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Mark Sherman talks about Femap development – past, present and future

Mark Sherman talks about Femap development – past, present and future

I recently travelled to Exton, PA where the headquarters of Femap CAE software development is located. While there I captured some video of Mark Sherman, head of Femap development, talking about Fema…

Digital Manufacturing Delivers in a Changing Landscape

Digital Manufacturing Delivers in a Changing Landscape

You may remember my post referencing an SAE Webcast I had participated last month with Phillip Gott of IHS Consulting titled: “Product to Production Integration – Connecting Virtual Product, Manufact…

Geometric Constraint Solving and Japanese Sangaku

Geometric Constraint Solving and Japanese Sangaku

Sangaku are wooden tablets which were inscribed with Euclidian geometry puzzles and displayed near temples or shrines. Here’s an example of one from over 200 years ago: A statement …

Students + Solid Edge = Edgelings

Students + Solid Edge = Edgelings

At the Solid Edge ST4 Event (yes, I am still writing about it even though it happened two weeks ago!), Siemens PLM Software announced a (re)new(ed) focus on the Solid Edge academic program. Led by Mi…

Get your Solid Edge Catalog Parts….Now!

Get your Solid Edge Catalog Parts….Now!

My new bff*, Cadenas, put together a couple videos on the new Solid Edge Part Community.Now they are kind of a quiet lot but if you are in a cube with a bunch of engineers trying to get s…

Color by Element Properties – Femap Tips & Tricks

Color by Element Properties – Femap Tips & Tricks

See how you can color elements by property ID, and have Femap randomly assign colors based on properties.

Edison2 keynotes the Solid Edge ST4 Event

Edison2 keynotes the Solid Edge ST4 Event

It’s several days post the Solid Edge ST4 event but this story is one that needs to be told. Leading up to the Solid Edge ST4 event, I did a post onthe keynote speakers Edison2. It’s one thing…

Solid Edge API at the ST4 Event

Solid Edge API at the ST4 Event

It’s Saturday morning and I’m feeling pretty good about the ST4 Event. One of the things I was happy about was the turn out for Jason Newell’s Solid Edge API training. It was about 20% of the peop…

Innovation in Asia Pacific

Innovation in Asia Pacific

– Report by Molly Hwa Last week, we held our annual Asia Pacific Executive Client Event (APECE) in Singapore. Nominees of the APECE Innovation Awards shared lots of innovation inspiration. It was …