How 3D Printing will Affect You in the Future By Tim Caffrey, Associate Consultant, and Terry Wohlers, Principal Consultant and President of Wohlers Associates, Inc. This column from Wohlers Associates explains how 3D printing will affect the manufacturing industry in the coming months and years.
Using GD&T to Communicate Design Intent By Paul Van Metre, Pro CNC This month's Pro CNC column focuses on how GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing) can help users communicate their design intent.
Intro to 3D Laser Scanning By CAM Logic Join CAM Logic Applications Engineer Chris Himburg as he delves into 3D laser scanning.
Is Cloud Computing Encroaching on the Workstation Market? By Lauren Browne, ConnectPress Editor Find out if workstations are still relevant with cloud computing growing, and if the best idea for the two to survive is a symbiotic relationship.
Constrained Arrays with GrafiCalc By GrafiCalc Part five of this video series on early stage mechanical design automation focuses on constrained arrays.
People-Not Data- Make Decisions By Don Creswell, SmartOrg Moving people about or changing titles and job descriptions seldom have any impact on the quality of decision making.
Choosing the Right ERP System for Your Business By Ken Wilson, CADCAMConnect Ken Wilson comments on the benefits of an (Enterprise Resource Planning) ERP system and how to choose the right fit for your business.
Lower Costs and Larger Data Dominate Reverse Engineering By John Myers, ConnectPress Editor ReverEngineering.com's CTO talks about how reverse engineering technology is becoming more accessible, due in part to ease of use and lower costs.
What Makes Effective Collaboration Happen? By David Prawel, PhD Longview Advisors Inc. David Prawel talks about how many factors affect the way people collaborate in product development, but corporate culture is among the most important.
Backsolve Mechanisms with GrafiCalc By GrafiCalc In part four of this video series on early stage mechanical design automation focuses on backsolve mechanisms.
Decision Analysis = Decision Engineering By James E. Matheson, SmartOrg Like a sound bridge design, a good decision needs to be properly engineered; it is naive to guess the answers directly.
Does Your CAD Software Measure Up? By Ken Wilson, CADCAMConnect Here is a list of what your CAD package should deliver and how to choose the best software for your company.
Implementing Design-for-Environment Produces Many Benefits By Harvey Stone, Environmental Consultant, Technology Forecasters, Inc. DfE is a proven framework that is helping companies to cut costs, regulatory burden, toxicity, waste, emissions, design cycles and more.
A Few Details to Get You Excited About NX 8.5 By CAM Logic NX8.5 delivers more powerful tools for product development and includes enhanced capabilities for design, simulation and manufacturing.
Microsoft's Home of the Future By John Myers, ConnectPress Editor Take a video tour of Microsoft's vision of what we might call home in the future.
Avoid Designing Parts with Impossible Features By Pro CNC This month's column focuses on how to avoid designing features that can't be cut by the rotating tooling that is used in a CNC machining process.
Inverse Kinematics with GrafiCalc By GrafiCalc Part three of this video series on using GrafiCalc as an early stage mechanical simulation tool focuses on Inverse Kinematics.
Inverse Kinematics with GrafiCalc By GrafiCalc Part three of this video series on using GrafiCalc as an early stage mechanical simulation tool focuses on Inverse Kinematics.
Shifts and Moves in Digital Reality By Kathleen Maher, Jon Peddie Research A look at how companies like Trimble, Stratasys and Dassault are expanding through mergers and acquisitions to address new markets.
