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See also:
Pro/Engineer Tip-of-the-Month: "Select to Keep" by Default - how to make
the "Select to Keep" button the Drawing Show/Erase default option, Synthesis
Engineering Systems, December 2002
Introduction to iParts - Autodesk Inventor tutorial shows how to make a
simple iPart and such concepts as filenames, properties, feature suppression
and key selection, Sean Dotson, December 19, 2002 (pdf) (more
Inventor tutorials)
Ask the PLM: Routed Systems Designer Technical Tips - Pro/ENGINEER tips
on physical splices, datatables and portmaps, Jim Barrett-Smith, PTC
Express, December 2002
Solid Edge Engineering Handbook - streaming video
tech tips show how to use the Handbook's online engineering data to
automatically create machinery parts, Solid Edge, December 17, 2002  Creating
Camera Views in an Inventor Presentation - tutorial on how to seamlessly
switch camera views in a presentation animation, Elise Moss, CADdigest.com,
December 11, 2002
Pro/ENGINEER 2002 Salary Survey - a survey of more than 1,700 Pro/E
users found that the typical user is 26 to 35 years old and earns $60,000
per year, Jason Turk, ProfilesMagazine, Winter 2002
Driving Complex Models with 2D Curves - Pro/ENGINEER tutorial shows how
you can use 2D curves for more than just shaping and trimming surfaces,
Phillip Vaughan, ProfilesMagazine, Winter 2002
Inventor - Inventor 6 Welding Basics - streaming video tech tip explains
how to take an Inventor 6 assembly and turn it into a weldment, Rob
Henriksen, Avatech Solutions, December 3, 2002
Data Management and the Design of the Joint Strike Fighter - a
consortium of some 30 companies are creating a new fleet of war planes,
using CATIA for design and EDS's Teamcenter for data management, Louise
Elliott, DE Online, December 2002
Making the Leap from AutoCAD to Autodesk Inventor: 10 Easy Steps - a
basic overview and introduction to Inventor, Lynn Allen, CAD/CAM Solutions
of Canada Inc., December 3, 2002
Solid Edge Intuitive 3D Modeling - streaming video
tech tips on how to use process-specific workflows in Solid Edge to
create accurate, ready-for-manufacture 3D models in minutes, Solid Edge,
December 4, 2002
Solid Edge Legacy Data - streaming video tech tips on
how to import, format and convert legacy 2D data into 3D solid
models, and how to create detail sheets from assembly and part models, Solid
Edge, November 19, 2002
The Productivity Edge - explores how to use some of the additions and
enhancements in Solid Edge V12 J. Fred White, CADENCE, November 2002
Solid Edge Design Rules - streaming video tech tips
on how to use Solid Edge Design Aids and Sensors to automatically
monitor key design variables while you design, Solid Edge, November 12, 2002
Solid Edge Sheet Metal Components - streaming video tech tips on how to
model and develop sheet metal components, Solid Edge, November 6, 2002
Solid Edge Tubes, Wires and Cables - streaming video shows how to
rapidly route and model tubes, wires and cables, Solid Edge, November 5,
2002
Using Threads in iParts - Autodesk Inventor tutorial explores
controlling threads and using keys in iParts, Sean Dotson, November 11, 2002
(pdf)
Copying Dimension Text among Multiple Dimensions in SolidWorks - tips
for working with drawings, John Nemeth, SOLID Digital Digest, November 20,
2002  Engineering
Reading Matters - mechanical engineers reveal what kinds of publications
they to turn to for a good, work-related read, CAD Spaghetti, November 2002
SolidWorks Solution: Keeping Those PDM Files - tips on backing up PDM
files, Brad Johnson, SOLID Solutions Advanced, November 19, 2002
Applying Multi-body Techniques - SolidWorks tips on modeling more than
one non-continuous solid body, Greg Jankowski, CADENCE, November 2002
Weldment Design with Autodesk Inventor 6 - tips on using the tools for
weldment assembly, weld-bead specification, weld-edge preparation and
post-weld machining, Jeff Wymer, CADENCE, November 2002 Plastic
Part Design in SolidWorks - helpful tips on designing with plastic parts
in SolidWorks, Matt Lombard, November 13, 2002
Introduction to 3D Sketches - An Autodesk Inventor tutorial, Sean
Dotson, November 11, 2002 (pdf)
Considerations in Creating Photorealistic Renderings with I-DEAS Master
Series - an I-DEAS technical paper, James L. Ross, WAMware, November 13,
2002
Demonstration of Driving I-DEAS from an Excel Spreadsheet - an I-DEAS
tutorial, Mark Crawford, WAMware, November 13, 2002 MCAD
Awareness in the UK - a survey found that mechanical engineers were very
familiar with Autodesk and SolidWorks products, but familiarity with the
rest of the MCAD systems lagged far behind, CAD Spaghetti, November 2002
Visualizing Small Model Changes - Pro/ENGINEER tips on how to visualize
model changes after modification and regeneration, Synthesis Engineering
Services, November 2002
CATIA Hints & Tips for Drafting - CATIA Users of Central Ontario,
November 6, 2002
CATIA Model Clean Up - tips on how to repair a CATIA model that doesn't
respond properly to standard functionality, CATIA Users of Central Ontario,
November 6, 2002
Searching the Commonspace and Checking Out Models - Pro/ENGINEER
streaming video tip (created by KinetiVision), Pro/E Central, November 4,
2002
SolidWorks Tips & Tricks - a collection of tips on parts, assemblies,
drawings and file management, GoEngineer, October 30, 2002
Toolbox Tutorial - explores concepts and terms used in the SolidWorks
Toolbox add-in, with exercises on adding Toolbox content to designs,
customizing standards and adding custom content, GoEngineer, October 29,
2002 (3.5MB zip file)
think3 Washed Up? Think Again - super salesman Joe Costello is pitting
his upstart company think3 against heavyweights CATIA and Pro/ENGINEER for a
share of the MCAD market, CADdigest.com, October 29, 2002
Advanced Drawing Help Guide -Pro/ENGINEER tutorials, PTC, October 28,
2002
Small Is Beautiful - Solid Edge was used to design the Nicam digital
television, which houses a DVD/CD player, digital stereo/FM radio and a PC -
all in a frame a mere 2.5 inches deep, C3, July/August 2002
How to List Configuration-Specific Dimensions - SolidWorks tutorial
shows how to create text containing a list of the configuration-specific
dimensions within a part, SolidWorks Express, October 2002
Groups With More Functions - Pro/ENGINEER tips on using the Group tools,
Synthesis Engineering, October 2002
How to Increase Assembly Performance - SolidWorks tech tips on the
performance-related settings that can have a positive effect on assembly
performance, SolidWorks Express, October 2002
How to Plan Assemblies for Top-Down Design - SolidWorks tech tips on
tying together interrelated components so that if one changes, the related
components also change, SolidWorks Express, October 2002
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire: Making the Switch Easy - more on the built-in
features and new support services to help Pro/ENGINEER users make the
transition to Wildfire, Jim Buchanan, PTC Express, October 2002
Pro/ENGINEER Tutorial 1 - A Simple Object - explores the basic Pro/E
concepts of feature-based, associative- and constraint- (or parametric)
based modeling, Eric Wiebe, October 10, 2002
Ask the PLM: Mechanism Design Technical Tips - advice on using Pro/ENGINEER's
Mechanism Design tools, Michael Shay, PTC Express, October 2002
Drawing Views 101 - SolidWorks tutorial examines different options and
types of views that can make detailing flexible and effective, Greg
Jankowski, CADENCE, October 2002
Solid Edge XP - streaming video shows how to automate common design
decisions in Solid Edge with situational inference and optimized process
driven workflows, Solid Edge, October 24, 2002
Solid Edge Legacy Data - streaming video offers tips on moving 2D data
into 3D models, Solid Edge, October 24, 2002
Efficiently Managing Design Data - using Solid Edge and Solid Edge
Insight, MacDon Industries increased its design productivity across its
entire engineering organization, Dave Primrose, Sherry L. Baranek,
timecompress.com, September 2002
Is MCAD a Misunderstood Function? - users tend to define MCAD software
by their own expectations and requirements, which can result in conflicting
evaluations of MCAD's capabilities and potential, John Connolly,
timecompress.com, September 2002
Putting File Names in Drawing Notes - Pro/ENGINEER tips on adding file
names to drawings and notes, Synthesis Engineering, September 2002
The Curse of the Polygon - a Rhinoceros 3D tutorial that offers advice
on making meshes look smooth in shaded views and renderings, James
Carruthers, Hydraulic Design
How to Model a Car in Rhinoceros 3D - a tutorial, Laurent Miagkoff
Modeling Tips for Everyone - explores visualization and presentation and
managing product modeling data (part 7 of 7), Don LaCourse, MCADVision,
September 2002
Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire Helps Users Break From (Serial) Tradition - eighth
in a series of articles exploring the analysis and simulation tools packed
into Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire, Jim Buchanan, PTC Express, September 2002
STHENO/Pro: Full 2D Drafting for Pro/ENGINEER - CAD Schroer's new STHENO/Pro
provides a 2D tool for concept design, Mark Simpson e-Profiles, Fall 2002
To Optimize, Analyze - engineers should look to the aerospace industry
for the next trends in the CAD/CAM/CAE industry, Katherine Tyrka, Global
Design News, September 1, 2002
Flexible Flyer - Lockheed-Martin engineers used CATIA to create the F-35
fighter, Rick DeMeis, Design News, September 9, 2002
Putting File Names in Drawing Notes - Pro/E tips, Synthesis Engineering
services, September 2002
Creating Hole Patterns Around the Edge of a Plate - The Smart Way - a
Pro/E tutorial, Davor Baros, e-Profiles, Summer 2002
SolidWorks Tips #13 - more than a dozen user-submitted tips, from
emailing SolidWorks files to keyboard shortcuts, SolidWorks Tips and Things,
August 5, 2002 Why
Pick CATIA Over SolidWorks? - SolidWorks is less expensive and easier to
use, but the advanced engineering software integrated with CATIA provides
the tools for designing more complex products, CADCAMNet, August 22, 2002
State of the Art in MCAD: FEA and Other Analysis Tools - a look at six
products - MSC.visualNastran 4D 2002, InCAD Designer Series,
COSMOS/DesignSTAR 3.0, DesignSpace, Moldflow Plastics Advisers and Fluent -
designed to reduce the product development cycle, Joe Greco, CADENCE, August
2002
Manufacturing, Design, and Documents - manufacturer A.J. Antunes
switched from AutoCAD to Solid Edge to take advantage of the
document-management capabilities of SharePoint, Demir Barlas, Line56, July
12, 2002
Mechanical Desktop - Cam Development - MDT streaming tech tips, Avatech
Solutions, July 16, 2002
Rocky Mountain High! - a UK firm switched from AutoCAD LT to SolidWorks
to increase their efficiency in designing rock-climbing, mountaineering and
industrial-safety products, CAD User, July 2002
Commentary: Proficiency To Address Feature-Based CAD Translation for CATIA
5.0 - new conversion capability will be available by next summer, Ira
Breskin, MCADCafe, August 2002 Shoot-out
Between Inventor and SolidWorks - Inventor wins this although the
scoring is close, Elise Moss, CADdigest.com, August 8, 2002 A
Valuable Resource - SolidWorks User Groups - links and information on
SolidWorks user groups locations, meetings and support,
John McEleney, SolidWorks Corporation, August 6, 2002 How
to Evaluate Your Hardware Requirements - tips for SolidWorks users for
determining if hardware upgrade or replacement is necessary, Greg Jankowski,
SolidWorks, Aug 2, 2002
Modeling Tips For Everyone - advice on parametrics and the importance of
user-defined features, Don LaCourse, MCADVision, August 2002
Behind the Scenes at Jaguar - Where Virtual Engineering Drives Passion for
Style and Performance - Matt Bailey, MCADVision, August 2002
Industrial Design And The Shape Of Things To Come - explores the
specific CAD needs of industrial designers, Jeffrey Rowe, MCAD Vision,
August 2002
Making Machines Into "Smart" Partners - can the advances of the process
control world and the networked office be applied to the shop floor?, Steve
Krar and Arthur Gill, Advanced Manufacturing, July 2002
Feature Data Replacing Geometry as Key to CAD Interoperability - giving
engineers the ability to reuse models with little or no effort requires a
different philosophy; one based on the exchange of feature information, John
J. McEleney, CEO, SolidWorks, timecompress.com, July 2002
How To Design Cars And Scare Children - GM's cutting-edge 3-D
virtual-reality technology center makes little girl scream as pterodactyl
pokes head into audience, Steve Konicki, Information Week, June 3, 2002
Immersed In Their Work - virtual-reality environments allow engineers,
suppliers and customers to actually interact with new virtual designs, Tim
Stevens, Industry Week, June 1, 2002
Mechanical Design Challenge - think3 aims to convert 1.5 million CAD
users from 2-D to 3-D by lowering cost, training and legacy barriers, John
Teresko, Industry Week, June 1, 2002 MCAD
Training - a survey finds that more than half of the UK's MCAD users
receive no instructor-led training, CAD Spaghetti, May 2002
How to Design Better Plastic Parts - the process of a good plastics part
design can involve not only mechanical design but FEA, tools and molds,
assembly and more, Greg Jankowski, SolidWorks Express, April 2002
How to Improve Freeform Modeling with SolidWorks 2001Plus - Greg
Jankowski, SolidWorks Express, April 2002
Taking Stock of MCAD - a look at what has happened to each of the
leading MCAD companies as well as short and long term goals, Joe Greco,
CADENCE, May 2002
Design Driven - behind every great race car is a computer-aided design,
engineering, and manufacturing team, David Cohn, CGW, May 2002
Autodesk's Robert "Buzz" Kross Talks Strategy for Inventor Series - Ira
Breskin, MCAD Cafe, April 25, 2002
Will Partnership with IBM/Dassault Transform RAND Worldwide? - Ira
Breskin, MCAD Cafe, April 25, 2002
A New Generation of Collaboration CAD Tools Holds Promise for Future
Innovation - Tilman Schad, CoCreate, DE Online, April 2002
Find Your Answers in Just a Few Clicks - PTC offers technical help,
product information, and a simpler way to manage software licenses on their
website, Jeff Pike, PTC, April 2002
Q&A from the Precision Learning Webcast and Demo - from the recent
webcast on Pro/ENGINEER training, Jim Trant, PTC, April 2002
What
is PLM? - the terms CAD, CAE, CAM don't seem to be good enough to
describe what we are doing, so we're being subjected to having it called
PLM. Should we go for it?, Martyn Day, Cadserver, April 15, 2002
How to Grow-Not! - what can be done to re-energize the flat MCAD market,
Phil LoPiccolo, Computer Graphics World, April 2002
2002 CATIA Operators Exchange Opens in Palm Springs - CATIA Digital
Digest, April 15, 2002
EDS Tools Tie Suppliers To GM Design Network - GM expects to use the
collaborative-design infrastructure to link as many as 10,000 suppliers into
the network in the next two years, Steve Konicki, Information Week, April
11, 2002
Straight Talk from SolidWorks CEO John McEleney - SolidWorks worries
about how fast rival Inventor is catching on, MCADcafe, April 11, 2002
A First Step for Design - A Giant Leap for the Manufacturing Enterprise
- John McEleney, CEO of SolidWorks talks about the slow acceptance of 3D
solid modeling by many designers, CAD User, April 2002
Revving Up - number 4 carmaker Toyota hopes to leapfrog competitors with
digital-modeling software that links production and design, Steve Konicki,
Information Week, April 1, 2002
3D Models on the Web - Peter Sheerin, the Sheerin Report, March 6, 2002
Design Staff the Focus of Intense Pressure - users strive to squeeze
every bit of productivity from design software, as witnessed at the
SolidWorks user conference, Todd Phillips, Advanced Manufacturing, March
2002
Q & A with Ping Fu, President and CEO, Raindrop Geomagic - IEN Online,
March 13, 2002
Mass Customization: A Revolution in the Making - Ping Fu, Raindrop
Geomagic, March 2002
Standard Spurs 3D Content for Wireless Devices - the Web3D Consortium
aims to bring eye-popping three-dimensional images to wireless devices, Jay
Wrolstad, Wireless NewsFactor, Feb 27, 2002 Solid
Modeling, Slow Progress - the growth in the proportion of mechanical
engineering sites using 3D seems to have stalled, CAD Spaghetti, February
2002User
Views on Rapid Prototyping - over 260 managers of design functions at
mechanical engineering sites assess the potential of RP, CAD Spaghetti,
February 2002
Bringing 3D to the Web - VRML is back from the dead - again, Paul Festa,
CNET News.com, Feb 26, 2002
Moving From CAD to Pervasive 3D - an interview with Bernard Charlès,
President, Dassault Systèmes, Global Design News, Feb 1, 2002
A Visual Guide to VectorWorks Mechanical - Joe Greco, MCAD Vision, Feb
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