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Femap Tips & Tricks: Coincident Node Move Only Option

Femap Tips & Tricks: Coincident Node Move Only Option

Sometimes you may need to set up a model to have a set of coincident nodes which can be connected together using spring or gap elements. To help prepare such a model, Femap includes a method of movin…

Podcast with CEO Chuck Grindstaff

Podcast with CEO Chuck Grindstaff

Here is the latest podcast in my Chat with Chuck series. Chuck Grindstaff is president and CEO of Siemens PLM Software. This time we cover: new employee growth new inventions like mass…

How to Design a High-Speed Ferry that Carries its Own Weight in Payload (Reprise)

How to Design a High-Speed Ferry that Carries its Own Weight in Payload (Reprise)

A couple of years ago I blogged about the Revolution Design case study (SPLM blog: 1/5/11). Last year I had the chance to travel to Hobart, visit the company and interview Gary Davidson, Senior Direc…

Local Motors – The Flip!

Local Motors – The Flip!

I just caught this video from our friends at Local Motors. I guess you could say they rolled it but it is maybe more extreme than that 🙂 You have got to love good engineering: http://www.yout…

Femap Symposium 2013

Femap Symposium 2013

Calling all Femap users… later in the year we’re planning a Femap Symposium in Cincinnati, Ohio, and we’re very pleased to announce that registration for this event is now open. So mark the date – Ju…

Issue Management and CAPA on Teamcenter

Issue Management and CAPA on Teamcenter

Every day, manufacturers across the globe leverage the power and value of Siemens PLM Software to make smarter decisions for new product development and launch operations.  A critical component …

Femap Tips & Tricks: Geometry and Mesh Associativity

Femap Tips & Tricks: Geometry and Mesh Associativity

With Femap you can import CAD and FEA models from a wide variety of sources allowing you to transfer modeling data over from other platforms. However, the independent import paths for the CAD and FEA…

Try Tecnomatix Plant Simulation and RobotExpert free for 30-days

Try Tecnomatix Plant Simulation and RobotExpert free for 30-days

What’s the best way to decide whether a product is right for you? An offer to try the product for free can help a long way in making an informed buying decision. That’s why we see companies from acro…

Student Engineers Plug In To EcoCAR2 Winter Workshop

Student Engineers Plug In To EcoCAR2 Winter Workshop

Last week we gave shout out for Kid Inventor Day. Today let’s give a shout out to all those student inventors back at school and back at work on real-world design challenges. I especially want to rec…