Dec 17, 2012 | Hot Topics
A couple of quick notes to start your week. The world of engineering software certainly isn’t letting winter weather slow it down! AVEVA acquires Global Majic AVEVA added Global Majic’s real-time interactive 3D visualization and simulation scene...
Oct 10, 2012 | Hot Topics
Last week, I mused that acquisitions in the engineering software world are coming fast and furious — and, today, we need to add at least two more to the list. On Monday, Siemens PLM announced that it has acquired the French company Kineo CAM, whose...
Sep 25, 2012 | Hot Topics
Get this: we’re using Teamcenter to visualize a car, trying to assess the impact of a design change. First, we zoom in on the components that are in a specific area a foot forward of the steering wheel. Then we shift from a location-based view to a system view,...
Sep 11, 2012 | Hot Topics
Once again, news is flowing faster than normal human beings can keep up. More on each of these as time permits, but for now: Autodesk finally took the wraps off its Simulation 360 offering, which lets customers run flow, thermal, and stress analysis in the cloud with...Jun 18, 2012 | Hot Topics
Overheard last week at Solid Edge University: Customer: ‘This is the best assembly environment I’ve seen.’ Solid Edge guy: ‘Here’s what we’re doing to make it better.’ A lot of similar conversations took place last week at...Apr 20, 2012 | Hot Topics
Sometimes the universe just whacks you on the head and says “Pay attention!”. I was at SolidWorks World back in February, having lunch with a guy who designs robots that paint cars, cabinets, furniture – anything that moves slowly down a conveyor...
