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Performing a Post-Buckling Analysis On A Thin-Walled Cylinder in Ansys Mechanical | | Ansys Mechanical has been continually improving its large-deflection, plasticity, and contact capabilities. One way that this shows up is in a post-buckling simulation of a thin-walled cylinder. PADT’s Alex Grishin takes on the challenge in Ansys Mechanical and shares all the steps needed to set up the problem and run it. | | | Exploring the trinckle Additive Apps Suite Software for 3D Printed Fixtures | | PADT's expert Additive Manufacturing applications engineer, Pam Waterman, steps us through how to use a new application from Stratasys partner, trinckle, to build a handy tool holder and show off how easy tool creation for a wide range of applications, starting with a picture from her mobile phone to a finished fixture. | | |
What’s New in Ansys Zemax OpticStudio 2026 R1: Practical Advances for Real Optical Systems
| | The 2026 R1 release of Ansys Zemax OpticStudio brings one of the most impactful sets of improvements in recent years—especially for teams designing compact cameras, complex imaging systems, and cross‑product workflows that span OpticStudio, Speos, Lumerical, and Ansys MultiPhysics tools. PADT's optics expert, Cynthia De La Rosa shares her favorite new features and why they matter. | | | | | |
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It was a busy month for PADT, with the AZ Tech Week, the Space Symposium, Rapid + TCT, and customer visits!
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Part of PADT's x-Energy team visited the customer's East Coast offices to talk about Ansys, Flownex, and more. | |
On the west coast, the Rivian sales team had a great series of meetings at their HQ about their simulation needs and Ansys | | The Design School at ASU invited PADT's Eric Miller to come out and teach his class on prototyping. | | PADT was in two booths at RAPID + TCT this year: Orxy Additive and Rapid Fusion. From left to right: PADT's Rapid Fusion team; PADT's Dave Dietrich talks with Stratasys founder and FDM inventor, Scott Crump, about large format FDM; and the Oryx Additive team shows off our new SCA WaterJet system. | | Jeff Wells was at the Space Symposium again this year, taking part in the first-ever Arizona Commerce Authority booth. We met with a half dozen existing customers and met even more new people who are interested in working with PADT for Ansys, simulation consulting, design, ro 3D printing. | | The first-ever Arizona Tech Week was a huge success. There were over 400 events across the state, with PADT co-hosting 3 and employees attending almost 15.
From left to right, row 1: We kicked off the week with a seminar "Advising for Advisors" on mentoring startups; then we hosted an event on Hardware startups at CEI where we talked about simulation, funding, and the difficult journey of building a hardware tech company; and did our 3rd event at GCU, where we joined Tracey Dodenhoff to talk about radical innovation using data.
From left to right, row 2: PADT's Eric Miller at the IdeaLab event at the Global Ambassador; PADT and friends winning Tech Trivia Night, and Eric Miller again with friends from Hexoskin and the ACA's Katie Sieker, the amazing human who successfully spearheaded the whole AZTechWeek. | | | | |
| | X-energy Announces Launch of its Initial Public Offering | | The advanced nuclear sector reaches a historic milestone as X-energy launches its IPO on the Nasdaq under the ticker "XE." Targeting a $7.1 billion valuation, the company is raising capital to scale its flagship Xe-100 small modular reactors. With major backing from Amazon and Dow, X-energy is poised to meet the surging power demands of AI and heavy industry with clean, carbon-free energy. | | Infleqtion and NASA Deliver Next-Generation Quantum Capabilities to International Space Station | | Quantum leader Infleqtion, in collaboration with NASA, has successfully delivered next-generation quantum hardware to the International Space Station. This mission integrates advanced cold-atom technology into the Cold Atom Lab, enabling researchers to study quantum matter in a microgravity environment. By overcoming the limitations of Earth’s gravity, this deployment accelerates the development of ultra-precise sensors and clocks, paving the way for revolutionary breakthroughs in deep-space navigation and fundamental physics. | | | | |
Featured Products And Services | |
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Connecting System Requirements to Engineering Analysis
Empower engineers to create and automate multi-tool workflows, optimize product designs, and enable Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) by connecting requirements to engineering.
Automate the execution of any software tool, such as Ansys LS-Dyna, Ansys Mechanical, Ansys Fluent, MathWorks MATLAB®, Microsoft Excel®, MSC Nastran®, PTC Creo®, and many more. Integrate these tools to create automated engineering workflows and build a workflow library.
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GrabCAD Streamline Pro is a Stratasys workgroup software suite powered by GrabCAD Print that connects people, parts and printers, essential to scale 3D printing.
Streamline Pro expands the capabilities of your Stratasys printer and the other products in the GrabCAD lineup, including GrabCAD Print Standard and Pro, GrabCAD Print Server, and GrabCAD Control.
Streamline Pro includes the following components:
- GrabCAD Shop, with auto-estimations
- Role-Based Access Control
- GrabCAD Analyze
- Shield
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Combining high-speed pellet extrusion with precision subtractive finishing in one coordinated system enables faster, more accurate production of complex parts, tools, and components.
Zeus is powered by the Rapid Fusion PE320 Pellet Extruder, Epicurus Controller Pro, an open-source, customizable control system, alongside a KUKA robotic arm, Modular Heated Bed, Air Plus Kit, Smart Loom Pro, desiccant dryer, and CNC Milling Tool.
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Ansys Mentoring
One-on-One Training & Support | Over the years, companies and universities have come to PADT to leverage our design, test, and simulation experience in support of their engineering for their SBIR and STTR grants. We partner through the proposal phase, and after you are awarded your grant, we provide the resources you don’t have in-house | | | | |
| | Optimizing Pump Design with Simulation and AI | | | |
Simplifying Complexity: How STMicroelectronics Uses PyAnsys To Drive Smarter, Faster Innovation
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SIMULATING TAILINGS TRANSFER UPGRADES
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PADT is excited to co-chair and be the key driving force behind this upcoming important showcase. If you do manufacturing or use manufacturing, join us on May 13th! Learn more and register here. | | | | |
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