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Fluent Materials Processing Updates in Ansys 2024 R1 – Webinar

When using Ansys Fluent simulation, material properties are a vital input. The accuracy of the material data has a direct impact on the accuracy of your simulation. Ansys Fluent Materials Processi...

Press Release: New Stratasys F3300 Significantly Boosts PADT’s 3D Printing Services Efficiency and Capability

We love it when a big truck shows up in PADT's back parking lot, especially when there is a big crate inside. New equipment has arrived! On this particular April morning, the truck was dropping off ...

All Things Ansys 126: Structural Updates in Ansys 2024 R1

Published on: April 19, 2024 With: Eric Miller, Jim Peters & Joe Woodward Description: In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by two of PADT's C...

Ansys Mechanical Automated Bolt Connection Generation and Release ROT DOFs at Bolt Ends

Recently one of our customers reached out to us with the following challenge around a bolt connection they were looking at. They needed to generate bolted connections such that: The workflow is a...

PADT’s Dave Dietrich Featured on 3DPOD Podcast

Episode 194 of the 3DPOD podcast featured PADT's very own Director of Hardware Sales and Support, Dave Dietrich. The fantastic interview with Joris Peels of 3DPrint.com and Maxwell Bogue of WobbleWor...

Simulating Enforced Motion in Ansys Mechanical Structural Dynamics Problems

Back in engineering school, most of us studied the classical dynamics solution for a harmonic oscillator subject to a base motion. Although there are four different ways to model this situation in An...

Student Rocketry Panel: Using Simulation to Propel Designs

We were thrilled to conduct an interview with Adam Trumpour and several student teams from the United States and Canada. The attendees included members from various teams and organizations: MACH team...

Structures Updates in Ansys 2024 R1 (2) – Webinar

Ansys offers structural analysis software solutions that enable engineers of all levels and backgrounds to solve complex structural engineering problems faster and more efficiently. By using these to...