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Autodesk Takes Flight with FEA Functionality
Autodesk acquired PlassoTech technology in an effort to bring more sophisticated finite element analysis (FEA) capabilities to its Inventor 3D CAD tool, including the ability to perform analyses on entire assemblies, as well as individual parts. Full Story

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2007 Golden Mousetrap Best Product Winners
Choosing the winners of this year's Design News' Golden Mousetrap Awards from a record number of entries in six categories was no easy task. Take an in-depth look at the winners and their stiff competition. Read More

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Challenge X Design Competition Aims For Fuel-Efficient Cars
The Department of Energy and General Motors, together with sponsor Mathworks, kicked off a design competition that challenges college students to design and build fuel-efficient vehicles. Full Story
National Instruments Upgrades its LEGO Mindstorms NXT Robotics Kit Powered by NI’s LabVIEW software, the robotics kit upgrade targets mainstream users via its support of Microsoft Vista, Intel-based Mac systems and more efficient compiling. Full Story
Toshiba Ups Storage Capacity on 2.5-Inch Hard Disk Drives
Taking aim at laptop, video recorder and gaming console applications, Toshiba boosted the storage capacity of its 2.5-inch hard drives to a maximum capacity of 320Gbytes. Full Story
Dassault, Seemage Take Aim at Product Documentation
By integrating their respective systems, partners are trying to eliminate disparities between product-related IP and product documentation like maintenance manuals and service procedures. Full Story

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Autodesk Takes Flight with FEA Functionality
Challenge X Design Competition Aims For Fuel-Efficient Cars
National Instruments Upgrades its LEGO Mindstorms NXT Robotics Kit
Toshiba Ups Storage Capacity On 2.5-Inch Hard Disk Drives
Dassault, Seemage Take Aim at Product Documentation
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It seems like everyday, there are new entrants to an engineer’s bag of tools that advance the way they can leverage 3D information to get their job done better, not to mention more efficiently. What new tools are helping you fully participate in the 3D revolution? Drop me a line.



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