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Newsletter December 2011

Red Bull Racing Red Bull Racing

Unrelenting focus on evolution and innovation

 

NX and Teamcenter are the digital backbone for a 600-strong team focused on strength, speed and spirit.

 

Business challenges

-  Success in Driver and Constructor World Championships 

 

Keys to success

-  Collaboration within a concurrent, virtual world

-  Parametric modeling within NX to enable easy experimentation and swift prototyping

-  Conclusive testing before cutting metal or laminating carbon fiber

-  Digital data that drives in-house and supplier manufacturing

-  Integration of design and manufacturing within a single BOM

environment 

From virtual to real in one adrenalin rush

 

 

Results

-  Proposed changes reviewed in 3D

-  Modifications made rapidly

-  Manufacturing time cut to hours and supplier parts quickly available

-  Better racing performance

 
To learn more about Red Bull Racing and see how NX and Teamcenter helps improve race performance, please download the Red Bull Racing Case Study 

 

NX8 Redefines Productivity for Design, Simulation and Manufacturing

 

With new tools and expanded capabilities for design, simulation, and manufacturing, NX 8 can help you make more informed decisions and develop more innovative products.

 

NX 8 for Design Productivity

 

Improve productivity and accelerate your design process with new and improved tools in NX 8. Along with expanded High Definition (HD3D) support for better design decisions, NX 8 also delivers more powerful and efficient modeling, drafting, validation and more. 

 

 

NX 8 for Simulation Productivity  

Siemens PLM NX 8 - Overview
Siemens PLM NX 8 - Overview

 

Reduce the time you spend preparing and solving analysis models by up to 70 percent. With NX 8 for simulation, you can rapidly build, update and simulate analysis models, make smarter engineering decisions and deliver better products faster. NX 8 CAE offers new solutions for optimization and multi-physics analysis, along with new methods for analyzing complex assemblies. NX Nastran 8 includes improvements in nonlinear and dynamic analysis, as well as increases in computational performance and modeling ease-of-use.

 

NX 8 for Manufacturing Productivity

 

NX redefines part manufacturing productivity for two key industry segments, with new or extended capabilities in machinery and tooling design. For machinery, NX 8 delivers optimized NC programming for machinery and heavy equipment part production. The latest developments in NX for tooling design combine design automation with CAE-based validation tools to help you deliver "right-first-time" designs and win more high-value projects.

 

For more information on NX8 please call us at (248) 969-9201 or email 

 

 

 

Service and Support (NX)

Please contact Jason West for all of your support and service issues regarding Siemens PLM NX CAD.  Jason can be reached via email at jasonw@camlogic.com or via phone (248) 969-9201 ext 6207.  

 

IN THIS ISSUE
Only 3 Days Left! Solid Edge BOGO
Qualify 2012- 3D Inspection Software
Upcoming Events & Webinars
Studio 2012- Reverse Engineering Software
Free 3D Printer Buyers Guide
Free Solid Edge Trial
Cortona3D- Authoring Software
Try Femap for Free
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FEATURED VIDEOS

 

Solid Edge: Back to Basics (Assembly)
Solid Edge: Back to Basics (Assembly)
Femap 10.3 Customer Driven Enhancements
Femap 10.3 Customer Driven Enhancements

 

NX Tips and Tricks-Reuse Library
NX Tips and Tricks-Reuse Library
Solid Edge ST4 Advanced Machine Design Modeling
Solid Edge ST4 Advanced Machine Design Modeling

 

Service and Support (Solid Edge)

Please contact Dale Dewiel  for all of your support and service issues regarding Siemens PLM Solid Edge.  Dale can be reached via email at daled@camlogic.com or via phone (248) 969-9201 ext 6209.  

 

Only 3 Days Left!- Solid Edge: Buy One Get One Free

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Purchase of second maintenance pack suggested, but not required.

 

The biggest breakthrough ever in mechanical CAD software -- at a buy one, get one free price. Buy one license of Solid Edge® software and one maintenance pack and get one identical Solid Edge license free. The offer expires December 16, 2011 and is available only to companies with a physical location in the USA.

 

Now in its fourth mature release with award-winning synchronous technology, Solid Edge provides accelerated design, faster revisions, and excellent reuse of imported 2D and 3D data.

 

Whether you're moving from 2D or from complex history-based 3D CAD systems such as Dassault's SolidWorks® software and Autodesk's Inventor® software -- as many companies are -- this offer doubles the bang of your engineering investment.

 

With synchronous technology, you no longer have to choose between constraint-driven or history-free modeling. You no longer have to be a programmer to reuse a model. And you no longer need to worry about using data from multiple CAD systems. For more information please call us at (248) 969-9201 or email 

QUALIFY 20123D Inspection and Reporting Software

Qualify 2012

3D inspection today demands accuracy, speed and ease-of-use with any measurement tool. This delivered with Geomagic Qualify.

Geomagic Qualify 2012 - Overview Video
Geomagic Qualify 2012 - Overview Video

 

Geomagic Qualify is the industry's most easy-to-use 3D inspection software delivering the highest accuracy, speed and comprehensive reporting on the quality of as-built parts for first-article and production inspection, and supplier management.

 

Geomagic Qualify enables manufacturers to perform fast, accurate, graphical comparisons between digital reference models and scans and probes of as-built parts for first-article inspection, production inspection and supplier quality management. This leading software allows manufacturers to rapidly increase product and manufacturing quality, rapidly identify process issues, and build productivity.  Learn More about Geomagic Qualify.

FREE WEBINARS & EVENTS

 

CAM Logic's Tech Tuesdays    Every Tuesday- 11 am ESTTech Tuesdays

A new series of free weekly 30 minute webinars on a variety of CAD/CAM/CAM topics to help make you more  knowledgeable and your company more productive.   Join CAM Logic's Applications Engineers every Tuesday as they delve into a host of interesting and useful topics.  Topic suggestions are always welcome and encouraged.  
     

STUDIO 2012- Reverse Engineering Software

 
Delivering precise engineering data for use in design and manufacturing, Geomagic Studio is the core 3D creation tool for customers in almost every manufacturing industry.
Geomagic Studio 2012 Overview
Geomagic Studio 2012 Overview Video

 

Geomagic Studio is the industry's most easy-to-use, intelligent solution for transforming 3D scan data into highly accurate polygon and native CAD models for reverse engineering, product design, rapid prototyping and analysis.

 

Geomagic Studio transforms 3D scan and probe data into the highest quality, most usable 3D polygonal, surface and CAD data, with parametric integration for popular MCAD products (CATIA, Autodesk Inventor, Creo Elements/Pro (Pro/ENGINEER), SolidWorks), using intelligent, highly automated and easy-to-use tools for rapid, accurate 3D creation and imaging. Geomagic is the software of choice in automotive, aerospace, heavy equipment, medical, electronics, tool and die, and consumer product manufacturing.

Learn More about Geomagic Studio.

eBook: 3D PRINTER BUYERS GUIDE

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eBook: 3D Printer Buyer's Guide

Tough economic times make a powerful argument for investing in 3D printing. Not only does such money spent yield long-term strategic value - enhancing design capabilities and speeding time to market - it can also save money right now by raising throughput and reducing labor requirements.

3D printer by Zcorp as seen on Nat Geo

3D printer by Zcorp as seen

on Nat Geo

3D Printer model of New York City printed on a Zcorp Zprinter
3D Printer model of New York City printed on a Zcorp Zprinter

 

See for yourself. Download and read the FREE eBook, "3D Printer Buyer's Guide," today. You'll learn everything you need to know - about the different costs involved, including service and maintenance - in order to make the right purchase choice.


Go ahead. Learn how a wise investment in a 3D printer can reduce R&D costs and help you bring your products to market faster.  Download your FREE copy

 SOLID EDGE ONLINE TRIAL- Free Full Version 45 Day Trial

 

With this free download, try award-winning Solid Edge with synchronous technology and see how you can design better. See first-hand how companies like yours can get accelerated design, faster revisions, and better reuse of imported 2D and 3D data. In this free offering you get access to the full version of Solid Edge, complete with part modeling, assembly design, drafting, simulation, and add-on applications. There are no restrictions on the number of saves, part sizes, or other factors that would limit your ability to create complete product designs.

 

To make learning Solid Edge fast and easy, we'll send you valuable "how-to" tips and tricks as well as links to online training media. With your registration, we'll also give you access to an exclusive newsgroup where you can share ideas and tips with other designers.

 

 

Solid Edge ST4 continues to lead the industry by helping machine designers and enabling engineers to develop better products faster. This latest Solid Edge release allows manufacturers to design better with synchronous technology,

collaborate in a multi-CAD environment using the JT data format, validate sheet metal designs faster, and reduce documentation costs with world-class drafting. 

 

Solid Edge ST4. Design better. Are you looking for a better way to design products or the machines to create them? Just announced, Solid Edge ST4 delivers new tools to help machine designers and engineers develop bettSolid Edge ST4er products faster. Advanced machine design for accelerated design, faster revisions, and better 2D and 3D reuse

  • Expanded collaboration for working better in a multi-CAD environment
  • Simulation for sheet metal to reduce the need for physical prototypes
  • World-class drafting for reducing drawing production times 

Get started with Solid Edge ST4 and design better now. 

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Cortona3D3D Visual Communication & Publishing Software

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cortona3D software solutions streamline the authoring of technical documentation so aftermarket parts, service, support and training is produced from existing CAD in one third of the time at 12.5% of cost.

 

The inclusion of interactive 3D content such as simulations of procedures and exploded views of parts across Operations/Maintenance Manuals, Spare Parts Lists, eLearning Applications and Structured User Feedback improves the quality and the usability of these deliverables which increases service revenues, workforce productivity and reduces errors.

 

Quality product documentation is vital to your organization's success and critical for your customers, suppliers, distributors and employees. The key to effective product documentation for complex equipment, is integrated 3D communications. Whether it's for maintenance, customer support, operational procedures or training, 3D communications provide intuitive, knowledge transfer, that users 'get' easily. However, traditional product documentation methods are error prone, costly and slow.

Automating Technical Communications-Cortona3D Software Overview
Automating Technical Communications-Cortona3D Software Overview

 

 

 

Cortona3D RapidAuthor is a powerful cost-effective authoring suite giving organizations the flexibility to produce all support documentation such as interactive Parts Catalogs, Maintenance Manuals, Training Materials and Work Instructions. The tools included in the suite enable organizations to reuse existing CAD data or other 3D source material, to author interactive 3D visualizations for more effective support documentation, dramatically reducing effort and timelines. It's intuitive interface enables users with no 3D expertise, to create compelling simulations and associated text simultaneously.

 

More Information

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CAM Logic, Inc.-  Providing Solutions to your Challenges

 

partner logoCAM Logic is a leading provider of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, 3D scanning and rapid prototyping technologies and services to help companies design and build better products, improve processes, reduce costs and maximize profitability.  We provide unparalleled 3D engineering technological software solutions along with the services and support to ensure our client's success.

At CAM Logic, we leverage over 16 years of CAD/CAM/CAE expertise, world-class software partnerships, cutting-edge hardware products and a fervent focus on understanding our client's processes, needs, methodologies, and unique challenges-in order to provide real solutions and the technical edge needed in today's competitive environment.

We strive to be your Engineering Technology "Partner" and look forward to the opportunity.  For more information please visit www.camlogic.com or call  us at (248) 969-9201.  

 

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