Building on their extensive Capital product capabilities for the design, manufacture, and service of electrical/electronic (E/E) systems Siemens‘ acquisition of Radica Software Sdn. Bhd., based in Ipoh, Malaysia expands its Capital™ E/E systems software portfolio. This new cloud-based E/E solution named Electra™ X brings a modern, browser-based electrical design SaaS solution to SMB and individual electrical designers with the mobility, …

September 29, 2022
Boosting Mechanical Design Team Productivity with CAD Solutions
Executives are focused on boosting the productivity of mechanical design engineers, and rightfully so. Engineers persevere through a challenging workload in the face of shrinking timelines and increasingly complex products. As a result, morale and work quality can suffer. However, organizations that harness new capabilities in CAD solutions can boost mechanical design team productivity.
Manufacturers are under more pressure than ever to design innovative products. These products incorporate more electronic and software components. In a modern world, this means they are subject to increasingly stringent, requirements. The result? Added complexity for the design process; more complexity means more difficulty.
Engineers rely on their mechanical CAD solutions to create innovative product designs. And solution providers are constantly updating their offerings with new features and additional modeling capabilities to improve user productivity. To tap this new functionality, however, existing CAD users have to get up to speed on the latest version quickly. But a number of common challenges stand in their …
CAD software providers release new features constantly. These features improve the productivity of engineers and designers. Nevertheless, companies often delay upgrading to the latest release of their CAD software, according to findings from Lifecycle Insights’ CAD Productivity Study. One reason for this is that companies have to spend capital to train CAD users on new features. Additionally, engineers have to …

September 15, 2022
Can AI Be Used to Create PCB Designs?
CELUS GmbH, a deep tech software company based in Munich, Germany says “yes!” and has developed an engineering platform to do just that. How?