Labview 8.5 is the latest version of National Instruments’ graphical system design platform for test, control and embedded system development. Quality professionals apply a wide range of statistical methods in their work to implement Six Sigma and similar quality improvement programs, but they are often unfamiliar with – or even intimidated by – statistics and statistical software. Designers already spend a substantial proportion of their time working with software for CAD, analysis and word processing, but there is another type that they may start to use more often: software to aid environmental design. Jon Severn takes a look at some of the latest developments in ‘green’ software. Cocreate Software is releasing the 2007 Cocreate Onespace Suite. Speed, flexibility and responsiveness to change are characteristics of a dynamic modelling-based approach to 3D product development. It often frustrates users of simulation software (FEM, BEM, FDTD, etc) to spend time getting to the point where the software tells them what they already knew from measurement or experience. Quality professionals apply a wide range of statistical methods in their work to implement Six Sigma and similar quality improvement programs, but they are often unfamiliar with – or even intimidated by – statistics and statistical software. Design engineers and draftsmen are under pressure to produce better designs in less time. Measured in traditional shipping terms (CGT), Europe has about 15 per cent share of the worldwide commercial shipbuilding new orders – which in 2004 were 70percent higher than in 2003. Aconsiderable portion of design engineers routinely use finite elements (FE) calculations for thermal, mechanical, electromagnetic, acoustic and CFD computations. Severely paralysed people can find it extremely distressing to lose the ability to communicate. While much work has already gone into developing
eye-tracking systems, these can be unreliable and tiring to use. Results from laser scanning can be referenced into plant design systems and used as background for brownfield projects, says Keith Denton. During engine design, FEA provides designers with a tool for evaluating
potential designs and indicating possible improvements. WDS’ 3D CAD service reduces product time-to-market by supplying personalised
library disks that display products in the file types specifically required
by the individual designer. Is it awkward to produce multilingual product documents from SolidWorks drawings? Not anymore since CustomTools for SolidWorks automates printing as well as file conversion of documents. PTC is releasing Windchill 8.0, the latest version of PTC’s data management
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