By Stephen M. Samuel “As a mechanical engineer, you are an arranger,” he said. “You may be arranging for 300 degree air to be delivered to a certain place, or you may be arranging for 5 gallons per minute of cooling water to be deposited somewhere, but as an engineer you have to take care [...]
Capturing User Needs
Capturing User Needs By Stephen M. Samuel From focus groups, to surveys, to hidden camera studies, good industrial designers stop at nothing to capture the needs of the users of the products that they are designing. User needs, also known as “the voice of the customer,” are what should rightfully drive product innovation and evolution. [...]
Design and Discovery
By Stephen M. Samuel They say Archimedes invented calculus 1500 years before it was reinvented by Sir Issac Newton. Fortunately, enough of his original writings survived the years such that we modern folks could examine them and gain insight into his thinking. It’s fun to imagine how life would be different had human kind paid [...]
It’s All About the Process
It’s All About the Process By Stephen M. Samuel For companies that truly want to take a leadership role in their chosen markets, there are millions of dollars to save and huge opportunities to take advantage of when Computer Aided Design (CAD) tools and Product Lifecycle management (PLM) tools are utilized properly. The right combination [...]
Rack and Pinion in NX7.5
Created by, adomeski Learn to use the motion simulator by making a rack and pinion move together in NX7.5! 1. Open rack_and_pinion.prt from Rack_and_Pinion (zip file). 2. Start -> Motion Simulation 3. In the Motion Navigator, right click on “Gears” and select “New Simulation.” 4. In the environment dialog box, make sure that “Dynamics” is [...]
NX7.5 Motion Simulation Module!
Created by, adomeski Learn to use the “Gears” Coupler in NX7.5 Motion Simulation Module! Download the gears from this tutorial here (zip file) : Gears
Shooting Free Throws in NX7.5
Learn to use the Motion Simulator in NX7.5! Shooting Free Throws Open Shooting_freethrows (zip file). Then Start -> Motion Simulation. Create a new simulation, and select “component-based assembly.” NX will now prompt you to fix the link “COURT.” Please do so. Create a new link named “BALL” whose body is the basketball. Now define 3d [...]
