Digital Engineering, October 2019

Inside This Issue

Composite Simulation Grows More Robust

Composite performance inseparable from manufacturing process and material design.

(Finding) the Right Stuff

Impressed with the cool shapes you can build on a 3D printer? What's even cooler are the materials you can use to make them.

Enabling the Designer Material Era of Additive Manufacturing

The consensus: It's a long path from defining the science to delivering the technology.

Solving for Trust: Restraints of AM Materials Simulation

Limited test data on materials performance for metals AM printers is slowing confidence in still-fledgling technology.

MIT and NASA Take Flight With New Wing Structure

"Metamaterial" design aims for lighter, more energy-efficient aircraft that can be prdouced cost effectively.

With UX, the User Drives Design

Market changes are causing engineers to redefine what UX design means.

VW Reshapes Microbus with Generative Design

Volkswagen uses Autodesk Fusion to design its Type 20 concept van.

KeyCreator 2019 Review: Agile Despite its Age

The latest release improves on one of the original 3D CAD programs.

Designing Machines in the Age of the IIoT

To design equipment for the new digital age, engineers are reinventing the product design process.

Real-time Rendering in a Thin Laptop

The MSI WS65 9TM-856 is boosted by NVIDIA Quadro RTSX GPU.