It’s always nice when a customer gets a mention in the local press. PADT is helping NeruoEM in the development of a “a self-contained head device to prevent and treat Alzheimer’s Disease (AD) with electromagnetic waves.” Check out the write-up here. There is not a lot we can say about the project or what […]
This video is an introduction to ANSYS RBD – an add on module to ANSYS Mechanical for analyzing rigid mechanisms.
PADT held our 20th anniversary party at our primary offices in Tempe Arizona on April 10th. Despite the record high temperatures, around 400 people stop by to help us celebrate. There was good food, good entertainment, and most importantly, good people. A highlight of the event is that April 10th was proclaimed PADT day […]
(View part one of this series here.) So, I’ve done a little of this Workbench customization stuff in a past life. My customizations involved lots of Jscript, some APDL, sweat and tears. I literally would bang my head against Eric Miller’s office door jamb wondering (sometimes out loud) what I had done to be picked […]
PADT’s new Objet500 Connex3 is up and running, just in time for our 20th Anniversary party tonight. The latest machine from Stratasys is the first true 3D Color Printer that allows users to print accurate and durable parts in whatever combination of color they want, including tinted transparent material. The machine is comfortably nestled between […]
Everyone here at PADT is working hard on their day-to-day tasks and getting ready for the 20th Anniversary Party tomorrow night from 5:30-9:00. The refreshments have been procured, ice is on order, and an appointment has been set to go get the cake. In light of tomorrows high temps, we even ordered two coolers to […]
As part of our “Getting to know ANSYS” video series, this video is an introduction to ANSYS Icepak – an electronics thermal analysis package in the ANSYS Product Suite.
The ANSYS Product Suite contains a large number of modules that are each tailored for a particular area in the simulation and analysis world. We, at PADT, realize that many of our customers are not aware or are confused at where each of these modules fits in to the analysis spectrum. The “Getting to know […]
If you are interested in 3D Printing and you don’t follow Terry Wohlers, you should. He has been following this industry since it started and he is one of the best at separating hype from reality. Here is a link to a blog post on 3dprinter.net on his predictions at this years Inside 3D Printing […]
I’m going to embark on a multipart blog series chronicling my efforts in writing a PID Thermostat control boundary condition for workbench. I picked this boundary condition for a few of reasons: As far as I know, it doesn’t exist in WB proper. It involves some techniques and element types in ANSYS Mechanical APDL that […]
The merger of modern 2D printing and 3D printing is getting closer and stronger. As a sign of the convergence, this years Digital Printing Presses Conference has invited PADT to give a presentation to the digital printing press community on 3D Printing. The conference runs from April 30th through May 2nd in Scottsdale, Arizona. PADT […]
(Tempe, AZ) PADT is pleased to announce the release of a new product: The Detoxinator 1200. Based on their proven success with the Support Cleaning Apparatus used in the 3D Printing industry, PADT has modified the design for the medical market. A well known celebrity has also signed with PADT to promote the product. The […]
We were pleased to note that long time PADT customer Orbital Sciences Corporation is starting production of 81 satellites at its Gilbert, Arizona facility. This new constellation of satellites will replace the existing constellation of Iridium satellites now in low earth orbit. It is exciting to see this project moving to this next critical […]
If you haven’t noticed, ANSYS, Inc. has been making quite a few ACT extensions available for ANSYS 15.0 on the ANSYS Customer Portal. If you are not familiar with ACT (ANSYS Customization Toolkit) Extensions, please see our earlier blog entry, “There’s an Extension for That,” here. As of this writing, there are 20 ACT extensions […]
The other day some visitors to PADT asked if we wanted to tour their new facility. Some place called TechShop Chandler. I had heard some about them, a place where you can have access to tech tools and technology, but I didn’t know much more than that. Wow, was I pleasantly surprised when we stopped […]