Magazines for 3D CAD users?

[Timwit]

Hi,

Although my background is in embedded software, recently I've been involved in mechanical design from the point of view of project management and procuring CAD software. Now, I realize I'm not fully qualified for this role since I'm not a mechanical engineer by training, but we don't have a full-time mechanical engineer on staff and won't anytime soon. I'm going to make the best of it and frankly looking forward to learning about a new field.

My question is, are there any free or not-free magazines that 3D designers like to read? If so I should probably start flipping through them to get a handle on the industry jargon, primarily to prepare myself to deal with software salesmen. (Of course I'm also studying mechanical engineering "for real" too.)

Regards,

Tim

 

[Mandrake22]

Here are a couple of links.

This is the web site for Cadence magazine.

http://www.cadenceweb.com/

This is Desktop Engineering.

http://www.deskeng.com/

 

[Mandrake22]

Here's another one.

http://www.cadalyst.com/

 

[MadMango]

Design News has the rare CAD article from time to time.

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[Bacqus]

This magazine is SolidWorks specific:

http://www.solidmag.com/

(paid magazine)

There are also links for two free newsletters pertaining to SolidWorks at the above URL.