PLM Industry Summary Editor: Christine Bennett Vol. 9 No. 48 Wednesday 30 November 2007 Contents
CIMdata News ______3 Ask the Expert: How Many BOMs Needed?______3 Ask the Expert: Migrating to 3D ______3 CIMdata in the News: What the Latest PLM Acquisitions May Mean to You______3 Company News______4 Ansoft Corporation CFO Announces Retirement______4 AVEVA Releases Latest Product Range at New Shanghai Office______4 BlueCielo Appoints Patrick CW Hansen Senior VP Global Sales & Marketing ______5 CAD Schroer Partners with Customer Driven Technology to Bring Powerful, Integrated Drafting to Pro/ENGINEER® Customers in the American Midwest______5 Cadence Expands in Russia ______6 ESI Group Joins Dassault Systèmes’ PLM MarketPlace ______7 Geometric is Now a Microsoft Certified Partner ______7 Life Sciences Industry Facing New Challenges with the FDA’s Latest Electronic Submissions Requirements ______8 Monica Menghini Named CEO of 3dswym ______10 NGC Celebrates 25 Years of Technology Innovation and Leadership in the Apparel Industry______11 Phoenix Integration Awarded NASA Contract Through Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Award Program______11 SpaceClaim Launches the 3D CAD Modification Challenge______12 Events News ______14 AVEVA to Preview AVEVA ReviewShare Collaboration Tool at PowerGEN 2007 ______14 Delcam to Show Latest Mouldmaking Developments in India ______15 ENOVIA Hosts Next-Generation PLM Seminar in Korea______16 Gibbs and Infimatic Announce Strategic Partnership at EMO 2007 ______17 GibbsCAM Demonstrated at Upcoming Mazak Open House ______18 How to Avoid New Product Introduction Delays; Registration Now Open for Free December 6th Webinar19 i get it Featuring New Training Courses at Autodesk University 2007 ______19 SolidCAM to Launch InventorCAM 2008 at Autodesk University ______20 think3 at EuroMold 2007 (Hall 6, Booth C81)______21 Financial News ______22 Mentor Graphics Reports Third Quarter Results ______22 Implementation Investments ______25 A World-leading Government and Defense Contractor Deploys Fishbowl Solutions ______25 Aedas Receives Autodesk Revit BIM Experience Award for Innovative Designs in Dubai and Hong Kong26 Alenia Aeronautica to Standardize on Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter for Product Lifecycle Management ______27 Autodesk Announces Franke Group as Inventor of the Month for November 2007 ______28 AVEVA Co-Operates With Korea’s Top University ______29 Babcock Implements FORAN System ______30 Catalog Data Solutions eCommerce Adopted by Ohio Nut & Bolt Company______30 Chosun University to Use FORAN ______31 Cochlear Ltd. Deploys PTC® Windchill® As A Key Element Of Its Strategic Growth Agenda ______31 Delcam Software Helps Surgeon Provide Alternatives to Amputation ______32 Copyright © 2007 by CIMdata, Inc. All rights reserved. CIMdata, Inc. 3909 Research Park Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Tel: +1 (734) 668–9922 Fax: +1 (734) 668–1957 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.CIMdata.com CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Hanzas Elektronika Selects Valor’s vPlan for Increased Profitability ______33 Infor PLM Streamlines Xtep for Success in Competitive Apparel Industry ______34 ITP Propels PLM Strategy with PTC® Windchill® ______34 Mentor Graphics Questa Functional Verification Platform Adopted by Siemens IT Solutions and Services PSE ______35 Mentor Graphics Olympus-SoC Place and Route System used by STMicroelectronics to Tape Out Set-Top Box Chip______37 Micronas Selects Cadence Incisive Plan-to-Closure Methodology for Verification Planning______37 ‘Morphing Handcycle’ Provides New Freedom of Movement for Disabled Cyclists ______38 Open Text Announces Completion by Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of FDA Electronic Pilot Submission Using Livelink ECM - Collaborative Submissions______39 Regional Wireless Operator Selects Ceon to Provide Product Lifecycle and Catalog Management Product 41 SENER INGENIERÍA Y SISTEMAS, S.A. Has Been Awarded the Contract for the Engineering of the New Viking Line Ferry ______41 Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute (SNERDI) Expands Commitment to Intergraph’s SmartPlant® Enterprise Solutions ______42 Siemens PLM Software Technology Speeds Hendrick Motorsports and Driver Jimmie Johnson to Consecutive Nascar Nextel Cup Championships ______42 Telelogic Signs 655,000 Euro Agreement with Leading European Aerospace Defense Manufacturer_____43 Toyota Motorsport Races Forward with Dassault Systèmes Solutions ______43 Wessex Water Pumps Innovation into Equipment Designs With SolidWorks Software ______44 Product News ______45 ALGOR V21 Upgrades Entire Spectrum of FEA: Modeling, Solution and Results ______45 Arasan Joins Chip Estimate's Prime IP Partner Program ______47 CONTACT Software Teamed Up With ESI Group ______47 Dassault Systèmes Appoints DesignTech as a New Value Added Reseller in India ______48 Dassault Systèmes Announces New Student Edition of Abaqus Unified FEA from SIMULIA ______48 Dassault Systèmes Announces the General Availability of its 3DVIA Composer Product Line______49 Flomerics Releases Version 8.1 of EFD Engineering Fluid Dynamics Analysis Software ______50 Geometric Releases Version 2.1 of “GeomCaliper for Pro/ENGINEER” ______51 Geometric Technologies Releases CAMWorks 2008 ______52 Geometric Releases Version 6.0 of “eDrawings Professional for CATIA V5” ______53 Kubotek USA and ALGOR Expand Partnership for Co-Distributed CAD-FEA Solution ______54 Lionbridge Joins EMC Velocity2 Technology and ISV Partner Program to Help Organizations Automate the Process of Global Content Management ______54 Moldflow Announces the Release of Moldflow Plastics Advisers 8.1______55 New Version of DFMPro 2008 Available from Geometric ______56 NOESIS Announces OPTIMUS 5.3 Release ______57 PACE and CSM Software Sign Reseller Agreement ______58 PartMaker Version 8.5 Now Shipping ______59 Perception Software’s EDA Integration Software to be Offered Through Oracle ______60 SoftinWay Announces New Bundle of AxSTREAM™ Educational Version for Design and Optimization of Turbomachinery Flow Paths______60 Synopsys' DesignWare IP Passes Certified Wireless USB Testing From USB-IF ______61 Synplicity Joins Xilinx ESL Design Ecosystem______62 Year-End Nastran Promotion Features Advantages on Technical and Business Merits ______63 Zuken Releases CADSTAR 10 with Improved Intelligent Functionalities for both the PCB Designer and Electronic Engineer______64
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Ask the Expert: How Many BOMs Needed? 28 November 2007 In Managing Automation 's Ask the Expert column CIMdata Director of Research, Ken Amann, received the following inquiry “We currently have Teamcenter Engineering as our Design management tool and SAP for PDM and ERP. It has been suggested that we must now only have one BOM in SAP which is only one view so the design view and manufacturing view of the BOM is the same. Designers will effectively be creating the manufacturing BOM as their design. Do you know of any other organisation that does this and can it work efficiently?” Ken’s answer: The decision as to where to maintain engineering and manufacturing (and other) views of BOMs is dependent on how you wish your organizations to work. There are many organizations that develop their EBOM in a product like Teamcenter and do the MBOM in an ERP system like SAP. Others maintain one master definition in the PLM side (e.g., Teamcenter) and have it maintain multiple views based on discipline (EBOM, MBOM, service BOM, etc.). Generally the design (EBOM) and the manufacturing (MBOM) views of the BOM are different, as each discipline has different needs and definitions as to how they structure and use a BOM. For example, the MBOM may contain phantom parts or made-on-assembly parts that do not exist in the EBOM view. It is a best practice to have one logical master definition and then to have multiple views of that master for each discipline Click here to return to Contents
Ask the Expert: Migrating to 3D 28 November 2007 In Managing Automation 's Ask the Expert column CIMdata Director of Research, Ken Amann, addresses the question: “What do you think about the replacement of 2D drawings by 3D models for product assembly/manufacturing?” Ken’s answer: Many companies are migrating to full definition using 3D models and assemblies for all engineering, assembly, and manufacturing. They do not create 2D drawings unless necessary. 2D drawings cannot contain all of the information that a 3D model/assembly can convey and hold. This can include both design and manufacturing information. We see a continual migration to the use of 3D models and assemblies and a decrease in the use of 2D drawings. Click here to return to Contents
CIMdata in the News: What the Latest PLM Acquisitions May Mean to You August 2007
Page 3 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Three major PLM vendors were acquired in the past 15 months. What does this mean for automotive? Potentially good news according to Lawrence Gould in his article, “What the Latest PLM Acquisitions May Mean to You” in Automotive Design & Production. Mr. Gould interviews numerous experts to gather insight into the impact of these acquisitions one of whom was CIMdata’s Ken Amman: “You could argue that now everybody has a few less choices; the market has consolidated to a few major players,” says Ken Amann, director of research for CIMdata (Ann Arbor, MI; www.cimdata.com). But then he points out that two of the three PLM vendors were already major players in automotive, and it’s not like two of the three acquiring vendors weren’t already providing PLM to some extent. To read the full article visit: What the Latest PLM Acquisitions May Mean to You (Automotive Design & Production, August 2007) By Lawrence S. Gould, Contributing Editor Click here to return to Contents Company News
Ansoft Corporation CFO Announces Retirement 30 November 2007 Ansoft Corporation announced that Thomas A.N. Miller, the company’s Chief Financial Officer, will retire on December 31, 2007. Miller, who is one of the company’s founders and has served as Chief Financial Officer since February 2004, will be succeeded by Shane Emswiler, Ansoft’s Vice President of Finance. Emswiler joined the company in September 2004. Emswiler is a certified public accountant who joined Ansoft from Ernst & Young, where he was a senior manager in the assurance and advisory practice. Click here to return to Contents
AVEVA Releases Latest Product Range at New Shanghai Office 26 November 2007 AVEVA released its latest product portfolio - AVEVA Marine here today. This portfolio includes a range of design and production tools that are integrated with open project lifecycle management solutions. Coinciding with the release was the opening ceremony of AVEVA China Marine Division's new office and the signing of a multimillion USD license agreement with Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd. Representing Sinopacific was company chairman and CEO, Simon Liang. Sinopacific will be investing in AVEVA's set of marine design and engineering solutions - AVEVA Marine and AVEVA NET. This agreement was signed on the same week as AVEVA releases AVEVA Marine, therefore Sinopacific being the first customer in China adopting this engineering solution.
Page 4 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary At the function, Richard Longdon, Chief Executive of AVEVA Group, said: "AVEVA is dedicated to playing a part in increasing China's shipbuilding capabilities. Our solutions, namely AVEVA Marine have been the result of many years of shipbuilding and offshore engineering development and collaborative partnerships with industrial leaders. AVEVA believes that China's shipbuilding industry will stand to gain from AVEVA Marine's cutting-edge technologies which have been proven in 18 of the world's top 20 shipyards." Peter Finch, President, AVEVA Asia Pacific, said: "AVEVA's expansion here is in line with China's rise in shipbuilding. As the industry grows, we continue to welcome new customers such as Sinopacific Shipbuilding Group Co., Ltd. on board. Our relocation to the new office will provide more space for specialist support services, training needs and other customer requirements." Click here to return to Contents
BlueCielo Appoints Patrick CW Hansen Senior VP Global Sales & Marketing 26 November 2007 BlueCielo ECM Solutions (formerly Cyco Software) named Patrick CW Hansen as its Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing. Based at the company’s Rijswijk headquarters in the Netherlands, Hansen will be responsible for the further roll-out of BlueCielo’s commercial strategy across its various key vertical markets which span the utilities, oil and gas, petrochemical, government, pharmaceutical, discrete and process manufacturing, and other industries. Hansen’s primary focus will be on implementing and enhancing BlueCielo’s commercial strategy and global accounts approach, initially for the EMEA region, and later also for the Americas. As Senior Vice President of Global Sales and Marketing, Hansen will also spearhead BlueCielo’s global marketing drive, and further strengthen the company’s overall market position and recognition. With over 15 years’ experience in international technology markets, Hansen joins BlueCielo from Mobius, a provider of enterprise document management software, where he was the Senior Director for Continental Europe. Prior to that he was Vice President of Channel EMEA for FileNet where he played an integral role in the strategic alliance formed between FileNet and McLaren Software. Soon after attaining an Economics degree, Hansen embarked on his distinguished career with various commercial management positions at COSA, BancTec BV and JetForm Corporation. BlueCielo’s flagship ECM solutions InnoCielo Meridian Enterprise and InnoCielo TeamWork are used in multiple vertical markets worldwide by companies such as Bluewater, EDF Energy, Entergy Nuclear, ExxonMobil, Finnish Rail, the Franke Group, Hewlett Packard, Huntsman, Met-Mex Penoles, Petrobras, Pfizer, RWE, Shell and many more. Click here to return to Contents
CAD Schroer Partners with Customer Driven Technology to Bring Powerful, Integrated Drafting to Pro/ENGINEER® Customers in the American Midwest 21 November 2007
Page 5 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary CAD Schroer Group (CSG) welcomed Customer Driven Technology, Inc., a new reseller in the United States, focusing on STHENO/PRO®. CSG, known for its MEDUSA4® and STHENO/PRO MCAD software suites, has a strong international presence with offices in Germany, Switzerland, France, the United Kingdom, Italy, and the United States. "Offering local, friendly, and technically competent advice to our customers has always been our fundamental strength," says Michael Schroer, founding Director of the company that has grown from strength to strength since its beginnings as a CAD-based engineering services provider in 1986. New Partners in Key Locations Its extensive reseller network already covers much of the globe, but there is plenty of room for growth in specific countries and market niches. "Our latest partner drive focuses on suppliers to Pro/ENGINEER® customers, who recognise STHENO/PRO as an unrivalled solution," says Joep Brouwers, CSG's International Channel Manager. "This month we are pleased to welcome Customer Driven Technology, which provides software solutions, training, and engineering services to meet customer demands in a rapidly changing product development landscape." About Customer Driven Technology, Inc. Customer Driven Technology (CDT), which serves the American Midwest with offices in Kansas and Texas, is experienced in selling, supporting, and implementing the entire PTC® product suite. From product conception to production and eventually to obsolescence, the company specialises in reducing product development and delivery times. Click here to return to Contents
Cadence Expands in Russia 27 November 2007 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced the opening of its second office in Russia, the latest in a series of strategic investments by Cadence®. The office will be located in Zelenograd, which is recognized as the center of the Russian semiconductor industry and has a rapidly growing number of startups. Employees there will focus on providing Cadence Services, and the office will serve as a center of excellence for Cadence virtual CAD services (VCAD). Cadence Services helps mitigate the risks of delays, respins, and low yield by providing Cadence experience and expertise. The VCAD business model from Cadence Services helps companies accelerate design productivity by providing methodology and design expertise, IP, as well as training for design teams. "We are very excited to be part of the growing ecosystem in Zelenograd," said Wolf-Ekkehard Matzke, Cadence Fellow in charge of the Services business in EMEA. "Our services are available for creating, implementing, and maintaining production design environments. These services enable our customers to speed up their adoption of the most advanced technologies and to get their products to the market faster." "By opening an office in Zelenograd, Cadence is demonstrating its determination to be an integral part of our innovation ecosystem," said Gennady Krasnikov, general director of JSC Mikron, a leading fab in Russia. "Locating in Zelenograd puts Cadence in close touch to leading Russian IC developers and manufacturers. We are looking forward to working closely with Cadence in the future."
Page 6 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary In 2004, Cadence became the first electronic design automation (EDA) company to open a research and development center in Moscow. The company now employs more than 140 engineers to develop technologies that raise the standard of Russian electronic design excellence. Last month, Cadence was named one of the best employers in Russia. The new office is located at Drive 4806, House 5, Bldg. 20, Second Floor, Moscow, Zelenograd, Russia 124498. Click here to return to Contents
ESI Group Joins Dassault Systèmes’ PLM MarketPlace 28 November 2007 ESI Group announced its acceptance to the PLM MarketPlace after successfully completing the technical and business requirements. Dassault Systèmes’ PLM MarketPlace is an online community that connects software development and business partners. Through PLM Marketplace, resellers can easily search and find complimentary solutions provided by Dassault Systèmes software partner community, on-demand, in order to present customers with a holistic PLM solution. “We are delighted that ESI Group has joined the PLM MarketPlace. This program creates business synergy and is an integral part of our company strategy to facilitate value channel network selling,” says Thierry Collet, Vice President, Global Field Marketing at Dassault Systèmes. “Referenced on the PLM MarketPlace, ESI Group’s specialized simulation applications built on top of our CATIA platform solutions are well positioned and directly accessible by Dassault Systèmes’ worldwide reseller network.” ESI Group provides diverse applications for CATIA users. In the composites field, PAM-QUIKFORM for CATIA enables composites designers to get fast feasibility assessment of manufacturability inside the CATIA Composites application; and PAM-RTM for CATIA offers a unique injection simulation software for composites manufacturing integrated in CATIA. ESI Group’s portfolio of applications also includes two metal forming solutions, part feasibility check and rapid die creation with PAM-TFA for CATIA and PAM-DIEMAKER for CATIA. “The PLM MarketPlace allows ESI Group to offer our CATIA-based solutions to composites and stamped parts designers and manufacturers, through sales professionals familiar with the traditional CATIA market,” says Vincent Chaillou, President Product Operations and COO, ESI Group. “We are sure that it will successfully complement the existing ESI Group’s worldwide sales network to further develop our CATIA-based applications business.” Click here to return to Contents
Geometric is Now a Microsoft Certified Partner 28 November 2007 Geometric Limited announced that it has achieved “Certified Partner” status in the “Microsoft Partner Program”. As a Microsoft Certified Partner, Geometric demonstrates a very high degree of competence and expertise in Microsoft technologies. Geometric addresses clients’ evolving business needs with flexible engagement models; end-to-end product development capabilities, including release management and technical support; collaborative
Page 7 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary R&D processes; and its own products and technologies that result in a faster time to market for its customers. Geometric has delivered value in software product development to leading companies in the PLM & Engineering solutions domain, as well as for growing niche technology companies. “Achieving Certified Partner status is an important milestone for Geometric, which recognizes the capabilities of our practices and delivery teams and their commitment to delivering products based on Microsoft technologies. This status will help us create value added solutions in areas of our core competence of PLM and Manufacturing, on Microsoft Technologies,” said Rajaramana Macha, Chief Operating Officer, Geometric Limited. Venkatesh Jagannath, Global Practice and Business Head of Software Product Lifecycle Solutions (SPLS) added, “Over the past few years, Microsoft has renewed its focus on the Manufacturing vertical and is working closely with ISVs for PLM and Manufacturing solutions many of whom are also our key customers and prospects. We are now able to leverage Microsoft’s technology excellence as a competitive advantage, both for us and for our customers.” Geometric joined the Microsoft Partner Program as part of its effort to build capabilities for customers and partners who are developing new age software solutions on the latest Microsoft technologies. Going forward, Geometric will create a Microsoft Center of Excellence to track and develop expertise and best practices across various Microsoft platforms. This initiative will ensure that Geometric stays on the cutting edge of Microsoft technologies, and continues to provide architectural, design and development services to ISVs and industrial customers. Geometric is already helping its customers release their products on Microsoft Vista and SOA using the .Net framework. The “Microsoft Partner Program”, launched in October 2003, represents Microsoft’s ongoing commitment to the success of partners worldwide. It offers a single, integrated partnering framework that recognizes partner expertise, rewards the total impact that partners have in the technology marketplace, and delivers more value to help partners’ businesses be successful. Microsoft Certified Partners receive a rich set of benefits, including first hand access to Microsoft for competency building, training and technical support. Click here to return to Contents
Life Sciences Industry Facing New Challenges with the FDA’s Latest Electronic Submissions Requirements 27 November 2007 The life sciences industry has long faced the difficult challenge of regulatory submissions, managing large volumes of required documentation and different rules across geographies. The industry’s adoption of a new document standard, called the electronic common technical document (eCTD), promises to help companies improve the submissions process, shorten time-to-market and minimize costs. But according to recent analysis by Open Text™ Corp. while the eCTD format can more than live up to its billing, many companies are unprepared for the looming Jan. 1, 2008 U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) deadline to comply with the standard. The eCTD message specification was developed by the M2 Expert Working Group of the International Conference on Harmonisation of Technical Requirements for Registration of Pharmaceuticals for Human Use (ICH) to be a common format for company-to-regulatory agency transfer of information prepared in accordance with the ICH CTD standard. It is accepted across the United States, Japan, the European Union and Canada. The CTD and related eCTD address the requirements throughout the lifecycle of the electronic submission. According to Harv Martens who has served for over 12 years on
Page 8 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary the ICH M2 Expert Working Group, the objective of the CTD/eCTD is to harmonize both the content and the way it is delivered for the new drug approval process. “Pharmaceutical companies handle huge amounts of documentation for regulatory submissions. The information gathering process is very costly. If that information can’t be used in more than one region because of separate guidelines, it causes delays and expense in the development of new drugs,” said Martens. “The ICH and other regulatory authorities are working together to address the inconsistencies in the guidelines, the various regional requirements, and the implementation of the various software tools to ensure they comply with the standards.” Martens and Therese Harris, Program Manager for Life Sciences at Open Text, released a podcast today where they discussed the eCTD format and its impact on the life sciences industry. Preparing for the FDA’s Deadline Beginning January 1, 2008, the FDA will require that all electronic submissions to the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research (CDER) must use the eCTD format. Despite the benefits of a standardized framework, pharmaceutical and life sciences organizations are faced with challenges in finding the necessary software support tools that will enable them to comply with the eCTD submission requirements. What steps should an organization take to be ready for the eCTD? According to Harris, as companies move to the eCTD format in key markets, they must create a single, unified environment that supports the lifecycle of every submission component to help them manage the complex process of assembling, approving, releasing and archiving new drug and medical device applications. But according to Open Text, many firms lack such an integrated platform. Although many of the pieces may exist, there are many areas where key functionality is contained in silos or some processes are still paper-based, causing companies to lose valuable time and face increase expense. For the eCTD to be successful, companies must capture all documents, including responses to questions, variations/amendments and renewals in a consistent electronic format. The eCTD submission is composed of a backbone using XML, which supports the complete lifecycle of the submissions process. The backbone manages the metadata describing the submission and each document within the submission. For example, the metadata includes information about the kind of submission, the submitting and receiving organizations, and the manufacturer, and at the document level includes version information and descriptive information such as document title and its location in the CTD table of contents. The backbone will also indicate if a particular file being submitted is new, if it is replacing or appending to a previously submitted file, or if a previously submitted file should be “deleted” (withdrawn from the review process). This will enable rolling submissions, allowing organizations to effectively submit their documents incrementally. Companies can find significant benefits in using one, primary software product to manage the integrated regulatory content and submissions process. An enterprise content management system has the tools to support large collections of regulated content. Given the simplified, XML-based requirements of the eCTD, a range of collaborative process-support, tracking and reporting tools can be integrated with the content repository to manage the entire submission process, packaging and exporting the electronic documents that are stored in the repository. “In the past, companies would take their documents, print a multitude of copies, bind them and quite often put them on a truck and ship them to the FDA or the concerned regulating body,” said Open Text’s Harris. “With the eCTD format, they’ll only submit the piece that has changed from the previous
Page 9 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary application to the revised application. This process offers time savings and efficiencies at the FDA (or other regulator) since they will only need to review the piece that’s changed and do not need to leaf through a document that could be up to a million pages in length. It is a huge value both at the company’s end as well as at the regulator’s end, and potentially shortens the time to approval.” Open Text’s Livelink ECM - Collaborative Submissions supports the complete lifecycle of the submissions process, providing pharmaceutical companies with the tools to exchange information with government regulators, as well as manage and track changes to millions of pages of documents from multiple submissions. It combines a full document management feature set, rich metadata support, huge scalability, and a wide range of secure, collaborative business-process tools. Documents that will be used for submission are put through the regulated content process which requires electronic signature, audit and retention, or records management. The active integration between the Livelink ECM platform and the submissions tool continues to monitor the original document so if any changes are made to the original document, it is reflected in the submission. The eCTD is still an evolving standard, with a number of different interpretations and region-specific guidelines, and some work still needs to be done both in the industry and by regulatory agencies. However, it is vital that life sciences organizations start building a strategy for transition to the eCTD. Early adoption of new technology and processes will help companies to retain competitive advantage. “Electronic submissions help reviewers find the information they are looking for quickly and reliably. But equally important is that it serves as a catalyst for companies to refine their internal processes relating to how documents and data are authored, reviewed and approved and ultimately submitted,” concluded Harris. “It is an opportunity to streamline the flow of information and to minimize the amount of work at the conclusion of the process. In doing so, companies will be able to get a submission out the door faster and get their drugs to the market quicker.” For more information about Livelink ECM – Collaborative Submissions, go to: http://www.opentext.com/2/sol-industry/sol-ind-pharma/sol-ind-pharma-collaborative-submissions.htm Click here to return to Contents
Monica Menghini Named CEO of 3dswym 22 November 2007 Maurice Lévy, Chairman and CEO of Publicis Groupe, and Bernard Charlès, President and CEO of Dassault Systèmes, announced the nomination of Monica Menghini as CEO of 3dswym. 3dswym was launched in June 2007 as a strategic partnership to leverage the vast consumer intelligence and global marketing skills of Publicis Groupe with the cutting-edge 3D technology of Dassault Systèmes. 3dswym is a collaborative Web-based 3D platform allowing marketers and consumers to co-create products and marketing concepts, from packaging to in-store product placement, up to the point of sale, using 3D technology and Web 2.0. Its capabilities also include virtual shopping tests and shopper marketing consulting in 3D. Among her responsibilities, Monica Menghini will oversee the international roll-out of 3dswym to top worldwide consumer goods marketers. She will be based in Paris. From the end of 2003, Monica Menghini was General Manager EMEA of Saatchi & Saatchi X (the shopper marketing network within Saatchi & Saatchi), and worldwide account director for Fromagerie Bel. Prior to this, from 2001 to the end of 2003 she was Regional Account Director for Fabric Care (P&G) at Saatchi & Saatchi Europe.
Page 10 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Before joining Saatchi & Saatchi, Monica Menghini worked for Procter & Gamble from 1988 to 2000, and from 1999 to 2000, she was based in Geneva, where she worked at the Global Business Unit of Procter & Gamble Europe. Monica Menghini holds a Degree in Law from the University of Rome. 3dswym demonstration and information: http://www.3dswym.com/. Click here to return to Contents
NGC Celebrates 25 Years of Technology Innovation and Leadership in the Apparel Industry 27 November 2007 NGC® (New Generation Computing®) announced that it is celebrating its 25th anniversary as a technology leader for the Fashion, Apparel, Footwear and Retail industries. Founded in 1982, NGC has grown to become one of the apparel industry's most highly regarded software companies, with a track record of innovation, a customer base that includes many of the industry's best-known brands and retailers, and offices around the world. NGC is responsible for a number of "firsts" that have enabled apparel brands and retailers to transform their supply chain operations by gaining real-time visibility, improving speed to market and enhancing product quality. Recent accomplishments include: e-SPS® software, the first web-based, global sourcing application and one of the industry's leading applications for global sourcing and visibility; The SQL Series, the first suite of web-based software to incorporate PLM, Global Sourcing and ERP into an apparel-specific, end-to-end solution; and The first English-to-Simplified Chinese Production Manager designed for use in Chinese factories. From the beginning, NGC has pioneered many other innovations that have helped shape the modern apparel industry. These include the first apparel manufacturing and factory management software applications designed for PC technology, introduced in the company's early years. From a single location in 1982, NGC now has offices in New York, Los Angeles, China, India, Mexico, and El Salvador in addition to its Miami headquarters. An extensive background in the apparel industry separates NGC from its competitors; the executive team and senior management all had experience in the apparel industry prior to joining NGC. The company continually studies the marketplace and is passionate about developing and delivering technology solutions that help brands and retailers operate more efficiently. "Over the past quarter century, NGC has continued to innovate and evolve, reflecting the fast-paced changes of the apparel industry," said founder and president, Alan Brooks. "We're thankful to our loyal customers, who include many of the 'who's who' of apparel and retail. And we are fortunate to have a strong, cohesive team of professionals who are very knowledgeable about both apparel and technology." Click here to return to Contents
Phoenix Integration Awarded NASA Contract Through Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Award Program 20 November 2007
Page 11 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Phoenix Integration was awarded a Phase II NASA Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) contract for Aeronautics. Phoenix Integration won a contract, valued at approximately $600,000 over two years, to develop a toolset that will meet NASA and industry needs by enabling more use of physics-based simulation models earlier in the design process. Phoenix Integration’s PHX ModelCenter® software enables process integration for conceptual modeling in engineering design. The NASA contract will result in enhancements to PHX ModelCenter that in combination with existing tools such as PHX CAD Fusion®, will result in a physics-based design and analysis framework that will allow NASA and industry to design next-generation air vehicles. "Our multi-fidelity system models and application of multi-disciplinary system optimization set Phoenix Integration’s software apart,” comments Dr. Scott Ragon, Director of Research at Phoenix Integration. "The SBIR award will empower Phoenix to further contribute to the aerospace industry by providing tools that will allow engineers to design and develop more efficient and environmentally friendly air vehicles." PHX ModelCenter allows design teams to construct and execute simulation models of complex systems such as the next generation air vehicles. Complex design exploration techniques can be utilized to find optimal solutions, allowing engineers to design fuel efficient and high performance aircraft while meeting strict noise and emission requirements. This year, Phoenix Integration is one of only 102 high technology small businesses selected to receive a highly-competitive Phase II SBIR contract. The NASA SBIR program provides qualified small businesses with opportunities to propose unique ideas that meet specific research and development needs of the federal government. About NASA’s SBIR Program NASA’s SBIR program provides qualified small businesses with opportunities to propose unique ideas that meet specific research and development needs of the federal government. The program is a highly- competitive, three-phase award system. This year's selected projects are valued at approximately $72 million. Phase 1 is a feasibility study to evaluate the scientific and technical merit of a proposed idea. Phase 2 contracts enable expansion upon the results developed during the initial phase. Phase 3 contracts are qualified for commercialization. For more information, visit http://sbir.gsfc.nasa.gov/SBIR/sbir2006/phase2/awards/index.html Click here to return to Contents
SpaceClaim Launches the 3D CAD Modification Challenge 27 November 2007 SpaceClaim Corp. announced the start of the SpaceClaim 3D CAD Modification Challenge. The worldwide contest is an opportunity for mechanical designers, engineers and product development specialists try SpaceClaim Professional 2007+ on their toughest 3D CAD modification problems and provide valuable input to the company. “The engineering community is painfully aware that modifying 3D CAD models is a nightmare, because there is no interoperability between different file formats, and translators only exchange geometry, they don’t make modifications,” commented Michael McGuinness, COO of SpaceClaim Corp. “SpaceClaim is addressing the problem of 3D collaboration with software that supports the ability to import 3D CAD
Page 12 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary and neutral file formats, and modify the imported geometry regardless of how it was constructed.” The 3D CAD Modification Challenge is offered to provide a framework for the engineering community to help shape SpaceClaim into the best solution for working with models created by others. By participating in the program, engineers help SpaceClaim better address the models and processes required to successfully meet their needs. The program also provides an opportunity for engineers to try SpaceClaim Professional 2007+, and to learn from other engineers who participate. Details To enter, download the SpaceClaim Free 3D CAD Download 30-day trial, and upload a video that demonstrates the process of (successfully or unsuccessfully) performing modifications to CAD models using SpaceClaim 2007+ to the CAD Modification Challenge website. Entrants will be judged by a panel of SpaceClaim engineers, according to the following criteria: • Degree of difficulty of the design modifications • Complexity of the model • Credibility of the modifications and the use case • The “entertainment factor” SpaceClaim 2007+ Use Cases SpaceClaim is being embraced by the engineering community to address a variety of use cases in which they must import and modify 3D CAD models in a lightweight, flexible, dependency-free manner, including: Design Reviews, where geometry from multiple systems needs to be imported into a single workspace, and various team members need to collaboratively change models to eliminate interferences and fix other problems. ECRs, where attaching a file to the ECR with the exact 3D representation of the requested changes reduces the chances that the requested changes will be misinterpreted or incorrectly modeled. CAD-Neutral Interoperability, where downstream users of a design import CAD geometry into analysis, CAM, process planning, or other software, fix geometry and simplify or modify the geometry for meshing or NC programming, and (for FE analysis) iterate on the geometry based on the results of the analysis. IP Protection, where manufacturers must hide the details and internal components of designs prior to sharing them with suppliers and other outside entities. Method Neutral Modifications, where modifying complex parts (that perhaps were built by others) fail regeneration in their native CAD systems, and the “clock is ticking.” Prizes Each month, beginning in January 2008, three winners from the prior month's entries will be selected as follows: • one submission that presents the most challenging successful modification in SpaceClaim • one submission that presents the most challenging unsuccessful modification in SpaceClaim (stump us, yes we want you to!)
Page 13 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary • one submission that we identify as the most entertaining video Each of the three monthly winners receives a copy of SpaceClaim Professional 2007+ and 3D Data Exchange for a 1-year term. In addition, one grand prize winner will be selected on May 2, 2008 as the most impressive challenge out of all entries submitted. The grand prize winner will receive an HP Compaq 6820s Notebook PC, installed with a one year license of SpaceClaim. To find out more about the challenge and how you can participate, please refer to the SpaceClaim 3D CAD Modification Challenge website. Click here to return to Contents Events News
AVEVA to Preview AVEVA ReviewShare Collaboration Tool at PowerGEN 2007 20 November 2007 AVEVA will preview its new tool for reviewing and collaborating on 3D engineering models in booth #6033 at PowerGEN International 2007, December 11-13, 2007 in New Orleans, Louisiana. The new product, AVEVA ReviewShare, is built into AVEVA's forthcoming 6.4 release of its AVEVA Review product, and relies on this connection to AVEVA Review 6.4 to deliver its full range of benefits. AVEVA ReviewShare is unique in its combination of the following benefits: It is the first product to combine 3D review, annotation, markup and collaboration capabilities into one application. Until now, these processes have often relied on manually cutting and pasting between different applications, using 2D screenshots with no inbuilt intelligence. • It is able to handle 3D models of unlimited size, through AVEVA Review 6.4, thanks to AVEVA's patented streaming technology, which is not available from any other vendor. • It enables review material and review requests to be circulated to reviewers by email from within the application, in a document that is only a fraction of the size of the 3D model being reviewed. This avoids the need for large files to be repeatedly sent back and forth. • Partners, suppliers and subcontractors can also be given access to AVEVA ReviewShare through AVEVA Review 6.4, creating an extended collaborative environment that helps to address some of the challenges inherent in working with third parties on large engineering projects. Third parties without a connection to AVEVA Review 6.4 can still use AVEVA ReviewShare in 2D- only ("offline") mode, for example by downloading it from the AVEVA website. Large engineering projects rely on teams of specialists, often dispersed across countries or indeed continents, to review the design of engineering components and then collaborate on changes and improvements. However, recent research by AVEVA, in a poll of over 5,000 international users, has revealed that these teams often rely on sending design review data to their colleagues on CD - by mail - with all the risk and delay that this can entail. Where information is sent electronically, it is often in the form of 2D screenshots, manually cut and pasted between applications, and having neither the intelligence, realism, nor accuracy of 3D models.
Page 14 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Derek Middlemas, EVP Business Strategy at AVEVA, explains: "The ability to centralize, manage and globally collaborate on engineering information over the complete lifecycle of a large project is at the very heart of our customers' vision. AVEVA ReviewShare captures the essence of this vision and delivers it to our customers - and other project stakeholders - with all-in-one simplicity. We are delighted to be previewing AVEVA ReviewShare at PowerGEN International 2007 and are confident that further new products from AVEVA will continue the same compelling story." For more information on PowerGEN 2007, please go to http://pgi07.events.pennnet.com/fl/index.cfm. Click here to return to Contents
Delcam to Show Latest Mouldmaking Developments in India 29 November 2007 Delcam will demonstrate its latest developments for the design, machining and inspection of moulds at the DieMould India exhibition to be held in Bangalore from 15th to 18th February. Delcam was ranked a world’s leading supplier of CAM software and services to the mould, tool and die industry in the latest CIMdata report. The company expects to reinforce its leading position with its new software releases. Delcam is expanding its business in India at a rapid rate, especially since the opening of its new head office in Pune earlier this year. During 2006, software sales in India grew by 18% and further increase is expected this year. The company now operates eight offices in Delhi, Bangalore, Chennai, Coimbatore, Mumbai, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Ludhiana in addition to its head office and employs a total of around 50 staff. Delcam has approximately 400 customers in the country, including automotive majors Tata Motors, Bajaj Auto, Force Motors and Maruti Udyog, component suppliers Amtek Group, Varroc and Anurang, the Footwear Design and Development Institute and the National Aerospace Laboratories, as well as leading toolmakers such as CTM India and ASB International. At DieMould, visitors will have their first opportunity to see the latest release of Delcam’s Toolmaker mould design package. The main change to the software is the improved speed of its unique Power Features approach to parametric tool design. Mould components that incorporate Power Features react automatically as they are placed into an assembly, adding all the necessary fit-features to the connecting components. For example, if the designer adds an ejector pin to the mould assembly, the software automatically creates the corresponding hole features in the plates through which it passes. Furthermore, the tolerances between the various components are also defined automatically. Thus, a sealing-fit hole is placed in the die block and the necessary clearance allowance added to the holes in all the other plates through which the pin passes. Of course, Power Features maintain relationships in a similar way to parametric objects in other CAD systems so that, if the pin moves, all the associated holes move with it. However, the automatic creation of relationships makes the development of the design much quicker than other systems and also makes errors in the design process less likely. Toolmaker incorporates a high level of intelligence when suggesting appropriate sizes for components defined with Power Features and will recommend standard sizes whenever these are available from the many catalogues within the system. When changes are made to the design, the software recommends the nearest alternative standard size rather than using simple mathematical changes to the component’s dimensions. This minimises the need for non-standard components, which take longer and are more
Page 15 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary expensive to make. Like other recent versions of Delcam’s CAM software software, a major focus of PowerMILL 8 is additional options for five-axis machining. However, the new release also includes enhancements and speed-ups throughout the program. In particular, improved memory management within the software gives significantly faster calculation times, especially for large, complex components, like press tools for automotive bodywork, and for smaller, highly-detailed models, such as moulds for fine-tolerance and high-accuracy parts. The most significant of the new five-axis options is a tool-axis editing function that allows the user to select any region of a toolpath and redefine the tool-axis vectors within that region. Previously, a single tool-axis specification was applied to a complete toolpath, although this could be adjusted automatically to avoid any collisions. The new ability to use different options in different regions of the toolpath enables users to optimise cutting conditions and avoid any sudden machine tool movements that could result in a poor surface finish. The latest release of the PowerINSPECT inspection software includes several changes to make it even easier to use. The main improvement is the introduction of a colour-coded scheme for the points to be measured. Under the scheme, all points to be inspected are initially coloured blue, apart from the position for the first measurement which is shown in red. As the inspection proceeds, the next position to be measured is always shown in red, while each point that has already been taken is turned to grey. The new scheme can be applied either when using teach-and-learn inspection of the first item in a production run or when programming a sequence for a number of parts off-line. In both cases, it will make it easier for any user to reproduce exactly an inspection sequence developed by a different operator. Similarly, it will help when duplicating an inspection last undertaken some time before, when the user cannot remember the complete sequence. Click here to return to Contents
ENOVIA Hosts Next-Generation PLM Seminar in Korea 23 November 2007 Dassault Systèmes (DS) announced its inaugural ENOVIA PLM customer day at the Marriott Hotel in Seoul, Korea. The event which is being sponsored by Sun Microsystems, Greenbell Systems, BEA and CIES, will bring together an exclusive list of more than 250 of the region’s leading executives from a variety of prospects and customers to showcase innovative implementations, discuss best practices and to outline the next generation of PLM solutions for global product development and manufacturing. As the host of the event, Mr. Andy Kalambi, general manager of ENOVIA Asia, will present ENOVIA’s strategy for growth based on the recently announced V5 Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) which is the technical foundation for Dassault Systemes’ solutions - bridging the gap between PLM and existing middleware. In addition, Mr. Kalambi’s session will outline the company’s commitment to packaging solutions to enable rapid deployment, and its ability to develop long term, strategic partnerships with some of the world’s leading technology brands including Microsoft and IBM. The event will also feature presentations by ENOVIA high-tech industry customers, LG Electronics and Sun Microsystems, which will focus on the use of PLM for strategic product development. Among the guest speakers, Jungwook Kim, a senior executive with Accenture Korea, will use a series of customer case studies to highlight the latest R&D innovation trends.
Page 16 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary "As more and more companies focus on improving the way they innovate and bring products to market, they are turning to PLM solutions to enhance global collaboration, implement best business practices and drive revenue growth,” said Mr. Andy Kalambi, general manager of ENOVIA, Asia Pacific. “Over the last twelve months we have gained significant momentum with some of the world’s leading brands and we feel that Dassault Systemes has an opportunity to be a catalyst for thought leadership in the development of the PLM market in Asia." The conference is designed to inspire discussion and collaboration among senior executives from leading global companies on how they can fundamentally transform the way that new innovations drive return on investment, increase profitability. The ENOVIA collaborative environment for Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) addresses customers’ requirements across the full spectrum of product and business processes, from small-scale teams to extended enterprises with many thousands of users. In Asia Pacific, ENOVIA has developed great traction with customers in a variety of markets including automotive, high tech, industrial equipment and semiconductor. In Korea, ENOVIA has secured a number of new customers which includes LG Electronics, Halla Climate Control Corp. and Winia Mando. To support these diverse markets, ENOVIA is structured around three product lines; ENOVIA VPLM, ENOVIA MatrixOne and ENOVIA SmarTeam. For more information please visit http://www.3ds.com/kr Click here to return to Contents
Gibbs and Infimatic Announce Strategic Partnership at EMO 2007 15 November 2007 Gibbs and Associates and Infimatic, a MAG Industrial Automation Systems Company, announced a new worldwide strategic partnership. A key component in the relationship is Infimatic offering Gibbs SFP (Shop Floor Programming) with the new line of Infimatic open architecture controls. The EMO tradeshow recently held in Hannover, Germany was the site of the European introduction of the new Infimatic CNC with Gibbs SFP. “We are extremely pleased to have been specified by Infimatic as their control-resident programming solution,” states Robb Weinstein, Gibbs’ Senior Vice-President of Sales and Strategic Planning. “Though Gibbs has worked closely with MAG Fadal (Fadal Machining Centers) and MAG Cincinnati (Cincinnati Machine) for many years, we did not take Infimatic’s selection for granted. Infimatic has worked diligently to develop a unique control, and it was only after an extensive evaluation that Gibbs SFP was selected.” Gibbs SFP’s ease of use, ease of learning, and recognition as the industry standard for shop floor programming systems were key factors in its selection. Able to support programming wire frame geometry, the Gibbs SFP version bundled with the Infimatic Freedom NC200™ can be upgraded to support programming more complex parts including surface and solid models. A key advantage of Gibbs SFP is its complete compatibility with the GibbsCAM product line. Programs developed offline using GibbsCAM can be directly transferred to Gibbs SFP on the controller for review and easy modification. Changes made to the part program on the Freedom NC200™ using Gibbs SFP can then be transferred back to GibbsCAM and referenced as shop-proven processes. During the EMO show, Gibbs SFP was demonstrated on free-standing Infimatic control units in addition
Page 17 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary to installations on MAG Fadal VMC 4020 FX and MAG Fadal VMC 2216 FX vertical machining centers. MAG Fadal is the first machine builder to adopt the new Infimatic CNC. Infimatic plans to grow its business by offering controls to all MAG business units as well as other independent machinery builders. “Gibbs is excited that MAG Fadal has elected to offer the new Infimatic NC200™ on a variety of popular vertical machining center models ” states Robb Weinstein, “this provides our mutual customers with a smooth transition path from the legacy Fadal 32MP and 104D controls, which were both Infimatic Controls Division Announces Strategic Partnership at EMO 2007 bundled with Gibbs SFP.” For more information about GibbsCAM and Gibbs SFP, or to locate your local GibbsCAM Reseller, call 1-800-654-9399, email [email protected], or visit the company’s web site at http://www.gibbscam.com/. About Infimatic Leveraging over 100 years of combined machine tool and controls expertise, MAG Industrial Automation Systems founded Infimatic, a dedicated controls, automation and software company providing manufacturing professionals “Freedom” in maximized machine tool performance and ease-of- use. Click here to return to Contents
GibbsCAM Demonstrated at Upcoming Mazak Open House 27 November 2007 Gibbs and Associates announced that GibbsCAM will be demonstrated at the upcoming Mazak Open House, held at the Mazak Corporate headquarters in Florence, Kentucky on December 4th – 6th. During the Open House, demonstrations of GibbsCAM will highlight the theme of the event – “Manufacturing Technologies for Global Competitiveness”. “It is a real pleasure for us to be supporting Mazak at this Open House,” states Roger Ablett, Gibbs’ Manager of their Strategic Partner Program, who is responsible for Gibbs’ relationship with Mazak worldwide. “We have been attending Mazak Open Houses around the world and GibbsCAM is being very well received. Gibbs works closely with Mazak to ensure that GibbsCAM fully supports Mazak’s complete product line of machine tools, allowing Mazak customers to realize a return on their investment sooner. Mazak’s machine tools, especially their multi-tasking models, clearly demonstrate the level of competitiveness realized through advanced manufacturing technologies.” The latest version of GibbsCAM will be demonstrated at the Mazak Open House including versions of the GibbsCAM MTM (Multi-Task Machining) and Machine Simulation modules which have been specifically configured for Mazak machine tools. GibbsCAM MTM provides a powerful, yet easy to use means to program advance multi-tasking machine tools, such as Mazak Integrex line, allowing the user to focus on developing the most optimal program for their machine. GibbsCAM Machine Simulation provides a virtual environment, which can be used prove-out machine setup saving setup time on the machine tool, and a simulation of the machine tool’s motions, allowing potential crashes and inefficiencies to be identified and corrected before running the program on the shop floor. GibbsCAM’s factory-supplied post processors for Mazak machine tools ensure G-code can be run without hand editing. For more information about GibbsCAM and Mazak, or to locate your local GibbsCAM Reseller, go to
Page 18 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary http://www.gibbscam.com/, call 1-800-654-9399, or email [email protected]. Click here to return to Contents
How to Avoid New Product Introduction Delays; Registration Now Open for Free December 6th Webinar 27 November 2007 TITLE: Free Webinar on How to Avoid New Product Introduction (NPI) Delays WHEN: 10 to 11 a.m. Pacific, Thursday, December 6, 2007 WHERE: Online Webcast (register below) FOR: Operations, engineering, product management, and finance professionals throughout the supply chain who are involved with NPI activity. SPEAKERS: Bijan Dastmalchi, co-founder and president of Symphony Consulting, Inc., a Silicon Valley consulting firm specializing in manufacturing outsourcing and supply chain management. Mark Holman, senior vice president of Operations at Arena Solutions, the leading provider of on- demand product lifecycle management (PLM) software. REGISTER: http://www.arenaplm.com/forms/int_symphony_npi_webinar_q407 FOR MORE INFORMATION: Contact Arena Solutions, (866) 937-1438 COST: FREE DETAILS: In most OEM environments, new products are introduced with limited resources and under tight deadlines. There are a variety of factors that lead to NPI delays, all of which are avoidable by employing the right business processes and tools. In this one-hour webinar, Arena Solutions and Symphony Consulting will walk you through a case study involving a multimedia consumer electronics start-up and examine: • Specific operational challenges faced during the NPI • What steps could have been taken to avoid delays • How a PLM (product life cycle management) tool could have helped mitigate many of the risks Click here to return to Contents i get it Featuring New Training Courses at Autodesk University 2007 27 November 2007 Tata Technologies iKS will be featuring it’s new i get it® AutoCAD Update and Inventor Essentials training courses at Autodesk University 2007 in Las Vegas, Nevada. i get it is powered by Google and is a leading knowledge management application for engineers using design software solutions.
Page 19 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary “i get it continues to offer AutoCAD and Inventor engineering professionals by far the best value in on- line training,” said Kevin Noe, President for i get it. “The new materials are automatically loaded into the i get it Learning Path of existing subscribers. New users can be sure that for just $95, their 12-month subscription will give them access to the most up-to-date and comprehensive AutoCAD and Inventor training available in the market today.” Noe added, “We are especially pleased to be exhibiting at Autodesk University this year and to have the opportunity to meet many new clients.” Autodesk University attendees can stop by the i get it booth to receive a special 30% discount AU2007 promotion. Details of the new courses are: AutoCAD 2008 Update—highlights changes and enhancements to the interface, dimensioning, and annotation scales. Also examines new features such as the layer properties manager, layer settings dialog, and enhanced spell checking. Autodesk Inventor 2008 Update—highlights changes and enhancements in sheet metal, the Drawing Manager, the interface, the Sketch environment, Shape Design, and Frame Generator. Autodesk Inventor 2008 Essentials-Assembly Drawings—focuses on the basics of Parts Lists and Bill of Materials, Item number manipulation, Balloons, Drawing Standards and Styles, Layers, Drawing Sheets, Sheet Formats, Title Blocks, and Borders. Autodesk Inventor 2008 Essentials-Part Drawings—focuses on the basics of view creation, section and detail views, dimensioning, annotations, text, symbols, and revision tables. Autodesk Inventor 2008 Essentials-Assembly Design—focuses on basic assembly modeling processes and the assembly modeling environment. Autodesk Inventor 2008 Essentials-Part Design—focuses on the basics of sketching and shape design. For more information on AutoCAD pricing and packaging go to: http://www.myigetit.com/outfitter/outfitter_home.aspx?menuID=2 Click here to return to Contents
SolidCAM to Launch InventorCAM 2008 at Autodesk University 26 November 2007 SolidCAM will launch its new version InventorCAM 2008 at Autodesk University, which will take place in Las Vegas, USA from November 27 to 30, 2007. With more than 100 new features, InventorCAM 2008 is a powerful CAM software integrated in Inventor 2008. The single-window user interface and the full associativity between the CAD model and NC tool path guarantees a short learning curve and an efficient flow from the 3D design model to the machined part. The new version will provide a complete manufacturing solution with enhanced user friendliness, more automation features and additional interactive CAM functions. The user friendliness will be enhanced by a new user interface for Mill operations and the new capability to define user-specific Default templates for parameter settings for all operations. Furthermore, the 3D connexion SpaceNavigator mouse is supported as a new input device. The new version also contains a framework to integrate external application programs. As first examples, the external tool library from Vardex (http://www.vardex.com/) and the Tool management system from
Page 20 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary TDM Systems (http://www.tdmsystems.com/) are now linked to InventorCAM 2008. InventorCAM´s Automatic Feature Recognition and Machining capability (AFRM) for multiple drills and complex holes has been greatly enhanced in InventorCAM 2008 with a new capability for the Automatic Feature Recognition and Machining for 2.5D pockets. This capability provides automatic recognition and machining of multi-level, closed and open pockets in a solid model, in addition to through pockets. InventorCAM 2008 offers a new tool table for milling that supports a broader range of Milling-tools. For 2.5D Milling, new operations for the Milling of 3D profiles and T-Slots have been added. The Pocket operation has also been enhanced in the support of open pockets. The powerful HSM module has been enhanced in InventorCAM 2008, including use of STL files as input for the generation of High-Speed Machining tool paths. In Simultaneous 5-axis Milling, 12 dedicated operations are now available for specific tasks including Swarf and Port machining, Electrode milling, Impeller and Turbine blade machining. In addition to the existing Turn-Mill capability that supports up to 5-axes (XYZCB), a new capability has been added in InventorCAM 2008 to support a new type of Mill-Turn Machines. These machines provide simultaneous 5-axes and multisided milling. In addition, they support turning features to achieve complete machining (milling and turning in a single setup) for heavy and bulky parts. One focus of the new version is the enhanced simulation capabilities both for solid verification and entire machine simulation. The Solid Verify simulation for 3D Milling, High-Speed machining and 5 axis simultaneous milling has been highly accelerated. The machine simulation capability now also supports the Solid Verify mode and, in addition, has been extended to Turning, Turn-Mill and Mill-Turn applications. The integration of InventorCAM 2008 with Autodesk Vault provides access to the centralized document management system from within InventorCAM and through a familiar interface. Repositories of CAM- parts can be browsed as a file system and parts can be opened and saved. A link between the CAM part and its reference model is created enabling the continuous synchronization between the design model and the CAM Part. Emil Somekh, Founder and Managing director of SolidCAM stated: “With our new version InventorCAM 2008, integrated in Inventor 2008, we provide a complete, powerful, integrated CAD/CAM solution for the manufacturing industry. Our broad range of CAM functions supports both Production as well as Mold, Tool and Die applications. This makes Inventor + InventorCAM an attractive total solution for manufacturers that need either or both capabilities. We look forward to demonstrating the new features at the Autodesk University event.” See InventorCAM 2008 at Autodesk University, Nov 27 to 30, Booth 446 and 448 Click here to return to Contents think3 at EuroMold 2007 (Hall 6, Booth C81) 21 November 2007 think3 is taking part in the 14th edition of EuroMold 2007 (Messe Frankfurt, 5-8 December), the most important showcase in Europe for companies in the mold, tooling, design and application development industries.
Page 21 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary On the opening day, think3 will hold a press conference to offer a preview of thinkmold, a solution for the design and automation of both large and small injection molds, and thinkreshape, a reverse engineering solution designed to help import and manage files from the 3D digitalization of physical models in a CAD environment, to operate within quick prototyping, design review, finished elemental analysis and inspection. The new solutions will be officially released in March with the new v.2008. think3’s conference will be held on December 5th at 2.00 pm in the press area (Saal Motiv, Booth 9.1), speakers will be Anselm Lippisch, Sales Director think3 Germany , Amedeo Brasolin, Vice President Sales think3, Davide Ciarloni, Director Product Marketing think3 and Ingo Heinle of BMW AG. During EuroMold, at its booth, think3 will present its internationalization services for SMEs and the approach to the international OEM market of its new Software Components division. In addition, the company will award the students participating in the Design Award organized with VDID (Verbands Deutscher Industrie Designer), the German Design Association, which joined thinkstart, think3’s educational programme. For more information, please contact Cristina Carini, Marketing Specialist [email protected], tel. +39 051 597111. Click here to return to Contents Financial News
Mentor Graphics Reports Third Quarter Results 29 November 2007 Mentor Graphics Corporation announced third quarter revenue of $186.3 million. On a GAAP basis, earnings were a loss of ($.10) per share. On a non-GAAP basis, earnings were break-even. Bookings were up over 10% year over year. These results reflect the change in the fiscal year with the third quarter running from August 1 to October 31. “Bookings were strong in the quarter, and were, in fact, a record for any non-fourth quarter. Contract renewals among our ten largest orders increased 50% over the corresponding prior contract. We were pleased in particular with the performance of our new Olympus-SoC™ and Veloce® product lines both of which performed quite well in the quarter,” said Walden C. Rhines, chairman and CEO of Mentor Graphics. “Unfortunately, revenue timing issues on certain key orders impacted results for the quarter.” Compared to the prior year third quarter, Scalable Verification bookings were up 25%, New and Emerging bookings were up 35%, Integrated Systems Design bookings were flat, and IC Design to Silicon bookings were down 5%. New and Emerging product line strength was largely driven by new TestKompress® tool adoptions, though there was also strength in embedded systems and electronic system level tools. Year on year bookings for Pacific Rim were up 35%, for North America were up 25%, for Japan were up 5%, and for Europe were down 15%. “Mentor again reaffirms its guidance for fiscal 2008 and 2009,” said Gregory K. Hinckley, president of Mentor Graphics. “We see mixed economic signals. From our industry perspective, we see positive forward indicators like venture company funding to fabless semiconductor startups up sharply in the third quarter to the highest level since 2001, our consulting bookings up 50%, training bookings up 95% and new customer logos up 10%. Nonetheless, our actual results highly depend upon the condition of the U.S. economy where risks in recent weeks seem to be growing. If the U.S. economy slows in the fourth
Page 22 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary quarter, our ability to meet guidance will be challenged.” Guidance For the full fiscal year 2008, the company expects revenue of $860 million, GAAP earnings per share of about $.50 and non-GAAP earnings per share of approximately $1.02. Preliminary guidance for fiscal 2009 is for revenues of $920 million, GAAP earnings per share of about $.78 and non-GAAP earnings per share of $1.22. Discussion of Non-GAAP Financial Measures Mentor Graphics management evaluates and makes operating decisions using various performance measures. In addition to our GAAP results, we also consider adjusted gross margin, operating margin and net income (loss), which we refer to as non-GAAP gross margin, operating margin and net income (loss), respectively. These non-GAAP measures are derived from the revenues of our product, maintenance and services business operations and the costs directly related to the generation of those revenues, such as cost of revenue, research and development, sales and marketing and general and administrative expenses, that management considers in evaluating our ongoing core operating performance. These non-GAAP measures exclude amortization of purchased intangible assets, in- process research and development, special charges, stock-based compensation expenses and charges and gains which management does not consider reflective of our core operating business. Purchased intangible assets consist primarily of purchased technology, backlog, trade names, customer relationships and employment agreements. In-process research and development charges represent products in development that had not reached technological feasibility at the time of acquisition. Special charges consist of post-acquisition rebalance costs including severance and benefits, excess facilities and asset-related charges, and also include strategic reallocations or reductions of personnel resources. Stock-based compensation expenses represent the fair value of all share-based payments to employees, including grants of employee stock options, as required under SFAS No. 123 (revised 2004), “Share- Based Payment” (SFAS 123R). For purposes of comparability across other periods and against other companies in our industry, non-GAAP net income (loss) is adjusted by the amount of additional taxes or tax benefit that the company would accrue using a normalized effective tax rate applied to the non- GAAP results. During the nine months ended October 31, 2007 and September 30, 2006, $452 thousand and $6.23 million, respectively of interest expense attributable to net retirement premiums and write-offs of debt issuance costs related to the refinancing or repurchase of certain convertible debt was excluded as management does not consider these transactions a part of its core operating performance. In certain instances our GAAP results of operations may not be profitable when our corresponding non- GAAP results are profitable or vice versa. The number of shares on which our non-GAAP EPS is calculated may therefore differ from the GAAP presentation due to the anti-dilutive effect of stock options in a loss situation. Non-GAAP gross margin, operating margin and net income (loss) are supplemental measures of our performance that are not required by, or presented in accordance with, GAAP. Moreover, they should not be considered as an alternative to any performance measure derived in accordance with GAAP, or as an alternative to cash flow from operating activities as a measure of our liquidity. We present non- GAAP gross margin, operating margin and net income (loss) because we consider them to be important supplemental measures of our operating performance and profitability trends, and because we believe
Page 23 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary they give investors useful information on period-to-period performance as evaluated by management. Management excludes from its non-GAAP measures certain recurring items to facilitate its review of the comparability of our core operating performance on a period-to-period basis because such items are not related to our ongoing core operating performance as viewed by management. Management considers our core operating performance to be that which can be affected by our managers in any particular period through their management of the resources that affect our underlying revenue and profit generating operations during that period. Management uses this view of its operating performance for purposes of comparison with its business plan and individual operating budgets and allocation of resources. Additionally, when evaluating potential acquisitions, management excludes the items described above from its consideration of target performance and valuation. More specifically management adjusts for the excluded items for the following reasons: Amortization charges for our purchased intangible assets are inconsistent in amount and frequency and are significantly impacted by the timing and magnitude of our acquisition transactions. We therefore consider our operating results without these charges when evaluating our core performance. Generally, the most significant impact to inter-period comparability of the our net income (loss) is in the first twelve months following the acquisition. Special charges are primarily severance related and are due to our reallocation or reduction of personnel resources driven by modifications of business strategy or business emphasis and by assimilation of acquired businesses. These costs are originated based on the particular facts and circumstances of business decisions and can vary in size. Special charges also include excess facility and asset-related restructuring charges. These charges are not specifically included in our annual operating plan and related budget due to the rapidly changing technology and competitive environment in our industry. We therefore exclude them when evaluating our managers' performance internally. In-process research and development charges are largely disregarded as acquisition decisions are made, as they often result in charges that vary significantly in size and amount. Management excludes these charges when evaluating the impact of an acquisition transaction and our ongoing performance. Management supplementally considers performance without the impact of stock-based compensation charges and believes this information is useful to investors to compare our performance to the performance of other companies in our industry who present non-GAAP results adjusted to exclude stock compensation expense. We view stock-based compensation as a key element of our employee retention and long-term incentives, not as an expense that should be an element of evaluating core operations in any given period. We therefore exclude these charges for purposes of evaluating our core performance. Income tax expense (benefit) is adjusted by the amount of additional tax expense or benefit that we would accrue if we used non-GAAP results instead of GAAP results in the calculation of our tax liability, taking into consideration our long-term tax structure. We use a normalized effective tax rate of 17%, which reflects the weighted average tax rate applicable under the various tax jurisdictions in which we operate. This non-GAAP weighted average tax rate is subject to change over time for various reasons, including changes in the geographic business mix and changes in statutory tax rates. Our GAAP tax rate for the nine months ended October 31, 2007 is 9% after consideration of discrete items. Without discrete items of $1,676 thousand, our GAAP tax rate is 31%. Inclusive of discrete items, our full fiscal year 2008 GAAP tax rate is projected to be 35%. The GAAP tax rate considers certain mandatory and other non-scalable tax costs which may adversely or beneficially affect our tax rate depending upon our level of profitability.
Page 24 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Non-GAAP net income (loss) also facilitates comparison with other companies in our industry, which use similar financial measures to supplement their GAAP results. However, non-GAAP net income (loss) has limitations as an analytical tool, and you should not consider this measure in isolation or as a substitute for analysis of our results as reported under GAAP. In the future we expect to continue to incur expenses similar to the non-GAAP adjustments described above and exclusion of these items in our non-GAAP presentation should not be construed as an inference that these costs are unusual, infrequent or non-recurring. Some of the limitations in relying on non-GAAP net income (loss) are: Amortization of purchased intangibles, though not directly affecting our current cash position, represents the loss in value as the technology in our industry evolves, is advanced or is replaced over time. The expense associated with this loss in value is not included in the non-GAAP net income (loss) presentation and therefore does not reflect the full economic effect of the ongoing cost of maintaining our current technological position in our competitive industry, which is addressed through our research and development program. We regularly engage in acquisition and assimilation activities as part of our ongoing business and therefore we will continue to experience special charges and merger and acquisition charges on a regular basis. These costs also directly impact our available funds. Our stock option and stock purchase plans are important components of our incentive compensation arrangements and will be reflected as expenses in our GAAP results for the foreseeable future under SFAS 123R. Our income tax expense (benefit) will be ultimately based on our GAAP taxable income and actual tax rates in effect, which often differ significantly from the 17% rate assumed in our non-GAAP presentation. Other companies, including other companies in our industry, may calculate non-GAAP net income (loss) differently than we do, limiting its usefulness as a comparative measure. To access the full press release with detailed financials please access http://www.mentor.com/company/investor_relations/news/2008_q3_fy/1131500_1.pdf Click here to return to Contents Implementation Investments
A World-leading Government and Defense Contractor Deploys Fishbowl Solutions November 2007 Fishbowl Solutions announced that a world-leading government and defense contractor has deployed its patent-pending CADVerify solution. CADVerify is helping the contractor streamline their drawing release process and improve their CAD data quality – increasing the overall efficiency of their engineering department. All 3D associative CAD programs like PTC® Pro|ENGINEER® create complex relationships among the parts, assemblies, drawings and other ancillary files during the modeling process. Data management systems such as PTC Pro/INTRALINK® and PDMLink™ help manage these relationships and facilitate concurrent engineering. However, these relationships are still susceptible to “breaking” when poor modeling practices are used. For instance, a user may change a part that is used in multiple assemblies.
Page 25 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary The current part and assembly may regenerate with no problems. The data management system will understand that the part is used in the other assemblies, but unless the user takes the time to manually validate the part in all places where it is used, problems can ensue. When a user attempts to open an assembly (or drawing) that has a changed part that was not validated, they may be confronted with a file that will not regenerate or open. The user must stop what they are doing to track down the cause of the problem and fix it. This can be very time consuming because the initial problem might have been created well in the past, having proliferated over time to create a veritable “rat’s nest” of problems. According to Rick Passolt, Business Development Manager at Fishbowl Solutions, “Our clients tell us they spend anywhere from 5-20% of their time fixing problems just so they can complete their day-to- day tasks. CADVerify can give companies this time back.” CADVerify automates the verification process, identifying any broken relationships among CAD files. When invoked CADVerify performs a “where used” search against the modified CAD file that is checked into Pro/INTRALINK or PDMLink. CADVerify identifies all related data and runs a verification against that data to ensure the change did not “break” another assembly or drawing where it is used. The verification process is fully configurable and can be scheduled to run daily, weekly or whatever suits the needs of the customer. Using CADVerify, engineering teams can address broken CAD data relationships and poor modeling practices before they have a chance to proliferate. CADVerify can extend a PTC ModelCHECK™ implementation. An administrator may want to run a more extensive ModelCHECK configuration, or even add custom checks. CADVerify can bundle a complex ModelCHECK configuration into the more comprehensive CADVerify checks and validation options – automating the entire process. And CADVerify, unlike ModelCHECK, is fully integrated with Pro/INTRALINK and PDMLink so it can run on a scheduled or “on demand” basis. CADVerify leverages the “where used” list it generates to validate other drawings and assemblies where the part might be used. These features enable companies to make sure poor modeling practices are caught before they can cause problems. “Eliminating non-value-add activity is a key objective for every company and “clean” data equals more and easier data reuse for shorter design cycles,” states Tim Gruidl, President of Fishbowl Solutions. “The CADVerify approach to validating not only the current item, but all other parts, assemblies and drawings using the item set CADVerify apart from other solutions. We are honored to have a well- respected government and defense contractor deploy CADVerify.” Click here to return to Contents
Aedas Receives Autodesk Revit BIM Experience Award for Innovative Designs in Dubai and Hong Kong 28 November 2007 Autodesk, Inc. announced that it has presented Aedas, an international design firm based in Hong Kong, with a Revit BIM Experience Award for their use of Revit Architecture software to create remarkable buildings around the world, including a new 83-story high-rise residential tower in Dubai that incorporates more than 10,000 frames of glass on the modularized twisting facade. With Revit Architecture the multi-national team was able to visualize and verify the overall constructability and economic feasibility of the complex curved curtain wall structure. The Revit BIM Experience Award honors commercial firms, educational institutions or individuals for the use of the Revit platform to
Page 26 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary create complex designs, collaborate across multiple disciplines and drive increased productivity and sustainability in the building design process. "Aedas strives to provide the best possible designs to our customers," said David Fung, Senior Associate and Head of BIM. "With Revit Architecture, we are able to create comprehensive designs that allow for tight integration and communication with our clients and other industry counterparts." Design Challenges When designing the Ocean Heights residential tower in Dubai, Aedas designed the building to maximize views toward the ocean with a deliberate twist on three of its faces. Because of the twisting nature of the 83 story building, the parametric modeling tools in Revit Architecture played a crucial role in facilitating the precise positioning of each curved curtain wall panel. Revit enabled Aedas to identify the coordinates of every piece of the over 10,000 frames of glass on the modularized facade, verifying that each piece was flat. This ensured the design's constructability and the project's economic feasibility. Working closely with other building disciplines on the recent Community College City University Building (CCCUB) project in Hong Kong, Aedas was able to streamline design processes and easily identify and address interferences before construction using BIM. The design, as communicated in drawings and other project documentation, was subject to intense scrutiny and handling by government agencies, school officials, contractors and consultants. Building information modeling using Revit Architecture software ensured that the information and documentation being shared was perfectly coordinated throughout the design, and all statutory submissions required by Hong Kong regulations were automatically calculated and created directly from the Revit model. "Aedas' use of Revit Architecture offers a stellar example of how firms adopting a BIM process can more cost effectively manage complex designs, successfully manage international teams and coordinate efficiently with other design disciplines to provide a client with fully integrated and accessible design," said Jay Bhatt, senior vice president Autodesk AEC Solutions. "Autodesk is wholly committed to supporting integration and close communication throughout the building industry, and we are pleased to honor Aedas for their role in furthering the adoption of BIM across the world." About the Revit BIM Experience Award The Revit BIM Experience Award celebrates building industry professionals and educators around the world who are helping to drive transformation of the building industry through building information modeling. Autodesk honors firm with this award for innovation and excellence in implementing the Autodesk Revit platform for building information modeling including Revit Architecture, Revit Structure and Revit MEP on one or more projects. About Aedas Ltd. Founded in 1982, Aedas is one of the largest architectural design consultancy firms in Hong Kong and currently the fourth largest in the world. A user of AutoCAD Architecture for many years, the Hong Kong office began using Revit Architecture software on several key projects in 2005. Click here to return to Contents
Alenia Aeronautica to Standardize on Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter for Product Lifecycle Management 27 November 2007
Page 27 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Siemens PLM Software announced that Alenia Aeronautica, the leading Italian aerospace company, following a comprehensive evaluation process, selected Teamcenter® software as its Product Lifecycle Management platform. Teamcenter replaces Alenia’s existing solution and a number of legacy systems, thus lowering the company’s total cost of ownership for PLM software. Teamcenter will be used by Alenia Aeronautica to unify all new product development and introduction activities into a single source of product and process knowledge, bridging the gap between the product design and manufacturing departments. Instant collaboration, configuration management and integration with manufacturing are the main focus areas of the initial project. Teamcenter will enable Alenia Aeronautica to share product and technology information with hundreds of key employees at multiple locations, allowing the company to standardize new product development practices across the business. “This new solution will help us to bridge the gap between the engineering and the manufacturing departments, sharing product and technology information within our extensive network of users in Italy and abroad,” said Nazario Cauceglia, Alenia Aeronautica Chief Technology Officer. “The fact that an Aerospace & Defense industry leader like Alenia Aeronautica selected Teamcenter to displace an existing solution, following an extensive evaluation process, further validates the superiority of Siemens PLM Software’s technology and our professionals,” said Paul Vogel, senior vice president and managing director for Europe, Middle East & Africa, Siemens PLM Software. “Siemens PLM Software has been selected as the preferred provider by numerous leading Aerospace & Defense companies worldwide, and this selection further strengthens our leadership in this industry.” About Alenia Aeronautica Alenia Aeronautica is a major European player in the aerospace industry and the Italian leader in aeronautics, with proprietary products and technologies and full system integration capabilities. Alenia designs and produces high-performance combat aircraft, military airlifters, special mission aircraft and commercial airliners and offers global customer service. Alenia builds the C-27J, the only true modern tactical airlifter available today, and plays key roles in world-class programs like Eurofighter Typhoon, the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and the European UCAV demonstrator Neuron. Alenia is a leading supplier of advanced aerostructures for airliners including the Boeing 787 and Airbus A380. Its subsidiaries include Alenia Aermacchi, the world leader in training aircraft, and Alenia Aeronavali, the respected overhaul and modification specialist. ATR, its joint venture with EADS, dominates the regional turboprop market. Alenia Aeronautica is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Finmeccanica, the Italian advanced technology group that is among the world’s top 10 players in the aerospace, defense and security markets. Click here to return to Contents
Autodesk Announces Franke Group as Inventor of the Month for November 2007 28 November 2007 Autodesk, Inc. announced that Franke Group (Franke) -- a global manufacturer of foodservice and kitchen systems -- has been named as the Autodesk Inventor of the Month for November 2007. The Inventor of the Month program (http://www.autodesk.com/inventorofthemonth) recognizes the most innovative design and engineering advancements made by the extensive community using Autodesk Inventor software, which provides the foundation for Digital Prototyping (http://www.autodesk.com/digitalprototyping).
Page 28 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary While best known for its highly designed kitchen sinks, Franke offers a wide range of products and services worldwide, including kitchen systems, foodservice systems, washroom systems and professional coffee systems to a long list of well-known clients such as McDonald's, Burger King, YUM and IKEA. Franke's products are designed and manufactured through its global operations with 44 production sites and 100 marketing organizations around the world. Due to the multinational nature of the company, a new product line might be designed in one part of the world, but manufactured in another. This global business model requires quick and effective communication between diverse business teams. By using Autodesk solutions to create a continuous digital pipeline for its product design data, Franke is able to provide effective collaboration throughout the company. During the industrial design phase, Franke captures its ideas -- from initial sketches to 3D concept models -- digitally, using software from the Autodesk AliasStudio product family and then shares those designs with the engineering team using a common file format. The engineering team imports this 3D digital design data into Autodesk Inventor software and leverages it throughout all phases of the product development process to create a robust digital model. This Inventor model is an accurate 3D digital prototype that enables users to validate design and engineering decisions as they work, minimizing the need for physical prototypes, and reducing costly engineering changes that previously were discovered after the design was sent to manufacturing teams. "Autodesk Inventor software has played a critical role in helping us increase development cycle speed for new products," said Christian Sperka, CIO of Franke Group and Member of Group Management. "The ability to use Digital Prototyping to virtually explore a complete product before it is built saves us time at every step of the product development cycle, from the industrial design phase through the manufacturing process." "For global companies like Franke, macroeconomic trends -- such as globalization, sustainable product design and the need to manage complexity and technology innovation -- are the new realities for manufacturers today," said Robert "Buzz" Kross, senior vice president of Autodesk Manufacturing Solutions. "By reducing their reliance on physical prototypes, Inventor is helping Franke find success in an ever-changing world." About the Autodesk Inventor of the Month Program Each month, Autodesk selects an Inventor of the Month from the more than 700,000 users of Autodesk Inventor software, the foundation for Digital Prototyping. Winners are chosen for engineering excellence and groundbreaking innovation. For more information on Autodesk Inventor of the Month, contact us at [email protected]. Click here to return to Contents
AVEVA Co-Operates With Korea’s Top University 28 November 2007 AVEVA announced an academic-industrial co-operation with Seoul National University (SNU) to provide 50 Full Package versions of AVEVA Marine to the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department. The agreement signed on 19th October 2007 at SNU's campus, is also aimed at increasing the exchange of shipyard design information and manufacturing technologies between both parties, conducting joint
Page 29 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary research to overcome challenges faced by shipyards, and enhancing students' skills in AVEVA Marine via training by AVEVA's specialists. JungChun Suh, Head of the Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department, SNU, said: "Korea's shipbuilding prowess is largely due to a strong supply of ship engineering graduates from its universities, mainly SNU. With the agreement, we hope that SNU undergraduates will be ‘field- orientated' with experience in AVEVA's industry-standard solutions by the time they enter the working world." Peter Finch, President of AVEVA Asia Pacific said: "AVEVA Marine is the ultimate set of marine design and engineering tools. We are confident that our contribution to SNU will help Korea's shipbuilding industry stay on the cutting edge by preparing a ready skilled workforce from university level." Click here to return to Contents
Babcock Implements FORAN System 22 November 2007 Babcock Support Services Limited has closed an agreement with the Spanish company Sener Ingeniería y Sistemas S.A., for the licence to use the FORAN CAD/CAM System. Activities have started immediately and FORAN has already been installed at the company premises in Rosyth, United Kingdom. The agreement includes licences of the main FORAN packages: Hull Structure, Outfitting, Electrical and Accommodation. In addition, FORAN Development Environment will be used for the customisation of the outputs as well as for connecting FORAN with the existing Business Systems. Services to be provided by Sener include installation and set up, on-site technical assistance and maintenance and support. Initially, FORAN will be used in the development of the Stages 2 & 3 (Building Phase) of the CVF Project (UK Royal Navy Future Aircraft Carrier). Babcock is a key member of the Aircraft Carrier Alliance and its integration facilities in Rosyth will be engaged in the design and building of the largest warship ever constructed in the UK. With this new license agreement Sener continues in its line of making FORAN a major player in the field of ship design and production software particularly in the naval ships market. Click here to return to Contents
Catalog Data Solutions eCommerce Adopted by Ohio Nut & Bolt Company 27 November 2007 Catalog Data Solutions (CDS) announced that Ohio Nut & Bolt Company has adopted the CDS eCommerce module on top of the already deployed CDS CAD model download solution. Ohio Nut & Bolt Company, a subsidiary of Fastener’s Industries Inc., manufactures resistance weld fasteners, levelers and adjusting screws in inch and metric threads and in low carbon and stainless steel. They also offer custom variations on their standard line of product.
Page 30 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Responding to customer requests, Ohio Nut & Bolt decided to offer eCommerce for fastener orders. “Customer downloads of fastener CAD drawings have been very successful and the next step to increase our flexibility towards customers is to offer eCommerce,” said Rich Bryda, Sales Manager, Ohio Nut & Bolt. “Customers love this order placement option and are very impressed with the service and online power we have given them to view prices and place orders.” “We are delighted that Ohio Nut & Bolt have expanded their CDS solution to include the new CDS eCommerce module”, said John Major, CEO Catalog Data Solutions, “Ohio Nut and Bolt are applying the convenience of the internet to improve customer service by enabling their products to be found, selected and purchased online.” Click here to return to Contents
Chosun University to Use FORAN 1 October 2007 Chosun University, in Gwangju, South Korea, and Spain’s engineering and consultancy company SENER have entered into an agreement for the license of FORAN Shipbuilding CAD System. The agreement grants the University the right to use FORAN for academic and research purposes at Chosun’s Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering Department. It also includes a series of advanced courses in Spain for postgraduate students, as well as technical support and software upgrades during a period of three years. As a first step, FORAN modules for hull form definition and naval architectural calculations will be installed. Chosun University is working on several research and development projects for special vessels, such as cruiser and icebreaker prototypes, for which the System of SENER is particularly suitable. A first team of students led by Professor Lee Kwi-Joo has spent two weeks this summer at SENER Tres Cantos offices getting started with the System. SENER, through its Marine Strategic Business Unit, maintains similar agreements with technical departments of universities in Brazil, China, India, Russia, Singapore and Spain. Click here to return to Contents
Cochlear Ltd. Deploys PTC® Windchill® As A Key Element Of Its Strategic Growth Agenda 26 November 2007 PTC announced that Cochlear Ltd., a global leader in implantable hearing solutions, has adopted Windchill® as a platform for strategic product lifecycle management (PLM). Cochlear has utilized PTC Pro/ENGINEER® as its primary design tool for the past ten years. The selection of Windchill, PTC’s content and process management solution, extends the company’s existing relationship with PTC and enables Cochlear to realize the value of an integral product development system. To support its growth strategy, Cochlear aims to bring regular new product innovations to market, and the capabilities of Windchill offer numerous operational efficiencies in support of this goal . . A specific area where opportunities for improvement were identified was the company’s reliance on paper-based systems for managing product information. Cochlear recognized that a new system that digitally manages its product data would facilitate numerous process improvements. In addition, Cochlear looked
Page 31 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary to improve the visualization of the maturity status of parts and assemblies as they move forward in their development. Cochlear deployed Windchill® to improve product development processes including Product Change Control, Release to ERP, Part Promotion Lifecycle Maturity, and BOM/Bill of Tool Configuration Management. Windchill helps making the design process more efficient by controlling and automating the product change control processes. Additionally, by enabling reuse of previously designed product configurations, Windchill helps promote the rapid development of new product configurations. Cochlear anticipates that it will achieve significant improvements in the speed of internal review and approval of product changes and expects benefits to include improved efficiency in creating, archiving and storage of electronic product documentation, a faster, more efficient product design review process, better worldwide visualization of all product data (e.g., designs, BOMs, status of product maturity), and increases speed for the release of product information from design to manufacturing . In addition this new solution further supports compliance with ever-expanding global medical device regulations. “To support our business growth, we recognized the requirement to move from a paper based system to an electronic management system,” said Brent Barnes, Manager of Documentation Systems, Cochlear. “The PTC Product Development System improves visibility of product changes and product maturity, and continues to enforce quality and regulatory controls to maintain strict compliance at all times.” “PTC’s integral product development system offers significant benefits to medical device companies by enabling them to essentially ‘hardwire’ compliance into the product development process,” says David Rubin, director, market strategy, medical devices and life sciences, PTC. “PTC is committed to delivering solutions that provide the capabilities needed to help companies like Cochlear meet complex challenges and achieve their business objectives.” Click here to return to Contents
Delcam Software Helps Surgeon Provide Alternatives to Amputation 28 November 2007 A range of Delcam software is being used by ISIQU Orthopaedics to design and manufacture custom- made bone and joint implants in patients with tumours and major bone loss. In most cases, the only alternative to the implants would be amputation of the affected limb. In the past three years, more than 250 people, of whom around 90% were under 30 years old have had life-changing, or even life-saving, surgery from ISIQU, which is based near Cape Town in South Africa. Typical patients include a 19-year-old woman whose arm and scapula were saved from bone cancer, and a 70-year-old man diagnosed with a malignant tumour in his lower arm. “We have been using Delcam products since the start of ISIQU’s manufacturing operations,” explained Director, Dr. George Vicatos. “With the complexity of our work, we didn’t have a big selection of CADCAM products from which to choose. The way that Georgio Yannikarkis from our reseller, Aztech, presented the software made all the difference. In my mind, there were no other products on the market that offered the versatility, power and precision needed for our work.” The ISIQU process begins with information from the patient, which comes either in x-ray format, or as an MRI or 3D CT scan. If it is in the first two formats, the image is scanned and digitised, and the basic dimensions obtained to help in the design decisions. If it is in CT scan format, it is first converted to an STL file format, which then is imported into Delcam’s CopyCAD reverse engineering software. In this
Page 32 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary software, the STL file is converted into surfaces to produce a digital model of the skeletal part that will be replaced with the implant. The surfaces produced by CopyCAD, or the dimensions from x-ray or MRI scans, are imported into the PowerSHAPE CAD software in which the design of the implant is completed. The final design is passed into the PowerMILL CAM system, which is used exclusively by ISIQU technicians to program the company’s five-axis DMG milling machine. “I do not believe that any other software in the market could create the programs as quickly and as easily as PowerMILL, especially with the complexity of the surfaces that we machine,” commented Dr. Vicatos. “The programming and machining times for our implants are crucial. We always produce custom implants and sometimes we have only two days’ notice before the operation.” “Our implants are machined exclusively of a medical grade titanium alloy,” added Dr. Vicatos. “The material offers superb compatibility with the skeletal structure, not only because the body tissue accepts it, but also because of its elasticity and light weight. However, it is an unforgiving material if any aspect of the machining is not perfect. We have studied technology that has been developed for cutting titanium in other industries when setting speeds and feeds, and, as well as having the best software, we use the best cutting tools that the market can provide.” “The time constraints that we work under mean that the complete process from receiving the patient’s data, to the design, to the programming, to the machining and to the finished implant has to have no surprises that would delay the operation,” commented Dr. Vicatos. “Although the process seems to be complicated, with the Delcam software, it is in fact straightforward and fast. Most importantly, I feel comfortable that the patient will get exactly the implant I have designed, and this is what counts. It would be difficult to undertake any of the surgery we perform without the software; it many cases it would be impossible.” Click here to return to Contents
Hanzas Elektronika Selects Valor’s vPlan for Increased Profitability 28 November 2007 Valor Computerized Systems Ltd has been selected by the Hanzas Elektronika factories in Ogre and Ventspils in Latvia to provide vPlan – Valor’s next-generation, enterprise-level process engineering software solution for electronics assembly. vPlan will help Hanzas Elektronika drive its PCB assembly operations to higher profitability through its new breakthroughs in process automation and its unique approach which focuses on reducing WIP (Work in Process) inventory, increasing OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness) and achieving a fluent production process. vPlan is a r solution for synchronized process engineering in an easy to use package. It is a single solution that delivers a complete, engineering process from CAD to machine, covering SMT, Through Hole Technology and manual assembly. It also delivers complete comprehensive and synchronized Manufacturing Process Definitions (MPD) to the production floor, and automatically generates machine specific libraries on demand (registered patent). About Valor Click here to return to Contents
Page 33 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Infor PLM Streamlines Xtep for Success in Competitive Apparel Industry 12 November 2007 Infor announced that Xtep (Group) Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer and distributor of casual sports apparel, footwear and accessories in China, has gone live with the product lifecycle management solution, Infor PLM Runtime. The solution will enable Xtep to streamline workflow, reduce product development times and increase overall productivity and profit. The sports apparel and footwear industry is a competitive, fast paced industry where styles and fashions are constantly changing. While globalization and outsourcing are crucial for success and survival, there is also the increasing pressure to reduce time-to-market, from design to production. Deploying systems that support and facilitate collaboration is critical. Infor PLM Runtime helps Xtep meet the challenges of increased competition, shortened product cycles and the need to collaborate with clients and partners. Infor PLM Runtime allows manufacturers to produce and develop styles throughout the product lifecycle. Central to this process is the Product Data Management (PDM) component of Infor PLM Runtime, which contains detailed information used for pre-production, including comprehensive product descriptions, sketches and technical specifications. The PDM component connects all the processes that are part of the development phase, minimizes manual labor and supplies relevant departments, partners and contractors with detailed real time product information. “We’re impressed by the task reminder function of the Product Data Management component. Because of this function we are better able to manage Bill of Materials and our product development cycle,” said Wang Jiaye, vice president & director of Xtep’s Apparel Center. “We also believe that Infor PLM Runtime will enhance our efficiency, competitiveness and profitability in the near future,” he said. Infor PLM Runtime delivers tangible business benefits quickly, providing Xtep with a foundation for successful management throughout the product development lifecycle. The key to increasing Xtep’s responsiveness and reducing risk is effective management of new product development and introduction programs for product launches. From knowledge re-use in design to achieving production and quality targets, Infor PLM Runtime is a proven solution for today’s apparel and footwear companies. Click here to return to Contents
ITP Propels PLM Strategy with PTC® Windchill® 27 November 2007 PTC announced that Industria de Turbo Propulsores (ITP) based in Zamudio, Spain, has deployed Windchill®, PTC’s content and process management solution, as its Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) system. The joint venture of Sener Aeronáutica and Rolls-Royce is focused on research and development, engineering, manufacturing, assembling, testing, and repair and overhaul of gas turbine engines for the aerospace and defense industry. ITP selected Windchill to foster improvement of product data management and all associated processes through the whole product lifecycle, as well as to reduce the total cost of ownership of the IT architecture by deploying an industry standard out-of-the-box solution. “As a prime supplier to the world’s leading OEMs, ITP needed to manage the product structure and associated documentation in a controlled and secure environment, as well as the implied processes, like
Page 34 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary change management, to assure the levels of quality required. Windchill has demonstrated to be an integral and robust solution,” said Txema Ruiz Sagarna, head of the engineering IT department at ITP. “The out-of-the-box capabilities of Windchill enable us to take advantage of the latest technology much faster than we could before. We have experienced important improvements in some important processes, where we need to manage and control the product information that flows among the different team members and departments, and we have reached, in some cases, time savings up to 75%.” These time reductions are benefiting ITP’s product development cycle and reducing costs, giving the teams more time to spend on relevant tasks in the core product development process rather than spending time in non value-added tasks. ITP will soon deploy the collaboration capabilities of Windchill ProjectLink™. “PTC’s scalable and upgradable solution also provides us with future opportunities to expand the deployment to other key product development processes and across our extended enterprise. We believe Windchill will help us foster interoperability among all our globally distributed development sites, as well as with our subcontractors, suppliers and customers. Windchill ProjectLink™ will be the tool that we will use to manage not only our product development projects but all kind of internal initiatives where engineering data and process management are the basis. This fact demonstrates that Windchill meets our existing and future business needs,” said Dr. Iñaki Ulizar, ITP engineering and technology director. ITP strives to meet the increasingly complex customer demands for engineering, product development and manufacturing, adopting industry best practices in its product development processes. Therefore, the company looked for a PLM solution that was powerful, highly scalable and fast to deploy. The decision to implement Windchill was also driven by the capability to easily integrate it with other corporate systems. “To unlock business value by deploying PLM technology, you need to have the right processes in place and full management support through to each individual user,” said Richard Prince, director of aerospace & defence market strategy, PTC. “Customers like the fact that our out-of-the-box solutions can meet their requirements without customization so that they can focus their services investments on process optimization and user adoption to ensure that they realize the maximum value from their software investments.” About ITP The ITP group, made up of Sener Aeronáutica (53,125%) and Rolls-Royce (46,875%), includes among its activities areas such as design, R&D, manufacturing, casting as well as the assembly and testing of aeronautical engines and gas turbines. It is also the official maintenance service provider for the majority of the world’s currently active engine manufacturers, with the capacity to repair more than 400 engines a year. The company has 12 production facilities in Spain, Great Britain and Mexico, and a staff of nearly 2,500 employees. In 2006 the ITP Group’s revenue grew by 17.5 percent to € 441 million. Click here to return to Contents
Mentor Graphics Questa Functional Verification Platform Adopted by Siemens IT Solutions and Services PSE 30 November 2007 Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that the Chip Design team at Siemens IT Solutions and Services PSE, publicly known as CES Design Services, has adopted an advanced verification flow based on Mentor’s Questa® functional verification platform, and the Questa Advanced Verification
Page 35 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Methodology (AVM). The Questa platform and AVM allow CES Design Services to leverage the power of SystemVerilog to attain first pass silicon success. The Questa platform and AVM ease the path to the extensive features of SystemVerilog enabling the CES Design Services team to take advantage of such things as constrained randomization, assertions, and functional coverage. With the support of Mentor’s team of verification experts, CES Design Services used the AVM to establish a functional verification process supporting automatic testbench creation, reuse, and first-pass success. “We realized that the AVM would be very helpful because it provided a lot of pre-implemented, pre- verified code that we could use as a tool box,” stated Johann Notbauer, Director Chip Design at Siemens IT Solutions and Services PSE. “We chose Questa and the AVM because we saw that Questa, in terms of maturity and completeness of the SystemVerilog implementation, was in a strong position. In addition, the recently announced Open Verification Methodology (OVM) will make advanced verification with SystemVerilog nearly vendor-independent and, thus, a promising path to follow.” “We are very pleased that the Questa platform and the AVM helped Siemens IT Solutions and Services PSE move to a more cohesive process of writing code and creating an optimal testbench verification environment,” said Robert Hum, vice president and general manager of Mentor Graphics Design Verification and Test division. “The combination of the Questa platform and the AMV enable the high level of productivity required by design teams to be successful.” CES Design Services Headquartered in Vienna, Austria, and with offices in the Slovak Republic and Romania, the CES Design Services business unit of Siemens IT Solutions and Services PSE provides professional services in the area of chip, electronics, and software development for a worldwide range of customers – from startup companies to leading manufacturers. The CES Design Services portfolio includes ASIC, FPGA, and SoC design, PCB layout, mechanical design as well as embedded software development and EDA services. Questa Functional Verification Platform The Questa functional verification platform combines high performance and high capacity with the most comprehensive verification capabilities in the industry. Assertion-based verification (ABV), testbench automation, and coverage-driven verification (CDV) are supported natively by the Questa platform’s high-performance assertion engine; a modern, high-performance constraint solver; and extensive functional coverage features, including verification management leveraging the Unified Coverage Database (UCDB). Verification of low power design functionality can be proven in an RTL environment with Power-Aware Functional Verification. This full set of advanced verification functionality is enabled by a flexible architecture that delivers unrivaled language and feature support in any design and verification flow. AVM Open Source Verification Methodology Questa AVM is the first true system-level-to-RTL verification methodology. Questa AVM integrates advanced verification techniques like constrained-random stimulus, functional coverage and assertions into a single transaction level modeling (TLM)-based framework implemented in SystemC and SystemVerilog. All AVM libraries are available in source code format in SystemC and SystemVerilog. The latest version of AVM includes improved management and reporting features, additional top-level environments for integrating 3rd-party IP and a revamped Verification Cookbook – the AVM end user
Page 36 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary manual – that includes new content on object-oriented programming and working with modules. Click here to return to Contents
Mentor Graphics Olympus-SoC Place and Route System used by STMicroelectronics to Tape Out Set- Top Box Chip 27 November 2007 Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that STMicroelectronics, the number one supplier of semiconductors for set-top box applications, has taped out an advanced process, multi-million gate set- top box chip using the Mentor Olympus-SoC™ place and route system. The Olympus-SoC product is the next-generation netlist-to-GDSII system that concurrently optimizes for variations in design modes, process corners and manufacturing variations. It is targeted for high-end customers in wireless, handheld, graphics, set-top box, networking and processor application segments who are designing at advanced process nodes. “We used Olympus-SoC to tape out an advanced set-top box chip containing 12 million gates and manufactured using an 80nm process. Although this is an extremely complex design with six modes and four corners of operation, we were able to complete the migration to the 80nm process in a fraction of the original three month schedule,” said Thierry Bauchon, R&D Director, Home Entertainment & Displays Group, STMicroelectronics. “We are extremely pleased with the Olympus-SoC product’s ability to deliver this first-pass functional silicon, and we are impressed with the overall quality of results including design rule check (DRC) clean routing, multi-corner-multi-mode timing closure, and fast runtimes for large capacity chips.” “We are very excited by STMicroelectronics’ design success using Mentor Graphics Olympus-SoC,” said Pravin Madhani, general manager for the place and route division at Mentor Graphics. “The Olympus-SoC place and route system is quickly gaining momentum as designers replace their existing solutions to take advantage of our innovative architecture, high capacity data model, concurrent analysis and optimization across multiple modes and corners, and litho-driven routing for their advanced process technologies.” About the Olympus-SoC Product Olympus-SoC, Mentor’s flagship place and route product, provides the next generation netlist-to-GDSII system that concurrently optimizes variations in lithography, process corners, and design modes. It comprehensively addresses the performance, capacity, time-to-market, and variability challenges occurring at the 65nm, 45nm, and smaller process nodes. It is built on Mentor’s premier design-for- variability platform, and is proven with multiple tapeouts in various application segments. Product highlights include adaptive variability engine, multi-corner clock tree synthesis (CTS), lithography- driven detailed router, optRoute, embedded signoff quality timing engine, multi-corner Signal Integrity, and advanced chip assembly capabilities in addition to an open architecture and ultra-compact database that can handle extremely large capacities. Click here to return to Contents
Micronas Selects Cadence Incisive Plan-to-Closure Methodology for Verification Planning 28 November 2007
Page 37 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced that Micronas has selected the Cadence® Incisive® Plan-to- Closure Methodology and Incisive Enterprise Manager for verification planning after a joint full functional verification audit helped discover and correct process flaws and areas of improvement for Micronas' overall product development process. In addition, the audit helped bridge communications gaps and improve planning for various project development teams within differing times zones. As a result of the audit, Micronas chose Incisive Specman Elite® Testbench automation. Using Specman Elite's automation capabilities supported Micronas' wide efforts of reducing their design cycle times. In this audit, the team at Micronas found several risk areas. The most significant improvement was that an intensive verification planning process early in the project would allow project managers to identify potential issues at the needed time, optimize resources, and track with an unified coverage data base the overall status of the verification process against the expected progress or initial plan. In addition, the audit led to more sharing of sub-system knowledge and configuration aspects of the designed device and top-level verification environment. In each of these instances, Micronas was able to identify suitable process changes with guidance from the Incisive Plan-to-Closure Methodology and implement the changes using the planning and management capabilities in Incisive Enterprise Manager combined with the automation of Incisive Specman Elite Testbench. "Cadence helped us reevaluate our current verification development processes and identify opportunities to improve. The successful development of our recent line of 90-nanometer complex consumer video products, including pre-silicon Software verification on the Cadence® Incisive® Palladium® emulator system , proves that we're on track," said Oliver Bell, director of SoC methodology at Micronas. "We'll continue improving and automating our development environment, one important cornerstone is feedback from external audits with partners like Cadence." Micronas found that a well-formulated verification environment should capture metrics throughout the lifetime of a project — including the development and integration of verification IP and assertion-based verification. By incorporating these activities into the verification plan, Micronas was able to speed the overall development of the RTL and the verification environment, which is extremely important for project development and ultimate success. Furthermore, the planning- and metric-driven approach offered the team guidance on how to better direct resources, thus increasing efficiency and providing control over the broader design and verification process. "We're thrilled to be working closely with Micronas to help them realize the many benefits of implementing a methodology that leverages verification automation, planning, and management," said Michal Siwinski, group director of marketing at Cadence. "We're confident that Micronas will continue to streamline their project development flow and we'll continue to support their needs." Click here to return to Contents
‘Morphing Handcycle’ Provides New Freedom of Movement for Disabled Cyclists 26 November 2007 Imagine cycling 50 miles, stopping at a convenience store to refuel, and having no way to get inside. This frustrating scenario, repeated ad nauseum, prompted a trio of avid handcyclists – whose machines were too big to get into the store and whose legs couldn’t carry them – to create their own solution – the morphing handcycle, designed entirely in SolidWorks® 3D CAD software. In stretched-out lowrider position, it’s a traditional handcycle – stable and aerodynamic, ready to ride as far as any bicycle at roughly the same speed. Morphed into high-rider position, it has a wheelchair’s
Page 38 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary agility for navigating doorways and aisles. It also puts the user at eye level with standing persons – optimal for picking items from store shelves. Rory McCarthy (right), Bill Warner, and Graham Butler designed the machine under the aegis of McCarthy and Warner’s nonprofit Move With Freedom, based in Cambridge, Mass. “Any CAD software lets you design and assemble parts,” said McCarthy, who has cycled the globe on a handcycle. “SolidWorks software, however, made a big impact on our design by letting us experience the assembly in motion. Graham, our product designer and SolidWorks expert, was able to turn my high-level designs into detailed virtual prototypes. This was critical in conceiving and refining the four-bar linkage and the crankset/steering assembly, which needs to turn smoothly in both low- and high-riding positions. As a result, we’ve got a highly functioning physical prototype ready for user feedback.” The morphing handcycle involves no electronics. To morph into high-riding position, the rider sets the brake and rolls the rear wheels forward, as with a wheelchair. The 24-speed cycle employs twin mechanical gas shocks, specified for the rider’s weight, that assist in the lift, enabling the user to switch to high-riding mode with single-hand force. Other components are standard bike parts. McCarthy is a longtime electrical engineering designer who embraced SolidWorks from the onset of the project two years ago. “I’m a longtime AutoCAD® software user, yet SolidWorks immediately proved to be a great tool and a more intuitive and logical way of designing. When it’s time to build, most of the questions have already been answered. We took care of the trial and error on the screen.” The morphing handcycle embodies Move With Freedom’s commitment to easy and natural mobility for all. Rather than commercially protect it with patents, the company intends to donate the finished design to the public domain so that others can customize it for their own needs. Move With Freedom’s next project is a morphing wheelchair, which would make it easy for users to surmount a curb without risking a backward flip. “We’ve seen many instances where SolidWorks improves business performance,” said Rainer Gawlick, vice president of worldwide marketing. “It’s inspiring in this case to see improved human performance and a direct positive impact on quality of life.” Move With Freedom’s founding supporters include authorized SolidWorks reseller CAPINC (Computer-Aided Products). Through its “Engineers in Action” community involvement program, CAPINC has provided Move With Freedom additional grants for ongoing training, service, and support. About Move With Freedom Move With Freedom is a non-profit and registered as a tax exempt 501(c) (3) organization. Co-founders include: Bill Warner, the founder of digital media creation tools company Avid Technology Inc., and Rory McCarthy, electrical engineering designer. For more information visit http://www.movewithfreedom.org/. About CAPINC (Computer-Aided Products) CAPINC provides outstanding support for SolidWorks, COSMOSWorks®, and PDMWorks® Enterprise customers throughout New England. For more information about CAPINC, visit http://www.capinc.com/ or call 800.424.2255 Click here to return to Contents
Open Text Announces Completion by Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of FDA Electronic Pilot Submission
Page 39 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Using Livelink ECM - Collaborative Submissions 26 November 2007 Open Text™ Corporation announced that Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has successfully completed its pilot submission to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) using Open Text's Livelink ECM - Collaborative Submissions. This initial step is required to ensure that an electronic submission in the eCTD (Electronic Common Technical Document) format can be prepared according to published guidelines and successfully received by the FDA prior to the January 1, 2008 deadline. Livelink ECM - Collaborative Submissions is designed to manage and support the assembly, review, approval and release of large document sets (submissions) made to government regulatory agencies around the world that are responsible for drugs, biologics and related products. The comprehensive Livelink ECM - Collaborative Submissions solution manages documents through their lifecycles and reduces time-to-market by enabling companies to prepare and make submissions in the industry's standard eCTD format. Developed by the International Conference on Harmonization (ICH), the eCTD was designed to be a common format for company-to-regulatory agency transfer of information and is acceptable across the United States, Japan, the European Union and Canada. However, since the eCTD is still an evolving standard, with a number of different interpretations and region-specific guidelines, the FDA established the pilot submission process to certify the technology platform used for eCTD submissions. Like many pharmaceutical companies today, Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has embraced the eCTD format as a way to improve its regulatory processes. Using Livelink ECM - Collaborative Submissions, Jazz Pharmaceuticals prepared and sent to the FDA a very sophisticated pilot submission that was composed of more than 500 documents, including SAS-format statistical information, supplied in native form; the FDA's required Study Tagging File (STF); and the FDA's Structured Product Labeling (SPL). In addition, the company provided several hundred PDF links between the submitted documents. The pilot submission was thoroughly verified by the FDA and passed with no issues. "We selected Open Text's Collaborative Submissions for our eCTD submissions because we wanted a tightly integrated solution to our Livelink ECM document management system," said Lynn Ferguson Lewis, Project Manager, Information Technology, at Jazz Pharmaceuticals. "We are very pleased that our pilot submission was confirmed by the FDA." "Being able to submit documents according to the FDA's rules is obviously a business-critical issue for any pharmaceutical company," said John Wilkerson, Executive Vice President of Global Sales, Services and Support at Open Text. "The team at Jazz Pharmaceuticals planned ahead and has deployed a solution that has worked well for a successful pilot submission that met regulatory guidelines. The success at Jazz Pharmaceuticals validates the work we've done in the life sciences industry, with customers and partners, to create solutions that are addressing the latest compliance requirements from the FDA and other regulatory agencies around the globe." Livelink ECM - Collaborative Submissions offers life sciences companies a single, end-to-end system to help manage eCTD-compliant submissions to the FDA, the European Agency for the Evaluation of Medicinal Products (EMEA) and other regulators worldwide. The solution combines documents, forms and records management software, content publishing tools and the ability to automate a wide range of processes, from ad hoc to tightly sequenced workflows. Integrated tools such as check-in/check-out, version history, event auditing, signing controls, alternate renditions and compound documents make it
Page 40 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary easy to manage documents, their constituent documents and related components to ensure accuracy. For more information about Livelink ECM - Collaborative Submissions, go to: http://www.opentext.com/2/sol-industry/sol-ind-pharma/sol-ind-pharma-collaborative-submissions.htm Click here to return to Contents
Regional Wireless Operator Selects Ceon to Provide Product Lifecycle and Catalog Management Product 26 November 2007 Nordisk Mobiltelefon AB (NMT), a mobile communications operator licensed in Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Poland and Ireland, has selected the Ceon Product Control Center (PCC) product lifecycle and catalog management software solution. Ceon PCC has been chosen to enable a more systematic approach to product management, and support order capture, product configuration, and service fulfillment processes. Ceon PCC is an advanced, purpose-built, and standards-based system focused on enabling service providers to construct, manage, and deploy a layered product catalog that includes the full technical and commercial definition of products. PCC supports extended attributes, complex business rules authoring and execution, constraint processing, multi-user collaboration, entity revision management, lifecycle state management, a TMF SID-based data model, flexible integration capabilities, and online order configuration and quote calculation support "Our continued growth in our core markets is dependent on our ability to introduce and deliver new products quickly and efficiently," said Thomas Norberg, CIO of Nordisk Mobiltelefon. "We require integrated systems that allows us to define new products, make these available for ordering, and enable selection, configuration and fulfillment as seamlessly as possible. Ceon's Product Control Center system is a key enabler of this approach." "We are pleased that Nordisk Mobiltelefon has selected Ceon's solution," said Peter Burke, CEO of Ceon. "PCC will play an important role in enabling Nordisk to rapidly bring new products to market, and will help streamline order capture and fulfillment processes for these new offerings." Click here to return to Contents
SENER INGENIERÍA Y SISTEMAS, S.A. Has Been Awarded the Contract for the Engineering of the New Viking Line Ferry 19 November 2007 SENER will carry out the basic and detailed engineering of the new RO-PAX ferry of the Viking Line for Astilleros de Sevilla, and will use its CAD/CAM FORAN system in the project. The agreement has signified a contract for 40,000 hours of work for the engineering company. The estimated completion date is March 2008. The ferry, under the Finnish flag and Ice 1A class, will be equipped with the latest technologies to operate international routes, mainly in the Baltic Sea. The ship will have nine decks, measure 133 metres in length, with a 21.9-metre beam and a 5.7 metre draft, capacity for 1,500 passengers and a loading area for cars and lorries. As regards machinery, it will have four diesel engines with two shaft lines equipped with controllable screw-propellers.
Page 41 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary The Viking Line’s RO-PAX will the first ship built in Astilleros de Sevilla after its recent purchase by Astilleros de Huelva. Click here to return to Contents
Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute (SNERDI) Expands Commitment to Intergraph’s SmartPlant® Enterprise Solutions 26 November 2007 Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute (SNERDI) has expanded and extended its commitment to Intergraph’s SmartPlant® Enterprise solutions and signed a long-term software agreement alliance. SNERDI, an Intergraph customer since 1997 and one of the leading nuclear power design institutes in China, will use SmartPlant Enterprise plant design solutions to perform detailed designs and enterprise data information management as part of their support for four Westinghouse Electric Company AP1000™ nuclear power plant units being built for the People’s Republic of China. Intergraph’s SmartPlant Enterprise offers plant owner/operators and engineering, procurement, and construction companies (EPCs) a full enterprise solution that manages engineering design and data management critical to physical plant assets and integrates engineering with other businesses and operational systems. It is a low-risk, scalable solution that increases productivity through work sharing and reducing plant design errors while improving project execution, handover, operational and maintenance efficiency over the plant life cycle. SNERDI has a long association with Westinghouse, having produced 3D plant models to support Westinghouse’s AP1000 plant design, which is recognized as among the safest and most advanced nuclear power plants on the market today. It is based on standard Westinghouse pressurized water reactor (PWR) technology that has achieved more than 2,500 reactor years of highly successful operation. Modular in design, the AP1000 promotes ready standardization and high construction quality. It is also designed to be economical to construct and maintain, while promoting simplicity and ease of operation. Gu Guoxing, vice president, SNERDI, said “The strong growth of our business requires reliable design and engineering data management solutions that improve our productivity significantly so that we can achieve a competitive advantage on the international market. Intergraph’s SmartPlant Enterprise suite satisfies this demand because it provides leading technology coupled with strong local and international support to achieve optimized benefits from our investment.” Gerhard Sallinger, president, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine, said “We appreciate the long term commitment from industry leaders like SNERDI. Intergraph remains committed to continue improving our nuclear power customers’ productivity by providing the industry’s only full range of integrated design, engineering, material and information management solutions.” Click here to return to Contents
Siemens PLM Software Technology Speeds Hendrick Motorsports and Driver Jimmie Johnson to Consecutive Nascar Nextel Cup Championships 30 November 2007
Page 42 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Siemens PLM Software announced Siemens PLM Software-sponsored driver Jimmie Johnson and Hendrick Motorsports – whose cars are developed with the help of Siemens PLM Software technology – won the 2007 NASCAR® NEXTEL Cup championship for the second year in a row. Johnson secured the championship in the final race of the season, the Ford 400 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. Hendrick Motorsports put together a strong season with the team’s four drivers winning 18 of 36 races and Johnson claiming the championship after battling it out down the stretch with teammate Jeff Gordon, a four-time NEXTEL Cup Champion, who won six races and had a NASCAR-record 30 top-10 finishes for the year. Johnson won the 2007 championship in dominant fashion bringing home four of his 10 victories during the Chase for the Championship. Johnson had 24 top-10 finishes for the season. Johnson became the first driver since Gordon to win double-digit races, four in a row and consecutive titles. “It's unbelievable, you dream about winning one but to win back-to-back, it's really special and it is a well deserved win for Jimmie and we are very proud of the whole team for this great accomplishment,” said Rick Hendrick, owner, Hendrick Motorsports. “Winning a championship is a testament to the quality and skill of the people and technology that are a part of our racing team, and Siemens PLM Software is part of that team. We are thrilled to have Siemens PLM Software a partner in this victory.” “Siemens PLM Software congratulates Hendrick Motorsports and Jimmie Johnson on winning consecutive championships,” said Dave Shirk, executive vice president of Global Marketing for Siemens PLM Software. “Winning a championship requires a commitment to success and the ability to stay on course, qualities which are at the core of Hendrick Motorsports and Siemens PLM Software. Siemens PLM Software’s mantra is to never let a customer fail and we strive to help every customer drive into victory lane, on the track or in the board room.” Click here to return to Contents
Telelogic Signs 655,000 Euro Agreement with Leading European Aerospace Defense Manufacturer 22 November 2007 Telelogic announced that it has signed a 5 year 655,000 Euro license, maintenance and service agreement with a European aerospace defense manufacturer. The agreement extends the existing contract and will see the company deploy Telelogic DOORS® for requirements analysis, definition and management and Telelogic Tau® for standards-based Model Driven Development™ (MDD™) of complex systems and software throughout their enterprise applications and to support the Systems Modeling Language™ (SysML™) program’s roll out across their engineering departments. “The on-going commitment to Telelogic DOORS and Telelogic Tau by another leading defense manufacturer is a powerful endorsement of our products’ capabilities,” said Anders Lidbeck, President and CEO of Telelogic. ”The success that the corporation has had with Telelogic’s solutions and our ability to deliver against their SysML requirements were key factors in the decision.” Click here to return to Contents
Toyota Motorsport Races Forward with Dassault Systèmes Solutions 22 November 2007
Page 43 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Dassault Systèmes (DS) announced the extension of its Toyota Motorsport GmbH partnership to include realistic simulation for virtual car testing and a 3D real-time development hub with DS’s end-to-end PLM solutions. Toyota Motorsport’s Formula 1 team practices Toyota’s Kaizen philosophy of continuous improvement by always pushing the limits of technical innovation. This is where Dassault Systèmes plays a major role. Toyota Motorsport’s mission is to provide its Formula 1 racing team, “Panasonic Toyota Racing”, with the fastest car possible, respecting the tight, two-week race schedule. One of its biggest challenges is to quickly adapt car design to upcoming racing conditions, such as circuit configurations, driver racing style, and weather conditions, as well as to comply with FIA regulations. “We view all partnerships, and in particular the one we have with Dassault Systèmes, as a win-win opportunity. Dassault Systèmes offers us car development solutions that give us the cutting-edge performance that is required in Formula 1,” says John Howett, president of Toyota Motorsport. “At the same time, we like to think we’re pushing Dassault Systèmes’ technology to new limits because of the ultimate challenge of material and performance that Formula 1 demands.” The partnership began in 2004, as Toyota Motorsport deployed DS’s CATIA for virtual design and ENOVIA for product data management and collaboration to build their Formula 1 development hub. Today this hub uses 3D as the common project language to allow anyone to quickly access and intuitively understand design and product information. For instance, every person on the shop floor and in the assembly workshop uses the development hub to see the parts they have to produce. The track mechanics use DS’s digital mock-up (DMU) applications to understand the car components’ assembly requirements. Toyota Motorsport’s marketing department uses photorealistic renderings to show sponsors how their logos will look in front of millions of TV viewers. All of these activities have improved the speed and accuracy of the team allowing them to make continuous improvements. To further cut vehicle development time, Toyota Motorsport started using DS’s realistic simulation products from SIMULIA for virtual testing. Toyota Motorsport’s chassis department uses Abaqus FEA to do important structural calculations in the early stages of car development. “The software’s speed and accuracy for nonlinear analysis let us fine tune the chassis and optimize vehicle performance very quickly. This is critical since every two weeks we face a different track with different characteristics that impact performance,” adds Markus Schwarze, manager of IT technical applications, Toyota Motorsport. These tools are also used in the engine department enabling Toyota Motorsport to test and perfect models before actual production and ultimately make quicker racecars Dassault Systèmes has been working with major automotive industry companies for over 20 years and provides a full range of PLM solutions to help them compete. For more information about Dassault Systèmes’ automotive solutions, please visit: http://www.3ds.com/products-solutions/plm-solutions/ Click here to return to Contents
Wessex Water Pumps Innovation into Equipment Designs With SolidWorks Software 28 November 2007 Wessex Water has standardized on SolidWorks® 3D CAD software to design all of its new wastewater treatment plants. Headquartered in Bath, Wessex Water provides water services to 1.2 million people and sewage services to 2.5 million people over a 10,000-square-kilometer region in the Southwest of England. It achieved the
Page 44 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary highest ranking of all water and wastewater service utilities in the country based on water supply, sewage services, customer services, and environmental impact in 2006, according to a report from the U.K.’s Water Services Regulation Authority (Ofwat). The company adopted SolidWorks software to reduce design time and errors and free engineers to explore different design avenues. “Some of our projects involve several thousand components and can take months to complete, so we can’t afford to spend any time recreating drawings because of engineering changes or fixing errors in 2D,” said Simon Oldfield, 3D CAD technician and drawing systems administrator responsible for rolling out SolidWorks software at Wessex Water. “SolidWorks’ intuitive interface, collision detection, and built-in analysis tools ensure we get the design right so we don’t have to backtrack. That gives us more time to discover new ways to solve design challenges, which is a luxury we didn’t have with 2D AutoCAD.” One of the first projects Wessex Water is using SolidWorks for is a refit of an existing sewage treatment plant that passes wastewater through a series of 20,000 membranes. The plant measures 200 square meters and involves thousands of components, including an extensive pipe system. Oldfield and his team will rely on SolidWorks’ built-in Design Checker, which ensures designs meet the utility’s standards. They will also use COSMOSXpress™ design analysis and COSMOSFloWorks™ computational fluid dynamics software, which analyzes fluid flow through the system, to ensure future 3D plant designs are accurate and ready for manufacture. COSMOSFloWorks ensures engineers properly plan for water volume, flow, and piping configurations for its projects. Wessex Water also uses SolidWorks eDrawings® e-mail-enabled design communication tool to share design information internally with operations crews so that those technicians who are building and installing equipment can easily and quickly provide feedback. eDrawings enables engineers to share 3D models that recipients can understand because they can rotate, pan, and study the models as if they were holding the component in their hands. “Wessex Water has long been a model of efficiency among utilities in the U.K.,” said Simon Booker, SolidWorks marketing manager, Europe. “The company’s devotion to customer service is manifest in its attention to precision design and manufacturing of the equipment that delivers those services.” Wessex Water relies on authorized SolidWorks reseller Solid Solutions Management for ongoing software training, implementation, and support. Click here to return to Contents Product News
ALGOR V21 Upgrades Entire Spectrum of FEA: Modeling, Solution and Results 28 November 2007 ALGOR, Inc. announced that its latest, major finite element analysis (FEA) software release, ALGOR V21, significantly upgrades the entire spectrum of FEA: modeling, solution and results evaluation and presentation. V21 provides ALGOR users with increased power, flexibility and ease-of-use for simulating engineering analyses of their product designs. New and improved features include a behind- the-scenes representation of the CAD model (called the "virtual CAD" modeling layer) and meshing algorithms for better mesh matching and automatic contact in complex assemblies; calculation of mass transfer due to diffusion in 3-D transient analysis; full 3-D display of 2-D axisymmetric and planar
Page 45 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary model results (using rotation or thickness values); and enhanced reporting capabilities including a WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) dialog. V21 users are praising this major software release: "I found the meshing routines to be more robust with unusual geometry and isoparametric elements," said Jean M. Beaupre, CEO of Crescendo Technologies in Cincinnati, Ohio. "This has allowed me to spend less time optimizing mesh size, producing models with fewer nodes and quicker solve times, while retaining accuracy." "The new capability for 3-D display of 2-D models works very well," said James A. Britch, P.E., a Houston-based project manager working in the oil and gas industry. "This feature is especially valuable for 2-D axisymmetric models such as might be used in pressure vessel analysis or in flange set analysis. Looking at a 3-D display gives one a sense of scale and as such provides another level of model quality assurance." ALGOR Product Manager Bob Williams said, "V21 provides extensive additions to our modeling, meshing, analysis and presentation tools based on customer requests. In particular, this major software release's expanded analysis capabilities -- including mass transfer, phase change, fracture mechanics and cyclic symmetry -- open up new areas that can be examined with our software, allowing users to perform more realistic and sophisticated simulations than ever before." Other highlights of ALGOR V21 include: • Inclusion of Kubotek USA's KeyCreator CAD software at no additional charge • Support for CoCreate OneSpace Modeling 2007 • Scheduling analyses to start at a later time, which provides support for design studies (batch run multiple solutions with varying input and analysis types) • Capability to save customer-defined material input to a material library • Improving automatic contact detection including contact pairs • Cyclic symmetry constraints in linear static stress analysis • Phase change in transient heat transfer analysis • Fracture mechanics to simulate crack propagation in structures • Duncan-Chang material model for soils • Automated nonlinear analysis settings • Display of displacements as vectors • And much more The new and improved features of V21 enhance and expand ALGOR's wide range of simulation capabilities including static stress and Mechanical Event Simulation (MES) with linear and nonlinear material models, linear dynamics, steady-state and transient heat transfer, steady and unsteady fluid flow, electrostatics and full multiphysics. All analysis capabilities are available within FEMPRO®, ALGOR's easy-to-use single user interface. To see a free learning session on the new ALGOR V21, view the "What's New Featuring V21" Webcast
Page 46 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary on the ALGOR web site. For more detailed information, visit the "ALGOR V21" features page. To schedule a personalized software demonstration and discuss how ALGOR can meet your engineering needs, contact an ALGOR account manager For pricing, to learn more about our products or to make suggestions regarding future software enhancements, click here. Also, read about recent product developments in the News section of our web site. Click here to return to Contents
Arasan Joins Chip Estimate's Prime IP Partner Program 27 November 2007 Arasan Chip Systems, Inc. ("Arasan") and Chip Estimate Corp. announced that Arasan has joined the Chip Estimate Prime IP Partner Program. As a Prime IP Partner, Arasan is enabling centralized access to information about the company's intellectual property (IP) cores for the electronic design community. Arasan IP solutions provide designers with an end-to-end solution addressing applications in the computer, telecommunications, networking, consumer electronics, medical & industrial instrumentation, aerospace and automobile markets needing standards based, compliant bus interfaces/controllers and memory controllers. Being the SDIO IP provider for numerous tier one semiconductor companies, Arasan Chip Systems is now leading the pack with a complete IP solution for the latest Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) technology - DSI, CSI, SLIMbus, D-PHY and others. MIPI will provide a path for lower cost, increased features and higher reliability in mobile markets such as mobile phones and portable media players. Arasan's portfolio of IP cores provides designers a significant advantage to completing their SoCs and getting into market quickly. ChipEstimate.com was launched in 2005 to provide comprehensive chip planning capabilities to the electronics and semiconductor community. In addition to the comprehensive IP catalog, designers can use the InCyte software available through the website to plan their next chips and explore die size, power, leakage and cost tradeoffs. Arasan IP can now be searched for and considered in chip estimations though the portal. "Arasan is excited to be part of the Chip Estimate IP Partner Program," commented Kevin K. Yee, Vice President of Marketing at Arasan. "By partnering with ChipEstimate.com the design community now has a fast and easy way to quickly see and evaluate the advantages the Arasan "Total IP Solution" has to offer in developing their next SoC." "The addition of the Arasan IP addresses designers need for leading edge IP technology like MIPI to address hot markets like the mobile phone," commented Sean O'Kane, Vice President of Business Development for Chip Estimate. "We are pleased to announce the addition of Arasan to the Chip Estimate Prime IP Partner Program." A complete list of Chip Estimate IP partners can be seen at http://www.chipestimate.com/vendorlist.php. Click here to return to Contents
CONTACT Software Teamed Up With ESI Group 19 November 2007
Page 47 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary CONTACT Software and ESI Group recently demonstrated during an international symposium the successful integration and bidirectional data transfer between Product Data Management (PDM) and Simulation Process Data Management (SPDM). Their work on a real automotive use case demonstrated state-of-the-art CAD-CAE collaboration. By using the original CAD data, the CAE engineer was able to assemble, instrument and submit the simulation as well as automatically evaluate the results and create reports. These simulation results are generally used to propose design changes and to optimize the structural integrity, reduce weight or improve durability. Engineering changes, such as change in thickness, material or geometry, can be automatically transferred back to PDM System, allowing the CAD engineer to re-evaluate the proposal taking into account the new design. If there are any design changes for parts used in the simulation, the CAE Engineer is alerted and can decide to propagate these changes throughout his model if they are relevant to the simulation. This tight integration makes sure both the CAD engineer and the CAE engineer work in a collaborative environment on consistent data. Such collaboration improves the engineering workflow, communication among engineering teams, as well as the quality of CAE results and the decisions made. Click here to return to Contents
Dassault Systèmes Appoints DesignTech as a New Value Added Reseller in India 29 November 2007 Dassault Systèmes (DS) announced the appointment of its latest Value Added Reseller in India, DesignTech Systems. DesignTech is a leading Indian Information Technology company focused on product sales, support and global services for the engineering services domain. Dassault Systemes selected DesignTech for its advanced technical experience and national reach, and believes it will prove strategic to Dassault Systemes’ network selling approach in India. Over the last nine years, DesignTech has expanded its portfolio of capabilities to address customer demand in key segments like automotive, aerospace and defense. “The joint vision of Dassault Systemes and DesignTech is to provide significant value to our customers through our products, solutions and services. It also gives us great pleasure to be associated with a group like Dassault Systemes, who brings to the table over 26 years of experience accompanied by a zest for future innovation,” says Mr. Vikas Khanvelkar, chairman and managing director, DesignTech. Through its DesignTech channel partnership, Dassault Systemes will showcase its end-to-end PLM solutions (CATIA, ENOVIA, DELMIA, SIMULIA) to the application software and services market. Click here to return to Contents
Dassault Systèmes Announces New Student Edition of Abaqus Unified FEA from SIMULIA 19 November 2007 Dassault Systèmes (DS) announced the release of Abaqus Student Edition Version 6.7, Unified Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software from SIMULIA. Abaqus Student Edition provides engineering students with the same state-of-the art technology included in the professional version of Abaqus. The student edition is available for purchase online and
Page 48 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary is priced at only $99 (US). New features in this release include improved architecture for high- performance linear dynamics, advanced simulation capabilities for nonlinear materials and composites, and a highly customizable user interface for accelerated model building and results visualization. The enhanced HTML documentation provides a thorough, searchable resource for students to find detailed information. "For our introductory finite element method (FEM) course, Abaqus Student Edition is an excellent companion to the Abaqus Teaching Edition,” stated Professor Richard Regueiro, University of Colorado at Boulder. "Students can do their homework problems on their personal computers with Abaqus Student Edition, and then use their initial model to solve larger problems in the lab using Abaqus Teaching Edition. This upward compatibility allows them to be fully prepared to use the full Abaqus Research Edition for their graduate research." Professor Regueiro has implemented Abaqus Student Edition in an innovative introductory FEM course at the Center for Advanced Engineering and Technology Education (CAETE) at the University of Colorado at Boulder (http://caete.colorado.edu/). The class is taught via a web-based service, allowing Professor Regueiro to demonstrate Abaqus on a large-screen monitor while remote students follow the tutorial on their laptops. “The use of Abaqus Unified FEA is growing rapidly within all industry sectors including in markets such as consumer products and electronics,” stated Steve Crowley, director of product management at SIMULIA. “These industries are driving the creation of new simulation technology and methods. Students and professionals who take advantage of Abaqus Student Edition are gaining practical, hands- on experience in realistic simulation -- which is highly valued in the competitive engineering job market.” For more information visit: http://www.simulia.com/academics/student.html Click here to return to Contents
Dassault Systèmes Announces the General Availability of its 3DVIA Composer Product Line 29 November 2007 Dassault Systèmes (DS) launched its new desktop content authoring system, 3DVIA Composer V6R1. Arriving only weeks after DS’s October 2007 acquisition of Seemage, this release features product enhancements, a new name, simplified packaging and global availability in all DS sales channels. The launch of 3DVIA Composer reinforces DS’s commitment to the product documentation publishing marketplace and to enhancing 3DVIA Composer rapidly to serve the needs of customers. “Following the acquisition, 3DVIA Composer maintains openness, enabling companies to exploit data from all of their information systems,” says Chris Williams, general manager, Enterprise Products Applications, 3DVIA. “3DVIA reinforces the DS commitment to deliver solutions that leverages the reuse of product IP across the enterprise.” "We were already successfully using Seemage in our technical documentation department and for after sales use to produce rich illustrations for the dealer network. Now we are investigating how to extend 3DVIA Composer to new users who would leverage 3D product data in presentations and reports to facilitate business decisions,” says Jean-Luc Perrard, R&D IT VP, PSA Peugeot Citroen. New features and packaging for 3DVIA Composer
Page 49 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 3DVIA Composer V6R1 enhances prior releases with important new features, including: Enhanced Animations and Views. 3DVIA Composer permits users to copy and paste among objects and to drag views in animations. These enhancements, which work using standard Microsoft® Windows® conventions, are examples of how 3DVIA Composer delivers advanced 3D capabilities to non-technical desktop users. Support of ellipses in 2D vector graphics. 3DVIA Composer is unique in its ability to automatically generate technical illustrations from 3D data as part of an integrated desktop system. With these enhancements, technical illustrators can produce more accurate illustrations Innovative rendering capabilities. 3DVIA Composer offers the user the ability to render individual objects. Also included are new lighting objects. An innovative new capability called Layered Rendering allows desktop users to build up rendering of parts and assemblies to achieve the most appropriate visual representation of a procedure or process. Improved performance for huge assemblies. 3DVIA Composer’s already market-leading performance, a benefit of its unique XML-based architecture, is enhanced with new load-on-demand capabilities and support for interactively browsing large assemblies. FT&A improvements. 3DVIA Composer presents FT&A in the assembly tree as part of the information imported from the 3D data. Availability and Requirements 3DVIA Composer is available worldwide in English and French. 3DVIA Composer is sold and supported by Dassault Systèmes’ global network of resellers and partners and is available in all of its PLM channels immediately. In January 2008, it will also be available through DS’s Professional Channel (SolidWorks resellers). 3DVIA Composer integrates data from many different sources and systems. Supported 3D CAD systems and file formats include SolidWorks, CATIA V4 and V5, Pro/ENGINEER®, STEP, IGES and more. Integration with any PLM system can be accomplished via simple XML exchanges. 3DVIA Composer runs on standard Microsoft Windows desktops. For more information on 3DVIA Composer, visit http://www.3ds.com/3dviacomposer Click here to return to Contents
Flomerics Releases Version 8.1 of EFD Engineering Fluid Dynamics Analysis Software November 2007 Flomerics has released Version 8.1 of its Engineering Fluid Dynamics (EFD) simulation software, containing many new enhancements built on Flomerics’ 20 years experience and research in thermal analysis of electronics. The new functionality includes simulation of “Joule heating”, plus new “compact” models for IC components, heat pipes, and thermoelectric coolers. The treatment of thermal conductivity in printed-circuit boards has been improved and extended. The simulation of fans has also been improved with radial and swirl components of velocity as well as the fan performance curve now fully accounted for. Fans and heat sources can be switched on or off at specified times, temperatures or other specified engineering goals. The new Joule heating model enables automatic determination of heat sources in conducting objects as
Page 50 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary they heat up due to electric current passing through them. The new “compact” models use a simple two- resistor approach to represent thermal characteristics of IC packages realistically and efficiently. Simplified models for heat pipes and thermoelectric coolers are also available. A new PCB generator enables automatic calculation of the orthotropic material properties associated with complex multi-layer printed circuit boards, and this treatment is applicable to boards set at any arbitrary angle to the coordinate system. The comprehensive new library facility includes fans, thermoelectric coolers, thermal interface materials, perforated plates and material properties for most solid materials used in electronic systems - including surface radiation properties. “The combination of our existing CAD-embedded approach to simulation coupled with the new electronics-specific functionality and comprehensive libraries in EFD Version 8.1 delivers maximum productivity for mechanical designers in the electronics industry and positions us far ahead of our competitors.” said Ivo Weinhold, Engineering Fluid Dynamics business manager at Flomerics. A unique feature of EFD is its ability to detect fluid regions within a CAD solid model and mesh them automatically. In Version 8.1, this powerful feature has been enhanced to detect and close any external gaps or openings in the solid model automatically. This saves the user time and effort by making the definition of the fluid region even easier. All the above functionality is available as an optional upgrade for users of CAD-embedded versions of EFD, namely EFD.Pro for Pro/ENGINEER, EFD.V5 for CATIAV5, and EFD.Lab for other CAD systems including SolidWorks, Inventor and NX. EFD 8.1 is available for immediate delivery. Interested readers should send an email to [email protected] to arrange a demonstration or evaluation. Click here to return to Contents
Geometric Releases Version 2.1 of “GeomCaliper for Pro/ENGINEER” 27 November 2007 Geometric Ltd. announced the release of version 2.1 of “GeomCaliper® for Pro/ENGINEER®”, focusing on usability and performance enhancement related features. The major enhancements in this release of GeomCaliper for Pro/ENGINEER include: Improvements in User Interface: • Enhanced Reporting: Reporting mechanism for thickness analysis results can capture multiple critical regions along with their static image snapshots in one report now. • Customizable color band: Color band displayed with thickness analysis results can now be customized to specify user defined intervals including range and color for each interval. • Contact Distance: In sphere method for thickness analysis, user can opt to view contact distance between touch points rather than diameter of sphere. • Enhancements in Critical Region Analysis tool: Enhancements in critical region analysis tool include ability to quickly locate critical regions outside of allowed thickness range, setting default options to view region or clipped section at pre defined angles, turning animation on off during critical region analysis, and defining or modifying parameters like status, color,
Page 51 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary review comments on multiple regions at same time. Improvements in Performance: • Computation time reduced by up to 30% • Significant improvement in visualization performance resulting in 150% improvement in FPS rate. Bigger and complex models are now processed much faster. Version 2.1 of GeomCaliper for Pro/ENGINEER supports 32 bit as well as 64 bit Windows XP OS. A 15 day free evaluation of the new release is available from the website: http://geomcaliper.geometricglobal.com For pricing details and purchase options please contact: GC.Sales(at)geometricglobal.com Click here to return to Contents
Geometric Technologies Releases CAMWorks 2008 27 November 2007 Geometric Technologies, Inc. (formerly TekSoft, Inc.) has released CAMWorks®2008 with significant advances in 3-axis functionality, new features and cutting strategies for 2 to 5 axis milling, turning and wire EDM. CAMWorks 2008 features performance enhancements including improved speed and tool-path reliability for multi-axis operations and improved simulation speed and quality. In addition, numerous user interface options for display and navigation make CAMWorks much easier to use. Highlights of the enhancements for 3 axis milling include: • Adaptive roughing strategy, which provides the ability to cut using the full depth of the tool and safely runs your machine at optimum speed. This can reduce machining time up to 40% over conventional roughing with less wear. • Z Level/constant stopover combination operation for machining steep and shallower slope areas in one single tool path. • Advanced helical milling strategies • Additional control for improved pencil milling • New methods for defining rapid plane • Entry point control for roughing New capabilities in 2.5-axis milling include offset roughing, contour spiral lead-in, improved contour milling in corners for high speed machining, and arc fitting for faster, smaller tool-paths. Faster Automatic Feature Recognition (AFR), additional detection of hole conditions and added functionality for local feature recognition make AFR even more powerful. Turning has been improved with enhanced feature recognition, back facing, automatic multi-start threading and arc fitting. Options for die and punch processing, defining stock allowance and cutting corners in 2-axis contouring help streamline wire EDM manufacturing.
Page 52 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary For advanced customization, internal changes have been made in CAMWorks 2008 that result in the availability of over 100 new API's. CAMWorks is a SolidWorks® Certified Gold CAM product that has integrated state-of-the-art machining capabilities into SolidWorks 3D mechanical design software since 1997. With CAMWorks 2008 support for SolidWorks 2008, the combination of the latest innovations in CAMWorks 2008 and SolidWorks' excellence in design continue to make CAMWorks a premier CAM and mold machining solution. CAMWorks can be purchased to run with SolidWorks or as part of a cost-effective package that includes CAMWorks Solids, an integrated solid modeler. Click here to return to Contents
Geometric Releases Version 6.0 of “eDrawings Professional for CATIA V5” 20 November 2007 Geometric Ltd. announced the release of “eDrawings® Professional for CATIA® V5” version 6.0, with support for 3D Functional Tolerancing & Annotations (FTA) and CATIA V5R18. Major enhancements in this release of eDrawings Professional for CATIA V5 include support for: • 3D Functional Tolerancing & Annotations (FTA) • CATIA V5R18 Please visit the eDrawings publisher website at http://edrawings.geometricglobal.com/ to download a free 30-day trial version of eDrawings Professional for CATIA V5. For pricing details and purchase options please contact: [email protected]. About eDrawings Publishers eDrawings Publishers are available on CATIA V5, NX®, Pro/ENGINEER®, Autodesk Inventor Series®, SolidEdge® and Google SketchUp®. With eDrawings Publishers you can: • Generate ultra compact eDrawings with up to 95% compression, compared to the original CAD file • Share and receive feedback on product designs with review enabled eDrawings and collaborate with unlimited number of recipients • Manage, track, and merge comments from different team members • Share design data with password protected and self extracting eDrawings • Measure the geometry in part, assembly, and drawing files when dimensions are absent • Disable measurement feature to protect sensitive design data • Examine internal details of parts and assemblies with dynamic cross sectioning • Hide/Show/Move components to better understand assembly structure Click here to return to Contents
Page 53 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Kubotek USA and ALGOR Expand Partnership for Co-Distributed CAD-FEA Solution 19 November 2007 Kubotek USA, Inc. and ALGOR, Inc. jointly announced the expansion of their existing partnership with a new co-distribution agreement. ALGOR will distribute KeyCreator with its latest finite element analysis (FEA) software, ALGOR V21; and Kubotek USA will distribute ALGOR DesignCheck with KeyCreator 7.0. This complementary CAD and FEA software comes with a six-month license, providing thousands of ALGOR and Kubotek USA customers with a complete design-and-analysis solution. KeyCreator provides translation, model repair, de-featuring, sectioning and general editing of 3D models from numerous popular CAD formats including ACIS, AutoCAD, Autodesk Inventor, IGES, Parasolid, SolidWorks and STEP. KeyCreator features Kubotek's new FaceLogic technology, which speeds selection and editing of design features in non-native solid models. ALGOR DesignCheck allows users to verify individual parts with a first-pass stress analysis to virtually test the behavior of product designs, speed up time to market and make better, safer products at a lower cost. Powered by ALGOR's InCAD technology, ALGOR DesignCheck is fully associative with each updated model from Kubotek's KeyCreator and REALyze products. "By providing ALGOR DesignCheck to our KeyCreator customers with active maintenance contracts in North and South America, they can see for themselves how easy it is to transfer a CAD model into ALGOR for analysis," said John Wright McCullough, Kubotek USA Product Manager. "In the future, both companies plan to further develop cooperative channel opportunities for each other's products." "Supplying KeyCreator provides ALGOR users with a full-featured, state-of-the-art CAD package that supports native CATIA V5 parts and is tightly integrated with our software," said Bob Williams, ALGOR Product Manager. "KeyCreator users can use ALGOR DesignCheck to try out our linear static stress analysis capabilities for single-part models. For more advanced analysis needs, they can easily upgrade to any of ALGOR's wide range of analysis capabilities that all work associatively with KeyCreator." Click here to return to Contents
Lionbridge Joins EMC Velocity2 Technology and ISV Partner Program to Help Organizations Automate the Process of Global Content Management 28 November 2007 Lionbridge Technologies, Inc. announced that it has joined the EMC Velocity Technology and ISV Program to enhance interoperability between the Freeway™ translation management system and the EMC content management and archiving platform. EMC's® Documentum® is a widely used content management system (CMS) that can be optimized with the addition of Freeway. The combined solution provides companies with the ability to cost effectively meet rising content demands, such as new products and documentation, online learning, and global Web sites, delivered to a worldwide audience. Lionbridge is using Web Services to establish a direct connection between Freeway and leading CMS platforms, such as EMC's Documentum. By directly connecting Freeway with Documentum, clients benefit from an enhanced CMS solution that improves the quality of global content and reduces the time
Page 54 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary content managers spend on manually exporting information from the CMS and sending it through the translation process, without deploying additional translation management software. Joint customers are able to greatly improve processes and lower the costs of global content management. "As a respected women's organization dedicated to HIV+ education, The Well Project needed a global content management solution that could meet its ongoing global Web site expansion needs into various languages," said Richard G. Averitt, Co-Founder and Board Member of The Well Project. "The ability to easily integrate Freeway with our Documentum platform enabled us to quickly and effectively reach at-risk women's communities around the world without having to deploy additional translation management software. And, given the variant cultural sensitivity to this disease, having access to Lionbridge's in-country translators via Freeway's Web portal gave us the confidence that words were not only translated correctly, but localized to fit the different nationalities we support." Recently, Lionbridge announced its CMS Alliance Program, an ecosystem of vendors and systems integrators that have come together to streamline the processes between content management and globalization. Freeway seamlessly integrates with existing CMS workflows directly, creating synergies in the way that organizations handle their primary and global content distribution. By connecting Documentum and the Freeway platform, no additional software is required to manage global content, reducing the total cost of global content delivery. To learn more about the alliances program visit, http://www.lionbridge.com/cms "EMC is pleased that Lionbridge has joined the EMC Velocity Technology and ISV Program to demonstrate its commitment to excellence in enterprise content management and archive application design for its Freeway platform," said Barry Ruditsky, Vice President of OEM Sales and ISV Business Development, Content Management & Archiving, EMC Corporation. "Distributing global content is often seen as a challenging add-on to the core content management process. We look forward to working with Lionbridge to ensure that our mutual customers are able to streamline the delivery of global content, and maximize the native power of their CMS." Click here to return to Contents
Moldflow Announces the Release of Moldflow Plastics Advisers 8.1 27 November 2007 Moldflow Corporation announced the release of Moldflow Plastics Advisers® (MPA®) 8.1, the use plastics simulation software that allows part and mold designers to evaluate the manufacturability of their designs so they can achieve the highest quality at the lowest cost in the shortest time to market. MPA 8.1 delivers new technologies and key enhancements to help users analyze a broader range of parts with true 3D technology, improve productivity with a redesigned user interface, shorten analysis preparation time with powerful and flexible modeling tools, interpret results more efficiently using new results visualization options, and increase collaboration with expanded communication capabilities. MPA 8.1 features true 3D analysis capability for the simulation of parts with thick, solid regions or variations in wall thickness. Based on Moldflow’s market-leading Moldflow Plastics Insight® (MPI®) technology, the 3D functionality now available in MPA raises the bar for accessibility and ease-of-use. As plastics part geometry becomes increasingly more complex, the 3D technology in MPA allows customers to predict and avoid manufacturing defects before a mold is ever made, saving them costly and time-consuming production delays.
Page 55 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Other key benefits of MPA 8.1 include: Productivity Improvements – A new panel-based user interface streamlines workflow, provides uninterrupted access to models, and increases overall user productivity. New project management capabilities and customizable workspace options allow task-specific user interface configurations to be saved and shared among various stakeholders across the enterprise. Powerful and Flexible Modeling Tools – Runner and cooling channel layouts can be quickly and easily imported from CAD systems or created using new modeling planes, snap tools, and visual cues to aid in precise positioning. Intuitive Results Interpretation – New results visualization options allow for the comparison of results from multiple analysis iterations to realize design improvements and better understand plastics material behavior. New Dynamic Help functionality allows users to quickly understand those results that have the greatest impact on optimizing their part and mold designs. Increased Collaboration - Enhanced report generation capabilities make it possible to automatically generate reports in Microsoft® Word® or PowerPoint® formats in addition to HTML, to easily communicate valuable analysis results across the enterprise. Smart Tools – New and enhanced tools include a redesigned Cost Adviser for detailed part cost analysis and better planning; a new Job Manager that allows users to take maximum advantage of available CPU resources and free engineers for other tasks; and a tool for comparing material properties to aid in selecting the best material for a given application. Availability MPA 8.1 is available now. For more information, please call Moldflow in the US at +508.358.5848 or visit http://www.moldflow.com/ Click here to return to Contents
New Version of DFMPro 2008 Available from Geometric 29 November 2007 Geometric Ltd., a leader in Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) services and technologies, today announced the release of Service Pack 1 of DFMPro 2008 on SolidWorks® platform, which focuses on report generation functionality and 64 bit platform support. DFMPro now generates reports that include: • Tabular summary of results • Parametric information (expected vs actual) about failure instances • Grouped image snapshots of failures based on failure type • CAD independent, browser viewable reports • Customizable style sheets for formatting reports • Report data in XML format for easy integration with other enterprise systems DFMPro 2008 on SolidWorks has been enhanced to support 64 bit Windows XP OS in order to leverage better processing power and larger computing memory.
Page 56 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Please visit DFMPro 2008 product website at: http://dfm.geometricglobal.com to download a free 15 day trial version of the new release. For pricing details and purchase options please contact: dfm.sales(at)geometricglobal.com DFMPro is a revolutionary "Design For Manufacturability" productivity tool for industrial designers. It facilitates upstream manufacturability validation and identification of areas in design that are difficult, expensive, and impossible to manufacture. DFMPro includes advanced design rules for manufacturing processes such as milling, drilling, turning, and sheet metal fabrication. It also contains rules to process manufacturing tolerances specified using SolidWorks Intelligent Feature Technology. Tightly integrated with SolidWorks, DFMPro is an add in that allows designers to perform complete design checks and analysis for manufacturability, all within SolidWorks sessions. Click here to return to Contents
NOESIS Announces OPTIMUS 5.3 Release 27 November 2007 The new OPTIMUS 5.3 release provides the complete implementation of the Taguchi method and introduces the capability of composing nested workflows allowing for the simplification of complex engineering processes. This is complemented with a new execution management mechanism dedicated to high performance computing environments, a new algorithm for multi-objective optimization and several usability enhancements. “Companies face a large array of product design and manufacturing challenges today. They need to deliver innovation and quality but at the same time, they have to cut product development costs and get to the market faster. This puts pressure on engineering design analysis teams to study more design alternatives and validate them earlier in the design process and in a shorter amount of time” says Mr. Nick Tzannetakis, CTO of Noesis Solutions. “To address multi-disciplinary advanced studies, involving large workflows, OPTIMUS 5.3 introduces new nesting workflow capabilities along with a new streamlined execution management mechanism allowing for a significant reduction on the time to capture and validate these complex engineering processes. As the quality requirements and customer expectations increase, device manufacturers from all industries are left with two options. Either develop more stringent inspection and testing methods on physical prototypes or improve the product design and the process capabilities to decrease product variability in the early stages of the product development process. To frontload the engineering procedures and simultaneously incorporate the ability to take into account design and manufacturing related variability of material, operating conditions, use and aging factors, OPTIMUS 5.3 provides a comprehensive and complete implementation of Taguchi method. “By adopting this technology, OPTIMUS 5.3 is capable to analyze highly sophisticated engineering problems and increase the robustness of a design significantly by tracking the optimum settings of design parameters, taking into account ambient noise variability” says Mr. Hans Wynendaele, President and COO of Noesis solutions. OPTIMUS 5.3 is yet another step forward in providing the most comprehensive tool in process integration and design optimization solution with unique functionalities in addressing Quality engineering. Key Benefits :
Page 57 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary • Comprehensive Taguchi Methods : Robustness and Reliability functionalities are leveraged with a complete and rich set of Taguchi functions • Nested Optimization Workflow : More flexibility to the Process Integration is provided by allowing the nesting of Multiple Nested OPTIMUS Workflows • Execution Management Interface : a flexible, streamlined user interface helps the user to manage parallel jobs thanks to enhanced submission capabilities • New Optimization Methods and user experience improvements Click here to return to Contents
PACE and CSM Software Sign Reseller Agreement 19 November 2007 CSM Software and PACE announced an exclusive technology tie-up. CSM will extend the reach of PACE's knowledge-based engineering (KBE) technology into the Indian aerospace and automotive markets. KBE's scope covers the wide range of activities of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and multidisciplinary design optimization. Pacelab KBE solutions have been successful for applications like aircraft and automotive preliminary design, aircraft cabin configuration, flight performance etc. CSM will promote Pacelab products and solutions through a national sales force providing full deployment and customization services to local clients. The company is one of the principal players in the distribution of CAD/CAE and PLM solutions in India where a booming engineering sector has fuelled the demand for expert software. PACE's flagship product Pacelab Suite is a tool that captures the complete product structure, its associated performance criteria and integrates with various simulation and manufacturing aspects of the product design. Pacelab applications are rule-driven, with rules being able to incorporate highly diverse aspects of product knowledge from geometrical properties to design strategies and analysis methods to certification requirements. This formalized knowledge is available across the enterprise for efficient reuse. "We are very excited to team up with CSM Software", said PACE managing partner Dr. Oliver Kranz. "CSM has a strong reputation for providing quality solutions and service, and we believe this agreement will give our company a head start in the region. As one of the fastest growing economies in the world, India is a key market in our global expansion strategy." "At a time where the world is acknowledging India for its technology strengths, CSM Software is on the mark to meet the demands of the engineering experts by introducing the cutting edge technology tool that will enable them to truly visualize their concepts and bring them to shape. We are excited to announce our partnership with PACE, who have gained immense confidence of their customers such as Airbus, BAE Systems, Embraer, Emirates, GE Capital Aviation Services, Snecma, Rolls-Royce, Sukhoi Civil Aircraft and the likes of those by successfully deploying the Pacelab KBE solutions", stated Mr. V S Mahadevan, Vice President, CSM Software. Click here to return to Contents
Page 58 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary PartMaker Version 8.5 Now Shipping 21 November 2007 PartMaker Inc., a subsidiary of Delcam Plc, has announced it is now shipping Version 8.5 of its PartMaker® CAD/CAM software for CNC Mills, Lathes, WireEDM, Turn-Mill Centers and Swiss-type lathes. PartMaker Version 8.5 features a variety of new functionality and enhanced capability all designed to make PartMaker users more productive across every PartMaker application. The focus of this release is a significant improvement of CAD and CAM functionality used commonly in PartMaker. PartMaker Version 8.5 also marks the introduction of the PartMaker Documentation Wizard (PDW), an optional module which allows the user to create, preview and print documents with multiple views. “PartMaker Version 8.5 is a real productivity blockbuster,” according to Hanan Fishman, the company’s President. “The improvements made to the software’s drawing capability and general CAM functionality will make an immediate impact in terms of productivity for every current and potential PartMaker user.” Drafting Improvements PartMaker Version 8.5 offers all PartMaker users the ability to create dimensioned drawings in manner that is remarkably intuitive and easy to use. Users can create Horizontal, Vertical, Linear, Circular and Angular Dimensions in every Face Window separately by picking geometric entities. “Flexible” Dimension combines Horizontal, Vertical and Linear dimensions in one icon that results in saving time. Free-floating Notes and Notes with Leaders are also supported. Dimensions and Notes can be edited and special symbols inserted. Multi-line text is supported for Dimensions and Notes. PartMaker’s “smart” dimensioning tools make creating a detailed part drawings quick and easy. General System Improvements PartMaker Version 8.5 also features a number of enhancements across the PartMaker suite of products including PartMaker Mill, Turn, Wire EDM, Turn-Mill and SwissCAM. These improvements include the ability to link CAD to CAM to automatically update programmed features when a geometry change is made. Tool path profiles can also now be modified once they have been created. Additionally, recently used files can automatically be accessed from with-in the software. The software’s printing and shop floor documentation facilities are also much improved. PartMaker Version 8.5 also supports the import of files from SolidWorks 2008 and Autodesk Inventor 2008. Introduction of the PartMaker Documentation Wizard (PDW) PartMaker Version 8.5 includes the introduction of the PartMaker Documentation Wizard (PDW) option for all PartMaker applications. The PartMaker Documentation Wizard (PDW) is an optional module that will let you illustrate your part process like never before. The PDW allows you to create, preview and print documents with multiple views. Up to four views are allowed. A “Drawing Layout” dialog allows you to choose specific windows you wish to include in the document. These choices include any Face Window, the Solids Window and the Simulation Window. This dialog also allows you to enter information for the Title Block that could be included in the drawing. More on PartMaker PartMaker is a Knowledge Based Machining system, allowing it to provide a substantial gain in programming efficiency by remembering the tools, material and process information necessary to
Page 59 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary machine individual part features. It thus relieves the user from reentering the same features information for subsequent parts. It also improves productivity by placing the emphasis on tool management functions. PartMaker pioneered the field of CAM software for Turn-Mills and Swiss-type lathes with its patented Visual Programming Approach for programming multi-axis lathes with live tooling. It assures quicker learning and easier use. It makes an extensive use of pictures to help the user describe tools, part features and machining data. Synchronization of tools working on multiple spindles is achieved by a few mouse clicks. Click here to return to Contents
Perception Software’s EDA Integration Software to be Offered Through Oracle 12 November 2007 Perception Software announced the availability of EDAConnect as part of Oracle’s Agile PLM solutions. Oracle will offer EDAConnect through its worldwide sales force, as well as provide product support through its worldwide support center. EDAConnect provides a seamless integration for electronic systems and IC design tools from Cadence and Mentor Graphics to Oracle’s Agile PLM environment. Within their familiar EDA environment, engineers can perform design check-in/check-out, design archiving and searching, bill of materials extractions, comparisons and publishing, design file viewing, and library metadata synchronization. “Oracle is pleased to offer Perception’s EDAConnect capabilities to our customers,” said Hardeep Gulati, Oracle Vice President Product Strategy, PLM and PIM Applications.” In today’s world, electronics is a critical and growing component of product content across industry verticals. Companies using MCAD-based PDM systems continue to struggle in managing electronics product information. Now with deeper integration capabilities to EDA design environments, Oracle is furthering our differentiation as the leading Enterprise PLM solution with comprehensive capabilities for all engineering and enterprise stakeholders." “We are looking forward to working closely with Oracle’s Agile PLM product team to continue to evolve our joint capabilities for the benefit of our high-tech and semiconductor customers,” said Joe Dalton, CEO of Perception Software. Perception Software is a member of the Oracle PartnerNetwork. About the Oracle PartnerNetwork Oracle PartnerNetwork is a global business network of more than 19,500 companies who deliver software solutions based on Oracle software. Through access to Oracle's premier products, education, technical services, marketing and sales support, the Oracle PartnerNetwork program provides partners with the resources they need to be successful in today's global economy. Oracle partners are able to offer their customers leading-edge solutions backed by Oracle's position as the world's largest enterprise software company. Partners who are able to demonstrate superior product knowledge, technical expertise and a commitment to doing business with Oracle qualify for the Certified Partner levels. Click here to return to Contents
SoftinWay Announces New Bundle of AxSTREAM™ Educational Version for Design and
Page 60 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Optimization of Turbomachinery Flow Paths 28 November 2007 SoftinWay Inc. announced a special bundle for its Turbomachinery Flow Path Design and Optimization Educational Program for use in colleges and universities computer lab. The bundle allows simultaneous access and practice for turbomachinery design to multiple students. Smallest bundle will be for 10 students. Just in time for Winter/Spring semester, universities can take advantage of the special promotion price with 33% discount until January 15, 2008. Additional details about term and promotion price can be found on the SoftInWay website or by contacting [email protected]. The educational version of AxSTREAM provides students and faculty access to leading edge axial and radial turbomachinery design and multidisciplinary optimization software at minimum expense. The program constitutes a “learn as you go” course that aids students in understanding the overall design and performance principles of axial and radial turbines and compressors through the same fully interactive AxSTREAM™ design programs used by engineering professionals throughout the world. The educational version is configured to be easily integrated into the teaching process and course curricula. “AxSTREAM is a highly efficient and integrated turbomachinery design system that includes many years of valuable design expertise,” states Dr. Cengiz Camci, Professor of Aerospace Engineering at Penn State University. “The software is highly integrated with many well known design methods, loss correlations and efficiency definition systems. Industrial design exercises can be effectively completed in short amounts of time. A complex multi-stage design can be quickly analyzed for stress concentrations and flow field anomalies using built-in solvers. The use of this design suite in turbomachinery education both at undergraduate and graduate level should enhance the quality of engineering education in Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering programs. The student's time consumption from concept to multi-stage turbomachinery design is shortened immensely.” Gaining marketable skills in turbomachinery design and multidisciplinary optimization, the student (individually or in study teams) will be able to: • Design a flow path based on given overall application requirements; • Appreciate the interactions between aerodynamic performance and mechanical integrity; • Perform design optimization encompassing 1D and 2D direct problem computation; • Generate cascade profiles that easily relate to aerodynamic theory; • Create full 3 dimensional blade/vane designs; Click here to return to Contents
Synopsys' DesignWare IP Passes Certified Wireless USB Testing From USB-IF 26 November 2007 Synopsys, Inc. announced that Synopsys' DesignWare® Wireless USB Device IP (http://www.synopsys.com/products/designware/wiusb_solutions.html) has passed the USB Implementers Forum's (USB-IF) Certified Wireless USB Testing and earned the certification logo.
Page 61 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Certification helps ensure interoperability with other Wireless USB enabled products in the market, thus minimizing risk and reducing time-to-market for designers integrating Wireless USB interfaces into their system-on-chips. This most recent certification reinforces Synopsys' leadership position in providing users with IP that is interoperable and low-risk. The DesignWare Wireless USB Device IP is designed to the WiMedia Alliance Ultra-wideband (UWB) Common Radio Platform and includes a WiMedia MAC-PHY interface for interoperability with WiMedia UWB PHYs such as those from Alereon and Realtek. To improve power conservation in next- generation portable electronics applications, the DesignWare Wireless USB Device IP provides optimized power management functions with dual power rails. This allows the design to shut down power to sections that are not in use, thus lowering overall power consumption. In order to satisfy IP designers' complete protocol requirements, Synopsys offers a comprehensive Wireless USB IP portfolio including the device, WHCI host and dual-role device. "It is great to see companies like Synopsys, which have been longtime supporters of USB technologies, be among the first to achieve Wireless USB certification for their DesignWare Wireless USB Device IP," said Jeff Ravencraft, USB-IF president. "The availability of certified IP is an important milestone in the industry and offers solutions for companies looking to develop high quality, interoperable products and get them to market quickly." "Our customers continually tell us that high quality and interoperability are key elements in helping them achieve product success and reduce time-to-market," said John Koeter, group director for IP Marketing at Synopsys. "Certification is a very important part of the interoperability process, which is why we continue to provide designers with the most certified USB IP in the world. As the Certified Wireless USB standard continues to mature, designers can depend on Synopsys to provide them with this critical IP." Synopsys is a technical contributor to the Certified Wireless USB Specification. For more information on the latest in USB go to http://synopsysoc.org/tousbornottousb/index.php. Availability The DesignWare Wireless USB Device, WHCI Host and Dual Role Device IP are available now. Click here to return to Contents
Synplicity Joins Xilinx ESL Design Ecosystem 26 November 2007 Synplicity®, Inc. announced that Synplicity, with its Synplify® DSP software, has joined the Xilinx® ESL Initiative. The addition of the Synplify DSP software to the Xilinx ESL design ecosystem underscores the commitment of Xilinx, a leading supplier of programmable solutions, toward driving technological innovations and solutions that promote high-level, electronic system level (ESL) design. ESL design is one of the fastest growing segments of the EDA market with an expected 50 percent compounded annual growth rate during the next five years according to market researcher Gary Smith of Gary Smith EDA. “We are very happy to join the Xilinx ESL Initiative,” said Joe Gianelli, vice president of business development, Synplicity. “During the past 18 months, this initiative has gone a long way in providing FPGA users with access to a comprehensive ESL design flow. We’re glad to be part of the industry’s transition to ESL design and pleased to be part of Xilinx’s best-in-class tool ecosystem for advanced
Page 62 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary FPGA designers.” The Synplify DSP environment facilitates high-level modeling and hardware abstraction, constraint- driven algorithm synthesis into RTL and powerful system-wide optimizations for performance, area, and multi-channelization tradeoff exploration. It helps designers capture multi-rate DSP algorithms quickly and easily, perform architectural exploration across multiple devices and create algorithmic IP that is highly portable and re-usable. As a result, users can easily map their DSP algorithms into any Xilinx device. The Synplify DSP tool includes integration to Xilinx System Generator for DSP™ to allow blocks created using Synplify DSP software to be easily integrated with Xilinx IP, connected to Xilinx embedded processors and verified on Xilinx hardware boards using hardware co-simulation. Synplify DSP software provides users of the MathWorks Simulink® environment, an environment for multi-domain simulation and model-based design, with a highly optimized approach for the implementation of DSP algorithms into silicon. With M-Control fully integrated into the Synplify DSP library and the MathWorks Simulink environment, data type and sample rate inheritance and propagation is fully supported. M-Control features inline debugging for supporting breakpoints and stepping into the M code. These features greatly simplify the specification and verification of control functionality that is often integrated into DSP algorithms. Moreover, with a comprehensive IP library of industry-standard functional blocks, such as FFTs, Viterbi decoders, DDS and CORDIC math functions, designers rapidly can create designs in application-specific domains. “We are pleased to welcome Synplicity as one of our Xilinx ESL Initiative members,” said Steve Lass, senior director software marketing at Xilinx. “Based on the growing popularity of the Simulink-based approach for DSP algorithm design and Synplify DSP's unique architectural exploration and advanced optimization, we are happy to include the first vendor independent SimuLink-based ESL synthesis flow—Synplify DSP.” About The Xilinx ESL Initiative The Xilinx ESL Initiative is a multi-faceted program aimed at proliferating high-level design methodologies and tool flows for FPGAs. The goal is to make it easier for hardware designers and software programmers to leverage Xilinx programmable devices for their next generation systems. Xilinx and participating companies are focused on improving ease of use, quality of results and interoperability standards through technical collaboration, cooperative marketing and joint educational activities. For more information about the Xilinx ESL Initiative, visit http://www.xilinx.com/esl. Click here to return to Contents
Year-End Nastran Promotion Features Advantages on Technical and Business Merits 20 November 2007 Noran Engineering, Inc. (NEi) announced a special promotion on its software portfolio with pricing designed to assist companies with end-of-year budgets to close. NEi’s portfolio of software featuring the latest release of NEi Nastran V9.13 for high end Finite Element Analysis (FEA) is included. Packages are available that can provide up to 20% cost savings. The new software has innovative features aimed at simulations that typically are difficult from the standpoint of man-hours and complexity. These include: • Automated Impact Analysis for transient impact studies and drop testing • Hyperelastic Material Model for simulating large strain, rubber like materials
Page 63 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary • Linear Surface Contact for performing true surface-to-surface contact analysis in a linear static solution • Automated Surface Contact and Weld Generation • 3D Composite Solid Element • 64-Bit Large Model Capability Julia Oien, Director of Sales for Noran Engineering, commented on the engineering and financial aspects of the promotion, “The capabilities in NEi Nastran V9.13 in combination with the year-end promotional pricing reflect a singular focus on the analysis and simulation segment of the engineering software market by addressing both the technical and special business needs of this market space.” More detailed information is available at http://www.nenastran.com/year-end-nastran-promotion. Click here to return to Contents
Zuken Releases CADSTAR 10 with Improved Intelligent Functionalities for both the PCB Designer and Electronic Engineer 27 November 2007 Zuken announces the latest version of the desktop PCB design solution, CADSTAR 10.0, which includes the addition of a large number of intelligent functionalities for schematic, library and PCB design, tighter integration with FPGA design tools, and the introduction of an alternative schematic front-end solution E³.logic. Design Control There has been an increased focus on supporting both the engineer and designer to create “right-first- time” designs in shorter time frames. CADSTAR offers users the ability to perform version control at the parts and component level, store parts information in the PCB design, set-up detailed layer stacks for buried and blind via technologies and carry-out impedance controlled routing. CADSTAR 10.0 also includes extended ODB++ output for manufacturing, the ability to highlight nets using multiple colors, plus FPGA design integration and a fully integrated parts library manager in ‘Design Editor’. Ease-of-use Ease-of-use with the well-known intuitive workflow has been further improved, to include integration of additional features for assigning any combination of function keys, enhanced layers settings GUI, support of custom colors using the standard Microsoft color dialog, smart update of new software releases and automatic parts index creation. All interactive operations are available while working in a mirrored view in the intelligent place & routing tool, P.R.Editor, for intelligent interactive lengthening or re-lengthening. E³.logic for CADSTAR Zuken’s E³.series module, E³.logic, can now be offered as an add-on solution for CADSTAR to further boost users’ productivity. Used as a front-end solution for CADSTAR PCB design it will allow support of multilingual diagrams, multilingual text and Unicode. The use of the E³.Logic database as a back-end solution for CADSTAR PCB design reduces the time spent searching for existing parts, integrates easily with specific MRP, ERP or PDM systems and works with databases that comply with Microsoft's ODBC standard. The CADSTAR E³.logic integration also provides opportunities to directly integrate
Page 64 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary with other E³.series modules such as E³.cable for complete system level integrated electronics and electrical design. FPGA Integration The recently introduced add-on module, CADSTAR FPGA, supports one universal project manager that controls all the design files for simulation, synthesis, place and route and pin assignment to the PCB board, as well as the I/O synchronization between the FPGA device and the PCB board. This will allow the FPGA designer to forward and backward annotate pin swaps with the PCB layout. CADSTAR 10 will be available from December 2007, with modules starting from $/€ 1000. Click here to return to Contents
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