Engineering Research Resources

Government:

• www.dlis.dla.mil/BINCS/begin_search.aspx

• www.nist.gov/index.html

• www.dlis.dla.mil/webflis/pub/pub_search.aspx

• www.assistdocs.com/search/search_basic.cfm

• http://www.loc.gov/index.html

• http://www.nist.gov/pml/wmd/

• http://www.faa.gov/regulations_policies/handbooks_manuals/aircraft/
  amt_airframe_handbook/#!

    Engineering:

• Engineers Edge www.engineersedge.com

  • http://www.engineersedge.com/tap_drill_chart.htm

  • http://www.engineersedge.com/sheet_metal.htm

  • http://www.engineersedge.com/calculators/true_position_pop.htm calculator. very cool

• Engineering calculator and conversions http://www.tiniusolsen.com/resource-center/mpa-ksi.html

• Engineers Handbook www.engineershandbook.com/

• American Welding Society http://www.aws.org/w/a/

• Materials research www.matweb.com/

• Ceramics research http://ceramics.org/

• Miller Welding  http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/

• http://www.mceproducts.com/

• http://forschpolymer.com/index.html

• http://www.mechanicaldesignforum.com/forum.php

• http://www.yaskawa.com/site/Products.nsf/home/home.html

• awesome calculator page  http://www.online-calculators.co.uk/functions/mathsfunctions.php

• http://www.kollmorgen.com/en-us/support/design_tools/engineer_s_toolbar/ One of the best engineering tools I have found! Very comprehensive.

• http://icrank.com/cgi-bin/pageman/pageout.cgi?path=/index_html.html

• http://www.stressebook.com/

• https://www.engineeringclicks.com/

Content Centers:

• http://autodesk.partcommunity.com/PARTcommunity/Portal/autodesk

• 3D CAD content www.3dcadbrowser.com/default.aspx

• 3D content central http://www.3dcontentcentral.com/default.aspx

• CAD Register Parts Spec http://oem.cadregister.com/

• CAD PCB files http://www.simplifiedsolutionsinc.com/

• http://www.thomasnet.com/

• http://b2b.partcommunity.com/portal/portal/b2b/CAD+CATALOGS

Manufacturing: Rapid Prototype Resources:

• http://www.solid-ideas.com/

• http://www.protomold.com/Default.aspx

• http://www.protocam.com/

• http://www.approto.com/Home.aspx

Other tools:

• FTP Client   An FTP Protocol App

• Snag it        Screen capture tools

• Tools  Several very useful tools all are share ware and legal to distribute.

Contents include: Dragnafier and zoomit very cool utilities for making presentation and PrintFolder ver. 1.3 which is useful for examining the  contents of directory structures.

Research and Tools:

• Autodesk www.autodesk.com

• http://forums.autodesk.com/

• Solid works http://www.solidworks.com/

• Catia http://www.3ds.com/products/catia/

• UG NX http://www.plm.automation.siemens.com

• CREO http://www.ptc.com/

• http://wikihelp.autodesk.com/enu

• http://www.tksolver.com/

• MS Office compatible http://www.openoffice.org/

• XML Editor http://www.iol.ie/~pxe/download.html

• http://www.barcodemill.com/

• Convert http://joshmadison.com/convert-for-windows/ an awesome tool

• http://www.onlineconversion.com/ another conversion tool but this is online

• Engineering tools http://www.pwr-tools.com/ very useful but a bit redundant in some capabilities

• https://mechanicalc.com/

• https://www.wolframalpha.com/

• Periodic Table http://www.webelements.com/

• Handbook of Chemistry http://www.hbcpnetbase.com/

• Knovel http://www.knovel.com/web/portal/main           Excellent research tools

• Knovel http://tools.knovel.com/ie/#welcome

• Graphing tool at Knovel: http://graph.knovel.com/?id=5465775&curve_ids=414287193&BookID=901

• Smithsonian Physical Table http://www.knovel.com/web/portal

• http://www.tksolver.com/

• MSDS http://www.chemadvisor.com/matheson/

• http://www.1728.org/halflife.htm

Content Library Contributors and Blog Support Resources:

• Charles Bliss www.cbliss.com

• Neil Munro

• Sean Dotson www.mcadforums.com/forums/

• Murray Smith

• Kent Keller www.kwikmcad.com/

• Thomas Tessier

• David Adams

• Anton Van Buiten

• Jonathan Landeros http://www.inventortales.com/

Publications:

• Drafting Zone www.draftingzone.com/

• Cadalyst magazine http://www.cadalyst.com/

• ASME Magazine http://memagazine.asme.org/#

• Space News http://www.space.com/news/

• ASM Handbooks

http://products.asminternational.org/hbk/index.jsp

• http://new.industrialpress.com/

• http://why.knovel.com/

• http://medicaldesign.com/

• Desktop Engineer http://www.deskeng.com/

• Engineering white papers http://www.engineeringwhitepapers.com/

Specs and Standards:

• www.asme.org/

• http://www.sme.org/cgi-bin/getsmepg.pl?/new-sme.html&&&SME&

• http://www.astm.org/

• http://www.ihs.com/

• http://www.everyspec.com/

      Education:

• http://www.asme.org/kb/courses/asme-training---development#self-assessments

• http://www.gizmology.net/index.htm

• http://www.dilbert.com/

• http://gdtseminars.com/

       Catalogs:

• http://www.alliedelec.com/

• http://solutions.3m.com/wps/portal/3M/en_US/WW2/Country/

• http://www.boltdepot.com/Default.aspx

• http://carrlane.com/

• http://www.southco.com/

• http://www.mcmaster.com/

• http://www.reidsupply.com/

• http://www.8020.net/

• http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/wwg/start.shtml

• http://www.digikey.com/

• http://www.mouser.com/

• http://www.newark.com/

• http://www.thingap.com/index.htm

• http://www.devicetech.com/

• http://www.connectworld.net/space/default.html

• http://www.gaskets-seals.com/

• http://www.minorrubber.com/

• http://www.select-hinges.com/index.php

• http://www.thomasnet.com/

• http://www.usalum.com/

• http://www.metalsdepot.com/

• http://w3.securitytechnologies.com/irst/Pages/default.aspx

• http://www.sofasco.com/

• http://www.1stwindows.com/index.htm

• http://www.bannerengineering.com/en-US/

• http://www.turck-usa.com/

• http://ondrivesus.com/

• http://www.connectpositronic.com/

• http://www.molex.com/molex/index.jsp

• http://productpage.3dpublisher.net/3dproductpage/QSvalidlogin.asp?GUID=1177515858801
  models from Setco for use in machine design, very cool

Resources:

• www.expresspcb.com/

• www.frontpanelexpress.com/

• www.iso-parts.com 

• http://www.fas.org/

• http://spie.org/x10.xml?WT.svl=mddh1

• http://www.mikroglas.com/

• http://www.globalspec.com/

• http://www.internationalgassprings.com/index.htm

• http://www.millerwelds.com/resources/dictionary.html#G

An excellent resource for welding requirements

• http://www.yaskawa.com/site/products.nsf/home/home.htm

• http://rotron.com/

• http://thequalitymanagementresource.com/

• http://www.smallparts.com/

• http://www.baesystems.com/index.htm

• http://www.ihs.com/products/product-design-sourcing/component-supplier-data/haystack-military-government.aspx

• http://www.openskysoftware.com/?search=G_gs

• http://www.precisionsheetmetal.com/

• http://www.tecoinc.com/

• http://www.applerubber.com/https://docs.google.com/a/deltades.com/viewer?url=http://www.parker.com/literature/ORD%25205700%2520Parker_O-Ring_Handbook.pdf

• https://www.tiniusolsen.com/tinius-olsen-testing-machine-company