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Speedy software gets a boost
Tom Shelley reports on enhancements to the leading brand of explicit CAD software.
 10/08/2010 

Tradition maintained by full PLM
Tom Shelley reports on how every CAD and robotic aid is employed to maintain competitiveness and quality at Bentley Motors.
 10/08/2010 

Lightning to strike CAD market
A commitment to "shake up the CAD market" has been made by PTC. Paul Fanning reports.
 12/07/2010 

Designing to win
Tom Shelley finds out what it takes to overcome complex design problems to build world beating products.
 13/05/2010 

The human face of design
Integrating human factors into any design may sound an obvious consideration, but it has hitherto proved expensive and complicated.
 13/05/2010 

Bridging the dimension gap
Paul Fanning takes a look at a software package designed to help companies make the leap to 3D design.
 13/05/2010 

Using analysis to gain a vital edge
Tom Shelley reports on some the benefits to be obtained by using advanced analysis, but cautions about the pitfalls
 08/04/2010 

Cloud computing offers silver linings
Tom Shelley reports on how product development is being speeded up by cloud-based computing and other advances.
 08/03/2010 

Saving the knowledge you need
Tom Shelley explains how companies can ensure that expertise is captured and shared within companies
 09/02/2010 

Analysis pushes the envelope
Tom Shelley reports on how advanced analysis has turned projects that might otherwise not be feasible into business successes
 09/02/2010 

Seeing is believing
Tom Shelley reports on latest advances in interacting with virtual worlds to design better products.
 07/12/2009 

Implementing the Machinery Directive
A report on the updated Machinery Directive and the software developed to assist conformance with it and other regulatory requirements
 07/12/2009 

Mechatronics still moving forward
A report on software and hardware advances that enhance the design and performance of a multitude of machines
 07/12/2009 

Better models need better data
Tom Shelley explains how advances in physical understanding are making the modelling of mainstream products much more realistic
 09/11/2009 

Siemens axes feature-trees
Solid Edge from Siemens PLM is now equipped with what the company calls Synchronous Technology 2, which does away with the feature tree – a standard feature of parametric 3D CAD software - that allows the designer to browse and change selected features from any point in the design history of a 3D model.
 10/09/2009 

Raising the limits
Tom Shelley reports on developments in and with finite element analysis that promise to push forward the boundaries of what is possible
 16/07/2009 

From Russia with CAD
Tom Shelley reports on a Russian authored 3D CAD package being aimed at European markets
 08/06/2009 

New kids on the block make easy to use CAD
Tom Shelley reports on a new 3D CAD package
 08/06/2009 

Autodesk brings multiple improvements to CAD
Tom Shelley reports on the advances in the main Autodesk products aimed at design engineers
 14/05/2009 

NAFEMS World Congress Preview
We take a look forward at what the Congress promises to give delegates. Justin Cunningham reports
 14/05/2009 

Fast and complex simulation
Tom Shelley looks at the problem solving ability of one of the showcase companies at the June NAFEMS event
 14/05/2009 

CAD takes new strides
Tom Shelley finds out about some of the developments revealed at the SolidWorks World event in Orlando
 07/04/2009 

Are we still talking about this?
The argument for going to 3D from 2D packages still seems to be out there but it is somewhat less forceful than it was. Justin Cunningham reports
 07/04/2009 

Actuator goes non linear
The actuator that was deliberately badly designed in order to find improvements. Tom Shelley makes sense of the project
 07/04/2009 

Ancient warrior brought back to life
Tom Shelley explains how rapid prototyping is being used to recreate a treasure from the past
 13/03/2009 

 
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