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Neil Watford

Neil works for Desktop Engineering in the technical support and training area
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What is 3DEXPERIENCE?

What is 3DEXPERIENCE®? What is ‘The Platform’? What is PLM?

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Topics: 3DEXPERIENCE, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), CATIA, #HowCanWeHelpYou?, SOLIDWORKS

Do not fear change, embrace it! …Really?

Change – It happens, and it must happen in order for things to (hopefully) get better.

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Topics: 3DEXPERIENCE, Various - CAD CAM FEA PLM, TechTips

Are your Issues more of an Issue than you realise?

Issues – we all know that they exist, but are we ever truly aware of how bad they are? how many of them there are? who is fixing them, and when they have been fixed?

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Topics: 3DEXPERIENCE, TechTips

We don’t do Project Management

Or do we?

When speaking to customers about 3DEXPERIENCE, I often include a discussion about project management. Quite often customers - especially smaller ones with fewer staff – will say we are too small to justify project management:  “We don’t do Project Management”.

In my experience this is rarely the case, but perhaps it would be best to first define what I mean by Project Management.

If you think I am about to start talking about Prince 2 or Six Sigma, then I am sorry (not sorry) to disappoint you.

I am referring to something much more basic.

 

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Topics: 3DEXPERIENCE, Various - CAD CAM FEA PLM, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), TechTips

The PLM ROI Conundrum

The advantages of a product lifecycle management ('PLM') system are – generally – widely understood and accepted.

The issue with choosing to take the plunge and move ahead with a solution usually comes down to business justification of the cost and ultimately the Return On Investment ('ROI') calculation.

So, what is the solution to the 'PLM ROI conundrum'? 

Here at Desktop Engineering we believe the answer is simple – Reduce the size of your ‘I’.

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Topics: 3DEXPERIENCE, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Dassault Systemes

3DEXPERIENCE Launcher license renewal

Potential 3DEXPERIENCE Launcher License Renewal Required

A little-known fact is that the 3DEXPERIENCE Launcher service on your client uses a license. This license comes packaged into the Launcher install and is given an expiry date way out into the future so that – hopefully – it will never become an issue.

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Topics: 3DEXPERIENCE, TechTips

3DEXPERIENCE Tech Tips

Potential 3DEXPERIENCE Full Text Search License Renewal Required

A little-known fact is that the Full Text Search service on your 3DEXPERIENCE (formerly ENOVIA V6) server uses a license. This license comes packaged into the Full Text Search install and is given an expiry date way out into the future, so that – hopefully – it will never become an issue.

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Topics: 3DEXPERIENCE, TechTips