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Digital Manufacturing Matters: Industry Update Digital Manufacturing Matters: Industry Update
By Bill Barnes, Lattice Technology Lattice Technology General Manager Bill Barnes discusses how design and engineering offices can do more with less in today\'s tight economy.
Building and Sustaining a Lean Culture Building and Sustaining a Lean Culture
Submitted by CPDA Michael Hoseus discusses the challenges and payoffs of successfully establishing the Toyota Way within the U.S. culture of individualism.
What You Didn’t Know About Acrobat Pro Extended What You Didn’t Know About Acrobat Pro Extended
By Kathleen Maher, Jon Peddie Research Here are some things you may have missed in Adobe Acrobat 9 Pro Extended during all the hype around Adobe CS4, plus other Adobe advances for CAD.
Mobile Workstations – Faster, Stronger and Smarter Than Ever Mobile Workstations – Faster, Stronger and Smarter Than Ever
By Intel Corporation Intel’s new Intel Core 2 Extreme CPU helps workstation manufactures create a new breed of mobile workstations that can deliver.
Improving Design Review in Digital Manufacturing Improving Design Review in Digital Manufacturing
By Bill Barnes, Lattice Technology Having to use manual work-arounds in design review eliminates the benefits you should be experiencing with digital manufacturing.
SolarWorld Bids to Acquire German Auto Factories from Opel SolarWorld Bids to Acquire German Auto Factories from Opel
Dan Raker, ConnectPress It was only a matter of time before green money began chasing rusty assets.
What’s Really New in SolidWorks 2009 What’s Really New in SolidWorks 2009
By Seth Bischoff, CAE Support Engineer for 3DVision Technologies Seth Bischoff of 3DVision Technologies has the rundown on what’s new and exciting in SolidWorks 2009.
Advice on Choosing and Using Lightweight 3D Formats Advice on Choosing and Using Lightweight 3D Formats
By Bill Barnes, Lattice Technology New monthly column by Lattice Technology’s Bill Barnes discusses the considerations engineers should weigh prior to using Lightweight 3D formats.
Kathleen Maher Reports on the SolidWorks Press Event Kathleen Maher Reports on the SolidWorks Press Event
By Kathleen Maher, Jon Peddie Research An industry analyst reports on last month's SolidWorks press event in Barcelona.
Thinking 3D Thinking 3D
By Gabi Jack, Columnist In this new column Gabi Jack explains how SolidWorks users can learn to think in 3D.
Why Pairwise Comparisons are a Waste of Time Why Pairwise Comparisons are a Waste of Time
By David Ullman, Robust Decisions David Ullman helps readers avoid the pitfalls of pairwise comparisons.
Workstation Technology That Helps You Innovate Workstation Technology That Helps You Innovate
By Intel Corporation With quad-core workstations based on new Intel microarchitecture, workstation users are experiencing the unprecedented performance.
Moving High-End Analysis Into Early-Stage Design Moving High-End Analysis Into Early-Stage Design
Submitted by CPDA The Meshing and Geometry Collaboration addresses three problems to bring high-end analysis into the early-stage design process in this summary.
The Future of PLM: A Cup Perpetually Half Full The Future of PLM: A Cup Perpetually Half Full
By Don Brown, Chairman, CPDA IBM’s global CEO survey identifies critical issues facing the automotive sector in product development and the current state of PLM.
Learning SolidWorks: The Black Box Learning SolidWorks: The Black Box
By Gabi Jack, Columnist Gabi Jack is a mechanical engineer learning SolidWorks, in this ongoing column she shares her learning experience with readers.
PLM Benchmarking: EADS Raises the Bar PLM Benchmarking: EADS Raises the Bar
By Michel Vrinat, CPDA EADS takes a major step in rationalizing the software selection process in PLM with their benchmark.
Hey CAD Applications Are Single Threaded Hey CAD Applications Are Single Threaded
By Wes Shimanek, Intel With access to a workstation powered by two Intel® Xeon® 5400 series processors, engineers can stretch the limits of creativity and refine designs.
Status Quo is Not a Winning Strategy Status Quo is Not a Winning Strategy
By David Prawel, Longview Advisors Competition is fierce. Among many things, winning requires split second reaction to customer demand and competitive pressure.
Changing The Way You Work And Accelerate Your Innovation Changing The Way You Work And Accelerate Your Innovation
By Wes Shimanek, Intel The performance of workstations powered by two Intel® Xeon® 5400 series processors is leaps and bounds ahead of the performance of yesterday.
Synchronous Technology Synchronous Technology
By Collaborative Product Development Associates, LLC, for Siemens PLM Software A CPDA White Paper about fascinating new technology that could affect many CAD users.
Sometimes Wrong But Never in Doubt, Part Two Sometimes Wrong But Never in Doubt, Part Two
By David G. Ullman, Robust Decisions In this column Ullman continues his exploration of uncertainty and the many ways it can affect decision making.
Sometimes Wrong But Never in Doubt Sometimes Wrong But Never in Doubt
Submitted by David G. Ullman, Robust Decisions In a new story by David Ullman, the concept of estimation and developing guidelines for decision-making is explored.
Some Thoughts on Trade Studies: Part 2 Some Thoughts on Trade Studies: Part 2
Submitted by David G. Ullman, Robust Decisions David Ullman gives an example of a trade study and challenges users to give Accord software a try with a free trial version available for download.
Thoughts on Trade Studies: Part 1 Thoughts on Trade Studies: Part 1
Submitted by David G. Ullman, Robust Decisions Make the best decisions with trade studies.
Stuck in ‘Analysis Paralysis’? Stuck in ‘Analysis Paralysis’?
By David G. Ullman, P.E., PhD., M.E., Robust Decisions Learn how to prevent ‘Stuck’ decision making in this story by David Ullman.
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