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SME Unveils Annual Manufacturing Innovations List

DEARBORN, MI-The Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has announced its annual list of "Innovations that Could Change the Way You Manufacture." More

SME Honors Inventors, Industry Leaders, Volunteers and Young Engineers

DEARBORN, Mich., February 19, 2009 — Advances in manufacturing have made things cheaper, stronger and safer for consumers. Each advancement was made by dedicated practitioners whose contributions may never be known by the public. That’s why for more than 50 years, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers (SME) has recogn ized manufacturing engineering’s innovators throught its International Honor Awards, Award of Merit and Outstanding Young Manufacturing Engineer Award. More

During Tough Times, SME Board of Directors Continues to Support Manufacturers

DEARBORN, Mich., February 23, 2009 — While the federal stimulus package was working its way through Congress, the Society of Manufacturing Engineers’ (SME) Board of Directors met for their first quarter meeting at the Mori Seiki University facility in Rolling Meadows, Ill., to discuss the state of the economy and how SME can best support its members and the manufacturing industry. More

SME: A Look Ahead
From the Society of Manufacturing Engineers

For many of us in the manufacturing community, 2008 was a year filled with economic struggles, a historic election and a growing sense that change is necessary. Every morning, the news headlines tell us that manufacturers are fighting a battle to keep their products in the marketplace, while others are waging a war to keep their doors open and their employees working. There are those, however, who have decided that their old methods and current product lines will have to change to keep up with the evolving world that we live in. As I begin my term as the 2009 SME President, I would like to take this opportunity to look ahead at the year to come, and discuss what we at SME and all of us in the manufacturing community can do to prosper in this tough economic climate. Read the full text...

January 09 Issue Volume 142 No. 1

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Implementing An Integrated 3D System For Design And Manufacturing

After numerous dialogs and interviews with software suppliers and end users, it became apparent that implementing a 3D workflow not only benefits machine programmers, it also offers substantial productivity improvements throughout the entire workflow process from pre-quote to out-the door. Read the full story here

3D CAD Has Become A "Must Have"

The transition from 2D CAD to 3D CAD is not just another software upgrade. It requires the user to move from the world of 2D drafting to the world of 3D modeling. Read the full story here

Better Rendering In 3D CAD

Dassault Systmes SolidWorks Corp. (said the newest version of its 3D CAD software, has a speed increase of as much as 65 percent over its previous version. Solidworks said there is no 3D CAD software faster or20easier to use than its SolidWorks 2009 Premium package. The program is designed to help users to transform ideas into 3D models that are ready for manufacturing. Read the full story here

CAD Translation, Preparation, And Sharing

The preparation of 3D CAD files is critical in sharing files with others and involves the redaction of information, security measures and reduction of geometry size and complexity. The key problem that surrounds the task of CAD data preparation is that it is typically a manual process. The lack of automation for CAD data preparation has been something that engineers have put up with, and worked around, for so long that it seems a normal part of the process. However, that is changing. Read the full story here