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June 2013	»Quick as a Mouse »At the Speed of Thought
March 2013	» Precision is Everything
January 2013	»Hoosier Sets a New Pattern »Taming the Wind »A Piece of Quiet
October 2012	» Rethinking Automotive Design
September 2012	» The Jet Set » More Power to Them
August 2012	» PECO Breaks the Mold » Wide-open, Five-axis Programming
July 2012	» The Keys to Creation » Scanning Success
June 2012	» The Best Defense Is a Good Offense » Ply-Cycle is Ready to Roll
May 2012	» Simulation Improves Energy Efficiency » CAD Software Helps Formula One Team Run by the Numbers
April 2012	» Fläkt Woods Creates Environment for Quality Management » Vicura Drives Improved Simulation and Analysis with SpaceClaim
March 2012	» A Mouse that Roars
February 2012	» NVIDIA Maximus Makes 'Design Clinic' a Success for Cleat Inc. » Cost-estimating Software Helps Manufacturer Boost Productivity, Profits
January 2012	» Squeak, Rattle and Roll » Designing Safer Bioprosthetic Heart Valves with CFD / PIV » When Push Comes to Shove(l)
November 2011	» Calibration of Engine Performance at Mercedes-AMG » Accelerating iSCSI SAN Storage » Stow-and-Go for Space Travel
October 2011	» Laser Scanning Advances Rapid Prototyping, Manufacturing » Automation Makes the Difference » Fire, Fasteners and FEA
September 2011	» MFG.com Quickens the Cobra » Design Collaboration Produces Tooling 'Right the First Time'
August 2011	» Speedy Delivery via CAD/CAM Services » From Art to Part » 3D Mouse Makes Music
July 2011	» 'Clear'-ing the Way » Testing Seals with Prototyped Parts » Back on Track via Engineering Document Management » Z Corporation Technology Saves Car and Component Development Time and Money
June 2011	» Team Players on the Cloud » Microwaving Moondust with COMSOL » Safety Made Simpler » Keep the ECU Conservation Going
May 2011	» TriVector Verifies Time Latencies for Ares I Rocket » Vero Software Helps Reinvent the Wheel » T-Splines Rethinks Surface Modeling for Manufacture
April 2011	» From Paper to Purpose » A Project with Heart » Visualizing Eye Surgery » The Race to Victory » Fast Track to Flight
March 2011	» Faster Modeling Accelerates Powerwing Redesign » Motorola Develops Greener Products with Windchill Product Analytics from PTC » Designing New Magnet Technology: A Multiphysics Challenge
February 2011	» Taking the Lead » Quick and Easy » Custom ATE Eliminates the Guesswork » Designing the 'Brains' for Automated Manual Transmissions
January 2011	» An Ounce of Prevention ... » Under Construction
November 2010	» Converting CAD Models of an Airbus A350 » Xcelaero Improves Radial Fans with Concepts NREC CAM Software » FDM Cuts Jet Engine Prototype Time » Valiant Machine & Tool Inc. Takes Flight with Autodesk Software
October 2010	» CoCreate Used to Develop Livengood Platform » Amcor Loses Weight with Simulation
September 2010	» 3D Engineering Produces a 'Supercar' » Autodesk Aids Vox Amp's Design Processes Special Section, Sponsored by Siemens » $100+ million in Warranty Cost Savings for Ford Motor Company » "Innovation Delivered" Through Standardized PLM Strategy at ATK » PLM Propels Innovation at Mercury Marine » Competitive Product Development at Xerox Corporation » Using Environmental Compliance as a Competitive Differentiator at Seagate » Driving competitive Advantage Through PLM at Wright Medical Technology Inc.
August 2010	» Streamlining Intelligent Control Valve Design » SpaceClaim and Tools4Design 3D Model Golf Ball Tool
June 2010	» CFdesign Aids Development of Next-Gen Flow Sensors and Resistors » Geomagic Studio Puts R-Design on the Fast Track to Improved Part Design » Sensor Product's Tactilus Sensor System Enables Pressure Body Mapping » Synergis Software's Engineering Document Management System Helps Foster-Miller Gain Control over Complex Projects
May 2010	» Altair's OptiStruct Helps Boeing Optimize Rotorcraft Design » COMSOL's Multiphysics Enables the Mixing of Polymers for Medical Implants and Streamlines the Manufacturing Process » NI's LabVIEW and CompactRIO Help Veterinary Equipment Supplier Develop Three-in-One Imaging System » PTC's Pro/Engineer Speeds Development of Denmark's First Supercar
April 2010	» Synergis' Document Management System Helps W.L. Gore Optimize Information Access, Collaboration, and Operations » SolidView Enables Midwest Composite Technologies to Provide Affordable Companywide Access to CAD Data » Summit Safety Used Quickparts for Fast Intro of Lifesaving Device
March 2010	» The ESI Visual-Process Solution Streamlines IAC’s Automotive Component Simulation and Reporting Process » T-Rex is Fast, Accurate Boundary Layer Meshing from Pointwise » AVEVA NET Enables Woodside Energy to Gain Better Control Over Its Engineering Data
February 2010	» COMSOL’s Multiphysics Enables Quality Control Testing in Semiconductor Manufacturing » CD-adapco’s STAR-CCM+ Optimizes Sail Properties of the Largest Wing Ever for the BMW ORACLE Racing Team » Bringing Rapid Prototyping In-House with Stratasys’s Fortus 3D Improves Product Design for Medical Device Maker » Siemens Teamcenter Drives Competitive Advantage Through PLM
January 2010	» ANSYS Workbench Delivers Concurrent Design and Analysis While Meeting Aggressive Development Schedule » Appro Assists Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory with a New Cluster Designed for Extreme-Scale Visualization » AVEVA's Plant Suite Empowers AREVA's Design of Next-Gen Nuclear Facilities » Thermal Dynamics Uses Stratasys' Direct Digital Manufacturing Tool to Optimize the Building of Assembly Tools
December 2009	» Building Better Bits with Mentor Graphics » EPIC Use of Okino PolyTrans|CAD 3D Solves Bottlenecks » Exa Corp. Creates PowerDELTA with Spatial Integration » Cisco Uses Z Corp to Uphold Scandinavian Design Tradition
November 2009	» ANSYS Mechanical Solves Challenges of a Megayacht Builder » Ugitech Optimizes Steel Casting Process Using COMSOL Multiphysics » Microsoft’s SharePoint Server 2007 Transforms Static Repository to Dynamic Platform » Widex Enhances Hearing Aid Technology with SpaceClaim Modeling and COMSOL