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CAMWorks on the job training: – by Michael Buchli

September 24, 2013

[editor]: This article was guest written by Michael Buchli, author of The CAMWorks Guide. Michael has worked for CAD resellers, but is now working in industry. Thanks to Michael for submitting this a…

By MLombard
6 MIN READ
Why you should consider using Simulation

Why you should consider using Simulation

September 23, 2013

Virtual testing
If you are involved in the manufacture and testing of prototypes, then you know just how costly and time consuming this method of design verification can be. Finite element analysis…

By AlRobertson
2 MIN READ

Data Migration Tools

September 19, 2013

The next series of blog articles that I’m putting together is again based on a request, and again, something that sounds simple on paper turns into a bigger project when you see it in the light of da…

By MLombard
4 MIN READ

New Whitepaper: Solid Edge customers give their views on SharePoint based design management

September 19, 2013

A new whitepaper from independent research firm Tech-Clarity shows how Solid Edge users are using SharePoint based design management software to get control of their CAD files and related documents. …

By DavidChadwick
< 1 MIN READ

Colors in Solid Edge

September 18, 2013

A couple of weeks ago I asked for some suggestions for blog article topics on the forum. One of the topics suggested was “adding/creating visual styles/textures”. That’s a bit of a softball topic aft…

By MLombard
8 MIN READ

Geometric DFX now supporting Solid Edge

September 16, 2013

I had an interesting demo from the Geometric DFX folks.  I did a post on the Siemens PLM corporate blog  that gives a high level view but thought I’d share some of the details here.
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By burhop
2 MIN READ

Just how did NURBS come to be? – by Dr. Ken Versprille

September 16, 2013

[editor]: Sometimes its easy to forget that the fathers of modern CAD walk among us. We use the tools daily, and often fail to give credit to the handful of people who made all of this possible. I wa…

By MLombard
6 MIN READ

Why Would You Use Virtual Components? Part 2

September 12, 2013

I’ve re-written this article 3 or 4 times as my understanding of Virtual Components (VC) has evolved. If you really want to understand this functionality, I recommend you do the tutorial starting on …

By MLombard
7 MIN READ
CAMWorks for Solid Edge: Solid Edge for Manufacturing, Old Insulator Stack – by Dave Ault [video]

CAMWorks for Solid Edge: Solid Edge for Manufacturing, Old Insulator Stack – by Dave Ault [video]

September 11, 2013

[Editor: This blog post was written by Dave Ault of SolidEdging, and reprinted here by permission.]

Here is an obsolete Westinghouse part that still is in service with electric utilit…

By MLombard
3 MIN READ