The latest release of OpenBOM has just been launched and features a wide spread of new enhancements, improvements and bug fixing. Aside from a new Help system, with much-improved navigation and…
LCD monitors have advanced greatly in recent years and capabilities vary from model to model. But choosing your new screen by comparing specifications like for like is easier said than…
In the competitive world of design it often pays to look at things from a different perspective. Turning the development process on its head so you start with a following…
A new design engineering consulting firm, Velo Science, is applying the same software used by Formula 1 racing teams to the design of racing bikes for teams in the Tour…
Frances Corbet talks to Richard Thorpe, founder of Karbon Kinetics about how he went from a one-man band with a revolutionary idea, to building a breakthrough product with more than…
There is one, often over used, 3D design feature that can have a huge knock on effect on Design for Manufacture. John Tumelty asks that we think before we go…
Autodesk is about to release a new version of AutoCAD. In these days of dedicated design and manufacturing systems, why should we give a damn about the perennial 2D CAD…
Production Machining is about one thing - speed. Getting your tool-paths created, verified and on to the machine cutting metal is the name of the game. Al Dean reports on…