DEVELOP3D - Technology for the product lifecycle

This week finds me abandoning the last of the indian summer back in the UK to head out to Linz in Austria.

Now, Linz is an odd place. I’ve never been to Austria before, but it seems that those looking to travel there from the UK without spending the best part of a sunday in airports are missing a trick. A short hop to Munich, a chat with an air steward called Dana about the Naked Cowboy in Time Squire and a three hour train ride on the Budapest Express brought me to a sleepy seeming town who’s Design Center is playing host to Siemens PLM’s European user event, PLM Connections.

This morning will see the launch of Siemens’s flagship product development system, NX, and while we’re taking a look at the highlights in the next issue, there’s some interesting things that I wanted to share almost live as they’re announced - so stay tuned for a series of blog posts over the next few hours or indeed, days if the lure of all that fine Austrian hospitality takes its toll.

First up is is HD3D. As with all things HD, it stands for High Definition. While this might be an excuse to buy a new TV and sit watching X-Factor with stupid glasses, in the home environment, within the NX world it means something altogether more interesting.

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