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 ...

Mechanical engineers utilize simulation software to create and scrutinize designs before they are manufactured. This specific software allows them to replicate the product’s performance under an ...

Change management is still very much a manual process these days, with mechanical engineers manually comparing drawings, redlining changes, and using email to share files and get approvals. In just a ...

Remember when assembly was a predominately manual process? We still have pictures from installations in the 1980s showcasing this method of assembly operations. Lines of manual production systems with ...

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 ...