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Kenneth Wong · September 1, 2019 · …to excel where other fully-featured devices, like HoloLens 2, have struggled.” In anticipation of AR/VR use for design and engineering, CAD software developers like SolidWorks and simulation solution providers like ANSYS have begun to add AR/VR support to their offerings. “Graphics and visualization intensive software from ANSYS like…
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Stephanie Skernivitz · November 18, 2025 · …channels, lightweight structures, and fully integrated features within a single part.” Sam explains how instead of replacing a casting or machining process, metal AM provides engineers with “the freedom to rethink the part altogether.” For instance, with power systems, according to Sam, this can translate to heat exchangers…
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DE Guest · December 14, 2018 · …a longstanding promise of fully supporting enterprise-wide communication and collaboration. “The learning curve for staff is much less steep and a lot of that is due to the way Fusion Lifecycle works,” he notes. “Things are more on the surface so you don’t have to dig through 10…
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Tom Kevan · October 1, 2019 · …before the machine is fully designed,” says Ryan Pinto, senior mechanical engineer at Linx Global Manufacturing, a Chicago-based multidisciplinary engineering consultancy. “They also may not have computers capable of loading complex 3D models,” Pinto adds. “These models might be unnecessary to answer questions that teammates from other disciplines…
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Tom Kevan · May 1, 2019 · …have the resources to fully support advanced analytics, including the current selection of AI offerings. A look at what edge systems need to perform more complex applications reveals that the limitations of processors, memory and long-term storage do not meet the future needs of smart sensor designers. Next-generation…
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Brian Albright · January 1, 2015 · …and software that can fully leverage the technology. “Engineers don’t know how to design for it,” Holshouser says. “It wasn’t available to them before. We can create internal lattices with our solutions, for example, but you need a CAD expert to go in and create these structures in…
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Tom Kevan · November 20, 2023 · …the journey,” says Pajot. “Fully automatic AI design remains a bit over the horizon. AI tools will play an expanding role, but narrowly focusing on applications that both reduce tedious work and allow humans to focus on high-value activity.” Tom Kevan is a freelance writer/editor specializing in engineering…
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Pamela Waterman · May 1, 2008 · …outlet and work with fully contained material cartridges for office-safe operation. Both Stratasys and its Dimension 3D division accept empty cassettes of ABS plastic via prepaid UPS label. The company then cleans them, inserts a new EPROM, respools the material, and resells the cassette. Users of EOS metal…
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DE Editors · September 1, 2008 · …also offers a first-pass, fully integrated simulation tool for free to all CAD users. ALGOR DesignCheck allows engineers and designers to perform linear static stress analysis of single-part CAD models. After getting started with ALGOR DesignCheck, users can easily upgrade ALGOR licenses to include additional analysis tools and…
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Tom Kevan · July 29, 2022 · …fiber orientations, through to fully anisotropic material properties,” says Leturio Barea. “Workflows have kept pace such that engineers can now easily set up time-transient thermal simulations to gain insight into the composite cure process so that the effects of warpage and residual stress can be factored in or…
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Jim Romeo · November 1, 2020 · …high-efficiency engines or even fully electric powertrains, which can also benefit from lightweighting, will play a critical role in meeting climate goals” he predicts. “Lighter cars require less battery power for accelerating and maintaining speed, allowing a single charge to go further.” This will be even more important…
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DE Guest · April 27, 2024 · …company is working to fully integrate emerging technologies into their design process. As part of the Circular Lifecyle Plan for Every Part, Cummins provides written documentation that they’ve chosen the best material specification and process; that they applied material optimization techniques, such as generative design; and that they…
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Kenneth Wong · March 1, 2012 · …that the company is fully committed to the notion of hybrid modeling.In the long run, the distinction between direct modeling and parametric modeling will probably disappear. User demand is bound to result in the incorporation of more direct-modeling operations into existing parametric CAD packages, blurring the line between…
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DE Editors · November 1, 2005 · …processes.New capabilities in ENOVIA fully integrate product simulation withdesign and lifecycle management processes. New collaborationcapabilities within ENOVIA V5 VPM Navigator and SMARTEAM TeamPDM enableextended partner networks to work together in globally distributed 3Denvironments. Entire engineering packages can now be shared and managedbidirectionally while protecting intellectual property.V5R16 improves the…
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Pamela Waterman · May 1, 2015 · …3D replica of a fully detailed functioning heart. Using multiple elements of Dassault Systèmes’ 3DExperience platform, including SIMULIA’s Abaqus multiphysics simulation technology, SolidWorks CAD and 3DExcite realistic rendering, developers of the complete simulation started with scanned geometry data from an actual heart. They incorporated material property and fiber-orientation…
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Brian Albright · April 11, 2025 · …few visionary organizations have fully implemented a structured SDM system. For most companies, simulation data remains fragmented, siloed and manually managed, leading to inefficiencies and limited traceability. To address this challenge, companies are increasingly taking a phased approach as part of a broader simulation process & data management…
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Tom Kevan · December 1, 2018 · …between the extremes of fully manual, nontechnology-enabled tasks and those processes that demand traditional industrial robots. The exo-human hybrid provides a solution that leverages the intelligence of human operators and the strength, precision and endurance of machines. Defining Concepts, Problems and Specifications The development of an exoskeleton differs…
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Pamela Waterman · May 1, 2010 · …products that are either fully qualified as a tool in a medical or dental procedure, or become a final part for the application itself. DE looks at the latest of these accomplishments, which show no signs of slowing down.Tools of the Trade, RT Style With necessity, or possibly…
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Tony Abbey · January 25, 2019 · …and manipulation is also fully linked into Workbench. Project control is centralized in a visual drag-and-drop Project Schematic graphics area. Project control can include analysis chaining or linking within a discipline. It allows re-use of workflow elements, such as materials, geometry or analysis setup. In addition, multi-disciplines can…
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Pamela Waterman · September 1, 2011 · …which build parts with fully ranging colors. Standard 24-bit HP color-inkjet printer heads mix cyan, magenta, yellow, black and white inks into a clear binder-fluid. Done on the fly during printing, this approach offers a natural set-up for applying more than 390,000 different colors within each layer of…
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