Engineering Notes Archives | Design & Motion

Solid Edge Free to New Start-Up Companies

by John Evans | Nov 1, 2016 | Design, Engineering Notes, Manufacturing, Siemens Solid Edge | 0

Siemens PLM is giving one-year licenses of Solid Edge Premium to new companies, completely free! Details inside.

PTC Mathcad Express: My First Look

by John Evans | Apr 8, 2016 | Design, Engineering Notes, New Post, PTC, PTC Mathcad | 1

Wanting to know more about PTC Mathcad Express? This document driven mathematics tool is quite unique, and yes, you heard it correctly, it’s free!

ASME Y14.5 Free Draft Copy is Available

by John Evans | Feb 9, 2016 | Design, Engineering Notes, Manufacturing, New Post | 6

You can get a draft copy of ASME Y14.5 free. The Dimensioning and Tolerancing Standard is available, so get one now with no hassles, while you still can.

Engineering Notes: Curved Area Calcs Using Limited Information

by John Evans | Jul 29, 2015 | Engineering Notes, New Post, Simulation | 0

This week’s engineering topics are related to blade areas, but the math is valid for any use. If you are wanting to automate more of your design or spreadsheets with curve geometry calculations, here’s a great set of equations to help you when you don’t know much about the curves.

Engineering Notes: Ideal Gas Law and Gas Constants

by John Evans | May 14, 2015 | Engineering Notes, New Post | 0

In this edition of Engineering Notes, John tackles the Ideal Gas Law and the Gas Constants, bringing them together in an east to follow summary.

Engineering Notes: Mass Flow

by John Evans | Apr 15, 2015 | Engineering Notes, New Post | 0

This installment of Engineering Notes is about the first thing you learn about a turbojet – mass flow rate of a fluid.

Engineering Notes: Turbofan References

by John Evans | Mar 24, 2015 | Engineering Notes, New Post | 0

Looking for a better understanding of the basics of turbofan design theory? John starts this series with a discusses his favorite references and points out their strengths and weaknesses.