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Any pilots out there? I just reported that Terrafugia, maker of the Transition Roadable Aircraft, is going to use Catia software for design and analysis of its next prototype aircraft. If you click on the site below, you can read the news. My question to pilots: what do you think of the vehicle's capabilities both in the air and on the ground? Do you think a vehicle like this will have widespread appeal? Cost of the plane wasn't mentioned in the press release. That might have something to do wit… Continue

Today, Andy Warren conducted a class at Autodesk University called "Using Inventor to Electrify the Grid." It was geared toward users who work for electric power utilities or engineering companies that do work for them. He taught how to use Inventor to design substations for power distribution. He covered designing lace-up type towers and bays, low profile design, and all of the switches, breakers, transformers, and insulators. He also showed how to test the clearances of all of the buses and ca… Continue

SYCODE released CATIA V4 and V5 file import plug-ins for AutoCAD. These plug-ins help you import CATIA V4 and V5 part and assembly files into AutoCAD without the need of a CATIA license on the computer or network. The plug-ins are called CATIA V4 Import for AutoCAD and CATIA V5 Import for AutoCAD. The V4 plug-in can read CATIA V4 part and assembly (.model), export (.exp) and session (.session) files from CATIA 4.1.9 to CATIA 4.2.4. The V5 plug-in can read CATIA V5 part (.CATPart), assembly (.CAT… Continue

The Green Building Studio is a web-based service that provides hourly weather data for approximately 1.6 million virtual weather locations around the world. The latest version of this technology supports locations for North America, Europe, New Zealand, India, China, Japan, the Philippines, and South Korea. The software-as-a-service (SaaS) application and targets architects and designers working within a building information modeling (BIM) process to perform whole-building energy and water analy… Continue

Fabrico recently helped automotive supplier Alfmeier Prazision to improve lumbar supports for drivers’ seats in leading luxury cars, including Mercedes. Fabrico supplies Alfmeier with converted materials that, when assembled and installed, withstand the constant infla… Continue