysics engineering simulation software in the development of the robot, lander, and payload adapter... [Read more]

FEA and Altair ProductDesign Plays Key Role in Development of Xerox’s ColorQube Multifunction Printers

Using Xerox’s solid ink technology, the ColorQube series of high-speed multifunction printers lowers the environmental impact and cost of color printing. The cartridge-free ink sticks generate 90% less waste in supplies and enable pricing plans that cut the cost of color pages by up to 62% compared to traditional color lasers, without compromising... [Read more]