Design & Engineering Tech Insights Weekly Blog Round-Up

DEVELOP3D’s Best of 2011
Originally Posted by DEVELOP3D
Another end of year collation of finery, but hang in there, these are my ten favourite products to have appeared on the pages (both physical and digital) of DEVELOP3D in 2011.
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Intel Knights Preparing for Parallel Battle
Originally Posted by Kenneth Wong
CPU maker Intel‘s new architecture, dubbed Knights Corner, represents the move from multicore (two, four, six, eight …) to many integrated cores (MIC, more than 50 Intel processing cores on a single chip).
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Autodesk acquires T-Splines Technology
Originally Posted by JTB World Blog
Autodesk has acquired certain technology-related assets from T-Splines Inc., a privately-held surface modeling software company, based in Utah according to this short press release.
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Design Mechanisms the Easy Way in SolidWorks

If you use SolidWorks to verify the function and optimize the performance of mechanisms as you’re designing them, you can reduce the need for physical prototypes and significantly shorten the design phase for faster time to market. Read full article »

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Hardware Reference Architecture for SolidWorks

If you think your hardware is slowing you down, or if your company’s in the market for new workstations, here are some sample hardware configurations that can help you maximize your SolidWorks performance.

Creo Design Tools To Increase Productivity

Creo Elements/Direct has packaged a set of powerful design tools that will help 3D designers optimize product development processes.

These tools have helped other 3D designers build robust products faster, eliminate physical prototypes, streamline partner collaboration, reduce the frequency of lead times of ECOs, and minimize costs.

This design package contains the following modules:

1. Creo Elements/Direct Advanced Design
2. Creo Elements/Direct Cabling
3. Creo Elements/Direct Finite Element Analysis
4. Creo Elements/Direct Part Library
5. Creo Elements/Direct Sheet Metal
6. Creo Elements/Direct Surfacing

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Speed Your Way to 3D Modeling with CATIA Natural Sketch

This Thanksgiving, CATIA users had one more thing to be thankful for—CATIA Natural Sketch. It’s a tool to help industrial designers more quickly bring product ideas into 3D and validate their feasibility—shaving time and dollars throughout the design process.

You simply draw on a pen display—just like you’d draw on a piece of paper—and the technology turns your concept into 3D right before your eyes. Your sketches can instantly become the basis of a new 3D model or part of an existing one. See it in action below: Read full article »

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An Overview of Common CATIA Performance Issues

All CATIA users want to increase speed and accuracy—without paying more than they have to for performance improvements. Use the advice in this paper to meet your performance challenges and boost your overall productivity.

Tips For CAD Designers On A Budget

Lynn Allen of Autodesk and Lenovo’s Bill Martin-Otto discuss great tips for cost conscious AutoCAD 2D and 3D designers looking to make the most of what they have.  Watch the video.