Mike Page, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "Design Tools",
and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Manufacturingtalk which will be of interest.
Let me be your guide.
Start with
the news release Collaboration extended across project teams from
Autodesk, which we summarised at the time by saying "With Autodesk, users have access to review designs both online and offline anytime and anywhere".
Earlier in the week,
we featured the news release Award for printed circuit board (PCB) design from
Gage Applied Technologies: "Gage Applied Technologies has won a Mentor Graphics' PCB technology leadership award for the printed circuit board they designed for a family of high-speed digitizers".
In April 2007, we covered the news from Aldec
concerning its Simulink Interface
- take a look at Integration support for co-simulation tools
which says: "Active-HDL coupled with The MathWorks Simulink provides support for fixed-point types and HDL co-simulation of black-boxes, which allows seamless integration with Simulink-based DSP tools".
Take a look also at the news release from VX Corporation, Mold manufacturing made easier,
as well as Autodesk preview shows around Europe from CADline,
and Increased platform support from simulation tool from Aldec.
See also:
Large scale web services for small businesses
(March 2007)
Dedicated server packages provide online businesses with unlimited bandwidth, a high speed virtual data pipe and a secure private network
Alliance brings embedded database optimisation
(February 2007)
ITTIA and HCL alliance combines powerful development tools to embedded database management
Making the web affordable for SMEs
(February 2007)
Best buy for business will enable small businesses to purchase subscriptions cards for Microsoft office live services
Seamless software development platform
(February 2007)
Seamless flow for the creation of Autosar compliant automotive electronics systems
Peer-to-peer requirement sharing
(February 2007)
Standards-based platform that addresses the need for peer-to-peer requirements sharing and exchange
Global vision for design software industry
(February 2007)
New Autodesk strategy intends to help companies redefine design processes to spur innovation and achieve competitive advantage
Enhanced usability and productivity from Autodesk
(February 2007)
Updates offer a complete approach to digital prototyping that allows manufacturers to cost-effectively validate their ideas and foster product innovation
Unified electronic product development
(February 2007)
Altium has announced that its unified electronic product development solution - Altium Designer 6 - has been awarded a prestigious International Engineering Consortium's (IEC) DesignVision Award
Carollo engineers win 2006 BE award
(January 2007)
Engineering news-record top 100 design firm takes top honours in 'plant: first-time user' category
Advanced passive components in product library
(January 2007)
Manufacturer of advanced passive components AVX has developed a new software product library for use with Agilent's Advanced Design System (ADS)
Design flow and simulation for packaging
(January 2007)
Ansoft has announced the Turbo Package analyser (TPA) v5
LabVIEW digital filter design toolkit
(November 2006)
Engineers Can now choose a graphical or text-based approach for digital filter design, analysis and implementation
Microsoft Office Live Is now live in the US
(November 2006)
Small businesses in the US to receive special deals from Best Buy and Toshiba
Flat patterns developed for complex geometries
(November 2006)
Sheet metal forming software is for developing extremely accurate flat patterns for complex geometries even if they undergo significant deformation during manufacturing
Alphastone helps APS Masonry
(November 2006)
APS Masonry has made a major investment in a Brembana G-Rex CNC milling and routing machine, controlled by Alphastone software from Coventry-based Alphacam
Design verification support for devices
(November 2006)
Aldec has announced System Verification Environment (SVE) support for Altera's new high-end Stratix III FPGA device family
FPGA synthesis solution utilises true timing
(November 2006)
Synplify Pro FPGA synthesis and Synplify DSP true DSP Synthesis software solutions have been upgraded to support Altera's Stratix III FPGAs
A Revolution in 3D Design
(November 2006)
Power Nurbs 2.0 facilitates construction of even the most complex geometry
Aish receives of 2006 ACADIA Society Award
(November 2006)
Aish recognised for Research and Development Work on GenerativeComponents and Service to Association for Computer-Aided Design in Architecture Community
Web Service to Help Small Businesses
(November 2006)
Microsoft Office Live adManager Beta and Office Live Business Contact Manager will be available to help small businesses stay in touch with their customers
Aldec Strengthens Verilog Simulator
(October 2006)
Average performance gain of 57% on RTL and 250% on gate level and timing simulations
Altium Designer supports MachXO PLDs
(October 2006)
Altium has announced that Altium Designer has been enhanced to include full support for Lattice's MachXO family of crossover programmable logic devices (PLDs)
Wireless manufacturing execution system used
(September 2006)
A milk parlour systems manufacturer undertook a detailed analysis before selecting a system, which gives real-time visibility of machine performance and quality reporting
Dairymaster choose Barco
(September 2006)
Dairymaster have choosen Barco to supply a wireless Manufacturing Execution System Operating from its head office in Causeway
Fast fastener prototyping service offered
(August 2006)
A fastener rapid prototyping service enables the production of highly complex fasteners in small runs, with the same characteristics and functions as bulk manufactured cold formed parts
Design tools for ASIC and FPGA devices
(August 2006)
Aldec, a pioneer in mixed-language simulation and advanced design tools for ASIC and FPGA devices, has announced the addition of Expression Coverage for Verilog in the release of Rivieratm 2006.06
Engineering desktop capabilities expanded
(August 2006)
Bentley's RAM Advance Version 8.0 Expands Engineering Desktop Capabilities
Embedded systems initiative established
(July 2006)
A new embedded systems initiative called Speeds (Speculative and Exploratory Design in Systems Engineering) has been established
Smart mould parts library speeds assembly
(July 2006)
An extensive library of smart mechanical components for VX CAD/CAM users provides for the rapid development of complete mold base assemblies, automatically generating mold assemblies
Software simulates tube bending/hydro-forming
(July 2006)
A suite of stamping-simulation software packages are designed for tube bending and hydro-forming processes with realistic tool modelling and behaviour for better forming simulation results
South African CAD/CAM demand goes up
(July 2006)
South African supplier of IBM's range of PLM solutions, has recently reported a significant increase in the number of CATIA orders from small companies and especially one-man operations
Manufacturing time cut from months to minutes
(June 2006)
Production line simulation software was used in the development of a revolutionary manufacturing process to make polyurethane components for office automation products
V5 PLM helps Evernham Motorsports
(June 2006)
Fully embracing PLM concept has turned design and simulation into a competitive advantage
WiMAX reference library integrated into software
(May 2006)
CoWare has, announced a new WiMAX Reference Library integrated into CoWare Signal Processing Designer (formerly known as SPW)