08/10/2019 Rising complexity is leaving conventional PLM processes behind Designing a gearbox used to be a demanding mechanical engineering task. There was a lot to get right: optimising durability, efficiency and shifting behaviour; ensuring parts were inexpensive to ...
07/08/2019 Making the difference From lightweighting and strengthening a VW bus to putting a paraplegic mountain biking champion back in the saddle, generative design is seeing significant real-world applications.
06/08/2019 Collaboration is the key Competitive advantage has always been the driver of business. However, BuroHappold Engineering’s global design & technology director, Neil Billett, says proprietary software is actually harming ...
05/06/2019 Why product development with generative design and AI will gain momentum The concept of generative design controlled by artificial intelligence (AI) in product development is not a new concept. Scepticism towards AI algorithms from product designers and lack of ...
04/04/2019 The last ever SolidWorks World took place in Dallas in February. Eureka! was there to hear this and other announcements Perhaps the most striking announcement at SolidWorks World 2019 was that it would be the last event of its kind. Starting next year in Nashville, Tennessee, the event will become 3DExperience World. ...
13/12/2018 A round-up of the overarching themes of Autodesk University 2019 In the AU General Session, Autodesk president and CEO Andrew Anagnost shared his perspective on how automation, the convergence of design and make technologies, and the changing nature of work can ...
31/07/2018 London Autodesk University revealed some new approaches and design successes Held in June, the London Autodesk University featured the announcement that the CAD giant was teaming up with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer 1,000 new Fusion 360 Ultimate subscribers additional ...
11/06/2018 What’s new in Creo 5.0 PTC has been providing CAD products ever since Pro/ENGINEER in 1987, shortly after the company was founded. It is now releasing its latest suite of CAD apps in the form of Creo 5.0. Tom Austin-Morgan ...
01/02/2018 As vehicles become more reliant on software, the amount of code needed to run them is challenging OEMs and suppliers alike Automotive software development is exploding. The rise of alternative powertrains, more complicated drivetrains and an increasing reliance on electronic systems means that software is key to even ...
09/01/2018 How does wider industry benefit from its relationship with F1 teams? From the 1950s to early 1960s F1 cars raced in national colours. British cars like Lotus ran in British racing green, Italian cars like Ferrari were painted Rosso Corsa and French cars were Bleu de ...
22/12/2017 Digital vs. Physical: why designing in digital beats traditional methods every time Unlike many design companies, we design in digital from the very outset of a project. We don’t spend weeks sketching with pens and pencils or building models by hand. I’ve heard other designers argue ...
16/11/2016 ThingWorx powers oxygen device to improve quality of life for patients European gas control supply company, GCE Group has deployed PTC's Thingworx Internet of Things (IoT) platform as part of its connected product strategy. As a first step, GCE's Zen-O portable oxygen ...
11/07/2016 Science behind the gold rush Great Britain had a phenomenally successful Olympic Games in 2012, winning 65 medals (29 golds). It was our most successful Games since London first hosted the event in 1908. But although the home ...
10/02/2016 Embracing digital telepathy The digital twin creates a fully symbiotic relationship between the virtual and the physical across the product’s whole life cycle to bring hidden benefits that engineers never thought existed.
12/08/2015 Design for Manufacture 2.0 While many get by with a little knowledge about the world of manufacture, it may lead to inefficiency. With reshoring set to rise, there is an opportunity for designers to do more. But there is a ...
12/08/2015 Sports car in reverse Majenta PLM has partnered with Physical Digital, a 3D scanning and reverse engineering company, to transform the design and manufacturing processes of DAX Sports Cars.
10/03/2015 Raising the BAR If you have the best sailor in the Olympic history, sailing the best boat available, then the long wait for a British victory in the America's Cup will be over. Easier said than done of course
13/02/2015 Design software plays central role in sliding sports equipment development When not hurling himself down bob-sled tracks at 90mph on a small high tech sled, Kristan Bromley designs and manufactures sleds for 22 nations preparing for the next Winter Olympics.
14/08/2014 Siemens PLM helps Red Bull Racing go full throttle It is difficult to think back to the days when reams of paper drawings consumed rooms, along with jumbled test results and random design concepts on loose sheets of paper. Even with impressive ...
13/02/2014 SolidWorks builds Conceptual package Dassault Systèmes used this year's SolidWorks World to further develop a concept first announced at last year's event.
14/02/2013 Autodesk's PLM 360 solution proves a hit Having been announced at Autodesk University in December 2011 and launched as a product in February 2012, Autodesk's PLM 360 cloud-based PLM platform has, depending on your viewpoint, either recently ...
12/07/2012 Advances in PLM help get more products to market more quickly For some engineers, the value of PLM can be difficult to grasp. It can be viewed as somewhat bureaucratic, creating procedures that are more about measuring performance, managing change, and handling ...
17/04/2012 PLM and ERP collaborate effectively ERP, enterprise resource planning, the backbone management information system that handles the operational aspects of a business, and PLM, product lifecycle management, which manages the product ...
15/03/2012 Crowdsourcing design model is moving forward fast The concept of collaborative design – 'crowdsourcing' ideas in order to design and develop genuinely innovative commercial products – has been a minor obsession of the design community as long as the ...
09/12/2011 Autodesk to enter PLM market Autodesk says will offer a PLM solution from next year. Justin Cunningham talks to two of the company's executives to find out what's behind the move.
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