The Honda Model X concept -- a preview of the boxy Element, a crossover based on a modified CR-V platform and targeting mostly men in their 20s -- debuted on Jan. 9, 2001, at Detroit's North American ...

Watch out — You can get different results depending on how you mesh the model. Second-order shell elements: Meshing the thin band with secondorder-shell elements produces precise curvilinear geometry.

Solid modeling is great for visualizing ideas but it's often misapplied in finite-element analysis. One of the latest methods of slashing development time is to use the 3D models that CAD users create ...