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CAD Training >

August 2010
Rhino Four Week Comprehensive Training
20 day Workshop

08.02 - 08.27

Rhino Level 1
5 day Workshop

08.02- 08.06

Pro/ENGINEER Level 1 (Wildfire 4.0)
5 day Workshop

08.02 - 08.06

Rhino Level 2
5 day Workshop

08.12 - 08.13

Flamingo Level 3 'Rendering' Workshop
5 day Workshop

08.16 - 08.20

Photoshop Workshop
2 day Workshop

08.16 - 08.17

Maya Level 1 - 1 week Intensive
5 day Workshop

08.02 -08.06

Intro to Maya NURBS Modeling for Industrial Designers
16 hour workshop

08.09 - 08.13

Maya 1 week Training Course- Character Development & Modeling Intensive
08.16 - 8.20

aircraft surfaciing
Chair from tutorials used in the Design Engine Pro/ENGINEER Level 1 for Industrial Designers .

Sept 2010
Four Week Pro/ENGINEER comprehensive
09.06 -10.01 (this Four week Compressive Workshop consists of the week one and two, the Manufacturing week as week three and Surfacing for week four. For 2010, this class will be offered every other month.)

Pro/ENGINEER Level 1 (Wildfire 4.0)
5 day Workshop

09.06 - 09.10

Alias Level 1
5 day Workshop

09.06- 06.10

Pro/ENGINEER Level 2 detail drawing large assemblies 5 day Workshop
09.13 - 02.17

Plastic 5 day Part Design & Manufacturing Workshop
09.20 - 09.24 Solidworks or Pro/E

Plastics 2 day Part Design Class
09.20 - 06.21

Die Cast 2 day Part Design Class
09.22 - 09.23

Surfacing Pro/ENGINEER Intensive
5 day Workshop
"Specular Highlights"
09.27 - 10.01 (a must have for serious contractors and product designers. This class is also a pre required for the aero forms surfacing class) fourth week of each month.

October 2010
Four Week Pro/ENGINEER comprehensive
10.04 -10.29 (this Four week Compressive Workshop consists of the week one and two, the Manufacturing week as week three and Surfacing for week four)

Pro/CABLE - 1 week Pro/CABLE Harness Design
5 day Workshop w/ 1 day RSD

10.18 - 10.23

rsd harness design
Image from the Design Engine RSD Harness design workshop.

Whereas our specialized courses are offered through out the year at our Chicago office, Design Engine Education instructors are also flexible to accommodate your group or company by teaching classes onsite at your facility. Our instructors are not just taught how to teach specific software; they are high level users and don't get stuck when specific questions are asked during class that may veer from the structured training (like many of our competitors). We have heard stories from costumers about other training they received onsite and the instructor could not veer from the course material.

Our onsite training efforts are reflected successfully at Schick, Fisher-Price, Yamaha, Motorola, Knoll, John Deere, General Atomics, M3 Design, IDEO, British Aerospace, Valley Lab, Triumph, and Cannondale onsite training efforts. Call 312.226.8339 today to speak to one of our recognized instructors or inquire for past manufactures references. Inside US and overseas our instructors each carry valid passports for training abroad.

There are pros and cons to onsite training with many obvious examples such as cost savings with respect to many vs one traveling and accommodations. It is costmary to ask for two estimates from our sales department to evaluate the strengths. Sometimes our costumers will fly instructors to their city for training yet still conduct the training at an offsite facility such as a hotel conference room.

Customized Onsite Proe Training, Maya Training, Rhino Training:
Our onsite training workshops are often customized for specific product design or engineering functions. For example, one major seating manufacture gave Design Engine Pro/ENGINEER models from a past project and asked us to create custom documentation in HTML sharing high level surfacing technique beyond menu clicks. Our competitors often teach from a click by click book or manual.

With the disclosures signed our engineering team can then evaluate how the models have been put together enabling the instructor to better accommodate the training workshop.

Custom Documentation in HTML:
Specific Pro/ENGINEE training requirements for onsite efforts are often coordinated several weeks before training is to commence. And often are meant are made to customize the training by documenting current modeling practices for example This interrogation effort allow the instructor or instructors a full picture of the skill levels and a complete picture for a design process that is currently in place. In this custom document the instructors have time to apply techniques that will be gained fro the course and apply those techniques to the various modeling examples supplied. We usually recommend a 20 to 30 hour addition to the proposal depending upon how many models are supplied for interrogation. The value of this added cost goes for future training efforts as these documents can be added to the corporate intranet. These documents are usually secretive and as such it is difficult for us to share examples of the custom documentation we develop however a progressive deliverable for the advancement modeling practices and techniques of a development team.

 

All it takes is a phone call 312.226.8339 or fill out the form below.

How it works: Fill out the form detailing some of your concerns, interests, inquiries and a DE rep will contact you back to schedule a phone conference.

 


 


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Re-Design Launch of Design Engine School Website!!

The time has finally arrived! After a looooong 10 years, Design Engine's Training School website has got a new face! At Design Engine, we're all about being design forward. And with that said, our site should represent just that. Article by: Justina Nguyen
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Pro/ENGINEER vs SolidWorks: Proving Form with Both

With all the bickering on various design forums, Design Engine tried to set the tide straight. SolidWorks can stand up to Pro/ENGINEER in terms of work-flow and technique to Pro/ENGINEER when proving form. I clearly believe that it's not how fast you model can a product but how fast you change it twenty times that makes you the expert and makes the program you are using superior than the others". Find out how we conducted this test. By Bart Brejcha
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Solidworks 2010 vs Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 5.0 Shootout

Collaborative Demonstration then Discussion: Two industry experts educate Chicago industrial designers on the real skinny from a non sales point of view. By Kristina Nette
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NeoCon 2010

The long lines at the elevator suggested that we had record numbers at NeoCon this year. The use of materials and innovation seemed like the general theme for NeoCon 2010.

Words and Photos by Bart Brejcha

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Orange Skin 2010

Obi from Orangeskin always throws a great party and this year is no different. We had a blast and if you were not able to attend then check out these photos from the event.
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2010 Chicago Housewares Show

With thanks to the hard working folks at NASA for passing high temperature silicone along to consumers, we noticed it was a big hit at this year's International Housewares Show. By Bart Brejcha & Kristina Emmenegger
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Leverage Linkedin

What's a college student, design engineer, kindergarten teacher, and the President of the United States have in common? They can all find value through using LinkedIn. Article By Kristina Nette
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Pro/ENGINEER is Stealthy

In the future drone aircraft will sustain more gravity forces than the human body can withstand. Drones can already stay deployed longer than a human can stay awake. The F35 maybe the last strike fighter with a pilot in the aircraft.

Check out this new Low Signature (stealth rating) 20-hr.-endurance Predator C deemed the Avenger which has emerged from General Atomics Aeronautical Systems engineering department after a 3½-year gestation period and it was all designed using Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire.

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The History of Tires and How they are Constructed

The first rubber tires appeared in the mid-1800's, they were were made of solid rubber also know as cushion tires. The rubber it's self carried the load unlike the air-filled tires we are familiar with today. The air-filled tire or "pneumatic" tire was patented as early as 1845 although solid rubber was preferred because of it's durability.
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Barber Motorcycle Museum

When a designer or engineer thinks of a Museum we think of Moma or the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Or perhaps we think of the Museum of Science and Industry? Probably the last thing that comes to mind is a motorcycle museum.

Words and Pictures by Bart Brejcha

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Cradle to Cradle; By William McDonough & Michael Braungart

William McDonough's book, written with his colleague, the German chemist Michael Braungart, is a manifesto calling for the transformation of human industry through ecologically intelligent design. Through historical sketches on the roots of the industrial revolution; commentary on science, nature and society; descriptions of key design principles; and compelling examples of innovative products and business strategies already reshaping the marketplace, McDonough and Braungart make the case that an industrial system that "takes, makes and wastes" can become a creator of goods and services that generate ecological, social and economic value.
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Book Review

Every time I start negotiations for royalties where I trade my design and engineering professional fees in lieu for future royalties, I get in trouble. This book helped me and it can help you! Book review by Bart Brejcha
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Giant Robot Magazine Review

Asian culture magazine in English by Chris Redden
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Influence

Why read this book? It spells out clear and concise ways on how we are socially influenced and tools we can use as designers to influence others. book review by Manny Perez
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Why People Buy Things They Don't Need

Book Review by Keith Voit
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American Contemporary Furniture

The book that cracks the lid on the spawning American design scene.
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Notables >
> Buzz Lightyear in Pro/ENGINEER. Download this Pro/ENGINEER assembly of Buzz Lightyear and articulate or animate his movement with Pro/MECHANISM.
> Nissan 350Z model in Pro/ENGINEER This 350z car was created by Design Engine student Alfredo Santilian of Mexico City Mexico. Download this mockup and realize what you can do after taking a four week class at Design-engine!
> uncommon Scott Wilson is behind yet another mastermind experiment. Customize your iphone case design by uploading an image or by choosing from hundreds.
> new IDSA website launched IDSA national launched their new website. This new website is database driven so that national team members and update and maintain the data on the site.
> TechBriefs design contest he Create the Future Design Contest was launched in 2002 by the publishers of NASA Tech Briefs magazine to help stimulate and reward engineering innovation. The annual event has attracted more than 7,000 product design ideas from engineers, entrepreneurs, and students worldwide. The contest's principal sponsors are COMSOL, PTC, and Tech Briefs Media Group. See below for information about the sponsors' products for engineering design & analysis. This year, for the first time, teams are invited to submit entries for collaborative designs.
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Events >
> IDSA's 2010 International Conference Aug 4-7 2010 DIY DESIGN: Crapy or Crafty Join IDSA in Portland this August industrial designers from all over the United States bring together some of the field's smartest observers, craftiest crafters and most passionate designers, and we'll figure it out together.
> SHOOTOUT: Pro/E vs Solidworks Wednesday, June 30 IDSA Chicago is planning an 2+ hour event at Design Engine where we will proceed to model the same products simultaneously on two separate over head projectors using Solidworks and Pro/ENGINEER. Using the latest versions of both Solidworks and Pro/ENGINEER we will model a Whirlpool refrigerator door pull opening up the floor for discussions. Then we will make 20 modifications too the geometry trying to make those modifications all in 10 minutes. Afterwards we will manage a group discussion of technique... differences... simulates. This discussion will segway into the second half of the discussion by modeling functionality differences with examples. This should be a heated debate and fun all at the same time. All are welcome. 120 North Green Street Suite 605 Chicago IL Buzz 000 at the entrance of our building. We should web cam this but were not.
> 100 Percent Design Show Sept 23-26 2011 at Earls Court - 100% Design London is about the best of contemporary interior design. 100% Design London features world-class interiors show 100% Design, interiors and architectural interiors exhibition 100% Materials and emerging talent showcase 100% Futures.
> American International Toy Fair 2011 will celebrate its 108th year. Feb 13-16 2011 at the Jacob K. Javits Convention Center is Boasting more than 1,100 exhibiting companies and over 10,000 buyers in attendance from 85 countries, Toy Fair remains the largest and most influential trade show in North America for toys and youth entertainment products. For more than 100 years Toy Fair has provided unparalleled opportunities to manufacturers, licensors, buyers and media. It is worlds most innovative and creative fair where exhibitors showcases their latest and original products to attract attendees from mass merchandisers, toy & hobby stores, and a host of alternative distribution channels such as drug stores, department stores, grocery stores, TV shopping networks, outdoor retailers, amusement parks, warehouse clubs, bookstores and more.
> International home and Housewares Show 2011 Sunday thru Tuesday March 6-8 at McCormic Place, Chicago. 20 football fields of housewares where small and large manufactures show off their new products.
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Job section >
Pro/ENGINEER Jobs- Alias Studio Jobs- Rhino Jobs even Unigraphics Jobs. and Solidworks Jobs avalable at Design-engine.com Job Board.

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News >
> Hot Jobs for the Next Years Goldman predicts auto companies will face far more stringent requirements and standards for energy efficiency in the future.
> Outsourcing Not the Culprit in Manufacturing Job Loss Productivity gains spawned by factory automation are driving a worldwide decline in manufacturing jobs, even in developing nations, says researcher.
> design engine education 05.25 - 05.29 five day surfacing intensive using Pro/ENGINEER. seven day Pro/E intensive to engineers working with industrial designers. Industrial desigenrs are encouraged to attend as well.

> Outsourcing Not the Culprit in Manufacturing Job Loss Productivity gains spawned by factory automation are driving a worldwide decline in manufacturing jobs, even in developing nations, says researcher.
> PTC executives could get paid big... Inside look at the CAD, CAM and CAE industry by Roopinder Tara
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