Thoughts on SEU14: Michelle Boucher from Tech-Clarity

Thoughts on SEU14: Michelle Boucher from Tech-Clarity

After the keynote presentations on the first day of SEU14 I had the chance to talk with Michelle Boucher from industry analyst Tech-Clarity. We talked about the customer focus of Karsten Newbury’s ke…

Westminster Expands the Size and CAD Skills of its FIRST Robotics Team

Westminster Expands the Size and CAD Skills of its FIRST Robotics Team

At the FIRST Robotics World Championship this year, there were lots of future engineers and lots of robots. 12,000 students from 600 teams traveled from 38 countries to be a part of this robot superb…

Solid Edge users take center stage at SEU14

Solid Edge users take center stage at SEU14

In his keynote presentation this morning at SEU14, Karsten Newbury focused on the design accomplishments of our Solid Edge users. Karsten talked about how Solid Edge users are re-imagining what’…

Selecting the best hardware to enhance your design productivity

Selecting the best hardware to enhance your design productivity

Selecting the best hardware to enhance your design productivity can be tricky – its certainly harder than trying out new software. Free trials of many software solutions are easily available&nbs…

A brief history of manufacturing

A brief history of manufacturing

Well bicycle manufacturing anyway! – as myfirst job after graduating from college in 1983 was working as for T.I.Raleigh, a huge manufacturer of bicycles based in Nottingham in the U…

A brief history of data management

A brief history of data management

26 years ago I started my first job for a CAD company, Intergraph UK, who were just transitioning from offering a VAX based solution to a UNIX based solution. At that time Intergraph designed and bui…

Excellence in design leads to real business returns

Excellence in design leads to real business returns

I have been reading some new research from Motiv Strategies and the Design Management Institute that looks at the characteristics and performance of”design-centric” companies. The conclus…

New sheet metal design and manufacturing capabilities on display at SEU14

New sheet metal design and manufacturing capabilities on display at SEU14

New method to determine manufacturing information for formed components to be shown at SEU14 Optimizing design of sheet metal components has been a strength of Solid Edge for many years and the…

Future of Motor City Manufacturing

Future of Motor City Manufacturing

Automation World’s David Greenfield recently shared Reasons for U.S. Manufacturing’s Upswing, insights from a Kiplinger report. He noted that industries that require more advanced technology and&nbsp…