Mark Burhop
Micro-blogging for CAD Designers and Engineers – Part I

Micro-blogging for CAD Designers and Engineers – Part I

November 23, 2008

I was watching CNN the other day and saw one of the reporters had a twitter address. If you watch the news, you may have seen a story or two about micro-blogging. It’s a technology somewhere between…

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Showing the Ribbon Who is Boss

Showing the Ribbon Who is Boss

October 27, 2008

I’ve heard from a number of Solid Edge users wanting a more optimized environment. The Ribbon bar is useful for “full disclosure” of the functionality but many advanced users often want a larger grap…

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Providing Input

Providing Input

September 30, 2008

In my last blog I talked about the different inputs that go into defining the content of Solid Edge. One of the more important inputs comes from those people using it every day. Do something right a…

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Getting Input

Getting Input

September 28, 2008

When one of my friends asks me what I do at Siemens and I know they have seen the movie Office Space, I’ll say, “I take the specifications from the customer and bring them to the software engineers”…

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Planning for the Future

Planning for the Future

September 21, 2008

I’ve been a bit slow blogging lately. While you might think that the time right after the release of Solid Edge ST would be quiet and stress free, it’s actually crunch time for product planners. …

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Releasing Solid Edge ST

Releasing Solid Edge ST

September 1, 2008

Hopefully you have heard the news that Solid Edge ST has been released. If not, you can read about it here. If you talk to me or some of my friends on the inside, you will probably hear this …

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Elvis Has Left the Building

Elvis Has Left the Building

August 25, 2008

Someone here started calling Solid Edge ST “Elvis”. I got an email last week that “Elvis has left the building”, referring to the release of our new product to manufacturing. Solid Edge ST do…

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Practical Social Media for Engineers and Designers

Practical Social Media for Engineers and Designers

August 10, 2008

According to Wikipedia, “Social media is an umbrella term that defines the various activities that integrate technology, social interaction, and the construction of words, pictures, videos and audio….

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Engineering in Second Life

Engineering in Second Life

July 20, 2008

  In my last blog, I gave an introduction to virtual worlds. If you are interested in Virtual Worlds for engineering, I thought I’d share some information on an upcoming event and some …

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