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		<title>Is your CAE process bass ackwards?</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2010/01/15/simulation-driven-design-is-better/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=simulation-driven-design-is-better</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Jan 2010 14:42:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A little friday engineering humor. Well, 2 out of 3 ain't bad.]]></description>
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		<title>CAD for FEA today</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/05/21/cad-for-fea-part-3/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=cad-for-fea-part-3</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 12:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In the final installment of this series, I walk through the rise of Direct Modeling in the late 2000s. Companies who thought they already had an efficient CAE process are finding a fresh way to turn that same crank 10x faster!  ]]></description>
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		<title>How to be successful with Upfront CFD &amp; FEA</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:45:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A quick, handy guide to my 30+ articles on the best ways to roll out upfront CFD &#038; FEA tools early in the design process with generalist Engineers.]]></description>
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		<title>Double the return on your FEA &amp; CFD investments&#8230; for free</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/03/02/double-the-return-on-your-fea-cfd-investments-for-free/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=double-the-return-on-your-fea-cfd-investments-for-free</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Mar 2009 22:50:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Direct Modeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hardcore CAE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Implementing Upfront]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[In my experience, most companies are getting light returns on their CAE investments. Here are some reasons why... and a simple, inexpensive way to fix it.]]></description>
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		<title>The one about the fat man who bought a treadmill</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/02/20/the-one-about-the-fat-man-who-bought-a-treadmill/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=the-one-about-the-fat-man-who-bought-a-treadmill</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 Feb 2009 20:07:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent a bunch of time and effort learning what leads to successful upfront CAE implementations in 2008. You gotta see this cartoon on the topic.]]></description>
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		<title>Direct modeling: magnetic JENGA in outer space</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2009/01/03/direct-modeling-magnetic-jenga-in-outer-space/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=direct-modeling-magnetic-jenga-in-outer-space</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 03 Jan 2009 14:51:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Direct Modeling]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Implementing Upfront]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Direct modeling offers different advantages to different people. For CAE analysts, the freedom from "regeneration failures" during the defeaturing stage radically improves productivity.]]></description>
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		<title>Man-hours cost more than CPU-hours</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/11/30/man-hours-cost-more-than-cpu-hours/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=man-hours-cost-more-than-cpu-hours</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Dec 2008 00:25:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Direct Modeling]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[CAE software marketers often spout statistics on how fast the solvers are in a new release. Who cares? Not me.]]></description>
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		<title>What are you really doing out back in the lab?</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/10/27/what-are-you-really-doing-out-back-in-the-lab/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=what-are-you-really-doing-out-back-in-the-lab</link>
		<comments>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/10/27/what-are-you-really-doing-out-back-in-the-lab/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:04:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Implementing Upfront]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Your attitude towards physical prototyping and testing often bleeds directly into your attitude towards CAE simuation. Which is it going to be, design verification or design innovation? ]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s the CAD, stupid</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/10/13/its-the-cad-stupid/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=its-the-cad-stupid</link>
		<comments>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/10/13/its-the-cad-stupid/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:33:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Implementing Upfront]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[An upfront CAE tool might be easy as pie. If you are wondering why your Engineers aren't productive with it, take a look upstream. Your bottleneck may well be on the CAD side.]]></description>
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		<title>Upfront CAE might take a little effort</title>
		<link>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/10/08/upfront-cae-might-take-a-little-effort/?utm_source=rss&amp;utm_medium=rss&amp;utm_campaign=upfront-cae-might-take-a-little-effort</link>
		<comments>http://lifeupfront.com/2008/10/08/upfront-cae-might-take-a-little-effort/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 11:29:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeff Waters</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Implementing Upfront]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It will be great when every software GUI features a single "easy button" in the center of a blank screen. Don't hold your breath. On the other hand, it really doesn't take much extra effort to beat the pants off the mediocre masses.  ]]></description>
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