1. As Featured in MoldMaking Technology: What is the ROI of 3-D Scanning?
   

   A moldmaker wanted to re-qualify used molds to see if they needed refurbishing, and if so, where to make the corrections.

   8/30/2010 - Laser Design
   Larry Carlberg
    
2. Part 1 - Manual Reset: SmartGeometry 2010 in Barcelona - 'Working Prototypes'
   

   You know something's right when an international conference ostensibly about computing advances in the AEC sector begins in a Barcelona converted factory space with dozens of participants furiously designing, testing and building. You know somethi...

   8/27/2010 - V1 Magazine
   Donald Chong
    
3. PDM vs. PLM: A Matrix View
   

   Two recent blog posts by Oleg Shilovitsky (PDM vs. PLM: A Data Perspective and PDM vs. PLM: A Process Perspective) got me wondering about what a true product lifecycle management (PLM) system actually is.

   8/27/2010 - The TEC Blog
   Kurt Chen
    
4. Time for Retooling Among GIS Teachers
   

   In an interview with Matt Artz, Education industry director of ESRI, Michael Gould describes how server, mobile, and the Cloud are promoting geospatial thinking outside the classroom

   8/27/2010 - Geospatial Today
    
5. Interview With Josh Mings of SolidSmack
   

   Hey folks! Hope you missed me while I was out for a few weeks. I’m back. I was reading Mark Burhop’s series on Practical Social Media and it reminded me that sitting in my inbox was Mr. Josh Ming’s As to my Qs. Consider this another in my series o...

   8/23/2010 - Siemens PLM Software
   Dora Smith
    
6. Trelligence Affinity: Extending BIM to Space Programming and Planning
   

   The design process for a building project begins long before even a single line is drawn, on paper or on the computer. It starts with the client’s brief, which may be very detailed or extremely sketchy, or somewhere in between. From this brief, a ...

   8/4/2010 - AECbytes
   Lachmi Khemlani
    
7. Autodesk's CEO On Wall Street Vs. Main Street
   

   Carl Bass on the disconnect, the real estate downturn and piracy in China.

   7/19/2010 - Forbes.com
   Victoria Barret
    
8. DAC 2010: House of Glues
   

   For many people, going to DAC is like going to a High School Reunion. There are many familiar faces you can't quite put a name to, and other faces belonging to perfect strangers who call you by name and seem to know who you are. Of course, there a...

   7/16/2010 - EDA Confidential
   Peggy Aycinena
    
9. Interview with Rick Stavanja
   

   I blogged yesterday about tapping the knowledge of long-time PLM Connection attendees at the event next week. Rick Stavanja is another long-time attendee and presenter. You can find out if he really looks like his Twitter profile pic above during ...

   7/12/2010 - Siemens PLM Software
   Dora Smith
    
10. Modeling Autonomous Space Robots
    

    In order to support the ongoing focus for unmanned planetary exploration, advanced autonomous robot rovers need to be developed. To develop solutions for the power management systems in these robots, one scientist has partnered with the Canadian S...

    7/9/2010 - Product Design & Development
    Maplesoft
     
11. Autodesk's Bass On Speaking Up To Carol Bartz
    

    Advice from the Autodesk CEO on saying what no one wants to admit.

    7/1/2010 - Forbes.com
    Victoria Barret
     
12. Part 1 - Building Information Modeling Case Study from the Marshall Space Flight Center
    

    This three-part article by civil and structural engineering student Tal defines Building Information Modeling (BIM) and takes an in-depth look at the process of evaluating its potential implementation at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsvi...

    6/21/2010 - Directions Magazine
    Tal Wammen
     
13. Part 2 - Building Information Modeling Case Study from the Marshall Space Flight Center
    

    This is part two of a three-part article on this subject. The first part appeared on June 14. Part two in the series addresses the process of evaluating how BIM could be implemented at the center, and examines whether many BIM functions are perhap...

    6/21/2010 - Directions Magazine
    Tal Wammen
     
14. Part 3 - Building Information Modeling Case Study from the Marshall Space Flight Center
    

    This is part three of a three-part article on this subject. The first part appeared on June 7 and the second part appeared on June 14.

    6/21/2010 - Directions Magazine
    Tal Wammen
     
15. An Interview With Gary Smith [PDF]
    

    Editor’s Note: Gary Smith is founder and Chief Analyst for Gary Smith EDA. Previously, he was the Managing Vice President and Chief Analyst of the Electronic Design Automation Service, Design & Engineering Cluster at Gartner Dataquest. He is edito...

    6/10/2010 - DAC
     
16. Part 1 - Building Information Modeling Case Study from the Marshall Space Flight Center
    

    What is Building Information Modeling? Building information modeling, or BIM, has recently become a valuable technology in the facilities industry. In its simplest terms, BIM is a building design and documentation process that is solely based arou...

    6/7/2010 - Directions Magazine
    Tal Wammen
     
17. Why PLM Couldn’t Help You During An Economic Downturn?
    

    Shorter time-to-market, higher product development efficiency, better product quality, and lower product costs are often associated with the benefits of adopting product lifecycle management (PLM) systems. When there is an economic downturn, these...

    6/7/2010 - Technology Education Concepts
    Kurt Chen
     
18. Open Source Systems Emerge in 3D Printing
    

    New inexpensive 3D printers made from model kits make significant headway in rapid protoyping.

    5/26/2010 - Design News
    Doug Smock
     
19. A Conversation: Dr. Mar Hershenson
    

    Dr. Mar Hershenson is Vice President of Product Development in the Custom Design Business Unit at Magma Design Automation, based in San Jose, and has just been named the 2010 recipient of the Marie R. Pistilli Award.

    5/25/2010 - EDA Confidential
    Peggy Aycinena
     
20. Virtual Facility Simulation Cuts Data Center Cooling Costs
    

    Cisco Systems saves an estimated $120,000 per year by redesigning exhaust circulation using Future Facilities' 3D modeling technology.

    5/20/2010 - CADALYST Magazine
    Rob Aldrich
     
21. Using Dimensional Control to Mitigate Risk for ATP Titan Installation
    

    The client is a small independent that just made a $600 million bet on a new deepwater floating platform to develop a Gulf of Mexico field the majors considered too small to develop themselves. Get it right and the client doubles production next y...

    5/14/2010 - Spar Point Research
     
22. Going the whole hog [PDF]
    

    Multihog is using a combination of PTC’s Pro/ENGINEER and the support and expertise of Honeycomb Solutions to successfully design multi-purpose utility vehicles

    5/12/2010 - PTC
     
23. Value Stream Management and PLM: The Path to Lean Product Development for Machining
    

    Every manufacturer aims to satisfy its customers and stakeholders, addressing their needs and prioritizing their concerns. Part of this constituted effort involves decreasing costs, material wastage and personnel hours required to bring a product ...

    5/12/2010 - American Machinist
    David Segal
     
24. Open Data Manifesto [PDF]
    

    A manifesto from Snowflake Software highlighting its commitment to Open Data

    5/5/2010 - Snowflake Software
     
25. Addressing Two Challenges Currently Experienced in the Mapping Industry
    

    Two major challenges that users presently face in the mapping industry are the handling of mass data and the creation of really true orthophotos. Large amounts of data are produced using e.g. laser scanners, image matching, TIN creation, etc. but ...

    4/30/2010 - V1 Magazine
    Karen Bester
     
26. Could PLM have prevented the Toyota fiasco?
    

    The sticky accelerator has caused a mountain of problems for Toyota. Only a year ago, a Toyota product was known for quality, lean production and technology leadership. All that has changed and the tough inplications for the company has escaped no...

    4/26/2010 - Reliable Plant
     
27. Integrating TatukGIS and PowerBuilder [PDF]
    

    Juergen Seelmann, Dr. Dirk Lorenzen and Joash Bolanio provide a detailed account of the TatukGIS and PowerBuilder integration process for a local revenue computing and accounting system called iTAX (integrated Tax Administration). The iTAX system ...

    4/22/2010 - TatukGIS
    Juergen Seelmann, Dr. Dirk Lorenzen, Joash Bolanio
     
28. GIS on the Web — ‘A Big Step’
    

    Jack Dan­ger­mond pre­sented at Where 2.0 recently and I had the oppor­tu­nity to go through the var­i­ous pre­sen­ta­tions finally before com­ing across his. This is a big step for GIS indeed… Here is why I think this is an impor­tant step.

    4/21/2010 - Vector One
    Vector One
     
29. Magma Develops Tekton From a Clean Sheet
    

    How many times have you said, “If I had it all to do over again…”? It’s a natural consequence of the human learning process. Since we’re not privy to the future, we take a direction – some direction typically being preferable to going nowhere at a...

    4/19/2010 - IC Design and Verification Journal
    Bryon Moyer
     
30. Finding the 'science' in GIS
    

    While popular services such as Google Earth and Bing Maps have made basic geographical information system functionality well-known, scientific investigations need considerably more power. Paul Schreier maps the highlights of the GIS product landscape

    4/15/2010 - Scientific Computing
     
31. SmartGeometry 2010
    

    I just returned from the SmartGeometry 2010 Workshop, this year held in the Mediterranean coastal city of Barcelona, the capital of Catalunia, also known for its wealth of unique historical architecture.

    4/7/2010 - Fields of Activity
     
32. How I Got Here: Nilofer Merchant, CEO/Founder Rubicon Consulting
    

    Before founding her own technology consulting firm in 1999, Nilofer Merchant worked for a number of the big names in technology, from Apple Computer to Autodesk. Along the way she worked for a lot of different personalities; at Apple alone, Ms. Me...

    4/2/2010 - Wall Street Journal
    ELIZABETH GARONE
     
33. There's More to Innovation Than Good Ideas
    

    As Autodesk CEO, Carol Bartz wanted fast action on innovation, but her plan didn't work out. Nilofer Merchant explains how to avoid the "Air Sandwich"

    4/2/2010 - BusinessWeek
    Nilofer Merchant
     
34. CAD For The Small, Medium, and Large
    

    Price, breadth of features, and product lifecycle management are what mostly separate CAD systems in corporate eyes.

    4/1/2010 - Automotive Design and Production
    Lawrence S. Gould
     
35. Lessons from the tiny Nano [PDF]
    

    If you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door. If you build a new car for $2,500, the world's automakers will drive a semi to your loading dock so they can take it home and study it.

    3/31/2010 - Tata Technologies
    MARK PHELAN
     
36. Design tips for Rapid Injection Molding [PDF]
    

    When it comes to rapid injection molding, there are four “rules” that are equally important. Ignore any one of them and it can stop you in your tracks. Thus, the four #1 rules for successful rapid injection molding are: 1a) Maintain uniform wall t...

    3/31/2010 - Design World
    Brad Cleveland
     
37. Why Warren Buffet Wants You to Use BIM
    

    You may have asked yourself that question after glancing at the cover of this month's Professional Builder. Before you write us off as sensationalists, let me explain our reasons for playing up the Oracle of Omaha in such a way.

    3/29/2010 - Professional Builder
    David Barista
     
38. BIM for Home Builders
    

    In an Proponents of building information modeling software, like Warren Buffett, say now is the time for home builders to adopt the technology

    3/29/2010 - Professional Builder
    Peter Fabris
     
39. New System Could Change the Way Homes are Built
    

    The American Sustainability Initiative aims to cut the waste out of the construction process and deliver homes that are both affordable and green.

    3/29/2010 - Professional Builder
    Susan Bady
     
40. 13 of the Brightest Tech Minds Sound Off on the Rise of the Tablet
    

    Jack Dangermond, President and founder, ESRI is one of many interesting perspectives on the subject

    3/26/2010 - Wired Magazine
     
41. ArcGIS Advancements Offer a More Flexible, Open and Interactive GIS Experience
    

    There was a great deal of buzz last week at the ESRI Developer Conference in Palm Springs about upcoming offerings and the more open GIS platform that is coming with ArcGIS 10. A lot of the buzz surrounded the Web-based strategies that harness the...

    3/26/2010 - V1 Magazine
    Matt Ball
     
42. Interview With Cory Goulden of National Steel Car
    

    One thing I realized while reaching out to some of our customers in honor of Engineers Week is that we really need a CAD Designers Week, a CAD/PLM Administrators Week and maybe even CAE Analysts Week. There are many folks in engineering without th...

    3/2/2010 - Siemens PLM Software
    Dora Smith
     
43. Interview: Why Platial Shut Down and What That Means for Geo
    

    Today the news came out that Platial, a first-generation map mashup startup, was throwing in the towel on its product and encouraging users to export their data. The company actually ran out of money 18 months ago, said co-founder and former CEO D...

    3/2/2010 - GigaOM
    Liz Gannes
     
44. Installing Steeda's Cold-Air Intake - Power By Engineering
    

    RP Helps Steeda's Cold-Air Intake Unlock As Much As 25 Hp

    2/25/2010 - Muscle Mustang & Fast Fords
    Pete Epple
     
45. Engineers Week Interview with Mike Thompson of Wagstaff
    

    In honor of Engineers Week, attached is a short “e-interview” I did with Mike Thompson of Wagstaff. Mike works at Wagstaff, Inc (http://www.wagstaff.com) as a mechanical engineer. He works primarily on the billet product line. (Billet is mostly ca...

    2/23/2010 - Siemens PLM Software
    JerrySarfati
     
46. Springsoft @ DAC
    

    Scott Sandler, VP of worldwide corporate marketing and president of SpringSoft USA, explains how integrating the former Novas Software under the SpringSoft umbrella is a little like inverting an iceberg.

    2/23/2010 - Springsoft
    Dave Maliniak
     
47. FAST & FURIOUS: FITTING DIE MAINTENANCE WITH OPERATIONS
    

    When a die for a production part needs maintenance finding the least-cost fix in the shortest time is critical. Let’s examine how these tooling engineers achieved time savings of over 80 percent and avoided costly die rework by using new software ...

    2/19/2010 - Fabricating & Metalworking
    Murray J. Desnoyer, Geoff Foulds
     
48. Aras Innovator: PLM on a Shoestring
    

    Part I: When Phoenix International Holdings needed to implement a PLM system and essentially had no budget, choosing Innovator was easy.

    1/18/2010 - Desktop Engineering
    Brent Evers
     
49. Building Back Better: Aceh Province, Indonesia, Continues GIS Work Five Years after Tsunami
    

    December 2009 marks the fifth anniversary of the Boxing Day tsunami in Southeast Asia. Easily the largest natural disaster in recent history, the 9.1-magnitude earthquake and resulting tsunami on December 26, 2004, brought incredible devastation t...

    1/5/2010 - V1 Magazine
    Karen Richardson
     
50. Recovering from Katrina [PDF]
    

    GIS-based asset and maintenance management system helps Gulfport weather the storm

    12/17/2009 - GOVERNMENT ENGINEERING