The 3D CAD image of a Navy LSD-49 Wildcat winch was reverse-engineered by HighRES Inc., La Jolla, CA, using their proprietary software and a FARO digitizing arm. (Image courtesy of HighRES Inc. and FARO Technologies) About Rapid Product Development This new bi-monthly supplement to NASA Tech Briefs reports on the tools and techniques that are helping engineers speed product design and time to market, including CAD/CAM, FEA, Modeling, Rapid Prototyping and Tooling, and Reverse Engineering. Rapid Product Development is targeted to 40,000 BPA-audited NASA Tech Briefs subscribers who specify/authorize the purchase of CAD/CAM/CAE products. Recipients include design engineers, manufacturing engineers, and managers in OEM industries. Back to News Center

November 1998 FEATURES Shortening the Span in Wing Design "Virtual Modeling" Cuts Product-Development Time Low-Gravity Research Helps Improve Cast-Metal Products BRIEFS Reverse Engineering from CT to CAD Innovative Design Techniques Slash Time to Market RPD PRODUCTS Top of Products Section Digitizing System from Steinbichler Optical Technologies Rapid Prototyping Station from DTM Corporation 3D Printer from Stratasys Reverse Engineering Software from HighRES Optimization Software from Sirius Systems Mold Design Software from Matra Datavision Resins for Prototyping Systems from 3D Systems Reverse Engineering System from Romer