Web-based Engineering

Peninsular Cylinder Website lets users customize hydraulic and  pneumatic cylinder designers and download 2D drawings and 3D models.

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Autodesk Labs lets users give the developer’s “preview” software a whirl, online

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Here are the Web sites that MACHINE DESIGN editors this year thought deserved special recognition for features that go above and beyond

A new CAD (computer-aided-design) Web site, supported by SolidWorks, offers expanded product ranges and improved navigation as well as password protection for greater security.

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The Misumi Web site has been upgraded to provide instant price and availability for components configured using the CAD Configurator.

Cadseek Polaris finds geometric shapes with algorithms that have been improved for greater accuracy and speed.

A new library at sem.samsung.com (under Product/Capacitors/ MLCC/Technical Tool) has models of miniaturized surface-mount multilayer ceramic-chip capacitors.

AutoVue V 19.1 Client-Server, Web Edition for Microsoft SharePoint 2003 provides a way to collaborate over the Web.

Potential customers of rapid part maker Protomold Co., Maple Plain, Minn., can now go online to rotate and zoom in on 3D models of their parts.

Visitors to the Tech Etch Web site can download interactive PDFs of sales drawings for all standard EMI/RFI shielding finger-stock products.

A recently developed search engine specializes in finding specific CAD geometry that matches criteria specified by the user.

The configurator can be accessed over the Internet. Users must first enter the working space and work piece weight and whether or not rotary movements are necessary.