Archive for July, 2014

The Future?

22 July 2014, by Alan No Comments
News, Teamcenter, Uncategorized

Where is CAD going? What can I do to work smarter? Should I take a look at what PDM can do for my business (again)? This pdf, published via GRABCAD, puts the latest spin on future trends for engineering. Food for thought. 593 total views, no views today

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Femap Tip: Things its not obvious that Femap does

21 July 2014, by Alan No Comments
Femap, Tips

NX Nastran has a few “secret” capabilities that are not obvious from within Femap. It may not be clear there are two distinct sets of documentation: one set for Femap itself, plus a complete set for NX Nastran.  The latter is reached via Help | NX Nastran (from within Femap) and it makes for some

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Solid Edge tip – Troubleshooting Part to Sheet Metal

18 July 2014, by Alan No Comments
Assemblies, Parts, Sheet Metal, Solid Edge, Synchronous Technology, Tips

Ever tried converting a Part file into a Sheet Metal file and run up against errors? Given up, gone back and remodelled the part as a Sheet Metal file from scratch (or just given up fullstop!)? If the answer to any of these questions is yes then check out this video. It contains some useful

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Solid Edge tip – Setting user defined rotate point

16 July 2014, by Alan No Comments
Assemblies, Parts, Sheet Metal, Solid Edge, Tips, Uncategorized

This video shows how to replace the default centre of rotation with a user defined one. This can be especially useful when either editing / creating components in context of an assembly or zoomed in on a large assembly and using the default centre of rotation spins target components off screen. 1,311 total views, no views

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Solid Edge tip – Text as geometry

7 July 2014, by Alan No Comments
Parts, Sheet Metal, Solid Edge, Tips

Since way back (Solid Edge v15 to be precise) you have been to create and edit text in a text editor. In some instances it is useful to be able to create or capture text as geometry. 577 total views, 1 views today

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