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NX Manufacturing

Tech Tip: Simulate any G-code with NX CAM's Machine Tool Simulation

G-code driven machine tool simulation inside NX CAM Whether you need to simulate G-code that was manually programmed, output from another CAM software system or from NX, you can do it insi...

Solid Edge

Multi-Bodies, Part 2: Managing and Manipulating

In the last post we talked about what kinds of things multi-body modeling (MBM) might be good for, on the conceptual level. In this post I want to talk more about some MBM facts - capabilities and to...

Embedded Software

How to live longer

If asked, most people would say that they would like to have a long life. Such statements are often qualified...

NX Manufacturing

The Evolution of Tool Path Design (Part 2)

In Part 1, I covered Zig and Zig-Zag tool paths.In Part 2, I take a look at Offset tool paths. To achieve complete cutting in odd-shaped areas, Offset tool paths were developed. ...

Simcenter

Femap Tips & Tricks: Solid Mesh with Beam Elements

Structures like reinforced concrete where steel rebar in encased in solid concrete can be represented by 1-D rod or beam elements for the rebar inside solid 3-D tet-elements for the concrete. When se...

Solid Edge

Why Do We Need Multi-Body Modeling?

  This is going to be a series of blog posts covering the topic of multi-body modeling (let’s call it MBM) in Solid Edge. It has taken me a while to get my head around this topic because it is...

NX Manufacturing

The Evolution of Tool Path Design (Part 1)

The primary purpose of modern Computer Aided Machining (CAM) programs is to create efficient tool paths for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machining. Since machining is a subtractive process, ...

Embedded Software

big.LITTLE

From time to time, a concept or some terminology pops up and suddenly everyone is talking about it. That is...

Verification Horizons

Part 10: The 2012 Wilson Research Group Functional Verification Study

Verification Techniques & Technologies Adoption Trends This blog is a continuation of a series of blogs that present the highlights...