Mecanica

09/04/2026

A few boxes. A few lines. And suddenly your CAD model has opinions. 😏

CATIA Visual Scripting is one of those tools that starts innocently enough: connect an input here, add some logic there, see what happens.

Then the graph gets bigger. The geometry gets smarter. And before long, you’re building design behaviour instead of just building the design.

The latest R2026x updates push that idea even further, with a redesigned scripting experience and some seriously interesting new generative possibilities.

Convenient timing, because we’ve been going down the Visual Scripting rabbit hole ourselves lately. 👀

On September 17, Gabriel Duclos will be showing us what you can actually do with it on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. 🔗 Register here to attend his webinar: https://hubs.li/Q04wLDGN0

For now, enjoy the nodes. 🤓

09/03/2026

Not every design workflow fits neatly inside the tools you already have.
Sometimes the quickest path forward is being able to build the logic yourself. 👀

On Thursday, September 17 at 2:00 PM ET, join Gabriel Duclos for a practical introduction to the recently added CATIA Visual Script Designer role on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.

We’ll explore how visual scripting can help you automate and extend your design workflows, then put it into practice with a live exercise using the Visual Scripting app.

Whether you’re already working in CATIA or just curious about what visual scripting adds to the 3DEXPERIENCE environment, this is a great place to start.

👉 Save your spot: https://hubs.li/Q04wylSp0

09/01/2026

A production plan only works if it can keep up with production.

When schedules, resources and shop-floor realities start pulling in different directions, even a solid plan can become outdated surprisingly quickly.

That’s why conversations around more connected, responsive production planning are worth following. DELMIA is digging into exactly that in this upcoming webinar, with a look at how cloud-based tools can help manufacturers build schedules that better reflect what is actually happening on the floor.

Worth putting on the calendar if production planning is part of your world. 👇

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Un plan de production fonctionne seulement s’il est capable de suivre la réalité de la production.

Quand les échéanciers, les ressources et ce qui se passe réellement sur le plancher commencent à évoluer dans des directions différentes, même un bon plan peut devenir désuet assez rapidement.

C’est pourquoi les discussions autour d’une planification de production plus connectée et plus réactive méritent qu’on s’y attarde. DELMIA aborde justement le sujet dans ce prochain webinaire, avec un regard sur la façon dont les outils infonuagiques peuvent aider les fabricants à bâtir des échéanciers qui reflètent mieux la réalité du terrain.

À mettre au calendrier si la planification de production fait partie de votre quotidien. 👇

Struggling with production schedules?
Join our upcoming webinar to learn how cloud-based tools can help you create realistic plans and stay on top of delivery timelines. Let’s tackle bottlenecks together!
Join our industry experts Wood, Henry, Cole
Register here 👉👉👉 http://go.3ds.com/h6uq

08/28/2026

Somewhere along the way, cars stopped being just cars.

Now they’ve got cameras, sensors, apps, connectivity, software updates, driver assistance... basically an entire digital ecosystem wrapped around four wheels. 🛞📱

“Smartphone on wheels” sounds like a joke until you think about everything happening behind the dashboard.

The only catch: your phone doesn’t have to deal with potholes, freezing rain, highway speeds, constant vibration, and a few dozen systems all trying to play nicely at once.

Slightly more complicated than tapping “install update.” 😎

But also a lot more exciting.

Because all that extra intelligence means vehicles can keep getting safer, more responsive, more connected, and more capable long after they leave the factory.

Turns out, “smartphone on wheels” is actually a pretty fun direction to be heading.

08/27/2026

You've been on vacation for the last 2 weeks. 😎🏖️🌞

You come back, open a project, and somehow 47 things happened while you were gone. 🥲

A design changed. Someone made a decision three meetings ago. A problem got solved, reopened, discussed again, and buried somewhere in the conversation history.

Normally, getting caught up means reading your way back into the project. AURA takes a different approach.

Ask what changed while you were away, and it can pull the relevant activity together so you can understand where things stand without retracing every discussion yourself.

It’s a small example, but probably one of the easiest ways to understand where AI starts becoming genuinely useful inside an engineering organization.

Not another place to ask questions.
A faster way back into the work that really matters.

Explore how AI is taking shape across engineering and manufacturing: https://hubs.li/Q04vx1GL0

08/26/2026

Designing a humanoid robot is complicated enough when everyone is in the same room. Now, spread the designers and engineers across the globe. 🤖🌎

That’s the workflow CATIA is demonstrating here.

Instead of treating industrial design, mechanical engineering, and collaboration as separate handoffs, teams work around the same evolving product on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Designers can keep shaping the concept while engineers work through the technical reality behind it, with everyone connected to the same project data.

The result isn’t just easier collaboration. It’s a much tighter relationship between what a product is supposed to look like, how it needs to perform, and how the engineering happens.

▶️ Watch the full webinar recording and see the design workflow in action: https://hubs.li/Q04vnCDf0

⚙️ Explore CATIA and the connected design environment behind it: https://hubs.li/Q04vnwBy0

08/25/2026

Your team has probably answered the same question more than once.

Maybe ten times. 😅

The answer already exists somewhere in the organization. It might be buried in a 3DSwym discussion, a project conversation, or years of accumulated company knowledge. The hard part is getting that information back into somebody’s hands when they actually need it.

That’s where AURA comes in.

One of the new Virtual Companions available on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, AURA works with your organization’s existing knowledge and know-how to help people find answers through natural conversation.

Instead of starting another thread and waiting for someone to respond, users can surface knowledge that has already been captured and put it back to work. 🧠⚡

See how AI is moving deeper into engineering and manufacturing workflows, and what that means for the teams using it every day: https://hubs.li/Q04vcdxV0

08/21/2026

Lightning doesn’t always hit where you expect it to. ⚡

On a wind turbine, even components like wind sensors can become potential strike points. And once lightning connects, the engineering challenge is only getting started.

Simulation helps engineers study where a strike is most likely to occur, how the resulting current travels through the structure, and what happens when that energy is discharged into the ground.

From blade connections to grounding systems, virtual simulation gives engineers a way to test protection strategies before the weather does it for them.

08/20/2026

AI is everywhere in engineering right now. But SIMULIA’s approach stands out because it starts with something engineers already trust: physics.

By combining high-fidelity simulation with machine learning, SIMULIA can turn complex simulation data into fast, reusable physics behavior models. The result is quicker design exploration without separating AI from the engineering reality behind the product.

Virtual Twin Physics Behavior brings AI, simulation, and engineering expertise together in a way that could reshape how teams explore and evaluate designs.

To learn more, read the full article 🔗 https://hubs.li/Q04tJF7Y0