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Software and hardware developers have responded to the challenges posed by increased demand for quality products and a competitive marketplace through the creation of more efficient state-of-the-art solutions and the identification of production problems. Quality verification equipment prevent rework and shut downs while streamlining fit and function part analysis. The ideal verification solution should be easy to use, can function on laptop and desktop computers and can integrate well in all types of environment. Some new equipment available in the market are presented., Size and distance pose no problem. The business realities of today's manufacturing industry-tough competition and the race to consistently maintain quality in their end product - has accelerated the need [...]

Collaboration is the key to increasing efficiency in product design. This is accomplished in the engineering world by the use of software computer programs that allow users to create various models and confer with other users for suggested modifications. This facilitates interaction between designers, with the end result of faster production of excellent marketable goods. The idea of collaboration is also being maximized by software developers themselves. By using one software to complement the capabilities of another software, designs are produced much quicker., The CAD industry loves vague buzz words - concurrency, co-location, and virtual anything are a few. Collaboration is the latest. But dig a little into collaboration, and one might think [...]

National Manufacturing Week, held recently in Chicago, brought together three shows that would have filled the wish list of anyone wanting the latest computer hardware and software for automating design, [...]

Tools for system-level design let you work at a high level of abstraction to improve your productivity. The design of an answering machine demonstrates the benefits. Although CAE tools are [...]

Selecting the proper workstation can be a daunting task given the number of architectures, models, and engineering applications available. The burden of finding the right tools for the job falls [...]

It has taken only 11 years for the personal computer, or PC, to rival the speed and performance capabilities of workstations. And that's good news for engineers involved in finite [...]

The Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) can merge diverse product-development functions into a single operation. Recent standards-bodies decisions have finally stabilized ISDN, so vendors are beginning to develop applications that [...]

Either choice accesses the power of Unix Your firm is in good company if it has decided to standardize on Unix using the X-Window Development System (X-Window), version 11 (X11). [...]

There are plenty of computers equipped to handle engineering applications - PCs to near-supercomputers, workstations to Crays. They all crunch numbers, display graphics, automate repetitive tasks, and make their users [...]

A Macintosh computer can be whatever you need it to be. With its high-powered microprocessor, coprocessor, and megabytes of RAM, it handles complicated models and analyses as easily as letters. [...]

The Internet is empowering the engineering workplace by making communication and collaboration faster and accessible to many. Many tools are available to help engineers work as a team. These include intranets, which are private Web networks that allow teams to collaborate on a project with safety from public access. Other tools include plug-ins and Java which enable the browser to download data from the Web. There are also a number of Web applications that have particular impact on engineering. Finally, conference sessions can be held over the Internet., The Internet in the engineering workplace is the tool that makes collaboration happen easily and with organization. The World Wide Web supports a platform-independent interface, called a browser, that is [...]

Many people, having discovered word processing, would not dream of using a typewriter to compose a letter. Similarly, many engineers who have discovered computer-aided design shun manual drafting techniques. At [...]

The computer aided design (CAD), computer aided engineering (CAE) and computer aided software engineering (CASE) products in this month's Product Showcase emphasize the diversity of capabilities available in current design [...]

Networking for the purpose of sharing information is not a recent idea. The first electronic networks appeared at the turn of the century, when the nation was linked by telegraph. [...]

The National Center for Manufacturing Sciences (NCMS) invites participants to partner in developing a working, proof-of-concept visualization system model. Known as Volumetric Imaging Systems or VIS-4D, these advanced technologies represent [...]

Version 3.2.4 of the 'Spence Sizing Program for Windows 95/98' is said to allow for multiple sizing solutions at the same time, while allowing the user to print using System [...]

PowerChute(r), power management software for network-based shutdowns between an uninterruptible power supply (UPS) and multiple computer systems, is a network shutdown solution that offers ease of use by eliminating cable [...]

Some headline, huh? Let me translate it for those of you who 'don't speak the language.' 'MRO,' of course, stands for 'maintenance, repairs, and operations,' the indispensable functions carried out [...]

The DVM - 1 portable, digital video microscope allows non-destructive visual inspections of surfaces that cannot be viewed with conventional microscopes. The unit can freeze and store more than 500 [...]

The new 6K optical sensor is said to be more than 'teachable.' Reportedly, it is smart enough to 'self-teach' target vs. background, even when the target is moving at line [...]

IFS (Integrated Facilities [Systems.sup.TM]) is a cost-effective, custom-designed, approach to combining power distribution and control functions with environmental controls into a single, space-saving structure. The IFS structure can be customized [...]

Unlocking the Power of Computer Graphics Today, engineering software is sophisticated enough to provide realistic pictures of finished products. If powerful hardware is used, these images can be animated to [...]

Choosing Engineering Workstations Engineers like workstations. The idea of controlling a desktop computing resource is appealing to most engineers, who tend to work on a variety of projects simultaneously. However, [...]

Computer-Aided Engineering Software package relieves designer of physical details of ASIC design You can avoid dealing with the physical design details of ASIC design if you use IC Works software [...]

Researchers at the Fraunhofer Institute for Factory Operation and Automation in Germany developed a robot that produces large-volume models and moulds for the ship building industry. The robot can cut costs by up to a third depending on the process.

Boundary-scan technology was much on the minds of attendees and exhibitors at the International Test Conference (ITC) in Nashville, TN, in late October. Boundary scan, now covered by IEEE standard [...]

Instrument Drivers Link the Microwave Design System with Nonlinear Test Applications While vector network analyzers, spectrum analyzers and digital sampling oscilloscopes are used for different tasks, they are used the [...]

ROUTER OFFERS GRAPH-BASED ENGINE. Plato Design Systems' Nano-Route, a scalable routing package for SOC (system-on-chip) products, incorporates architecture, parallel processing, object-oriented implementation, and concurrent data modeling. It also offers a [...]

ASIC Test Needs Create New Market in Coupling Analyzers With CAE Workstations, ATE; Startups Push Technology Application specific IC testing requirements are pulling logic analyzers into an emerging market for [...]

PCs, Workstations With Integrated CAD/CAM, CAE Graphics Grabbing Market Share From Vendors of Dedicated Terminals The migration of CAD/CAM and CAE graphics applications to personal computers and workstation-based systems is [...]

AUTOMATIC TEST EQUIPMENT NEW YORK -- The rigorous demands of testing a new generation of complex printed circuit boards containing a rising population of application-specific ICs are driving automatic test [...]

Ricardo Consulting Engineers has developed a highly versatile software capable of performing complex finite volume fluid dynamics computations called the Vectis. The program is especially suited to developing and evaluating engine designs. It features six modules covering pre-processing, equation solving and post-processing. Users can define the density and alignment of the Cartesian global mesh produced by the software and may even sequence events to achieve accurate process simulation.

Injection molders can get more out of computerized process simulation; other processors can enjoy CAE's benefits as well. There will be plenty of news in CAE process-simulation software, which is [...]