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Software Review: CAD goes green
Today, “green” evokes more than a color — it is meant to imply anything that promotes a healthy, long-lived, and sustainable planet.
Software Review: Digital Pen Excels at Data Capture on the Field
Efficient decision-making based on field data is always core for our work in engineering and architecture, inventory and asset management, and environmental science, so we must often collect high volumes of geospatial information.
FE Update: Expecting too much From FEA
For at least a decade, FEA has been guiding design decisions and helping companies avoid having to build and test several prototypes.
Software Review: Highlights of Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0
Before PTC rolls out a new version of Pro/Engineer, it usually tests the release with several preproduction versions. Pro/E Wildfire 4.0 is no exception.
High-Tech Jobs Slowing But Still Growing
The U.S. gained 91,400 high-tech jobs last year, bringing the total to 5.9 million, according to a report by AeA, a high-tech trade association.
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FEATURES
A better way to design high-performance structures
Software for designing shell structures can find the best balance between weight and strength, and assist with trade-offs that accompany such design tasks.
Fab it Now
An iPod you manufacture yourself? It’s not a far-fetched idea for personal fabrication technology.
Leland Teschler's Editorial: The Engineering “Extremist” Mindset
Do engineers have a “mindset” that makes them prone to become Islamic terrorists?
At the Top of Their Game
Engineers aspire to change the world with their work. Here are some who did.
Dream Jobs - Who’s Got Them and How to Get One
As part of our annual salary survey, readers tell us what the ideal career looks like.
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NEW PRODUCTS
New Product: A Better View of CAE Results
EnSight 2008 Winter Release software lets users postprocess computations from most major CAE programs and see the results.
New Product: Software for Motor and Generator Design
Opera software for motor and generator design lets users define complex behaviors such as friction, load, and speed-dependent torques.
New Product: CAD/CAM with Real-Time Curvature and Draft Analysis
VX CAD/CAM Version 13, which targets consumer product and mold design, includes a new Zebra Stripe capability that lets designers analyze curvature for early insight into a product’s look and feel.
New Product: CFD for Pro/E
CFdesign for Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0 provides parametric CAD-driven flow and thermal analysis.
New Product: Data-Acquisition Software
VxScan v.2 data-acquisition software works with Handyscan 3D scanners.
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The Machine Design Tech Insider - March 20, 2008
Quieter Ride for Long-Haul Truckers - Here Comes the $2,500 Car - Recycling carbon dioxide into fuel - Armed robots assist soldiers in Iraq
The Machine Design Tech Insider - January 24, 2008
The I-35 Bridge: The truth is out there - Wind tunnel tests future space planes - An uplifting experience - Machine Design Editor Leland Teschler: Are CFLs really a bright idea?
The Machine Design Tech Insider - January, 18, 2008
Detecting reflective targets - Unmanned seaplane takes off and lands on water - Engineering an ad - Machine Design Editor Leland Teschler: Why you can't always believe published research
CAD/CAM Monthly - January 2008
How to clean up dirty CAD models - Professionalism in engineering - CAD file exchange is problematic
CAD/CAM Monthly - December 2007
Toys that teach - Holiday Gift Guide 2007 Better-than-a-bearing - Spotlight on SolidWorks 2008
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