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Computer–aided Design CAD
Meeting Design and Regulatory Challenges of Autonomous Air Taxis
Frankfurt Airport manager Fraport is working with Volcopter to potentially use electric, vertical take-off multicopter (eVTOLs) to carry passengers through an urban transport network.
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Prototype Manufacture
WAZER Offers Desktop Take on Traditional Water Jet
WAZER offers sophisticated cutting and material processing capabilities at a price point and with the accessibility of desktop office printers.
Latest in Prototype Manufacture
Simulate
Creo Goes for Real-Time Simulation Feedback
Creo Simulation Live embeds ANSYS simulation capabilities directly into the CAD tool interface.
Latest in Simulate
Workstations
Perfectly Portable Power: Lenovo ThinkPad P1
This P-series mobile workstation provides the perfect combination of performance, portability and price.
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Autonomous Vehicles
Making Autonomous Vehicles Smarter
Combining real-world info and simulated conditions to build a data set.
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Education and Training
Event Sparks Student Interest in Solar Energy
Student Design Competition Profile: Solar Splash 2019
Latest in Education and Training
Design Exploration and Optimization
Parametric Design Optimization with CORTIME
Walk through a linear buckling optimization using CORTIME.
Latest in Design Exploration and Optimization
Generative Design
Manufacturing Awareness Signals a New Phase in Generative Design
Migrating from theoretically optimal topology to manufacturable shapes, generative design technology shows signs of maturity.
Latest in Generative Design
3D Printing
Ultimaker S5 3D Printer Review: Bigger and Better
The Ultimaker S5 3D printer gives professionals more space for larger models.
Latest in 3D Printing
Electronic CAD
Integrating Smart Design Under Pressure
How a small engineering team evolved from its traditional product design roots to embrace the complexity that comes with smart, connected products.
Latest in Electronic CAD
Wohlers Report 2019: Record Growth in Additive Manufacturing Materials
Revenue from metals grew an estimated 41.9%, continuing a five-year streak of more than 40% growth each year.
NVIDIA GTC 2019: Data Science Workstation, Purchase of an Interconnect Vendor, Safety Force Field in Autonomous Driving, and More
There are sufficient demos and talks of rayt racing, but the biggest announcements have more to do with autonomous cars,...
MEDUSA4 Personal Version 6.3 CAD Software
Finished drawings can be converted to PDF or DXF format for commercial use for a small fee.
Maple 2019 Offers Mathematical Power to Users
New release strengthens core math capabilities, opens new areas for technical research.
WAZER Offers Desktop Take on Traditional Water Jet
WAZER offers sophisticated cutting and material processing capabilities at a price point and with the accessibility of desktop office printers.
Learn how ARRIS Simulates and Validates their Drop Tests and Optimizes their Designs
In this webinar, we’ll learn from ARRIS engineers how drop test simulation and validation, along with design optimization is revolutionizing ARRIS product development.
Immerse Yourself in Realistic Design
In this issue: Immerse Yourself in Realistic Design; Designing Prosthesis: The Anti-Robot, and a BOXX APEXX S3 Review: Overclocked and...
Reviews
Perfectly Portable Power: Lenovo ThinkPad P1
This P-series mobile workstation provides the perfect combination of performance, portability and price.
Ultimaker S5 3D Printer Review: Bigger and Better
The Ultimaker S5 3D printer gives professionals more space for larger models.
ZW3D Review: Model and Manufacture
ZWSoft updates its all-in-one CAD/CAM program.
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Companies
Sensirion
Sensirion is the world's leading manufacturer of digital microsensors and -systems. The product range includes gas and liquid flow sensors,...
BETA CAE Systems
BETA CAE Systems is a private engineering software company committed to the development of state of the art CAE software...
Dell EMC
Dell EMC enables digital transformation with trusted solutions for the modern data center.
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Editors’ Picks
Editor’s Pick: Next-Gen Design Visualization with Asset Management
Chaos Group V-Ray Next for Rhino 3D offers a new design visualization...
Editor’s Pick: New Machine Learning and Data Intelligence Support for Engineering Simulation
Autonomous optimization helps simplify complex engineering processes.
Editor’s Pick: Siemens Simcenter Alliance with Rescale Offers HPC Performance
Rescale SaaS delivery provides compute resources on demand.
Editor’s Pick: Powerful Ray Tracing GPU for Workstations
The new NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 brings hardware-accelerated ray tracing, AI-powered features, and...
Featured Resources
Downloads
Prototyping and Manufacturing Services to Help Satisfy Modern Market Expectations
eBook shows how 3D Systems On Demand rapid prototyping and manufacturing services help design engineers meet product development...
Webcasts
Learn how ARRIS Simulates and Validates their Drop Tests and Optimizes their Designs
In this webinar, we’ll learn from ARRIS engineers how drop test simulation and validation, along with design...
Engineering Resource Center
Simulate Sooner
What you need to implement a simulation-driven design workflow.
Glossary Spotlight
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NVIDIA GTC 2019: Data Science Workstation, Purchase of an Interconnect Vendor, Safety Force Field in Autonomous Driving, and More
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Meeting Design and Regulatory Challenges of Autonomous Air Taxis
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Altium Launches “Altium Academic Programs”
Programs offer free and low-cost software and support to students and educators, empowering the next generation of PCB designers and...
Simulate
AVL and MSC Software to Partner on Autonomous Vehicle Projects
AVL is developing a scenario-based open verification and validation toolchain to generate operational scenarios, create the relevant test cases, and...
Simulate
FLOW-3D v12.0 Release Features Modern Graphical User Interface (GUI)
The latest version of Flow Science’s flagship CFD software features a modernized interface and streamlined workflows.
Simulate
Altair OptiStruct Runs up to 10x Faster on NVIDIA GPUs
This speed boost has the potential to impact several industries including automotive, aerospace, industrial equipment, and electronics that frequently need...
Prototype/Manufacture
Stratasys Snags Top Spot in ABI Research’s Additive Manufacturing Platform Competitive Assessment
Also, Desktop Metal edges out incumbents, earning highest rank in innovation.
Simulate
COFES Institute Announces Keynote on Virtual Immersive Realities for 2019 Congress
Elizabeth Baron to share experiences from Ford Motor and other companies on using immersive technologies during product development.
Prototype/Manufacture
America Makes Announces Its Second Satellite Center to be Located at Texas A&M University
The objective of the America Makes Satellite Center model is to extend the reach of the existing America Makes mission...
Simulate
Siemens Buys NVH Business from Saab Medav
Deal boosts Siemens’ Simcenter portfolio with a range of configurable solutions for end-of-line noise, vibration, and harshness (NVH) quality testing.
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FLOW-3D v12.0 Release Features Modern Graphical User Interface (GUI)
Altair OptiStruct Runs up to 10x Faster on NVIDIA GPUs
SABIC Launches Breakaway Support Filament
MEDUSA4 Personal Version 6.3 CAD Software
Maple 2019 Offers Mathematical Power to Users
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Chaos Group Launches V-Ray Next for Rhino
WAZER Offers Desktop Take on Traditional Water Jet
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Company Profiles
BOXX Technologies Inc.
BOXX Technologies has been designing and manufacturing innovative workstation and rendering solutions for VFX, film and television, game development, architecture...
One of the picks will be chosen as DE’s Editor’s Pick of the Week.
Product showcases also include an AMD Ryzen Threadripper desktop workstation, new laptops and a server.
BOXX debuts its next-generation S-class APEXX workstations with overclocked 9th-Gen Intel CPUs.
MachineWorks
Our technology is employed in CAM applications, standalone verification applications and control-based applications, including Collision Avoidance Systems.
MachineWorks’ libraries are...
The new surface-fitting method initially builds a surface-based structure from the point cloud and the mesh is then generated from...
One of the picks will be chosen as DE’s Editor’s Pick of the Week.
One of the picks will be chosen as DE’s Editor’s Pick of the Week.
COMSOL
The COMSOL Group provides software solutions for multiphysics modeling. The company was founded in July 1986 in Stockholm, Sweden. They have...
Ophthalmology startup uses a parametric digital eye model to develop presbyopia treatments.
Multiphysics simulation resource provides everyone complimentary access to more than 30 tutorial videos and model studies.
Digital twins, deployed through a centralized resource or as compiled simulation applications, help design engineers shape tomorrow.
Protolabs
Proto Labs is the world's fastest source for custom prototype and low-volume parts. Our 3D printing, CNC machining and injection...
The event comes after the digital manufacturer's recent initiatives with GE Additive and MIT that focus on advancing 3D printing.
Protolabs’ digital manufacturing facilities in North Carolina and Minnesota will be a part of annual National Association of Manufacturers event.
Protolabs’ Cool Idea! Award helps SafKan in meeting customization requirements during beta program stage.
Autodesk Product Design & Manufacturing
Autodesk is a world leader in 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software. They produce software for the architecture, engineering, construction,...
Migrating from theoretically optimal topology to manufacturable shapes, generative design technology shows signs of maturity.
How a small engineering team evolved from its traditional product design roots to embrace the complexity that comes with smart, connected products.
The process employs dual light sources in place of an oxygen membrane to print at 100 times the print speed of conventional offerings.
TraceParts Inc.
TraceParts is one of the world's leading providers of 3D digital content for Engineering. As part of the Trace Group...
The TraceParts CAD content platform initially includes 10,000 products from TE Connectivity.
The research details what type of models are being downloaded from the company's site.
The integration gives users access to parts from 400 suppliers.
Onshape
Onshape’s modern CAD system frees engineers to focus on doing their best work. Unlike old CAD systems, Onshape unites...
Congress on Future of Engineering Software shifts location, adds new angles
One of the picks will be chosen as DE’s Editor’s Pick of the Week.
5G wireless may bring benefits to cloud-based CAD, IoT, simulation and digital twins.
ESTECO
With almost 20 years’ experience, the company supports leading organizations in designing the products of the future, today.
Our smart engineering...
New AI algorithms and charting templates extend the ability to bring simulation data into design optimization.
Autonomous optimization helps simplify complex engineering processes.
Multi-fidelity optimization saves time and cost, while maintaining accuracy.
NAFEMS
NAFEMS is the International Association for the Engineering Modelling, Analysis and Simulation Community. We focus on the practical application of...
Simulation and analysis conference being held June 17-20 in Quebec, Canada.
The international association for the engineering analysis community launches extensive roster of keynotes for its biennial world congress in Quebec.
Advances in materials science offer promises of part quality improvement at the microstructure level.
FATHOM
The FATHOM team is driven by advanced technologies that enhance and accelerate today's product development and production processes—we're changing...
The DragonFly Pro 3D printer system lets designers and engineers 3D print metal and polymer simultaneously.
Online portals are quickly becoming the industry standard for parts. Here's a look at the benefits and when to bring...
Everybody gets in a crunch when they must rev up prototyping and production to get to market fast. Here's a...