Embedded CAM solution for Solid Edge continues to expand

Embedded CAM solution for Solid Edge continues to expand

Defining machining operations for mill-turn machines now available in CAMWorks for Solid Edge One of the most exciting announcements at last year’s Solid Edge University event was the introduct…

New world-class rendering capabilities from KeyShot included with Solid Edge ST7

New world-class rendering capabilities from KeyShot included with Solid Edge ST7

Greenpower challenge electric car image created using KeyShot One of the major announcements at SEU14 was the addition of new, built-in rendering capabilities in Solid Edge ST7, provided b…

GrabCAD demonstrates cloud based collaboration for engineers at SEU14, selects Parasolid

GrabCAD demonstrates cloud based collaboration for engineers at SEU14, selects Parasolid

Viewing a Solid Edge assembly in GrabCAD Workbench This morning at Solid Edge University 2014 we welcomed Hardi Meybaum, CEO of GrabCAD to the main stage where he commented on today’s anno…

Thoughts on SEU14: Michelle Boucher from Tech-Clarity

Thoughts on SEU14: Michelle Boucher from Tech-Clarity

After the keynote presentations on the first day of SEU14 I had the chance to talk with Michelle Boucher from industry analyst Tech-Clarity. We talked about the customer focus of Karsten Newbury’s ke…

Solid Edge users take center stage at SEU14

Solid Edge users take center stage at SEU14

In his keynote presentation this morning at SEU14, Karsten Newbury focused on the design accomplishments of our Solid Edge users. Karsten talked about how Solid Edge users are re-imagining what’…

Selecting the best hardware to enhance your design productivity

Selecting the best hardware to enhance your design productivity

Selecting the best hardware to enhance your design productivity can be tricky – its certainly harder than trying out new software. Free trials of many software solutions are easily available&nbs…

A brief history of manufacturing

A brief history of manufacturing

Well bicycle manufacturing anyway! – as myfirst job after graduating from college in 1983 was working as for T.I.Raleigh, a huge manufacturer of bicycles based in Nottingham in the U…

A brief history of data management

A brief history of data management

26 years ago I started my first job for a CAD company, Intergraph UK, who were just transitioning from offering a VAX based solution to a UNIX based solution. At that time Intergraph designed and bui…

Excellence in design leads to real business returns

Excellence in design leads to real business returns

I have been reading some new research from Motiv Strategies and the Design Management Institute that looks at the characteristics and performance of”design-centric” companies. The conclus…