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Sneak Peek of Sessions at Realize LIVE

Sneak Peek of Sessions at Realize LIVE

Today we’ll be taking a look at more of the upcoming sessions you can join when you attend Realize LIVE with us June 10-13 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan. The event will feature four full da...

See the Future of Solid Edge at Realize LIVE

See the Future of Solid Edge at Realize LIVE

Join us at Realize LIVE June 10-13 at the Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, home of the International Auto Show. The Solid Edge connection offers four full days of more than 30 sessions that span bes...

The Benefits of Modular Plant Design

The Benefits of Modular Plant Design

Process plant design relies heavily on custom engineering, and the increasing size and complexity of design projects continues to drive the amount of custom engineering work that is required. Yet des...

Girls Day 2019: Empowering Girls with Practical Skills

Girls Day 2019: Empowering Girls with Practical Skills

Girls Days is a day dedicated to inspiring girls’ futures with a special focus on occupations in which few women are working or training. With women comprising less than 20% of its workforce, enginee...

Learning and Improving Together with Melissa Schultz at Realize LIVE

Learning and Improving Together with Melissa Schultz at Realize LIVE

Realize LIVE in Detroit is fast approaching, and with it comes the opportunity to experience four days of Solid Edge through learning and developing new skills, not to mention networking and connecti...

Join the Siemens STEM Curriculum Engineering Design Webinar

Join the Siemens STEM Curriculum Engineering Design Webinar

Teachers are well-acquainted by now with the importance of STEM. Engineering careers hold great promise for students. Aside from offering a wide range of opportunities to leverage creativity and inge...

Join Solid Edge at Realize LIVE in Detroit

Join Solid Edge at Realize LIVE in Detroit

February 25, 2019

As many of you have heard by now, PLM Connection will be a bit different this year. Far from just a rebranding, however, the Realize LIVE event offers more value for users. Join us for the Solid Edge...

Partners in Innovation: Recap of European Partner Leadership Summit 2019

Partners in Innovation: Recap of European Partner Leadership Summit 2019

February 12, 2019

Last week more than 300 business partners and Siemens PLM Software managers including our own Senior Vice President of Mainstream Engineering, John Miller, gathered in Spain for the European Partner ...

Startup Spotlight: Kraftblock

Startup Spotlight: Kraftblock

February 11, 2019

If you are new to the Solid Edge startup program, you should definitely get to know it and recommend it to potential candidates. Since 2017, we have been helping companies in their early phase by pro...

Student Design Contest Winner December 2018

Student Design Contest Winner December 2018

January 10, 2019

Congratulations to sophomore @RobertSchicklin who is studying Aerospace Engineering at The University of Alabama in Huntsville! Robert is the December winner of our monthly student design contest hos...

Halloween Fun with Solid Edge

Halloween Fun with Solid Edge

October 31, 2018

Pumpkin designed in Solid Edge by Arnas Vipas. Check him out on Instagram @arnasvipas for more. Happy Halloween to all Solid Edge users! I don’t know about you, but Halloween is one of my favorit...

All-Girl Team Takes 2nd, Wins Award at Greenpower International Final 2018

All-Girl Team Takes 2nd, Wins Award at Greenpower International Final 2018

October 12, 2018

Last weekend more than 100 teams of students from around the globe gathered in rainy Rockingham, U.K. to face off in this year’s Greenpower International Final, bringing an exciting end to the 2018 G...

Solid Edge University Cincinnati Recap

Solid Edge University Cincinnati Recap

October 4, 2018

Yesterday marked another great day at Solid Edge University as our global series continues its tour around the U.S. and the world. This time we were in sunny Cincinnati, Ohio in the Midwest joined by...

Siemens Workshop for Future Engineers at UTD

Siemens Workshop for Future Engineers at UTD

October 2, 2018

Last Tuesday, Mainstream Engineering sponsored an event at the University of Texas Dallas. Both Ali Nadimi and Muhammad Sajjad, who are currently in the engineering graduate program at UTD, helped se...

Solid Edge University Chicago Day 1 Recap

Solid Edge University Chicago Day 1 Recap

September 17, 2018

Solid Edge University Chicago is underway, and the day is off to a solid start here in the Windy City. We’re at DMDII—short for the Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation Institu...

Don’t Miss IMTS 2018 and the Digital Machine Shop of the Future

Don’t Miss IMTS 2018 and the Digital Machine Shop of the Future

August 31, 2018

Join us at IMTS 2018 in Chicago September 10-15 where we’ll be sharing the latest manufacturing solutions and technology alongside our friends from NX Manufacturing. With more than 2,400 companies ex...

Put Your Design Skills to the Test: Island EV Challenge with Launch Forth and Solid Edge

Put Your Design Skills to the Test: Island EV Challenge with Launch Forth and Solid Edge

August 22, 2018

Launch Forth unites designers, engineers and technologists from around the world with the mission to change the way products are developed in every industry—from mobility and vehicles, to techno...

Flow Simulation for More Reliable Products: See FloEFD for Solid Edge at SEU Boston

Flow Simulation for More Reliable Products: See FloEFD for Solid Edge at SEU Boston

August 22, 2018

With Solid Edge University in Boston only a week away, we’ve got another exciting preview for you of some of the latest solutions available in Solid Edge, which we’ll be sharing during the event next...

Don’t Miss Solid Edge ECAD/MCAD Integration at SEU Boston

Don’t Miss Solid Edge ECAD/MCAD Integration at SEU Boston

August 14, 2018

Glenn Reynholds, Manage Domain Lead for the Capital suite of tools at Mentor Graphics, has more than twenty-five years' experience in MCAD and ECAD. Our Solid Edge University Global Series contin...

5 Benefits of CNC Machining for Manufacturers

5 Benefits of CNC Machining for Manufacturers

Manufacturers of all types in virtually every industry—from agriculture to medical and everything in between—choose the benefits of CNC machining over traditional manufacturing methods. CNC ...

Why Requirements Management Matters in Product Development

Why Requirements Management Matters in Product Development

Requirements management provides the guidance your teams need to develop and deliver the right products. Studies repeatedly show that no development process will result in a successful product offeri...

What to Expect at IMTS 2018 with Solid Edge

What to Expect at IMTS 2018 with Solid Edge

This year Solid Edge returns to IMTS with great new manufacturing solutions and cutting-edge technology to share with you! We’ll be joined by our friends from NX Manufacturing in the Siemens booth wh...

Students Get Hands-on with Solid Edge Summer Engineering Camp

Students Get Hands-on with Solid Edge Summer Engineering Camp

We hosted an engineering summer camp for students last week in our Detroit office in Michigan, and I had the pleasure of working with 15 bright young students between the ages of 11 and 17 years old....

Student Spotlight: Solid Edge Design Contest Winners

Student Spotlight: Solid Edge Design Contest Winners

It’s amazing to see what our students are capable of, and the level of skill they have developed often early in their education. Frankly, I am blown away by some of the designs and the attention to d...

ECAD/MCAD Collaboration is the Way Forward

ECAD/MCAD Collaboration is the Way Forward

Paul Musto is an expert when it comes to PCB design and collaboration between design systems. While he is likely a new face and name to those in this community, he has more than 28 years of electroni...

May the Fourth Be With You this Star Wars Day

May the Fourth Be With You this Star Wars Day

Star Wars Day is celebrated by fans of the media franchise around the world each year on May the 4th.What first started as a pun on the Jedi phrase “May the Force be with you” has since taken ...

Communicate Your Product Designs with Technical Publications

Communicate Your Product Designs with Technical Publications

Dave Chadwick has been with Solid Edge from the very beginning, and many of you may recognize him from the numerous excellent resources he provides both live and right here on the community. (Check o...

The Art of Assemblies

The Art of Assemblies

Art Patrick is well-known amongst longtime Edgers, and if you’ve ever attended a Solid Edge University event before, you’ve likely seen him present before. I’ve heard that his presentations are rivet...

Managing Product Complexity with Dan Staples at DEVELOP3D Live 2018

Managing Product Complexity with Dan Staples at DEVELOP3D Live 2018

What can we learn from a simple flip phone? When you compare it to the smartphones of today, it is rudimentary, but flip phones were the norm only ten years ago. It’s a perfect exampl...

Announcing the Solid Edge University 2018 Global Series

Announcing the Solid Edge University 2018 Global Series

The same passion that fuels our online community also goes into making the Solid Edge University events a success. Both connect Solid Edge users from around the world, with all different backgr...

Race to the Finish Line: Greenpower USA South Texas Electric Car Competition

Race to the Finish Line: Greenpower USA South Texas Electric Car Competition

What better way to introduce young people to engineering than by giving them a hands-on experience? There is nothing quite like the thrill and excitement of watching a car that you designed, built an...

Design the next Marines MLV on Launch Forth and win!

Design the next Marines MLV on Launch Forth and win!

LM3D Swim from Local Motors was co-created and the first 3D printed car to be sold to the public. I’m a big proponent of the idea that people can accomplish more working together, united by a com...

Customer Spotlight: Cherrie Bommarito of Hussmann

Customer Spotlight: Cherrie Bommarito of Hussmann

March is Women’s History Month here in the US, a time that is dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the many great contributions that women have made to society throughout history—and continue to ...

Girl Power: Inspiring Women Engineers

Girl Power: Inspiring Women Engineers

February 22, 2018

Engineers Week continues with Girl Day or National Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day. Girl Day calls on engineers, educators, mentors and parents to inspire young girls and encourage them to pursue...

Celebrating Engineers During National Engineers Week

Celebrating Engineers During National Engineers Week

February 19, 2018

Without engineers, where would society be today? I hate to say it, but it can be easy to take engineers’ contributions for granted, because if something is well-engineered, it usually makes life easi...

14 Reasons Why We Love Solid Edge

14 Reasons Why We Love Solid Edge

February 14, 2018

For better or worse, love it or hate it… February 14 is here, and in honor of Valentine’s Day, we’ve got a list for you of 14 reasons why we love Solid Edge. So grab your candy hearts, box of chocola...

Preparing Students in the Age of Industry 4.0

Preparing Students in the Age of Industry 4.0

February 7, 2018

Hanoi University of Science and Technology (HUST) is the first and largest technical university in Vietnam, helping to prepare more than 40,000 students annually with the skills needed to succeed in ...

Manz Solves Top CAD Challenges with Solid Edge

Manz Solves Top CAD Challenges with Solid Edge

January 30, 2018

Manz 's automation system for handling of FPD glass substrates. It’s no coincidence that two of the top design challenges for CAD users— working with imported CAD data and system performance for ...

5 Tips to Better Productivity in Drawings for Solid Edge

5 Tips to Better Productivity in Drawings for Solid Edge

January 24, 2018

3D models work well to help us visualize products. A model provides a sense of space and depth; you can orbit around it, or spin it around. You can make it transparent or colorful, and even render it...

The Key to Driving Disruption in Any Industry

The Key to Driving Disruption in Any Industry

January 5, 2018

Technology is advancing at a faster rate than ever before in history, and with that, product development—the way we design and manufacture products—is changing, too. This is a great thing, because it...

ADIRA Pushes Limits of Additive Manufacturing

ADIRA Pushes Limits of Additive Manufacturing

December 18, 2017

Additive manufacturing applications range from the novel to the practical to even the downright impressive, and now Portuguese-based manufacturing company ADIRA is pushing the boundaries of what is p...

Why Is Facet Modeling Necessary for Generative Design?

Why Is Facet Modeling Necessary for Generative Design?

November 17, 2017

Generative design is a topic you’ve likely heard mentioned before today. Everyone in the PLM industry is talking about it, but few actually have the capabilities in place today for you to take full a...

Top 12 Features in NX 12

Top 12 Features in NX 12

October 31, 2017

The NX 12 release brings you more than 350 enhancements and new key capabilities to help you unleash your innovation by pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in product design. If you missed our ...

Announcing the Next Generation Design Platform: NX 12

Announcing the Next Generation Design Platform: NX 12

October 23, 2017

We're proud to announce the latest version of our NX software, NX 12, available for download on October 31. Try NX for Free! Experience NX on the cloud with a free trial here.. &n...

Integrating Reverse Engineering into Core Design

Integrating Reverse Engineering into Core Design

October 10, 2017

Jess Rebrukh who interned with the NX Design marketing team this summer wrote this blog post. In it, she shares her perspective on reverse engineering along with how we at Siemens PLM Software are wo...

Putting Design Skills to the Test at the PLM World Top Gun Competition

Putting Design Skills to the Test at the PLM World Top Gun Competition

October 5, 2017

Stakes were high and competition was fierce but friendly at the 2017 Top Gun Competition that takes place annually at the PLM World Regional Users Group (RUG) in Detroit, Michigan. It’s a f...

NX on the Cloud with Amazon AppStream 2.0

NX on the Cloud with Amazon AppStream 2.0

September 7, 2017

Have you considered using CAD on the cloud before? Now is the perfect time to try it! Amazon Web Services (AWS) just launched the new graphics instances on AppStream 2.0, which enables you to ru...

NX in Space: Powering the CRS 12 Launch and Beyond

NX in Space: Powering the CRS 12 Launch and Beyond

August 24, 2017

Few things in life come close to the experience of attending a rocket launch. It is the only event I have ever seen that warrants the use of the word “awesome” in its literal sense, meaning...

Next Generation Design and Manufacturing for Auto

Next Generation Design and Manufacturing for Auto

How will we design and develop the next generation of automobiles? That question is at the forefront of the minds of OEMs, suppliers, engineers and designers the world over. The automotive industry i...

Design, Edit, Print: Lattice Structures in NX 11.0.2

Design, Edit, Print: Lattice Structures in NX 11.0.2

NX 11.0.2 is here, and with it comes a number of enhancements that we will be revealing in a series of articles over the next few weeks, so be sure to check back! By far one of the most exciting chan...

Hacking Our Way to a Better Future

Hacking Our Way to a Better Future

To innovate—to make changes and do something in a new way—is at the core of Siemens values. Innovation is the spirit that drives our employees to create the software that we do, to propose solutions,...

Virtual Reality (VR) Has Captured Our Imaginations

Virtual Reality (VR) Has Captured Our Imaginations

By Product Manager for NX Rendering @PattiLongwinter Virtual Reality (VR) has allowed me to fly over the Himalayas on my way to visit Mount Everest base camp. An unsettling experience wh...

50 Years of Progress in 10…What’s Next?

50 Years of Progress in 10…What’s Next?

I got to sit down with some of the engineers from the United States Air Force last week to hear their thoughts on PLM Connection 2017 and learn about some of the cool projects they’ve been working on...

Inside NX Beta: Meet the Man Behind It All

Inside NX Beta: Meet the Man Behind It All

Mark Cooper has been involved in beta tests for NX around the world since before there even was an NX. He first got involved as a member of SDRC more than 15 years ago, so he knows pretty much everyt...

Design by Experience or Data?

Design by Experience or Data?

Article by @rajesh_rs Product design is an innovative process. Churning out truly original designs requires visionary insight, out-of-the box thinking, and more importantly experience. Yes, a lot o...

The Art of the Possible at PLM Connection

The Art of the Possible at PLM Connection

Siemens PLM Connection is the one time a year that users of our software, Siemens employees, and our partners come together under one building to discuss best practices and, as CEO Tony Hemmelgarn sa...

Shaping the Future of NX Together

Shaping the Future of NX Together

Beta testing, much like the community, brings together NX users from all over the world. It’s a fun opportunity for people from all different backgrounds, industries, and design disciplines to meet i...

NX EAP Event : A Newcomer’s Experience

NX EAP Event : A Newcomer’s Experience

Almost everyone I talk to who works at Siemens, particularly those of us on the NX team, cites talking to customers as their favorite part of the job. After my first day at NX Beta testing in Cypress...

Technical Data Packages: Choosing a Path JT or 3D PDF

Technical Data Packages: Choosing a Path JT or 3D PDF

Say you want to drive somewhere and have a choice between two roads: One is well-paved and takes you halfway to your destination, but you may have to pay a lot of tolls along the way, while the other...

NX 11 Learning Edition Now Available!

NX 11 Learning Edition Now Available!

Great news for CAD students… NX 11 Learning Edition is now available and features the same breakthrough convergent modeling technology as the full version of NX. With NX 11 Learning Edition, you can ...

Solid Modeling vs. Surface Modeling – A New Way Forward

Solid Modeling vs. Surface Modeling – A New Way Forward

February 9, 2017

Solid modeling or surface modeling… this choice has plagued CAD designers and engineers since the dawn of 3D CAD software. Solid modeling was the preferred option for engineering, due to its mathemat...

How a Bill Becomes a Law… or How an Idea Makes it Into NX

How a Bill Becomes a Law… or How an Idea Makes it Into NX

November 17, 2016

Every company has a process where ideas become reality. As a product manager for NX, it’s my responsibility to guide projects from concept to completion. Luckily for me, it’s the mo...

Pumpkin Carving with NX CAD and Catchbook

Pumpkin Carving with NX CAD and Catchbook

October 11, 2016

October has always been one of my favorite months. Here in the Midwest of the United States, there is a chill crisp to the air, leaves begin to change color, and that means Halloween is jus...

Winner Announced for Free Training Giveaway

Winner Announced for Free Training Giveaway

September 26, 2016

No one is born exceptional. Instead it takes hard work, dedication, and perseverance over time to develop the skills to be considered exceptional. That’s why training is so important for anything you...

Convergent Modeling – Shaping a Better Future

Convergent Modeling – Shaping a Better Future

September 22, 2016

Convergent Modeling introduces an entirely new method to product design that many are calling a game changer, and for good reason. The first technology of its kind, Convergent Modeling allows designe...

3D Printing: Embrace the Future

3D Printing: Embrace the Future

September 14, 2016

This post was written by intern Jessica Rebrukh who was with us this summer. It had been months since I sat down to properly watch the news. With mild interest, I plopped onto my couch...

Design and Manufacturing Enthusiasts Won’t Want to Miss IMTS!

Design and Manufacturing Enthusiasts Won’t Want to Miss IMTS!

September 2, 2016

Got a passion for design and manufacturing? Then you won’t want to miss the International Manufacturing Technology Show that takes place next week in Chicago, Illinois. IMTS offers you a chance to se...

Rendering, VR and AI… Oh my! The Inside Scoop on NVIDIA GTC 2016

Rendering, VR and AI… Oh my! The Inside Scoop on NVIDIA GTC 2016

You step outside onto a barren, rocky landscape the color of rust that stretches before you as far as the eye can see. Valleys, boulders, mountains… all are visible from your vantage point on a hill....

Introducing Unigraphics III V11.0 with New, Improved PFK

Introducing Unigraphics III V11.0 with New, Improved PFK

The future is here! And for those of you who have been in CAD long enough, it looks a whole lot like the past—only better. Today we are proud to announce the latest version of our...

Top 4 Challenges to Railway CAE and How to Solve Them

Top 4 Challenges to Railway CAE and How to Solve Them

If you are a CAE expert for the railway industry, chances are the challenges we will cover today are ones you and your team face every day. What if you could make the most difficult parts of your job...

How to Explain CAD to Anyone – A Lesson from the Cambridge Science Festival

How to Explain CAD to Anyone – A Lesson from the Cambridge Science Festival

Few people understand or appreciate the fact that everything you see, touch, and hold (and even most things you don’t) originally began in a CAD system. A real living, breathing human designed them a...

Explore Alien Worlds with Free Posters from NASA JPL

Explore Alien Worlds with Free Posters from NASA JPL

February 16, 2016

You may remember a time not so long ago when landing on the moon seemed far-fetched; a Mars mission an impossible dream. Space travel has captivated the imaginations of people worldwide long before N...

Efficient Railway Industry Innovations with NX CAE Webinar

Efficient Railway Industry Innovations with NX CAE Webinar

February 15, 2016

Railway transport has been around since the days of ancient Greece, if you count horse-drawn carts and stone tracks. The modern age of trains most of us are familiar with though began in the 180...

Overcome the Barrier to Faster CAE Geometry Preparation

Overcome the Barrier to Faster CAE Geometry Preparation

February 5, 2016

Ask almost any simulation expert and they will tell you that geometry preparation is the most time consuming part of CAE analysis. It doesn’t have to be this way though. What if you could cut down on...

10 CAD Resolutions for 2016

10 CAD Resolutions for 2016

January 15, 2016

Ah, the New Year. That time of year when we tell ourselves we will finally get (and use) that new gym membership, or quit smoking once and for all or… well, you get the idea. While it’s easy to fall ...

How to Create Fast and Efficient CAE Workflows – Webinar

How to Create Fast and Efficient CAE Workflows – Webinar

January 8, 2016

Fast and efficient CAE workflows do more than just increase your productivity. They’ll make your job more enjoyable as well. No one likes to spend more time than they have to on a task, and in fact, ...

Holiday Gift Guide 2015 from NX CAD

Holiday Gift Guide 2015 from NX CAD

December 18, 2015

With the holidays just around the corner (and approaching fast!), you may be scrambling to find last minute gifts for all those loved ones on your list. Don’t worry, you’re not alone. As many a...

Making the Change to Simulation-Driven Design

Making the Change to Simulation-Driven Design

November 11, 2015

Simulation-driven design is a topic that continues to hold importance in product development. Today we’re going to look at why, as a business leader, you should adopt this philosophy and what’s stopp...

PLM World Call for Papers

PLM World Call for Papers

November 9, 2015

Abstracts are now being accepted for the Siemens PLM Connection 2016 Annual Users Conference in Orlando, Florida, May 16-19, 2016. For Simulation related presentations, we are doing someth...

Getting Hands On with CAD at GM PLM Showcase

Getting Hands On with CAD at GM PLM Showcase

October 30, 2015

Think back to 25 years ago If you’re like most people I’ve talked to, you were probably just starting out in your career.CAD software would barely even be recognizable to someone new to the in...

Cloud Computing – How Can It Help You?

Cloud Computing – How Can It Help You?

October 23, 2015

Cloud computing is more than just a trend or buzzword for the software and technology industries. The term has been around since 1996 according to some sources, though its origins are still hotly deb...

Feature vs. Process-Based Training: Why Not Do Both?

Feature vs. Process-Based Training: Why Not Do Both?

October 8, 2015

The debate between feature or role-based training and process based training is longstanding and doesn’t seem to be going away anytime soon. Like any decision you must make, there are positives to ei...

Race for the Gold: How University of Michigan Improved Solar Car with Simulation in NX CAE

Race for the Gold: How University of Michigan Improved Solar Car with Simulation in NX CAE

October 1, 2015

It’s the hottest day of the year, and you’re in the middle of a desert in the Australian Outback with 10% of the fuel you need to complete an 1800 mile (3000 km) journey. You have just enough space i...

CAE Insights at Siemens PLM UK Symposium

CAE Insights at Siemens PLM UK Symposium

September 17, 2015

CAE analysts face some unique challenges in their jobs, but like anyone, they have to stay on top of industry trends. What’s one of the best ways to do that? By connecting with people and sharin...

CAD Users Connect, Network and Grow

CAD Users Connect, Network and Grow

September 11, 2015

Fall is in the air, and you know what that means! It’s time for cozy flannel, warm apple cider, trips to the pumpkin patch… and RUG season for those of us in the United States! If yo...

Learn Simulation Best Practices, More at Quadfecta

Learn Simulation Best Practices, More at Quadfecta

September 10, 2015

How do you design products while balancing multiple engineering attributes in a single engineering environment? How can you take advantage of lightweight, high strength composites? And how do you und...

You submitted your IR/ER/PR… Now what?

You submitted your IR/ER/PR… Now what?

Have you ever wondered what happens to your IR/ER/PR once you hit that “send” button? I’ve heard a lot of questions about this topic, so I thought I’d do a little digging and shed some light on the p...

Student-Made Car Gets 2100 MPG

Student-Made Car Gets 2100 MPG

Fuel economy is a concern for most these days, whether you own a car, work in the auto industry, or are just conscious of environmental impact. For students who participate in the SAE Supermileage co...

3D Design Best in Class Image for July

3D Design Best in Class Image for July

3D designs don’t have to be just of products, as this month’s Global Image Gallery contest winner proves. Jaguar Plasticos in Brazil created this winning mold design in NX. The company specializes in...

Learn CAE Tricks in 5 Minutes or Less

Learn CAE Tricks in 5 Minutes or Less

New CAE tutorials will help you get started in NX Simulation, and you can learn most of the tips in 5 minutes or less. Watch the Tips & Techniques videos from the Education Services w...

Industrial Machinery Solutions in NX Design – Webinar

Industrial Machinery Solutions in NX Design – Webinar

Industrial machinery comprises complex systems of subassemblies. They combine software with electronic and mechanical parts, so it’s no surprise they can be a challenge to design and manufa...

Daimler Completes CAD Transition to NX

Daimler Completes CAD Transition to NX

Daimler is now using NX CAD after successfully completing their transition from Dassault Systemes’ CATIA just a few weeks ago. Since the 2010 announcement first shook the CAD world, the automotive OE...

NWC 2015 – Simulation is Evolving. Are You?

NWC 2015 – Simulation is Evolving. Are You?

Simulation, modeling, and engineering analysis continue to evolve at a staggering pace. How do we, as simulation and analysis experts, keep up? These are questions that the NAFEMS World Congress 2015...

A CAE Solution for Industry Pressures – Webinar

A CAE Solution for Industry Pressures – Webinar

Update: The replay of this webinar is available on demand. Watch anytime! Industry pressure to decrease development time and improve quality is driving increased use of simulation th...

HPC and NX Nastran: Robust Solutions for Mercedes-Benz Simulations

HPC and NX Nastran: Robust Solutions for Mercedes-Benz Simulations

Daimler Mercedes-Benz has been using simulation in R&D for around 50 years. What started as in-house developed solutions for vehicle design eventually evolved, and the use of more detailed models...

Master NX CAD with These Tutorials

Master NX CAD with These Tutorials

Brush up your CAD skills with new videos available online. You can watch the Tips & Techniques videos anytime on the Education Services website. You’ll need a Learning Advantage account to access...

3D Printed Mini Jet Engine Roars at 33,000 RPM

3D Printed Mini Jet Engine Roars at 33,000 RPM

3D printing is on the rise. It’s more affordable and accessible than ever, and as more people take advantage of those benefits, we’re starting to see some interesting and unique uses for the technolo...

Simulation and Verification Solutions for Industrial Machinery

Simulation and Verification Solutions for Industrial Machinery

Simulation and verification solutions help you optimize products to make them better, stronger, and last longer. Balancing performance with cost and increasing machinery complexity i...

NX Calendar Image of the Month

NX Calendar Image of the Month

This month we congratulate Lumantek. Their 3D rendered CAD design of a DTV signal generator is this month’s featured image in the 2015 global image gallery. DTV stands for Digital TV, so t...

Inocean Streamlines Simulation Process with NX

Inocean Streamlines Simulation Process with NX

Offshore oil vessels are massive, and with the freight they carry, there’s no room for error. Oil spills can be catastrophic, so it’s important the companies that produce these vessels such as Inocea...

Top 5 Annoying CAD Problems NX Solves

Top 5 Annoying CAD Problems NX Solves

CAD file sharing and collaboration accounts for 3 of the top 5 most annoying problems CAD users face today, according to a SolidSmack poll. The other two? Simulation, and on-the-fly changes. ...

Monte Carlo Simulation for Robust Products

Monte Carlo Simulation for Robust Products

Monte Carlo simulation lets you predict how a product will perform under varying conditions, so you can identify and correct failures long before they occur. How often do you work on products that wi...

Formula E: Racing Toward a Cleaner Future

Formula E: Racing Toward a Cleaner Future

Formula E racing probably won’t replace Formula 1 any time soon, but it paves the way to an oil free world. Think about electric cars for a moment. What comes to mind? You probably think of fuel econ...

CAD Updates in NX 10 Maximize Collaboration, Efficiency

CAD Updates in NX 10 Maximize Collaboration, Efficiency

CAD expert Al Dean of DEVELOP3D recently reviewed NX 10 for Design, and he finds a lot of improvements designed to make your CAD experience better. He notes that despite the decades-long heritage of ...

Laminate Composites: Rise to the Engineering Challenge

Laminate Composites: Rise to the Engineering Challenge

Laminate composites aren’t just for the aerospace industry anymore. As demands for more fuel efficient products increase, more manufacturers are turning to composites as a lightweight yet strong alte...

Simulation Solutions for Today, Tomorrow, the Future

Simulation Solutions for Today, Tomorrow, the Future

Simulation solutions aren't limited to CAE experts anymore. Gone are the days when their use was cut off from the rest of the product development team. Those days have given way t...

America’s Cup: The Race to a Winning Design

America’s Cup: The Race to a Winning Design

America’s Cup. You might not think “design” when you hear about it, but you should. True, it’s one of the greatest sporting challenges in the world. To win requires a sailing team in peak physical sh...

Put Your CAE Knowledge to the Test

Put Your CAE Knowledge to the Test

NX CAE fact or fiction? You decide. Put your knowledge to the test with these questions. You might even learn something new! You need NX CAD to run NX CAE. False. This idea stems from...

CAD Software Training – Become NXpert Today

CAD Software Training – Become NXpert Today

CAD software training will make you an expert—or should we say NXpert—in as little as 15 minutes. Can you believe that’s all it takes to learn how to maximize efficiency with the NX 9 Ribbon interfac...

Lego: The Brand, The Blocks & Building Future Engineers

What kid hasn’t grown up playing with Legos, especially among engineers? So it doesn’t come as much of a shock to see that Lego has surpassed Ferrari as the world’s most powerful brand in 2015. ...

Get the Most Out of Your CAE Software

Get the Most Out of Your CAE Software

CAE software proficiency is within your reach thanks to training from Siemens PLM Software. Perhaps you, like many people, associate training with week-long courses that require travel to ...

Top 10 Simulation Features New in NX 10

Top 10 Simulation Features New in NX 10

Is simulation speed an issue for you? Perhaps you have a problem that requires both thermal and structural analysis, as is this case with an automotive powertrain in high temperatures. NX 10 for Simu...

3D CAD Design Calendar Image of the Month

3D CAD Design Calendar Image of the Month

3D CAD design. When you hear those words, what comes to mind? Perhaps a sleek car, or an airplane wing? Chances are medical devices probably didn’t make the list of things you think of in relation to...

FEA Results Keep ATK Rocket Safe

FEA Results Keep ATK Rocket Safe

FEA results can mean the difference between success and failure. A rocket launch’s most critical point occurs before the craft ever leaves Earth’s atmosphere—during lift-off. The stakes are hig...

3D Rendering: Why It Matters to You & More

3D Rendering: Why It Matters to You & More

3D rendering often goes overlooked when it comes to product development, but it plays a more important part in the process than you might think. A photorealistic image can help sell a product long be...

Microsoft Takes CAD on Tablet to Whole New Level

Microsoft Takes CAD on Tablet to Whole New Level

February 26, 2015

If you thought CAD on a tablet was exciting, just wait till you see the new Microsoft Surface Hub. Microsoft unveiled the 84-inch (213 cm) 4K display computer earlier this month at the Windows 10 Upd...

Move Beyond CFD Analysis With Integrated Vibro-Acoustics

Move Beyond CFD Analysis With Integrated Vibro-Acoustics

February 24, 2015

Now you can move beyond CFD analysis to focus on acoustics with new capabilities in NX CAE 10. The end-to-end vibro-acoustics workflow supported by these capabilities is “like a new physics envi...

DFMPro for NX Helps You Realize Innovation

DFMPro for NX Helps You Realize Innovation

February 17, 2015

DFMPro for NX saves you not only time but also a lot of strife.Just think: You design a part that contains screws. When it comes time to manufacture that part, someone—be it machine or human—h...

Brush Up Your CAE Skills with These Webinars

Brush Up Your CAE Skills with These Webinars

February 17, 2015

Looking to improve your mastery of NX CAE? Even the most advanced simulation analyst needs a little help now and then. That’s why I’ve put together this list of NX CAE tips and tricks webinars design...

3D Mechanical Design Calendar Image of the Month

3D Mechanical Design Calendar Image of the Month

February 12, 2015

Where would we be without 3D mechanical design? It brings to life the cars and other vehicles that take us, really, anywhere we want to go. It even powers the tractor that harvests grain for the toas...

CAD Tips & Tricks in NX Design Knowledge Base

CAD Tips & Tricks in NX Design Knowledge Base

February 10, 2015

CAD tips & tricks and tutorials including the NX Quick Tips video series have a new home in the NX Design Knowledge Base. The new knowledge base will include technical articl...

Co-Simulation to Improve Battery Thermal Management

Co-Simulation to Improve Battery Thermal Management

February 10, 2015

Co-simulation offers insights beyond what you would get if you were to just use 1D or 3D simulation software alone. That was what Pierre-Luc Lapointe from ITAQ discovered during his research on ...

Touch Screen CAD: The Future is Now

Touch Screen CAD: The Future is Now

January 27, 2015

Touch screen CAD gives you the power of 3D design with the simplicity and freedom of a mobile device. NX 10 offers an enhanced touch-enabled environment, so you can now design on the go with a M...

5 Tips to Make NX Nastran Faster

5 Tips to Make NX Nastran Faster

January 27, 2015

NX Nastran can be optimized to run simulations faster, but how? If you think processor speed is the main factor you should consider, think again. Degrees of freedom (DOF) are also not as important to...

Product Manufacturing Information Improves CAD Workflow

Product Manufacturing Information Improves CAD Workflow

January 20, 2015

Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) lets you focus on what matters to you most: designing better, more innovative products. But what is Product Manufacturing Information? Product Manu...

Multiphysics Environment Offers Two-Way Coupling

Multiphysics Environment Offers Two-Way Coupling

January 20, 2015

Multiphysics capabilities are of growing importance to engineers who wish to solve larger, more complex simulations such as blade clearance analysis in an aircraft engine. Watch the v...

Simulation Software Future: Cloud & More

Simulation Software Future: Cloud & More

January 6, 2015

Simulation software experts joined NASA Tech Briefs for a roundtable on the future of CAE and hot trends going forward in 2015. So what’s going to have the biggest impact on simulation software?...

3D Product Design Calendar Image of the Month

3D Product Design Calendar Image of the Month

January 6, 2015

3D product design literally shapes the world around you—from the mouse you’re using with your computer to the stapler on your desk, someone probably designed those things to fit comfortably in the av...

NX CAD Holiday Video Tutorial

NX CAD Holiday Video Tutorial

December 23, 2014

Wishing you Happy Holidays with NX CAD! Enjoy this holiday themed tutorial from our partner.

Improving Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis in NX CAE 10

Improving Computational Fluid Dynamics Analysis in NX CAE 10

December 16, 2014

Say you perform computational fluid dynamics (CFD) analysis. What affect does boundary layer meshing have? Can it actually improve your CFD analyses? We spoke to Sairam Prabhaka...

Meeting Steel Industry Challenges with NX

Meeting Steel Industry Challenges with NX

December 16, 2014

What do you do when there is a demand for something but no product that meets that demand? Well, if you're a company that wants to succeed, you make a product. That's exactly what Si...

Simulation PLM Connection Call for Papers

Simulation PLM Connection Call for Papers

December 12, 2014

Calling all CAE users! Are you an expert at simulation? Do you have years of experience using NX CAE? Share your knowledge and expertise with us at the Siemens PLM Connection Americas User Conference...

NX Quick Tips: NX 10 Edge Blend

NX Quick Tips: NX 10 Edge Blend

December 9, 2014

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Bringing Product Development Full Circle

Bringing Product Development Full Circle

December 9, 2014

This year's theme of the Siemens CAE & Test Symposium was Integration with a capital "I". The main focus was how LMS product solutions including 1D and test bring product deve...

SNC Reinvents Space Shuttle with NX CAD

SNC Reinvents Space Shuttle with NX CAD

December 5, 2014

I’ve heard it my whole life, or what feels like my whole life anyway: Apollo 11 landed on the moon with less software than is in a typical high school graphing calculator. So I had to laugh when I re...

Making the Dream (Chaser) Come True with NX

Making the Dream (Chaser) Come True with NX

December 4, 2014

What do you get when you cross a spaceplane that has almost a decade of engineering development with an Atlas V rocket? This was the thinking behind Sierra Nevada Corp.’s new take on the space shuttl...

New Book Guides You in NX Simulation

New Book Guides You in NX Simulation

November 25, 2014

Whether you’re an engineer who is discovering the numerical analysis system, or if you simply want to expand your knowledge and skills of NX Advanced Simulation, you will want to read our latest...

Nissan Qashqai Engineered Better, Faster with NX CAE

Nissan Qashqai Engineered Better, Faster with NX CAE

November 20, 2014

“I want it, and I want it now!” You may have heard these words come out of your child’s mouth at one point or another, or perhaps your inner child has stamped its foot while snarling t...

NX Calendar Image of the Month

NX Calendar Image of the Month

November 14, 2014

Each month, Siemens PLM shares customer-created images from a wide array of industries around the globe. This month, congratulations go to Wheaton Brasil Vidros Ltda. and HIROTEC INDI...

Faster Processing with NX Nastran on the Cloud

Faster Processing with NX Nastran on the Cloud

October 30, 2014

You can now run your NX Nastran simulations using Rescale's on-demand, high-performance computing cloud platform. Get your results faster by instantly scaling out resources at a remarkably low c...

Video Case Study: Nissan Qashqai

Video Case Study: Nissan Qashqai

October 30, 2014

“I want it, and I want it now!” You may have heard these words come out of your child’s mouth at one point or another, or perhaps your inner child has stamped its foot while snarling th...

Why CAD File Management Matters: Faster, More Efficient Product Development

Why CAD File Management Matters: Faster, More Efficient Product Development

October 23, 2014

As product complexity increases, so too does the number of engineers it takes to make that product. Teams are becoming larger with more engineers working on a single project. As the project progresse...

Webinar Next Week: Modeling and analyzing complex laminate composite structures

Webinar Next Week: Modeling and analyzing complex laminate composite structures

October 16, 2014

In the quest to make products lighter yet stronger, manufacturers are increasing their use of composite materials. Because of the complex nature of composite structures, however, engineers must be ab...

What happened to Mars’ atmosphere? NASA MAVEN probe designed with NX CAD seeks answers

What happened to Mars’ atmosphere? NASA MAVEN probe designed with NX CAD seeks answers

October 16, 2014

NASA spacecraft MAVEN recently completed its ten-month, 442 million mile-long (700 million kilometer) journey when it entered orbit around Mars. The “Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution”...

Introducing NX 10

Introducing NX 10

October 10, 2014

This week we announced the latest release of Siemens’ NX™ software, NX 10. We’ve made some exciting changes with this latest version of Siemens PLM Software’s NX software. From f...

NX Quick Tips: Foreshortening Symbols added in NX 10

NX Quick Tips: Foreshortening Symbols added in NX 10

October 9, 2014

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Introducing NX 10

Introducing NX 10

October 6, 2014

Today, we're excited to share with you info on the latest version of Siemens’ NX™ Software, NX 10. We’ve ad ded a lot of new features and enhancements our NX CAD users are sure to en...

NX Quick Tips: Modify Legacy Drawings with Synchronous Technology 2D

NX Quick Tips: Modify Legacy Drawings with Synchronous Technology 2D

October 2, 2014

This post has moved to the NX Design Knowledge Base. Check out all of the NX Quick Tips Videos here.

Better Together: Integrated 1D/3D Simulation with NX CAE & Simcenter Amesim

Better Together: Integrated 1D/3D Simulation with NX CAE & Simcenter Amesim

October 2, 2014

This year at the Siemens CAE & Test Symposium (formerly the Siemens CAE Symposium) you can learn about our complete NX CAE product suite along with Simcenter system simulation solutions...

Global Image Gallery 2014 – September

Global Image Gallery 2014 – September

September 25, 2014

Each month, Siemens PLM shares a customer-created image from a wide array of industries around the globe. Congratulations go to Hyodong Machine Co., Ltd. whose NX image of a bolt manufactu...

Simulation Webinar Tomorrow: Results Validation and Interrogation

Simulation Webinar Tomorrow: Results Validation and Interrogation

September 24, 2014

Join us tomorrow at 1 p.m. EST (10 a.m. PDT) for the webinar Results Validation and Interrogation. During this free hour-long webinar, you'll learn about: model sufficiency assessing and v...

Agenda and Speakers for Siemens CAE & Test Symposium 2014 Released

Agenda and Speakers for Siemens CAE & Test Symposium 2014 Released

September 19, 2014

The Siemens CAE & Test Symposium is approaching fast! You won’t want to miss this opportunity to learn more about CAE and test solutions from experts and customers spanning a wide range of i...

NEW NX Quick Tips: Maintaining Assocations with Synchronous Technology 2D

NEW NX Quick Tips: Maintaining Assocations with Synchronous Technology 2D

September 19, 2014

Synchronous Technology 2D empowers you to quickly and easily manipulate designs using simple, intuitive push-and-pull commands within the NX sketch environment. It extends the power of sync...

NX CAD Users: 2014 RUG Meetings Offer Preview of Latest Software Release

NX CAD Users: 2014 RUG Meetings Offer Preview of Latest Software Release

September 12, 2014

The Siemens PLM Software team will demonstrate a preview of the next release of software at the upcoming Regional Users Group (RUG) Meeting s that you won’t want to miss. These day-long c...

Technology Issues and Solutions Behind CAD/CAE Integration

Technology Issues and Solutions Behind CAD/CAE Integration

September 3, 2014

More factors come into play than just people when it comes to integrating CAD and CAE. Even when a company and its employees recognize the benefits it offers, CAD and CAE integration can’t happe...

Simulation Webinar Today: Dynamic model correlation, building the bridge between test and analysis

Simulation Webinar Today: Dynamic model correlation, building the bridge between test and analysis

August 28, 2014

The validation and verification of analytical models is critical to confidently use the analytical models as predictive design tools in the product development process. In addition, pretest planning ...

CAD/CAE Integration Lets Analysts Focus on Future

CAD/CAE Integration Lets Analysts Focus on Future

August 26, 2014

Change is difficult. Anyone who has ever tried to quit smoking or stop eating junk food can attest to that. But just as those changes make for a healthier lifestyle, so too does an integrated CAD/CAE...

GM, Cummins, SNC & Rolls Royce to keynote at Siemens CAE & Test Symposium

GM, Cummins, SNC & Rolls Royce to keynote at Siemens CAE & Test Symposium

August 21, 2014

The 2014 Siemens CAE & Test Symposium offers you a chance to hear from a variety of companies spanning across all industries. Whether you work in automotive or aerospace, consumer produ...

Making the Transition to an Integrated CAD/CAE Environment

Making the Transition to an Integrated CAD/CAE Environment

August 19, 2014

Today, thanks to the Internet, even the phrase “in the blink of an eye” has nearly become obsolete, as we are able to type something into a search engine and get results in three centiseconds. That’s...

World War II fighter plane helps apprentice engineers at Rolls-Royce learn the latest techniques

World War II fighter plane helps apprentice engineers at Rolls-Royce learn the latest techniques

August 15, 2014

The 2014 Simulation Engineering Show at the Derby Roundhouse brought together some of the largest engineering businesses in the UK. Siemens PLM UK was pleased to be a Gol...

Norbar Rises to Challenge to Create New Products Faster

Norbar Rises to Challenge to Create New Products Faster

August 14, 2014

As the first company in Britain to commercially manufacture a torque wrench, Norbar Torque Tools has maintained its global reputation for quality and robustness for more than seven decades. But with ...

NX CAE Structural Analyses Helps Haidlmair Improve Products

NX CAE Structural Analyses Helps Haidlmair Improve Products

August 12, 2014

Haidlmair has used NX CAE for some time to generate the nets used in mold flow calculations, but now they also ensure handles or corners in crates and containers are strong enough to withstand e...

Mars 2020 Rover Builds Off of Curiosity, Extends Research

Mars 2020 Rover Builds Off of Curiosity, Extends Research

This week marks two years since NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory landed the Mars rover Curiosity on the Red Planet's surface. With only one chance to get it right, people across the globe ...

History-Rich Luxury Liner Sets Scene of the 2014 Siemens CAE & Test Symposium

History-Rich Luxury Liner Sets Scene of the 2014 Siemens CAE & Test Symposium

This year marks a number of firsts for the Siemens CAE & Test Symposium. Though this is the fourth annual symposium, it’s the first to include Test, an addition which reflects that of LMS te...

Rapid Prototyping Using 3D Printing On the Rise

Rapid Prototyping Using 3D Printing On the Rise

As 3D printing becomes more accessible and affordable, more companies are turning to 3D printing for prototypes early in the concept design stage as a cost-effective way to identify i...

NX Case Study: Graham Packaging Company

NX Case Study: Graham Packaging Company

Using NX CAE, Graham Packaging Company realized a number of bottom line-boosting benefits: The software decreased the time it takes to make mold changes from three minutes per cavity t...

Simulate the Real World Using Multiphysics

Simulate the Real World Using Multiphysics

Product behavior in the real world is influenced simultaneously by multiple domains of physics, making multiphysics analysis a growing necessity for computer-aided engineering (CAE). ...

NX Case Study: FUNCOSA

NX Case Study: FUNCOSA

The technical team at FUNCOSA works more accurately and rapidly using NX CAD. “We’re saving a lot of time using NX, and find it useful because it supports multiple design approaches,” says Víctor Fer...

Dealing with the Realities of Engineering in a Multi CAD World Webinar

Dealing with the Realities of Engineering in a Multi CAD World Webinar

As a CAE analyst, you probably deal with multiple CAD data sources on a daily basis, many times even on a single project. One of the main issues you face is the need to cleanup and de-feature im...

NX Case Study: Design Automation Associates, Inc.

NX Case Study: Design Automation Associates, Inc.

DAA redeemed itself with a key customer when it cut pre-processing time in half and reduced the mid-surfacing process by eleven hours, thus improving project turnaround time with NX CAE. ...

Siemens CAE & Test Symposium 2014 Event

Siemens CAE & Test Symposium 2014 Event

Join us for two days filled with cutting-edge information you won’t want to miss at the Siemens CAE & Test Symposium on October 22-23, 2014 aboard the Queen Mary in Long Beach, Calif ...

Achieve simulation-driven design faster with integrated 1D and 3D simulation

Achieve simulation-driven design faster with integrated 1D and 3D simulation

Simulation-driven design solves problems many engineers face in the automotive industry today. Vehicle complexity grows exponentially with consumer demand and government regulation for more fuel effi...

NX Quick Tips – NX9 Ribbon

NX Quick Tips – NX9 Ribbon

February 4, 2014

This post has been moved to the NX Design Knowledge Base.

NX Quick Tips – NX9 Ribbon

NX Quick Tips – NX9 Ribbon

February 4, 2014

NX Quick Tips – NX9 Ribbon

NX Quick Tips – NX9 Ribbon

February 4, 2014