Design for Sustainability an introduction

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Guest Post, Solidworks SustainabilityXpress, Uncategorized

Design for Sustainability has become a Hot Topic of discussion today. Strategists, Policy makers, Educationists, Industrialists, all talk about it at the moment.

However, when I was talking to some product design engineers, I found that they are not very keen on sustainable design or environmental impact. This will have to change because they are the key people who can make it happen.

As product designers they have their freedom and authority to decide on their designs that meets the desired function of the product. Product designers have many reasons to justify their decisions on the product design and sometimes they push hard to implement their ideas. As long as it is economically viable, the product designers’ authority on deciding the material and manufacturing process is not questioned in their company or organization.

Some engineers have questions and thoughts like these…

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Guest Post: How To Animate a Spring – Part 1

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This is a guest post from Deepak Gupta. He is one of the Co-Launchers of DesignBetterProducts community. A mechanical engineer by profession he have over 8 years of experience in the Industry specializing in Die & Mould and currently working on product development at a Design centre in Delhi. His tryst with SolidWorks started 5 years ago and it has been a gratifying experience for him. He says his passion towards SolidWorks makes him expertize the software.Without further ado, here’s Deepak sharing some useful tips on how to animate a spring using SolidWorks.

Hi Everyone,

I have been asked by a lot of people what is my secret behind the spring animations that I use and if it is possible for them to do so. The answer is yes, it is possible even for a new solid works user to do it with proper guidance. I have used SolidWorks 07 to illustrate the example

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