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“Spatialization or 3D rendering of sound means that you get the feeling that you are pulling your speakers out of your ears… hearing the sound or music coming from around you instead. It is actually proven through various studies that that is a more natural way of listening. ”   Jabra’s owner company GN is an audio and video communications technology company which was founded over 100 years ago to undertake the epic task of placing the first telephone line between China and Scandinavia. Since then they have continued to innovate in the area of communications and today they design and manufacture communications devices such as wireless earbuds, headsets, intelligent hearing aids and video conferencing solutions.   Their wireless earbuds are full of cutting edge technology such as advanced noise cancellation, wind cancellation and of course essential for the runners, sweat resistance. They even manufacture some of the toughest, most durable headphones on the market.   On

“The rescue services need to know that the vehicle is safe to approach… with this app, we have a 3D view of each truck and this augmented reality view.”   With many governments making commitments toward zero-emission targets, more and more of the trucks on our roads are becoming electric. Whilst good news for the environment, it can present challenges for emergency responders, who may not be familiar with how these types of trucks are built. In the event of an accident, emergency services need to be able to access vehicles safely, and potentially, rescue people trapped inside. This means knowing things like where the battery is, where high-voltage cables are or which parts of the truck can be safely cut through.   Volvo Trucks is the market leader in the manufacture of electric trucks in Europe, and as has been the case for decades, they’re improving safety through clever innovation. They’ve developed an app for use at the scene of an emergency which guides those on the sce

November 12, 2020 Replay WebcastThis video has chapters — open the player menu to jump straight to a section.Chapter Summaries0:00 – Welcome & Introductions: CFD 201 Webinar Kickoff with PTC and Simerics Moderator Diane opens the CFD 201 webinar, covers Q&A/chat logistics, and introduces the presenters: Tom Quaglia (PTC Director of CAD Strategic Accounts), Todd Kraft, Rich Moore (Simerics EVP), and Alex Zhang. 1:05 – CFD 201 Overview: Cavitation, Wear & Product Life Cycle Rich Moore frames the session around cavitation, surface wear-and-tear, and product failure, previewing Alex Zhang's pump example that combines solid modeling in Creo Parametric with rotating geometry analysis in Creo Flow Analysis. 3:02 – Simerics Recap: Simerics MP, PumpLinx & Creo Flow Analysis Packages Recap of CFD 101/102 covering Simerics MP embedded in PumpLinx (pumps, valves, compressors) and Orca3D Marine CFD, plus the Creo Flow Analysis Base, Plus (rotating/moving), and Premium (cavitation +

Check out this video on MultiAxis Milling w Creo NC from PTC Application EngineersPresenters: Lee Goodwin (Solution Consultant, Principal) and Ryan Butcher (Solution Consultant, Fellow)Original Date Presented: October 19, 2023 To dive deeper into the subject, check out MultiAxis Milling. 

“Identify and eliminate waste and pollution at source,  circulate products and materials at their highest value for as long as possible and regenerate natural systems. So, put back at least as much or more than you take out from the natural ecosystems on which we depend. And do all that by design.”   This podcast is no stranger to innovation that drives positive change. We’ve met people who are making electric transport easily accessible in Africa and those using VR  to enable medics to reach patients in disaster zones. But what if we could redesign the whole economy to make it waste-free and sustainable for the future?    The Ellen MacArthur Foundation was founded in 2010 by the sailor Ellen MacArthur, with the aim of driving forward a circular economy. Traditionally, we think of the economy as linear: we start with extracting raw materials, which we then make products, use those products for their lifespan, and then they are disposed of as waste. The circula

Applicable Release: Creo Parametric 1.0 to 8.0   Description: In this video, we will be configuring Creo Parametric ModelCHECK to remove unwanted relations from Parts & Assemblies. Configuration works for both Parts and Assemblies.

Attached to this blog post is a short presentation and a video on the new enhancement to allow replacing the model of a drawing view with a related model in Creo 4.0. Any questions or feedback you have related to the ability to replace the model of a drawing view should be provided as comments to the blog post. That will be the easiest way for me to keep track of the comments and also be able to provide timely responses to your questions. If you follow this post, you can be notified of those comments as well and be able to learn from what others are asking. I may also periodically update this post to add some new details or information related to this enhancement.   Also, don't forget to follow the main blog post for 2D Detailing - which will have links to other 2D Detailing-related content  2D Detailing Home:  Start Here!

Attached to this blog post is a short presentation on the new enhancements to Dimensions in Creo 4.0 in Drawing mode. Any questions or feedback you have related to Dimensions should be provided as comments to the blog post. That will be the easiest way for me to keep track of the comments and also be able to provide timely responses to your questions. If you follow this post, you can be notified of those comments as well and be able to learn from what others are asking. I may also periodically update this post to add some new details or information related to Dimensions.   Also, don't forget to follow the main blog post for 2D Detailing - which will have links to other 2D Detailing-related content 2D Detailing Home: Start Here!

Check out this video on Creo Composites from PTC Application EngineersPresenters: Lee Goodwin (Technical Specialist, Principal) and Ryan Butcher (Technical Specialist, Fellow)Original Date Presented: August 15,, 2023To dive deeper into the subject, check out Creo Composites Learning.  

Check out this video on Creo Additive MFG from PTC Application EngineersPresenters: Lino Tozzi (Solution Consultant, Fellow) and Ryan Butcher (Solution Consultant, Fellow)Original Date Presented: November 14, 2023To dive deeper into the subject, check out Creo Additive MFG.  

“What Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man sees, symbols overlaid on the real world, giving him all sorts of information in colour while he’s flying around at speed, that’s the kind of thing that Striker II does”   When a fighter pilot is flying a high-speed jet, every second counts. In futuristic TV and movies we’ve got used to seeing pilots reading displays right in front of their eyes, think Iron Man and Top Gun. Well real life is catching up with the revolutionary Striker II Digital Helmet-Mounted Display made by BAE Systems.    BAE Systems is one the world’s leading aerospace innovators but their history goes back a long way at their site in Rochester, England. Once a plant that built aircraft during WW2, it’s now the birthplace of augmented reality in aviation, shaping the future of both military and commercial aviation.   Nigel Kidd, has worked on the groundbreaking technology that powers Striker II since its inception,  Alongside him Paul Harrison, manages th

"Manufacturing is critical to our national security, our health and our ability to explore new worlds and advance the human condition… VulcanForms exists to move manufacturing forward and be a small piece, hopefully a very important piece, of that future.”   VulcanForms is an MIT-born company that builds and operates advanced digital manufacturing infrastructure, founded in 2015. It’s named after Vulcan, the roman god of fire and metalworking. Why? Because the company has developed an innovative new way of manufacturing intricate metal parts on an industrial scale. They use metal additive manufacturing, a form of 3D printing to print engineered metal components that require precise designs and complex structures. This means they can have a production line that can at one time be making components for medical devices, then switch to making consumer electronics, and another week be making products for aviation, space exploration or the defence industry.   What’s more this pro

“They wanted to prototype technologies for telexistence… so it’s essentially where you have aremote operator… controlling a robotic autonomous system.” If you are injured in a disaster zone, it is critical that you receive medical care as urgently aspossible. But what if the environment is not safe for medics to enter? Either because it is a warzone or because there are hazardous materials around. That’s where AMRC’s VR technologycan help. The Advanced Medical Robotics Centre at the University of Sheffield, UK has createdpioneering robotics technology to get medics into difficult-to-access areas to triage patients.Using medical telexistence (MediTel) technology, medics can operate a remote controlled robotto reach the patients, and wear a virtual reality headset which places them in that environment.The robots are equipped with medical devices which allow the medics to carry out checksincluding taking the patient's pulse, administering pain relief and palpitating their abdomen

“We’re giving the opportunity for people to do a lot of technical work, that generally doesn't happen too often in Kenya”   If you’ve been to East Africa you may be familiar with “boda bodas.” If not, they’re small taxi bikes, commonly used by couriers or to transport people. There are 1.2 million of them in Kenya alone, that’s a lot of combustion engines on the roads, and removing them is the problem that Roam Electric are helping to solve   Roam was founded in 2017. They started out making electric safari vehicles (no surprise being located right on the edge of the national park) but they now aim to create an electric future for Africa by producing easy-to-use, affordable electric vehicles. As well as developing innovative electric buses as the country’s newest and greenest mass transit solution, they also build an electric motorcycle called the Roam Air, primarily targeted at boda boda riders.   In this episode we head to Nairobi to visit Roam’s HQ to meet Masa Kituy

“How can we make this so it physically works, but also how can we make it so that it looksamazing as well?” From James Bond to Mission Impossible to The Great Escape, chances are you have probablyseen a Triumph motorcycle on the silver screen. Triumph’s most famous bikes are probablytheir iconic 1960s Bonneville range, but they make a wide range of classic, urban and adventurebikes, and also supply engines for racing bikes, with some models having even broken land-speed records. The company was founded in 1902 and they currently sell around 100,000 bikeseach year all around the world. The sleek design which made the 1960s models so famous is very important to the brand, butthey also need to include all of the modern hardware that today’s consumers expect, from cruisecontrol to infotainment. Our producer Helen visited Triumph’s headquarters in Hinckley to meetChief Design Office Geoff Hurst. He showed her around their offices and the on-site VisitorCentre, and explained how clever desi

“We believe that Africa shouldn’t be trailing behind the developing world in green initiatives, butthat actually Africa is primed to lead the drive to green initiatives.” Around the world, over 3 billion people don’t have access to motorised transport. This meansthat farmers in emerging economies can struggle to get their produce to market. They mighthave to carry heavy loads long distances, or pay to rent a bike which isn’t suited to dangerousroads, all because they can’t afford to buy a truck. OxDelivers is working to change all this byallowing farmers to rent space in their electric OxTrucks. As the farmers are only paying for thespace they need, the system remains affordable and allows them to take more goods to marketand make more profit. The OxDelivers system is currently operating in Rwanda, but they aim to expand to otheremerging markets. The OxTrucks have been designed to be durable enough to negotiate thehilly Rwandan roads, and fully electric to keep costs down and to be le

“There’s nothing really else out there that compares to this…. It’s the closest to real life you canget without actually going out on track in a car.“ Imagine being able to race round all the world’s top Formula One circuits and feel every bumpand bit of understeer without actually having to travel anywhere. Or to be able to test drive aroad car that hasn’t been built yet on the motorway. Dynisma creates driving simulators thatmake this possible. Founded by ex-F1 engineer Ash Warne, Dynisma develops incrediblyrealistic driving simulators for both motorsport teams and the car industry. What sets theirsimulators apart though is how quickly they respond, in milliseconds, so drivers feel like they’redriving a real car. Our host (and motor racing fan) Paul Haimes joined Ash in Dynisma’s office in Somerset tolearn more about how they build state of the art simulators - and to have a test drive in theirflagship DMG-1 model simulator. Paul drives the DMG-1 around the famous SpaFrancorchamps F

“It is different, it is unique, and people are not used to seeing a piano in this harmoniousmustard colour.” Since the launch of the Casiotone keyboard in 1980, the electronic keyboard has become apopular addition to our homes. A more affordable and portable option to the classic piano, itopened up an exciting new era of musical expression to a generation of consumers. Althoughthey started out making calculators and watches, they have since sold over 100 million musicalinstruments. Their latest model, the PX-S7000 in “harmonious mustard” from the Casio Priviarange, is not only going down a storm with musicians but it’s also a thing of beauty winningdesign awards for its unusual look. Neil Evans is the Electronic Music Division of Casio in the UK and Ireland. He tells us about thecultural impact and evolution of the casio keyboard… and also plays us some tunes. Find outfrom Neil how the sound samples have evolved over the years, how their dedication to detailmakes playing the keyboard

“The project has definitely made me more curious about all the kinds of subjects I had to delveinto for the project… also resilience, I think, is a big part of it.“ Education is vital for inspiring the engineers of tomorrow. In this special episode of the podcastwe ask: are we encouraging enough young people to go into engineering to meet the demandfor innovation? We speak to Jordan Cox from PTC’s Education segment about the importanceof inspiring the next generation to study STEM subjects, and how the company is supportingacademia in creating the engineers of the future. We also head to Germany to meet Steve Sandhoop, a high school student at the Gymnasium inden Filder Benden, who is living proof that giving students access to technology to get involvedin engineering can yield great results. Steve created a robot arm designed to carry out kneesurgery as part of his final project at school. Not content with just building the robot, he alsocreated an accurate life-size model of a human

“You see a photograph and you’d be hard pressed to say that’s a model… I can still get tricked.” Many of us will have nostalgic memories of building Airfix model kits of planes as a child. In theUK, the name 'Airfix' has become practically synonymous with plastic models of the iconic British WW2 fighter plane, the Spitfire. However, Airfix (and their parent company HornbyHobbies) make model kits of a wide range of vehicles and aircraft, from sports cars to classicand modern jets, trains, tanks and even warships. Their models range in complexity all the wayfrom starter kits to very complex designs. Senior Designer Chris Joy tells us about the development of new kits and the detailed researchthat is required to make Airfix models the most detailed and accurate representations of planesand vehicles as possible. He explains the artistry involved in putting together the smallestdetails on model planes, including making the outside look weathered and beaten, anddiscusses how computer-aided

“The genesis of Xenith was basically: there’s gotta be a better way.” Athletes who play American Football regularly face high-impact tackles, the force of which canfeel like being hit by a baby whale. As more research is being done into the potential effects ofrepeated head trauma on an athlete’s health, there is a renewed focus on safety measures inthe sport being driven from the top down by the NFL. Xenith was founded in 2006 by Vin Ferrara, who had played college football as a quarterbackand was interested in creating a new game-changing type of helmet. Xenith’s unique approachis to use adaptive technology which allows the helmet to move independently to the athlete’shead on impact, protecting them from the majority of the force. Now, Xenith’s helmets are usedacross the globe and the company makes various different types of protective equipmentincluding helmets, shoulder pads and core guards from their headquarters in Detroit, Michigan. In this episode Chief Engineer Ron Jadischke

“When it comes to creating a home… we’re creating future memories for people”. Did you know that buildings account for 39% of all global energy related carbon emissions?From the energy used in central heating to the materials used in their construction, our homesare a huge contributor to our carbon footprint. So how do we create sustainable homes for thefuture? Architectural firm Warehome, based in East London, is trying to answer that question. In this episode, Founder Joe Stuart tells us about how Warehome specialises in the Germandesign approach “Passivhaus” and takes us on a tour of his home (also the first house thatWarehome built and designed.) Find out how they’re using carefully considered buildingmaterials such as timber to make the building process more sustainable, and designing thespace so there is no need for a central heating system. He also explains how important it is todesign a space that is personalised and a home, and how virtual reality can help to deliver thatfor

Technology has become integrated into every aspect of the way we work, especially for peoplewho spend a big chunk of time sitting at a desk for their job. But whether you’re updating a document on your iPad, or dialling into Zoom from your laptop,this tech is not hands free. So frontline workers like paramedics, engineers, mechanics - peoplewho have their hands tied doing their job - often miss out on the edge and convenience ofcomputers. And that’s where Assisted Reality and RealWear’s incredible suite of hands-free, voice-enabledhead wearables comes in. To find out about this tech, and in particular their flagship product the Navigator 520, ourreporter Joel Shupack visited RealWear’s HQ in Vancouver, Washington, to meet chairman andCEO Andrew Crosstowski (Chrostowski).    

“We’ve seen a drastic change in the medical landscape. We see that people have a switch intheir relationship with their healthcare professionals.” Walking down the street, you’ll notice many people have switched their classic Casio forsomething a little bit… Smarter. Interest in smart devices and wearable tech has grown rapidlysince the pandemic, as our relationship with our health has changed and evolved. Withings is a company developing some of the most technically advanced health trackers on themarket. But it’s not all about smartwatches and fitness straps - Withings’ smart scales are state-of-the-art, and their pioneering urine monitor is one-of-a-kind. In this episode we find out aboutall three of Withings’ flagship products, visiting their HQ just outside Paris to meet mechanicalteam leader Manon Navellou and PR manager Thi Nguyen. We also hear from Jon Hirschtick who explains why Withings has chosen to use PTC’s cloud-based computer aided design platform Onshape.    

“We’re extremely well positioned to make charging your car as easy as charging your laptop.”   It wasn’t always easy owning an electric car, with the constant fear of running out of juice weighing on your mind. But those fears are fast vanishing, with unbelievable growth and innovation in charging technology.    So as many countries prepare for a large-scale transition to electric, and with petrol and diesel cars soon to become a thing of the past, are we prepared for our electric future? Thanks to companies like EVBox, the future is bright. In this episode we visit EVBox’s HQ in Amsterdam to find out just how easy their award winning EV chargers are to use. We learn how they're speeding up charge times with their game-changing tech. And we hear about their successes and global growth.   We also hear from Jon Hirschtick who explains how EVBox uses PTC’s product lifecycle management and quality management solution Arena.