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Stimulation

Stimulation

You would have to be living under a rock to not know what the US Congress is working on this week on Capitol Hill. The Economic Stimulus Bill (warning: PDF link) has almost entirely consumed the nat…

Siemens-UGS Merger: One Year Later

Siemens-UGS Merger: One Year Later

Managing Automation magazine recently wrote an in-depth article analyzing the progress of the former UGS organization since its acquisition by Siemens and subsequent renaming to Siemens PLM Software….

Heard about Digital Manufacturing?

Heard about Digital Manufacturing?

You might say, I know how to design a product, but digital manufacturing? Is it something like the creation of a product out of pure energy; a kind of STAR TREK technology? That would be really cool,…

Black Diamond – The director’s cut   (Repost)

Black Diamond – The director’s cut   (Repost)

Are you a climber or skier? Even if you’re not, you’ll probably want to be once you see how NX user Black Diamond designs their products. Check out the main 8-minute video case study as well as a PD…

Render Them Speechless

Render Them Speechless

One relic on my desk is a framed cover shot from the first calendar we did in 1997. At the time we wanted to show customers the possibilities of photorealistic images by highlighting other customers …

What’s it all about Tecnomatix?

What’s it all about Tecnomatix?

This is my first post for Siemens PLM Software. As Ben mentioned in the previous post I will write about digital manufacturing and our Tecnomatix solution. Well, not immediately in this one, but in t…

Welcome Markus Erlmann to the Blog!

Welcome Markus Erlmann to the Blog!

It’s Friday! And we’re about to welcome a new voice to the Siemens PLM Software blog. Markus Erlmann joins the blog as the lead writer for Tecnomatix and we’re really excited to have him onboard!

They said what?  Getting Good Information

They said what?  Getting Good Information

Over the holidays, I made it a point to visit a few CAD sites.  While I’ve always been a lurker on Eng-Tips, I created an account this time.  Thanks to Franco Folini’s Novedge site, I found…

Micro-blogging for CAD Designers and Engineers – Part II

Micro-blogging for CAD Designers and Engineers – Part II

Micro-blogging is useful for some business situations but Twitter is not always the best tool. Many of us need more secrecy, less noise or simply don’t have a need or desire to follow what people are…