Social Networking Meetup

Social Networking Meetup

It is the Sunday before the start of PLM Connection First on the list is a social meetup for those of us “online” folks. We’ve agreed to use #plmconx for any tags (twitter, flickr, etc.). We got a mi…

Solid Edge Simulation at PLM World

Solid Edge Simulation at PLM World

At this moment, I’m finishing up some Power Point presentations and demos for Siemens PLM Connection. As I mentioned the other day, I’m the product manager for Solid Edge Simulation and am a bit exc…

Finally

Finally

  Finally! Yesterday we started releasing information on the new Solid Edge ST2. Siemens PLM likes to coordinate the release of new information so I’ve needed to keep quiet about th…

There is Life after Facebook – Why You should be Ready for the Web’s Next Revolution

There is Life after Facebook – Why You should be Ready for the Web’s Next Revolution

I stole this title from an internal publication that goes out to Siemens employees. We (Siemens) has a number of research activities going on related to what might be called “Immersive Internet”, Web…

Huntsville, Alabama – The Home of Solid Edge

Huntsville, Alabama – The Home of Solid Edge

View Larger Map Huntsville, Alabama is often called “Rocket City”. It has a fascinating history of hi-tech work in NASA and the space industry. It hosts Cummings Research Park, the 2nd Large…

Time to Make The CAD Software

Time to Make The CAD Software

Do any of you remember the old commercials, “Time to make the donuts”? One early morning I twittered “Time to make the CAD software” and it seemed like it might be a good topic. Most companies have…

Traditional Versus Synchronous

Traditional Versus Synchronous

There continues to be a lot of discussion on merits of history free (Synchronous technology for Siemens PLM products) versus traditional history based modeling. There are many points at which you can…

They said what?  Getting Good Information

They said what?  Getting Good Information

Over the holidays, I made it a point to visit a few CAD sites.  While I’ve always been a lurker on Eng-Tips, I created an account this time.  Thanks to Franco Folini’s Novedge site, I found…

Micro-blogging for CAD Designers and Engineers – Part II

Micro-blogging for CAD Designers and Engineers – Part II

Micro-blogging is useful for some business situations but Twitter is not always the best tool. Many of us need more secrecy, less noise or simply don’t have a need or desire to follow what people are…