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Internet Slang Words and Computer Slang

InternetSlang – Internet Dictionary

On this site you will find a list of slang terms, acronyms and abbreviations as used in websites, ICQ chat rooms, blogs, SMS, and Internet forums – a complete dictionary of slang.
There are many such internet slang words in use, some are more widely understood than others, and new ones are evolving all the time. This list is large but inevitably incomplete; however it contains the more commonly used slang words and slang terms. 4420 acronyms are listed at present – if you know of another that should be here then please add an acronym.
Note that a few of the internet abbreviations stand for phrases containing words that may be offensive to some people. In those cases we have substituted asterisks, or similar, for the internet slang words in question.

1 March 2010 Posted by | Fun Stuff, Group of dicussion, Learning material, Other stuff | , , , | Leave a comment

Simplify batch conversion of .PSM to .DXF

You design lots of projects in sheet metal? You need to convert large quantity of solid Edge files to the .DXF?

Flatten’EM  is probably the application you are looking for.

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26 February 2010 Posted by | Manufacturing, Sheet Metal | , | Leave a comment

StreaManager Enhance Revision Manager functionalities

The objective of StreaManager is to make the daily handling of Solid Edge files quick and easy.

StreaManager consists of three programs:

  • An Add-in for Solid Edge, which records all files, including properties and links in a database
  • A client program that acts as the user interface to database
  • A management program

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25 February 2010 Posted by | Assembly, Management | , , | Leave a comment

Designfusion lance une invitation aux utilisateurs Solid Edge du Québec

Vous êtes invité à la présentation des nouveautés de Solid Edge Synchronous Technology 2.

Venez voir les progrès formidables de Solid Edge avec Synchronous Technology 2. Joignez-vous à nous et découvrez comment Synchronous Technology peut considérablement améliorer votre processus de conception et comment les autres produits et services offerts par Designfusion peuvent réduire vos coûts et vous donner un avantage stratégique.

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20 November 2009 Posted by | Other stuff | , , | Leave a comment

Favorite Keyboard shortcuts

Screen size increase and multiply, it is not rare to see people using two monitors.  Since screen area increase, the use of keyboard shortcuts become more obvious.

Creating keyboard shortcuts are part of the best practices to adopt.

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30 July 2009 Posted by | Interface, Other stuff | , | Leave a comment

Tecnomatix

Over the years where I had the chance to work in manufacturing companies, even if the were small and medium in size (commonly know has macine shop), I understand the importance of controling the overall process to get better efficiency.

With a rainy day, I surf the web and take few minutes to look at  Tecnomatix. 

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28 June 2009 Posted by | Manufacturing, Other stuff, Uncategorized | , , | Leave a comment

PLM Wolrd convention presentation

I have talk about one presentation that i found interesting,

Dora Smith from the Social marketing has put a nice interview with the presenter, so why not share with you this interview….

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11 June 2009 Posted by | Assembly, Dimension, Learning material, SEwST, Synchronous Technology | , , , | Leave a comment

Solid Edge Synchronous Technology II

Hi everyone

It is now officially launch, the second version of  SEwST II

More to come in the next months

https://soliddna.wordpress.com/st2/

26 May 2009 Posted by | SEwST, Synchronous Technology, Uncategorized | , , , , | Leave a comment

Multi CAD interoperability

Lately I receive two different kind of email….

One was about the cost of CAD interoperability:

«…Interoperability Costs and Challenges
The costs of product data interoperability issues is difficult to quantify, but is generally regarded as significant.  In 1999, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) published a study of the U.S. automotive industry, which claimed data-exchange costs were $1 billion per year, and that study involved only the automotive industry.  Imagine what that is now!  The study accounted for tangible costs such as rework or outsourced translation but didn’t include issues related to longer development times or inefficient reuse of files.  In a 2007 CADCAMNet Interoperability Survey, 100% of OEMs indicated that they exchanged 3D CAD data with outsourced engineers but received CAD data in their preferred format only 34% of the time.

With some 66% of 3D CAD files being delivered in a format other than the preferred one, most manufacturing companies are faced with the daunting task of transferring files between dissimilar systems. Many issues affect CAD data exchange and present common challenges.»

If this study reflects in all or in portion your situation, consider Synchronous Technology has one of our tools to overcome those challenges. In those rough times you need to take all the A’s and the wild cards at your disposal.

So while we go thru rough times and companies struggle with making their business more profitable, the other mail was marketing a web series for a CAD software. While taking a quick look at it, I got myself to a point where I ask me this question….Customer centric or Product centric?

Customer centric

It seems that companies who claim to be customer centric, place the customer at the center of their taught. So much at the center, once they became customer they are place inside a paddock where walls of marketing are erect all around to prevent them to look on the other side. Along that they use what is call Branding to associate anything to their product, making customers at the center believe nothing else exist.

One of the latest CAD marketing strategies I saw was some kind of web base TV show to promote their product.

That’s what I a call placing customers at the center.

At some point it seems like the Roman Empire who build stadium to distract the population, to keep it occupied and entertain. This was a way to control the population. In today’s world, stadium has been replaced by TV (Web). A mind that is entertained will virtually stop thinking; this is a strategy that most TV operator has understood to keep us strap to our seat.

Product centric

It seems that companies who claim to be product centric place the product at the center of their thought. So much at the center, the evolution of the product is a priority and it could shake the foundation of what was establish or taken for granted. Since the product is place at the center, there is no reason to erect wall to contain customers, this is one of the main differentiator between customer centric and product centric.

Once the product is at the center they send marketing in order to help discover what this will bring to market and what benefits customers could gain from it.

At some point it seems like Library of Alexandria where knowledge was at the center.

A product centric company will help you keep in sigh your goals or destination.

In between, the neutral zone

A neutral zone exit in between, the use of that neutral zone depend on the philosophy/motivation behind it: Customer or Product centric?

Customer centric likes that zone because it helps them look better. In fact solution they offer may seem to be similar to what product centric companies have. But on a closer look we can spot some difference and some are major. This is where the web TV entertains you instead of informing you.

Conclusion

Next time our attention is divert toward a marketing campaign, think about I am being entertain or I am being inform? If you are being entertained ask you why.

While some other CAD company produce TV web base episode in order to distract and entertain you, Solid Edge ST2 is being prepare to be launch with new and enhance features to help you overcome the challenge of CAD interoperability.

17 March 2009 Posted by | CAD, Other stuff, Synchronous Technology, Trouble Shooting | , , , , | Leave a comment

Update – Multiple Solutions

Check at the bottom of the article

https://soliddna.wordpress.com/tutorials/multiple-solutions/

13 March 2009 Posted by | Assembly, Part modeling, Sketching | , , , | Leave a comment

Multiple solutions

I do not intend or pretend to resolve all problems with this article, but if I can give you some good guidelines to develop good practices, the travel will be less chaotic

The mysterious case of Multiple Solutions

25 January 2009 Posted by | Large assembly, Part modeling, Sketching, Trouble Shooting, Tutorial | , , , , , | Leave a comment

New year, new software, new hardware

Has informative this article will be it will also be controversial, so let’s plunge and commit my self

 

https://soliddna.wordpress.com/about-solid-dna/new-year-new-software-new-hardware/

10 January 2009 Posted by | Other stuff | , , , | Leave a comment

Virtual component a more indepth look

From a recent comment made on another blog, I receive few hits regarding virtual components. So I figure out that there is some interest in that subject.

First article was a simple introduction, so I decide I should give more exposure to this topic.

Follow the link………

virtual-components-a-more-indepth-coverage/

10 December 2008 Posted by | Large assembly | , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Simplify parts in HD

Title say pretty much all.

Why not click and see.

Your monitor and connection allow HD resolution watch in 1280×720.

Top right corner of the video there is four buttons use it and spread the word

Simplify parts

5 September 2008 Posted by | Large assembly | , | Leave a comment