Digital Sketching and the Engineering Notebook
You didn't think we were done talking about engineering notebooks, did you. In all seriousness, I have talked about this subject a couple times fairly rec...
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The Second Incarnation of MSC Software's SimManager
A few weeks ago, I published a post titled The Misnomer of Simulation Lifecycle Management to kick off a longer and deeper look at the current state of the...
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I will never forget my first exposure to 3D visualization. It was back in 1996 or so.
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Over the past year, CAD has seen some major changes. We went from incremental improvements spread across suites of CAD applications to new ways of modelin...
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Sometimes, it's interesting to sit back and look at how much things have changed. Lots of commonly held perceptions about engineering has changed over tim...
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Well, looks like we've got PLM systems coming out of the woodwork nowadays. We had Autodesk launch PLM360.
Read more arrow_forwardDigital Notebooks for Engineering?
A little more than a month ago, I published a post titled The Forlorn Engineering Notebook . My point in it was that while certain activities in engineeri...
Read more arrow_forwardA Look at Dassault Systèmes' SIMULIA SLM
Earlier this week, I published a post titled The Misnomer of Simulation Lifecycle Management. There I covered some definitions of both Simulation Data Man...
Read more arrow_forwardNX Simulation - One Model to Rule Them All
When you start looking at simulation software tools, you quickly realize that there is a lot there. There are tools for preprocessing.
Read more arrow_forwardWhat Wasn't Said at SolidWorks World 2012
A few weeks ago, I attended the spectacle that is SolidWorks World in San Diego. It was an impressive event with over 5,500 attendees.
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Well, looks like Mike Payne is at it again. The man that's notable for starting a good number of CAD companies, including PTC, Solidworks and Spaceclaim,...
Read more arrow_forwardThe Misnomer of Simulation Lifecycle Management
It doesn't seem like it was that long ago when we started hearing about Simulation Lifecycle Management (SLM). But blink your eyes and its five years late...
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It's funny. It seems that unresolved debates come back in vogue like retro clothes.
Read more arrow_forwardThe Forlorn Engineering Notebook
I'll never forget the first time I went to go see a real engineer work. During the summer between my sophomore and junior years in college, I worked for a...
Read more arrow_forwardKnovel - Modernizing the Engineering Library
When it comes to enabling technology, it seems as if all the talk is about CAD, CAE, PDM and PLM. Just based on that, you might think that all engineers d...
Read more arrow_forwardTurning a Blind Eye to the Creativity in Engineering
A few months ago, I wrote a post here at engineering-matters that talked to multiple intelligences and how they relate to the engineering field . That top...
Read more arrow_forwardLet's Play A Guessing Game - Who's this Engineer?
Here at engineering-matters, we've taken on some serious topics. And rightfully so.
Read more arrow_forwardThe Devil Must Be Cold - Autodesk Launches PLM Product Nexus
I remember the day Carl Bass went on his "rant. " While what Carl was saying was eyebrow-raising, I distinctly recall finding the reactions of those around...
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Curious question, right. For those that are in engineering and have been exposed to the development of various types of products, you might have pondered...
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If you've been following the engineering-matters blog for a while, you know I've written a good bit about CAD over the past year or so. And why not.
Read more arrow_forwardThe Pitfalls of Multi-Disciplinary Simulations - Divergent Model Abstractions
For the past few years, most of the simulation and analysis industry has been abuzz concerning multi-disciplinary (MD) simulations, and rightly so. MD ana...
Read more arrow_forwardMultiple Intelligences and the Engineer
Have you ever heard someone describe intelligence in different ways. I remember while growing up, someone might be called 'book smart' if they were good a...
Read more arrow_forwardThe Impact of Reshoring Momentum on Engineering
I remember when the initial trends towards offshoring started. Manufacturers were exploring and pursuing it behind the scenes because, as you might imagin...
Read more arrow_forwardCAD Standardization - Approaching An Obsolete Practice?
I remember back when I came into the industry, back in 1995, CAD standardizations ruled. OEMs at the top of design chains carried huge power in selecting...
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