Siemens PLM Software to Create Industry’s First Quality Management Solution in the Cloud

Siemens PLM Software announced a joint project with Microsoft Corporation to create the PLM industry’s first cloud computing-based quality management solution. The solution will utilize Microsoft Windows Azure platform cloud computing services to securely run Siemens PLM Software’s Dimensional Planning and Validation (DPV) application, showing... [Read more]

Vero Helps with Artega GT ‘Supercar’ Production

DECS GmbH embraces technology and believes in process optimization. It is a combination of these factors that have helped their latest project, the Artega GT succeed, and cause a stir in the automotive world.The Artega GT is a mid-engined, rear wheel drive, high-performance sports car designed by Henrik Fisker, the man responsible for the Aston Martin... [Read more]

Software Combination Helps with Project Success

OpenAire designs swimming pool enclosures, indoor water parks, and indoor water park structures. The company specializes in operable domed roofs for observatories, retractable barrel vaulted roofs, and large span retractable roof structures for indoor water parks.OpenAire designs unique structures for water parks, observatories, and other venues... [Read more]

Reducing Vehicle Weight with High-tech Tools

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

TransMagic R8 SP4 for the 3D CAD Industry

TransMagic, Inc. released TransMagic R8 SP4 for CAD interoperability and data conversion processes. This release offers new technology for the reuse of 3D CAD data. The XL-64 option transforms a 64-bit computer into a workhorse capable of processing extremely large CAD datasets, over 2 gigabytes. This product combines power, control, and quality into... [Read more]

COMSOL introduces the Plasma Module

Burlington, VT — COMSOL, Inc. announces the release of the Plasma Module. Based on COMSOL Multiphysics, the Plasma Module brings easy-to-use tools for the study of low temperature plasmas. The module is designed for researchers, engineers and experimentalists in the field of plasma science to model non-equilibrium discharges which occur in a wide... [Read more]

Using FEM for Infrasound Propagation

Generally classified as sound between 0.05 and 20 Hz, infrasound cannot be heard by humans, but can be detected on specialized sub-audible microphones which operate on the principle of a vibrating pressure field generating recordable electronic impulses. Classical infrasound monitoring focuses on source-to-receiver distances greater than 250 km, where... [Read more]

NCG CAM V10 is released — Download a demo version now

NCG CAM Solutions Ltd, UK released NCG CAM V10. This release includes multi-tasking capability enhancements, a new feature for roughing with solid carbide cutters, a new optimized algorithm for rest roughing and faster rest finishing. Machine tool simulation has also been added to the 5-axis module. Machine tool simulation has also been added to the... [Read more]

3D Systems Acquires French Prototypers CEP and PROTOMETAL

ROCK HILL, SC – 3D Systems Corporation (NASDAQ: TDSC), announced that it acquired the business and assets of CEP and PROTOMETAL, two leading French rapid prototyping and manufacturing service providers, as part of the company’s expansion of its 3Dproparts™ service in Europe. Based in Le Mans, France, CEP and PROTOMETAL deliver a comprehensive... [Read more]

MapleSim used to develop high fidelity multi-domain model of a robotic space rover.

Dr. Amir Khajepour, Canada Research Chair in Mechatronic Vehicle Systems and Professor of Engineering in the Mechanical and Mechatronics Engineering department at the University of Waterloo (UW), is working with the Canadian Space Agency (CSA), Maplesoft, and the government of Canada, to develop a solution for the power management system of autonomous... [Read more]