Products: January 2006

By DE Editors

Advanced Engineering Mathematics with Maple Electronic Version Released

The electronic version of Advanced Engineering Mathematics with Maple is being called the definitive reference software and textbook for engineering mathematics by its publisher, Maplesoft (Waterloo, ONT). The release is the first electronic, interactive version in the classic series that features several books from multiple publishers all under the same title. The print version was published by Addison-Wesley (Boston, MA) in 2001.

The e-book is intended to be an essential resource for every engineering professional, student, and instructor. It provides complete coverage of all major areas of engineering mathematics. The author, Dr. Robert J. Lopez, is a renowned professor and Maple expert, who pioneered the instructional use of Maple for general and engineering mathematics.

The e-book features nine major subject areas, 48 chapters, and 273 section topics. There are modifiable examples and interactive graphs throughout. The text provides a logical arrangement of topics with many short self-contained sections for easy, direct access.  Price: $99. The e-book requires Maple 10. For more information and to get a list of Maple resellers, visit maplesoft.com.

The OM-CP-TCTEMP1000 from Omega Engineering (Stamford, CT) is a rugged, waterproof, battery-powered, thermocouple-based temperature recorder. This is a stand-alone, compact, portable, easy-to-use device that will measure and record up to 16,383 measurements per channel. The storage medium is nonvolatile solid-state memory, providing maximum data security even if the battery becomes discharged. Its real-time clock ensures that all the data is time and date stamped. The device can be started and stopped directly from your computer and its small size allows it to fit almost anywhere.

The OM-CP-TCTEMP1000 makes data retrieval quick and easy even from harsh environments. Simply plug it into an available COM port and the software does the rest. The Windows software converts your PC into a real -time strip chart recorder. Data can be printed in graphical or tabular format or can be exported to a text or Microsoft Excel file. Price: $299.

For more information, visit omega.com.

MfgQuote.com (Atlanta, GA), an online marketplace for sourcing and selling manufacturing services, has released a free utility that protects your intellectual property when you source online for engineered-to-order components. The software automatically destroys the files after your recipient reviews them. The software, called MfgQuote AutoShred Lite, was developed by MfgQuote.com in partnership with Pinion Software (Austin, TX).

AutoShred Lite is for buyers using the MfgQuote marketplace to place orders out for bid. It is designed to work with the widely deployed SolidWorks eDrawings format from SolidWorks (Concord, MA). Sellers of outsource services need a companion viewer to see files secured by AutoShred Lite. Both AutoShred Lite and its companion viewer are free.

With AutoShred Lite, you control the who, where, how, and when drawings and documents are viewed.  AutoShred Lite prevents recipients of your files from cutting, copying, pasting, or modifying the information in any way. It blocks screen captures of the content you secure, and it deletes your files from the suppliers’ machines on a shred date that you set. AutoShred also securely encrypts your information for in-transit protection.

A second offering from Pinion Software combines the capabilities of AutoShred Lite with an advanced set of Technical Rights Management capabilities that secure a wider range of data formats, including technical and business application files. With this product, called Pinion Desktop Packager-MfgQuote.com Edition, you have more options for specifying what recipients can and cannot do with the intellectual property you share with them, such as whether documents can be printed or screen-captured.

AutoShred Lite is available immediately. For more information, visit mfgquote.com.

The TracePro Bridge from Lambda Research Corp. (Littleton, MA) provides the required link to blend in and analyze the effects of light on sophisticated mechanical structures created in SolidWorks from SolidWorks Corp. (Concord, MA).

Deployed as a SolidWorks add-in, TracePro Bridge for SolidWorks enables you to incorporate optical components, light sources, detectors, sensors, optical effects, and optical properties directly in your mechanical models. You can then export your completed optomechanical models to TracePro, Lambda Research’s optical simulation application, for optical ray-tracing and analysis.

TracePro Bridge lets you assign and save TracePro optical properties to your models from within SolidWorks. The software also lets you view properties of objects and surfaces comprising the model, and it provides for transition of models from SolidWorks to the optical analysis software.

The company expects to begin shipments of TracePro Bridge for SolidWorks in January. Lambda Research also develops the OSLO optical design applications as well as providing consulting and custom software development services. For more information, visit lambdares.com.