Creativity is corporate survival. Involving, and recognising, people at all levels of the business in problem solving activities is key to motivating new thinking and maximising the chances of getting a great solution. Introduction I believe that achieving a creative, high-visibility environment leads to better ideas, improved staff engagement and retention rates, greater performance, and a stronger, more profitable, company. Building such a space is a challenge and becomes m

Sometimes user input is essential for your script... the next best to no GUI is a simple GUI. I stated in a previous post that user interfaces for your ABAQUS scripts should be avoided wherever possible because they complicate the code and make it more time consuming to change. If you really must have a GUI then the simplest one possible should be used. The most basic is a kernel dialog where the user enters data into a text box, without any kind of feedback. This was used in

Animation of some of the combinations possible using the geometry generating script. I am behind on my posting schedule – I might plead...

Short post pointing out that a lot of uses for AI are ephemeral but still greatly aid productivity.