In the post-pandemic era, companies must compensate for incurred losses and scope for new opportunities. Yet, they are reluctant to evolve from the traditional methods of conducting business that have been successful for them in the past—and equally as unwilling to bring on young, new employees who may want to do things differently. They must move past this fear, however. …
Creating accurate complex turbomachinery design simulations is easier than ever with the latest release of Simcenter 3D.
In engineering, it is very typical to go from digital to physical. Engineers create digital mockups of their ideas in a 3D CAD solution, then use those mockups to create physical products. Manufacturers do not often consider the reverse process, however. Physical products can be turned into valuable digital models, and 3D scanning allows engineers to do just that. Going …
January 28, 2022
PTC Moves Core Applications to Atlas: What’s the Big Deal?
PTC has announced that their core solutions are going to be migrated over to Atlas, the cloud-based platform that Onshape runs on. What are the implications? What are the opportunities? Well, we’re going to talk about that next. The Implications and Opportunities for PTC Okay, so let’s talk about what are the implications and opportunities for PTC as they move …
Product-centric and platform-modularity approaches are common methods used to develop products. For companies with only one product, the product-centric approach works well. However, manufacturers with a family of products utilize product line engineering for increased efficiency. Developing products with a platform-modularity approach brings a host of benefits. Introduction to a Platform-Modularity Approach For many companies, the days of manufacturing and …
January 13, 2022
The Impact of PTC’s CREO Moving to a Cloud-Based Platform
Over the past few years, PTC has gradually transitioned its offerings to an annual subscription format. As a result, the overwhelming majority of its customers have switched to this recurring revenue model. Now, PTC is hard at work moving its core products to Atlas, a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that was acquired as part of Onshape. PTC’s core CAD solution, Creo, …