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Welcoming Mark Subramaniam to our Blogsquad

Welcoming Mark Subramaniam to our Blogsquad

Up until now, our esteemed bloggers Mark Burhop and Al Robertson were the lone CAE voices on this blog. They’ve blogged about the finer side of finite element analysis and impressed us with terms lik…

Seasons Greetings and a Chat With Chuck Podcast

Seasons Greetings and a Chat With Chuck Podcast

It’s a busy time of year but I wanted to take a few minutes to talk about some recent news and events. Here is a podcast Dora and I just recorded. In it, I discuss some recent news, customer insights…

Model Clipping Plane – Femap Tips and Tricks

Model Clipping Plane – Femap Tips and Tricks

See how you can use the model clipping plane in Femap to aid model visualization and comprehension. Alastair

Tecnomatix Update – Jack 7.1

Tecnomatix Update – Jack 7.1

Even with the advancement of automation technology, manual operations will always play a significant role in bringing product to market.  In fact, ergonomics will likely play an even greater rol…

Volvo Cars Leverages Tecnomatix for Expansion into China

Volvo Cars Leverages Tecnomatix for Expansion into China

This is a guest post from my colleague Zvika Weissman, Marketing Manager for Tecnomatix based in Israel. With the support of the Volvo PLM project team, and the Siemens PLM Sweden team, I hav…

Creating High Resolution Screen Shots – Femap Tips and Tricks

Creating High Resolution Screen Shots – Femap Tips and Tricks

See how you can create high resolution screen shot images for reports in Femap using the Preferences Views dialog. Alastair

Microsoft Kinect for Windows with Jack

Microsoft Kinect for Windows with Jack

This is a guest post from my colleague Abhijit Dastidar, Marketing Manager for Tecnomatix. I know you all are familiar with Microsoft Kinect for Windows and how its full body tracking system allow…

Local Motors launches Solid Edge Design1

Local Motors launches Solid Edge Design1

In our last post about the SEMA show and Local Motors, Mark Burhop alluded that Local Motors will be providing tools to the community to help the members working in areas of design, engineering and f…

Analyzing structures in accordance with design standards

Analyzing structures in accordance with design standards

Returning to the subject of safety for structures such as cranes, bridges and buildings (see my previous Designing for Safety blog), one of our partners Femto Engineering has created a program to hel…