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AutoCAD Customization using Autolisp - Part 1

In order to avoid making similar drawings and in order increase the quality and productivity of drawings, customization of AutoCAD is very important. Autocad supports several tools for customization and in this topic i will discuss the basics of autolisp programming.

Published by shibashis (185 pts) on Nov 20, 2008 to
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The Art of Making Production Drawings – Rules for drafting drawings

This article briefs you on the various aspects to be considered and taken care of while making a production drawing. The basic guidelines to be considered during drafting of an engineering production drawing are explained in detail in this article.

Published by kkaarthic (1515 pts) on Nov 18, 2008 to
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Comparative study on different CAD softwares

Design processes have become much faster after arrival of CAD software and as the design time has reduced, the new product introduction (NPI) time has also reduced drastically. You can see this change easily in all products. Let’s take the example of bike , almost every week you could see the launch

Published by shibashis (185 pts) on Nov 17, 2008 to
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Multiobjective CFD Based Optimization - Part I

Multiobjective optimization is optimization case where there are more than one objective variable that has to be solved simultaneously. This kind of problem is difficult to solve because of the presence of conflict among the objectives.

Published by burniadi (63 pts) on Nov 16, 2008 to
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Tutorials on Basic Mechanical Design Calculations (part-1)

Nowadays lots of software tools are available in market to take care about the lengthy calculations. Most of the cases a mechanical design engineer only needs to put input and the software tools give the output in desired format. These tools definitely help to drastically reduce the design time.

Published by shibashis (185 pts) on Nov 16, 2008 to
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What’s new in SolidWorks 2008 – The view menu – part I

SolidWorks is a popular CAD program. The latest version, SW2008 released in September , has several new features and a new look. This article deals with the new layout of the “View” section of the menu.

Published by johnsinit (3131 pts) on Nov 5, 2008 to
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What’s new in SolidWorks 2008 – The view menu – part II

SolidWorks is a popular CAD program. The latest version, SW2008 released in September , has several new features and a new look. This article continues the overview of the new layout of the “View” section of the menu – dealing with Section creation and display options.

Published by johnsinit (3131 pts) on Nov 5, 2008 to
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Learning SolidWorks 2008 – Sketch Entities – Part III

SolidWorks is a popular CAD program. The latest version, SW2008 released in September , has several new features as well as new look. This article will explain the new and old rather advanced sketch entities and options– ellipse, partial ellipse, parabola and spline creation.

Published by johnsinit (3131 pts) on Oct 30, 2008 to
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Learning SolidWorks 2008 – Sketch Entities – Part II

SolidWorks is a popular CAD program. The latest version, SW2008 released in September , has several new features as well as new look. This article will explain the new and old sketch entities and options– polygon, arc, and point creation.

Published by johnsinit (3131 pts) on Oct 30, 2008 to
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Learning SolidWorks 2008 – Sketch Entities – Part I

SolidWorks is a popular CAD program. The latest version, SW2008 released in September , has several new features as well as new look. This article will explain the new and old sketch entities – line, rectangle and circle creation.

Published by johnsinit (3131 pts) on Oct 30, 2008 to
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