We Have Made Contact!

We Have Made Contact!

I think most of you know my real job is working with FEA and Solid Edge Simulation. One of the questions I sometimes get is about modeling contact between assemblies. For Linear static problems, Sol…

What is Cloud Computing?

What is Cloud Computing?

Created by Sam Johnston from Wikipedia There are quite a few CAD people talking about cloud computing in 2010. It’s a term that has been extremely overused (kind of like “social media” ) so I thou…

So You Want To Make CAD Software

So You Want To Make CAD Software

I had a talk with one of our software developers the other day asking what it is like to work on CAD software. You might think this was over coffee in the break room but really, we were separated by …

Does your company need integrated FEA? Last chance to try it for Free!

Does your company need integrated FEA? Last chance to try it for Free!

I just thought I’d send out a reminder to the Solid Edge customers to let them know there is not much time left to try Solid Edge Simulation for free. You don’t even have to call anyone, just install…

The CAD Wave

The CAD Wave

The buzz in the social media scene the last couple weeks has been Google Wave. This is a new technology coming out from Google that essentially reinvents email. Whether this is the best thing since e…

Solid Edge User at Huntsville Solid Edge HQ

Solid Edge User at Huntsville Solid Edge HQ

2:50 People arriving. Bill McClure Velocity Vice president talking with Solid Edge users: 3:00 we just started with Dave Ault thanking everyone one for getting together. Dave also …

Ready to Roll – Meeting the customers at the Solid Edge Building

Ready to Roll – Meeting the customers at the Solid Edge Building

A little later today we have a bunch of designers and engineers heading over to talk about our product. I made a quick trip down stairs and it looks like we are ready to roll. I’ll be b…

User Meeting at Solid Edge HQ

User Meeting at Solid Edge HQ

If you missed the meeting, here is what happened. For those of you living within driving distance of Velocity head quarters in Huntsville, Alabama, there will be a Solid Edge user m…

What’s going on with Siemens PLM Community Forums?

What’s going on with Siemens PLM Community Forums?

I headed over to the Solid Edge newgroup the other day and saw a post titled, “This is freaking awesome” in reference to a new way to access the news groups that are available to all the NX, Teamcent…