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The Solid Edge Ecosystem Comes To Life

The Solid Edge Ecosystem Comes To Life

I’m  almost a month into my new job as the programs directory for the Velocity Technology Ecosystem.  It’s a fun ride but a bit like trying to compress an amusement park visit int…

How smaller manufacturing companies are taking control of their product data – Part 1: Getting control of product data

How smaller manufacturing companies are taking control of their product data – Part 1: Getting control of product data

I’m turning over the blog this week to my colleague Dave Chadwick (follow Dave on twitter @davidchadwick) who is launching a three-part series about taking control of product data. Dave works for Sie…

Solid Edge Tips & Tricks: CAM Express Face Milling Associativity

Solid Edge Tips & Tricks: CAM Express Face Milling Associativity

This week’s show brings back Jim Wright and CAM Express. Find out how tool paths created with ‘face selection’ in CAM Express automatically update after changes to your Solid Edge models, elimin…

Short chat with Bill Carrelli on the IDC Marketspace report

Short chat with Bill Carrelli on the IDC Marketspace report

I was finally able to corner Bill Carrelli today and ask him a few questions about the IDC Marketspace report.  Bill has worked with IDC for years, so I though his perspective on the report woul…

Chuck Grindstaff on Innovating Better Decisions in Product Development

Chuck Grindstaff on Innovating Better Decisions in Product Development

Our President Chuck Grindstaff presented at the Innovation Leadership Summit last week. “It doesn’t matter whether you are a aerospace company or a retail apparel company, you all have similar nee…

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Formed

Sustainable Apparel Coalition Formed

As discussed previously, the apparel industry continues to move toward designing and manufacturing apparel, footwear, and other merchandise in a more sustainable way:  The Growing Interest in Su…

Goodrich Aerospace CIO Steve Hagood on Global Enterprise Alignment

Goodrich Aerospace CIO Steve Hagood on Global Enterprise Alignment

Steve Hagood, VP and CIO of Goodrich Aerospace, presented at last week’s Innovation Leadership Summit. He is responsible for managing the company’s global enterprise IT organization. He noted: “In…

Solid Edge Tips & Tricks: Solid Edge Simulation, Mid Plane Surface

Solid Edge Tips & Tricks: Solid Edge Simulation, Mid Plane Surface

This week we’re back to Solid Edge for more Tips and Tricks. @burhop will be happy with this tip…Learn how to extract a mid plane surface in Solid Edge Simulation and use surface elements to simpli…

Fueling Innovation

Fueling Innovation

Mathias Boehmisch, manager of design services and configurationmanagement at the Automotive Fuel Cell Cooperation (AFCC), attended last week’s Innovation Leadership Summit. As the fuel center of exce…