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Innovation Leadership Summit: “We, Emerson, are very competitive and we like to win with the help of Siemens”

Innovation Leadership Summit: “We, Emerson, are very competitive and we like to win with the help of Siemens”

In this year’s Innovation Summit, I got a chance interviewed Dr. Randall Ledford, Chief Technology Officer and senior vice president of Emerson. Dr. Ledford shared his valuable observa…

Element Selection by Face – Femap Tips & Tricks

Element Selection by Face – Femap Tips & Tricks

Sometimes in the absence of any underlying geometry, selection of groups of finite elements to work on can be challenging in any CAE software program. Femap includes many capabilities that can aid el…

NX Hints and Tips – Full Screen Mode

NX Hints and Tips – Full Screen Mode

Sometimes your NX session gets cluttered with too many open windows and toolbars. Did you know that there is a way to enter full screen mode in NX? This week, let’s look at another …

From the floor of the 2012 Chicago Auto Show: Automation World shows how Ford uses the power of simulation

From the floor of the 2012 Chicago Auto Show: Automation World shows how Ford uses the power of simulation

Renee Robbins Bassett, Managing Editor for Automation World, was at the 2012 Chicago Auto Show this past February and captured a cool demonstration of how simulation helps Ford engineers do virtual…

First use of Femap by George Laird of Predictive Engineering

First use of Femap by George Laird of Predictive Engineering

A little while ago we announced the Femap 45-day free trial which I mentioned in a previous blog. Today the program continues to run very well and has allowed many people to install and try out Femap…

EcoCAR 2 In The News

EcoCAR 2 In The News

There have been some interesting stories the past few weeks from EcoCAR2 land that reinforce why students should get involved in these hybrid projects. And why companies are investing in real-wo…

IBM: Social media and analytics have a huge impact to run a design project

IBM: Social media and analytics have a huge impact to run a design project

As the sponsor of Siemens PLM Software 2012 Innovation Leadership Summit, IBM shared their partnership with Siemens PLM Software. “We’re partnered with Siemens because we share a vision of how the…

Innovation Leadership Summit: Collaboration speeds up our time-to-market (Adtran)

Innovation Leadership Summit: Collaboration speeds up our time-to-market (Adtran)

Located in Huntsville Alabama, Adtran, a telecommunication OEM manufacturer presented at the 2012 Innovation Leadership Summit. Global collaboration is one of Adtran’s business imperatives. How to…

Innovation Leadership Summit: Manage Growing Product Complexity with PLM solutions

Innovation Leadership Summit: Manage Growing Product Complexity with PLM solutions

Chuck Grindstaff, president and CEO of Siemens PLM Software shared the global PLM strategy as the first presentation of this year’s Summit. Chuck emphasized that managing growing product…