arohann

I have several ideas and want to design some physical products ? How can I go about creating or modeling these without spending money on costly software such as AutoDesk/AutoCad etc ? Here is basically what I want :

1) Draw the object in 3D - physical design

2) Model and simulate it. Example aerodynamic modelling

3) I need the design software to be flexible since many changes may be necessary before finalization.

I am familiar with circuit design and simulation but not with physical things.

Also, any advice from people who've been involved with product prototyping, design and development ?

Thanks!

Update: Ok, I found FreeCAD and freeCAD, thats a start. My further question is, is there anything available for aerodynamic modelling ?

My team is looking for an open source project management tool for agile software development projects. We've found a few (XPlanner, Agilephant) but have found them to either be either incomplete, immature or defunct (abandoned project). Can you recommend some software that we could use ?

I recently interviewed with two companies (big name tech and retail+tech). These were for junior programmer/software engg (1-3 years). I was through the technical phone screeners and both companies asked me to schedule on-site interviews. This was a few weeks ago. Since then I haven't heard back from them even though I've sent them weekly reminders. I find this behavior very strange, rude and unprofessional. Note these are well known and well established companies in the tech and retail+tech sector.

Why would they behave like this ? Is this because of a job slowdown/hiring freeze ? Shouldn't they at least let me know whats going on ?

I'd like to know if other people have had similar experiences.

Hi,

I'm an CompSciEng grad student (Masters) about to graduate and am considering applying to startups and smaller companies instead of the usual big stalwarts.

Question is : do such smaller companies hire international students (on F1 visas) ? What is the general trend and also, how does one find such companies ?

Thanks Arn