Siemens PLM Connection Americas 2018

PLM Connection is a worldwide conference series for customers of Siemens PLM Software run by the PLM World user group.  I was at the Americas version in 108F-degree Phoenix, where 2,000 attended; weeks earlier, the event was in Russia (1,000 attendees) and China (5,000). Next year, the conference is changing hands as Siemens takes over, and the user group organization will concentrate and providing training for the Siemens products.  PLM Connection Americas 2018 centered around NX, the high-end MCAD system that competes with Catia from Dassault Systèmes and Pro/Engineer from PTC. There is a little Mentor (ECAD), Solid Edge (MCAD),