|
October 22,
2003
CAD Digest and TenLinks editors are engaged in a constant search for the
most useful and interesting CAD, CAM and CAE features, reviews and
tutorials existing on the Internet. Every Wednesday we gather up a week's
worth of articles and publish them in CAD Digest Weekly for your
convenience. You'll find these and thousands of other articles when you
visit
CADdigest.com and its ever-growing library of "reading rooms."
This week, we found 37 CAD, CAM and CAE
articles for you:
|
|
For more CAD, CAM and CAE
articles,
please visit
CADdigest.com. |
|
|
|
|
|
|
 Autodesk
Sues LT-Extender - Autodesk aims to stop a third-party
developer that promised to "to break through (nearly) all
AutoCAD LT limitations," Ralph Grabowski, CADdigest.com,
October 22, 2003 -
Building
a Bridge Between AutoCAD and MicroStation - a CAD
expert explains how he customized both AutoCAD and
MicroStation to display common terminology, icons and menu
structures so that users needing to work with both systems
could easily move from one to the other, Eric Cooper,
CADdigest.com, October 16, 2003
-
AutoCAD Mechanical: Virtual Memory Settings - What
Should I Set It To? - tips on defining the minimum and
maximum Page File Size, Comtrex Corp., October 16, 2003
Autodesk, AVEVA Form Strategic Alliance -
a new partnership forms within a plant design marketplace
that's in turmoil, Randall Newton, A-E-C Automation
Newsletter, October 16, 2003
How
to Accurately Place Hatch Origins - AutoCAD tips,
PostalCAD, October 13, 2003 -
More AutoCAD articles
More AutoCAD LT
articles
More AutoCAD
Mechanical
articles
|
|
|
|
|
-
A
Different Kind of Architect
- a naval architect describes his profession and how a ship
is not unlike a beautiful woman, Candy G. Villanueva, Job
Market Online, October 20, 2003 (more
jobs and career info)
-
Sound
Architecture - When Frank Gehry, considered by many as
the world's most famous architect, designed the Walt Disney
Concert Hall, his software tools included CATIA, a program
more at home with the aerospace and automotive industry,
Ann Jarmusch, SignOnSanDiego.com, October 21, 2003
-
More
architecture articles
|
|
|
|
|
-
The
Man Who Would Be King of EDM - Cyco's CEO Eric Bouwer discusses
his company's plans for expanding its market share, which include a
new product called a BOM Module to manage the bill of materials,
Roopinder Tara, CADdigest.com, October 20, 2003 (more
CAD management features)
-
CAD Outsourcing Trends (Part 2)
- by outsourcing CAD work a company loses a certain amount of
control and this article examines the risks involved, Robert Green,
CADENCE CAD Manager's Newsletter #93, September 25, 2003
More CAD
management features
|
|
|
|
|
-
2nd
AIAA CFD Drag Prediction Workshop - papers from June
conference available online, NASA LaRC, October 20, 2003
-
Easy-to-Use
FEA Tells More About Your Products - a review of
DesignCheck by Algor, Machine Design, October 18, 2003
-
Getting FEA Right the First Time - it takes more than
an expensive software package and top-of-the-line
workstations to get the most out of FEA, John P. Leahey,
Machine Design, October 18, 2003
-
Pulmonary CFD Modeling
- computational fluid dynamics tools are being developed in a
project whose goal is to provide complete simulation of the human
respiratory system, CFD Review, October 15, 2003
-
Solving
Inverse Problems of Mathematical Physics by Means of the
PHOENICS Software Package - organizing of inverse
problems' solution on the basis of the automated fitting
technique are proposed, Yury Matsevity, SoftInWay, October
22, 2002
More CAE features
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
-
64-Bit
Takes Off - in a comparison of an Athlon 64 FX-51, a
2GHz dual Opteron, a 3.2GHz Pentium 4 and the Apple PowerMac G5,
the FX-51 excelled at AutoCAD, where it was about 44
percent faster than the P4 unit, Tom Mainelli, PC World,
November 2003
-
G5
Performance Information, Results Begin to Come In - a
discussion of several test results pitting the latest Mac
against Pentiums, Archtosh, October 20, 2003 (more
Apple reviews)
-
Hot
New Graphics Cards Shine on Dual AMD Opteron -
entry-level ATI FireGL T2-128 card with 128MB of RAM and
high-end NVIDIA's FX 3000 with 256MB of RAM, Ron LaFon,
Cadalyst, October 2003 (more
graphic card reviews)
-
HP
Itanium 2 Workstation Fills Memory Need -
Hewlett-Packard Co. on Monday is coming out with another
Itanium 2-based workstation, this one aimed at design
engineers, Jeffrey Burt, eWEEK , October 6, 2003 (more
PC and workstation reviews)
-
A Sparkling LCD -
the 19-inch AG Neovo E-19A offers good performance and
features as well as a glass NeoV Crystal Optic Filter in
front of the LCD panel that helps remove glare and increase
contrast, Alfred Poor, PC Magazine, October 17, 2003 (more
LCD reviews)
Swimming With Tadpoles
- Mark Johnson is betting that his company's new Sun-based
laptops - which can process huge 4-gigabyte data files with
their 64-bit, 500-megahertz microprocessors - will succeed
despite a crowded market, Victoria
Murphy, Forbes.com, July 21, 2003
The Ultimate Laser "Printer" - 25W laser is powerful enough
to burn quickly through paper, cardboard and wood 1/4 inch
thick, Bill Machrone, PC Magazine, October 21, 2003 (more
printer reviews)
Top 10 19-Inch CRT Monitors - a new display from
NEC-Mitsubishi tops the list, Richard Baguley, PC World,
November 2003
More hardware features
All CAD Digest hardware reviews
|
|
|
|
|
|
More MCAD features
|
|
|
|
|
-
Adding a Recursive Purge as a "Right-Click" Option in
Windows - Pro/ENGINEER tips, EERN, October 20, 2003
-
How to Use Pro/Batch to Create PDFs in Batch Mode -
Pro/ENGINEER tips, EERN, October 20, 2003
-
Pro/ENGINEER Tips 1 - a large collection of Pro/E
productivity and trouble-shooting tips, Pro/ENGINEER User
Resource Site, October 20, 2003
-
Pro/ENGINEER Tips 2 - another large collection of Pro/E
productivity and trouble-shooting tips, Pro/ENGINEER User
Resource Site, October 20, 2003
More Pro/E articles
|
|
|
|
|
-
CAD
in the AEC Sector - Some Stats - examines AEC CAD-users
in the UK, including statistics on company size, number of CAD seats
and the popularity of various applications, CAD Spaghetti, Autumn
2003 (more
CAD research articles)
-
Using
Textures with ArchiCAD - step-by-step tips for working
with textures in ArchiCAD, J.T. Burk, CADdigest.com,
October 16, 2003 (more
ArchiCAD articles)
-
Autodesk Buzzsaw Tips and Tricks
- learn how to start a discussion thread when adding or updating a
file, and how to create and use project home pages, Autodesk.com,
October 16, 2003 (more
Buzzsaw articles)
-
Autodesk
Offers New Design Software - architects already
heavily invested in AutoCAD and Architectural Desktop are
now trying to determine whether Revit - Autodesk's building
information modeling software - might also be a necessary
tool, Mike Fimea, Arizona Business Gazette, October 16,
2003
(may require free registration) (more
Revit articles)
-
Piracy,
Security Hot Issues with Tech Execs - software
executives lobbying the US Congress include Carol Bartz of
Autodesk, by Kent Hoover, bizjournals.com, October 20, 2003
(more CAD industry articles)
-
Shop
Has Great Expectations for Software - tooling provider and automotive-seal manufacturer GTI Corp.
believes its recently installed Delcam software will speed
and simplify data transfer for the company's sealing system and
tooling designs, American Machinist, September 2003 (more CAM
articles)
All CAD Digest Subjects
denotes
a select article |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Please send articles, comments and suggestions to:
Roopinder Tara, Editor
editor@tenlinks.com
http://www.caddigest.com
The reading room for computer aided design
ADVERTISING
If you'd like to advertise in CAD Digest Weekly,
please contact:
sales@tenlinks.com
Copyright 2003 by TenLinks, Inc.
No part of this newsletter may be used without permission. |
|
Subscribe |
|
All the week's
articles
FREE! |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|   |
|
