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December 2011
5 Ways 2011 Changed the Way You Engineer
It’s been a year of change in the world of engineering – how we think about products, and how and where we build them. As we welcome in 2012, here are five interesting developments to leave you with: 1. Growth, Decline, and Changing Demographics: The worldwide CAD industry grew to $7 billion in 2011 according to the 2012 CAD Report …
Posted in Connections
Tagged CAD trends, product design, product development, Social Product Development, sustainability
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Implant May Provide New Hope for Heart Failure Patients
Thirty-three percent of adults in the United States over the age of 20, and 53 percent of nursing home residents have hypertension (high blood pressure), according to the most recent CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) data. That’s a whopping $69.4 billion each year in healthcare costs, and with an aging population and increased cases of cardiovascular disease, it’s …
Symbolic Calculation in Mathcad Prime 2.0: Explicit Evaluation and Numeric and Symbolic Calculation Integration!
In the last set of posts we talked about the Excel integration and the new 3D plots component in Mathcad Prime 2.0. Today we will be introducing you to the symbolic calculation feature. Mathcad 15.0 has had various symbolic calculation capabilities for a long time. These capabilities were absent in Mathcad Prime 1.0 but, we are happy to announce, they …
6 Keys to Successful Global Product Development
In today’s world, global product development is an inevitable and essential part of both product engineering and manufacturing, but it’s often a complicated business with many moving parts. In this article, Brian Shepherd, EVP of product development at PTC, shares his thoughts on how PLM connects processes with technology to make successful GPD a reality. Global product development (GPD), with …
New Product Development: From Post-it Sticky Notes to Volvo Trucks
Smart people create great products through hard work, team efforts and, sometimes, by happenstance. The invention of the Post-it Sticky Note is an example of the latter. The product development surrounding a Volvo FH truck represents a new and better way. Then: Sticky notes and a chance encounter. As the story goes, in the ‘70s, a 3M chemist named Spencer …
Mathcad Prime 2.0′s 3D Plots: Improving Communication Visually
My last post discussed the improvements that have been made to 3D plots in Mathcad Prime 2.0. Some of the highlights included new control options for the 3D plots, like the pan and reset options. I also spoke with Chahid Ghaddar, a Software Development Engineer and Senior Technical Consultant, and Marion Raikhlin, a Product Definition Engineer, about 3D plots. They …
‘Tis the Season of Miracles with Microsoft Kinect
Ever since Microsoft embraced the hackers of the Kinect modding community, there has been a huge spark in global innovation across industries [see How Kinect is Changing the World of Retail]. Some of them are borderline miracles in my humble opinion. ‘Tis the season of miracles isn’t it? Give the gift of sight. Navigational Aids for the Visually Impaired (NAVI) …
The Best Designs in Sports Technology
There’s a player down, and trainers at the University of New Hampshire are working feverishly in front of banks of cameras to remove his pads and helmets without jarring his neck. One unscrews the face mask to get access to the player’s airway; another pulls a cord that separates his shoulder pads. Cervical spine damage is one of the scariest …
Mathcad Prime 2.0: Discovering the Different Dimensions of 3D Plots
Last week we explored the Excel component of Mathcad Prime 2.0. This week we’ll take a look at the 3D plots feature of Mathcad Prime 2.0, which will be released in early 2012. Users often need to get a quick qualitative and quantitative understanding of their models or data. This is most effectively achieved by creating and using plots. Many …
Posted in Mathcad A to Z, The Inside Scoop
Tagged *Advanced plotting*, 3D plots, axis selector, curve, dimensional input, graph, Mathcad Prime 2.0, plotting, scattered points, surface
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Flying Robots: Coming to a Construction Site Near You?
My first reaction when hearing about flying robots was: If and when they take over, do we really want them flying? Relax! These robots are designed to help build structures, perhaps eventually on a large-scale. This joint venture of robotics and architecture resides as an art installation at FRAC Center Orleans in France. The brainchild of ETH Zurich roboticist Rafaello …
