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ZWCAD Version 2008 Released DWG-based 2D/3D CAD tool offers advanced technology at an affordable price New York, January 22, 2008 – ZWSOFT, developers of advanced CAD tools, today announced the release of its latest signature 2D/3D package, ZWCAD 2008. The new version provides updated features for improved flexibility and efficiency, greatly enhanced speed, as well as seamless DWG compatibility. This comprehensive CAD system represents a perfect low-cost alternative to AutoCAD®. Users can open, edit and save DWG/DXF files created in AutoCAD (2.5-2008), without the need for manual import or export operations. Likewise, this automation also enables users of AutoCAD to open files created in ZWCAD. The 2008 version delivers a host of improved functionality. What’s new includes: Speed Make a great promotion in performance, especially opening or saving a drawing, creating a hatch with complex boundaries, editing in layout with multiple viewports or selecting a huge number of objects, which will make your work more efficient. o Speed of Open function has been increased about 30%. o Speed of Save function has been increased about 70%. o Speed of Select function has been increased about 10 times. o Performance of Multiple Viewports in layout has been increased about 10 times. Brand-new Algorithm for Efficient Hatch Boundary Search A newly develop algorithm in ZWCAD 2008 means less calculation and faster response even over a wide range of objects, increasing search speed by about 15 times. Furthermore, it can also unclose boundaries in some corrupted drawings automatically. Now hatch processes work more conveniently than ever. Design Center Improved Design Center offers you a convenient way to manage the issues of your drawing, such as dimension style, blocks, text style, line types and layers. Just drag and drop, and apply them from any source drawing to your current drawing. Source drawings can be on your computer or on your local network. In addition, you can also search drawings according to drawing name or drawing size. With the Design Center, you can use the information of other drawings in your current drawing instantly. Quick Calculator The QuickCalc includes basic features similar to most standard mathematical calculators. In addition, QuickCalc has features specific to ZWCAD, such as geometric functions, scientific functions, and features to handle variables, units conversions, and text calculations. Other major enhancements in the new version include Merge Print (mprint), Attribute Extraction, Block Extraction, and Dimension Replace. Designers, engineers, and architects can discover the improved power and function of ZWCAD 2008 by downloading a free trial of the application at www.zwcad.org. ZWCAD 2008 runs on Windows 2008, Windows XP, and Windows Vista. ZWCAD costs only a fraction of AutoCAD, while offering similar functionality and full DWG compatibility. Today, more than 60,000 customers around in 60 countries choose ZWCAD to reduce their CAD budget and increase their design productivity. ZWCAD customers include many Fortune 500 companies such as Honda, Alcatel-Lucent, CIMS, GP, THORN, GE , among others. For more information about ZWCAD 2008, please visit, www.zwcad.org About ZWCAD ZWSOFT ZWCAD Software Co., Ltd is committed to providing the most reliable and outstanding CAD solutions for users. The products meet the needs of broad-based target groups of 2D/3D design industry, including architecture, engineering, construction (AEC), mechanics, manufacture, electronics etc. and anyone who creates or uses CAD drawings. ZWSOFT has advanced technology collaborations with many worldwide well-known organizations. It is a commercial and board member of the ITC (IntelliCAD Technology Consortium) and the founding member of ODA (Open Design Alliance). Furthermore, it partners with Microsoft, Intel, Spatial and some other university research institutes to provide the customer with the best products- easy to use, affordable and productive. Founded in 1998, ZWSOFT is located in Guangzhou, China. Today, it employs more than 250 staff and closely supported by a highly skilled network of strategic partners, distributors and resellers. The product ZWCAD is a reliable DWG compatible CAD for 2D/3D design which enables our customers to maximize the returns on the investment in CAD software. With its quality product and excellent service, ZWCAD fast became the leading brand in China CAD industry and now compete successfully in over 60 countries, with 60 000 users throughout the world. It is not only welcomed among SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) and the individuals, but also get a high reputation in a large number of the world famous corporations including Honda, Alcatel-Lucent, CIMS, GP, THORN, and GE. Contact: Lauren Koziel Strategic Reach PR Tel: (303) 487-7406 Email: lauren@strategicreachpr.com

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Company Information: Name: ZwCAD, Inc. Address: Rm.508, No. 886, Tianhe North Rd. City: Guangzhou ZIP: 510635 Country: China Phone: 86-20–38259726 FAX: 86-20–38288676 http://www.zwcad.org

Originally posted 2008-02-12 17:06:37. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Tuesday, January 22, 2008:  SYCODE, a developer of software solutions for computer aided design (CAD) industry, has launched seven CAD file import and export add-ins for Inventor. The Inventor model is a 3D digital prototype that enables users to validate design and engineering data as they work, minimise the need for physical prototypes and reduce costly engineering changes discovered after the design is sent to manufacturing.

The import add-ins are as follows: STL Import for Inventor — Stereolithography STL file import add-in; 3DS Import for Inventor — 3D Studio 3DS file import add-in; 3DM Import for Inventor – Rhinoceros/OpenNURBS 3DM file import add-in; and OBJ Import for Inventor — Wavefront OBJ file import add-in.

The export add-ins are as follows: 3DS Export for Inventor — 3D Studio 3DS file export add-in; 3DM Export for Inventor — Rhinoceros/OpenNURBS 3DM file export add-in; and OBJ Export for Inventor — Wavefront file export add-in.

"Autodesk Inventor is being widely used the world over for 3D solid modelling,” stated Deelip Menezes, owner, SYCODE. “These seven CAD data exchange add-ins are our contribution towards helping Inventor fit into the 3D design workflows of Autodesk customers. With the launch of these add-ins, SYCODE now offers more than 100 products (standalone and plug-ins), 101 to be precise.”

The add-ins are priced at €195 each and are available as fully functional 10 day/run trials.

Originally posted 2008-01-23 14:58:17. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Santa Clara, CA – Tangent Concepts, a certified west coast dealer for SURFCAM Velocity Powered by TrueMill, announced that TrueMill inside of SURFCAM Velocity will be demonstrated with live machining throughout the Pacific Coast Machine Expo 2007 at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA, November 13-15 (booth number 1404).

Come see with your own eyes!
In the 20+ years since CAD/CAM existed, there have been significant advances in machine tools, cutting tools and other manufacturing components to machine faster and increase productivity. However, there has been minimal to no improvement in the CAM software to enable these components to machine to their potential. TrueMill, the patent-pending technology in SURFCAM Velocity, solves this problem by maintaining a consistent and predictable load on the cutter.
As a result:

1. Increased milling output; TrueMill unlocks the potential of your existing equipment enabling faster and deeper machining with less effort. This maximizes material removal rates which reduces cycle times by a minimum of 30-70%.
2. Extends the life of your cutting tools by 2x-4x.
3. Reduces stress on your all other manufacturing components; machine, spindle, the vice, fixtures etc…
4. Higher quality parts due to more efficient removal of material.

Walter Romanenko, President of Tangent Concepts says; “I just sold TrueMill to a customer who got his return on investment in less than a day. I would like to invite ALL who are serious about their business to stop by our booth, number “1404” and the Western Machine booth number, “830” to really see how speed, and performance can make you a winner.”

For more information on SURFCAM Velocity, TrueMill and other Surfware products visit www.tangentconcepts.com. See you at the show, booth number 1404.

About Tangent Concepts
Tangent Concepts Inc., a Service/Product Company focuses on CAD/CAM product sales, web based support, free training, and regular productivity seminars. Unlike dealers who sell a variety of products along with software, Tangent Concepts specializes in software for manufacturing only. Our program features on-staff technical experts . We have been a leading SURFCAM dealer since 1989. We know both SURFCAM and machining so we can help your programmers solve CAD/CAM application problems.

About Surfware, Inc.
Surfware, Inc., the developer of SURFCAM Velocity CAD/CAM systems, provides optimal solutions for today’s design through manufacturing challenges. Surfware’s TrueMill technology (patent pending) is the only toolpath engine that intelligently manages tool load to significantly boost productivity and extend cutting tool life for all materials, including tool steels, aluminum, titanium, even exotics. SURFCAM Velocity is used globally for CNC programming of 2- through 5-axis mills, lathes, Wire-EDM, and multi-tasking machines. Leaders in the aerospace, defense, automotive, consumer electronics, industrial equipment and medical industries depend on SURFCAM Velocity to manufacture with automation, speed and precision.

SOURCE: Surfware Inc.

Originally posted 2007-11-18 16:02:07. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

 

Making errors in manufacturing process can be a disaster to a factory. Substantial re-work will increase the cost and that can kill your factory, especially for small factory. To avoid making fatal errors, manufacturers should construct a conceptual design. The most effective way to construct a conceptual design is rapid prototyping (RP). This method allows you to build a prototype with minimal cost in a short time period. Unluckily, there is only 10% small companies have adopted rapid prototyping (RP). The following presents advantages of adoption of RP in depth.

What is RP?

RP makes virtual designs from CAD software, processes them by transforming them into cross sections, still virtual, and then forms or manufactures each cross section in physical space, one after the next until the model is finished. The appearance of prototypes is almost identical to the actual product.

Stereolithography is one of the more commonly used RP technologies. It is considered to provide high accuracy and good surface finish. It involves building plastic parts a layer at a time by tracing a laser beam on the surface of a vat of liquid photo-polymer. The photopolymer is solidified by the laser light. Once one layer is completely traced, it is lowered a small distance into the liquid and a subsequent layer is traced, adhering to the previous layer.

Benefits of RP

1. Time Reduction

In most cases, firms using RP technologies have gained time reductions in the production of prototype tooling and parts.

The figures for time reductions on prototyping vary greatly, ranging from 60 to 90%. On the whole this range is likely to be realistic given that the estimation of time savings, when compared to the conventional methods of prototyping, is a fairly straightforward matter.

2. Cost Reduction RP allows firms to identify mistakes before commitments are made to expensive tooling, machines, and large scale manufacturing process. It is widely known that correcting errors at initial stage is much cost effective than correcting errors at later stages.

3. Innovation For the reasons of short production cycle and relatively low cost, some firms are using RP in more innovative ways. Some examples include:

- Development of new analysis and testing procedures – Manufacturing conceptual design of production tooling – Improving communications across product divisions – Supporting customised manufacturing

Conclusion: RP provides designers, model makers, manufacturers and others with highly accurate prototype parts. Rapid prototype turnaround time is a proven way to reduce time to market. It can even reduce direct development costs.

The only drawback is the initial high capital investment for RP machines. One of the ways to eliminate this disadvantage is to employ a RP manufacturing service provider.

About the Author

Written by: Star Prototype China Limited, a rapid prototyping manufacturer offers high quality but low cost rapid prototype production. It provides a SLA prototyping and CNC prototyping

Originally posted 2007-11-08 10:18:05. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

SpaceClaim Professional 2007+ Extends CAD Interoperability
CONCORD, Mass: SpaceClaim Corp., the leading provider of CAD-neutral modification solutions for the extended product development team, today announced the newest release of its flagship product, SpaceClaim Professional 2007+. The software delivers advanced file open and modification capabilities for concept design, engineering analysis and manufacturing to directly contribute their expertise…

PTC Launches Its "Redefining Innovation" Design Contest
NEEDHAM, Mass.: PTC (Nasdaq: PMTC), the Product Development Company(R), today launched its Redefining Innovation design contest and has partnered with Manufacturing Business Technology to showcase the contest’s winning designs. The contest will highlight ground breaking product designs that push the boundaries of innovation.

IIT-M to set up Rs 100 crore advanced manufacturing centre
Chennai: The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), is planning to set up a centre for advanced manufacturing and has been endowed with a grant of Rs.100 crore from the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) for the purpose. IIT-M director, M.S.Ananth said that the centre…

Invention Machine Launches Goldfire 4.5
BOSTON: Invention Machine, a leading provider of innovation software, today announced the availability of Invention Machine Goldfire(TM) 4.5 with expanded risk analysis functionality designed to identify and eliminate risks associated with new product development, thereby significantly reducing time to market. The company also announced that it has added dozens of…

Originally posted 2007-11-08 10:20:02. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Here is a recent article from Mechanical Engineering magazine.

CNC Machines of the future will be able to read CAD and CAM files directly.  Interesting.  I can’t wait to see the code and how they will accomplish this.

"Modern-day computer numerically controlled machines are no longer modern enough. The 50-year-old G and M codes that drive those machines can’t transfer valuable geometric information from CAD and CAM systems, according to a group of experts who are advocating for widespread use of the recently approved STEP-NC standard. With the new standard, CAD and CAM applications have the capability to send product information to CNC machines.

But getting equipment and software suppliers on board with the new standard might take a while, the experts add. Still, if universally adopted, the standard could make subcontracting of machining across many manufacturing industries much easier.

Today’s global engineering companies commonly pass CAD files back and forth. There are a number of ways for suppliers to translate their own CAD files into a format that original equipment manufacturers can read. Although the system is not always effective, suppliers and OEMs can almost get by. But engineering organizations can sometimes perceive CNC machines as the weak link that holds back a data stream that flows seamlessly from design to manufacturing, said Xun Xu, an associate professor of mechanical engineering at the University of Auckland in New Zealand.

Now comes STEP-NC, the machine-language standard first published by the International Organization for Standardization in 2003. Ten years in the making, STEP-NC includes tolerance and process planning capabilities that G and M codes can’t accommodate, Xu said. He’s looking at how STEP-NC can be adapted to all machining environments.

With the standard, a cutting tool is driven by geometric representation of the part to be made, said Martin Hardwick, president of STEP Tools Inc. of Troy, N.Y. His company sells software libraries that help companies write STEP-translation programs. It now sells similar tools for STEP-NC applications.

Just as STEP has standardized the description of product data, allowing it to be passed with translation between varied CAD and CAM systems, STEP-NC is expected to streamline the passing of vital product data as well as geometric information across a global manufacturing chain, Xu said.

With STEP-NC, a machine tool can receive a file with extended product data, know what it means, and proceed to mill the piece without any more instructions. No more programming the machine tool for each job.

"Really, today, the guy on the CAM system generates codes for one specific CNC machine in his plant that he understands well," Hardwick said. "With geometric representation that machining program could be sent anywhere in the world and they could make it on their machine."

In terms of interoperability, the new standard promises to do for CNC tools what STEP and IGES have done for computer-aided design and computer-aided manufacturing, Hardwick said.

The ISO standard STEP, which stands for the "standard for the exchange of product model data," allows all CAD and CAM systems to exchange information, regardless of file format. The U.S. National Institute of Standards and Technology has a standard called initial graphics exchange specification—usually shortened to IGES—which also functions as a translator.

According to Hardwick, machine shops using the STEP-NC standard could reduce setup times by as much as 35 percent by seamlessly reading the 3-D product geometry and manufacturing instructions supplied by their customers. Original equipment manufacturers could reduce the time they spend preparing data for suppliers by 75 percent because they could share the design and manufacturing data straight from their databases.

A STEP-NC converted CAD file can whiz via Internet from a New York OEM to a California machine shop, which can then immediately start milling the part, Hard- wick said.

Adoption Obstacles

Given all these benefits, manufacturers and vendors should be lining up for STEP-NC, right? Not yet. Experts generally agree adoption isn’t around the corner. It will happen eventually, although no one can yet say how long it will take.

Hardwick expects adoption of STEP-NC to mirror that of STEP, which users have been slow to accept. STEP for CAD became an ISO standard in 1995. Three years later, the large manufacturers—the early adopters, who saw the business case for STEP—began using the standard.

"In 2001 other enterprises started using it, and in 2003 all the complaints and whining disappeared as people realized what it did," Hardwick said. "There’s a tremendous amount of resistance when these standards come out."

But more than users’ reluctance holds back full-fledged adoption. CAM vendors will need to add system interfaces that write STEP-NC data while CNC machine makers will have to add interfaces to read data. Without significant customer demand for STEP-NC, vendors are hesitant to make the necessary investment in their systems, said John Callen, vice president of marketing at Gibbs and Associates of Moorpark, Calif., which sells CAM and NC programming software. Callen has partic-ipated in the STEP standards community and was a member of the STEP-NC industry review board for STEP Tools.

Vendors could also start making CNC machine tools that could read STEP-NC files. But the manufacturing world isn’t exactly clamoring for those machines, so companies haven’t stepped up to produce them.

"The audience that STEP-NC addresses is extremely conservative," Callen said. "Manufacturers say, if it ain’t broke don’t fix it. If they’ve got a system that works, they’re not interested in jeopardizing that.

"A lot of them have spent years getting their operating procedures to the point they’re fairly canned," he added. "Introduce STEP-NC and that throws a significant wrench in the works that they have to modify their system around. Most manufacturers will go, ‘I want to do this why?’ "

Gibbs and Associates’ customers aren’t yet asking for systems that can output to the new STEP-NC format, he added. When they do, Gibbs will provide them.

For his part, Hardwick thinks more companies will create their own postprocessors, based on STEP-NC libraries like those his company provides. These types of postprocessors offer a STEP-NC interface between CAM and CNC systems.

So STEP-NC proponents must lead the way by making the business case for the CNC standard. Boeing has taken a point position here, Callen said. Representatives from the aircraft company have been part of STEP-NC deliberations and recent prototype demonstrations.

An aircraft manufacturer has been particularly interested in a CNC-language standard because its CAM systems generate APT CL language, an intermediate file format that—when sent through a postprocessor—automatically generates machine-specific G codes, Callen said.

STEP-NC files could include information that APT CL files can’t handle, such as part-model geometry, part dimensions, and tolerances, as well as machine probing commands. The manufacturer would like to work with the new standard on the company’s next-generation aircraft.

Still Lost in Translation?

Should STEP-NC follow STEP’s customer acceptance model as Hardwick predicts, it will likely face some adoption impediments along the way.

OEMs, well aware of STEP’s limitations, don’t make widespread STEP use easy, Callen said.

"In our industry, we see a lot of doublespeak when it comes to using STEP," he said.

A number of big players give lip service to STEP, he said. They agree the translation standard can be used to pass information from supplier to OEM. But, in reality, these large manufacturers require that suppliers use the same CAD system the OEM uses to avoid loss of data during translation.

"They’re saying one thing and requiring something entirely different," Callen said. "Many say something about STEP in the contract, but suppliers are encouraged to adopt the same CAD system the OEM uses."

So STEP itself still isn’t an optimal interoperability format and that’ll likely be the case with STEP-NC, said Ken Tashiro, vice president and chief operating officer at Elysium Inc. of Southfield, Mich. The company sells CAD translators that Tashiro said can ease the headache that engineers face when translating STEP or IGES files.

The STEP and IGES translation programs have the same problems as human translators. Sometimes, there just isn’t a one-to-one correlation between words or, in the case of CAD systems, pieces of product data, like geometry features or attributes.

And there’s another issue as well. IGES and STEP standards have to evolve as fast as today’s engineering technologies are evolving. And a slow-moving standards committee can’t keep up.

Specialized translators like the ones Elysium makes are specifically written to translate files from one brand of software to another such as, say, UGS to Catia. Engineers who rely only on STEP or IGES as their translation tool of choice rather than on specialized translators can lose data in the translation process, Tashiro said.

Translators like Elysium’s have been programmed to understand the characteristics of each of the supported CAD systems, keep on top of them, and make the required adjustments and corrections required for any data conversion, Tashiro said.

Elysium’s STEP product is based on STEP tools.

"STEP Tools tells us how to build something, so we conform with STEP, and we add our own spice," Tashiro said. "If we know that some CAD format has something weird, like it calls a cylinder a truncated cone, but every other format calls it a cylinder, we know we should pop it into STEP as a cylinder."

Down the line, Tashiro expects to see specialized STEP-NC readers similar to the enhanced translators his company provides.

For his part, Xu is working to develop portable STEP-NC data that can be adapted to different machining environments. The key to this is to capture the information about machining tasks unambiguously and leave the decision on machining methods until the last moment when a machine tool is chosen.

So why don’t software vendors get together and agree upon standard language? That way, a fillet would be a fillet— whatever CAD system it originated in, whatever CNC machine eventually machines the part.

The answer is easy, Tashiro said. For competitive reasons, vendors simply aren’t willing to reveal their algorithms. That makes it impossible to transfer both files and codes among unlike systems without the use of a translator, whether STEP, or a spiced-up STEP.

Hardwick is hopeful that when manufacturers see STEP-NC in action, they’ll get behind the new stan-dard. Next month in Dallas, STEP Tools will help to demonstrate the new standard for participants from Airbus, Lockheed Martin, Boeing, and Sandvik, among others.

"It’ll be a fairly big demonstration to show the CAD/CAM vendors and hardware control vendors that all these people are interested in doing STEP-NC and to get them to move forward," Hardwick said. "But we still need to put forth more effort and get more vendors jumping in."

The road toward STEP-NC has been long and often filled with setbacks. But Callen said he hopes talk of the newly approved standard sparks user interest.

"We’re getting there," he said. "We need to keep it in perspective, though. But I don’t want to lose sight of the real benefits of STEP-NC and what it’s done as far as making people aware of the type of product infor- mation that’s required for next-generation manufacturing systems." "

 

Check out a link to the article right here:

http://www.memagazine.org/contents/current/features/beyond/beyond.html

Originally posted 2007-11-11 17:32:41. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

SolidProfessor Releases Advanced Surfacing For SolidWorks 2008
SAN DIEGO, California – SolidProfessor, a SolidWorks Solution Partner, announced the release of its self-paced multimedia course on Advanced Surfacing for SolidWorks 2008.Advanced Surfacing 2008 teaches users how to apply surfacing tools as well as solid modeling and sketching techniques to achieve complex, free-form shapes. The course steps the…

Originally posted 2007-11-04 10:19:37. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

INDIANAPOLIS, IN , Jan 22, 2008 – In 2008, OFCDesk will begin the first U.S. rollout of their IDC (interior design CAD) software product. In accordance, the company has announced dates for product demonstrations to be held in Indianapolis, Chicago, and Cincinnati. The demonstration in Indianapolis, IN will take place on January 31. The second tour date is scheduled for February 19, in Chicago, IL. The software will then be introduced in Cincinnati, OH on March, 20. Professionals in the interior design and architecture industries are invited to attend free of charge. For additional details on each event, visit www.ofcdesk.com/events.

OFCDesk IDC is the first CAD software focused exclusively on commercial interior design. “It was important for us to provide an industry specific tool set for this growing profession,” commented OFCDesk Chief Software Architect Mauricio Ritzman. “The interiors industry has long been awaiting a software package unique to their needs.” IDC includes a built-in content creator and customizable library. The software is based on the AutoCAD platform and features an easy-to-use interface with industry specific tools and terminology.

The three month road show marks the introduction of OFCDesk’s IDC software to the US market. For professionals unable to attend, a demonstration webcast is also available. Future product demonstrations will be scheduled for the East and West coast regions during the second and third quarters of 2008.

For more information about product demonstration dates or for registration information please visit www.ofcdesk.com/indyevent.

About OFCDesk, LLC

OFCDesk, LLC has been developing specialized CAD solutions for the interior design industries for over fifteen years and continues to deliver a wide range of solutions and custom development services. In July, 2005 the Brazil-based company launched its first U.S.A. operations in Chicago, IL. To learn more, visit www.ofcdesk.com.

 

Originally posted 2008-01-23 15:05:06. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Machining Jobs

Machining refers to the basic process of cutting parts out of a work piece according to predetermined size and shape. Machining jobs are performed using different types of machining techniques such as laser machining, wire electrical discharge machining (EDM), Chemical etching machining, metal stamping machining, water jet machining, and abrasive water jet machining.

Most of the machining jobs are controlled with the help of computer numeric control (CNC) software that guides the cutting equipment along the lines and arcs of a computer aided design (CAD) drawing. The CAD drawing is a three dimensional (3D) graphic representation of parts that are to be fabricated.

Apart from cutting parts from work pieces, machining jobs also include the process of "grinding." Grinding is a process in which a grinding belt or wheel is rubbed against the work piece for removing unwanted material from it. The process is commonly used for fabricating metal pieces that are too hard to be machined by other machining processes. The work piece does not heat up during this process as water is used to cool it. "Drilling" is another machining job, which involves the use of a drill or a drill press that has a drill bit for cutting parts from a work piece.

Machining jobs may include "milling," wherein the milling machine resembles a drill press and the cutter looks like a drill bit that goes downwards in the piece to be cut. However, the milling process is less accurate and is preferred less than the turning or grinding machining process.

Machining jobs have enabled manufacturers to design and produce complicated parts used in high tech industries such as aerospace and automobile. An increasing number of machining jobs are now being rendered using environmentally friendly techniques, such as water jet and laser, which are good for the future growth and development of manufacturing industries.

Originally posted 2007-10-24 13:54:08. Republished by Blog Post Promoter

Lattice Technology Releases XVL Plug-in for Adobe Acrobat 3D
3D Data Collaboration Workflows Greatly Enhanced San Francisco – LATTICE TECHNOLOGY, Inc., developers of the XVL ultra-compressed 3D data format, today announced the release of a groundbreaking new product, XVL Plug-In for Adobe® Acrobat® 3D. The software operates with Acrobat 3D Version 8 to enable easy bi-directional conversion between Adobe…

IIT-M to set up Rs 100 crore advanced manufacturing centre
Chennai: The Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (IIT-M), is planning to set up a centre for advanced manufacturing and has been endowed with a grant of Rs.100 crore from the Indira Gandhi Centre for Atomic Research (IGCAR) for the purpose. IIT-M director, M.S.Ananth said that the centre…

SpaceClaim Professional 2007+ Extends CAD Interoperability
CONCORD, Mass: SpaceClaim Corp., the leading provider of CAD-neutral modification solutions for the extended product development team, today announced the newest release of its flagship product, SpaceClaim Professional 2007+. The software delivers advanced file open and modification capabilities for concept design, engineering analysis and manufacturing to directly contribute their expertise…

Cimatron Brings Mold Making Solutions to Euromold
Integrated CAD/CAM Solutions are Proven to Shorten Delivery TimesGIVAT SHMUEL, Israel, : Visitors to the upcoming Euromold trade fair will be able to see Cimatron’s (NASDAQ: CIMT) suite of integrated CAD/CAM solutions that are proven to help mold makers deliver higher quality tools at lower costs and shorter cycle times….

Originally posted 2007-11-10 10:19:34. Republished by Blog Post Promoter