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Reality Redefined With Materials Driven Product Design

We have reached a materials age – breakthrough products using new materials continue to amaze and delight, and redefine the way we live. Think of all of the new products intended to make our ...

Thought Leadership

Why Siemens continues to be one step ahead of Industry 4.0

Nearly 90 percent of the companies in the Fortune 500 a half century ago aren’t in it today. Businesses have to work hard to survive today’s markets because of constantly changing conditions. Competi...

By alastairorchard

Designcenter Solid Edge

Solid Edge ST9 Built-in Data Management

ST9 has Built-In Data Management. A new tab has been added to the ribbon just for the built-in data management tools. This doesn’t have a name other than Built-In Data Management. It’s just part of t...

Embedded Software

Simple real-time task scheduling - a question and an answer

I recently received an email, from somebody with whom I was not acquainted, with the subject line “Probably a silly...

D-Cubed geometric constraint solver used in Catchbook

Siemens PLM Software recently announced the availability of Catchbook – a new app for converting freehand sketches into accurate 2D designs. The app makes very neat use of geometric constraint solvin...

Simulating the Real World

A Novel Approach to Reducing Heatsink Mass Whilst Preserving Thermal Performance, using FloTHERM

Heatsinking is a common method to facilitate the removal of heat from a dissipating component, thus reducing source (junction) temperature....

By Robin Bornoff

Designcenter Solid Edge

Reasons to be cheerful (about PDM)

I just returned from PLM Connection 2016, an annual user event for Siemens PLM Sof tware customers that was held in Orlando, Florida. It was a great opportunity to discuss some of the new d...

By DavidChadwick

HOOPS Exchange and Parasolid Integration webinar

On June 2nd, our team is co-presenting a webinar with Tech Soft 3D that shows how it’s easier than ever to develop applications based on Parasolid and HOOPS Exchange that enable customers to re-use t...

Embedded Software

What I do

I was recently in conversation with an acquaintance and they raised the subject of a new TV show that they...

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