Medical device displays re-purposed for space On July 16, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts were able to read their displays perfectly on both the mother ship "Columbia" and the "Eagle" Moon lander. Both had special lighting that kept the displays of the on-board computer bright, even in diffuse lighting conditions. The electroluminescent lamps developed by Siemens [...]
HELP... Who Has Time For It? Let's look at the support systems and resources available for users of Siemens NX software and related products. But wait! Did you know that there are over thirty different commands and subroutines with the intention of helping you solve problems? For instance, did you know that the Command Finder [...]
3 Takeaways from my First NX Course A few months ago, I didn’t respect what C-A-D stood for. Now I’m sitting in a Swoosh classroom with five engineers learning about the fundamentals of NX. I just started at Swoosh and spent my first month endlessly researching before realizing I wouldn’t fully understand the software unless [...]
As you may know, Siemens PLM’s NX 1847 uses the Continuous Release methodology. We get it – notices like these are scary. We’ve piled up a few frequently asked questions on the matter to cool off the confusion. How does this impact my existing NX licensing process? It’s business as usual. Customers with a perpetual [...]
This article will highlight some notable aspects of Siemens’ Routing Mechanical application. I ran across these aspects while putting together class materials for a 1-day course that we offer at Swoosh. Think of this as a form of Cliff Notes for the application. Routing Mechanical equips the user with a suite of tools that can [...]
Think like a pro. A heart to heart talk with our users from your support staff to elevate the CAD/CAM user and Swoosh Technologies customer to new heights of productivity and confidence in their abilities, tools and partners. What makes you stand out? Name your favorite NFL football player and then think of the other [...]
How do you serve NX FLEXlm licenses through a firewall? A majority of the support calls that come into our queue are issues related to NX licensing. It isn’t that NX licensing is that hard to accomplish, but that the steps to accomplish it in YOUR environment aren’t so obvious. There are many questions that [...]
This is a procedure for Cloning an assembly in NX. Start by creating a folder/directory named cloned Open the NX file you wish to clone. From the Assemblies pull down menu. Select Cloning (Make sure assemblies are active, if Assemblies are not active Cloning option is not visible.) Select Create Clone Assembly. This dialog will [...]
Sometimes there are some NX settings that just seem to hide in the dark. Have you ever opened a dialog and realized that some of the Groups are missing? Somehow, your dialog has been set with those options turned off. NX Dialog Format You see, it all started in NX8.5 after the dialogs had all [...]
Training improves employee performance. According to Ferdinand Fournies (author of ‘Why Employees Don’t Do What They’re Supposed To Do’) performance problems occur because employees (1) don’t know what they’re supposed to do, (2) don’t know how to do it, and/or (3) don’t know why they should do it. Training enhances company profits. Based on the […]
