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CREO Parametric – INTERACTIVE SURFACE DESIGN_Baby Car Seat
Working with CAD software to create new products is a huge improvement in the modern design process versus the old…
CREO Parametric – FREESTYLE DESIGN_Apple Earbud
There are many objects which are commercially succesful if their design make them look attractive. Such example of products are…
THE SOAP STORY – The substance that keep us clean – Part 2 : What is Liquid Soap and how does it work?
In the Part 1 of the Soap Story I was talking about the importantce of solid soap and how does…
THE SOAP STORY – The substance that keep us clean – Part 1 : What is Solid Soap and how does it work?
I hate dirt and the sticky things that remain on my hands whenever I work on something. Even if I…
CATIA V5 – GENERATIVE SHAPE DESIGN – Working strategy with G.S.D._Bike saddle
Generative Shape Design Workbench is an interactive environment and it works perfectly in combination with Part Design Workbench. Therefore to…
THE LIQUID CRYSTALS – The thing that makes moving images possible.
Whenever I want to relax myself or even when I travel and I want to use my free time in…
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING – Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing_What is the PERPENDICULARITY tolerance?
In a mechanical design of an assembly made up of various parts it is often the case to make sure…
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING – Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing_What is the PARALLELISM tolerance?
When you create a part as CAD data sure you can create a beautiful animation and virtually your part is…
CATIA V5 – GENERATIVE SHAPE DESIGN – 2 different surface design strategies for the same product _ BOTTLE OPENER
Working with CAD platforms is an engineering area in which the ideas for new concepts and imagination are unlimited. It…
THE ALCOHOL – The poison whose charms we willingly submit.
There are not many things which can be taken as defining elements of the human history and civilization but there…
THE GLUE – The oldest material used by humans to make assemblies of at least 2 different objects. – Part 2 – How glue creates advanced technology?
The sticky tape pioneered by Richard Drew as I mentioned in Part 1, although a useful invention, is not the…
THE GLUE – The oldest material used by humans to make assemblies of at least 2 different objects. – Part 1 – How glue works?
Materials Science is always a topic for me, I love to do this. I don´t think I want to do…
CATIA V5 – How to create a product with the Relational Design Method? – MOUSE DESIGN
Mechanical design exist for very long time. People have always created objects in different ways. Since the invention of CAD…
CREO PARAMETRIC 6.0 – SHEET METAL DESIGN_How to design a sheet metal cover?
In manufacturing is often the case that parts are metalic and have a specific constant thinkness. In CAD of course…
CREO PARAMETRIC 6.0 – SHEET METAL DESIGN_How to design a sheet metal housing using external data as skeleton?
Depending on the project complexity the CAD work regarldless the CAD platform can be done in different apporaches. You can…
THE ASPHALT – The the most viscous liquid on Earth – Part 2 – How Asphalt can become a “smart” material?
“Smart Materials” already exist, but we still have a lot learn more about them. In the category of such materials…
THE ASPHALT – The most viscous liquid on Earth – Part 1 – Why Asphalt is essential for a great driving experience?
When you hear the word “Asphalt”, most probably you think of the black tar stuff on roads and highways, right?…
THE FOAM STORY – AEROGEL FOAM – The lightest solid in the world – Part 2_The Aerosol :its current and future applications.
At the time in the early 1980s, aerogels were so expensive to make that they could only live in labs…
THE FOAM STORY – AEROGEL FOAM – The lightest solid in the world – Part 1_Why is the Aerogel the best thermal insulator in the world?
During the last decade on XXth century significant changes took place in the entire world from political to economical and…
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING – Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing_What is the SURFACE PROFILE tolerance?
For quite a long time mechanical parts were controled based on their regular forms such as planar form, cylindrical form…
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING – Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing_What is the LINE PROFILE tolerance?
The mechanical description of a part is usually done by using simple geometrical form features such as lines, planes, circles…
CREO PARAMETRIC 6.0 – PART DESIGN_How to design a compression spring?
Designing Helical Shapes such are Springs with variable pitches sometimes is a challenge, mainly for the beginners. But things are…
CREO PARAMETRIC 6.0 – PART DESIGN_How to design an extrusion screw?
CREO Parametric it is indeed very Parametric CAD platform. Designing with CREO is super effective, it´s a pleasure to work…
CATIA V5 _PART DESIGN_How to create animated sketches?
The best option to simulate a mechanism with CATIA V5 is of course by using the dedicated one named DMU…
CATIA V5 _DMU KINEMATICS_How to convert the assembly constraints into joints for a simulation mechanism?
In most cases when you want to do a mechanism simulation with CATIA V5, you perform this, using the DMU…
THE KEROSENE – The explosive liquid that makes humans fly_ PART 2 – Why Kerosene has 10 times more explosion power per litre than nitroglycerine, yet still safer to use?
At the first glance, if we compare the 2 kerosene and nitroglycerine we easily can observe that at as little…
THE KEROSENE – The explosive liquid that makes humans fly_ PART 1 – What is Kerosene?
Each time when I travel by plane that’s for me an extreme life adventure. Simply because I am in the…
DESIGN- DENK: Warum eine gute Idee nicht mehr genug ist?
Die Innovation wurde beschrieben als “eine gute Idee die gut ausgeführt wird“. Das ist ein guter Anfang. Leider, die erste…
COPPER – From the 1st metal used by humans to the essential element in technology development_PART II – How is Copper capable to harness the technology development in Digital Age?
Copper was the first metal used by man and still remains very much essential for technology development in the future.…
COPPER – From the 1st metal used by humans to the essential element in technology development_PART I – What is Copper and why is useful?
I love to talk about Copper. I must say that before to become materials science engineer I was very much…
CREO PARAMETRIC 6.0 – PART DESIGN_How to generate a Revolved part?
A very frequent type of feature used in mechanical design development is the Revolved feature. There are many common working…
CREO PARAMETRIC 6.0 – PART DESIGN_How to generate an Extruded part?
In the past a job as mechanical designer was a little bit of more hard work to do becasue products…
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING – Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing_What is the CYLINDRICITY tolerance?
2 simple geometrical elements are responsible to describe any geometrical shape. These are the Straight Line and the Circle. If…
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING – Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing_What is the CIRCULARITY tolerance?
In mechanical design of things, any object is defined by 2 geometrical forms: the straight line and the circle. A…
CATIA V5 _DMU KINEMATICS_How to generate a tracking line in a 3D simulation_WindShield Wiper
For this exercise I am gonna show you how to generate a tracking line in a 3D simulation which can…
CATIA V5 _DMU KINEMATICS_Clash detection in DMU Kinematics simulations_Hinge assembly.
It is often the case that you want to make sure your mechanism works properly without clashes between its component…
THE WATER – The liquid of life and the most powerful force of nature on Earth_ PART II (When Water is unleashed nothing and nobody can stop it.)
Some people are really afraid of water. Mostly those who don’t know how to swim. And I totally understand, I…
THE WATER – The liquid of life, the most powerful force of nature on Earth_ PART I (What is Water and Why it is essential for life? )
It is often said that humans are the most intelligent beings on planet earth and because of these outstanding abilities…
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING – Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing_What is the FLATNESS tolerance?
All the time when you want to make sure something is accurately closed/sealed the parts that are joined in your…
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING – Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing_What is the STRAIGHTNESS tolerance?
In every new product development process there are different stages to go through until the first official release is available…
THE CONCRETE – The material that made urbanization possible_ PART II (WHY the usual steel reinforced concrete will be progressively phased out and replaced with Advanced Self-Healing Concrete?)
In the Part 1 of The Concrete Story I told you about how the steel reinforced concrete has become the…
THE CONCRETE – The material that made urbanization possible_ PART I (How the steel reinforced concrete has become the most multipurpose building material of all time?)
For its entire existence human race always needed and will forever need 2 essential things in order to survive: Food…
IRON- The metal that started the Industrial Revolution_ PART II (HOW steel became the most commonly used metal in the world?)
It all started when people discovered that Iron can react with Carbon and by controling the process something amazing is…
IRON- The metal that started the Industrial Revolution_ PART I (HOW steel was discovered?)
From all the metals humans ever used non of them created a revolution in technomogy at the scale Iron did.…
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING – GD + T – General terms about geometric characteristics and their attributes.
Geometric Dimensioning And Tolerancing defines a functionality of a part and because the part drawing is the first tool people…
CATIA V5 DMU Kinematics_How to show a simulation in different static sequences on the drawing.
In this post I will show you how can you present different simulation stages of a mechanism in few static…
CATIA V5 DMU Kinematics_How to compile simulation for Replay and export your file as video format.
After we have seen how a simulation can be done with CATIA DMU Kinematics; let’s see how to replay it…
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING – When do we use GD + T and How does it work?
The term “Product Design” covers a large area of possibilities for different applications. We have Product Design in Mechanical Engineering…
MECHANICAL DESIGN ENGINEERING – Why you MUST apply Geometrical Dimensioning and Tolerancing in your Product Design?
Mechanical Design is a subset of Material Science. Without understanding how materials behave you can never be a great mechanical…
Computer Aided Design & The 118 Elements 