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Embedded Software

The harpist

My wife an I enjoy seeing live music [and theater actually] and have a very broad taste in the type...

NX Manufacturing

New Tech Tip showcases new NX CAM 9 milling enhancements

A new Tech Tips has been posted to the Tech Tip knowledge base showcasing several new enhancements to NX CAM 9. Oliver Sing demonstrates the new multi-part programming workflow. This demo ...

Simulating the Real World

Heat Your Home Office for 8p (10cents) a Day. Part 3 - It Takes Time

Dylan in his original YouTube video made the point that the tea lights only burn for about 4 hours and...

Solid Edge

Happy Thanksgiving

Sentimentality doesn't often fly on a professional and technical blog, but in the end, behind the other concerns, Thanksgiving is one holiday that everybody has a stake in. I want to take this opport...

NX Manufacturing

Description Field Enhancement in NX9 CAM

In each release of NX, there are always enhancements that are overlooked and underappreciated.  I think the enhancements made to Notes and Description fields in NX9 CAM fit into this category. ...

NX Design

NX 9 - Product Interface

In NX 9, you can use the Product Interface command to specify geometry and expressions in your part that should be used as references. A part file often has many geometric objects and expr...

Embedded Software

Hypervisor applications

I recently discussed hypervisor technology and how it is being applied in embedded systems. This coincided with Mentor Embedded’s announcement...

Electronic Systems Design

Do Your Designs Have Many Constraints?

John McMillan just delivered the latest in the PADS “Dig Deeper” webinar series, and it’s available on demand here. The...

Solid Edge

Secondary Sheet Metal Features: Dimple, Drawn Cutout and Bead

The last sheet metal features we talked about were the Gusset and Louver. These are features that don’t require sketches. The ones we’re going to talk about today are the Dimple and the Drawn Cutout,...