Siemens PLM Connection 2012: Filtering Big Data with Active Workspace
The past challenge for manufacturers was a lack of information: Is this material strong enough for my product? Is this supplier in compliance? But the present challenge is the opposite. We have too much data, too much to review, too much to evaluate, too much to make sense of for decision making. Continue reading
Siemens PLM Connection 2012: Solid Edge for iPad, Insight XT for SMBs
On Monday, as they got ready to meet with editors and reporters, Bill McClure, Siemens PLM Software‘s director of Velocity Series, and Karsten Newbury, Siemens PLM Software’s senior VP and general manager of mainstream engineering software, packed an iPad. The device was loaded with a pre-release copy of Solid Edge Viewer for iPad, a free app that’s set to appear in Apple app store in June.
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Roundtable on Socio-Mobile Business Apps at Siemens PLM Connection 2012
What are your thoughts on the role of social media and mobile apps in the business of manufacturing? Do they have a role to play? Or should they be banned altogether to prevent your business from unnecessary exposure?
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SolidWorks Launches eDrawings for the iPad
It took SolidWorks a while to release it, but eDrawings for the iPad is here, finally. As of this morning, the app is listed and available for purchase on Apple app store for $1.99.
Like its counterpart for the desktop, eDrawings for the iPad gives you the ability to view, rotate, and explode SolidWorks models. In addition to viewing eDrawings files published from SolidWorks, the app also lets you load and view native SolidWorks models, DWG files, and DXF files. A floating pane lets you access the component tree in your assemblies, so you can use it to isolate and highlight subassemblies and parts. If your file is published with configurations (for example, an ink cartridge with or without handles), you may use the same pane to examine different configurations possible in the model. Continue reading
Google SketchUp Set to Become Trimble SketchUp
The intuitive, easy-to-use, and (perhaps most important) free 3D modeler Google SketchUp might soon be called Trimble SketchUp.
In 2006, @Last Software’s SketchUp found a new home at Google when it was acquired by the search engine giant. This morning, history repeated — with a different player. Trimble, well-known among civil engineers and construction crews for its GPS, laser, and optical devices, has signed on to buy SketchUp from Google for an undisclosed sum. Continue reading