NEW MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN SOLUTIONS

Several software products will begin the new millennium with enhancements adding to a list of others that continue to provide good functionality and capability to engineers.

Engineering software companies continually strive to improve their existing products while searching for opportunities to develop new ones. In the fast-paced software industry, companies have to evolve their products through increased capability and functionality if they are to remain competitive.

Engineering software has reached almost all areas of product design and development - from concept to detail design to manufacture. Each has found a way to reduce product cycle time. Automotive Engineering International takes a look at a few of these engineering tools.