Speed matters in modern product development. Companies cannot wait months to test an idea. They need fast validation, quick ...

Part 1 of this 3-part series described how a model-driven development process and virtual prototyping tools help address the challenges of implementing a DFSS methodology in a complex automotive ...

To compete in today's rapidly changing business world, companies must be able to go to production with innovative designs. And they must be able to quickly attain high-yield, cost-contained, robust ...

Rapid prototyping can be defined as a variety of techniques employed to quickly manufacture a scale model of a physical assembly or product. Usually three dimensional computer aided design, or CAD, is ...

Ryan Gray is co-founder and CEO of SGW Designworks, a full-service product development and engineering firm featured in The Lean Startup. When developing industrial and consumer products, my team ...

A critical phase during product design and development is verification of your design. Design verification can be attained either by simulation or prototyping. Prototyping is usually the preferred ...

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A new process used to update the Chevrolet Malibu for the 2014 model sounds more like the plot of a sci-fi movie than anything tied to designing cars. To refresh the Malibu’s interior and exterior, ...

(Nasdaq:SSYS) Stratasys says a new version of its popular FDM Vantage rapid prototyping systems, called the Vantage X, offers three more modeling material options and higher resolution than the ...