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Simcenter

Femap Tips & Tricks: Solid Mesh with Beam Elements

August 21, 2013
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...
By AlRobertson
< 1 MIN READ

Designcenter Solid Edge

Why Do We Need Multi-Body Modeling?

August 20, 2013
  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...
By MLombard
4 MIN READ

Polarion

Managing an Important Requirement: Vacation!

August 19, 2013
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...
By schucks
< 1 MIN READ

NX Manufacturing

The Evolution of Tool Path Design (Part 1)

August 19, 2013
The primary purpose of modern Computer Aided Machining (CAM) programs is to create efficient tool paths for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining. Since machining is a subtractive process, ...
By wrightj
3 MIN READ

Embedded Software

big.LITTLE

August 19, 2013
From time to time, a concept or some terminology pops up and suddenly everyone is talking about it. That is...
By Colin Walls
3 MIN READ

Verification Horizons

Part 10: The 2012 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

August 19, 2013
Verification Techniques & Technologies Adoption Trends This blog is a continuation of a series of blogs that present the highlights...
By Harry Foster
4 MIN READ

Designcenter Solid Edge

Solid Edge Section Views

August 19, 2013
As a part of my on-going Solid Edge orientation, I’m continuing to learn the software. I promise that at some point I will be able to answer more questions than I ask, but that day has not yet come. ...
By MLombard
4 MIN READ

Electronic Systems Design

Start Smarter With PADS Webinar Q and A – Part 3

August 16, 2013
Hello.  Sorry for the lag from the last blog answering questions from the Start Smarter webinar.  Between vacation with my...
By Jim Martens
2 MIN READ

Designcenter Solid Edge

ST6: Emboss

August 16, 2013
The Emboss feature in ST6 may be a sleeper, but I'm pretty sure there are going to be a few of you that realize what a beautiful thing this turns out to be. The first thing that's really great about ...
By MLombard
6 MIN READ

Latest podcast episodes


Printed Circuit Podcast

Communication, trust, process: The three pillars every co-design team must get right

June 30, 2026
“If you started back in the light table taping days and you decided that when the first CAD tools came...
By Tova Levy
2 MIN READ

The Industry Forward Podcast

Bottom line, people can't ditch oil. Is going green doomed?

June 26, 2026
Experts say Industry can not fully abandon Petroleum. So, is the concept of industry "going green" even possible?
By Shawn Wasserman
< 1 MIN READ

3D IC

Beyond the data pipe: Why connectivity IP is now the system-critical layer in every 3D IC

June 24, 2026
What does it actually mean for connectivity IP to stop being a supporting function — and become the layer that...
By Tova Levy
2 MIN READ