CAD model retrieval and design reuse constitute a critical research area in engineering, where the efficient recovery of relevant design data from extensive libraries can notably reduce development ...

Advanced Machine & Engineering Co. (www.ame.com) offers 3D CAD models of its workholding fixtures, machine components and safety products on its web site, and provides an example of the effective use ...

Recognizing the limits of traditional CAD for creating and controlling highly complex designs, a new effort has been launched to combine 3D modeling, simulation, and manufacturing processes into one ...

Although better translators and CADembedded CAE has smoothed out the route from model to solution, there is still a significant group of problems in which geometries are difficult to mesh. Estimates ...