The hardest part of any PCB design is adding parts and components. You shouldn’t use random part libraries, and creating your own part libraries is just a pain. Why have we endured this pain for so ...

Autodesk, maker of CAD programs AutoCAD, 3DS Max and Maya, has announced a new addition to its family of products: Autodesk Inventor Fusion. It is an amazing “prosumer” extension to their line and you ...

Parametric features are becoming more common in FEA packages. The key benefit of parametric features is that they let users see the effects of design changes quickly. With adequate planning, users can ...

When building one-off projects, it’s common to draw up a plan on a sheet of paper or in CAD, or even wing it and hope for the best outcome without any formal plans. Each of these design philosophies ...

For decades, computer-aided design (CAD) has been the cornerstone of modern engineering. Yet much of the workflow still relies on manual repetition, rigid processes and human interpretation. Engineers ...

Parametric CFD analysis lets users statistically determine the fluid flow around a device. Fluid dynamics is one of the primary engineering sciences used to design a wide variety of vehicles, machines ...