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This is a post by Emma Rudeck on the Concurrent Engineering Site. In this blog post, we’ll be looking at how you can gain value from your CAD data, both in terms of service and delivery. The aim is to give… Continue Reading →

This is a post by Tyler Griffin on the Rand 3D Site. Within the tools tab, click relations.  To set a parameter equal to the name of the model, type the following:    Part_Name=rel_model_name  Where “Part_Name” is the name of the… Continue Reading →

This is a post by Tyler Griffin on the Rand 3D Site. To call out a parameter in a drawing from the part or assembly that the drawing references, you need to type “&Parameter”, where “Parameter” is the name of the… Continue Reading →

This is a post by Tyler Griffin on the Rand 3D Site. Go to File>Options>Configuration Editor>Add, type info_output_format and set it to text. Continue Reading —>

This is a post by Tyler Griffin on the Rand 3D Site. Go to File>Options>Configuration Editor>Add, type enable_flat_state and set it to yes. Continue Reading —>

This is a post by Cat McClintock on PTC site. A batch of fresh product design stories, just for you… Mechanical Engineers 2016: More Money…and Years Machine Design magazine published its annual salary and career report for mechanical engineers and found… Continue Reading →

This is a post by Aaron Shaw on PTC site. Create a constant cross section feature that follows an open trajectory using the Sweep feature in Creo Parametric Along with extrude, blend, revolve and so forth, sweep is one of the core… Continue Reading →

This is a post by Peter Sutton on PTC site. As a product designer, you probably spend a great deal of time trying to get files from different 3D CAD software systems to play nicely together. Or worse, simply recreating… Continue Reading →

This is a post by Beth Stackpole on PTC site. Alternative materials and all sorts of streamlined parts have become common practice in car designs as manufacturers push to add lighter weight, more fuel-efficient vehicles to their fleets. Electronic device… Continue Reading →

This is a post by Aaron Shaw on PTC site. Have you downloaded Creo 4.0 yet? One of the first things you will want to try is the new full-screen mode. It removes everything but geometry from your view, so you… Continue Reading →

This is a post by Barb Schmitz on PTC site. The process of product development has changed significantly since the advent of modern parametric, feature-based 3D CAD software. Today, the 3D model has become an enriched gem of IP filled… Continue Reading →

This is a post by Aaron Shaw on PTC site. One of the benefits of additive manufacturing is that it lets you manufacture complex shapes that would otherwise prove difficult or impossible to produce with traditional processes. Imagine sending this… Continue Reading →