November 2010Monthly Archives

Getting the Right Design, Getting the Design Right

 

The latest issue of Altair Engineering’s Concept to Reality published “Getting the Right Design, Getting the Design Right,” an article describing four ways that we can enhance the entire product development cycle by 1) finding pathways to winning designs earlier in the process, 2) improving collaboration between industrial design and engineering, 3) considering efficient forms starting from the early concept phase, and 4) effectively visualizing and validating design concepts.

Click here to freely download the article. Concept to Reality is published bi-annually for Altair Engineering, Inc. by Penton Custom Media and focuses on cutting-edge design development, innovative product strategy, and global process automation issues.

“Getting the Right Design, Getting the Design Right” was also presented at Altair’s annual European HyperWorks Technology Conference Series in Versailles held October 27-29, 2010. The event attracted more than 500 attendees from 275 companies.

Introduction to solidThinking Webinars: December 2010 schedule

Register for FREE attendance to the next Introduction to solidThinking webinars — live training sessions that introduce the concepts and tools of solidThinking.

Duration: 1 hour.

December 7, 2010 – 10:00 AM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)

December 21, 2010 – 10:00 AM EDT (Eastern Daylight Time)

solidThinking at the Inno Design Tech Expo in Hong Kong December 2-4, 2010

solidThinking will exhibit at the HKTDC Inno Design Tech Expo in Hong Kong. The HKTDC Inno Design Tech Expo (IDT Expo) is a one-stop platform where visitors from different industries can explore the latest commercial design, brand strategies, applied technology, and related consultancy services. This exhibition is part of the Business of Design Week (BODW) an annual event which brings the best of the global design world to Hong Kong.

Come and meet us at Booth 1AF11/13 in the Trade Hall, Innovation and Applied Technology Pavillion.

Location: Hong Kong Convention& Exhibiton Centre1 Expo Drive, Wanchai, Hong Kong, China

When: December 2-4, 2010

For more information, send an e-mail to: info@solidthinking.com

solidThinking Inspired for Architects

solidThinking Inspired and its unique morphogenesis form-generation technology can provide great inspiration to architects just like it does for product designers.

The pictures below illustrate how starting from a very simple design space (represented in orange) and defining the environmental conditions (loads and forces), can yield inspiring inputs for new designs, in this case for a bridge.

A preview of the upcoming new solidThinking Inspired release was offered to a large architectural audience during the recent Acadia 2010 conference in New York, October 21 to 24. The software was positively received, having been described as “provocative” and “user friendly” by attendees.