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Michael Alba

Canada, Toronto

Senior Editor at Engineering.com

Senior Editor for @ENGINEERINGcom. Email me at [email protected].

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  • What is Siemens Designcenter?

    3 weeks ago | engineering.com | Michael Alba

    And what's happening to NX and Solid Edge? It's not NX. It's not Solid Edge. And it's definitely not Zel X. It's Designcenter, Siemens' latest brand refresh, and it's all of those tools and more. First announced at CES 2025 in January and reintroduced at the Siemens Realize Live 2025 user conference in June, Designcenter is the new name for Siemens' portfolio of mechanical design software.

  • Realizations in Detroit and the "Figma for BIM"

    3 weeks ago | engineering.com | Michael Alba

    Reporting on the action at Siemens Realize Live 2025, plus Arcol launches its web-based BIM platform. This is Engineering Paper, and here's the latest design and simulation software news. This week I'm in Detroit for Realize Live Americas 2025, Siemens' annual user conference. Siemens Digital Industries Software CEO Tony Hemmelgarn gave the opening keynote yesterday to more than 2,500 attendees at the Huntington Place Convention Center.

  • AI comes for CAM: Toolpath generation, custom DFM and quick cost estimates

    1 month ago | engineering.com | Michael Alba

    Toolpath's browser-based AI platform aims "to make it 10x faster to go from digital design to high-precision machined part."This is Engineering Paper, and here are the latest design and simulation software updates. Sometimes I worry that I'm going to run out of AI startups to write about. Thankfully, they keep popping up like heads on a Hydra. Today I draw my pen on Toolpath, an AI startup focused on CAM automation.

  • Maxon's archviz mission, and engineering salaries revealed

    1 month ago | engineering.com | Michael Alba

    Maxon to release a Vectorworks plugin for real-time rendering, plus more engineering software (and $$$) news. Welcome to Engineering Paper. If you're here for the latest design and simulation software news, you're in the right place. Today's top story comes from Maxon, developer of the rendering app Redshift and 3D modeling and animation software Cinema 4D, among others. Maxon announced last week that it's on a mission to improve architectural visualization. How?

  • Maxon to release Vectorworks plugin for real-time BIM rendering

    1 month ago | engineering.com | Michael Alba

    The Redshift and Cinema 4D developer is expanding into architectural visualization with several planned BIM plugins. Maxon is expanding its reach into architectural visualization. The developer of 3D modeling, animation, and rendering software, including Cinema 4D and Redshift, announced today that it will release dedicated plugins for several BIM platforms, starting with Vectorworks.

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Michael Alba
Michael Alba @albaneering
9 Oct 18

RT @mikerobinson26: “..crux of (Mark) Zebrowski’s viewpoint is that #simulation should go #lean. . . . For simulation to thrive as an effec…

Michael Alba
Michael Alba @albaneering
4 Apr 18

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Michael Alba
Michael Alba @albaneering
20 Mar 18

Onshape Adds Release Management, Revamps BOMs https://t.co/Q8TGGXPzhX