When people think of the way new technologies are developed, they often think of the end product that people see on the shelf or showroom. This is true of any product, but it is most prominent in the ...

SolidWorks 3D mechanical-engineering software lets users quickly build solid models with familiar drag-and-drop, pointand-click, and cut-and-paste functions. You can easily create 3D models from ...

SolidWorks software's ease of use and short learning curve let students begin designing on day one The Department of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering at University of Calgary, Canada, ...

With 3D printing technology becoming more readily available, it only makes sense that design software would follow suit. DesignSpark Mechanical, a 3D solid modeling and assembly tool, aims to provide ...

Thanks to a team of mechanical engineers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, design engineers now have Web access to 3D design-optimization software that will help them more quickly create parts ...

Remember when assembly was a predominately manual process? We still have pictures from installations in the 1980s showcasing this method of assembly operations. Lines of manual production systems with ...

Change management is still very much a manual process these days, with mechanical engineers manually comparing drawings, redlining changes, and using email to share files and get approvals. In just a ...

For many years, the design tool industry has entertained the idea of combining both electrical and mechanical design into a single user experience, with a single database as a foundation. Major tool ...

Professional engineers are required to make decisions and exercise judgment throughout their careers. Design engineers and engineering managers are often faced with competing constraints and need ...