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UGS Connection Expands to Meet the Growing Needs of our Members
PLM World and Siemens PLM Software representatives continue to work together to shape our conference into a world class event. Read more>

Free Conference Admission - Call for Papers - UGS Connection 2008
Annual Conference Organized by PLM World June 1-5, 2008, Orlando, FL
Are you ready to share your experiences, ideas, tips, techniques, process improvements or just your unique applications of Siemens PLM software with other users? By participating, you will have an opportunity to be part of this educational and transforming event at the highest level. Read more>

The New Face of PLM World
The PLM World board has been working with a new web company to help us improve our main website. Visit us at www.plmworld.org to check it out. Not only does it have a new look and feel, but we have reorganized our pages to make it flow better. Read more>

PLM World Website Discussion Forums
In response to numerous requests, PLM World would like to announce that the member discussion areas (now called Forums) have been moved to a new software platform as of November 19th, 2007 to better accommodate our users needs. Read more>

 

Having to stare at the NX3, NX4, and NX5 software boxes sitting on a shelf and hearing my manager tell me to install NX5 I was thrilled. Finally! We can actually start looking at upgrading. Now I did have NX4 installed earlier but didn't spend much time in it. I was anxious to break open the shrink wrap paper on our NX5 software box and finally get it installed and see for myself what has improved or changed. I popped in the DVD and did the typical install without any issues. Things went pretty easy and I was ready to start running. The only thing that was confusing was that I couldn't find the shortcut on my desktop…"Oh, there you are. You look just like the NX4 icon. I couldn't tell you apart." Read more> Ryan McVay CAD/PLM Training Specialist Tennant Company PLM World NX Design SIG Chairperson

Siemens PLM Product Articles

NX

How to Make TAB Key Work in Modeless Winforms : Elango Ramonathon, Hughes Christianson
One of the things that my users did not like when we switched from HPUX to windows several years ago was that the TAB keys stopped working. Since that time, I have been looking for a way to make the tab key work in NX.
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ENV files and NX : Ken Akerboom, PLM World Systems Administration SIG Chairperson
In the last newsletter, I wrote about all the different ways and places you can set an ENV variable so it can be used by NX.
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Solid Edge

Component Grouping – Keep your Assembly Structure Organized : Russell Brook, Siemens
If you have ever felt the need to break away from rigid assembly structures while you design, Solid Edge 'Component Grouping' could be just what you are looking for.
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Teamcenter

Teamcenter 2007 Delivers Lower Cost of Ownership : Margaret Furleigh, Siemens
Anyone purchasing business solutions realizes the cost of the investment goes well beyond software licenses. As you know, the total cost of ownership also includes installation, maintenance, upgrades and training. In PLM software, another key consideration is customizing the application to your company's business environment. This is an issue up-front when the software is first implemented, and it can come into play for each update.
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