Autodesk is looking to do its part to encourage innovation in the area of clean technology. The design tool company has established the Autodesk Clean Tech Partner Program, which awards “seed” grants of Autodesk software bundles, valued at up to $150,000, to early-stage companies designing clean technologies that solve today’s pressing environmental problems. Recipients of the grant will receive Autodesk Inventor Professional, Autodesk Showcase Professional, Autodesk Vault Manufacturing, Autodesk Navisworks Manage, Autodesk Revit Architecture, and Autodesk Alias Design. Each grant includes up to five full commercial licenses for each application.
Already, 13 startups have received similar packages from Autodesk, which is undoubtedly looking to play up its role as a provider of tools tuned for sustainable design. The winners of the new grant include Syncromatics, which leverages green technology to create customized solutions for transit agencies, and Serious Materials, which develops advanced green building supplies. Autodesk is aiming to award clean tech software grants to 100 companies by the end of January 2010.
Almost every automaker has had to 'pick a side' when it comes to alternative fuel options and ways to divest from a reliance on gasoline. Fiat is looking to back compressed natural gas or liquid propane as an interim solution.
Plastic may not be the most beloved of materials to the more environmentally minded, but Plasti 2012 aimed to mold a different opinion of the material in people's minds.
The rare earth element market has become steadily more rational, and new sources coming online will continue to reduce costs. Still, it is unlikely that prices will drop to their former lows.
Against a backdrop of mounting product complexity and a need to keep a lid on development costs, companies are recognizing a need to make simulation a more integral part of the design process. In response, vendors in the CAD world are building out CAE functionality as part of their CAD suites while simulation vendors are building tighter integrations to leading CAD tools. Keith Meintjes, Ph.D., Practice Manager, Simulation and Analysis at CIMdata, Inc., joins Design News CAD Editor Beth Stackpole in this radio program to explore the new face of integrated CAD and CAE, how companies are benefitting from this tighter partnership between platforms, and how integrating CAE earlier in the development cycle pays off in optimized product designs.
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