Helping design and engineering professionals discover, evaluate and specify technologies and processes that shorten the design cycle and enable success.
Found in Content
Beth Stackpole · June 16, 2015 · Don't let appearances fool you. By the looks of it, HP's Sprout immersive computer, now more than six months old, seems to be just another in a long line of devices trying to capture the hearts and minds of DIY-conscious consumers looking to create and output 3D content.…
Found in Content
DE Editors · March 23, 2021 · …for companies seeking novel manufacturing solutions for complex design challenges, according to VELO3D. Upon completion of the transaction, which is expected to occur in the second half of 2021, the combined company will operate as VELO3D, and will be listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under…
Found in Content
Anthony J. Lockwood · July 28, 2014 · …as diverse as engineering, manufacturing, entertainment and education. And from that vision began Mcor Technologies and its paper-based 3D printing technology.Both monochrome and full-color 3D printers from Mcor leverage what is called SDL (selective deposition lamination) technology. SDL is an additive technology with a minor subtractive element. “How…
Found in Content
Beth Stackpole · October 25, 2022 · …efforts to boost U.S. manufacturing and semiconductor production are likely to have an outsized effect on digital design and manufacturing technologies, helping to promote awareness, improve accessibility and cultivate workforce skills that should accelerate often slower adoption rates. The two-pronged approach, anchored by the Additive Manufacturing (AM) Forward…
Found in Content
Brian Albright · April 1, 2018 · …Frank Thomas, metrology and additive manufacturing solution specialist at Adaptive Corp. “It would surprise you how many engineers—when we show them the ability to 3D scan a part in a minute or two and in three mouse clicks, tell them if it matches their tolerance requirements or not—have…
Found in Content
Beth Stackpole · June 16, 2023 · …the fourth dimension of additive manufacturing might look like moving forward, Zortrax, a manufacturer of 3D printers, just wrapped up a research initiative with the European Space Agency (ESA) showcasing 4D printing’s potential impact on the future of space exploration. 3D printing builds physical three-dimensional objects layer-by-layer based…
Found in Content
DE Editors · July 28, 2023 · …for use in simulation, additive manufacturing, visualization and rapid prototyping applications. Users will see improved facet quality, regular structured mesh styles, automatic defeaturing to collapse poor quality thin slivers, and intelligent facet sizing with proximity refinement and new custom sizing recipes. This release introduces a CAE mesh export…
Found in Content
DE Editors · June 22, 2012 · …no exception.As with any manufacturing company, prototypes are a necessary step in final design. While prototyping the Abruzzi, engineers at Panoz were also up against unusual time constraints. By the time designs were finalized, the time they had to build a prototype was limited. What made things worse…
Found in Content
Kenneth Wong · January 22, 2020 · …includes new PLY and 3MF format exports to support additive manufacturing (AM), new tools for editing 3D scanner-acquired models and 3D printable formats, a new solver in the acoustics module to tackle larger models that demand more computation, and much more. For a comprehensive list, go to COMSOL’s…
Found in Content
Jamie Gooch · June 1, 2018 · …artificial intelligence, augmented reality, additive manufacturing and sensor-laden, connected products are just a few with society-altering promise.I would argue that most of those will eventually follow the usual democratization rules. Proving themselves useful, they “just” need to be easy to interact with their underlying complexity, decrease in cost…
Found in Content
Anthony J. Lockwood · August 20, 2014 · …software and services for additive manufacturing. Its Magics software, which I’ve seen described as a kind of Photoshop for 3D printing, is probably its best-known applications suite. But Materialise has a lot of other nifty software, and it recently introduced the 9.0 edition of what may be its…
Found in Content
Pamela Waterman · October 1, 2010 · …to go directly to additive manufacturing, there are targeted tools for that job, too. A point cloud of a 3D part and a surface being fitted to it using the Rhino-3D PointSetDeviation tool. This tool keeps track of the distance of the points to the NURBS surface as…
Found in Content
George Kokoris · November 10, 2022 · …requirement to design and manufacturing to in‑use scenarios. As a result, they require less real-world prototyping and enjoy faster physical certification testing – ultimately getting more innovative products to market faster. Science-based modeling and simulation is an integral part of the capabilities delivered by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and…
Found in Content
Kenneth Wong · January 3, 2023 · …integration of design and manufacturing, or CAD and CAM, got tighter over time. Now, manufacturing simulation is a standard part of design programs—so much so that the original term, computer-aided design, may need to be revised. This article examines the corporate handshakes, partnerships and milestone acquisitions that paved…
Found in Content
Pamela Waterman · April 1, 2006 · …of rapid prototyping and manufacturing (RP&M) systems. And we’re talking in just the past year. Courtesy of Stratasys. ‹ ‹ A complex part created on a Stratasys RP system. For example, RP&M industry consultant Terry Wohlers said recently that sales of 3D printers for concept models are taking…
Found in Content
DE Guest · April 9, 2013 · …and maker. By using additive manufacturing (AM), the team at FLIR was able to inexpensively test the product before it was finalized for tooling and injection molding. Thanks to product testing early in the manufacturing process, the team succeeded in preventing the product from wearing down later in…
Found in Content
Pamela Waterman · May 1, 2010 · …procedure likely involved an additive manufacturing (AM) process. Jay Leno may get the spotlight for building cool one-off car parts, but the truly eye-opening news in rapid technology (RT) comes from the sheer numbers and variety of medically related pieces now in daily production.Companies such as 3D Systems,…
Found in Content
Pamela Waterman · February 1, 2014 · …Than a Black/White MixMulti-material additive manufacturing (AM) has three possible meanings, each referring to a single build run: printing multiple parts where one part is done in Material A and one in Material B; printing one part with different areas made of Material A or Material B; or…
Found in Content
Kenneth Wong · November 18, 2020 · …Construction); Product Design & Manufacturing; and Media & Entertainment. Appearing in a video keynote recorded at Autodesk's Pier 9 tech center in San Francisco, CA, Autodesk CEO Andrew Anagnost says, “What we all consider normal has changed. Wherever you are, each and everyone of you have seen how…
Found in Content
Pamela Waterman · August 1, 2012 · …by service bureaus operating additive manufacturing (AM) equipment, as the percentage of their projects now involving direct digital manufacturing (DDM).Distinct from rapid prototyping, DDM creates real parts for real end-use products. The term encompasses single-use models for lost-wax casting, multiple-use molds and tools for casting or injection molding,…
Digital Engineering June 2026
In the latest issue of Digital Engineering, we focus on automotive design innovations, including light and sound simulation, additive manufacturing applications. Our editors head to NVIDIA GTC and RAPID+TCT, and we investigate whether you can…
May 2026 Special Focus: Artificial Intelligence in Design and Simulation
In this Special Focus Issue, learn about the latest developments in the integration of artificial intelligence into engineering workflows.
About Us · Contact Us · Editorial Team · Advertising · Privacy Policy · Subscriber Services · © 2026 Digital Engineering 24/7 · Peerless Media