Jeffrey Rowe

Siemens' acquisition of UGS was last year's biggest MCAD news.

The Events That Shaped MCAD in 2007: Acquisitions, new launches, and a changing of the guard are some of the events that kept the manufacturing design world buzzing this year.

Digital Manufacturing's Growing PLM Role: A suite of software from Siemens PLM Software is designed to take on the tasks of manufacturing process management.

A suite of software from Siemens PLM Software is designed to take on the tasks of manufacturing process management.

Enhancements in software architecture enable major improvements in assemblies, visualization, and drawings.

Enhancements in software architecture enable major improvements in assemblies, visualization, and drawings.

MCAD Still Converging in the Middle: As the separation diminishes between high-end and mid-range software, the customer gets more functionality for less money.

As the separation diminishes between high-end and mid-range software, the customer gets more functionality for less money.

Analysis for the Masses with CAE 2.0: If the developers of SymLab and other CAE applications have their way, a lot more users will be performing analysis, doing it earlier in the design process, and paying less to do so.

If the developers of SymLab and other CAE applications have their way, a lot more users will be performing analysis, doing it earlier in the design process, and paying less to do so.