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NX Manufacturing

Tech Tip: Simulate any G-code with NX CAM's Machine Tool Simulation

G-code driven machine tool simulation inside NX CAM Whether you need to simulate G-code that was manually programmed, output from another CAM software system or from NX, you can do it insi...

Solid Edge

Multi-Bodies, Part 2: Managing and Manipulating

In the last post we talked about what kinds of things multi-body modeling (MBM) might be good for, on the conceptual level. In this post I want to talk more about some MBM facts - capabilities and to...

Embedded Software

How to live longer

If asked, most people would say that they would like to have a long life. Such statements are often qualified...

NX Manufacturing

The Evolution of Tool Path Design (Part 2)

In Part 1, I covered Zig and Zig-Zag tool paths.In Part 2, I take a look at Offset tool paths. To achieve complete cutting in odd-shaped areas, Offset tool paths were developed. ...

Polarion

Final Countdown for POP Challenge 2013

Summer is winding down and so is the annual Polarion POP Challenge.We have had many submissions to this year's contest, however we still do not have a clear winner so there is still time to su...

Corporate Blog

Meet Purdue University Student Engineers Kevin Oswald and Adam Fogarty

PACE and EcoCAR are two different real-world academic programs we support. So I did a double take when I saw an EcoCAR presentation on the agenda for the PACE Annual Forum. EcoCAR 2 student engine...

Simcenter

Femap Tips & Tricks: Solid Mesh with Beam Elements

Structures like reinforced concrete where steel rebar in encased in solid concrete can be represented by 1-D rod or beam elements for the rebar inside solid 3-D tet-elements for the concrete. When se...

Solid Edge

Why Do We Need Multi-Body Modeling?

  This is going to be a series of blog posts covering the topic of multi-body modeling (let’s call it MBM) in Solid Edge. It has taken me a while to get my head around this topic because it is...

Polarion

Managing an Important Requirement: Vacation!

Summer means vacations. When you have more than a couple of people working on a project, juggling everyone's vacation schedule is a headache for project managers. They have to email or talk to everyb...