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Mobility expanding to CAD designers

Mobility expanding to CAD designers

Mobile devices have been used for many years in manufacturing industry and have been used for a wide variety of applications. Recent research by IHS Technology (summarized in the attached infogr…

Next Generation Manufacturing: Production Systems that Think

Next Generation Manufacturing: Production Systems that Think

Robert Meshel, Senior Strategist, Digital Factory, Manufacturing Engineering Software, Siemens PLM Software. By Zvi Feuer, Senior Vice President, Digital Factory, Manufacturing Engineering…

Femap Symposium Series 2015

Femap Symposium Series 2015

We’re taking a new approach with the Femap Symposium this year and instead of a single event, we’re planning multiple events – the Femap Symposium Series 2015 – across the country over the next f…

Momentum in the automotive industry. An Infographic

Momentum in the automotive industry. An Infographic

The global automotive industry is in a significant growth phase in innovation. Globally the auto industry spends nearly $100 billion on R&D, which is 16% of total worldwide R&D funding for al…

Top 5 Simulation Issues NX CAE Addresses

Top 5 Simulation Issues NX CAE Addresses

Simulation is critical to product development, and more companies are starting to sit up and take notice. You can lower costs, save time, and improve the life and durability of your products all by u…

Major CAD Overhaul: Why Daimler Made the Switch to NX

Major CAD Overhaul: Why Daimler Made the Switch to NX

Changing CAD systems is a huge undertaking for a company of Daimler’s magnitude. It’s not every day an OEM with more than 6,000 users migrates to a new CAD solution, and there are plenty of risks inv…

Using multi-CAD data for product development

Using multi-CAD data for product development

Even smaller manufacturers are using multi-CAD data for product development Our recent survey of 150 designers and engineering managers at small and medium size manufacturing companies showed t…

Mobile apps for designers and engineers

Mobile apps for designers and engineers

Mobile apps can have a big impact on the productivity of maintenance engineers working across large manufacturing sites The increasing availability of mobile apps for design and manufacturing s…

Engineering is the key to realizing striking architectural designs

Engineering is the key to realizing striking architectural designs

Founded twenty-five years ago, Octatube is a Dutch engineering and manufacturing company that works closely with architects to help them realize their ideas. The challenges in developing new stru…