February 10, 2012
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Should you buy your CAD software—or rent?
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CAD software isn’t cheap. A mainstream 3D CAD program will set you back thousands of dollars upfront, and a bunch more in annual maintenance charges.
The cost can be daunting. But what if there was a way to spread it out, and pay as you go?
Rental: An idea that’s been tried.
A dozen years or so ago, a relatively new CAD vendor, Think3, started offering their CAD software on a monthly rental basis. It was an intriguing idea, but it would have worked better had Think3′s software been more mature at the time. People tend not to renew rentals when the software doesn’t do what they need.
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NEW - Free Multiphysics Presentations CD
Over 400 contributions to the all-new Worldwide Edition of the COMSOL Conference CD are now available! This compilation features over 700 papers, posters and presentations that illustrate your colleagues ground-breaking research and projects in engineering simulations. Request your complimentary copy at:
http://www.comsol.com/activity/us_dw3d_jan12/1
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Electromagnetic design tool provides short route to motor perfection
Cobham’s Machines Environment introduced a new level of user friendliness when it was launched by providing a design entry system that allows precision FEA models of motors and generators to be created and solved in minutes. The 2D version of the software has now been integrated with Cobham’s optimization tool which automatically finds the optimal solution within a design space – even for multiple or competing design objectives.
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Should you buy an expensive graphics card?
You already know the answer to this question. If you’re perfectly happy with the graphics performance of your CAD system, then the answer is “no.” If you’d like faster, smoother, or more realistic graphics on your system, then the answer is “yes.”
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Use a smart phone to share digital microscope images
This is an innovative design—a plastic mount that connects smart phones to microscopes to digitally capture and share scientific images. This is such an innovative idea, that Proto Labs made the co-founders, Andy Miller and Tess Bakke, winners of the Proto Labs Cool Idea! Competition. Miller and Bakke think SkyLight, will have a big impact on global healthcare and science education. Winning this award will help them launch their product internationally.
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Can open source 3D printing be more than a hobby?
Back in the 1960s, when Gene Roddenberry was developing his ideas for the Star Trek series, one of his thoughts was that we would live in a society without money. His vision was that we would be more focused on self-actualization, which would drive our decisions on occupation, education, and contribution to humanity rather than on the accumulation of money for either its own sake or for power, security, or as a tool to accomplish tasks we thought necessary.
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EngineeringWatch™
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3D Systems on Good Morning America - January 1989
How far we have come - 3D Printing is just as exciting today as it was in 1989 when first viewed on the Good Morning America tv show Printers and materials have developed at high speed, and the future brings even more possibilities
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