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Mentor Graphics Reacts to CFD Comparison Charts Mentor Graphics Reacts to CFD Comparison Charts
By John Parry, Mentor Graphics John Parry, a CFD veteran at Mentor Graphics, responds to a comparison chart on CFD vendors compiled by a competitor.
Hot Topics in PLM Hot Topics in PLM
By Oleg Shilovitsky, PLM Think Tank Blog In this month’s installment Shilovitsky, discusses the differences between PLM and PDM, the importance of Excel in PLM and more.
Choosing the Best Materials for Machining Parts Choosing the Best Materials for Machining Parts
By Pro CNC This month's column focuses on available sizes and forms of raw material, and their related costs, as suggested by John Heed of Lockheed Martin.
Think Like a Hollywood Producer with Multi-Core Technology Think Like a Hollywood Producer with Multi-Core Technology
Adopt the idea of Parallel Thinking and employ parallel workflows that enable you to do CAD AND concurrently model and simulate your ideas.
Save Production Costs with Matched Mating Pairs Save Production Costs with Matched Mating Pairs
By Proto Labs In this month's tip from Proto Labs users learn how to save on production time and costs using matched pairs.
The Tragedy of Poor Part Design The Tragedy of Poor Part Design
By Pro CNC In this column users learn how to avoid the high costs of poorly designed parts.
Open PLM vs. Closed PLM Debates Open PLM vs. Closed PLM Debates
By Oleg Shilovitsky, PLM Think Tank Blog Oleg Shilovitsky continues tracking trends in PLM. This month includes discussions on open PLM and the Dassault Systemes Exalead acquisition.
What is Value? What is Value?
By Don Creswell, Co-Founder SmartOrg Inc In this column Creswell discusses what it means for something to have "value."
Future of CAD Looking Positive, Despite Piracy Future of CAD Looking Positive, Despite Piracy
By Kathleen Maher, Jon Peddie Research Kathleen Maher discusses how the CAD software business is staying afloat and how piracy is impacting the industry.
Is Social Media Improving your Quality of Work? Is Social Media Improving your Quality of Work?
By Mentor Graphics Share your thoughts on the role of social media in the engineering world by participating in this short survey.
IBM Rational Tools Drive Integration for Systems Development IBM Rational Tools Drive Integration for Systems Development
Leading end-users confirm how IBM Rational tools solve integration issues in systems development across disparate expert domains, in CPDA study.
Quickly Assess New Ideas & Play More “What Ifs” Quickly Assess New Ideas & Play More “What Ifs”
Perform more analysis and optimize the design process with a professional workbench powered by the Intel® Xeon® 5600 series processors.
Benefits of Design for Environment (DfE) Benefits of Design for Environment (DfE)
By Pamela J. Gordon, President of Technology Forecasters Inc. What does Design for Environment (DfE) have to do with product design and competitiveness? Find out in this new column.
Smarter Validation & Collaboration Tools Emerge Smarter Validation & Collaboration Tools Emerge
By David Prawel Longview Advisors Inc. David Prawel discusses some key advancements in collaboration and interoperability that have been made in the last year.
Gaming Industry Continues to Shape Advancements in CAD Gaming Industry Continues to Shape Advancements in CAD
By Kathleen Maher, Jon Peddie Research Maher discusses how gaming technology is defining the future of computing, including highlights from the recent E3 Electronic Entertainment Expo.
Evaluating Portfolio Value Evaluating Portfolio Value
By Don Creswell, Co-Founder SmartOrg Inc In this column Creswell discusses the importance of developing a business portfolio.
Product Design BOM Management's Impact on PLM Product Design BOM Management's Impact on PLM
By Ken Versprille, PLM Research Director, CPDA Each of the three most recognized best practices for dealing with product variants rely on a strong foundation in BOM management.
The Trick to Making Cheaper Parts The Trick to Making Cheaper Parts
By Pro CNC In this month's column readers learn the basics of designing parts more efficiently.
PLM Think Tank- May's Top Posts PLM Think Tank- May's Top Posts
By Oleg Shilovitsky, PLM Think Tank Blog In this month's column Oleg continues with his top 5 posts for May from his blog PLM Think Tank. Do you think PLM is a trending word on the web?
Threaded Holes in Machined Prototype Parts Threaded Holes in Machined Prototype Parts
By Proto Labs The ins and out of threaded fasteners.
Want to to Innovate Faster or Explore More Design Options? Want to to Innovate Faster or Explore More Design Options?
Learn how the digital workbench, powered by two Intel processors, gives you the opportunity to create, test and modify your ideas at your workstation.
Supporting Supply Chain Sustainability Supporting Supply Chain Sustainability
By Pamela J. Gordon, TFI President Pam Gordon of the Technology Forecasters talks about the challenges of creating environmentally sustainable supply chains.
What's Going on in the Workstation Market? What's Going on in the Workstation Market?
By Kathleen Maher, Jon Peddie Research Analyst Kathleen Maher comments on workstation trends that have accelerated in 2010, including 64-bit, the Mac, job expectations and more.
Forecasting Under Uncertainty: Part Three Forecasting Under Uncertainty: Part Three
By Don Creswell, Co-Founder SmartOrg Inc In this column Don Creswell addresses how to interpret evaluation results and how to use them to make better design decisions.
Catch Mentor Graphics at PTC/ USER World Next Month Catch Mentor Graphics at PTC/ USER World Next Month
By Mentor Graphics See for yourself how you can analyze as you design with FloEFD.Pro, concurrent CFD software, which is fully-embedded in Pro/ENGINEER.
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