Marathons and first responders – no PLM needed
You can't live in the Boston area without being aware of the Marathon. Packs of runners train on the course before the snow is gone, dodging cars and trying to avoid puddles of melted sludge. Streets are closed, snarling traffic and annoying drivers to no end. It's a...
Quickies: Hexagon, Bentley – oh, and Yale wins hockey crown
I'd normally be writing this week about COFES, the annual engineering software gathering in the Arizona desert, but I didn't attend this year. Shocking, right? Instead, I played hookey to watch the best collegiate athletes in the US play hockey. Every year the US...
Myanmar highlights infrastructure opportunity
A fascinating article caught my eye earlier this week; it perfectly sums up all that is wrong with our infrastructure and the significant benefits if only we could summon the will (and cash) to fix it. The country of Myanmar (formerly known as Burma) has suffered...
Open Like a Book: CAE
We are proud to announce that the following article written by Monica Schnitger appears in the April/May 2013 edition of Economic Engineering: Open Like a Book The roots of simulation software are in universities and government labs, where researchers developed tools...
Bentley & Siemens tie plant design & automation
Earlier today, at the Hannover Fair, Bentley Systems and Siemens Industry Automation Division announced an extension of their collaboration -- this time for the process industries. Last November, the two companies signed a memorandum of understanding to integrate...
Quickies: SolidWorks talks kernels, ANSYS acquires
There's never a dull moment, is there? Kernels and marketing 101 Earlier this week SolidWorks CEO Bertrand Sicot took to the company blog to talk about the future of the core SolidWorks product, add-on offerings and which kernel will be used where. You may recall that...
CD-adapco: physics, usability & performance
CAE user conferences, for me, are all about fighting to understand. I'm an engineer but not a scientist, so I'm usually OK in these very technical presentations until the equations start flying. Then I can easily veer off-track as I try to figure out what's important...
ExOne wants to displace traditional manufacturing
I discovered ExOne earlier this year, when I did a quick survey of the 3D printing universe for a client. ExOne's rapid prototyping machines use glass, sand and metals in a binder jetting process that (the company says) is faster and can make larger prototypes than...
Exa ends year on weak note, looks to growth in F2014
Exa Corporation reported lackluster results for the quarter that ended January 31, 2013, but says that business has already picked up, leading to optimism for fiscal 2014. CEO Steve Remondi told investors that the budget delays seen in FQ4 are largely behind them and...
Bentley ‘hits stride’ and $550m in revenue
Bentley Systems today gave a glimpse into how the company fared in 2012 and what it thinks 2013 will hold. Bentley is privately held so this disclosure is unusual but, as CEO Greg Bentley told us, his customers prefer a company without drama. It would appear that they...