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Mechatronic Management (Part 4) - Integrated System Engineering Aspects
This series of four posts looks at the management of items, data and bills of material for mechatronic products. It is split into mechanical aspects, elec...
Read more arrow_forwardPoint Solutions, Integrated Solutions and the Granularity Value Proposition
A few weeks ago, I published a software review post titled Actify Centro and Microsoft SharePoint: The 3D Mashup . In it I looked at one of Actify's new p...
Read more arrow_forwardKubotek's ECO Manager - A Usable Difference Report?
Kubotek does CAD stuff, right. Walking into the Kubotek offices out in Marlborough MA, that certainly was my impression.
Read more arrow_forwardChanging the PLM Landscape - PTC's Acquisition of MKS
A few weeks ago, while I was in Boston, I sat down with a couple old friends for lunch. We like to talk about what's happening in the industry and at one...
Read more arrow_forwardToday's 'Jacked-Up' Metrics for Engineering Productivity
How does your management team track the progress of engineering projects. I've been asking that question a lot lately.
Read more arrow_forwardVuuch 4.5 - Growing Up Before Our Eyes
It seemed like it wasn't that long ago when Vuuch, something hardly anyone understood, was launched. More than a year later, Vuuch is up to version 4.
Read more arrow_forwardAgile Development for Mechatronics Products?
"We don't have enough engineers. " That's was the takeaway headline, according to a Computerworld article , from Obama's speech back in the middle of June.
Read more arrow_forwardModeling with Creo - Diving into the Details
It seems like 2011 is bound to be the year of CAD. There are numerous updates by so many software providers in terms of introducing new capabilities to th...
Read more arrow_forwardDo 'In-the-Trenches' Engineering Managers Get More Respect?
Do you know of any engineering project that is overstaffed . Yes.
Read more arrow_forwardActify Centro and Microsoft Sharepoint - The 3D Mashup
It's no easy task being an engineer today. While designing a product you have to take into account a huge variety of information like costs, inventory, pr...
Read more arrow_forwardA Glimpse into Reshoring Engineering in the U.S.?
When it comes to sourcing in terms of engineering, it's interesting to watch the pendulum swing. Over the past decade, a lot of engineering work moved off...
Read more arrow_forwardZ Corporation - 3D Printing and the Engineering Office
This post reviews Z Corporation's 3D printers and their applicability for use within the engineering office and design prototyping....
Read more arrow_forwardST in NX - It's not about Direct Modeling
For me, today started like just about any other day. To get up to speed, I check my stream of tweets, LinkedIn updates and Facebook updates from people I'...
Read more arrow_forwardRapidform - Modernizing Reverse Engineering
Does it ever feel to you like there's a disconnect between the reality in engineering and what's most capturing the most buzz in the industry. Based on wh...
Read more arrow_forwardInventor Fusion - Direct Modeling the Autodesk Way
Direct Modeling. Seems like every other day there's another announcement about it from a software provider. Some time ago, Autodesk joined the fray when th...
Read more arrow_forwardSolidworks and Gräbert - The Promise of a New Engineering Tool?
Back in June 2010, Dassault Systèmes launched the beta version of DraftSight, which is actually developed by a german software provider called Gräbert. The...
Read more arrow_forwardMechatronics Management (Part 2) - Electrical Aspects
This series of four posts looks at the management of items, data and bills of material for mechatronic products. It is split into mechanical aspects, elec...
Read more arrow_forwardMechatronics Management (Part 1) - Mechanical Aspects
For the past three years, I've headed out to Phoenix AZ for the Congress on the Future of Engineering Software to talk with numerous providers and users of...
Read more arrow_forwardThe PLM Misnomer - What We Know It Isn't
Seems there's been a lot of buzz lately about what exactly PLM is. Jim Brown and I went back and forth in the comments of one of my posts. Jim also had a g...
Read more arrow_forwardThe Next Disruptive Wave for CAD Applications?
The last few years in CAD have been invigorating, haven't they? Most recently, there's been a scramble to get direct modeling functionality out in front of...
Read more arrow_forwardSiemens PLM and Synchronous Technology in Solid Edge
There certainly has been a lot going on in the CAD industry of late. It seems as if just about everyone has been talking about adding or integrating direc...
Read more arrow_forwardBreaking Down Autodesk's Vision for Simulation
Five years ago, if you asked which software providers had the strongest set of design and simulation capabilities, it's safe to say that Autodesk wouldn't...
Read more arrow_forwardSustainable Minds - Are Accurate and Early Lifecycle Assessments Truly Feasible?
Seems everyone is talking green products nowadays. But how can you tell if the talk is greenwashing or a product that is actually better for the environmen...
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