Best Practice and Tips and Tricks from Mike Watkins

PLM 360 is now part of the Autodesk product innovation platform, Fusion, which is redefining the way products are designed, made and used. Fusion brings together a unique set of cloud-connected design, manufacturing and IoT tools. To reflect this change, PLM 360 is being renamed to Fusion Lifecycle.  Still the same great product lifecycle management solution, but now on a single technology platform. ‪#‎PLM‬ ‪#‎CAD‬ ‪#‎CAM‬ ‪#‎SIM‬ ‪#‎Cloud‬ ‪#‎autodesk‬ More info on Fusion Lifecycle then click below. http://www.mikewatkinswebservices.com/cloud-cad-pdm.html

The way we design products is changing, the level of product Intelligence is rising and the way in which we manufacture those products is transforming. Join Autodesk to hear from Industry experts and pioneering manufacturers about the latest product development and manufacturing trends and how products like PLM are making a difference. We’d like to formally invite you to the Transformative Innovation with PLM Roundtable Event, hosted by Autodesk, on Thursday 26th May 2016 at Old Trafford Football Ground.  Click here to Register As well as hearing from Manufacturing Industry Experts; presenting at the event will be a number of North West manufacturers who have used Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) to help them transform innovation through…. ·       Streamlined sales to engineering ·       Reduced waste in product development ·       Increased product sales & profitability ·       Products & projects d...

Security Seal Technology lightweight trolleys  This week I've been with the development team from  Security Seal Technology Ltd,  to see what great products they are creating and share some of my best practices. T hey are preparing for their Autodesk PLM 360  implementation so we like to share examples from other customers to help them get started.  Security Seal Technology Ltd are a recent customer of Autodesk PLM 360 as part of the  Autodesk® Entrepreneur Impact programme.   The team from Security Seal Technology, with the Innovative lightweight trolley Security Seal Technology   specialises in creating  cutting edge security solutions for the aviation industry. The company provides  intuitive alternatives to the traditional heavier, less reliable and potentially i nsecure current airline trolley solutions. The security function  is an electronic, multi-point  lock and security seal that will...

Last year I visited my daughter's secondary school to give a talk to some of the upper 6 classes about Autodesk, what we do, and how we can help any future designers to realise their Innovations through our software and tools. One of the tools I showed was  Autodesk Homestyler   a really cool app that allows you to express your creativity, find inspiration, and make smarter home design choices. Now I must admit I'm not an expert ! I showed a quick demo and then went onto to show Autodesk PLM 360 , Fusion 360   and a few more.. Towards the end of 2015 My daughter got her first iPhone and she asked me to put some of the Autodesk apps on it. As an experiment I thought she could help me to layout our new kitchen design So I left her a few days thinking that she should get bored! If you have kids you know how quickly they go through apps/games and want a new one to play with ! But to my surprise,...