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Basic Laminate Modeling

If you are getting started modeling laminate materials with Femap then watch this demonstration video to learn about some Femap's basic laminate modeling techniques.

Design with Calibre

Are Three Eyes Better Than Two?

By David Abercrombie, Mentor Graphics Error analysis in triple patterning is challenging, but a pyramid approach helps designers prioritize and...

By Design With Calibre

Solid Edge Tips and Tricks #12

Where can I find the toggle for sketch relationship colors in synchronous mode? You can find this under "Inspect/Evaluate Group/Relationship Colors". How can I dimension using metric units...

Product Architecture Breakdown Guides Product Engineering

The use of product architectures for managing product complexity is a practice that is growing across more and more industries

Embedded Software

malloc() - just say no

A topic that I find particularly interesting, which is raised by many embedded software developers whom I meet, is dynamic...

Solar Impulse: aircraft design optimization using Femap with NX Nastran

The goal of Solar Impulse is to circumnavigate the world in a fixed wing aircraft that only uses solar power. The aircraft recently landed in Hawaii, the first port of call in the United States, afte...

Academic and Future Workforce

Awesome new Greenpower video from Silesian University of Technology in Poland

The Silesian University of Technology (Politechnika Śląska) in Glwice Poland have been a very succssful contender in the Greenpower finals over the last few years. Winning numerous awards a...

First in Flight: from Daedalus to the Wright Brothers

I was fortunate to attend an event with the famous American author David McCullough last month where he was talking about his new book “The Wright Brothers” at the Henry Ford Museum in Detroit. If yo...

By DavidChadwick

Embedded Software

What size drink would you like?

I enjoy cooking and like to try new things from time to time, as well as preparing old favorites. Normally...

Latest podcast episodes

The Industry Forward Podcast with Dale Tutt

Ep 30 - The Shift-Left in Supply Chain with Richard Barnett - Part 2

December 19, 2025

Welcome to the Industry Forward Podcast with Dale Tutt, the show where we examine industry and technology trends with the...

FutureCast 2026 — Part 2: Specialization, power, and intelligent verification

December 16, 2025

In Part 2 of the special FutureCast 2026 holiday series, Harry Foster continues exploring how the semiconductor landscape is rapidly changing — and why the next phase of innovation will be shaped as much by constraints as by breakthroughs.

What agentic AI means for the design process

December 12, 2025

As it continues to develop, artificial intelligence is starting to be applied across many different sectors of industry with equally...

By Spencer Acain