Products

NX Calendar image of the month

December 16, 2013

Each month, Siemens PLM shares a customer-created image from a wide array of industries around the globe. This month, congratulations go to LSMtron whose NX image is featured in the ca...

By JerrySarfati

Why Don't You Use Synchronous?

December 16, 2013

Usually I write articles trying to answer a question, or trying to advocate for a certain point of view. But this time is different. The main thrust of this entree is to ask you, meaning Solid Edge u...

If You Enjoy the Taste of Beer - Thank Plant Simulation

December 13, 2013

Can PLM tools be used to brew beer? Yes, it can! Especially, when the tool used is Plant Simulation. Check the article published by ARC that talks about how a famous German brewery, Paulaner...

By abhidastidar

Imported Parts and Drawings

December 13, 2013

There are a lot of things I could call this article, but at its root it has to do with imported parts and drawings. The main feature I'm going to use is called Create 3D, which is perhaps a name that...

“Made in America”is making its way back

December 11, 2013

A recent study by the Boston Consulting Group says that the majority of large manufacturers are now planning or considering ‘Reshoring’ from China to the U.S. Just a few years ago, it wasn't u...

By JerrySarfati

Ford Pilots IntoSite to Virtually Navigate Factories and Enhance Global Manufacturing Collaboration

December 11, 2013

From the press release: IntoSite, developed by Siemens using Google Earth infrastructure, is a cloud-based web application that allows users to share information within the virtual plants. ...

Variables

December 11, 2013

Variables in Solid Edge are intuitively easy to use. As a former SolidWorks guy, Solid Edge Variables simplify things immensely (link values, equations, global variables, variables, etc in SW) and at...

Are you still running NX on Windows XP?

December 09, 2013

If you are still running NX on Windows XP, you should read my blog article on the main Siemens Blog. Now is the time to act. Jerry

By JerrySarfati

Time to Start Thinking About SEU14

December 09, 2013

Solid Edge University is coming up quickly, and it's a couple of weeks earlier than last year. It will probably also be bigger than last year. Being in Atlanta should make it easier for people to get...