A Case Study for the Mechanical Design Process
This month's column and case study discusses how MAGICWHEELS overcame design challenges.

Build a Bicycle with Solido's SD300 Pro Desktop 3D Printer
Israeli product development company "Ziv-Av Engineering" builds a folding bicycle in less than five days using a single Solido in-house SD300 printer.

Automated Baseline Comparisons Now Available
Hevacomp Simulator V8i now automates ASHRAE baseline comparisons of building designs to determine LEED certification requirements.

PhotoView 360 and modo 401 Open New Doors
Designers are achieving photorealistic imaging with Solidworks 2010, Solidworks PhotoView 360 and Luxology's modo software.

VISTAGY Signs Contract with Lear
VISTAGY announced that Lear Corporation has purchased VISTAGY's Seat Design Environment.

Systems Development In The Twenty-First Century
This executive brief explores the best practices and tools organizations can use to facilitate to increase the effectiveness of systems development.

Reduce Development and Prototyping of Composite Blades
As the wind energy industry picks up, manufacturing organizations are eager to go to market as quickly as possible. Find out how VISTAGY can help.

Sopogy Solar Collector joins Gas Co.’s 18-month Demo Program
Demonstration provides customers with energy solutions to increase efficiencies plus reduce costs and greenhouse-gas emissions.

Look for Autodesk at Upcoming Investor Conferences
Autodesk executives will be speaking at investor conferences coming up.

Customize Your iFeatures in Inventor
Inventor’s iFeatures allow users reuse and repetitive geometry without having to remodel it from scratch each time.

SketchBook Mobile Surpasses One Million Downloads
Autodesk SketchBook Mobile software has surpassed one million downloads on the App Store since its debut on September 17

Desys Joins Right Hemisphere’s Visual Alliance
Desys will also be authorized to market, sell and support Right Hemisphere’s Deep Exploration client software in Italy.

Improving Lean Manufacturing Through 3D Data- Book Excerpt
Learn how JAXA applied Lattice’s XVL format into the configuration parts tree and text search database to access their 2 million part module data.

Siemens to Showcase Joint PLM and Production Systems
Siemens will exhibit an exclusive combination of PLM software and production systems and equipment at EMO Milano 2009.

Seattle Architecture Firm Recieves Top AIA Honor
Firm noted for its commitment to sustainable design.

Q1-090112: UG NX Certification (2 ans)
How can I get certified in UG NX?Brief: How can I get certified in UG NX?

Autodesk Honors Three Universities
Three universities have earned an Autodesk BIM Experience Award for exemplary building information modeling (BIM) educational efforts and research.

ProjectWise Enables Organization-Wide Access
By combining the right tools with the right attitude, Bamberg Garrison implemented major improvements in CAD management with minimal investments.

Q1-080714: Cable Assembly (2 ans)
I am working on a model in which I need to put a cable that will pull on a latching mechanism.

Q1-081215: Transferring AutoCAD to Inventor (3 ans)
Is there a software program for transferring the AutoCAD Mechanical Desktop 2008 to Inventor 2009?

Autodesk Education Community Hits One Million Members
Autodesk's Education Community has grown to one million student and educator members representing over 28,000 educational institutions.

Validate Inventor Models in Revit with AEC Exchange Feature
The AEC Exchange environment and the ADSK file format are great steps toward the interoperability goal between Revit and Inventor.

Added gbXML 0.37 Schema Supports Hevacomp
Bentley Systems announced that it has added gbXML 0.37 schema support to its Hevacomp.

Now OnDemand: Webcast on Systems Development
This webcast features case studies in how IBM clients are applying IBM Rational® systems development solutions.

Best Practices for Developing Smarter Products
This whitepaper explores best practices that businesses can employ to build smarter products and drive innovative technologies.

Workstations
ConnectPress is proud to offer its 2008 Roundup on Workstations.……

Hardware
Workstations, Large-Format Printers and Scanners & More Hardware is one……

Analysis
Even a perfect CAD model can still have flaws discovered……

Reverse Engineering
ConnectPress is proud to offer its 2008 Reverse Engineering Roundup.……

Visualization Simulation Tools
The 2008 Visualization & Simulation Vendors Guide by ConnectPress ConnectPress is proud……

Solar Essentials 2
A look at Balance of System components, plus a Solar……

Certifications & Standards
2008 Green Building Standards and Certification Roundup Compiled by ConnectPress Staff Welcome……

Rapid Prototyping & 3D Printing
2008 Rapid Prototyping Roundup In this Special Report ConnectPress brings Community……

The Revit Community represents the users of Autodesk Revit Architecture software, the Autodesk Architecture, Engineering & Construction suite and third-party companion products. Revit Architecture is Autodesk’s primary Building Information Modeling (BIM) software, designed to support all phases of design and construction documentation, used by architects and other members of the building team. The Community aims to serve the users of Revit Architecture, Revit MEP and Revit Structure.

The Revit Digital Digest, the e-newsletter of the Revit Community, goes to Members every Tuesday.

The MicroStation Connections Community represents the users of Bentley Systems’ MicroStation product. MicroStation is used in the architecture/civil engineering/construction (AEC) industry for “work on buildings, civil engineering projects, power plants and geospatial information.” Though MicroStation is also a CAD program, the MicroStation Connections Community membership only partly crosses our MCAD sites but also has much in common with the Green Building Community.

MicroStation Connections Digital Digest goes to Members every Thursday.

The SolidWorks Community is an extremely active and involved Membership base. Membership in this Community is up 54% just this year. SolidWorks products, including the SolidWorks Office line, PDMWorks data management, and COSMOSWorks analysis, are used in the Industrial, Medical, Scientific, Consumer, Educational, Technology, and Transportation industries.

SolidWorks Digital Digest, the e-newsletter for the SolidWorks Community, is sent out every Wednesday morning.

Inventor Connections serves the community of Autodesk Inventor professionals. Autodesk’s major push to move users from 2D to 3D has resulted in one of the fastest growth curves in MCAD software. Our Inventor Connections membership has grown 183% since its launch. Inventor is maximized for “Tube and Pipe design, Cable and Harness design, Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for design validation, and Dynamic Simulation to test real world performance.”

Inventor Connections Digest, the enewsletter of the Inventor Connections Community, arrives in Members’ mailboxes every Tuesday.

Created as an online community for users of Pro/ENGINEER, Wildfire, Windchill, and other PTC affiliated products, the Pro/E Community replaced Pro/E: The Magazine. Pro/E is our largest community with coverage that builds upon 15 years of Pro/ENGINEER content, including CAD business and technical articles, tips, case studies, and Q&A, galleries and calendars.

Pro/E Digital Digest, the e-newsletter for the Pro/E Community, goes out to Members every Thursday morning.

The new Siemens PLM Community covers new developments in the Siemens PLM Software suite, companion products, and also includes other industry focused coverage. Siemens PLM software products covered include NX, Solid Edge and The Velocity Series and more.

The Siemens Community Digital Digest, the e-newsletter of the Siemens PLM Community, arrives in member's mailboxes every Wednesday morning.

The Green Building Community presents sustainable- and green-building technology to design and construction professionals, as well as others interested in this growing market. The Community’s mission is to bring the latest green building content to the web to serve companies selling products and services and professionals seeking the latest technology. Membership is up 670% in the past 18 months.

The Green Building Community Digital Digest arrives in Members’ mailboxes every Tuesday.

Sun-Enews serves the business to business needs of alternative energy product and service providers and interested consumers. Though small, the Community has grown exponentially almost entirely through word-of-mouth, 32% just this year. We expect this Community to continue to explode as the interest in non-fossil fuel energy sources grows.

The Sun-Enews e-mail newsletter arrives in Members’ mailboxes every Tuesday.

The CATIA Community covers Dassault Systèmes’ CATIA PLM suite, including CATIA, ENOVIA, DELMIA, SIMULIA, and SMARTEAM. In conjunction with IBM, Dassault sells CATIA PLM primarily to the Aerospace & Defense, Automotive, Consumer Products, Medical Devices, Shipbuilding, Electrical & Electronics, Semiconductor industries.

CATIA Digital Digest, the e-newsletter for the CATIA Community, is sent every Tuesday.