Tecnomatix Jack designs Products

Tecnomatix Jack designs Products

Would be cool if a digital human model designs products. Well, the truth is, Jack helps validating products which are used by humans. For example, if a driver in a car can reach all switches or if th…

Design a Factory using Teamcenter

Design a Factory using Teamcenter

Well, actually using FactoryCAD and the integration to Teamcenter. In a previous post I talked about the difficulties once you start designing a factory. In this video Kristy Myers, Product Manage…

Realistic Machine Tool Simulation

Realistic Machine Tool Simulation

To manufacture a complex part like a cylinder head or a turbine blade, sophisticated machine tools are used. These machine tools require an NC-program also known as G-code. Before the actual producti…

Boeing and Teamcenter Manufacturing

Boeing and Teamcenter Manufacturing

Michael J. Christian from Boeing gave a great presentation why Boeing chooses Teamcenter Manufacturing and how they are using it. End of 2007 Boeing formed a team of end-users, IT experts and cros…

Caterpillar and Digital Manufacturing

Caterpillar and Digital Manufacturing

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Avatars @ Ford

Avatars @ Ford

Avatars assemble vehicles at Ford? Yes they do! Virtual vehicles, of course, and the avatars are called Jack and Jill. In a recent article for Bloomberg Businessweek, Nick Barbe…

Want to Design a Factory?

Want to Design a Factory?

This is not an easy task as the amount of information to take into account is huge. Starting with architectural information like the plant layout to libraries of standard manufacturing equipment whic…

Hannover Fair: Direct Digital Manufacturing with NX and HP

Hannover Fair: Direct Digital Manufacturing with NX and HP

Do you want to hold you CAD models in your hand? I mean, physically? This is already possible for several years and known as rapid prototyping, 3D prototyping or direct digital manufacturing. And …

Hannover Fair: Pictures

Hannover Fair: Pictures

As mentioned in my previous blog post about Hannover Fair here are some interesting pictures from the fair. The first one is from the introduction video for the Virtual Commissioning showcase whic…