Category : 3D Design

Siemens announces Solid Edge 2021

Siemens Digital Industries Software announces the 2021 version of Solid Edge software, which includes design capability enhancements such as new subdivision modeling and improved reverse engineering performance with new deviation analysis. A new arti...

Volume Graphics version 3.4 CT-Software includes Scan-to-CAD reverse engineering capabilities

Digital analysis and physical testing are increasingly integrated with the pursuit of optimized product design and development across a wide swath of industries. With the release of its VGSTUDIO MAX version 3.4 software, Volume Graphics has added and...

Ex-MSC VP Doug Neill founds Computational Engineering Software for integrated computational materials engineering

Bruce Jenkins | Ora Research Doug Neill, a 22-year MSC Software veteran whose career includes 11 years as VP of the company’s R&D group, has founded a new company providing software and services for ICME—integrated computational materials enginee...

Generative Design tool ‘thinks like an engineer’ enabling designers to explore ideas

MSC Software Corporation (MSC), a global leader in Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) simulation software and services and part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, released MSC Apex Generative Design 2020, a tool that enables engine...

Autodesk makes Generative Design in Autodesk Fusion 360 more available to users

Autodesk is making it easier for customers to take advantage of the features and functions of generative design with the Fusion 360 Generative Design Extension subscription offering. The company is offering unlimited access to the generative design f...

Structural analysis of a wheel fitted with a pneumatic tire

Correctly defining boundary conditions is of vital importance when using finite element analysis (FEA). As with any simulation or calculation, if the input is rubbish, the output will also be rubbish. For structural analysis, the important boundary c...

Found Faster

Searchable databases do away engineers’ need to recreate CAD files. As for importing models, CAD translators keep costs down. Jean Thilmany, Senior Editor Engineers spend nearly two hours each day searching for or recreating parts that already exist,...

Found Faster: How searchable databases speed CAD design

Siemens delivers Artificial Intelligence-powered CAD sketching technology

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced a new solution for capturing concepts in 2D. The NX Sketch software tool enhances sketching in CAD. By changing the underlying technology, users are able to sketch without pre-defining parameters, design...

OnScale and Lexma launch Moebius LBM CFD Solver for advanced fluid dynamics simulations

OnScale, a global leader in Cloud Engineering Simulation, announces the availability of the Moebius Lattice-Boltzmann Method (LBM) Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solver on the OnScale Cloud Engineering Simulation platform. “Moebius represents a s...

2020 & beyond: 6 more megatrends to watch in engineering modeling & simulation

Bruce Jenkins | Ora Research Early last year we reviewed in this blog post eight megatrends in engineering modeling and simulation that dominate the thinking and decision-making of engineering organizations and their technology providers today, and t...

Altair announces major updates to its software

Altair, a global technology company providing solutions in product development, high-performance computing (HPC), and data analytics, announced a significant software update. All of Altair’s software products have been updated with new features, incl...