 | | See also: June 2003What Will CAD CAM Software Do For Me? - explores the advantages of using a CAM system, how to choose one and how to implement it, CAD CAM Forum, June 20, 2003 Mtext - Tabs and Indents - AutoCAD 2004 tips on using tabs and indents, CCAD Inc., June 2003 One Size Fits All: Not for Data Exchange Solutions - it's crucial to choose the right MCAD interoperability system to help control costs and improve the efficiency of design engineering operations, Tom Kopinski, Desktop Engineering, June 2003 Now Is the Time to Invest in PLM - the real value of PLM is not simply saving time and costs in isolated tasks but rather how it offers these advantages all the way from the design stage of product development through the entire product lifecycle, Avichay Kirshenbaum, Mechanical Engineering, June 24, 2003 CAD Manager Career Questions - Part 3 - more tips on convincing your company's higher-ups why CAD management is worthwhile, Robert Green, CADENCE CAD Manager's Newsletter #87, June 19, 2003 think3's new MyTraining - this fully customizable educational environment - a component of think3’s Customer Care program - allows users to tailor their learning experience and curriculum to their specific needs, TechniCom eWeekly, June 12, 2003 Why Did it Fail? FEA Helps Find Out - FEA software from MSC.Software helped to determine the cause of a malfunctioning people mover, Paul Dvorak, Machine Design, June 24, 2003 A Case Study: Trail Files - Pro/ENGINEER tips on using trail files, plus a skills test on parts, David Tate, Pro/E: The Magazine, May/June 2003 PTC Certified Professional Program - PTC's new certification manager Niamh O'Byrne explains what engineers can expect from the new certification program, Pro/E: The Magazine, May/June 2003 CAM Software Market Has Opportunities for a Resurgence in 2003 - there's a real chance for coming growth in the CAM software market, propelled by the continued significance of the manufacturing sector and by pressing needs to continue to achieve advances in automated manufacturing, Manufacturing Automation, June 2003 High-Powered Users Demand More from Analysis and Simulation Tools - finite element analysis software users are demanding that vendors help them more efficiently design increasingly complex products, Ira Breskin, MCAD Weekly, June 30, 2003  AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Status Bar Manager - learn how to use an application called STABMAN to customize the AutoCAD status bar, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 30, 2003
AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Dynamic Text on Status Bar - using DIESEL expressions to add dynamic text to the status bar, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 27, 2003 Constraining a Part to the Origin - Autodesk Inventor tip, Mike Gauvin, CADsoft Consulting, June 27, 2003 SolidWorks Tips and Tricks - a collection of tips dealing with emailing files, exploded views, and ISO views, Shounco Design Studios, June 27, 2003 Customizing CATIA V5 with Accelerator Keys - tutorial shows how to program your own accelerator keys for functions that you frequently use, Ajay Chavali, COE NewsNet, June 2003 Getting Much More Value Out of What You Already Paid For; Moving from 'What If?' to 'Which If?' in Product Development - why CAE and Intelligent Digital Prototyping are vital in today's troubled economy, Dennis Nagy, COE NewsNet, June 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Adding Text to Status Bar - explains how to add permanent text to the status bar using the MODEMACRO system variable, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 26, 2003 Comprehensive Building Modeling - building information modeling offers to make good on the longstanding promise that CAD and other computer tools can help give architects more time to do what they like to do best - design, Larry Rocha, ArchitectureWeek, June 25, 2003 Applying Customization: Right-Click Menus in LISP - AutoCAD tutorial on using the right-click capability to respond to prompts, Dave Pitzer, Autodesk.com, June 26, 2003 Applying Customization: Back to Basics - learn how to add a simple AutoLISP and how to load an AutoLISP routine on an on-demand or as-needed basis, Dave Pitzer, Autodesk.com, June 26, 2003 Autodesk Inventor: Content Style Guide - discusses tools and techniques for generating and managing component libraries in Inventor, Neil Munro, Autodesk.com, June 26, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Custom Hatch Patterns, Part 2 - learn how to define a hatch pattern that consists of 12 line families, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 25, 2003 What CAD/CAM Corporate Executives Earn - although CAD companies have seen little or no growth recently, many company executives are not only unwilling to take responsibility for this, they're earning enormous salaries that show low correlation between pay and performance, CADCAMNet, June 19, 2003 AutoCAD LT: Scaling to a Reference - tutorial illustrates how to scale an object by an amount given by a referenced object, Dave Pitzer, Autodesk.com, June 25, 2003 Visual LISP: Attribute Magic - how to manipulate attributes using Visual LISP, Bill Kramer, Autodesk.com, June 25, 2003 Autodesk VIZ: Rendering Effects to Images and Animations - tutorial explains how to use VIZ to achieve many of the same effects possible with Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere, Nancy Fulton, Autodesk.com, June 25, 2003 CAD in the UK - a look at regional differences in the usage of different CAD packages in the UK, CAD Spaghetti, Summer 2003 Editing Your Menu on the Fly - AutoCAD tips, Jim's AutoCAD Page, June 23, 2003 Batch Plotting with Scripts - AutoCAD tips, Jim's AutoCAD Page, June 23, 2003 Know Your PGPs - AutoCAD tips, Jim's AutoCAD Page, June 23, 2003 Outsourcing the GM Way: Staying Organized - to streamline its efforts and avoid technological chaos, GM has reduced its number of CAD systems (which numbered 26 in the 1980s) down to just one - Unigraphics, Stan Gibson, eWeek, June 23, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Creating Linetypes with Express Tools - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 20, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Shape Linetypes - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 19, 2003 Thoughts on the Dealer/Developer Relationship - do software companies really respect CAD dealers and their function in the sales process any more?, Martyn Day, CAD Spaghetti, Summer 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: String Linetypes - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 18, 2003 CAD in the Mechanical Engineering Sector - among UK mechanical engineers AutoCAD and AutoCAD LT dominate the 2D CAD market, while the 3D market is more diverse, CAD Spaghetti, Summer 2003 Autodesk Plan for DWF - Tony Peach, director of viewer strategy at Autodesk, explains why his company abandoned its free DWG/DXF viewer for AutoCAD 2004, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, June 17, 2003 Does Collaboration Have A Future? - over-marketing of the term "collaboration" has rendered it meaningless in the CAD world, Martyn Day, upFront.eZine, June 17, 2003 Zoom Hint - CATIA V4 tip, K. S. RamNath, CATIA Digital Digest, June 17, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Simple Linetypes - learn how to define and use a simple linetype, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 17, 2003 Generating Hatch Previews - AutoCAD tip, IMAGINit Technologies, June 2003 Heading for a Showdown - competition among the major rapid prototyping companies - including Objet Geometries, Stratasys and 3D Systems - is heating up, e4engineering, June 13, 2003 Autodesk Land Desktop - Using Layer States to Set Up Layer Properties in a New Drawing - streaming video tip illustrates how to use exported layer states to automate the setting of layer colors, linetype and other properties for layers, Ron Santos, Avatech Solutions, June 10, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Creating Shapes with Express Tools - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 16, 2003 Autodesk Land Desktop - Using Layer States to Set Up Layer Properties in a New Drawing - streaming video tip illustrates how to use exported layer states to automate the setting of layer colors, linetype and other properties for layers, Ron Santos, Avatech Solutions, June 10, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Adding Arcs to Shapes - learn some simple methods to add arcs to shapes, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 13, 2003 Dynamic Balancing of a Rotating Mechanism - tutorial explains how to optimize geometry and eliminate both static and dynamic imbalance by using Pro/E Mechanism Dynamics in conjunction with Behavioral Modeling design studies, Michael Shay, PTC Express, June 2003 Windchill PDMLink Desktop Integration with Microsoft Office - how to save time and simplify engineering-grade document management using Windchill PDMLink’s desktop integration with Microsoft Office, Tom Ladka, PTC Express, June 2003 Pre-defining Simple and Multi-level Cables - Pro/E video tip shows how to increase accuracy and accelerate the design process by pre-defining cables, PTC Express, June 2003 Automotive Modelling Takes New Turn - a new lightweight modeling system avoids conventional solid aluminum or epoxy resin blocks and castings and instead employs thin aluminum profiles assembled in boxlike groups with adjustable set-up heights, dial infolink, June 12, 2003 Autodesk Land Desktop - Controlling a Description Key Symbol's Scale and Rotation - streaming video tip shows how to change the scale and rotation of a description key using information gathered during a survey, Ron Santos, Avatech Solutions, June 10, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Shapes with Straight Lines, Part 2 - more about defining straight line shapes, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 12, 2003 Autodesk Inventor - Motion Constraints - streaming video tip shows you how by using Motion Constraints to relate the movement of one part to another in your assembly, Shawn Turek, Avatech Solutions, June 10, 2003 Autodesk Inventor - Adding Equations to Your Dimensions - streaming video tip examines how equations can be added to dimensions to symmetrically align or adjust features in your design, Jason Lane, Avatech Solutions, June 10, 2003 AutoCAD Mechanical - Auto Detailing Components - streaming video tip shows how to create Detail Drawings of components from within a current assembly drawing, Chris Dimler, Avatech Solutions, June 10, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Shapes with Straight Lines, Part 1 - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 11, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 - Palette Properties - streaming video shows how to control the placement and visibility of the new Tool Palettes, including the palette docking, Autohide and transparency options, Brian Smith, Avatech Solutions, June 10, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 - Design Web Format - streaming video examines the new Design Web Format, which allows you to publish all the drawings from a drawing set to a single multi-sheet DWF file, Sandeep Menon, Avatech Solutions, June 10, 2003 Avatech Digs Out the New Features of Land Desktop - streaming video explores the best features of Land Desktop 2004, such as Road to Surface, Vertical Alignment Editing and Land XML Reporting, Eric Chappell, Avatech Solutions, June 10, 2003 Researchers Use CFD to Examine Artificial Heart Valves - researchers at Georgia Tech are launching the first comprehensive attempt to develop advanced CFD techniques and apply them in conjunction with experiments to study blood flow turbulence in heart valves, CFD Review, June 11, 2003 Visualising Solutions at Queens College - UK students use Mathcad for visualization, modeling, and algorithm building, Adept Scientific (hosted on engineeringtalk.com), June 11, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Using Shapes - learn how to load and compile an existing shape file, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 10, 2003 RAND Sues PTC - it's no more Mr. Nice Guy as Rand sues PTC for $100 million in damages, Ralph Grabowski, upFront.eZine, June 10, 2003 Find Prior Commands by Right-Clicking - AutoCAD 2004 tip, Sassa Cheli, Autodesk.com, June 9, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Raster Images Slide Shows - how to create raster images with the RENDER command and then build a slide show, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 9, 2003 "It's Layout Space, Jim, But Not As We Know It!" - IntelliCAD 2001 tutorial explores the universe of the Multiple Layout Space, Alan Wooldridge, CADdigest.com, June 9, 2003 Creating Surfaces with Variable Section Sweeps - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial presents seven examples of surfaces using variable section sweeps, Karavasilis V. Christos, Pro/E Central, June 2003 Transparent Zooms and Pans in REVCLOUD - AutoCAD 2004 tip, Robert Davis, Autodesk.com, June 9, 2003 Attach External References All At Once - AutoCAD 2004 tip, Robert Davis, Autodesk.com, June 9, 2003 Lock Viewports Toolbar Button Macro - AutoCAD 2004 tip, Rich Zimmer, Autodesk.com, June 9, 2003 Getting Rid of Unwanted Shared Cells - MicroStation V8 tips, Marc Thomas, bentleyuser.org, June 6, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Slide Libraries - on using Slidelib, an external utility to create a slide library based on a list of slides, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 6, 2003 Adding a Recursive Purge as a "Right-click" Option in Windows - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial, EERN, June 6, 2003 Using Pro/Batch to Create PDFs of Many Drawings at One Time - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial, EERN, June 6, 2003 On Freedom and Constraints - Autodesk Inventor tutorial illustrates how to assemble parts with assembly constraints, Jeff Wymer, CADENCE, June 2003 Class Of 2003 Finds Jobs Tight But More Interest In Engineers - despite a shaky economy, the job situation is pretty good for new engineering graduates, especially in the field of civil engineering, Rachel Maisler and Bill Snyder, enr.com, June 9, 2003 BIM Sets a New Direction for Architectural CAD - Building Information Modeling has the potential to significantly change the practice of architecture, elevating the industry to a more sophisticated level, Arnie Williams, CADENCE, June 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Slide Shows - how to create scripts for making slide shows in AutoCAD, Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 5, 2003 Autodesk Land Desktop Tutorial: Building A Surface From 3D Faces - on converting 3D faces into a Land Desktop surface for such uses as creating Profiles, Sections and Contours, Rick Ellis, CADdigest.com, June 5, 2003 Text: from Tedious to Terrific (About Darn Time!) - tips on using the newly enhanced mtext command in AutoCAD 2004, which makes annotating drawings much easier, Lynn Allen, CADENCE, June 2003 Communicating With eDrawings - tutorial on using SolidWorks eDrawings to view, measure, mark-up, and print different file formats to enhance collaboration with other team members, vendors and or customers, Greg Jankowski, CADENCE, June 2003 How to Create Quick Associative Curves for Swept or Through Curve Mesh Features in Unigraphics - Unigraphics tip, Simon Cawthan, NX Digest, June 5, 2003 3D Architectural Features of VectorWorks - explores the features for creating architecture models and drawings, John Wilson, CADENCE, June 2003 Gartner Rates Vendors in New PLM Study - a recent study finds that Dassault, EDS-PLM and PTC are the new PLM leaders because they have a huge market share in their core capabilities to manage a product lifecycle, Advanced Manufacturing, May/June 2003 Subaru WRX - detailed tutorial on modeling a car in Maya, Michael Thomson, Bliss Digital Design, June 5, 2003 NASA's Foam Test Offered a Vivid Lesson in Kinetics - a NASA official said the recent test that showed the destructive potential of falling foam was a surprising demonstration of the power speed can give to something so light, John Schwartz, June 5, 2003 (may require free registration) AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Creating and Viewing Slides - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 4, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 for CAD Managers - Part 2 - focuses on changes unique to AutoCAD 2004 and how CAD managers can take advantage of these changes, Robert Green CADENCE, June 2003 Autodesk Architectural Desktop: VIZ Render - introduction to this newly designed rendering application (coupled with Architectural Desktop 2004) that offers a streamlined user interface for producing accurate radiosity-based visualizations, Steven Papke, Autodesk.com, June 4, 2003 IntelliCAD 2001 Working Environment - streaming video offers an introduction to the IntelliCAD 2001 window, Alan Wooldridge, Cadalot.com, June 4, 2003 Making IntelliCAD Look Like AutoCAD - streaming video tips, Alan Wooldridge, Cadalot.com, June 4, 2003 Interactive Demo of the Modify/Parallel Function - IntelliCAD streaming video tips, Alan Wooldridge, Cadalot.com, June 4, 2003 Sheet Metal Laser Cutting Software - laser cutting of intricate and small shapes is so demanding on sheet metal and other materials that software technology is often the deciding factor between a successful cut and wasted product, dial infolink, June 3, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Modifying Objects with Scripts - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 3, 2003 Opening Pro/ENGINEER Files in Solid Edge - how to use Solid Edge's built-in translators to import Pro/E designs, J. Fred White, CADENCE, June 2003 Should We BIM? Pushing the State of the Art in AEC - examines how the recent Building Information Modeling phenomenon raises the state of the art in AEC, and how solutions for different aspects of building design and construction tie into the BIM concept, Lachmi Khemlani, CADENCE, June 2003 Autodesk Architectural Desktop: Working with Wall Styles - tutorial shows how to create walls and foundations with Wall Styles, Ed Goldberg, Autodesk.com, June 3, 2003 Selecting Multiple Elements When Relimiting - CATIA tips, Phil Hittepole, CATIA Digital Digest, June 3, 2003 Autodesk Buzzsaw: Using Find - tips on how to search for files located in your site, project, or a specific folder by author’s name, date created or text content, Autodesk.com, June 3, 2003 CAD Management's Future: Document Management and Distribution - explores up and coming trends in document management, Robert Green, Autodesk.com, June 3, 2003 AutoCAD 2004 Customization Tutorial: Setting Up a Drawing with a Script - Alireza Parsai, CADdigest.com, June 2, 2003 Autodesk Revit: Working with Families - tutorial explores the use of Revit object libraries, Lachmi Khemlani, Autodesk.com, June 2, 2003 Autodesk Revit: Orthogonal Display and Arc Property Lines - Revit productivity tips, Steve Burri, Autodesk.com, June 2, 2003 Autodesk Land Desktop: Introduction to the Sheet Manager - tutorial illustrates how to use a road design to enhance plot-sheet drawing and plot-generation skills, Felicia Provencal, Autodesk.com, June 2, 2003 From Parts to Plants: Virtual Prototyping and Manufacturing - examines the function of digital prototyping in simulating the machining of a part or placement of machines on a plant floor and simulating workflow, Jeffrey Rowe, Advanced Manufacturing, May/June 2003 Workflow - tips on enhancing and streamlining workflow in offices devoted to visualization or animation tasks, Ted Boardman, CG Architect, June 2003 CAD/CAM &CAE at NPE 2003 - a look at some of the new mold and tool-making products that will be presented at the upcoming international plastics show, including the latest versions of VX CAD/CAM, Geomagic Studio and Moldflow Plastic Insight, Mikell Knights, Plastics Technology, June 2003 |
