{"id":3668,"date":"2018-06-27T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-06-28T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.plm.automation.siemens.com\/t5\/Simcenter-Blog\/Stay-Updated-Not-Outdated\/ba-p\/501548"},"modified":"2026-03-26T05:55:16","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T09:55:16","slug":"stay-updated-not-outdated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/simcenter\/stay-updated-not-outdated\/","title":{"rendered":"Stay Updated Not Outdated"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><SPAN>It\u2019s a Monday morning and y<\/SPAN><SPAN>ou are riding the struggle bus as you get ready for<\/SPAN><SPAN> your day job. <\/SPAN><SPAN>You<\/SPAN><SPAN> decide<\/SPAN><SPAN> you <\/SPAN><SPAN>want to pick up<\/SPAN> <SPAN>a <\/SPAN><SPAN>coffee <\/SPAN><SPAN>from your favorite coffee shop<\/SPAN>&nbsp;<SPAN>to get you through the morning. You have one of two options:&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n<p><OL><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN>Walk in and risk standing in the long tedious line, possibly making you late to work<\/SPAN><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<LI><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><SPAN>&nbsp;Order online using their mobile app and skip the line<\/SPAN><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/LI><br \/>\n<\/OL><br \/>\n<P><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">I think the choice is pretty simple here.<span class=\"lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-right\" style=\"width: 400px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/GettyImages-505376538-1.jpg\" alt=\"GettyImages-505376538.jpg\" title=\"GettyImages-505376538.jpg\" \/><\/span><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335551550&quot;:2,&quot;335551620&quot;:2,&quot;335559685&quot;:360,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN>Your local coffee shop&nbsp;keeps up to <\/SPAN><SPAN>date with the<\/SPAN><SPAN> l<\/SPAN><SPAN>atest <\/SPAN><SPAN>technolog<\/SPAN><SPAN>ical<\/SPAN> <SPAN>trends allowing them to<\/SPAN><SPAN> make the bari<\/SPAN><SPAN>s<\/SPAN><SPAN>t<\/SPAN><SPAN>a<\/SPAN><SPAN>s&#8217;<\/SPAN> <SPAN>l<\/SPAN><SPAN>ive<\/SPAN><SPAN>s<\/SPAN><SPAN> much easier and overall improv<\/SPAN><SPAN>e<\/SPAN><SPAN> business operations.&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P>If&nbsp;the coffee shop&nbsp;can improve their business operations to make their baristas happier, then why don&#8217;t engineering companies do the same for their CAE analysts?<\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><SPAN>CAE <\/SPAN><SPAN>analysts<\/SPAN><SPAN> spend a tremendous amount of time working on individual&nbsp;<\/SPAN>simulation <SPAN>task<\/SPAN><SPAN>, <\/SPAN><SPAN>which limits their ability to work on other simulations<\/SPAN><SPAN>. This extends the product development cycle time frame, increasing costs for the company.<\/SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp; When it comes to structural analysis though,<\/SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN>engineering companies should take advantage of the <\/SPAN><SPAN>continuous p<\/SPAN><SPAN>erformance<\/SPAN> <SPAN>improvements<\/SPAN><SPAN> we have implemented in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.plm.automation.siemens.com\/global\/en\/products\/simcenter\/nx-nastran.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">NX Nastran<\/A>.<\/SPAN><SPAN>&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN>U<\/SPAN><SPAN>pgrading to NX Nastran\u2019s latest <\/SPAN><SPAN>version<\/SPAN> <SPAN>will significantly help CAE engineers with their&nbsp;productivity.&nbsp;<\/SPAN><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><SPAN>Below is a graph representing the improvement in speed based on the old software vs the new.<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><span class=\"lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-center\" style=\"width: 666px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sw.siemens.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2019\/09\/AttB5B8.tmp_-1.jpg\" alt=\"AttB5B8.tmp.jpg\" title=\"AttB5B8.tmp.jpg\" \/><span class=\"lia-inline-image-caption\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault();\">Using NX Nastran 11 on modern hardware provided a 5.4X speed improvement when solving the smaller model vs. using NX Nastran 9 on the three-year-old workstation.<\/span><\/span><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><SPAN>As you can see, the latest version of NX Nastran helps ensure simulations run faster and allows CAE analysts tackle more analyses; and w<\/SPAN><SPAN>ith each new version comes a more efficient workflow. Last fall we released NX Nastran 12&nbsp;further&nbsp;improving the solver performance.<\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><\/P><br \/>\n<P><SPAN>For more depth on these performance <\/SPAN><SPAN>improv<\/SPAN><SPAN>e<\/SPAN><SPAN>ments<\/SPAN><SPAN>, check out th<\/SPAN><SPAN>e<\/SPAN><SPAN> article <\/SPAN><SPAN>from Desktop Engineering <\/SPAN><SPAN>belo<\/SPAN><SPAN>w<\/SPAN><SPAN>!<\/SPAN><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\">&nbsp;<\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n<p><P><SPAN data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:259}\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.digitaleng.news\/de\/analysts-can-work-faster-better\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.digitaleng.news\/de\/analysts-can-work-faster-better\/<\/A><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s a Monday morning and y  ou are riding the struggle bus as you get ready for   your day job.   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