It’s Pi Day – do some math!
Today is 3.14 -- shorthand for the mathematical constant π (aka pi), which you may remember as the ratio of a circle's circumference to its diameter. In college, friends could recite pi out to umpteen decimal places; I'm happy with 2. I didn't realize until last year...
Quickie: ESI’s revenue up 3% in fiscal 2019
ESI just reported revenue for the quarter and year ended 31 January -- and the news is good: Total revenue for the year was €139 million, up 3% as reported (up 4% in constant currencies, cc) For the year, license revenue was €110 million, up 4% as reported and...
Maritime slowwlllyyyy enters the 21st century
Many of you may know that I'm a naval architect by training and, despite a career more related to software than ships, I'm still part of a proud seafaring tradition. Building and operating ships is fascinating! And, lately, it's coming up more and more often in my...
Bentley invests in digital twins for water infrastructure
So much news .... Amidst a lot of earnings comes this, from Bentley Systems: Bentley today said that it has invested an undisclosed amount in Digital Water Works, a company that makes digital twin solutions for "smart wet infrastructure" (my quotes), to enable Bentley...
DS’ 2018 sets the stage for expansion in 2019
Dassault Systèmes announced results for Q4 and fiscal 2018 just as I was boarding a plane earlier this month, and I only had time to post a very quick recap of the highlights as I saw them then. This week brings us earnings from ANSYS (tonight/tomorrow morning), as...
Career management for CAD types
I absolutely love what Matt Lombard just wrote in his latest blog, https://dezignstuff.com/its-better-to-have-multiple-tools-available/. His main thesis is this: ... [T]here also comes a point where you need to diversify a little. That point has to come before you...
Hexagon adds Thermopylae to its geospatial biz
Another week, another acquisition: Hexagon says it will buy Thermopylae Sciences and Technology, a software provider of geospatial applications, mobile frameworks and cloud computing for enhanced location intelligence, primarily to the US government and other defense...
Webinars 2.0 – we’re not there yet
I tune into a lot of webinars, whether product announcements, investor updates or the occasional training session and, while things are much better since I first mused on the state of the art in 2008 and 2010 (here and here), it's time for a refresher on how to get...
Quickie: Schnitger Corp website changes
Always trying to make things better ... A while ago, web browsers started identifying unsafe websites, and put www.schnitgercorp.com in that category because we didn't have a valid SSL certificate. We got that sorted but the site was still deemed unsafe. Turns out the...
Wartsila using AR to collaborate & educate
Wartsila’s combo of Virtual Towing Tank and Dive Inspections works to simulate and explain the results, in one technological leap.