Category: Mechanical

What’s new in the SOLIDWORKS 2018 release?

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1SOLIDWORKS, a CAD software, assists in creating solid models (both 2D and 3D) in a simple, fast and cost-effective manner. The prime benefit of using SOLIDWORKS is the ease to use, simple graphics UI and highly user-friendly. The software provides features such as solid modeling, toolbox, motion, circuit works, e-drawings, and DWG editor.

SOLIDWORKS World is a platform where the attendees meet the SOLIDWORKS partners and share the products that the SOLIDWORKS customers design. The SOLIDWORKS WORLD 2017, gave a lot of surprise to the SOLIDWORKS fans. The team previewed a few new features and enhancements coming in the year 2018. The modifications included Assemblies, Fabrication, Sketching, PDM, 3D Interconnect, and Generative Design.

Sketching      

There were a few mind blowing enhancements in sketching. Some of them are as follows

  1. Mirror 3D Sketch Entities: In a 3D sketch, the user will have the ability to mirror the entities of the sketch.
  2. Sketch Planes as Symmetry Reference: A plane can be used as a symmetry reference to mirror 2D and 3D sketch entities.
  3. Pen Sketching: With Windows 10 touch screen devices, the designers will have the ability to draw contours by freehand using a stylus or a pen.

Assembly

With the enhancements in Assembly, SOLIDWORKS 2018 will definitely improve the performance of the users.

  1. During mate, the ALT key can be used to hide the surfaces.
  2. The 2018 release of SOLIDWORKS will have 12 mouse gestures.
  3. There is a new dialog for performance.
  4. The new release will feature a new progress bar for assembly.
  5. A new home screen will make assembly even more interesting.
  6. Large Assembly
    • Mate and insert graphic components easily.
    • Revert the data to graphics for better
    • The ability to off the scenery (graphics data).
    • Set multiple objects to be resolved in a Large Design Review.

3D Interconnect

  1. Custom properties.
  2. Ability to preserve sketches and curves.
  3. Updating neutral files is supported.
  4. The new release will support IGES, ACIS, STEP, and JT.

Fabrication

  1. New slot and tab feature works in parts, multi-body parts, and assemblies.
  2. Drawing revision table with SOLIDWORKS PDM bi-directional communication.

Generative Design

  1. SIMULATION view in SOLIDWORKS Integration.
  2. Manufacturing Controls
  3. Multiple Objective support

These are just the preview of some of the modifications. The list of new features and modifications will be known only after the release of the product.

What Are The 7 Tech Trends That Will Dominate In 2017?

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The power of technology in 2016 was astounding. Right from the power to retrieve any information to communicate with others through the shortest device that fits in our pockets. We have already seen many advances in the field of Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Automobile, etc. Since, the technological innovations have taken over the consumer market by a storm, remain eager for what 2017 has in its store for you:

Augmented Reality and Virtual Reality

No wonder, AR, and VR were witnessed as big hits in 2016. We have an example as Pokemon Go, a smartphone based Augmented reality game that has witnessed  100 million downloads. Since then the market is paving its way towards AR and VR-based applications and devices. 2017 is expected to show great jumps in the field of AR/VR in the global markets.

Machine Learning 

Machine learning will enter almost every consumer application and suggest products based on prior purchase to improve the user experience. Therefore, in 2017, machines will learn, adapt, and act in an autonomous mode instead of executing on some pre-defined instructions.

Autonomous Cars

3The merger of various IOT devices has made it possible for the car makers such as BMW, Tesla, and others to make driver-less cars. 2017 shall also look towards the advancement such as car-to-car communication, cars talking to each other, traffic information and accident related information.

 

 

 

Smart Home Tech 

We are not living in smart homes yet but have been hearing about Internet of Things in the home space for many years. However, with the big technological players such as Google, Amazon, and Facebook who will be entering the domain shall help in witnessing commercialization of smart homes.

Services On Demand 

Premises of phone apps that the startups have built such as cab services- “Uber”, food delivery services- “Food Panda”, and ability to book places of stay- “Make My Trip” is nothing but the way technology is blessing us. It is expected to see some more advancement in the stream of apps that are going to benefit in an extraordinary way.

Automation  

Automation can relate with robotic journalists that we have witnessed and will soon make the leap towards the practical type of articles, simplifying the human-exclusive tasks. Therefore, automation combining with machine learning will improve everything faster and will turn 2017 as a landmark year.

Physical-Digital Integrations 

Mobile devices have already gifted us a pleasure to view and purchase things online. Exaggeration to such technology, we might experience the integration of physical and digital realities. The online brand we see today might add attractive features such as store maps, dash buttons, and product trails in 2017.

Trending Engineering Degree Courses for 2016

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Every year over 13 l6akh students appear for the JEE Mains Entrance Examination, making it one of the largest entrance exams globally. The most common dilemma among engineering aspirants is, about the “Best Engineering Branch” to choose. Basically, what matters in choosing your branch is your personal interest and aptitude for that particular branch. Some of the trending Engineering courses to go for in 2016 can be:

Computer Science and Engineering / Information Technology

Software Engineering is, undoubtedly, one of the most leading branches in Engineering. This branch offers highly paid packages than any other branch along with ample of overseas job opportunities. If you have a keen interest in the field of software development, mobile development or database systems, you should definitely go for this branch.

Electrical and Electronics Engineering

Electrical and Electronics Engineering is considered one of the evergreen branches of engineering. Students in this course learn about generation and transmission of electrical power, electronics, electrical circuit design, instrumentation, control systems, etc. The government sector generates a number of job opportunities with high packages in industries such as- railways, steel factories, etc.

Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical Engineering is one the oldest branch of engineering. This field always has opportunities despite of the changing market trends and technologies. This involves designing, analysis, manufacture and maintaining machines. This branch also offers ample job opportunities and high salary packages as a candidate move up the hierarchy of an organization.

Civil Engineering

Civil Engineering is all about construction and buildings. This course can include study areas such as Fluid Mechanics, Soil Mechanics, Design of Structures, and Structural Mechanics. As a civil engineer, you will be building tunnels, roads, bridges, towers, canals, dams, seaports, airports, etc. Civil engineers, also works best in the government sector and are offered high posts and payments.

Chemical Engineering

Chemical Engineering is one the newest evolved branch of engineering. It was not considered as a branch, but factors such as Global Warming and its consequences, causing environmental issues raised this field of study as important. In the 4 year course of engineering, you will study Polymers, Chemicals, Petroleum and Pharmaceuticals along with the basics of Computer Science and Information Technology needed in the development of chemical engineering process.

Apart from the above engineering fields, there are other equally popular and relevant branches such as Industrial and Production Engineering, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Aeronautical Engineering, etc.

All the top-notch engineering colleges and Universities in India and abroad offer powerful courses. Any of them can be picked up as per your interest and caliber.

Perform Finite Element Analysis With NX CAD/ NASTRAN Software

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Flight - FEADelay in finding problems or errors in a product may be the most challenging and time consuming task during product development lifecycle. NX Nastran help companies to point out problems even before the prototype of the product is developed saving physical testing and further modification into the product.

Nastran was basically a project developed by NASA. It is an industry standard for many firms for over 40 years and present. It is used in analysis of stress, vibration, structure failure, heat transfer, acoustics, and aero elasticity analysis. Widely used in aerospace, automotive, electronic, heavy machinery, medical device and other industries, Nastran ensures safe, optimized and reliable design with comparatively shorter design cycles.

The Nastran Software provides all advance solutions to all structural analysis problems for all linear and nonlinear analysis, dynamic response, rotor dynamics, aeroelasticity and optimization. The important feature set can be discussed as:

Linear Analysis: This features solves the static problems faced by the engineers. Durability of a structure under a prescribed load or change in load over a time are some of its concerns.

Non-Linear Analysis: Non-Linear Analysis is carried by this software as simple as plastic catch and as complex as post-buckling analysis.

Rotor Dynamics: Rotating systems such as shafts and turbines are analyzed in rotor dynamics understanding rotation-induced gyroscopic and centrifugal forces and also help determine dynamic stability.

Dynamic Analysis: Dynamic Analysis concerns about effect of vibration on performance of consumer products and other hi tech consumer devices.

Aero-elastic Analysis: Structural models can be analyzed in the presence of an air stream. Analysis of structures such as helicopters, missiles, suspension bridges, tall chimneys, power lines and so on.

This tool enables the engineers to know how to perform structural analysis for linear and non-linear analysis, dynamic response, rotator dynamics, optimization and aero elasticity. The highly specialized tool also deals with issues concerning noise, vibration and harness problem analysis in specifically automotive products.

Composites Analysis which is used in aerospace industry dealing with the responses of the product with respect to forces, pressure, accelerations, temperatures, contact between components, fiber delamination can also be studied and analyzed under the NX Nastran Software from CADD CENTRE.

Along with aerospace design issues, Nastran also deals with

complex coupled-physics problems occurring in electronics industry.

NX Nastran is a premium, Computer Aided Engineering tool that a major number of manufacturers worldwide rely on for their critical engineering product development.

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Solidworks is a 3D CAD design software that runs on Microsoft platforms. The developer of the product, Dassault Systems, France, has launched the new version, christened Solidworks 2015, in September, 2014.

Solidworks is based on solid modeling method. That is, it uses mathematical and computer modeling of 3D solids to create, exchange, visualize, animate and annotate digital models of physical objects.

The modules of SolidWorks 2015 vastly improves productivity, work processes, and reduce operating costs. There are six major modules: 3D CAD, Simulation, Product Data Management, 3D Experience, Technical Communication, and Electrical Design.

Dec-14_cThe key features of 3D CAD are CAD design, revision control, costing, parts and assembly modeling, Photoview 360, tolerance analysis, and CAD library. The Simulation software helps designers test their product designs for real world conditions without having to develop a live prototype. Engineers can do structural analysis, thermal analysis, structural optimization, fatigue analysis, electronics cooling and motion analysis, among others.

 

Engineers can find, repurpose files, parts, drawings and share design information with Solidworks Product Data Management module. In addition they can automate the workflows. The module is used also for file management, design reuse, and revision management. The Electrical Design software helps engineers quickly plan the embedded electrical systems. The Technical Communication module helps designers produce product manuals, manufacturing and assembly instructions, training system manuals, installation instructions, maintenance and repair instructions and even create interactive product demonstrations.

SolidWorks 2015 delivers solutions for a wide array of industries and markets. Users can easily enhance the aesthetics of consumer products and apparel, and simulate construction machinery, building infrastructure and machine tools better than ever before.

Thanks to such a comprehensive set of modules that address all design needs of engineers, Solidworks has been a widely used engineering software tool. It has over two million users in about 165,000 companies cutting across a wide cross section of industry – from automobiles to petrochemical industries. To know more about SolidWorks and the courses available, contact your nearest CADD Centre.