This Thursday PADT was asked to help participate in a lunch and learn entitled “The Startup Lifecycle.” The event was a joint presentation of the Arizona Technology Council and the Maricopa Corporate College and it was held at CEI’s fantastic facilities. Given our background, we were asked to talk about Product Development, and specifically on Minimum […]
As a further sign of the growth in the Phoenix Start-Up community, there are two high value events for Start-ups that everyone should be aware of, and it doesn’t hurt that PADT is a key participant in both. Start-Up Strategies The first is a lunch and Learn: “The Start-Up Lifecycle – Key Strategies for Success at […]
We just finished up our third and final AmCon show of the year at what turned out to be the best show of the three. The PADT booth was packed during the exhibition time with a wide variety of people asking questions and checking out examples of what PADT and Stratasys can do. We were able […]
With the introduction of ACT, the ANSYS Workbench editors have gained capabilities and shortcuts at much faster rate than what can be introduced in a development cycle. One of first and most far-reaching extensions is the acoustics. Inevitably I was called on by one of our customers to show them how to do a vibro-acoustics […]
ANSYS PExpert is a fantastic tool for the design, modeling, and analysis of transformers and inductors. Using a combination of classical and finite element analysis (FEA) techniques, ANSYS PExprt determines the core size and shape, air gaps, and winding strategy for a given power converter topology. What we and our customers have found very useful is […]
Sometimes you get that prefect storm where everything happens at once, and these last weeks of May and first weeks of June are shaping up to be our busiest time for conferences and shows this year. We are going to be all over the place: Newfoundland, Montreal, Long Beach, Houston, and even Phoenix. So I […]
This Thursday we had the first of seven free seminars on how to deal with geometry created with 3D scanning, how to repair faceted geometry, and how to deal with old CAD geometry. Don’t panic, we have six more scheduled. Scroll down to see the schedule and register for upcoming versions of this seminar. The inaugural […]
In a recent press release, PADT Inc. announced the launch of CoresOnDemand.com. CoresOnDemand offers CUBE simulation clusters for customers’ ANSYS numerical simulation needs. The clusters are designed from the ground up for running ANSYS numerical simulation codes and are tested and proven to deliver performance results. POWERFUL CLUSTER INFRASTRUCTURE The current clusters available as part of […]
At the beginning of this month, CADCAM Systems agreed to sell their Stratasys 3D Printer sales and support business to PADT. With customers in Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah this acquisition will increase PADT’s presence and investment in those states. This is PADT’s first acquisition in our 21 year history and we are very excited about […]
Once ANSYS started doing more regional user group meetings, we here at PADT decided to stay out west where we felt comfortable. So we have only attended the California and Texas events in the past. This year we decided to venture further East and go to the Convergence meeting in Chicago. I have to say […]
If you have ever dreamed of, or at least had a need for a 3D .pdf file and soda pdf software of your simulation results , the dream is now realized thanks to VCollab. As Eric Miller mentioned in The Focus blog back in February, the latest release of VCollab software enables users to save […]
As part of our long-term commitment to the advancement and growth of Additive Manufacturing (3D Printing), PADT is now a Silver Member of America Makes. We join many of our customers and partners in supporting this National Institute that is focused on "helping the United States grow capabilities and strength in 3D printing, also known as additive […]
We are pleased to announce a new service that we feel is remote solving for FEA and CFD done right: CoresOnDemand.com. We have taken our proven CUBE Simulation Computers and built a cluster that users can simply rent. So you get fast hardware, you get it all to your self, and you receive fantastic […]
For three months we walked, jogged, ran, and whimpered around the lake in front of our office. We trained as a team, we stretched, we mumbled, but we stuck with it. This past weekend running in circles paid off with a very successful showing at the 11th Annual Pat’s run at ASU. I you were at the race, you […]
Every once in a while a customer hits a home run with Additive Manufacturing, and United Launch Alliance had done that with their application of Stratasys technology to the production of flight-ready components for their rockets. They were able to leverage 3D printing to take one component from 140 parts to 16, reducing the risks […]