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What are Formboards, and what do they do? To describe what a formboard is, and what it does, we need to start with what a wiring harness is, and what it does. The dictionary describes a wiring harness as a system of insulated conducting wires bound together with insulating materials, used in the electrical system of a machine, such as
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Many years ago, or so it seems, one of the methods for checking clearance and interference’s was performed through the use of drawings. By cutting sections through the parts in an assembly drawing, the detail of that assembly could be shown in a section view, and then distances could be measured between parts to determine whether clearance objectives where being
Read moreThere have been quite a few market whispers about MSC Software and its products since the company’s acquisition by Symphony Technologies few years back. It’s flagship pre-processing tool called MSC Patran has been under spotlight since the introduction of new equivalent tool by MSC Software (now Symphony) called MSC Apex. MSC Software adopted a similar strategy during 2008-09 by introducing
Read moreProduct and Manufacturing Information (PMI) consists of non-geometric data, that is attached directly to a 3D CAD model to define geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T), engineering and manufacturing specifications, dimensions, and text. PMI is part of Model Based Definition (MBD) and together these two elements are a part of a Digital Twin. Applying PMI to a 3D model can reduce or
Read moreNX Realize Shape is a powerful and intuitive subdivision design tool that makes use of primitive shapes to create concept design models. In the image below you can see a sphere has been chosen, but there are a number of other shapes to select from such as cylinder or block to name a few. These primitive shapes can be placed over
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In Active Workspace 3.4, Siemens PLM has made some significant improvements to search capabilities. Here are some of the highlights Numerical Range Filters Users can now filter and narrow down search results by entering a range of values for numerical properties in the filter panel so that they get results only in the range of what they’re have specified. For example
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With every release of Active Workspace, Siemens PLM keeps adding more enhanced capabilities for change management process execution, Active Workspace 3.4 is no exception. The first enhancement is a simplified overview of change that includes most relevant information pertaining to the change. The Consolidated change overview now includes; change description, details, participants, and originating changes. There is a new visual status bar showing change maturity
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With every release of Active Workspace, Siemens PLM keeps adding more enhanced capabilities for Schedule Manager process execution, Active Workspace 3.4 is no exception. The most exciting Schedule Manager process execution improvement in Active Workspace 3.4 is the ability to perform a “what-if analysis”. What-if analysis mode enables project managers to experiment on a live schedule without impacting it . This is like
Read moreIn this age of disruptions, product development companies need to reach across the evolving business ecosystem at a rapid pace than ever, at the same time protecting their intellectual property . Teamcenter Active Workspace enables product development companies to Reach More people by connecting more people in more places with product data and processes; both internal and external. With a light-weight, web
Read moreProduct Excellence Program helps Siemens PLM Software to understand how customers use their products and assists them in improving the software in future releases .The Product Excellence Program is designed to protect the privacy of the user and the intellectual property created through the use of Siemens PLM Software products. It’s used to collect data about Siemens PLM Active Workspace
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