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See your pulse travel at 1 femtosecond

See your pulse travel at 1 femtosecond

Kurt Vaillancourt from Stanford Linear Accelerator Center (SLAC) from Menlo Park, CA gave an extremely good presentation on inter-part links in Solid Edge, packed with many tips. I am a fan of the se…

More interesting facts from Siemens PLM Connection

More interesting facts from Siemens PLM Connection

If you were here, you would’ve learned that GM audits or validates 200,000 parts every week.  A massive undertaking using Check-Mate. GM has successfully implemented Check-Mate in all of thei…

Shaggy, I need a Scooby snack!

Shaggy, I need a Scooby snack!

I dropped in on Mark Rief and the “what’s new” in CAM Express session. I must have dropped in at the best part because Mark was describing his own personal test of the Synchronous Technology in CAM E…

NX Simulation – Past and Future

NX Simulation – Past and Future

I’ve been following some of the analysis presentations this week. Working on the Velocity side of the Siemens PLM, I’m a bit partial to FEMAP. However, in my past life I’ve worked on IDEAS Master FEM…

Sometimes it’s the little things

Sometimes it’s the little things

During the Assembly Modeling in NX update, Jim Carrington showed that the first column in the NX 6 Assembly Navigator is now frozen (like an Excel spreadsheet).  The room burst into applause. …

The link (you should never see) to PDM

The link (you should never see) to PDM

We’re still listening and writing away from 2008 Siemens PLM Connection on Day 3. I was up early this morning and had a chance to sit down and speak with Nathan Emler from Ariel Corporation (Mount Ve…

Themes from this morning’s keynote

Themes from this morning’s keynote

After attending CEO of CIM data Ed Miller’s presentation I started thinking about some themes that have been gaining momentum this week: I’ve heard from several speakers about change management, a…

Implementing FEA at Your Company

Implementing FEA at Your Company

I’ve been spending a lot of time with designers and engineers the last few months. Some have been to visit for the beta tests. I’ve been visiting customer facilities. I’ve done a few Teamcenter Apps…

FEA is Backward Machining

FEA is Backward Machining

There are a lot of companies making their first steps into FEA analysis. At first glance, a lot of the tools look a bit like CAD. Three-D interfaces same CAD models plus pretty pictures showing where…