The first stop of the worldwide COMSOL Conference 2024 tour is slated to be held in Boston, MA, on October 2–4. The COMSOL Conference provides a space for engineers, scientists, and researchers to showcase their modeling and simulation work, exchange ideas, and learn new modeling techniques. Program highlights of the 2024 event: Keynote talks by industry leaders Interactive poster and slideshow presentations by engineers and researchers from different fields Minicourses that cover using the COMSOL Multiphysics software and its add-on products Demo stations where attendees can receive 1-on-1 ..read more

Space logistics startup The Exploration Company is advancing sustainable space exploration by leveraging Ansys simulation solutions to develop its modular and reusable space vehicle, Nyx. With a methane-based propulsion system, Nyx will begin by flying to stations in Earth’s orbit to deliver technologies for advanced research in areas such as microgravity, which has applications in the pharmaceutical and agricultural industries, among others. Image courtesy of The Exploration Company Spacecraft propulsion systems are designed to withstand extreme loads and high thermal and pressure variables w ..read more

Leaders from industries that design and make places, objects, and experiences are far more confident about their companies’ resilience than last year and have a surprisingly high level of trust in AI, according to the 2024 State of Design & Make report released by Autodesk. The group largely sees AI as a current tool rather than a futuristic pipe dream, leading to increased investment as they chase the promise of greater productivity and improved sustainability. Design and Make industries — architecture, engineering, and construction; design and manufacturing; and media and entertainment ..read more

With the CAD software industry advancing significantly in the past five years and the advent of modern manufacturing processes, firms are embedding CAD even deeper into their process, exponentially increasing the need for CAD skills across their workforces. Conversely, the number of workers with job-ready CAD skills is decreasing. Autodesk estimates that 56% of CAD-based companies hire new employees who lack skills for the job, and 76% of high-performing companies are investing in technology-focused CAD training for employees at all levels. Whilst CAD modules form a component of many school, c ..read more

PTC recently launched a new engineering app for the Apple Vision Pro. The Onshape Vision App transforms flat computer screen models into virtual life-size products that team members can hold, pull apart, and inspect as if they were physical components. It works in sync with the Onshape cloud native CAD and PDM system on the iPad, enabling any changes in the product model to be updated in real time with the infinite canvas of Apple Vision Pro. This provides an opportunity for industries to improve the way dispersed product development teams collaborate and conduct design reviews. The ..read more

Siemens Digital Industries Software announced today that it is bringing an innovative approach for sharing accurate thermal models of integrated circuit (IC) packages to the electronics supply chain. The main advantages are protecting intellectual property, enhancing supply chain collaboration, and accuracy of models for steady state and transient thermal analysis to enhance design studies. Siemens’ Embeddable BCI-ROM technology enables accurate reduced order thermal models of IC packages to be shared for 3D CFD thermal analysis in the electronics supply chain. Introduced in the latest updates ..read more

Simulation in the engineering space empowers designers to create, test, and revise ideas with a speed and complexity not possible with traditional means alone. Just as simulation has enabled faster and more calculated development of products across industries, its own evolution is rapid and crucial to understand. The current state of simulation in the engineering space is defined by its expanding role and evaporating limitations. The future of simulation is likely to see a similar explosion of computer-aided engineering (CAE) capabilities, scale, and scope. CAE simulation and its constraints I ..read more

Product development has a problem. To drive greater efficiencies and higher quality for downstream consumers, organizations have asked product development to adopt model-based definition. This is helping to tie the digital thread from engineering to manufacturing and beyond. But what about within engineering? Faced with mounting global competition, increasing product complexity, and a mandate to accelerate delivery cycles, today’s engineers require a robust tool bench to build competitive products. But a best-of-breed portfolio can’t be based on native file formats, which creates all sorts of ..read more

Today’s release of SprutCAM X 17.0.11 introduces a host of enhancements, compatibility with MOKA robots, and bug fixes. Examples of MOKA robots Key features of the new release include: Enhanced .dxf format support: SprutCAM X enables users to import sketches in .dxf format and seamlessly convert them into sketches within the build-in 3D CAD module. This enhancement facilitates the creation of 3D models of parts for machining projects based on imported sketches. Expanded compatibility: The development team added MOKA industrial robots to MachineMaker, the application for creating digital twins ..read more

CAD Exchanger 3.24.0 was released in late December 2023 (shortly after version 3.23.0 came out with new features). The software suite allows 3D CAD software developers and end-users to view, explore, and convert 3D CAD data on desktop, web, and mobile. This latest update brings a series of minor but still notable improvements. Among them are the Manufacturing Toolkit (MTK) and Unity enhancements, improved model parts detection within the Lab and Visualization Toolkit, and fixes in the Web Toolkit (WTK). With this update, both tools became more adept at recognizing individual parts within a pol ..read more