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Designing Products that are Easy to Assemble

The Engineer — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:31:10 GMT

Vince and Allison speak with designers at toy company, k'nex, and learn a few things about designing products that will be assembled in the field.

Complying with Sustainable Design Requirements

The Engineer — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:12:56 GMT

How do designers meet regulatory requirements and consumer preferences for sustainable design? Vince and Allison delve into design practices that comply with standards like RoHS and Reach.

Product Design for Emerging Markets

The Engineer — Tue, 16 Apr 2013 09:27:21 GMT

Emerging markets represent the biggest sales opportunities for western brands. But what’s a designer to do when competitors release a $65 smartphone tailored to the needs of those consumers? In this episode, Vince and Allison explore design challenges for foreign markets.

Multi-CAD Environments are the New Normal for Design

The Engineer — Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:54:13 GMT

Why do different CAD systems cause a problem for designers? It comes down to the feature definitions in the various packages. Newer software does a better job of geometric translation. That’s a good thing, since multi-CAD environments aren’t going away any time soon.

Retrieving Design Intent for Old Models

The Engineer — Fri, 01 Mar 2013 13:33:26 GMT

Vince and Allison discuss how to retrieve the design intent from a CAD model even though the original designers no longer work at the company. This episode shows how to edit CAD models without knowledge of the model’s feature history.

Modifying a design from another CAD system

The Engineer — Thu, 14 Feb 2013 10:53:09 GMT

Vince and Allison show how a supplier can use direct modeling to modify a design from a customer that’s in a different CAD format. This episode includes specific examples of working with non-native CAD files.

This episode is part of a series on Design Flexibility that includes videos on Parametric Modeling Pros and Cons, Late Stage Design Changes and The Whats and Whys of Direct Modeling.

The Whats and Whys of Direct Modeling

The Engineer — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:57:31 GMT

Vince and Allison explain direct modeling and compare it to parametric modeling, using lots of examples.

This episode is part of a series on Design Flexibility that includes videos on Parametric Modeling Pros and Cons, Late Stage Design Changes and Modifying a Design From Another CAD System

Late Stage Design Changes

The Engineer — Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:05:11 GMT

Allison and Vince overview the concept of Flexible Modeling, a combination of parametric and direct modeling environments. Vince uses direct modeling to accommodate Allison’s late stage design change even though the original part was designed with parametric modeling.

This episode is part of a series on Design Flexibility that includes videos on Parametric Modeling Pros and Cons, The Whats and Whys of Direct Modeling and Modifying a Design From Another CAD System

Parametric Modeling - Pros and Cons

The Engineer — Fri, 21 Dec 2012 10:55:15 GMT

In this episode Allison and Vince review the reasons why parametric modeling provides such a powerful CAD environment, but recognize that it's not necessarily the best solution in every case.

This episode is part of a series on Design Flexibility that includes videos on Late Stage Design Changes, The Whats and Whys of Direct Modeling and Modifying a Design From Another CAD System

Modernizing Product Concept Design

The Engineer — Thu, 13 Dec 2012 11:01:46 GMT

In this episode Allison and Vince show you how CAD systems have advanced to bring the most important part of your business, Concept Design, into the 21st century.

Top Down and Bottom Up Design

The Engineer — Mon, 26 Nov 2012 12:00:05 GMT

In this episode, Vince and Allison talk about when top down design is the right way to go and the value that design teams can get from a bottom up approach.

Integrative Thinking and Experimentalism in Design Thinking

The Engineer — Thu, 25 Oct 2012 11:05:20 GMT

In this episode of the Product Design Show, Vince and Allison explore the last two components of design thinking, integrative thinking and experimentalism, and explain why those two elements are crucial to the whole process.

Design Thinking. Bringing Empathy and Collaboration to Your Designs

The Engineer — Thu, 18 Oct 2012 14:02:22 GMT

Design Thinking is a process of bringing integrative thinking, experimentalism, collaboration and empathy into the design process in a structured way. In this episode Vince and Allison walk us through the empathy and collaboration aspects of this framework.

The Evolution of Product Design Tools

The Engineer — Fri, 05 Oct 2012 10:30:58 GMT

Product concept design tools have come a long way from hand sketches. Even proper drafting rules made a big difference, and so have computer design tools. Now designers are using social media to bring consumer interaction into the concept stage of product design.

Product Concept Design - Past and Future

The Engineer — Thu, 27 Sep 2012 09:50:00 GMT

Every product starts off as an idea. Product Concept Design is all about shaping that idea into a real product. In today’s episode Vince & Allison look at how modern Product Concept Design has developed, and where it’s going.

High Performance Strollers

The Engineer — Thu, 09 Aug 2012 11:13:23 GMT

Designers at Babyzen redefined the traditional umbrella stroller to address 3 major performance headaches.

Design Issues in Modern Warfare

The Engineer — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:29:02 GMT

Counter insurgency warfare demands split-second decision making and real time information. In this episode, Vince and Allison review the design of a throwable reconnaissance robot.

How to Design Craftsmanship Into Woodworking Tools

The Engineer — Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:47:44 GMT

Lee Valley Tools design engineers are "judged against history" when developing new products. Vince & Allison take us through the redesign of a block plane that keeps the comfort and familiarity of previous tools while improving the overall performance.

360 Degree Camera

The Engineer — Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:16:03 GMT

Vince and Allison show the egg shaped Tamaggo, a soon-to-be-released camera whose unusual 360 degree image created unique design challenges.

Stiffer Chassis With Less Weight

The Engineer — Thu, 31 May 2012 10:10:57 GMT

Ram Racing redesigned their Formula SAE car to increase stiffness by 100% and reduce weight by 10 lbs, leading to big reductions in lap time.