Luxion KeyShot 2.1

Posted by - December 1, 2010
Al Dean takes a look at the latest release of Luxion's HDR driven progressive rendering system which puts photorealism firmly…

Direct modelling mania!

Posted by - December 2, 2010
‘Direct Modelling’ used to be just another relatively unpopular 3D technology. Now it seems vendors are falling over themselves to…

Engineering workshop # 8

Posted by - December 6, 2010
After a hot summer break(!) Bob Johnson continues his series of short articles on stress analysis with a first look…
Death of SolidWorks

The Death of SolidWorks?

Posted by - January 6, 2011
In a recent interview with CAD software blogger Deelip Menezes, SolidWorks CEO Jeff Ray discussed 'killing' SolidWorks with a new…

Delcam for SolidWorks 2011

Posted by - January 18, 2011
Al Dean takes a look through the latest SolidWorks Gold Partner application for machining focussed users, from one of the…

New beginnings

Posted by - January 24, 2011
Norton is a 100 year old motorcycle brand that seemed to have lost its way. Tanya Weaver visits its Donington…

Vero VISI 18: Manufacturing

Posted by - February 2, 2011
Following the design focussed review in the last issue, Al Dean now completes his review of Vero Software's VISI CADCAM…

NX Progressive Die Design

Posted by - February 3, 2011
Progressive Die Design is a highly involved process and this is compounded when it comes to integrating design change. Al…

Engineering Workshop # 9

Posted by - February 7, 2011
Bob Johnson continues with the axi-symmetric Finite Element Analysis of the “paint-ball” pressure vessel in order to investigate the influence…