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NEWS & ARTICLES

FE Update: CFD Builds a Better Elevator
A heat sink cools a system’s electronic and electrical components by absorbing and dissipating heat.

FE Update: Translation Tools Make CAD Models FEA-Ready
The sharing of data between CAD, CAE, and CAM has grown to include machining, molding, and PLM.

Software Review: Rapid Prototypes for Speedy Race Cars
A NASCAR racecar shop uses direct digital manufacturing to build prototypes for car components.

Software Review: Online Portal Tracks Plastic Injection-Molded Parts
As an independent design firm working for medical and electronics companies, we develop all kinds of products.

CFD Goes Mainstream
Ten years ago, technologies such as computation- fluid dynamics (CFD) were just a gleam in the eye of everyday engineers.

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The Mathematics Behind Good Looks
Getting a grip on the math behind CAD will help you design visually appealing products.

A better way to design high-performance structures
Software for designing shell structures can find the best balance between weight and strength, and assist with trade-offs that accompany such design tasks.

Fab it Now
An iPod you manufacture yourself? It’s not a far-fetched idea for personal fabrication technology.

Leland Teschler's Editorial: The Engineering “Extremist” Mindset
Do engineers have a “mindset” that makes them prone to become Islamic terrorists?

At the Top of Their Game
Engineers aspire to change the world with their work. Here are some who did.

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NEW PRODUCTS

New Product: A Better View of CAE Results
EnSight 2008 Winter Release software lets users postprocess computations from most major CAE programs and see the results.

New Product: Software for Motor and Generator Design
Opera software for motor and generator design lets users define complex behaviors such as friction, load, and speed-dependent torques.

New Product: CAD/CAM with Real-Time Curvature and Draft Analysis
VX CAD/CAM Version 13, which targets consumer product and mold design, includes a new Zebra Stripe capability that lets designers analyze curvature for early insight into a product’s look and feel.

New Product: CFD for Pro/E
CFdesign for Pro/Engineer Wildfire 4.0 provides parametric CAD-driven flow and thermal analysis.

New Product: Data-Acquisition Software
VxScan v.2 data-acquisition software works with Handyscan 3D scanners.

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The Machine Design Tech Insider - August 21, 2008
Lee Teschler's Editorial: What's Tough about Training - Solution to Energy Costs May Be Underground - Aerospace-grade ball screws - Ruby and sapphire orifices

The Machine Design Tech Insider - August 15, 2008
Leland Teschler's Editorial: Mass Transit Myths - Astronauts Perform Spacewalk to Remove Explosive Bolt - MIT Solar Concentrator Paints a New Picture of Energy - Respondr Technology Gets Remotely Hands-On - Cabinet coolers for limited spaces - Infrared temperature sensor

CAD/CAM Monthly - August 2008
New From the Fab Labs: Lightweight but Superstrong Parts - Design the Dyson Way - CFD Goes Mainstream - SURFCAM Velocity 4 - Coolit v.8 CFD software - solidThinking industrial-design software - Stratasys is shipping its new FDM 900mc

CAD/CAM Monthly - July 2008
CAD goes green - What is green engineering? - Anatomy of a good resume - Software makes files 3D printing-ready - PLM-on-demand - How to measure and model everything from surface models to power plants - Software analyzes properties of polygonal and solid models

CAD/CAM Monthly - June 2008
A better way to design high-performance structures - Fab it Now - Rethinking the Wheelchair - Industrial CT-scanning machine - A direct route from scan data to CFD - 3D models from scans

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The effects of economic turmoil?
The news is full of market uncertainty, tight credit, and falling interest rates. Has the economic turmoil affected your work? Are you taking even more...

What’s Tough About Training
I have taught many Mechanial and Electrical Apprentices at a local company the basics and Trouble Shooting skills fr Fluid Power equipment. The classes...

Design Royalties
I was hired at my current position to maintain our machines. Outside of my general job duties I have built a new machine (with company funding) to...

Trustworthy engineer needed
Friends of mine have invented a clever, modular emergency shelter. They need a trustworthy engineer to make a 3D model of to make a prototype....

Dog clutch manufacturers
Can anyone recommend a reliable supplier for a part like the one shown here or on page 57 of Machine Design's Sept. 25 issue? Any suggestions greatly...

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