WORKSTATION-CENTERED COMPUTING Put Your Idle Computer Cores to Work by Kenneth Wong HSM Works, a CAD program for SolidWorks users, can identify and call upon idle computing cores in networked workstations. ANALYSIS/SIMULATION Medical Applications Tap into CFD by Pamela J. Waterman Software simulations open windows to understanding critical fluid flow. Desktop CFD Tools Assess Contaminants by Andy Manning Keeping airborne organisms to a minimum is a major health care facility design goal. Digital Prototyping with Autodesk by Eric Schubert Digital prototyping can save costs via fewer prototypes, faster design validation, less material waste, more accurate quotes, and risk mitigation. 25 Things Managers Should Know about FEA by Derek Pashley Engineers comment on what their managers should consider when it comes to using finite element analysis. MCAD Making PCB as Easy as 1-2-3 by Mike Hudspeth Altium Designer provides guidance for users who are called on to perform printed circuit board design and field programmable gate arrays. RAPID TECHNOLOGIES Portable CMMs Save Time by Ron Branch Discover how rapid shop floor inspection makes quick work of quality. ELEMENTS OF HPC With HPC, We Have Liftoff by David Graff Aerospace engineering firm, a.i. solutions, cuts data analysis time from months to days with Microsoft’s high-performance computing server. Workstation Performance on the Go by David Cohn The Dell Precision M6500 mobile workstation packs power in a heavy, but portable package. COMMENTARY Optimize Your Design Investments by Wes Shimanek, Intel Corporation Departments Degrees of Freedom Kenneth Wong's Virtual Desktop Briefings |