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How to get the best out of your Capital sales person.
It happened again this year. The assembly of personages from Mentor Graphics involved in Sales or Technical support of the sales organization getting together for planning meetings, technical training,...
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In Capital: Ease of Use, EEEEE of UUUUUUU, E’s of U’s
Capital software covers the automotive electrical design process from early conceptual architectural design through product engineering. And onwards too through manufacturing engineering to...
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What happens when you request an enhancement to Capital
This is the second part in a three part series. Last week I wrote about how you can prepare a persuasive case for the functional extension of some aspect of Capital. Making a compelling case for an...
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Avoiding notoriety with Capital Library.
On an ECAD vendor’s web site recently I read a statement: library flaws leading to design issues are “notorious.” The concept of notoriety isn’t usually associated with electrical platform wiring...
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Experience training from experienced trainers.
Shifting your thinking about learning. How we learn is probably as unique as there are individuals to learn the material. Mentor Graphics has, for almost a decade since Capital was first released, up...
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Do you want effective Capital training? Because this is how you get effective...
I’m going to go explain some ways in which training should be characterized for your success. The basis for my hints and tips is from my own experience of when things went well, and when things went...
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What a difference a year makes in Electric Vehicle electrical platform design...
One of the highlights of my business year is the IESF conference. Here in the USA on September 20th – this year at the excellent venue the Inn at St. John’s in Plymouth everyone I got feedback from...
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The Baby Boomers who have been around the Block Diagrams a time or two.
Conceptual design – what in the Mentor Capital dialect we refer to as a ‘high level design abstraction’ is usually associated with a practice known as architecture development and uses ready reference...
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Consequences of failure to deliver on promises.
Skepticism is to be expected in people considering becoming customers of Capital. Software vendors’ promises are regrettably things many software vendors fail to keep. That’s the source of an...
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How are the advocates of your change coping when their own jobs change?
Just over a month ago a transition of people into a new organization took place from Mentor to Siemens. The team I am in was re-made in a new management structure, with some changes of job...
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