3D Printing - When it comes to using an FDM 3D printer effectively and efficiently, choosing the right material at the right time is essential. This 3D Printing Materials Guide will help give you and your team a basic understanding of some FDM 3D printing polymers and composites, their strengths and weaknesses, and when to use them.

Design Software - Simcenter STAR-CCM+ makes simulation accessible to process engineers with limited simulation experience but strong process knowledge. This flood of knowledge and skills will make the industry more cost efficient, less polluting and ultimately more innovative.

Design Software - The need to reduce exploration and development costs has never been more important to the future of the oil and gas industry. In this special report we present how engineers and scientists from leading oil and gas companies are deploying Siemens’ simulation software in the design and operation of a range of oil and gas products and systems.

PLM/ERP - Customized products are more compelling to customers and drive higher profitability. This engineer-to-order (ETO) study finds that some companies have found better ways to design custom products, alleviating the engineering bottleneck created in most companies when quotes requests or orders roll in.

PLM/ERP - Mechanical Solutions Inc. (MSI) has successfully incorporated Simcenter STAR-CCM+® software into its process chain as a design and troubleshooting tool. The advanced, accurate flow solver in Simcenter STAR-CCM+ offers MSI a streamlined, cost-efficient engineering process to solve complex problems in hydraulic turbomachinery.

Advanced Manufacturing - Implementing a PLM solution is top of mind for many manufacturing professionals in the race to keep up with an increasingly digital competitive landscape. But doing so involves tackling a range of challenges to ensure that personnel, business processes and IT infrastructure are equipped to be successful.

AR/VR - This paper discusses the challenges of near-to-eye display (NED) measurement to ensure the quality of devices such as virtual (VR), augmented (AR), and mixed reality (MR) headsets. It introduces Radiant's integrated AR/VR Lens solution, and outlines the solution's advantages for evaluating human visual experiences in NED applications.

3D Printing - Learn how direct digital production with 3D Systems Figure 4 technology can introduce production agility, facilitate on-the-fly iterations of part designs, and change your manufacturing equation to achieve high quality, high value parts quickly and economically.

3D Printing - For regulated industries facing issues such as workforce readiness, quality assurance and process control the primary challenge is overcoming the knowledge gap that exists between AM novices and AM experts. Fortunately, there is a systematized way to onboard this technology via partnering with us and following defined and proven 4 step protocol.

3D Printing - 3D printing has become a near-universal method for producing prototypes and short-run production parts without the time and expense of hard tooling, and the list of suitable applications is expanding.

Design Software - This report will highlight a wide sampling of applications, addressing a range of physical phenomena important to the different designs, spanning component to system design.

Design Software - Digital twins—virtual clones of real objects—may be able to reveal valuable insight into the real-world performance of products and processes. However, it depends on who you ask.

PLM/ERP - This white paper provides a complete guide to enclosure thermal design, covering all the main points that need to be considered. If you are responsible for enclosure-level thermal design, Simcenter provides a range of thermal design software, allowing you to select a product that is an ideal fit with your company’s thermal design workflow and supply chain needs.

Advanced Manufacturing - How much PLM is right for smaller manufacturers? Midsized companies need capabilities but have limited resources. In this eBook, Jim Brown, President of Tech-Clarity, takes you through getting started with the right PLM solution.

3D Printing - Airbus and Ralf Schlueter, Managing Director, of Flugzeug Union Süd (an Airbus subsidiary), have turned to additive manufacturing and digital design solutions to modernize the investment shipping case industry. They’ve submitted a patent application for an additive production process using BigRep large-format 3D printers.

PLM/ERP - As Best-in-Class electronics manufacturers move towards smart manufacturing, Industry 4.0, and Internet of Things-connected equipment in the plant, manufacturing execution systems (MES) are becoming more important than ever, because they enable real-time unification of electronics and mechanical production information.

Design Software - To compete in today’s fast-paced and competitive market, smaller and newer firms need a powerful platform that will enable them to compete with bigger players, without the heavy investments needed in computer hardware, software and personnel.

Advanced Manufacturing - This white paper describes a transformative approach to electronics manufacturing made possible by the addition of Mentor Graphics to the Siemens family. It describes a completely digitalized strategy that supports both printed circuit board (PCB) and mechanical design and manufacturing, uniting the entire product lifecycle – from idea and production to customers and back.

Design Software - Digital twins are among the top ten strategic technology trends, alongside areas like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML). As digital twin technology improves and achieves greater adoption, more and more aspects of the physical world will be connected with digital models, with AI-based capabilities for advanced simulation, operation and analysis.

3D Printing - Manufacturing professionals are beginning to explore digital manufacturing technologies in their efforts to reduce cost and improve quality and efficiency of parts and processes. Additive manufacturing is one digital technology which is changing the way we think about the design and life-cycle of manufactured parts.