Computer-aided design (CAD) tools in recent years have given design engineers the crucial capability to develop solid geometric models of parts and assemblies and share them among engineering teams.

This third installment in the golf putter design series moves the process from reverse engineering and additive manufacturing to CAD/CAM software. Turning attention to the role of CAD/CAM software in ...

The world of the product designer is all about designing and developing goods or products. Meanwhile, the machinist’s world is all about converting designs into real parts, based on the available ...

The future of manufacturing can be summed up in four words: software as a service. That was the underlying message from Jim Heppelmann, president and CEO of PTC during his keynote at the company’s ...

Geometric modeling, dimensioning systems, tolerances, design for manufacture, programming of machine tools. Team problem solving in a design and manufacturing technology environment. ME 340-2 is the ...

Part 2 of an end-to-end story about the design and manufacturability of a golf putter looks at reverse engineering and additive manufacturing parameters for this project. The author explains how an ...

The development of more advanced AI has been making huge waves lately as the technology becomes integrated into more and more aspects of daily life. That includes personal computing, like with new ...

REDSTONE ARSENAL, Ala. (May 25, 2016) -- Since its inception in 2014, the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institute has established itself as a public-private partnership focused on the ...