e-Design is the first book to integrate discussion of computer design tools throughout the design process. Through this book, the reader will understand... Basic design principles and all-digital design paradigms.CAD/CAE/CAM tools available for various design related tasks.How to put an integrated system together to conduct All-Digital Design (ADD).Industrial practices in employing ADD and tools for product development. Provides a comprehensive and thorough coverage on essential elements for practicing all-digital design (ADD)Covers CAD/CAE methods throughout the design process, including solid modelling, performance simulation, reliability, manufacturing, cost estimates and rapid prototyping Discusses CAD/CAE/CAM/RP/CNC tools and data integration for support of the all-digital design processReviews off-the-shelf tools for support of modelling, simulations, manufacturing, and product data management Provides tutorial type projects using ProENGINEER and SolidWorks for readers to exercise design examples and gain hands-on experienceA series of running examples throughout the book illustrate the practical use of the ADD paradigm and tools

Product Description: 3D Printing and Additive Manufacturing (AM) has revolutionized how prototypes are made and small batch manufacturing carried out. With additive manufacturing, the strategies used to produce a part change a number of important considerations and limitations previously faced by tool designers and engineers...read more

Product Description: 3D printers have revolutionized the worlds of manufacturing, design, and art. But how does a person with little or no computer design experience create an object to print? The best way to learn is through hands-on experience. Professional engineer Mike Rigsby leads readers step-by-step through fourteen simple toy projects, each illustrated with screen caps of Autodesk 123D Design, the most common free 3D software available...read more

*For advanced undergraduate/ *graduate-level courses in Automation, Production Systems, and Computer-Integrated Manufacturing. This exploration of the technical and engineering aspects of automated production systems provides the most advanced, comprehensive, and balanced coverage of the subject of any text on the market. It covers all the major cutting-edge technologies of production automation and material handling, and how these technologies are used to construct modern manufacturing systems.

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Product Description: At first glance, a book on "Design by Composition for Rapid Prototyping" may seem out of place in a series on Robotics. However, this work has a couple of strong connections to the field of robotics and the robotics community, and I am delighted to introduce it to the series...read more

Product Description: The emergence and adoption of computational technologies has significantly changed design and design education beyond the replacement of drawing boards with computers or pens and paper with computer-aided design (CAD), computer-aided manufacturing (CAM), and computer-aided engineering (CAE) applications...read more

Product Description: This unique text presents a thorough introduction to Mastercam X5 Mill for students with little or no prior experience. It can be used in virtually any educational setting -- from four-year engineering schools to community colleges and voc/tech schools to industrial training centers -- and will also serve as a reliable reference for on-the-job use or as a self-study manual...read more

Product Description: Additive Manufacturing Technologies: Rapid Prototyping to Direct Digital Manufacturing deals with various aspects of joining materials to form parts. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is an automated technique for direct conversion of 3D CAD data into physical objects using a variety of approaches...read more

Product Description: Shape interrogation is the process of extraction of information from a geometric model. It is a fundamental component of Computer Aided Design and Manufacturing (CAD/CAM) systems. This book provides a bridge between the areas geometric modeling and solid modeling...read more

Product Description: Design and manufacturing is the essential element in any product development lifecycle. Industry vendors and users have been seeking a common language to be used for the entire product development lifecycle that can describe design, manufacturing and other data pertaining to the product...read more

Product Description: For many years, computers have been playing a prominent role in the process of product design and manufacture. As manufacturing continues to march into the future, there is a critical need to address the role of computer technologies in an integrated fashion, placing emphasis on product data exchange as well as product data management...read more

Rapid Prototyping (RP) has revolutionized the landscape of how prototypes and products are made and small batch manufacturing carried out. This book gives a comprehensive coverage of RP and rapid tooling processes, data formats and applications. A CD-ROM, included in the book, presents RP and its principles in an interactive way to augment the learning experience. Special features:Most comprehensive coverage of more than 30 RP Systems,Understanding of RP through applications,In-depth revelation of the basic principles behind major RP techniques,Discussion of important issues such as STL file problems of RP parts,Interactive CD-ROM to demonstrate the major RP techniques,RP company background information and contact addresses

Product Description: Emphasizes student-friendly graphical displays in place of long explanations and definitions. Includes an overview of the process of generating a word address program. Presents numerous examples that provide step-by-step instructions with graphical displays...read more

Product Description: Once again Curran and Stenerson have succeeded in delivering a practical text that is easier to understand and follow than reference manuals. This textbook is reader friendly, offering plenty of exercises as well as step-by-step procedures with clear explanations...read more

Product Description: Student-friendly graphical displays are emphasized in lieu of long text and definitions.Includes an overview of the process of generating a word address program.Examples provide step-by-step instructions with graphical displays.Eliminates flipping between pages by featuring all explanations on the same page as the example...read more

Product Description: Book by LEE H FELIX, FULTON DAVID

A textbook focusing on automation, flexible automation, and CIM. Provides the scientific principles and analytical background for manufacturing planning, control, and design. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

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