Digital Assembly Comes of Age
Digital assembly is increasingly comprehensive and allows smoother product launches.
Lawrence S. Gould
Contributing Editor
How Topology Optimization Enables Design for Lightweighting
Simulation software enables automotive engineers to take advantage of the lightweighting opportunities provided by technologies like 3D printing and microcellular injection molding.
#Autodesk
Renishaw's Four Stages of the Production Process for Comprehensive Quality Control
In the Industry 4.0 age, post-process inspection technologies aren’t enough.
#quality
Aligning Virtual Prototyping with Reality
ESI Group’s SimulationX virtual prototyping software helps speed product development by enabling more accurate computer simulations, says Alan Arico.
#tech
Simulating Long-Fiber Composites
Long carbon fiber-reinforced thermoplastics may get increased use thanks to simulation capabilities.
#Toyota #Carbon #Autodesk
VinFast and Digital Speed
When you’re talking about a 21-month development from design to production, you’re talking about blistering speed. And that’s what a startup has accomplished.
#GeneralMotors #BMW #Chevrolet
Waymo and CAE
In its effort to transform mobility, Waymo is racking up lots of miles—most of them simulated.
#Waymo #Peterbilt #engineer
NVIDIA Launches DRIVE Constellation
NVIDIA has announced that its DRIVE Constellation simulation platform is now available for developers of autonomous systems.
#NVIDIA #Toyota #supplier
Using Simulation Software to Optimize Automotive Lightweighting
Automotive manufacturers are meeting CAFE fuel-efficiency standards through lightweighting, which requires simulation software for design engineers.
#Carbon #Autodesk
Honda, Autodesk Develop Lightweight Crankshaft
Generative design tools help cut weight by 50% in prototype unit
#Honda #Autodesk
Ford Techs Get Virtual Reality Training on Mustang Mach-E
Using high-tech gaming systems to speed maintenance and repair training
#Ford #Bosch #Microsoft
Toyota First in Line for Nvidia Development System
Silicon Valley-based Nvidia Corp. is introducing a new simulation tool to aid the development and testing of automated driving technologies.
#tech #NVIDIA #Toyota
The Network and the Sensor
The smart-factory world of digital manufacturing is coming, and manufacturing-technology developers are eager to help you be ready.
#Autodesk
Powertrain Simulation Addresses Complex Challenges
Multi-physics analysis software is perfect for simulating vehicle powertrain systems. Even better is simulation software for powertrain development.
Speeding Production with Digital Tooling
More than product specs for the cloud crowd, this approach to machining setup can massively accelerate things—both the planning and the operation.
#Ford
Advances in Structural Simulations
HyperWorks 2017 helps engineer strong, light, efficient structures.
Simulating Motorcycle Handling
Although this may appear to be a rather sophisticated video game, it is actually what’s claimed to be the “world’s first vehicle dynamics grade” driver-in-the-loop (DIL) simulator for doing things like creating chassis setups.
#TriumphMotorcycles #engineer
Simulating Injection Molding Gets Even Better
New injection molding software can simulate—and analyze.
#Carbon #Autodesk