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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.

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...

Discovery Updates in Ansys 2024 R1 – Webinar

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...

The Return of the Trusty Ansys APDL Get Summary Sheet

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...

The PADT Pulse – PADT Turns 30, SandFest + Pi Day, and Amperian Loops in Ansys Electronics Desktop – March 2024

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...

Low Frequency Electromagnetics Updates in Ansys 2024 R1 – Webinar

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 ...

PADT Turns 30!

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-...

Pi Day 2024 – Diving Into Some Pies and Math

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...