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Reverse Engineering vs 3D Digitization. Which CAD Model Level Is Best for You?

What's the difference between Reverse Engineering and 3D Digitization? Reverse Engineering requires engineering problem solving to determine how a product/design met its required functionality and pu...

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Optimal Ski Rack Aerodynamics Pt 2: “What about a box?”

The last few years have been different, to say the least. Regrettably, I haven’t skied at all for the past two seasons, and my gear has just been gathering dust. However, a confluence of events has...

SpaceClaim Meshing & Geometry Updates in Ansys 2021 R2 – Webinar

Engineering exploration via simulation is virtually risk free because engineers are no longer bound to an expensive and time-consuming prototype-test-redesign cycle. New design ideas can be virtually...

Ansys Motor CAD Modeling Damper Bars

PADT's Kang Li shows how to add Damper Bars to an Electric Motor in Ansys Motor-CAD. This step-by-step video is a tutorial on that process as well as a fantastic look at how Ansys Motor-CAD works...

Ansys – Software for Electric Machine Design

The electric propulsion system has drawn more and more attention in the last decade. There has been a lot of development of the electric machines which are used in automotive and aerospace. It is ess...

Optimizing Electronics Reliability with Ansys Sherlock – Webinar

Ansys Sherlock automated design analysis software is the only Reliability Physics/Physics of Failure (PoF)-based electronics design analysis software that provides fast and accurate life predictions ...

All Things ANSYS 041: Simulating Additive Manufacturing in ANSYS 2019 R2

Published on: July 15th, 2019 With: Eric Miller & Doug Oatis Description: In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined by PADT's Lead Mechanical Engine...

Discovery Updates in ANSYS 2019 R1 – Webinar

The ANSYS 3D Design family of products enables CAD modeling and simulation for all design engineers. Since the demands on today’s design engineer to build optimized, lighter and smarter products a...

All Things ANSYS 034 – Celebrating 25 Years of ANSYS Simulation: Changes In The Last Quarter Century & Where The Future Will Take Us

Published on: April 8th, 2019 With: Eric Miller, Ted Harris, Tom Chadwick, Sina Ghods, & Alex Grishin Description: In this episode your host and Co-Founder of PADT, Eric Miller is joined...

Gone Skiing: Aerodynamics – Does It Matter Which Way Your Skis Are Pointing On Your Roof Rack?

I was on the gondola up at Keystone for night-skiing a week ago, after a long day at Beaver Creek, because the last thing I am going to do at 3:00 pm is try to make it back to Denver, as everyone kno...