To go forward, you must first look back… Figure 1- The metal awl from Tel Tsaf upon discovery. – Credit: PLOS ONE, doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0096882 In 2014, archaeologists working a site in I…
Creating fast, accurate flat patterns is the goal of any organization that manufactures products which contain sheet metal parts. NX Sheet Metal provides a set of tools within the NX design environme…
It was a sharply cold Illinois winter’s morning in 1989. I still remember it quite vividly. We turned into the parking lot at the Technical Center facility; an Englishman in the Midwest carpooling wi…
Patient matched cutting block for a knee replacement surgery. Created with Convergent Modeling technology in NX 11. Convergent Modeling™ marks the biggest change in computer-aided design since th…
NX 11.0.1 simplifies and shortens the design process. We will start off by discussing the new functionality in NX 11.0.1 for modeling, then we will move into annotation, discuss process and industry-…
In the rapidly transforming manufacturing industry, additive manufacturing (3D printing) is no longer just a prototyping tool. It is being used across industries such as Aerospace, Medical, Energy an…
Solid modeling or surface modeling… this choice has plagued CAD designers and engineers since the dawn of 3D CAD software. Solid modeling was the preferred option for engineering, due to its mathemat…
Now it’s easier than ever to manage NX designs and data using PLM embedded within NX! You can capture, control and share data in a highly secure Teamcenter product lifecycle management (PLM) env…
As I write this, I’m flying back to my home planet on a 12-hour shuttle after spending a week in a spaceship. Now, I am not talking about a small space capsule, but rather a 300,000 m 2 complex…
