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Cloud, AI AR, and Sustainability Partnerships Mark PTC LiveWorx Announcements.

Gary Mintchell

PTC enables manufacturers to address these footprint considerations with its industry-leading product design and lifecycle management software and through new partner integrations with Ansys and aPriori. Creo+ includes real-time design collaboration tools to enable multiple team members to review, explore, and edit product designs.

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New AI-powered Feature Detection Automates CAD/CAM Processes

Fabricating & Metal Work

Cimatron recently released Cimatron CAD-AI, a new computer-aided design (CAD) technology that accelerates mold design and production by using artificial intelligence (AI) to automatically detect part features within solid models.

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Moving from Contact to Noncontact Surface Analysis

Modern Machine Shop

Computer-aided design (CAD) has dramatically sped up the process of getting ideas into the marketplace. These days, products ranging from children’s toys to passenger jets are completely designed in a virtual environment before a single part is manufactured.

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Flexible Fixturing for Cobot Welding

Fabricating & Metal Work

Enter robotic weld fixturing, where a tool’s primary functions include: Providing clear access to the weld joint with the proper torch angles. Intelligent software platforms, such as those offered by Prolim and Camtek, enable step-by-step guidance for fixture design, minimizing development time and increasing robot uptime.

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The time is now for system integrators, manufacturers

Control Engineering

The role of systems integrators has evolved to encompass diverse talents, project management, and a broad range of functions in plant-floor data analysis. Today, it’s less about one person as it is about a whole range of functions having an interest in plant-floor data. million manufacturing jobs unfilled by 2030. SIs have changed.

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How Manufacturing & Engineering Are Connected to Architecture & Design

MEM

Architecture and design are closely linked with manufacturing and engineering. These fields rely on each other to bring innovative ideas to life while also ensuring functionality, safety, and, of course, aesthetic appeal. This collaboration ensures that designs not only look visually appealing but are also functional and durable.

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Metal Additive Manufacturing is an Untapped Market Innovation

Fabricating & Metal Work

Most people have heard of metal additive manufacturing (AM) and have probably seen a 3D printed part or two, but what they may not realize that the ability to create complex components with computer-aided design (CAD) programs or object scans can affect production much more than at the beginning of the value chain.