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DE Editors · September 1, 2004 · …system is not yet fully integrated. Compared to a conventional door, however, this design cut the number of components from 16 to 9 and reduced assembly time from 12 minutes to 9.4 minutes.Figure 2 (right): The next stage of design analysis led to Delphi’s SuperPlug Module Door System.…
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DE Editors · September 1, 2004 · …is designed to be fully compatible with the offline GibbsCAM softwareallowing process models to be exchanged between the two. Programming officescan forward high-content process models to the machine tool which the operatorcan review and make any local adjustments necessary, says the company. Thesemodifications can be saved and sent…
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DE Editors · September 1, 2004 · …Web. To download a fully functional evaluation version of AutoVue 18, fire up an online demo, or schedule a real-time collaboration meeting using AutoVue, visit the company’s website. Cimmetry Systems Montreal, QUE cimmetry.com Mathematica 5 Optimized for 64-bit Computing on IRIX OS Wolfram Research has developed a new…
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DE Editors · September 1, 2004 · …first CAD application to fully integrate and use collaborative capabilities to deliver first class support to all customers, and provides 3D parametric solid modeling for mechanical design and manufacturing at one-fifth or less the cost of comparable products.Alibre is also increasing the money-back guarantee period to an 60…
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DE Editors · August 1, 2004 · …from Thomas’s CADRegister.com are fully integrated into Wildfire,along with the ability to drag configured parts directly into the program—a time-savingfeature (see Figure 1, above). It was possible before, but only with catalogsthat were created in Windchill PartsLink, which today still only consists of afew suppliers.In addition, Trace Parts,…
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DE Editors · August 1, 2004 · …lets potential customers download fully functional evaluation copies of its viewers from its website. Users can test drive the thin-client viewer on Cimmetry’s servers.Engineers can manipulate file entities and attributes of electronic CAD files. For example, an engineer can select individual components, pins, nets, traces, and other file…
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DE Editors · August 1, 2004 · …processes and workflows with fully integrated, synchronized management of all product data and process knowledge. As a result companies can eliminate waste and significantly improve product quality - the critical components of lean design and design for Six Sigma initiatives. The NX Managed Development Environment provides the power…
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DE Editors · August 1, 2004 · …ACUITIV to deliver a fully interactive, enterprise-class CFD visualization solution for industries worldwide, including automotive, aerospace and defense, power, and chemical processing. Built on ACUITIV’s architecture, which is based on VR Juggler and OpenGL, ACUITIV v4.0 provides customers with a suite of interactive tools for transient model visualization,…
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DE Editors · August 1, 2004 · …available,many of which are fully integrated with state-of-the-art MCAD packages, it seemsunlikely that any real design would escape stress, thermal, or dynamic simulationsomewhere between conceptualization and production. Indeed, FEA tools have becomeso powerful, fast, and user friendly that they are being used much more than theywere even a…
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DE Editors · August 1, 2004 · …for scanners that include fully automatedrotary and planar scan modes for high accuracy with minimal labor,” says Olson.Such automated scanners make it possible for design engineers to perform othertasks while the machine scans the object. And, Olson cautions: “Scanners thatrequire manual operation to capture points and surfaces are…
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DE Editors · August 1, 2004 · …velocity magnitude within a fully shrouded impeller centrifugal water pump created in SolidWorks. Vadim Uchitel, software technical manager for the ESI Group, points out that less than 5 percent of engineers use CFD, and those who do use it, do so less than 10 percent of the time.…
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DE Editors · August 1, 2004 · …for Full FunctionalityA free fully functioning evaluation version of Arendar data management software for test and measurement environments is now available from VI Technology (Austin, TX; website). Arendar 2.2 lets test engineers manage test data locally and globally, across the lab and factory, over the Internet. It leverages…
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Pamela Waterman · August 1, 2004 · …while future enhancements will fully merge Imageware into the UG NX environment, bridging the gap between physical models and production quality surfaces.At right: The Reverse Engineering Extension provides Pro/Engineer Wildfire users the ability to work with scan data inside their CAD environment. This image is an example of…
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DE Editors · June 1, 2004 · …willing to make to fully integrate FEA into their design process. Companies that are not willing to make that investment may be better off designing by experience.“Brown says that ABAQUS feels that in some cases it is better “to use an analysis consulting firm for ]the] first analysis…
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DE Editors · June 1, 2004 · …not reached perfectionnor become fully automated and might never be. Further magnifying the cost of poor-quality data translation is the fact thatmany errors go undetected until late in the design process, when they create moreexpensive problems. For example, an error in a CAD file that might not appearto…
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DE Editors · December 4, 2001 · …be used.The printer comes fully assembled and users have the option to add capabilities like the JRx dual hot end. The JRx is able to print with engineering-grade filaments like polycarbonate and Bridge nylon.“The AW3D HDL is not a toy for hobbyists,” said Erick Wolf, Airwolf 3D founder…
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Brian Albright · December 4, 2001 · …years away from seeing fully autonomous cars roaming freely on U.S. highways (although Nevada, Florida and California may be seeing them a little ahead of the rest of us), but once the technology is more common, we could see a significant reduction in highway fatalities and lost productivity.According…
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Brian Albright · December 4, 2001 · …Alan Taub previously indicated fully autonomous vehicles could be on the road by then, as has automotive supplier Continental. The Association for Unmanned Vehicle Systems International (AUVSI), however, has targeted 2022.For a detailed explanation of how these systems are modeled and tested, check out this Desktop Engineering article…
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Brian Albright · December 4, 2001 · …Take, for instance, this fully automatic coil gun created by designer Jason Murray of Delta-V Engineering.The gun uses electromagnetic coils to launch its projectiles/bullets, the magnetism generated by the coils pulls the bullets forward through the barrel. Infrared sensors turn the coils on and off. It is essentially…
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Brian Albright · December 4, 2001 · …their vehicle batteries for fully charged units rather than wait 30 minutes at a charging station. Swapping batteries on the Model S will take just 90 seconds, but will cost about the same as buying 15 gallons of gasoline. Drivers can also pick up their original charged battery…
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