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Computer-Aided Design (CAD)

New advancements, tools, and applications in computer-aided design (CAD) systems essential to the design and production cycle in aerospace, defense, and manufacturing. Find technical briefs, articles, and white papers on developments in CAD.

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Blog: Software
An interactive software being developed at the University of Tokyo allows architects and furniture makers with little experience in woodworking to to design and build structurally sound wood joints.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Tubing plugs, displacement measurements, CAM software, and more.
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Articles: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Standard commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) connectors continue to be a great resource for quick prototypes and reference designs.
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Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
The software assesses the quality of parts in real time, without the need for expensive characterization equipment.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Users can edit the shape of a model while viewing results and watch the simulation update immediately.
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Application Briefs: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Predictive maintenance is poised to become much more widely adopted, and that will help to boost productivity in a time when we really need it.
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Articles: Software
To achieve vehicle manufacturers’ ambitious goals for electric vehicles, Li-ion batteries need to be improved.
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Articles: Software
Digitalization gives product teams a new way of looking at familiar challenges.
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Products: Manufacturing & Prototyping
Altair released updates to all of its design, simulation, and data analytics software products.
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Blog: Software
You can design the best product in the world but what if the parts, assemblies, and sub-components for your idea aren’t there?
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Briefs: Test & Measurement
This method provides a fast way to assess rocket engine performance in a variety of operating conditions.
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Products: Motion Control
Industrial PCs, power modules, processor blades, and more.
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INSIDER: Software
Stanford University researchers created an inverse design codebase called SPINS that can help researchers explore different design methodologies to find...
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Briefs: Software
This program generates a mesh that conforms to a complex model without clipping.
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Blog: Software
To speed up the design process, researchers from the University of Texas are finding more efficient ways to predict, or "learn," a rocket's behavior.
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Blog: Software
Researchers from the University of Illinois are looking at all the different ways to create a non-pneumatic automotive tire.
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Products: AR/AI
Varjo™ Technologies announced a 2D/3D immersive "Workspace."
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Articles: Software
See how software supported the design of an advanced antenna.
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5 Ws: Imaging
A touch-based display mimics the geometry of 3D objects designed on a computer.
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Products: Test & Measurement
Adhesives, flame-retardant compounds, vision measurement, and more...
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Articles: Software
With the rise in electrification and design complexity, aerospace original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) need to look for new methodologies to mitigate compliance risk.
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Technology Leaders: Software
As lithium-ion battery production doubles, more viable energy storage solutions are needed.
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Facility Focus: Software
In recent decades, NSF-funded researchers have discovered quite a bit, including many of the fundamental particles of matter.
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Products: Test & Measurement
See the new tech products being offered in October 2019.
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Briefs: Aerospace
A numerical modeling tool allows for a better understanding of rotating detonation engines (RDEs).
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Question of the Week: Software
Have You Used Machine Learning in Your Design Efforts?
A team from the University of Pittsburgh recently used machine-learning to create a butterfly-inspired, self-healing glass. Models from the San Francisco-based software company SigOpt helped engineers determine ideal characteristics for the material.
Articles: Motion Control
Programmable automation controllers (PACs) play the primary role in IIoT systems. Also referred to as machine controllers, PACs provide a centralized architecture; they act as the central...
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Technology Leaders: Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Engineers today are feeling the pressure to get more done in less time, be experts in multiple disciplines, and use their resources more efficiently to maximize profits. This environment is shifting the way engineers...
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Products: Electronics & Computers
Circular Connectors Binder USA, Camarillo, CA, introduced the 720 Series of miniature circular connectors with a snap-in IP67 twin distributor. The distributor — a single male connector into two female...
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