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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…

Employee Interview: Ashley Eckhoff & Electronic Origami

Employee Interview: Ashley Eckhoff & Electronic Origami

image via Origamiancy on Flickr At PLM Connection two months ago, a customer of ours asked me if I knew Ashley Eckhoff, who works in the same building I do, just on a different floor. I did not bu…

Winter Simulation Conference 2009

Winter Simulation Conference 2009

Many of you probably use or consume Procter & Gamble (P&G) products in some fashion almost every day. I certainly do, at least when I shave anyway. But it wasn’t until I thought about the fac…

Giving Thanks, Making a Twitter List and Checking it Twice

Giving Thanks, Making a Twitter List and Checking it Twice

Since the U.S. is on Thanksgiving holiday the next two days, I wanted to do a quick thank you post. First, I want to thank our team of bloggers here. Blogging is something they fit into their work in…

Virtual Commissioning of Manufacturing Lines

Virtual Commissioning of Manufacturing Lines

Did you ever think about how a whole manufacturing line is set up on the shop floor? And wonder why it is running smoothly and at an optimum in regards to throughput, reliability, flexibility, safety…

PLM & Sand Art at PLM Connection Greater China

PLM & Sand Art at PLM Connection Greater China

My colleague Branco Liu sent me some highlights from our recent PLM Connection Greater China event. Here is a pretty cool video of a sand art artist. At the end of the video, the artist spells out in…

Designing and Optimizing Factories

Designing and Optimizing Factories

The Plant Simulation User Conference 2009 was a very interesting conference with 110 customers participating and 10 of them presenting the usage and success they achieve with Plant Simulation. Additi…

Solid Edge Tips & Tricks – Path Navigation in Solid Edge

Solid Edge Tips & Tricks – Path Navigation in Solid Edge

These shortcuts speed up navigating directory structures directly from the Solid Edge & file open dialogue. Note: The video above is pulled from YouTube. If you subscribe to Siemens PLM …

Tecnomatix Plant Simulation User Conference

Tecnomatix Plant Simulation User Conference

On Tuesday, the Plant Simulation User Conference in Stuttgart, Germany will start. I will share details from the conference here on the blog and on Twitter. It will be a very interesting conference w…