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NX 8.5 preview – Unite with region selection

NX 8.5 preview – Unite with region selection

Another new feature coming in NX8.5 is “Unite with Region Selection”.When uniting solid bodies that have overlapping, or excess material, you can use region selection to identify a coll…

Meet Future Engineer Lubov Voitova

Meet Future Engineer Lubov Voitova

Lubov Voitova won first place in our recent student design contest in Russia. She is a fifth year student of Belgorod Shukhov State Technological University. Lubov submitted this kinematics and dynam…

NX CAE Tips & Tricks – Usability Features

NX CAE Tips & Tricks – Usability Features

Usability is a major focus for NX CAE.  In our effort to put you, the analyst, in the driver’s seat, we are constantly enriching our front-end with intuitive, productivity enhancing features.&nb…

NX 8.5 Preview

NX 8.5 Preview

Siemens PLM software has previewed NX 8.5 at many user meetings around the world. In the next few weeks, I will begin blogging about some of the new and enhanced features in this release. While it…

Developing quality wind blades revolves around automation

Developing quality wind blades revolves around automation

If you ask wind turbine blade manufacturers what they are most concerned about, without hesitation they will answer “quality” and “time to market.” In fact, the vast majority of companies are firmly …

Why Mark Thompson Chose a Career in Engineering

Why Mark Thompson Chose a Career in Engineering

Why did Mark Thompson choose a career in the engineering and manfacturing industry? Because he’s a people person. Not all work in the this industry is done on the computer. Mark Thompson does a lot o…

Welcome Aaron Frankel to Our Blogsquad

Welcome Aaron Frankel to Our Blogsquad

Our newest member of the Blogsquad promises to bring an interesting perspective for all those interested in computer aided manufacturing (CAM). Aaron Frankel has 15 years of experience in the PLM …

NX CAE Tips & Tricks – Temperature Mapping

NX CAE Tips & Tricks – Temperature Mapping

Simulating real world systems or applications often requires an analyst to address multiple physical phenomena, simultaneously.  This is sometimes referred to as multiphysics or multidiscipline …

Resolve assembly no-build conditions with Teamcenter and Process Simulate

Resolve assembly no-build conditions with Teamcenter and Process Simulate

According to the Toyota production system – particularly the practice of Kaizen – states that if a problem occurs at the assembly line, each and every employee at the shop floor has the responsibilit…