Overview: Mechanical engineers depend on integrated CAD, CAE, and CAM tools to design, evaluate, and refine complex systems.

RS Components has unveiled a new version of DesignSpark Mechanical, the free-for-download 3D CAD modelling tool. Now available in Version 4.0 –the first update of the tool for three years – is said to ...

Mechanical engineers utilize simulation software to create and scrutinize designs before they are manufactured. This specific software allows them to replicate the product’s performance under an ...

MSC Software (MSC), Santa Ana, Calif., recently showed me its new Adams/Machinery program that works inside of the Adams/View interface (Adams lets users build and simulate models of any mechanical ...

RS has added 3D print slicing as well as a ‘blend’ tool to its free DesignSpark Mechanical CAD package, raising it to Version 4.0. The slicing software – used to prepare files for layer-based 3D ...

Festo’s Eric Rice explains two commonly used concepts “(software-defined automation” and “function integration”) in simple terms before contextualizing how Festo applies these concepts. The goal of ...

Professional engineers are required to make decisions and exercise judgment throughout their careers. Design engineers and engineering managers are often faced with competing constraints and need ...