

This has led to a huge increase in new members, as over 35% of current DesignSpark members have joined in the last two years. Over the nine years since its launch, RS has continued to enhance the functionality and range of resources available through the DesignSpark ecosystem. We are proud to see the continued rapid growth of DesignSpark and are committed to further improving our platform for the growing user base." “Since day one, RS's goal has been to give back to the electronics industry through DesignSpark by providing free professional tools and resources to engineers around the world. “There's a great sense of togetherness within the community and it's great to see how engineers can support each other to achieve amazing things with the help of our tools and resources. “We would like to thank everyone in the DesignSpark community,” said Mike Bray, Vice President of DesignSpark. DesignSpark was launched in 2010 to provide design engineers and students around the world with free tools, resources and content, helping them remove barriers, Save time and make your ideas come true. RS Components announces that its DesignSpark online engineering community has more than 750.000 members. Switch to a different browser (Firefox, Internet Explorer or Safari on Mac) to run the Java plug-in." Anyway, that's an incidental matter.RS Components online engineering community continues its rapid growth My preferred browser is actually Google Chrome, but when I try to "Verify Java Version" in Chrome I get the message: "The Chrome browser does not support NPAPI plug-ins and therefore will not run all Java content. Windows 8.1 Control Panel shows Java 8 Update 60 as the only Java installed. In the process of installing that version, I had uninstalled the older Java 8 Update 31. Running "Verify Java Version" in Internet Explorer confirms that "You have the recommended Java installed (Version 8 Update 60)". Then I get the popup message "This feature requires the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and for Java to be enabled on your system.

In the exercise "Importing and Working with 3D Models", I get to the point where I have selected a part from the library and now I am to click on the option "Insert in my Design now". I'm working my way through the Getting Started examples that appear in the right-hand column when DesignSpark is started up. In short, my DesignSpark installation seems to think Java is not installed. This really should go in the DesignSpark support forum, and I have posted it there, but I've noted that very few posts get a response over there, so I'm hoping you might be able to point me in the right direction.
