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  • Hydraulic Pump design

    Where can i find a person that can design hydraulic pumps? immediatly Terra 503-612-2040
    Posted to General Engineering Discussions (Forum) by TerraLyn on August 19, 2008
  • Enquiry about a CAD software...

    i once watched a demo of a software where they showed motion of piston and crank in 2d interface. it is, i am sure, a well known software. can anyone please help me with the solution? or any good software which gives you kinematics in 2d interface
    Posted to General Engineering Discussions (Forum) by orko.dutta on May 15, 2008
  • 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, and unusual fauna such as the bottle brush tree, which has what looks like thousand of red, ...
    Posted to From Shop Floor to Software (Weblog) by Leslie_Gordon on April 12, 2008
  • Model Based Machining

    My company is looking moving into the world of model based machining (at least that's what we call it).  I've been charged with coming up with the process for generating the solid models we would send to our machine shops.  I'm struggling with how to determine what qualifies as a ''good'' model.  Any feedback would be ...
    Posted to General Engineering Discussions (Forum) by dowend on March 18, 2008
  • Rules to design by...

    Day Four, Live from SolidWorks World 2008Don Norman spoke today on how to tie engineering and emotional design. He showed us an images of salt and pepper shakers as an example of bad design. They were burnished stainless steel. One shaker had a hole in the top, and the other shaker had five holes in the top. Norman asked the audience, ''Which ...
    Posted to From Shop Floor to Software (Weblog) by Leslie_Gordon on January 22, 2008
  • Conduit "creatures" that walk the beach

    Day Three, live from SolidWorks World 2008:Announced today at the opening session of the SolidWorks 2008 show was a new program called 3Dvia Composer -- formerly Seemage -- that Dassault recently purchased. It is a Web-based product that works with SolidWorks to deliver 3D content for non-engineering personnel such as marketing and sales.A few ...
    Posted to From Shop Floor to Software (Weblog) by Leslie_Gordon on January 21, 2008
  • Big trends in the future of CAD

    Day Two: Jeff Ray, CEO of SolidWorks, says the show has so far drawn 4,400 attendees. In the future, he wants to see more sharing between DS technologies and SolidWorks. He says software developers cannot afford to ''fall in love with their own technologies.'' Companies should never think that they own customers. Nobody does. Customers can pick ...
    Posted to From Shop Floor to Software (Weblog) by Leslie_Gordon on January 20, 2008
  • Do more design online, free

    Web-based programs, downloadable software, and virtual worlds are now letting us do more and more, and all without shelling out a dime. For example, Web-based software such as Autodesk's Project Draw lets you create vector drawings for floor plans, electronic-cirtuit diagrams, user interface mockups, and the like. An intuitive ...
    Posted to From Shop Floor to Software (Weblog) by Leslie_Gordon on January 13, 2008