September 2007

By DE Editors

Cover Story: Workstation
Out of This World
This gaming system manufacturer delivers a high-end graphics workstation.

Data Acquisition
Saving Fuel with Wireless DA
Wireless data acquisition from nCode plays a key role in U.S. DOE projects.

HPC
Sun Shares Its Vision
Shared Visualization enables high-powered virtual graphics workstations on every desk.

RP&M
Melting It All Together
MCP’s SLM machines bring detailed metal parts to rapid prototyping and manufacturing.

Shape Sampling for a Better Fit
Timberland uses Geomagic DSSP to reinvent footwear manufacturing.

Digital Design/RP&M
Illuminating Services
Gaining virtual rewards and precision manufacturing via rapid prototyping.

CAM/Manufacturing
Tendon Repair Aided by RP&M
Tormach’s Personal CNC helped KFx Medical develop a knotless surgical technique.

Smart Power for High-End Machining
Delcam PowerMill 8.0 consolidates its tools, streamlining functionality.

Digital Prototyping
A Model of Efficiency
Top manufacturers meet their goals and require fewer protoypes than their competitors.

MCAD
AutoCAD 2008 Works Like Magic
Annotation scaling heads the list of new features cheered by AutoCAD users.

Commentary
When the Left Knows What the Right Hand’s Doing

Degrees of Freedom
Peter Cooper Would Be Mighty Proud

Quarterly Supplement: Elements of Analysis

Thermal Analysis 101: Meeting the Challenge
A hot topic with more than one cool solution.

Saving Lives in Milliseconds
Autoliv optimizes vehicle safety equipment using LMS acoustics testing solutions.

Embedded CFD Aids Hydrodynamics Research
Flomerics computer simulation shows why dolphins and porpoises are such fast swimmers.

Neoterics
New Products & Esoterica