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Solid Edge Tips & Tricks: Assembly Item Numbers

Solid Edge Tips & Tricks: Assembly Item Numbers

Find out how, in Solid Edge ST3, to ‘drive’ components item numbers in a BOM (bill of materials) on 2D drawings from the 3D assembly. MORE TIPS & TRICKS Cadalyst Magazine’s On the…

NX Mailbag: Data Exchange Formats

NX Mailbag: Data Exchange Formats

Today’s NX mailbag topics are focused in the area of Data Exchange: Q: What data exchange formats does NX support? A: NX supports a wide variety of data formats for import and/or export.  S…

Changing Positions –Engineering an Ecosystem

Changing Positions –Engineering an Ecosystem

If you are reading Dora’s Engineering Week posts the last few days, you may have seen some comments by Scott Wertel on the flexibility of an engineering degree, how social media can help you connect …

Direct vs. Parametric Modeling – The Twitter Version

Direct vs. Parametric Modeling – The Twitter Version

Twitter was hopping yesterday if you are into CAD.  Cadalyst sponsored a discussion on ‘Direct vs. Parametric Modeling” with most of the industry heavy weights participating.  The whol…

NX Mailbag: Customer Support

NX Mailbag: Customer Support

It’s time to reach back into the NX mailbag and pull out another question.Today’s topic is Post-Sales Support Q:What is NX customer support like? A: The Siemens PLM So…

Engineers Week: Scott Wertel Interview Part 2

Engineers Week: Scott Wertel Interview Part 2

Yesterday we shared part 1 of an interview with engineer Scott Wertel, where Scott talked about why he became an engineer, his career highlights, how engineering has changed since he graduated and w…

How to Enhance Aircraft Performance with an Improved Propeller Design

How to Enhance Aircraft Performance with an Improved Propeller Design

Improving aircraft performance purely by redesigning the aircraft’s propellers is a remarkable accomplishment. Germany based MT-Propeller achieves this by using FEA software to create an innovative n…

NX Hints and Tips – Using Command Finder

NX Hints and Tips – Using Command Finder

NX functionality becomes richer with each release. The features are typically accessible through Menus, Toolbars and Shortcut Keys.The number of commands available through these various interf…

Engineers Week: Scott Wertel Interview Part 1

Engineers Week: Scott Wertel Interview Part 1

To all current and prospective engineers out there, happy Engineers Week! We’d like to start this week with an interview with Scott Wertel, a degreed mechanical engineer and registered professional e…