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We started an email newsletter back in 2002 as “The Focus.”  We kept that up for some time and then made the plunge into blogging around 2008. Over the years, thousands of students and engineers from around the world have told us that our blog is an invaluable tool to them. If you can’t find what you are looking for, don’t hesitate to contact us. 

By combining interactive modeling and multiple simulation capabilities in a first-of-its-kind product, Ansys Discovery allows users to answer critical design questions earlier in the design process w...
What is an APDL Get Summary Sheet? Well, way back in the distant misty past of Ansys usage, when Ansys was all-caps, and the only tool in the Ansys family was Ansys, we would use text commands to bui...
PADT's July 2023 Newsletter is out. You can view it online here or view and download the PDF below. Get The PADT Pulse delivered to your mailbox every month by subscribing now. newsletter-pulse...
Solve the most critical aspects of your product designs through simulation. If you work with antenna, RF, microwave, PCB, package, IC design or even an electromechanical device, Ansys provides users ...
It is kind of hard to wrap your mind around three decades. So much has happened in every one of those years that just looking back and contemplating a fraction of the successes, failures, and day-to-...
Across the World/Around the Globe, more and more people are joining PADT in celebrating Pi Day on March 14th. We repeated our annual celebration here at PADT with some amazingly tasty pies and our an...
For the third year in a row, PADT participated in the annual SandFest at the Children's Museum of Phoenix. It was a great day for everyone, especially the kids who came out in huge numbers to play in...
Engineers worldwide use Ansys to design high-frequency, high-speed electronics found in communications systems, advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), satellites, and internet-of-things (IoT) pro...
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