When people think of the way new technologies are developed, they often think of the end product that people see on the shelf or showroom. This is true of any product, but it is most prominent in the ...

SolidWorks 3D mechanical-engineering software lets users quickly build solid models with familiar drag-and-drop, pointand-click, and cut-and-paste functions. You can easily create 3D models from ...

RS Components has added to the capabilities of its free 3D mechanical design tool with two paid-for modules. RS said that the base-level DesignSpark Mechanical software which was developed with 3D ...

One rule of lean design is that you don't reinvent "wheels." If a component exists, use it. SmartDraw V7 software accommodates this idea with hundreds of already-drawn components that users drag and ...