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The main objective of this study is to assess the acceptance level of design, manufacturing, and computer aided analysis (CAD/CAM /CAE) and other digital manufacturing initiatives in the development of products in Latin America. The development of the modern world is not conceivable without the rise of information technologies applied to industry. A literature review is performed with emphasis in recent developments (last decade) in areas that include machine design, aviation elements design, medicine, and human prostheses among others. All references are from scientific articles published on mainstream journals and trends in the use of novel techniques are identified. It is concluded that CAD/CAM/CAE technologies are so wide that new applications are discovered every day. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

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The growth of the maker culture and the interactions between makerspaces and non- formal education, could be considered as a great support to encourage digital literacy from a critical perspective, increase social development or even to generate opportunities to vulnerable youth. In this context, the purpose of this paper is to validate a set of researching instruments (survey, focus group and interviews) design as part of a doctoral dissertation study and seeks to find the possibilities of making movement and creative technologies in the social and educational context. The results obtained on an experts' panel of 16 people, verify the reliability and validity of the instruments evaluated by clarify, coherence and relevance criteria. The prominent outcomes show a very high score of the survey items (average of 4.67 of 5, while n = 282. Even so, the discrepancies between the observations and suggestions obtained, together with the values of Kendall's W coefficient (0.14, being p <0.05), suggest a deeper revision in some items. In conclusion, the validation process serves as a contextual framework to highlight and deepen the potential of these creative and collaborative environments through the creation of solid and useful methodologies to understand what happens in them. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Digital manufacturing creates finished parts from designed models in computer-based manufacturing processes such as CAD-CAM processes, opening the road to flexibility and productivity in industry. This paper presents a software tool that assists the design of digital production equipment, creating complex geometry parts through computerized numerical control. It was started by identifying the characteristics of manufacturing processes capable of automation and it was established a benchmark to define the mechanical, electronic, and control design for three-dimensional positioning equipment. Through a computer tool, the parameters of construction positioning systems were defined, besides, the variables, constants, and criteria were noted, so that by applying theories concerning the electromechanical design, necessary calculations for find the right components belonging to the machine are made. Finally, a user interface allows incorporating data, providing results of the machine design, and getting the structural CAD design of the positioning system. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The emergence and growth of the maker movement and open sources, especially those related to digital manufacturing, since the beginning of the 21st century, it seems to confirm a trend transforming generation of great relevance in the media and creative processes, something that it joins the remarkable growth of laboratories where these profiles work. But, is there a paradigm shift in the use of new media? What characteristics do they have? Is it symptomatic of a higger cultural transformation? How are interrelated and feed off these processes with the current digital culture? The answer to these questions, of vital importance in the actuality, will help us to assess the impact level of this movement on the current creative and cultural processes and the transformation undergone by the technology implemented in these centers since the second half of last century. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]