3DCAD Tips for December 13, 2012
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December 13, 2012

SPONSOR: Proto Labs



What the heck is a
hexa-kaleidocycle?

It’s Protogami, a 3-dimensional folding object that showcases the interaction of materials and surface finishes – the newest, interactive design aid from Proto Labs. Broaden your knowledge of surface finishes, materials and design techniques by requesting one today. You’ll learn, you’ll be endlessly amused, and you just might be inspired to come up with the next big thing. To get your no cost Protogami design aid,
register here.

 

 

Have a cool idea?

Need help turning it into a real-life product? With an exciting first year under its belt, the Cool Idea! Award program will be expanded to the EU in 2012 and provide a total of up to $250,000 in services to those with a fresh and innovative product idea just waiting to emerge.
Click Here for more information about our Cool Idea! Award!

 

 

Protomold Design Cube

This cube has been designed to illustrate several important considerations when designing any part to be injection molded. It showcases a range of available surface finishes, examples of good and bad form for bosses, gussets, and ribs. It also demonstrates the impact on part quality of overly thick or thin sections, as well as ways to incorporate holes and their potential effect on resin flow.
Register and get yours at no cost.

 

 

Interactive, web-based quotes

Our automated quoting system accepts customers’ 3D CAD models and returns a detailed interactive quote in hours (along with suggested design changes, if appropriate). Upload a part today and interact freely with your quote to change materials and quantities while immediately viewing the impact on price and delivery.
Upload a part today

 

 

Get complex, injection
molded parts FAST!

The Protomold Tours demonstrates the more interesting and complex features you can design into your injection molded parts. It comes with an informational user key that describes the mold-making techniques used to produce part features like text on ribs, mushroom studs, clips, and more.
Request a complimentary sample.

 

 

Boots for the boundary-free skier

 

Black Diamond Equipment Ltd. makes equipment for climbing and skiing that regularly wins awards for its innovation and quality. Several years ago, Black Diamond decided to apply its expertise to a new area – free-ride ski boots. These boots are used in a certain niche of skiing known as “boundary-free” skiing. Boundary-free skiers strap their skis to a backpack, hike up a mountain (far from a conventional ski resort), and then ski down private slopes. Boundary-free skiers need the comfort and functionality of hiking boots for the climb up as well as the fit and performance of alpine ski boots for the ride down. The boots available at the time were so unsatisfactory that some skiers opted to use two pairs, carrying one pair in their pack so they’d have the right boot available when they needed it.
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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.
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Misumi “Go Configure” Contest

Misumi “Go Configure” Contest

Enter our “Go Configure” Drawing for your chance to win one of five prizes to be given away at the 2012 Automation Technology Expo West, scheduled for February 14-16 at the Anaheim Convention Center, Anaheim, CA.
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Ice Dream: Towing an iceberg for fresh water

Dassault Systèmes worked with Mougin and his team to simulate the iceberg’s trajectory and its evolution by taking into account data such as variations in ocean temperatures, wind force and direction, sea currents, and boat drag force.
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MSC Software’s Patran and Marc software used in cellular research at Clemson University

The goal of this study is to construct a representative 3D finite element model of a biological cell based on the sub-cellular structures that provide the cell with its mechanical properties.
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Software that fits the need

Common scenario: An aerospace supplier is requested to provide a CAD model of a hydraulic system to its customer. Historically, after the appropriate paperwork has been completed, an IGES or STEP file is generated by the data management group, and the file is sent on its way to the customer.
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10th anniversary of Maple T.A.

0 inShare SharebarMaplesoft released Maple T.A. 8.0 with adaptive questions to help with student comprehension. These questions give extra guidance to students who give an incorrect response to a question, increasing their understanding of the concepts and techniques involved.
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New software slated to change the workplace

CAD software vendors have touted product usability for a long time. However, they haven’t really delivered on that promise until recently. There were a few software debuts in 2011 that changed that premise. True user usability could lead to a broader CAD audience and a bigger market share.
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EngineeringWatch™


Space vehicle gets rapid redesign

NASA uses its Systems Integration Evaluation Remote Research Aircraft or Sierra to collect environmental information in remote areas. When the agency decided to extend Sierra's flights to last up to 10 hours, it turned to Mach-T3 to redesign a more aerodynamic engine cowling.



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