The rise of the digital factory
Industry analysis by Randall S. Newton Manufacturing companies are racing to digitalize their processes. From initial market planning to design and on to supply chain management and production, digital processes […]
Manufacturing Design and Engineering
Whitepaper claims AutoCAD Web falls short against Graebert ARES Kudo
A new white paper comparing Autodesk AutoCAD Web to Graebert ARES Kudo finds that Kudo “significantly” outperforms AutoCAD Web in almost every category of comparison. The white paper, “Comparing Cloud-based […]
‘Robot blood’ stores energy for long-duration jobs
Researchers at Cornell University have created a system of circulating liquid — “robot blood” — within robotic structures, to store energy and power robotic applications for sophisticated, long-duration tasks. The […]
IntelliCAD selects picturesque Southern Italy for world developer conference
The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) has announced its 2019 world conference for CAD industry developers and vendors. ITC member ACCA Software is hosting the conference at its headquarters in Bagnoli […]
CAE Data Management Specialist ESTECO Turns 20 Years Old
ESTECO, the Italian software house specializing in numerical optimization and simulation data management today celebrates two decades since its foundation. “When we founded ESTECO, multiobjective optimization was a virtually unknown […]
IRA Green saves $120,000 annually using 3D printing for insignia manufacturing
IRA Green Inc. (IGI) manufactures and distributes 40,000 unique uniform items and accoutrements earned and proudly worn by military personnel worldwide. IGI’s tool shop manufactures coining and blanking dies and […]
Freeform modeler SuperD for Rhino 3D bridges the gap between aesthetics and engineering modelers
SuperD from Boulder Graphics is a new CAD software tool designed to bridge the gap between aesthetic 3D modeling and engineering 3D modeling. It is a desktop version of the […]
Sandvik introduces diamond composite for 3D printing
Sandvik Additive Manufacturing announces today it has created the first ever 3D printed diamond composite. The new process means this super-hard material can now be 3D printed in highly complex […]
iBuyers, Blockchain Mortgages, and Certainty as a Service: AEC Hackathon Discovers the Real Estate Industry
AEC Hackathon is a grassroots technology event that has been meeting occasionally in cities around the globe since 2012. At AEC Hackathon #41, in Seattle in April 2019, the real […]
Report: Ericsson cancels massive Dassault Systemès PLM installation
Veteran engineering software journalist Verdi Ogewell has learned Swedish high tech giant Ericsson has brought a halt to a massive PLM installation of Dassault Systemès software. The decision stops a […]