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• A soft-skinned car?

  "Let the material do the talking" is one of the ideas behind GINA, BMW's concept sports car. Instead of a metal body, it has one made from stretchable material. Thus, designers don't have to worry about, say, smooth continuity between the wheel wells Read More... Posted Thursday, March 12, 2009 5:14 PM by Leslie_Gordon | 0 Comments Filed under: industrial design, innovation, mathematics, automotive

• SolidWorks World 2009 -- Day 1 & 2

  According to CEO Jeff Ray, over 4,000 people are attending the SolidWorks World 2009 event being held in Orlando, Florida over the next few days. Although times are tough, that is not evident at this show. Attendees are upbeat and the theme "innovation" Read More... Posted Tuesday, February 10, 2009 5:22 PM by Leslie_Gordon | 0 Comments Filed under: industrial design, CAD, innovation, SolidWorks, SolidWorks 2009, future trends

• Old DWG, New BIM?

  CAD at the Venetian Resort Autodesk is again hosting its annual Autodesk University (AU) event at the Venetian Resort in Las Vegas. It's still pretty early, so things haven't yet geared up. The developer must have sympathy for those of us who travel a Read More... Posted Tuesday, December 02, 2008 6:01 PM by Leslie_Gordon | 1 Comments Filed under: industrial design, CAD, manufacturing, Autodesk, sustainability

• COFES 2008

  Attending the COFES 2008 (Congress on the Future of Engineering Software) conference has been a nice surprise. For one thing, the event is being held at the beautiful Scottsdale Plaza Resort near Phoenix, Arizona. Think bright blue skies, hot sunny days, Read More... Posted Sunday, April 13, 2008 3:13 AM by Leslie_Gordon | 0 Comments Filed under: industrial design, CAD, innovation, design, computer, creative, two-shot molding

• Visual cues speak volumes

  New, so-called direct manufacturing methods will soon let individuals make products at home using high-tech, smaller versions of industrial equipment. Smaller tool and die shops are now using laser sintering machines, previously the province only of large Read More... Posted Wednesday, August 15, 2007 12:53 PM by Leslie_Gordon | 0 Comments Filed under: direct manufacturing, industrial design, 3D printing, laser sintering, innovation, design