PLM Industry Summary Jillian Hayes, Editor Vol. 14 No 37 Friday 14 September 2012 Contents CIMdata News ______2 CIMdata Announces the PLM Industry Consortium ______2 Speaker Lineup for CIMdata’s PLM Road Map™ 2012 Announced ______4 Staying the Course and Upping the Ante: The 2012 Siemens PLM Software Analyst Event: A CIMdata Commentary ______7 Acquisitions ______10 ESI Group Acquires OpenCFD Ltd. ______10 Infosys to Acquire Lodestone, a Leading Management Consultancy Firm ______12 Siemens to Acquire Perfect Costing Solutions GmbH, Specialist in Product Cost Management Software __13 Company News ______14 Altair ProductDesign to Support Development of the New Edison2 Very Light Car ______14 AVEVA Extends Global Reach of Engineering Information Management Solutions ______15 Cabinet Expands Regional and Vertical Reach Adding Five New VARs ______16 CADline Ltd Earns Process Plant Specialization ______17 Delcam Polska Opens Second Office in Katowice ______18 DIPRO of Japan Joins the Aras Partner Program ______18 ESI Group Opens its First Office in Russia ______19 Equalis Appoints dhs ELMEA Tools GmbH as its Solutions Partner for Austria and Germany ______20 Granta Design Signs Master Software License Agreement with United Technologies for Materials Information Technology ______21 MecSoft Corporation Partners with MekanoCNC ______22 NT CADCAM Appointed Master Reseller for TransMagic Software ______23 PADT, Inc. to Distribute VCollab CAE Collaboration Solutions in Southwestern US ______24 PTC Exclusive CAD and Collaboration Sponsor of FIRST ® Tech Challenge Competition ______24 Sandvik Coromant and Siemens to Standardize Vendor Catalogs for Cutting Tool Industry ______25 SCSK Corporation of Japan Joins the Aras Partner Program ______27 SQS Brings Software Quality Expertise to the Manufacturing Technology Centre ______28 Events News ______29 AVEVA Celebrates its First 45 Years at Gastech 2012 ______29 Cadence Hosts Mixed-Signal Technology Summit ______29 CGTech to Feature VERICUT at Siemens PLM Europe ______30 CimatronE Mold Making Solution on Show in China ______31 Delcam Japan to Show Latest in CAD and CAM at JIMTOF ______32 Geomagic and Xisis to Demonstrate the Latest Developments in 3D Scan, Design and Manufacture at TCT Live 2012 ______34 Financial News ______35 ESI Group: Sales for the 1st half of 2012/13: €44.7 million (+22.2%) ______35 Implementation Investments ______37 AVEVA NET Selected by Organika-Sarzyna, one of Poland’s Largest Chemical Producers ______37 Cochlear Limited Selects Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™ Platform for Implantable Hearing Solutions ______38 Dallan Selects Siemens PLM Software Technology for Enterprise-Wide Product Development Platform _39 Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Adopted by Dana Holding Corporation to Improve Project
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CIMdata News
CIMdata Announces the PLM Industry Consortium 13 September 2012
CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the formation of its newest PLM member service—the CIMdata PLM Industry Consortium. The consortium will focus on providing research on top PLM issues, and to define and set the direction for the PLM industry on topics that matter most to consortium members.
Peter Bilello, President of CIMdata, stated, “PLM solution providers continually deliver new products, architectures, and solutions to market, while their industrial customers are dealing with their own product launches and attempting to realize the value from their existing PLM investments. The CIMdata PLM Industry Consortium will define and perform research on these industrial customers’ key areas of interest, be it current challenges with PLM related implementations, best practice research, or looking forward to help define what the PLM solution providers should be offering.”
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This consortium enables members to make more informed business decisions by providing timely and valuable information, insights, and advice, while networking with other industrial companies that are experiencing similar challenges with PLM and its use. In addition to participation in the Consortium, the CIMdata PLM Industry Consortium provides: • Access to ongoing research, analyses, insights, and advice. • Participation in the identification of the top industry-specific PLM topic areas that will influence CIMdata research. • Participation in CIMdata PLM Certificate programs at reduced rates. • Direct access to specific CIMdata PLM Knowledge Council deliverables. • Current information on industry news and trends. • Access to CIMdata’s PLM experts. • An interactive and collaborative environment for accessing and sharing PLM related processes and best practices used by other industrial participants. • Participation in the CIMdata-sponsored global PLM Community, an active group that includes both leading industrial companies and providers of PLM solutions from around the world.
CIMdata also announces that Robert A. Hellow, bringing 25 years of industrial and PLM practice leadership, has joined CIMdata and will lead the Consortium as CIMdata’s PLM Consortium Practice Manager.
For more information about joining the PLM Community Industry Consortium contact CIMdata at [email protected] or at +1 (734) 668-9922.
About CIMdata CIMdata, a leading independent worldwide firm, provides strategic management consulting to maximize an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Since its founding in 1983, CIMdata has delivered world-class knowledge, expertise, and best-practice methods on PLM solutions. These solutions incorporate both business processes and a wide-ranging set of PLM enabling technologies.
CIMdata works with both industrial organizations and suppliers of technologies and services seeking competitive advantage in the global economy. In addition to consulting, CIMdata conducts research, provides PLM-focused subscription services, and produces several commercial publications. The company also provides industry education through PLM certificate programs, seminars, and conferences worldwide. CIMdata serves clients around the world from offices in North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific. To learn more about CIMdata’s services, visit our website at www.CIMdata.com, follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CIMdataPLMNews, or contact CIMdata at: 3909 Research Park Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA. Tel: +1 (734) 668-9922. Fax: +1 (734) 668-1957; or at Oogststraat 20, 6004 CV Weert, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 (0) 495 533 666.
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Speaker Lineup for CIMdata’s PLM Road Map™ 2012 Announced 12 September 2012
CIMdata, Inc., the leading global Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) management consulting and research firm announces details of the speaker lineup for its PLM Road Map™ 2012 conference, to be held on October 2nd & 3rd at The Inn at St. John’s, located in Plymouth, Michigan. Now in its nineteenth year, this highly acclaimed event offers a program that delivers expanded analysis of the year’s most critical business and technology issues in PLM.
The theme for this year’s conference is “PLM as THE Strategic Imperative – Managing Lifecycle Complexity to Drive Competitive Advantage.” The conference kicks off with CIMdata’s President, Peter Bilello, providing an introduction to the global PLM economy. This presentation will be followed by Ford Motor Company’s Mark Johnson, who will look at why implementing PLM is so difficult by exploring some of its challenges, and will explain why PLM solutions must adapt and evolve to meet the needs of systems engineering’s ever-increasing complexity. EADS’ Tristan Gegaden will then consider best practices related to large-scale PLM program governance, as experienced in the PHENIX (PLM Harmonization for Enhanced Integration and Excellence) program. Georgia Institute of Technology’s Dimitri Mavris will show how a systems engineering approach can be used in the conceptual design and development of aircraft. The morning will conclude with a presentation by industry expert Jon Hirschtick, who will offer his personal take on where the CAD business has been, and more importantly where it needs to go.
A series of conference breakout sessions will follow focusing in greater detail on PLM integration, geometric modeling, simulation and analysis, mechatronics, digital manufacturing, PLM management, and PLM education. Each breakout track will offer a range of stimulating, in-depth presentations made by a dynamic group of speakers who will share not only their first-hand experiences in addressing key PLM issues, but also how they are gaining true business value from their PLM investments.
The conference will conclude on Wednesday afternoon with a plenary session featuring presentations that will show how to leverage services for successful PLM. Opening the afternoon, Jaguar Land Rover’s (JLR) John Knight-Gregson will share the PLM transformation journey that JLR has embarked on to reconnect management to the product, by making data more accessible and better related to the virtual product. Dana Holding Company’s Frank Popielas will then consider the role simulation governance is expected to play in the future of product development and systems engineering. Finally, automotive expert Dr. David E. Cole will highlight the dramatic changes occurring in the automotive industry – from the new evolving business model to the exploding importance of knowledge and innovation.
PLM Road Map 2012 is the must-attend event for industry executives and PLM practitioners globally— providing independent education and a collaborative networking environment where ideas, trends, experiences, and relationships critical to the industry germinate and take root. It is a strategic conference
Page 4 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary focused on how companies are successfully employing PLM strategies and enabling solutions to meet challenging product development, manufacturing, and deployment issues. PLM Road Map 2012 is a two-day event that will challenge attendees to shift their current thinking to a new level in a series of presentations focusing on the global transformation of product development and innovation processes. PLM Road Map 2012 is the leading international event that helps companies leverage cross-disciplinary and cross-industry knowledge and feedback to smooth and speed their PLM journeys. For more information on PLM Road Map 2012, visit our website at: http://plmforesight.cimdata.com/index.cfm?content=include_conference12.cfm
Agenda Highlights Opening Plenary: PLM Market Trends and Directions Peter Bilello, CIMdata, Inc. - State of the PLM Market: The Brave New World Mark Johnson, Ford Motor Company - Rethinking PLM in a Systems Engineering World Tristan Gegaden, EADS - Why PLM is Strategic: the Example of EADS/PHENIX Dimitri Mavris, Georgia Institute of Technology - A Systems Engineering Approach to Aircraft Design Jon Hirschtick, Independent - CAD Future: A Perspective View
Interactive breakout sessions include presentations by the following speakers: PLM Integration to Enable Business Processes John MacKrell, CIMdata, Inc. (Host) John MacKrell, CIMdata, Inc. - Panel Introduction Panel Discussion: Models for Implementing and Integrating PLM with the Enterprise with Dr. Plamen Bliznakov, PTC; Ed Martin, Autodesk; Louis J. Pascarella, Geometric; Peter Schroer, Aras Corporation; and Ed Shinouskis, IBM Corporation Michael K Williams, The Dow Chemical Company - PLM Challenges in the Process Industries Uwe Thumlert, MAHLE
Advances in Design Technology Help Overcome Workflow Complexity Dr. Ken Versprille, CIMdata, Inc. (Host) Bob Deragisch, Parker Hannifin - The Model-Based Extended Enterprise (Presentation 1) Sanjay Parimi, U.S Army (ARDEC) - The Model-Based Extended Enterprise (Presentation 2) Roberto Dolci, System Logistics Corp. - Geometric and Semantic Searches to Reduce Parts Proliferation Round Table Discussion: The Future of CAD and Modeling with Dr. Paul Stallings, Kubotek; Robert Mazeffa, Tech Soft 3D; and Igal Kapstan, PTC
PLM Program Management Ken Amann, CIMdata, Inc. (Host) Kristine Stoll, Schreiber Foods - Communication and Change Management: A PLM Journey
Page 5 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Jeffrey L Burk, Whirlpool Corporation - Effective PLM Program Management: Managing Across Borders and Boundaries Tushar Padalakar, Cummins Inc. Ryan Kunz, L3 Communications Peter Freer, Green Mountain Coffee Roasters Panel Discussion: Working With Solution Providers with Paul Cassidy, CENIT; Anish Verma, IBM Corporation; Srini Datla, Sogeti USA; and Kevin Eustace, Siemens PLM Software
Simulation-Driven Engineering: Leveraging Simulation Early in Product Development for Sustained Competitive Advantage Dr. Keith Meintjes, CIMdata, Inc. (Host) Glenn Valine, GKN Driveline & Jeffrey Wohlschlegel, GKN Driveline - A Novel Approach for Enterprise PLM Workflows with CAE Democratization Randy Huber, Caterpillar - Simulation: Helping Shape Future Caterpillar Products Kausik Mitra, General Motors - CAE Process Automator (PA) Development Process at GM Dr. Keith Meintjes, CIMdata, Inc. - S&A Update Panel Discussion: Simulation Maturity Model and Best Practices Scorecard with Marc Boonen, LMS International; Jeffrey M. Brennan, Altair Engineering; Dr. Steven M. Levine, Dassault Systèmes SIMULIA; Daniel Dooge, ESI; and Bob Haubrock, Siemens PLM Software
Raising Your Level in Mechatronics and Digital Manufacturing Rich Wells, CIMdata, Inc. (Host) Deron Littlejohn, TRW Automotive - TRW Mechatronic Systems Engineering - Slip Control Systems Panel Discussion: Integrated Software & Integrated Electronics with Bill Bolander, General Motors; Christopher Davey, Ford Motor Company; and Dan Milot, TRW Automotive Curtis DeSaele, Waltonen Engineering, Inc. Panel Discussion: The Ever Increasing Complexity of Manufacturing Systems with Ron Adams, AM General, LLC; Alan Baumgartner, Ford Motor Company; and Scott L. Wilks, Delphi Automotive
Education Short Course: CIMdata PLM Certificate Program Jim McKinney, CIMdata, Inc. (Host) Introduction to PLM The Value of PLM The Expanding Reach of PLM New Technologies Impacting PLM
Leveraging Services for Successful PLM Peter Bilello, CIMdata, Inc. (Host)
Page 6 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary John Knight-Gregson, Jaguar Land Rover - PLM Transformation: Setting Up the Program Framework Frank Popielas, Dana Holding Corporation - Simulation-Driven Engineering: The Future of Product Development Dr. David E. Cole, Center for Automotive Research - The Auto Sun is Rising
About CIMdata CIMdata, a leading independent worldwide firm, provides strategic management consulting to maximize an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Since its founding in 1983, CIMdata has delivered world-class knowledge, expertise, and best-practice methods on PLM solutions. These solutions incorporate both business processes and a wide-ranging set of PLM-enabling technologies.
CIMdata works with both industrial organizations and suppliers of technologies and services seeking competitive advantage in the global economy. In addition to consulting, CIMdata conducts research, provides PLM-focused subscription services, and produces several commercial publications. The company also provides industry education through PLM certificate programs, seminars, and conferences worldwide. CIMdata serves clients around the world from offices in North America, Europe, and Asia- Pacific. To learn more about CIMdata’s services, visit our website at www.CIMdata.com or contact CIMdata at: 3909 Research Park Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA. Tel: +1 (734) 668-9922. Fax: +1 (734) 668-1957; or at Oogststraat 20, 6004 CV Weert, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 (0) 495 533 666.
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Staying the Course and Upping the Ante: The 2012 Siemens PLM Software Analyst Event: A CIMdata Commentary 14 September 2012
Key takeaways: • Siemens PLM Software has made good progress on the industry strategy and realignment announced last year, but industry solution deliveries are still to come. • Their new 4th Generation Design (4GD) approach is a big step forward in terms of how their customers interact with managed data during the product lifecycle. • A new Teamcenter user interface (UI) built on the Microsoft Metro paradigm should enhance usability and acceptance by Siemens PLM Software’s customers.
Siemens PLM Software (SPLM) held their annual analyst and media event on September 5th and 6th at the Renaissance Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Analysts and media represented about one third of the approximately 200 people in attendance. As usual, it was all-management-hands-on-deck for the SPLM team, with all senior leaders available to update the audience on the company’s progress during the last year, and on their plans for the future. Also on the agenda were several customers whose talks served to underscore the value they receive from PLM enabled by SPLM’s solutions. The highlight of the
Page 7 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary customer talks was that of Mr. Doug McCuistion, director of the Mars Exploration program for NASA. On August 5th, the Mars rover Curiosity landed successfully on the surface of Mars. There was only one chance to get things right, and for this unprecedented challenge, NASA employed SPLM software solutions. The development team at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory digitally designed, tested, assembled, and simulated the entire Mars rover before a single physical prototype was created.
Mr. Chuck Grindstaff, president and CEO of Siemens PLM Software, opened the event with a business and strategy update. His presentation provided an overview of SPLM’s parent company, Siemens AG, and highlighted how SPLM is increasingly receiving value from and leveraging them. Siemens AG invests heavily in advanced technology, which SPLM is leveraging to great advantage in addition to technology from multiple Siemens business groups, industry-specific knowledge, and business opportunities within the Siemens AG group. Mr. Grindstaff emphasized, however, that SPLM must compete for PLM opportunities within Siemens AG, and must demonstrate significant value to win the business.
Another change for SPLM under Siemens AG is how they protect their intellectual property. As an independent company UGS PLM Solutions relied mostly on trade secret protection. As part of Siemens AG they have patented some key innovations and will continue this practice of IP protection going forward.
The highlight of Mr. Grindstaff’s talk was the introduction of 4th Generation Design (4GD), a key part of delivering the “High-Definition User Experience,” one of three pillars of SPLM’s strategy and marketing message (along with “Intelligently Integrated Information” and “Future-Proof Architecture”). 4GD allows users considerable flexibility in defining which aspects of a product are relevant to the task at hand. 4GD also makes clear the scalability and performance necessary to enable designers to work with massive data sets, e.g., complete ships, aircraft, or plants. SPLM also unveiled a significant improvement in the NX 8.5 user interface, which was announced by press release during the analyst event.
4GD was not the only significant product strategy update announced during the event. Last year SPLM previewed their Active Workspace (AW) solution, a new user interaction model that supports visual decision making and collaboration across the enterprise. While there has been minimal uptake of version 1, SPLM announced that version 2 will become part of the Teamcenter portfolio. Significantly, they also emphasized how AW and its enabling technologies will allow for synthesizing data from both Teamcenter and other enterprise sources. This is a strong move forward, one that is essential for SPLM to deliver on their “Smarter Decisions, Better Products” tagline.
Mr. Steve Bashada, the senior vice president for industries, updated the crowd on SPLM’s transition to an industry-focused solution-delivery approach. They view delivering industry solutions as consisting of five levels, with the first three levels dedicated to understanding industry needs, building industry organizations, and assessing their existing portfolio against these requirements to build the industry roadmaps. According to Mr. Bashada, they have completed these levels for their core industries, and will complete all targeted industries to this level by the end of the year. Software and services deliveries
Page 8 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary form the last two levels, and will come on-line in 2013. The strategic product portfolio management elaborated by Mr. Bashada and his teams are driving make/buy decisions and product development in the product groups to fill any gaps. Mr. Grindstaff told the audience to stay tuned for more SPLM acquisitions that will help fill out the line-up.
The SPLM industry presentations were supported by presentations from SPLM customers who are already using SPLM solutions to enhance their product development processes. For example, SPLM’s industry lead for energy comes from Siemens AG, and has a long history in the industry as well as with Siemens AG, a global leader in wind and other energy technologies. This connection provides deep industry knowledge and access to leading industrial energy customers that cannot be matched by other players in the PLM market.
Mr. Eric Sterling, senior vice president for Teamcenter, provided an update on several new Teamcenter capabilities and solutions, including a new UI, design for environment, sustainability, supplier integration, and Product Master Management. Most interesting was the new UI. Based on CIMdata’s industrial consulting, one long-term need identified for the Teamcenter portfolio has been an updated UI with improved usability. While the Microsoft Outlook look and feel of the current UI was innovative when it was developed, users who like Teamcenter functionality have often complained that using it can be cumbersome. SPLM previewed their adoption of the Microsoft “Metro” user interface paradigm as the new Teamcenter client UI and as part of their mobility strategy. This clean, simplified user interface has a certain appeal, but it will be a tough balance between satisfying the more casual user and not holding back power users. CIMdata looks forward to seeing more about these interface enhancements as they roll out.
Mr. Sterling also introduced Teamcenter in the cloud with both on-premise cloud solutions and hosted cloud solutions. These Cloud solutions should provide customers with the ability to better select the working environment for their business while also reducing the time to deployment and overall cost of ownership. Another interesting point mentioned by Mr. Sterling was the split of Teamcenter into a platform-and-application structure, allowing customers to put new functionality into production without having to wait for the next major release.
In conclusion, SPLM has made strong progress since last year’s analyst event, which is made clear by their consistent approach to updating the market (i.e., what did we say we are going to do, what have we done, and what will we do next). They have made good progress on their industry strategy, but much remains to be done as they readily acknowledged in these sessions. Their usability improvements with 4GD, Active Workspace, and the Metro look-and-feel are exciting, and should improve customer acceptance and user adoption across the customer and industry bases they seek to serve. CIMdata and the large SPLM installed base look forward to seeing just how much they are upping the ante in the high-stakes PLM “game” going forward.
About CIMdata CIMdata, an independent worldwide firm, provides strategic management consulting to maximize an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of
Page 9 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Product Lifecycle Management (PLM). CIMdata provides world-class knowledge, expertise, and best- practice methods on PLM. CIMdata also offers research, subscription services, publications, and education through international conferences. To learn more about CIMdata’s services, visit our website at http://www.CIMdata.com or contact CIMdata at: 3909 Research Park Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA. Tel: +1 734.668.9922. Fax: +1 734.668.1957; or at Oogststraat 20, 6004 CV Weert, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 (0) 495.533.666.
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ESI Group Acquires OpenCFD Ltd. 12 September 2012
ESI Group has announces the acquisition of OpenCFD Ltd., a leader in the Open Source Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software segment, from SGI. ESI Group consequently becomes the owner of the OpenFOAM® trademark, widely recognized in automotive, energy, aerospace and other industry sectors, and assumes responsibility and initiative for the further development, quality and support of the software. ESI and SGI will be expanding their partnership and go to market collaboration to improve accessibility of CFD, at affordable cost, reliable quality, and competitive performance.
. Embracing the Open Source Business Model ® • OpenFOAM is a free, open source CFD software family and analysis toolbox. It is developed and packaged by the OpenFOAM® team within OpenCFD Ltd., a UK company, and it is distributed by the OpenFOAM Foundation. • OpenCFD Ltd contributes software, integrates modules and generates documentation to the OpenFOAM® software; it owns the OpenFOAM® trademark and provides services that support the effective deployment of CFD technology. • OpenFOAM Foundation is a non-profit organization; it was established for the purpose of ensuring the sustainable distribution of OpenFOAM®, exclusively under a ‘no cost Open Source license’ agreement. ESI will be the exclusive supporting arm of the OpenFOAM Foundation to guarantee the continuity of its Open Source business model and vision.
. Broad user base and a brand with substantial visibility in a fast-growing market With a continually enforced quality level that benefits from a vast and interactive user base and developer community, OpenFOAM® is a software which has achieved strong penetration into major global industrial companies. One million copies of the software have been downloaded since 2005, providing free access to a powerful analysis tool box that meets the requirements of diverse industry sectors in the field of complex and state of the art fluid dynamics numerical simulations, involving multi-species, chemical reactions, turbulence and heat transfer.
. Strong customer value creation and a unique opportunity for business expansion
Page 10 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary ESI Group has already developed substantial OpenFOAM® expertise thanks to its historical knowhow in CFD and reinforced with its recent acquisition of Mindware. This is a natural and welcome complement to the OpenCFD team competencies, and it will further ensure successful downstream integration. ESI proven knowhow and success in industrial software development will further strengthen quality assurance and enable global support of a viable, trusted, and scalable solution for both large enterprises and small and medium size ones, to be made available via a flexible subscription model.
This acquisition consolidates ESI Group firmly at the edge of the evolution of the virtual engineering market, aligned with the increasing demand for Open Source software that in comparison to some incumbent, proprietary solutions may offer better freedom to customize and adapt to the business needs of each customer. This will accelerate the gradual adoption of “End-to-End Virtual Prototyping” by a broader community, through an unparalleled offering of scalable, advanced and integrated solutions, effective web and cloud access, and supporting professional services worldwide.
. Accretive operation OpenCFD Ltd. will be incorporated within the Group’s consolidated results from September 11, 2012. The acquisition comprises 100% of the company’s capital, and is being financed by the Group’s credit facilities.
Henry Weller, the creator of OpenFOAM®, co-founder of OpenCFD Ltd and a Director of the OpenFOAM Foundation, comments: "We are delighted to join ESI Group to accelerate OpenFOAM® development and expand support and training services. The advanced capabilities of our Open-Source CFD software OpenFOAM® are widely applicable for automotive, energy, oil & gas, process industries, consumer goods, and heavy industry. This makes our incorporation within the ESI Group well aligned with the Group’s broad industrial vision."
Alain de Rouvray, ESI Group’s Chairman and CEO, adds: “This acquisition is in line with our selective external growth strategy, and it reaffirms our ability to adapt to, welcome and anticipate changes in the Virtual Engineering market. Indeed we believe that the ‘Open source’ software model and the associated use of cloud computing will accelerate the low cost and gradual adoption of numerical simulation and, when applicable, will facilitate the further migration to the high value creation of ESI’s “End-to-End Virtual Prototyping” solutions.
OpenCFD Ltd. and its team of experts will allow us to reaffirm our leadership in CFD as a means to an end, namely Enabling Virtual Engineering for all. And it will also support the diversification of our business sectors and the adaptation of our business models. Important to our ‘go-to-market’ strategy, OpenFOAM®’s broad popularity will provide us with preferred access to its vast and global user base, giving further opportunities for our extended software and services offer, creating substantial value for our clients, staff and shareholders, while opening new, collaborative, innovative and promising perspectives.”
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Page 11 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Infosys to Acquire Lodestone, a Leading Management Consultancy Firm 10 September 2012
Infosys today announced a definitive agreement to acquire Lodestone Holding AG, a global management consultancy firm for an aggregate enterprise value of CHF 330 Million in cash. Headquartered in Zurich, Lodestone advises international companies on strategy and process optimization, and provides business transformation solutions enabled by SAP. The combination of the breadth of capabilities delivered by Infosys and Lodestone's deep experience of driving transformational change, is expected to provide clients across the two companies, a world-class team to accelerate transformation and innovation led growth.
Upon completion, the acquisition of Lodestone will strengthen Infosys Consulting and Systems Integration (C&SI) capabilities, by bringing more than 850 employees, including 750 experienced SAP consultants to the company. Lodestone will add more than 200 clients across industries including Manufacturing, Automotive and Life Sciences, to the Infosys pool of over 700 clients. Post-acquisition, the combined Consulting practice focusing on SAP programs will deliver revenues of more than $1 Billion, firmly establishing Infosys amongst the global leaders in SAP consulting.
Infosys Consulting & Systems Integration business, today, has more than 30,000 consultants across 10 industry verticals and accounts for 31% of the company's revenue. The Lodestone acquisition will significantly enhance its global presence, particularly in continental Europe and emerging markets like Latin America and Asia Pacific. Further, Lodestone's clients will get ready access to the scale and global reach of Infosys, in addition to a broad spectrum of capabilities across consulting, systems integration and outsourcing.
Commenting on the transaction Mr. S. D. Shibulal, CEO & Managing Director, Infosys said, "A key plank of our Infosys 3.0 strategy is to expand our Consulting & Systems Integration business. This acquisition fits perfectly into that strategy. Lodestone and Infosys share a culture of unwavering focus on nurturing and maintaining client trust. I look forward to welcoming Ronald, his experienced leadership team and Lodestone's team of top-notch consultants to Infosys."
Mr. Ronald Hafner, Chairman and CEO, Lodestone added, "Our clients entrust us with their most important business and technology transformation initiatives. We are eager to leverage the widely acknowledged global reach of Infosys and its leadership in the consulting and technology arena to deliver greater value to our clients. This will enhance the momentum that Lodestone is already witnessing in the marketplace. A common passion for delivering client value will strengthen this partnership even further."
The transaction is currently expected to close by the end of October 2012, subject to customary closing conditions.
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Siemens to Acquire Perfect Costing Solutions GmbH, Specialist in Product Cost Management Software 11 September 2012
With its takeover of Perfect Costing Solutions GmbH based in Goeppingen, Germany, the Siemens Industry Automation Division will extend its position in the field of product lifecycle management software. The relevant agreement was signed yesterday. For more than ten years, Perfect Costing Solutions GmbH has been developing and distributing product cost management and estimation software solutions focusing on the discrete manufacturing industry in general and automotive industries in particular. The newly acquired company will be assigned to the PLM Software Business Unit. Information on the price will not be disclosed.
Perfect Costing Solutions GmbH is a provider of product cost management solutions, headquartered in Goeppingen, Germany. Their some 50 world-wide employees are focused on providing solutions for product cost calculation, methods and estimation tools. Several international corporations and medium- sized businesses have licensed their software Perfect ProCalc in order to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of their business processes in calculating, controlling and optimizing their product costs.
“By acquiring Perfect Costing Solutions GmbH we are adding a key ingredient to our PLM portfolio to help our customers make more informed decisions about their products beginning in the early stages of design and extending across the lifecycle. This acquisition demonstrates how we are continuing to execute our strategy of building our leading position in Industry software supporting the discrete manufacturing and automotive industry in their fierce competitive landscapes. We will be gaining a team of specialists which already enjoys an excellent reputation as a sound, dependable partner and preferred supplier of product cost management solutions”, says Chuck Grindstaff, CEO of Siemens’ PLM Software Business Unit.
“Our products support our customers within the supply chain, for example with purchase price analysis as well as in their own value added process with quotation costing and calculations during the development phase. The management decision making is enhanced through transparent and fact based consistent data capture, project history as well as key economic data. This customer benefit will considerably grow within the PLM environment of Siemens”, says Andreas Tsetinis, CEO of Perfect Costing Solutions GmbH & Co. KG.
Recent years have seen the Siemens Industry Automation Division extend its position in the industrial software market with the acquisition of UGS in the United States (2007), innotec in Germany (2008), Elan Software Systems in France (2009), the Brazilian company Active Tecnologia em Sistemas de Automação and Vistagy in the US (2011) as well as the German IBS AG in 2012, all of them leading industrial software suppliers in their respective fields.
For further information, please visit: www.siemens.com/automation
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Company News
Altair ProductDesign to Support Development of the New Edison2 Very Light Car 13 September 2012
Altair ProductDesign today announced that it is partnering with Edison2 to assist in the design of the new Very Light Car 4.0 (VLC 4.0), the next generation version of the innovative, light weight, fuel efficient vehicle entered in the Progressive Automotive XPRIZE in 2010. The original Edison2 vehicle, operating with a one-cylinder internal combustion engine, won the $5 million prize for the Mainstream Class. The VLC 4.0 is an all-new vehicle that will achieve unmatched fuel economy results by retaining the same attributes of ultra-light weight and extremely low aerodynamic drag in a four-passenger vehicle.
During the program, Altair ProductDesign will conduct a three-phase engineering study targeting suspension sensitivity, vehicle impact strategy and structural optimization. To facilitate the vehicle's development, Altair will provide computer-aided engineering optimization and crash-safety engineers, multi-body dynamics engineers, subject-matter experts and senior technical specialists. They will assist the Edison2 team in executing each of the study's three phases and accelerating the development of the prototype for the VLC 4.0.
"Our engineers will focus on using optimization in the beginning of the design process to anticipate structural loading requirements with a minimum mass structure," said Mike Heskitt, Chief Operating Officer of Altair ProductDesign. "We will be identifying the critical load paths in the design space, brainstorming concept design solutions and using detailed optimization to refine those solutions for a minimum mass footprint."
Other aspects of Altair's work with the Edison2 team will analyze ride and handling, steering sensitivity and noise-vibration-harshness (NVH).
"Altair's HyperWorks simulation suite will be used to validate Edison2's novel suspension concept for the type of performance expected on a passenger car," said Heskitt. "Multiple attributes will be optimized for the tradeoffs typically encountered in suspension design."
In the XPRIZE competition, the Edison2 VLC set numerous records, including 110 mpg for the Mainstream Class vehicle, the lowest drag ever recorded at the GM Aero Lab for a multi-passenger car and the competition's lowest greenhouse gases emissions at 82.6 g of carbon dioxide.
Page 14 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary "Our mission remains to pursue an era of global automobile efficiency focused on lightweight, safe, yet performance-centric vehicles. Altair ProductDesign, with our other high-tech partners, is helping us get there through its proven systems engineering approach, expertise and technology gained in the automotive industry and beyond," said Oliver Kuttner, CEO of Edison2. "We recognize the value that Altair's simulation-driven design method has brought to companies worldwide. By partnering with Altair engineers very early on in the design phase, we expect to uncover new approaches to a successful design for our next- generation Very Light Car."
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AVEVA Extends Global Reach of Engineering Information Management Solutions 10 September 2012
AVEVA and Infosys have signed a partnership agreement to jointly deliver engineering information management solutions to support the operation and maintenance of process plant and power facilities. This will enable energy, power and chemical companies to have a unified team to deploy, manage and monitor critical high-value assets, resulting in improved return on capital investments. Through this partnership, Infosys will provide global scale and reach to advance the delivery of AVEVA’s suite of information management solutions to clients across the world.
Under the terms of this agreement AVEVA will provide its AVEVA Enterprise software and service portfolio, including AVEVA NET, to deliver unique information management capabilities based on its Digital Information Hub concept. This is a portal through which users can access information to enable accurate, up to date decision making throughout an asset’s entire lifecycle.
Infosys will use its extensive sector expertise to provide management consultancy, as well as programme management, systems integration and technology services, to help companies take full advantage of information management solutions based on AVEVA’s enterprise software.
“This agreement with Infosys is very significant and will help us to meet the growing demand for our AVEVA Enterprise Solutions”, commented Derek Middlemas, Chief Operating Officer and Head of Enterprise Solutions, AVEVA. “Infosys and AVEVA have highly complementary skills in the delivery of integrated information management solutions. The combination will enable us to offer market- leading enterprise solutions and services for integrated asset and resource management.”
Frederic Ramioulle, Vice President of Global Engineering Services at Infosys added, “Customers are focused on getting the maximum return from the substantial outlay they make in plant and machinery. This partnership allows us to provide a comprehensive portfolio of solutions, including engineering, plant information management and industrial control services, to companies making investments in major capital assets.”
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Page 15 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Cabinet Expands Regional and Vertical Reach Adding Five New VARs 10 September 2012
Cabinet (formerly Cabinet NG) today announced it has signed Value Added Reseller (VAR) agreements with five new companies, helping to further expand its regional and vertical reach across the country. The agreement will allow each company to include all Cabinet products in their service offerings to help clients transition to paperless operations. Joining the Cabinet family are:
ACCESSDocs – a service bureau located in Elgin, IL, provides scanning conversion services. With Cabinet, they can now offer an easy way for their clients to access and manage documents after they are scanned.
American Document Securities – a full service records management company located in Atlanta, GA, specializing in paper document storage and destruction. Adding Cabinet products and services to their existing offerings allows them to provide a new option for their customers needing a better way to manage documents. Services include shredding, storage, imaging, data vaulting, recycling, and EDM systems.
MidwestECM – a content management solution provider located in Kansas City, MO with a focus on helping companies automate their business processes. The company gives Cabinet added presence in MO, KS, NE, and IA, where they are known as experts in document management software and consulting. Target markets include insurance, manufacturing, education, health and government, with a specific focus on AP/AR and HR solutions, and new business processing.
TOSS Corporation – located in Framingham, MA, the company provides hosting services for a wide variety of customers and will offer Cabinet SAFE with their existing product line, primarily as a hosted application.
Viburnum Consulting Inc. – a consulting and solutions firm located in Philadelphia, PA, the company’s primary focus is change management, mergers and acquisitions, and application software implementation for a variety of industries.
“As a Cabinet reseller, we receive a multitude of benefits including training and support. We went through a specifically tailored implementation and training process to help us get up to speed on their products, and Cabinet provides ongoing support and training as needed,” said Renee Keener, president & CEO, American Document Securities, Inc. “Cabinet’s products expand the footprint of our services, allowing us to become an all-inclusive vendor for our customers. Being able to offer both installed and cloud-based versions of SAFE allows us to provide a solution that will best fit our client’s needs.”
Cabinet’s strategy for growing its existing channel base is to fully cover the North American market. Adding quality VARs provides the necessary product expertise to assist the client in making a smooth
Page 16 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary transition to paperless operations. Service bureaus, IT consulting companies, dedicated document management sales companies, and developers of complementary software products are all Cabinet VAR candidates.
“Many of our customers are losing their paper, costing them time, money, and most often there is penalty incurred. Others are just trying to do more with fewer resources available to them,” said David Vickers, CEO, MidwestECM. “Our success has been in our ability to understand the current needs and future direction of our customers and deliver cost efficient document services to fit those needs. Being a Cabinet reseller allows us to offer a stable product with many feature rich capabilities right out of the box, including workflow - all at a very attractive price point.”
“There are a number of key factors driving businesses to adopt electronic document management and workflow software systems, and while there are many options to choose from, the one key ingredient most businesses seek before making their final decision is a trusted partner who will provide the expertise and support required to move the business from Point A to Point B,” said Jon Clark, VP Sales, Cabinet. “Businesses will always look for better ways to manage and process their documents, and Cabinet remains committed to continued growth through the development of highly qualified VARs, who provide our installed and cloud-based solutions to the marketplace.”
For more information about Cabinet’s reseller program or to become a Cabinet VAR, visit: http://www.cabinetpaperless.com/reseller-program.
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CADline Ltd Earns Process Plant Specialization 10 September 2012
CADline Ltd announced that it has earned the new Autodesk Process Plant Specialization designation for value added resellers from Autodesk, Inc. As an Autodesk Specialized Partner, CADline has shown that they have made significant investment in their people, they have a solid business plan specific to their specialization area, they have customer references, and that they can provide offer a high level of knowledge, experience and support to customers in the Plant industry.
The new Autodesk Partner Specializations enable value added resellers to highlight and brand their expertise in delivering services in key industry areas. By completing the required curriculum and training, as well as meeting required levels of service and standards set by Autodesk, CADline demonstrates through their strong customer service and support in sales what it means to be a trusted adviser to Autodesk customers throughout the world.
“This recognition reflects the ongoing investment CADline has made in Process Plant industry expertise and resource says Claire Bass, Client Services Director at CADline. The Plant team continues to deliver
Page 17 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary market leading consulting services and solutions that help customers achieve their business goals and I am proud that their dedication to excellence has been rewarded with this coveted designation”.
Please visit www.cadline.co.uk for more information.
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Delcam Polska Opens Second Office in Katowice 10 September 2012
Delcam’s subsidiary in Poland, Delcam Polska, has opened a second office in Katowice to support further growth in sales of the company’s CADCAM software in the country. Sales so far this year are up by 23% over 2011, continuing the success seen since the subsidiary was established with an office in Warsaw in 2010.
The manager of the Katowice office, Adam Rogaliński, explained the reasons for the expansion. “Katowice is the capital of the Silesia region, one of the most industrialised areas of Poland,” he said. In addition, many of our industry partners have offices in the city, including Mazak, KUKA, Askla, Oberon 3D, Iscar, Sandvik and Schunk. We launched the new office with a joint seminar with Mazak, Iscar and Schunk.”
“The main benefit of the new office will be the closer contact it will give us with our growing number of customers in the region,” added Mr. Rogaliński. “We have a conference room for up to 16 people, where we plan to offer monthly training courses for our customers to help them gain the maximum benefit from using our software.”
Currently, the Katowice office has four staff but Mr. Rogaliński is already looking to add more people following a positive response from local customers.
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DIPRO of Japan Joins the Aras Partner Program 11 September 2012
Aras® today announced that Digital Process Ltd., a global provider of IT services and solutions for engineering and manufacturing companies, headquartered in Kanagawa, Japan, has joined the Aras Partner Program. DIRPO solutions enable customers to improve quality, reduce costs and increase time to market for new products.
DIPRO was founded as an affiliate of Nissan Motors and today is a member of the Fujitsu family of companies, giving the company a deep and rich heritage in the automotive and computer technology
Page 18 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary industries. DIPRO’s goal is to provide its customers with total PLM and CAD/CAM/CAE solutions and support, from conceptual development to planning and production. For more information please visit http://www.dipro.co.jp.
“DIPRO works closely with their customers to develop solutions that accelerate their own digital processes. We admire their commitment to customer satisfaction and we are pleased to welcome them to the Aras Partner Program and the Aras Community,” said Peter Schroer, President of Aras.
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ESI Group Opens its First Office in Russia 14 September 2012
ESI Group announces the opening of an office in Russia on 18 September, 2012. Based in Yekaterinburg, one of Russia’s prime locations for industrial consortia, the newly created ESI team is expected to help develop a portfolio of local clients in various industry sectors.
Opening of this new office has been motivated by the business growth ESI has achieved in the Russian market over the past decade. In fact, ESI started to distribute its software solutions in Russia more than ten years ago and recently has intensively piloted the Russian market via dedicated staff based in the neighboring Czech Republic. As one of the BRIC countries Russia (along with Brazil, India and China) provides ESI with significant geographical growth opportunity. For the first part of this year these countries collectively accounted for 13% of sales of licenses; in contrast to 10% in 2010/2011 and 11.5% in 2011/2012.
In the aerospace sector, ESI has built a strong relationship with the Moscow Aviation Institute (MAI) and the Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM); where ESI solutions are used most notably to address industrial challenges linked to development of aircraft engines and the use of advanced composite materials. Other industry sectors well represented in Russia, including Energy, Heavy Machinery, and Automotive also represent a substantial customer base for ESI solutions. Applications of the ESI solutions are diverse but in Russia there has been an especially strong focus on Virtual Manufacturing to address Casting, Sheet Metal Forming, Welding & Heat Treatment and Composites engineering processes, all of which are clearly important to the Russian Industrial Economy.
ESI key customers in Russian include PK Bezhicky Stateliteyny Zavod, a large machinery company using ESI’s Casting Simulation Suite: ProCAST & QuikCAST; PZ Mashinostroitel OAO (Machinery), Irkutsk Aviation Plant (Aeronautics), the Russian Academy of Sciences based in Yekaterinburg and other leading academic bodies such as the St Petersburg State Polytechnical University, the Moscow State Technological University STANKIN and the Perm State Technical University (PSTU).
The expanded activity in Russia will support growth within this existing customer base and will develop new opportunities in different sectors. Committed to building a strong local services team and to pursue
Page 19 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary a collaborative approach, this expert team will be backed up by ESI’s global services organization. Leveraging the process of Co-Creation integral to ESI’s business development strategy, the common goal will be to spur the development of proven solutions relevant to critical industrial challenges faced by innovative companies compelled to adopt numerical simulation and Virtual Engineering, in order to maximize their performance and global competitiveness.
Already responsible for all sales in Eastern Europe, Mecas ESI will be providing a bridge between ESI’s operations in Western and Eastern Europe. Based in Czech Republic, a country that has kept close ties to Russia, ESI’s Czech subsidiary will fully support establishing the new office in Yekaterinburg.
Dr Alain de Rouvray, Chairman and CEO of ESI Group, will meet major Russian customers and partners at an opening ceremony on 18 September, 2012. At that event, ESI will welcome Mr Pierre Filatoff, the General Consul of France in Yekaterinburg, and several delegates from Ubifrance; a French organization dedicated to encouraging the development of French companies abroad and which will provide support throughout implementation of ESI’s new office.
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Equalis Appoints dhs ELMEA Tools GmbH as its Solutions Partner for Austria and Germany 11 September 2012
Equalis, the provider of open source numerical analysis, visualization and simulation solutions for engineers and scientists, today announced that it has appointed dhs ELMEA tools GmbH as its partner for Austria and Germany. dhs ELMEA tools GmbH is a specialist distribution and support organization for high technology companies providing Test, Measurement and Development Tools for fast Computer and Telecommunication interfaces. It is headed by industry veterans with extensive experience operating in this environment. The Equalis solution is based on the open source numerical computation platform, Scilab. Together, dhs ELMEA tools and Equalis will drive the adoption of the Scilab application by providing customers direct access to a local, dedicated team of application specialists to quickly solve challenges.
Equalis, through its unique partnership with Scilab, provides a complete industrial grade solution consisting of the Scilab open source numerical computation platform, exclusive Equalis modules, as well as complete Equalis support programs for every type of user; be it educational users, professional users, or companies deploying globally. Scilab, downloaded more than 3,500,000 times, is the de facto open source standard for numerical analysis and simulation. Equalis modules include; Communications, Connectivity, Control and Power Systems, Fixed Point, Instrument Control, Neural Networks, Signal Processing, SoftCruncher (performance enhancement), and much more. Equalis also provides comprehensive user support featuring the Equalis SOS portal, e-mail access to the Equalis expert support team, real-time global support capabilities in numerous time zones and languages, accelerated bug fixes and input into the product development roadmap. dhs ELMEA tools GmbH provides a range of digital high speed electronic measurement tools and complete support services to Austrian and German engineering and manufacturing companies. These
Page 20 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary include: Telecommunications Test Equipment, Monitoring Tools, IP Packet Analysis, Optical Test Equipment, and Safety Tools.
"Austria and Germany are very important marketplaces for Equalis, both in terms of supporting the expansion of our existing customers, as well as ensuring the success of new deployments. We are delighted to expand our coverage through this partnership with dhs ELMEA tools”, said Carmine Napolitano, CEO and Co-founder, Equalis. "We look forward to continuing to grow the adoption of Equalis in Austria and Germany with such a strong local partner”.
"Numerical analysis, visualization and simulation are core technologies for many of our customers and so it is a natural progression to join the Equalis team to bring this leading solution to Austria and Germany”, said Johann Draxelmayer, General Manager, dhs ELMEA tools GmbH. "We look forward to leveraging our expertise to support and grow Austria and Germany’s Equalis users”.
For more information, please visit www.equalis.com.
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Granta Design Signs Master Software License Agreement with United Technologies for Materials Information Technology 12 September 2012
Granta Design has announced that a master software license agreement has been signed with United Technologies Corp. (UTC), providers of high-technology products and services to the global aerospace and building systems industries. This framework will enable UTC businesses to purchase and implement Granta’s software, reference data, and services for managing and deploying materials information.
Granta’s expertise in managing mission-critical materials data across a global enterprise derives from work developing and applying software with the Material Data Management Consortium (MDMC), a unique collaboration of aerospace, energy, and defense organizations. Granta’s tools and services are thus ideally suited to meet the needs of UTC’s aerospace businesses.
The first UTC aerospace division to adopt the GRANTA MI™ materials information management system was the former Hamilton Sundstrand business, now part of UTC Aerospace Systems. It has started to apply tools that consolidate and control relevant materials data and information while enforcing the high level of traceability and security needed in the aerospace industry. As GRANTA MI is specifically designed to handle the complexities of evolving materials data, it allows engineers and designers to be confident that they are using the most accurate, up-to-date, and approved information.
Another of UTC’s global businesses using Granta’s software is Carrier, part of UTC Climate, Controls & Security. Carrier has been an early adopter of GRANTA MI, focusing on global access to its materials data. This covers relevant properties and testing pertinent to its applications as well as the environment
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Granta software and services support continuous improvement by helping optimize and implement materials strategies to improve cost, performance, or environmental impact, as well as increasing efficiency and protecting corporate knowledge. Granta tools also help to ensure regulatory compliance, for example, with EuP, RoHS, REACH, and WEEE legislation, as well as integration with CAD/CAE and tools for visualizing material properties and performing selection and substitution.
"Granta are delighted to be working with UTC” commented Granta’s Chief Operating Officer, Dr Patrick Coulter. “We hope that our range of software solutions will help maintain their high standards for business practices, environmental responsibility, and operational excellence.”
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MecSoft Corporation Partners with MekanoCNC 12 September 2012
MecSoft Corporation, a developer of CAM software, has announced today a partnership with MekanoCNC, a manufacturer of CNC machines in Guatemala.
Located in San Lucas Sacatepequez, Guatemala, MekanoCNC was founded in 2010 and thrives due to their reputation for selling quality products coupled with exemplary customer service.
MekanoCNC is thrilled to now sell RhinoCAM which allows them to offer a complete turn-key solution for CNC Router Machining. “This partnership with MecSoft means we will be able to fulfill all of our customer’s needs,” stated Jose Moran, the CEO of MekanoCNC. “By providing the CAD /CAM Software from MecSoft with our machines, and selling them in a single package, we will be able to streamline the implementation process of CNC Machines in our customers plants.” MekanoCNC chose RhinoCAM for some of the same reasons that attract many of MecSoft’s customers. “We have never found a solution that is this affordable and yet so powerful. Our customers draw in many CAD programs, and within Rhino + RhinoCAM they can import almost any format seamlessly,” remarked Moran.
MecSoft is also very pleased with this new development. “RhinoCAM bundled with Mekano CNC machines provides a complete, efficient and affordable CNC solution in the wood working industry,” states Anita Anand, VP of Sales and Operations at MecSoft. “We couldn’t be happier about our new partnership.”
About MecSoft Corporation Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation provides Computer Aided Manufacturing
Page 22 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary (CAM) software products for the small to mid-market segments. These products include VisualMILL®, VisualXPORT for Inventor®, VisualMILL for SolidWorks®, RhinoCAM™, Alibre CAM® and VisualTURN®. The software delivers powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit www.mecsoft.com or call 949-654- 8163
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NT CADCAM Appointed Master Reseller for TransMagic Software 11 September 2012
NT CADCAM, have been appointed Master Reseller for the UK and Ireland for TransMagic data translation software. TransMagic provides an easy and reliable way for manufacturing professionals to reuse 3D data in any CAD/CAM/CAE application. It simplifies the transfer of 3D CAD data between applications, improves the quality of 3D model files and significantly reduces manufacturing costs.
TransMagic products are designed for professionals working a wide variety of manufacturing industries including automotive, aerospace, government, electronics and consumer products. Tool and die makers, mould makers, mechanical engineers and designers; virtually all manufacturing professionals benefit from using TransMagic. Designed to serve individuals, workgroups or entire companies the software is available in a number of different suites.
On the one hand, TransMagic supports high quality model translation, visualisation, repair and collaboration. On the flipside of the tool, TransMagic enables complete automation and rapid integration into PLM systems to transform difficult internal processes using automatic unattended features. Create a 2D image library of all your CAD data to add to your database for faster visual searches and other downstream usage such as data archival, file validation and more.
TransMagic has been very instrumental in NT CADCAM winning the largest order in its history. TransMagic's customers include ABB, Boeing, Chrysler, Caterpillar, Honda, Lockheed Martin, Sony, GE, Siemens, NASA, Savannah River Nuclear Solutions, SEMA and many more.
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Page 23 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary PADT, Inc. to Distribute VCollab CAE Collaboration Solutions in Southwestern US 14 September 2012
Phoenix Analysis & Design Technologies, Inc. (PADT), a provider of engineering services and products, is proud to announce that it has added the VCollab 3D Visual Collaboration Software for CAE (http://www.vcollab.com) to its software product offerings. PADT will also offer VCollab’s facilitating CAX file format to deliver on the growing need for smaller simulation result files and increased efficiency in data transfer to its customers in Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Utah and Nevada.
Produced by Visual Collaboration Technologies, Inc. (VCTI), the VCollab suite of tools and the CAX file format enable engineering teams to shrink massive amounts of simulation data into significantly compressed and portable files that can be easily shared and, viewed by users around the world as rotatable3D solids, imbedded in web pages or documents, and stored in data management systems.
“We have been looking for a solution to this problem for years. Many of our customers tell us that one of the biggest headaches with simulation is dealing with the massive files sizes of the result data,” said Eric Miller, co-owner of PADT. “Our customers want a neutral and portable format to save all of that data, and they want a way to share it with partners and customers who don’t have the originating software packages that create the results. VCollab is the perfect solution for these pains. Beyond addressing the need for easy viewing, VCollab enables teams to collaborate around the most crucial CAE data and deeply interrogate results.”
“PADT makes simulation technology work better for customers and we are very excited to bring them into our partner network,” said Prasad Mandava, CEO of Visual Collaboration Technologies Inc. “To an already excellent offering of technology, product development services, and subject matter experts, PADT will add VCollab to help customers realize breakthrough design improvement by extending the access of CAE data to all enterprise teams and enabling collaboration around that data. PADT has an ongoing commitment to listening to customers and delivering the tools required to maximize the usefulness of CAE data.”
To learn more about PADT’s usage and recommendations on VCollab, sign up for a free webinar on September 13th, 2012 at 12:00 PDT at http://padtincevents.webex.com
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PTC Exclusive CAD and Collaboration Sponsor of FIRST ® Tech Challenge Competition 10 September 2012
Dedicated to promoting science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) educational opportunities, PTC today announced its continued support of FIRST ® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology) and the FIRST ®Tech Challenge (FTC®). Building on previous years of supporting FIRST, PTC will sponsor 30 of the 2500 FTC teams expected to participate in this year's
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Reaching more than 294,000 students in grades K-12 annually, FIRST has designed accessible, innovative, mentor-based STEM programs. These programs inspire young people to think, design and create something physical using their engineering knowledge and skills. As the exclusive CAD & Collaboration Sponsor of the FIRST Tech Challenge, PTC provides its Creo® product design software, Mathcad® calculation software and Windchill® collaboration software free to all participating FTC teams.
This year's FTC game, called RING IT UP!SM, uses a sports model to challenge teams of up to ten high school students to design, build and program a robot to compete in regional competitions. New England FTC teams, including first time participants from Needham High School in Needham, MA - with both an all-girl and all boy team - gathered at Newton North High School for the unveiling of this year's competition.
"PTC continues to demonstrate its commitment to the values of FIRST and shares our goal of helping students develop skills to become tomorrow's leaders in science, technology, and engineering," said Jon Dudas, president, FIRST. "Our students use PTC's product design software, the same software used by more than 27,000 global manufacturing companies, to design their robots. This gives them an excellent opportunity to develop the problem-solving and engineering skills they will use in their careers."
Co-hosted by PTC, the 2012 FTC Kick-Off event also featured software training and best practices workshops led by PTC's product development experts and guest speakers from FIRST and PTC, including Robin Saitz, FIRST executive sponsor, PTC. Saitz was also selected as one of America's 100 Women Leaders in STEM this year.
"The FIRST Tech Challenge provides some of the most valuable, real-world experience for these high school students as they learn how to work as a team to deliver a functional robot for competition." said Saitz. "PTC is a proud, strong supporter of FIRST because we consider FIRST to be one of the best investments we can make in educating those that are the future of our industry."
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Sandvik Coromant and Siemens to Standardize Vendor Catalogs for Cutting Tool Industry 10 September 2012
Siemens PLM Software and Sandvik Coromant today launched an initiative to standardize the structure and content of cutting tool vendor catalogs. The effort will help manufacturers address the complexity of obtaining cutting tool definitions and data in a useable form and more efficiently integrating cutting tools into production systems. Based on industry standards, the catalogs will help engineers make smarter decisions by providing greater accessibility to tooling data and supporting the selection of the optimum and preferred cutting tools.
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“Sandvik Coromant has recognized the tremendous technological development in machining processes, materials, and tooling which is driving the need for virtual machining capabilities. Working with data in varying formats can be a challenge, but we expect that this initiative will not only offer manufacturers a standard format for vital cutting tool data, but will simplify their CAM and virtual machining systems, helping them better optimize productivity and profitability,” said Mike Verkamp, Manager, Business Development, Sandvik Coromant.
“This project will address key needs in virtual machining such as standard tool data format, connectivity to CAM packages, and automatic updates of new data. We are pleased to be working with Siemens, a market leader themselves, to help bring the entire industry forward,” added Verkamp.
Manufacturers with machining equipment can purchase cutting tools from a wide-range of suppliers and they need to use electronic definitions of these tools within their manufacturing planning and shop floor production systems. However, typically each cutting tool vendor has their own approach to classify different types of tools, describing critical tool specifications — such as diameter, lengths, angles — and representing geometric CAD models of those tools. This makes it difficult for manufacturers to access cutting tool information in an automated fashion for use within manufacturing planning databases and applications, such as computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) programming systems. The multiple structures, non-standard definitions and varying levels of CAD data, also force engineers to manually enter individual data sets from vendor catalogs into their internal systems – a task that can take thousands of man-hours, often leaving tool library databases sparsely populated.
To address this challenge Siemens PLM Software and Sandvik Coromant have defined and developed a new level of standardization that will be openly available for use throughout the industry. The initiative addresses the three key areas of classification structure, tool attribute definitions, and a standardized approach to 3D model definitions of cutting tool components and how they can be assembled.
As a key element of this initiative the companies have adopted and built upon available ISO and STEP standards. ISO13399 provides a definition for tool attributes and the STEP AP214 standard provides a basis for 3D representation of tool components and automated assembly points. The latter allows end user customers to more easily utilize 3D models of their cutting tool components and assemblies as needed in both NC programming and machining simulation applications, as well is in shop floor systems such as tool pre-setters.
“Although much effort has been put into developing and promoting standards for tooling systems we see this as the first time that a major tool vendor has joined forces with a major PLM software and manufacturing equipment provider to define a solution that spans the tooling industry and end user requirements,” said Stan Przybylinski, Director of Research at CIMdata. “This is a pragmatic approach that builds on the available ISO standard with definitions that will be open to all tool vendors and software providers. Given the substantial customer base of both companies and their connections across the industry, we believe that this initiative will go far in addressing the challenge of standardization in cutting tool information systems.”
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Siemens PLM Software and Sandvik Coromant are collaborating with other major cutting tool vendors to share and drive this initiative across the industry. Specifications and methods will be available to all partners as an open standard. Key manufacturers are being invited to advise on the implementation methods as well as to share their specific requirements for access to tool catalog data.
Siemens PLM Software has also further developed its Manufacturing Resource Library, which is part of the Teamcenter® portfolio. This will enable the company’s large base of manufacturing customers to import and manage standardized cutting tool vendor catalog data, handle the transfer of selected data sets to working areas within tool libraries, and build 3D tool assemblies from component model data. Key elements of this solution are already being used by existing customers.
“Siemens PLM Software is focused on providing an open and collaborative PLM computing environment and standardization is critical to enhancing communication throughout the global manufacturing industry,” said Andreas Saar, Vice President, Manufacturing Engineering Solutions, Siemens PLM Software. “Standardization gives cutting tool vendors a business advantage by providing a means to convey information about their products to their target customers in a standard format to help increase manufacturing efficiency. This simplified access to the right tool and associated data will help manufacturers make smarter decisions that result in better products.”
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SCSK Corporation of Japan Joins the Aras Partner Program 11 September 2012
Aras® today announced that SCSK Corporation, a global IT services provider headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, has joined the Aras Partner Program. SCSK’s has experience in PLM extends across leading automotive, high technology and industrial companies. The company will focus on the development of comprehensive PLM solutions that integrate design and process engineering, MES, 2D / 3D CAD file management, ERP, cloud-based services and more.
SCSK Corporation, a member of the Sumitomo Corporation, was established in October 2011 through the merger of Sumisho Computer Systems Corporation and CSK Corporation. The company operates 7 business units, through which it provides end-to-end IT services, including system integration, IT infrastructure implementation, IT management, business process outsourcing, and IT hardware and software sales, in an integrated manner. SCSK has 12,000 employees who combine flexibility and innovation with a world-class IT service network to support customers worldwide. For more information please visit: http://www.scsk.jp/
“We are very pleased to welcome SCSK to the Aras Partner Program and the Aras Community,” said
Page 27 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Peter Schroer, President of Aras. “SCSK draws on a wide range of IT knowledge, resources and technologies to provide its clients with best of breed solutions to address their global business challenges and we look forward to bringing this expertise to Aras PLM users throughout Japan and the world.”
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SQS Brings Software Quality Expertise to the Manufacturing Technology Centre 10 September 2012
SQS Software Quality Systems has signed a Tier 3 membership agreement with the Manufacturing Technology Centre (MTC), a global manufacturing research hub. SQS will introduce its software quality approach as a differentiator for new manufacturing infomatics software and systems developed and integrated at the MTC.
SQS is currently the only software quality provider working with the organisation, which has been set up to improve the business performance of UK manufacturers by providing an opportunity to prove new and innovative processes at production scale. SQS will bring a range of software testing approaches, including its core methodology-backed services of test management, manual and automated testing, and performance testing.
The MTC will showcase what can be achieved by integrating product lifecycle management with manufacturing engineering systems and demonstrate the impact of a wide range of novel approaches to visualisation, manufacturing techniques and supply chain management.
SQS has manufacturing sector expertise, including work with on testing Siemens Team Center PLM Software, both with Siemens and a number of Siemens’ customers. SQS has worked with many manufacturing companies across the world from Volkswagen to Elekta. The company will use this experience and its methodology PractiQ, including its approach to Test Case Specification, to ensure that any new manufacturing software is working as expected and can be replicated on an industrial scale.
Dave Rigler, Market Director at SQS, said: “The integration of software systems across manufacturing processes and supply chains has the capability to make dramatic changes to the UK manufacturing sector. The potential for change is enormous, with advances in manufacturing such as additive manufacturing and adaptive machining, coupled with advances in software capabilities, such as visualisation and business wide IT integration. At SQS, we believe that world class quality is fundamental to what the MTC is striving to achieve and that our expertise can mitigate the risk associated with a wide range of software challenges.”
“Process simulation offers the potential to generate significant cost benefits to manufacturers and their supply chains but the verification and validation of that simulation is vital for improved quality and reduced development time,” said Clive Hickman, CEO, the MTC. “Working with SQS, the MTC will be able to offer our members a high quality environment to take advantage of industrial scale simulation
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The MTC is currently working with companies that span a wide range of industry sectors including aerospace, automotive, rail and IT.
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AVEVA Celebrates its First 45 Years at Gastech 2012 11 September 2012
AVEVA announced today that it will be exhibiting at Gastech 2012, where it will celebrate its first 45 years in engineering design and information management solutions. Between 8-11 October, visitors to stand C174 at London’s Excel exhibition centre will be able to learn more about AVEVA’s software solutions for Owner Operators and EPCs, including AVEVA’s ‘Future of Plant Design’ product, which will be demonstrated for the first time at the AVEVA World Summit in Paris.
“Gastech is a leading oil & gas event in the UK and an excellent place for us to showcase our vast experience in the industry, said Fredy Ktourza, Senior Vice President - West EMEA, AVEVA. “AVEVA has a 45-year pedigree of continuous growth and innovation. Thousands of customers around the world have decades of experience with our proven, market-leading technology. At Gastech, Owner Operators and EPCs will be able to learn more about our software for operations, maintenance and engineering design, as well as our exciting new vision for the future.”
AVEVA solutions for oil & gas empower customers to make thousands of accurate design, engineering and business decisions every day, across the entire project and asset lifecycle. Owner Operators and EPCs benefit from improved productivity, minimised risk and reduced costs, resulting in maximised ROI. To learn more visit www.aveva.com/oilandgas.
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Cadence Hosts Mixed-Signal Technology Summit 13 September 2012
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. is hosting its second Mixed-Signal Technology Summit, providing a venue for customers and partners to learn about and discuss the latest technologies and methodologies for mixed-signal design. Professor Ali Niknejad, University of California at Berkeley, will deliver an academic keynote, and Chris Collins, director, Analog EDA and Design Services at Texas Instruments, will deliver an industry keynote. There is no fee to attend.
Page 29 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary WHERE: Cadence Design Systems, Building 10 auditorium 2655 Seely Ave., San Jose, Calif., 95134
WHEN: Sept. 20, 2012 - 8:15 a.m. to 6:15 p.m.
WHAT: In addition to the keynote speakers, the summit will include opening remarks by Dr. Chi-Ping Hsu, senior vice president of the Silicon Realization Group at Cadence, presentations from representatives of leading companies including Analog Bits, ARM, Boeing, Broadcom, Maxim and Micron, a lunch with Cadence R&D engineers, and a panel titled, "Are We Closing the Gap in Mixed-Signal Design?"
Free copies of the recently released Mixed-Signal Methodology Guide will be available at the social hour, where authors will be available for a book signing. In addition, journalists will have the opportunity to meet with some of the book's authors during the lunch break.
For the complete agenda, visit the Cadence Web site. Journalists interested in attending should contact Dean Solov at Cadence by phone (408-944-7226) or email ([email protected])
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CGTech to Feature VERICUT at Siemens PLM Europe 10 September 2012
CGTech will be exhibiting at Siemens PLM Europe in Linz, Austria, October 22-24 2012. The stand will feature the latest versions of CGTech’s VERICUT software products for both Machine Tool Simulation and Automated Fibre Placement (AFP) programming and simulation. In addition CGTech will showcase its new product for programming and simulation of Automated Drilling and Fastening machines used for airframe assembly.
VERICUT COMPOSITES APPLICATIONS CGTech will be demonstrating VERICUT Composite Applications: VERICUT composite Programming (VCP) and VERICUT Composite Simulation (VCS).
There will be demonstrations of projects that highlight the implementation and use of machine independent off-line NC programming software for AFP machines. Current customer projects to be highlighted include: a large one-piece fuselage barrel on an Electroimpact multi-machine AFP fabrication cell; a U-channel structure on a 7-axis mTorres AFP machine; and aircraft skin panels and other parts using an AFP head mounted on 6-axis robots from KIKA, FANUC and ABB.
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A new product VERICUT Paths for Engineers (VCPe) will also be show. VCPe provides all the programming features of VCP but not linked to a specific AFP machine. Engineers can use VCPe to experiment with AFP layup strategies and production methods in a virtual environment. CGTech Composites applications are integrated with Siemens Vistagy FibreSIM Composites design products.
VERICUT MACHINE TOOL SIMULATION CGTech will also be showing the recently released version 7.2 of its VERICUT CNC machine simulation and optimization software. VERICUT simulates all types of CNC machining, including aerospace processes such as multi axis milling, drilling and trimming of composite parts, water jet cutting, robotic and mill/turn machining. VERICUT is used to simulate CNC machine Tools from all leading brands including Makino, Starrag Heckert, Heller, Matsuura, Mori Seiki-DMG and Yamazaki Mazak.
VERICUT 7.2 has a host of improvements over previous versions including significantly improved performance resulting from 64 Bit processors and multi-threading. VERICUT can run stand-alone but can also be integrated with Siemens NX CAM products through an enhanced interface.
VERICUT DRILLING AND FASTENING PROGRAMMING AND SIMULATION VERICUT Drilling and Fastening is a new software application for simulating and programming auto- drilling and fastening machines. These machines are used to assemble large aero-structures and it is essential to avoid programming errors and collisions at such a late stage in the aircraft manufacturing process. VERICUT allows the user to programme drilling and fastener assembly operations in a virtual machine tool environment and provides simulation to check for a variety of potentially disastrous error conditions. Like all VERICUT software the new module interfaces to leading CAD/CAM/PLM systems such as Siemens NX, and is independent of the assembly machine manufacturer.
For more information, visit the CGTech website at www.cgtech.com
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CimatronE Mold Making Solution on Show in China 13 September 2012
Cimatron Limited today announced that its CimatronE solution will be demonstrated at the AsiaMold trade show in Guangzhou, China, September 19-21, 2012.
"AsiaMold offers tool shops a valuable opportunity to explore the many benefits offered by CimatronE in the design and manufacture of molds of outstanding quality in record time," said Ms Lang Yan, General Manager of Cimatron China.
Page 31 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary "CimatronE has been powering Asian mold production in different industries for many years, with tool shops from across the region harnessing the range of capabilities offered by the software to enhance their productivity and competitive success. Many of our customers across China, for example, have reported an astounding 50% reduction or more in the time taken to design and manufacture molds, no matter their complexity."
CimatronE is an integrated CAD/CAM solution with full associativity across the manufacturing process, from quoting through design and delivery. Its offers: reliable data import and quoting; flawless parting; mold base creation; core, cavity and slider design; lifter and insert placement; ejection and cooling system creation; runner design; motion analysis and collision detection; and drafting.
CimatronE's NC programming capabilities include error-free electrode burning and manufacturing; CAD for NC functionality; efficient roughing; high quality finishing; 2.5-5-axis milling; plate machining and drilling; advanced micro-milling; simulation and post-processor support; and NC setup and tool table reports.
The Cimatron China display at AsiaMold will be at hall 1, booth #G01.
Also on display at the booth will be Cimatron's GibbsCAM solution for production manufacturing.
For more information on CimatronE, visit http://www.cimatrone.com
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Delcam Japan to Show Latest in CAD and CAM at JIMTOF 14 September 2012
Delcam Japan will demonstrate the 2013 releases of Delcam’s PowerSHAPE CAD software and PowerMILL CAM system at the JIMTOF exhibition to be held in Tokyo from 1st to 6th November. Both new programs include significant enhancements to enable users to increase productivity, reduce lead times and improve quality.
With its unique combination of solid modelling, surface modelling, direct modelling and triangle editing capabilities, PowerSHAPE provides the most comprehensive range of design and reverse engineering techniques available in a single CAD program. Having all the different technologies in the same package reduces the need to transfer data between multiple programs and so streamlines the whole product- development process.
The broad range of functionality makes PowerSHAPE ideal for the re-engineering of existing products into improved designs or for creating specialised items. At the same time, the combination of quick and easy direct modelling options, together with powerful and flexible surface modelling, makes
Page 32 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary PowerSHAPE the perfect choice for design for manufacture, especially when converting product designs into tooling designs.
PowerSHAPE also includes the Solid Doctor, a comprehensive set of tools for the repair of CAD models from all sources, including IGES, STEP and native CATIA files. It can be used to tackle all the common problems that are found when translating low-precision and incomplete data, including gaps and overlaps between surfaces, or duplicated and missing surfaces, and generate a valid, high-precision solid model.
Enhancements in the 2013 release of PowerSHAPE include improvements to its direct modelling and reverse engineering capabilities that will make the software both more flexible and even easier to use, plus solid and surface modelling options that have been made faster and even more robust.
The major new development in PowerMILL 2013 will be the Vortex area clearance strategy. This has been developed specifically to gain the maximum benefit from solid carbide tooling, in particular those designs that can give deeper cuts by using the full flute length as the cutting surface. It can be used for two- and three-axis roughing, three-plus-two-axis area clearance and for rest machining based on stock models or reference toolpaths.
Unlike other high-speed roughing techniques that aim to maintain a constant theoretical metal-removal rate, the Vortex strategy produces toolpaths with a controlled engagement angle for the complete operation. This maintains the optimum cutting conditions for the entire toolpath that would normally be possible only for the straight-line moves. As a result, the cutting time will be shorter, while cutting will be undertaken at a more consistent volume-removal rate and feed rate, so protecting the machine.
Because Vortex toolpaths have a controlled engagement angle, tools will never be overloaded and so will achieve the maximum tool life. Shock loading caused by changes in the contact angle is minimised, preventing chipping of the flutes. In addition, the stability of the cutting conditions gives more consistent edge temperatures, so prolonging the life of the tool coating and removing heat damage to the surface of the part. Finally, the ability to use stepdowns of up to two, or even three times, the tool diameter spreads the tool wear evenly over the cutting surface of the tool, again contributing to longer tool life.
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Page 33 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Geomagic and Xisis to Demonstrate the Latest Developments in 3D Scan, Design and Manufacture at TCT Live 2012 11 September 2012
Geomagic® and Xisis, a UK reseller specializing in CAD tools for engineers, are joining forces at TCT Live 2012 Conference and Exhibition, to be held at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC), Birmingham, 25 & 26 September. During the event both companies will showcase the latest developments in 3D imaging/reverse engineering software for product design and rapid manufacturing, surface and direct modeling software and 3D inspection and metrology software.
Demonstrations on the show floor will feature Geomagic Studio® 2012, the latest version of the company’s software for converting 3D scan and probe data into immediately usable parametric CAD data for the leading 3D CAD systems; and Geomagic Qualify™ 2012 that uses cutting-edge technology to deliver user-friendly 3D inspection software with precision, speed and comprehensive reporting on the quality of as-built parts for first-article and production inspection, as well as supplier management. Scanning using technology from partners FARO and Surphaser will be featured as part of the workflow demonstration.
In addition, visitors will be able to see the seamless integration between Geomagic Studio and SpaceClaim®, the world’s fastest and most innovative 3D direct modeling software. Both software platforms have been used in the development and engineering of the Atlantic Glider Transatlantic Challenge vessel.
“Geomagic’s ‘Go To SpaceClaim’ button means that scan data can be easily and quickly reused in the industry’s leading direct modeling software,” said Steve Evans, general manager, Xisis. “This integration delivers the type of productivity improvements that the industry has not seen in years allowing scan data to be easily and quickly reused in CAD.”
Richard George, general manager of Atlantic Glider commented, “The Atlantic Glider Transatlantic Challenge project is not just about beating records, it is about innovation and advancing marine technology to a point where it aligns itself with modern engineering processes. In order to demonstrate that our products are super efficient, we need great tools. We need to minimize risk of failure at each stage of development and by using Geomagic and SpaceClaim software, and by having local support from Xisis, we are confident that our ability to manufacture accurate, fast, stable and fuel-efficient vessels is enhanced. The by-product of such efficiency will also be a significant reduction in our carbon footprint -- a key focus of our business.”
Geomagic and Xisis will be demonstrating at booth number T30, in the NEC, Birmingham UK.
Geomagic is pleased to recognize a host of other partners participating in the TCT Live 2012 exhibition, including FARO, Hexagon, EMCo Education, Europac Metrology, Central Scanning, Solutionix, CDG, Wenzel UK, Measurement Solutions, Nikon Metrology UK, Steinbichler
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Find out more at: http://www.xisis.net
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ESI Group: Sales for the 1st half of 2012/13: €44.7 million (+22.2%) 13 September 2012
Alain de Rouvray, ESI Group’s Chairman and CEO, comments: “The second quarter confirmed the trends observed in the first quarter with substantial double-digit growth. It revealed the significant increase from the customer installed base and the amplification of high end services, boosted by substantial demand for engineering studies from industrial sectors subject to heightened competitive and regulatory pressure.
This encouraging improvement reflects the need for accelerated technological innovation and methodological breakthroughs to be implemented with growing determination by major clients. We remain confident that our 2012-13 financial year will be in line with our strategic development plan.
The recent integration of OpenCFD Ltd. is aligned with our acquisition strategy, as it anticipates and accompanies the expected evolution of the market towards the use of ‘Open Source’ software. This acquisition represents a real opportunity for ESI Group to support and encourage the adoption of digital simulation and to progressively accelerate the migration towards End-to-End virtual prototyping provided to a much broader user base.”
Change in quarterly and half-yearly sales Financial year closing on 31 January
In € millions Q2 * 2012/13 Q2 2011/12 Δ % (euros) H1 * 2012/13 H1 2011/12 Δ % (euros) (unaudited data)
Licences 15.8 13.3 +18.3% 30.2 24.9 +20.9%
Services 7.8 6.0 +30.1% 14.6 11.7 +24.9%
Total 23.5 19.3 +22.0% 44.7 36.6 +22.2% * Revenue excludes purchase/resale operations of €0.7 million. 2012/13 sales include activity recorded by IC.IDO, consolidated per August 24th 2011, and Efield, consolidated per December 9th 2011. Reminder: the seasonal nature of ESI Group's Licences sales usually translates into a larger proportion
Page 35 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary of full-year revenue being recognised in the fourth quarter of the year.
Dynamic growth in Licences and Services sales over the 2nd quarter Revenue for the 2nd quarter of 2012/13 totalled €23.5 million, an increase of +22.0% in actual terms and 15.0% organically compared to the 2nd quarter of the previous year. Licences revenue totalled €15.8 million, a substantial increase of +18.3% in actual terms and +10.3% organically. The installed base grew by +21.8% to €11.1 million (+17.9% organically), whilst the rate of repeat business remained high 88% (85% organically). Licences New Business (new products, new clients) was up slightly, increasing by +1.9% to €3.5 million.
Services activity was particularly dynamic with revenue totalling €7.8 million, up +30.1% in actual terms and +25.6% organically. The growth in activity was particularly strong in Asia and the Americas, revealing a strengthening of high value-added engineering studies.
Further buoyant growth Over the 1st half of the year, the Group’s revenue increased by +22.2% in actual terms and +16.1% organically to €44.7 million. The currency effect for the organic scope was 5.8% over the period.
The product mix remained fairly stable, with Licences activity accounting for 67.4% of total Group revenue versus 68.1% for the same half last year.
Licences revenue amounted to €30.2 million, up +20.9% in actual terms and +14.4% organically. Services activity, which was particularly dynamic over the 2nd quarter, grew by +24.9% in actual terms and +19.6% organically over the 1st half of the year, with revenue totalling €14.6 million.
Stable geographical split in activity The geographical split in activity remained relatively stable; Europe accounted for 38% of first-half activity, the Americas 20% and Asia 43%. Activity in BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India, China) continued to grow in terms of absolute value, confirming the appeal of our solutions in these countries. Their share of total sales was 12%, versus 10.8% a year earlier.
Licences revenue in Europe grew most sharply, boosted by Licence sales in Russia. In Asia and the Americas, revenue was boosted by substantial demand for high value-added services.
Buoyant increase in the installed base, stable New Business The installed base revenue grew +22.3% in actual terms and +18.9% organically to total €21.7 million. The rate of repeat business stood at a very high 92%, helped by a positive currency effect, and reached 89% organically.
New Business grew by +11.2% in actual terms. This growth was a result of the increased scope of
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Improvement for fast-evolving sectors where strategic issues are crucial The first half was marked by a good performance in terms of orders taken from the Heavy Industry (+24%), Aeronautics (+23%) and Automotive (+16%) sectors, areas that are seeking innovation within a context that is subject to substantial competitive pressure and increasingly stringent regulations.
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AVEVA NET Selected by Organika-Sarzyna, one of Poland’s Largest Chemical Producers 13 September 2012
AVEVA announced today that AVEVA NET has been selected by Organika-Sarzyna, one of Poland’s largest chemical producers, to provide a data integrity management program for a new MCPA (phenoxy herbicide) production plant installation. AVEVA NET will enhance the quality of management and maintenance data. The AVEVA NET PDMS Gateway has also been acquired and made available to subcontractors, including the Polish EPC PROCHEM, who is working on the MCPA installation design.
'AVEVA was able to demonstrate the benefits of integrating AVEVA NET and AVEVA PDMS via a Gateway using our own 3D models of the MCPA installation. This showed what operations and maintenance information we are able to access and compare,' said MCPA installation construction Project Manager Jerzy Iwasieczko, Organika-Sarzyna. 'Its ability to work with maintenance data, as well as its ease of navigation, is a huge advantage. The potential of AVEVA NET, including the use of the data in operation and maintenance, was also a strong consideration.'
'This is a fantastic example of how both the EPC and Owner Operator benefit from AVEVA technology, demonstrating the strength of an Operational Integrity Management strategy,' explains Helmut Schuller, Senior Vice President- Central and North EMEA, AVEVA. 'Organika-Sarzyna had initially selected a product with far less functionality, but we proved how essential AVEVA NET is for any organisation involved in designing, building or operating complex engineering assets. With AVEVA NET’s ability to assimilate data from any data source, Organika-Sarzyna will realise its full value in on-going operations and maintenance, improving asset and project performance for the entire plant lifecycle.'
Organika-Sarzyna specialises in herbicide, fungicide and seed dressing chemicals to maximise crop production, as well as epoxy and polyester resins.
Part of the AVEVA Enterprise portfolio, AVEVA NET is a suite of powerful and secure information management solutions that enable the collation, contextualisation, validation and visualisation of all project and asset data and documents, irrespective of location or source program. Information can originate from AVEVA or third-party software, from business systems, or from tailored applications
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Cochlear Limited Selects Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™ Platform for Implantable Hearing Solutions 11 September 2012
Berkeley Design Automation, Inc., provider of nanometer circuit verification, today announced that Cochlear Limited, developer of implantable hearing solutions, has selected the company’s Analog FastSPICE (AFS) Platform for block-level characterization and full-circuit verification of their analog and mixed-signal implantable hearing integrated circuits.
“The implantable hearing solutions that Cochlear develops must undergo stringent circuit verification that requires nanometer SPICE accuracy,” said Jan Janssen, Senior Vice President, Design and Development, Cochlear. “We selected the AFS Platform, because it provides nanometer SPICE accuracy 5x to 10x faster than traditional SPICE for characterizing our high-gain high-accuracy analog blocks.”
The Analog FastSPICE Platform provides the world’s fastest circuit verification for nanometer analog, RF, mixed-signal, and custom digital circuits. Foundry certified to 20nm, the AFS Platform delivers nanometer SPICE accuracy 5x-10x faster on a single core and >2x faster on multicore systems versus any other simulator. For circuit characterization, the AFS Platform includes the industry’s only comprehensive silicon-accurate device noise analysis and delivers near-linear performance scaling with the number of cores. For large circuits, it delivers >10M-element capacity, the fastest near-SPICE- accurate simulation, and the fastest, most accurate mixed-signal simulation. Available licenses include AFS circuit simulation, AFS Transient Noise Analysis, AFS RF Analysis, AFS Co-Simulation, and AFS Nano SPICE.
“We are delighted that Cochlear selected the Analog FastSPICE Platform for the verification of their implantable hearing solutions,” said Ravi Subramanian, president and CEO of Berkeley Design Automation. “Cochlear’s selection further validates that Berkeley Design Automation is an essential partner to leading-edge companies designing innovative high-precision mixed-signal applications.”
For more information, visit www.berkeley-da.com.
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Page 38 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Dallan Selects Siemens PLM Software Technology for Enterprise-Wide Product Development Platform 11 September 2012
Siemens PLM Software has announced that Dallan S.p.A., a provider of world-class roll forming machines and lines, selected two of its product lifecycle management (PLM) software solutions for deployment across the entire Dallan enterprise. Dallan will use Teamcenter® software and NX™ software to meet its overarching goal of streamlining its complete design and development process.
Following a thorough evaluation process that involved several leading PLM technology providers, Dallan selected Siemens PLM Software for its ability to converge product design data from numerous PLM providers on a single, open platform across its entire enterprise. By using one platform for PLM, Dallan is specifically focused on reducing time-to-market, improving design decision making, optimizing assets, and enhancing product development processes.
“The need to connect the four strategic units of the company led us to Siemens PLM Software’s solutions, which we consider best-in-class,” said Andrea Dallan, sales director for Dallan. “Now we can reduce the time needed for data conversion, editing and validation of projects, expand expert knowledge across our entire company, and provide our senior management access to business-critical information in real-time, giving them the opportunity to make timely, informed decisions.
“As one of the leading PLM suppliers to the global machinery industry, we are delighted that our technology is being adopted by an industry leader like Dallan,” said Franco Megali, vice president for Italian operations, Siemens PLM Software. “Dallan’s simplified corporate structure enables a quick and streamlined implementation, allowing more time for us to work with Dallan on their future innovation efforts and delivering a solution that facilitates smarter decisions that lead to better products.”
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Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE Platform Adopted by Dana Holding Corporation to Improve Project Efficiency 12 September 2012
Dassault Systèmes has announced that Dana Holding Corporation, a global automotive supplier, will adopt the SIMULIA Simulation Lifecycle Management (SLM) application of Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform. This will expand its collaborative engineering strategy by sharing simulation processes and data across seven global technical centers. The SIMULIA SLM application provides a centrally-managed and searchable source for all of Dana’s simulation data, which can be traced and tracked to improve product designs.
Page 39 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary “Dassault Systèmes’ unique solution allows us to efficiently access and utilize data to improve our product designs and capabilities,” said Frank Popielas, manager of advanced engineering for Dana’s Power Technologies Group. “We have already seen an increase in our operational efficiency through the improved usage of CAE with the 3DEXPERIENCE platform. By hosting the data in a central, searchable location, our engineers, sales and support teams are able to more accurately design our products from development to delivery, ultimately saving time and cost.”
With the SIMULIA SLM application, companies can synchronize simulation with design data and track changes throughout the enterprise, creating an organizational structure and flexibility to capture and manage all simulation process workflows. In addition, repetitive tasks can be run automatically to save more time. The application also can be used as a framework to define and deploy best practices across global resources by capturing critical engineering expertise and sharing it globally to improve execution consistency.
The SIMULIA SLM application serves as a collaborative communication tool that is able to engage engineers across cultures, time zones, and industrial differences, enabling them to work collaboratively in ‘24/7 engineering.’ With all of the data centrally located, the need to wait for a response by email or phone is eliminated, giving the engineer the information they need in real-time.
“From a global manufacturing company to an ‘engineering-experience company,’ Dana has leveraged its simulation data through Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform for the past four years,” said Monica Menghini, Executive Vice President, Industry and Marketing, Dassault Systèmes. “Our 3DEXPERIENCE platform couples the SIMULIA SLM application with the ENOVIA application, and enables clients to integrate the simulation activity with their enterprise business processes, leveraging simulation as a strategic competitive differentiator.”
“Our clients are changing the way they provide value to their customers thanks to our 3DEXPERIENCE platform,” said Dominique Florack, Senior Executive Vice President, Products, Strategy – R&D, Dassault Systèmes. “Specifically by adopting SIMULIA, ENOVIA, and 3DVIA applications, they have enabled an enterprise—spanning multiple engineering disciplines—to communicate in real-time with transparent and visually intuitive simulation data, in order to create the best service and products for their customers.”
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Delcam adds 40,000th Customer – Lifetime Products Inc 13 September 2012
Delcam is pleased to announce that the company recently added its 40,000th customer – Lifetime Products Inc. "Lifetime Products is a world-leading manufacturer, with products sold in more than 70 countries. We are honoured to be able to add such a prestigious company to our list of customers. They are a true US success story,” said Delcam North America President, Glenn McMinn, who announced the landmark sale during the IMTS exhibition in Chicago.
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While the average American may not know who Lifetime Products is, the chances are they own one of its products. The company manufactures a number of outdoor products from swing sets and basketball hoops, to lawn furniture and storage sheds, to kayaks and tent trailers, all designed and manufactured largely in the United States. Founded in 1986 and headquartered in Clearfield, Utah, Lifetime Products has applied innovation and cutting-edge technology in plastics and metals to develop innovative products with superior strength and durability.
It all began in 1972, with the founder of Lifetime Products, Barry Mower, wanting a sturdier basketball pole for his backyard. This grew into a business that was named American PlayWorld. Several years later, in March of 1986, Lifetime Products was created to concentrate specifically on manufacturing the patented adjustable-basketball systems.
Today, Lifetime Products employs over 1,300 staff in 2.6 million square feet spread over twenty-one separate buildings. Lifetime Product’s commitment as a global manufacturer is to produce high quality, innovative products that are strong, durable and environmentally friendly. To meet its goals and to keep costs down, Lifetime Products continually looks for solutions to speed up time to market, to increase value to its customers and to decrease waste.
The Lifetime Products machine shop, staffed by 21 experienced machinists is an integral part of the company’s success. The machine shop purchased its first Mazak more than 20 years ago, which was just recently sold to make room for a new and bigger Mazak. Today, the company owns four Mazak vertical machining centres, including two Nexus VNC-510Cs, a Nexus VCS-410A, a VTC-300C and a Mazak QuickTurn Nexus 300 turning centre.
Lifetime Products also has four HAAS VF-9 machines for milling its moulds. The company is expanding this department further, installing a new HAAS VS-3 in early October to meet the growing demand for moulds.
"We have largely maintained our US production and it is growing,” says Dennis Norman, Mold Design Engineer at Lifetime Products. "We produced 30 moulds in Utah last year and are working to complete 36 this year. All of our big products for the US market are made here and we will continue to keep it that way.” When asked about expanding further, Mr. Norman added, "Lifetime Products will continue to add more state-of-the-art machines and technology to our US production facility because it is our main point of operation. Our US manufacturing is growing and we will continue to grow as the market demands.”
Just recently, Lifetime Products expanded its offerings to include kayaks in its line of outdoor products. The company uses PTC’s Pro-E for the design but wanted a state-of-the-art CAM product to go alongside it. Since the company’s designs can be quite complex, the machine shop had to find something that would take the large files without difficulty, something that could compliment its current processes but extend its CAM capabilities. After reviewing a number of CADCAM companies, Lifetime Products decided on Delcam.
Page 41 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary "What attracted us to Delcam first was the PowerMILL CAM package, especially the speed with which it can calculate toolpaths,” said Mr Norman. "It is not uncommon for software companies to say they have fast toolpath calculation but PowerMILL backs this up with multi-threading and background processing. It automatically performs complex calculations in the background while we can continue to work on other toolpaths.” This functionality is unique to PowerMILL – both foreground and background processes that use fully multi-threaded functionality so NC programs get to the machines in the shortest possible time.
In addition, PowerMILL has a comprehensive range of patented high-speed machining strategies that increase the speed of production. "With our previous manufacturing CAM software we were cutting way too much air,” Mr. Norman continued. "By using PowerMILL’s stock models for rest machining, we can be confident that we are constantly cutting metal and minimising wasteful air moves.”
PowerMILL’s streamlined and well-designed user interface allowed Lifetime to take on machining of the kayak mould quite quickly. "Once the project was done, we were very impressed,” said Charles Monsen, Lead Programmer. "We had never had a mould come off the machine that looked that good. It was quite a project to take on for our first time but working with PowerMILL made it easy. The toolpaths looked impressive and the finished product was very smooth.”
Lifetime Products has been so impressed working with Delcam that the company has also purchased the FeatureCAM feature-based CAM system for its shop floor operators. Kelly Martinez, the Machine Shop Manager, said, "We were impressed with the diversity the company could offer us and how attentive the people there are to our needs.” Most of the job-shop parts machined by Lifetime Products had been programmed using the Mazatrol off-line programming system for Mazak CNC machines.
"We spoke with our Delcam account manager, Blaine Duke, about our machine programming limitations – he said why not try FeatureCAM?,” remembered Mr. Martinez. "We had a few guys try it out and I was really impressed with how quickly they picked it up.”
Operators at Lifetime Products are now doing all of their own programming with FeatureCAM. "Before we added FeatureCAM, our shop floor operators could only program with Mazatrol. Now that they have picked up FeatureCAM so quickly, they can easily take a program and put it on another machine if necessary or program a part themselves, even parts with complex surfacing.”
Due to the ease of use of FeatureCAM, Lifetime Products has really increased productivity on its shop floor. "Previously the shop floor operators would have to get one of the programmers, who are very busy programming complex moulds, to do work on smaller surfacing projects. Now, with the help of FeatureCAM, we can do a lot more programming right on the shop floor,” explained Mr. Martinez.
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Page 42 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Ports 1961 Selects Centric Software PLM to Manage Apparel Collections 12 September 2012
Ports 1961 has chosen Centric Software, Inc., for its product lifecycle management (PLM) system. Ports 1961 will implement the full Centric 8 PLM suite to manage the entire product development process, including concept, design and sourcing. The company will use the patent-pending Centric 8 Collection Book for Fashion iPad app to link its women and men’s ready-to-wear collections from the PLM system to corporate and retail buyers in the showroom through an interactive mobile device. Presenting collections to buyers quickly and accurately, the iPad app will allow Ports 1961 to update and portray catalogs in real time.
The company will implement the Centric PLM software to support the growth of its fashion-forward luxury collections, according to Enrico Franzoni, chief operating officer of Ports 1961. “The addition of our recently launched menswear collection means more products to develop each season, with more operations in more locations,” he explains. “The Centric 8 PLM suite will help assure the highest-quality products, further strengthening the Ports 1961 position in the luxury segment.”
Ports 1961 selected Centric 8 for its comprehensiveness and mobile strategy, and for Centric’s expertise in the fashion and luxury goods industries, says Franzoni. “Centric’s team and product are sophisticated and innovative,” he states. “Centric clearly is the best partner for Ports 1961.”
“The introduction of its new menswear collection means that Ports 1961 will be bringing more products to market than ever before. Collaborative product development, speed and efficiency— while maintaining the highest levels of quality —are critical to the company’s success,” says Chris Groves, president and CEO of Centric. “By understanding the value of a comprehensive PLM solution that incorporates mobile strategies, Ports 1961 is not only fashion-forward. It is operating as a forward- thinking business.”
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WorleyParsons Extends Commitment to AVEVA Plant Portfolio 12 September 2012
AVEVA today announced that WorleyParsons has renewed and further extended its commitment to AVEVA by signing multi-year agreements for solutions from both the AVEVA Plant and AVEVA Enterprise portfolios.
Having seen an increased demand for tighter schedules and ever more complex projects, WorleyParsons, a long-standing AVEVA user, has made a major new investment in AVEVA PDMS 3D design software and other engineering and design applications from the AVEVA Plant portfolio. In addition,
Page 43 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary WorleyParsons has purchased AVEVA NET as a part of their engineering information environment. AVEVA NET will enable the further development of an Integrated Project Execution strategy to minimise project costs and reduce delivery schedules for improved project operations and efficient handover.
'Our clients are understanding better how they can use the digital asset that we create during our projects,' said Jim Purvis, Director Engineering Systems of WorleyParsons. 'AVEVA’s engineering and design applications, such as PDMS, and powerful, integrated information management technologies, have helped us to increase performance and delivery of our global projects. AVEVA PDMS is a proven 3D design application that supports our plant engineering and design disciplines. We are also excited about implementing AVEVA NET. Our objective is to use it to enhance data quality and integrity through every stage of a project, allowing us to deliver even greater benefits to our customers through the full project lifecycle.'
'WorleyParsons’ successful relationship with AVEVA over several years has given them the confidence to commit to more use of AVEVA technology in this multi-year contract,' added Hans van der Drift, Executive Vice President – Sales, AVEVA. 'Their use of AVEVA NET is a significant next step in our relationship. AVEVA NET will allow WorleyParsons to create an Integrated Project Execution strategy whereby they can easily access project information. The AVEVA technology will help to improve overall project efficiency by shortening schedules, lowering costs and improving quality. They will enjoy the benefits of a complete integrated solution from FEED through handover.'
AVEVA’s Integrated Project Execution strategy provides EPCs with the information, design and engineering resources needed to minimise project costs and delivery schedules while maximising the quality of deliverables from FEED through handover and commissioning.
WorleyParsons is a global provider of technical, project and operational support services to the resources and energy sectors and complex process industries. To learn more visit www.worleyparsons.com
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Actran 13.0 Delivers Performance, Functionality, and Ease of Use for Acoustics Simulation 13 September 2012
MSC Software today announced the availability of Actran Release 13.0. The new release of this acoustics simulation solution offers engineers improved performance, new capabilities and ease of use features for reducing and optimizing sound in products.
For more details about the new Actran R13.0 capabilities listed below, please register for the upcoming
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New Elements and Boundary Conditions • With support for rigid body elements, users can model rigid connections between different parts, and apply required boundary conditions providing them with the desired modeling flexibility. • The integration scheme for pyramid elements has been improved to provide a more robust and accurate evaluation of secondary variables such as fluid velocity and intensity. • A PML (Perfectly Matched Layers) technology has been implemented as a complement to the infinite element technology to model non-reflective conditions. This technique is attractive from a computational point of view for high frequencies with an accuracy level comparable to infinite elements. • Support for semi-empirical Miki formulation enables engineers to take advantage of this simple to use formula to model porous materials. • New boundary conditions are supported in the Actran DGM module including a Thompson condition. It can be used to simulate an excitation from a neighboring acoustic component to take into account installation effects on the acoustic radiation by coupling an Actran TM computation of the near free field with an Actran DGM computation of the installed far field.
Extended Functionality Several new capabilities have been implemented to benefit users for various classes of problems. • With the support for directive microphone, users can accurately model sensitivity of microphones to the directivity and frequency of incoming acoustic fields. • Model heterogeneous turbulent boundary layers can be used to handle decorrelation effects between parietal pressures along different loaded sub-surfaces • A diffuse sound field excitation can now be generated by a summation of plane waves in presence of the exterior fluid. The effect of the presence of the structure or surrounding objects can thus be taken into account which improves the fidelity of the numerical model. • Thanks to the innovative integration method for mapping the vibration levels in a radiation analysis, a coarser acoustic mesh can capture the vibration levels more accurately, reducing the computation time and resources. • Translate information from Nastran input files into equivalent Actran data blocks, which can save considerable time during pre-processing • Map CFD results that are either periodic in space or symmetric increasing flexibility for flow interpolations • Dual-parallelism capability available to combine the benefits of different types of parallelism
Enhanced Post-Processing In addition to performance improvement of post-processing, several new result quantities are supported in this release, including:
Page 45 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary • Global indicators such as the Overall Sound Levels and mean value • Tonal character of the signal when plotting octave or 1/3 octave curves
Improved Ease of Use • Enhanced visualization of boundary conditions like displacement, rotation, point load and moments and equivalent beam profile, validation of an analysis and faster results visualization are some of the features that make Actran VI easier to use for modeling and post-processing. • Users can directly listen to the computed sound pressure levels which improves the interpretation of the results • Various enhancements are brought to the picking functionalities of Actran VI. This release also includes the ability to handle names at import /export and read comments from external meshing files.
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Altair Partners with TES International to Further Expand the Thermal Analysis Tool Set Offered in its Partner Alliance Program 12 September 2012
Altair announced today the addition of TES International's software ElectroFlo for thermal analysis to the array of applications available through the HyperWorks Partner Alliance (HWPA). ElectroFlo is an electronics cooling package designed for high power-density applications. It is used for the thermal analysis of electrical components and systems. Altair HyperWorks customers can access ElectroFlo through the HWPA with their current HyperWorks units.
ElectroFlo is an efficient thermal analysis software solution that combines the power of coupled thermal/electrical analysis with a user-friendly graphical interface to provide solutions for complex problems studied by analysts and designers. ElectroFlo was the first software package to incorporate coupled thermal/electrical analysis that gives much more accurate results for systems containing wires and traces. The software can be used in any electronics application from component-level to printed circuit board analysis, all the way up to the system level. It is particularly useful for analyzing high current applications
TES' ElectroFlo specializes in thermal analysis of electronics, but it is also applicable in other disciplines. ElectroFlo has the capability to measure computation fluid dynamics (CFD), giving it the ability to expand its relevancy to other industries such as automotive, consumer goods, heavy equipment and energy. Thermal analysis and CFD work together to determine the best path for cooling or heating agents to ravel in order to optimize the thermal performance. Also, by measuring strong and weak areas, ElectroFlo is able to help the analyst make better decisions during the design and development process.
"We are excited to be a part of Altair's innovative HyperWorks Partner Alliance," said TES
Page 46 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary International's president Dr. Jeff Lewis. "We are thrilled to be working closely with another well- respected high-tech company based in Michigan. This partnership is beneficial for all. It provides TES with access to Altair's global customer base to further software adoption of ElectroFlo, meanwhile Altair customers have simplified access to a thermal analysis tool that is proven in the electronics industry and relevant for a variety of other industries. We look forward to incorporating our other products, ThermoFlo and TESuite, into this program in the near future and to a long-term relationship with Altair overall."
The partnership between Altair and TES International is an especially beneficial one, as it adds a competitive edge to both parties. The Partner Alliance allows HyperWorks users to access a growing collection of solutions using their existing HyperWorks units and therefore realizing a greater return on their HyperWorks investment. TES will expand its traction in emerging and new markets as well as solidify its position in more mature sectors.
"Altair is delighted to welcome TES International to the HyperWorks Partner Alliance," said Antoine Poussier, Altair's vice president of global partner programs. "ElectroFlo strengthens our thermal analysis offering for HyperWorks customers, and we anticipate that engineers from many industries will be able to leverage the benefits of this technology in their product development process. This latest addition furthers the commitment of the HWPA to provide a portfolio of leading solutions to its users in a simplified and cost effective manner that empowers them and fosters innovation."
HyperWorks customers benefit from being able to access Altair's powerful and inventive licensing system. This structure maximizes the customers' investment in the HyperWorks license by increasing its overall versatility. Each license comprises HyperWorks units which allow users to have access to 28 applications developed by Altair in an easily accessible manner. To further the customers' investment, Altair has opened this model up to third-party companies to include their applications, known as the HWPA. The overall flexibility of these HyperWorks Units empowers users to harness the power of the largest and most complete suite of CAE applications available, giving designers and engineers access to complete solutions. The HWPA strives to provide the most comprehensive offering of relevant software across numerous domains. Altair HyperWorks customers can immediately access ElectroFlo with other TES International solutions soon to follow, through the HWPA.
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ASCON Group Releases Beta Version of Enhanced PLM Solution for Small to Mid-Sized Companies Worldwide 13 September 2012
A sub-division of ASCON Group - DEXMA Labs announced today at Social PLM 2012 (http://social- plm.com/ ) that the company is introducing a beta version of its next generation product lifecycle management (PLM) software, DEXMA PLM+™. Designed specifically for small to mid-sized manufacturing companies who perform product development, this affordable solution goes beyond traditional PLM software, adding manufacturing solutions to an already packed feature set.
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"Today's SMBs need a better solution - one uniquely suited for smaller companies who are trying to innovate and increase productivity as cost-effectively and simply as possible," stated Nikolai Nyrkov, CEO and Director of Product Development at DEXMA Labs. "DEXMA PLM+ lets companies streamline their business processes at approximately one-third the cost of today's PLM SaaS (Software as a Service) or pay-per-user software. Additionally, the feature-rich software is simple to install and use."
DEXMA PLM+ contains the standard product data management (PDM) and PLM functions. Additionally, DEXMA PLM+ improves productivity with even more features including: project and task management and parts/material catalogs, which can be shared with suppliers and manufacturing management (to be released soon).
DEXMA Labs offers businesses two SaaS deployment options: cloud or on-premise. . Cloud-based deployment reduces capital expenditures, speeds implementation, streamlines management, has automated updates and is scalable. In addition to data being secure, it is also extractable-which means at any time-all data can be quickly and easily brought on-premise, if desired. . On-premise deployment is available for companies who would rather have their data hosted within their own firewall. This type of deployment is also fast and easy, taking only a matter of hours.
SMBs worldwide can now deploy a secure, cost-effective and innovative solution to manage their product lifecycle. The beta version of DEXMA PLM+ is currently available for qualified customers at no cost. To register and obtain fully-functional beta licenses for your company, please visit www.dexma-plm.com.
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Autodesk Liberates Designers with Industry’s First Cloud-Based Pay-As-You-Go Simulation 11 September 2012
Autodesk, Inc. today unveiled Autodesk Simulation 360—a comprehensive set of tools delivered securely in the cloud with a pay-as-you-go pricing model that enables any company to make simulation part of their everyday design and engineering processes.
With Autodesk Simulation 360, designers, engineers and analysts can more easily predict, optimize and validate the performance of things in the world around us. The virtually infinite power of the cloud allows complex engineering tests that were once limited to simulation specialists to be performed by mainstream designers. For example: • Product designers can test how various ergonomic designs of furniture, such as chairs, will accommodate and adapt to differing body types and levels of use well before the piece is ever
Page 48 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary manufactured. • Manufacturers can understand the heat generated by electronics devices enabling them to design- in proper cooling, avoid overheating and help prevent costly consumer recalls. • Architects and engineers can gain deeper insight into how buildings, including plants, will perform by simulating air flow to help ensure thermal comfort; analyze environmental effects on bridges and buildings; and test the behavior of structural materials including concrete — all before anything is ever built.
Autodesk Simulation 360 is the latest offering to build upon the Autodesk 360 cloud-based platform. By performing computationally intensive simulation tasks in the cloud, designers, engineers and analysts can test multiple “what if?” design scenarios in parallel. The computational power of the cloud also eliminates the need for specialized hardware, thereby removing previous limitations and helping to increase productivity.
Faster, Safer, Stronger with Autodesk Simulation 360 “The ability to run multiple simulation studies in the cloud, in the same time as a typical singular simulation study with single variables, really opens up the game for us by helping us understand much more of the system in a shorter amount of time,” said Matt Nowicki, senior product engineer at BioLite, Inc. “It’s impressive how easy, valuable and seamless simulating in the cloud can be for a company such as ours.”
“Our customers can now visualize building comfort before the project is constructed. This enables them to make more informed decisions pertaining to project costs and lets them evaluate system and energy trade-offs as well. Providing this type of service helps distinguish us from our competition,” said Darryl McClelland, BIM and Virtual Design manager at Heapy Engineering, which provides Mechanical- Electrical-Technology Systems Design Services, LEED and Energy Consulting Services, Building Commissioning Services, and Planning Services.
A Cloud-Based Toolbox for Wide-Ranging Simulation Needs The Autodesk Simulation 360 software portfolio includes a wide range of cloud-based mechanical, fluid flow, thermal and plastic injection molding tools at an affordable price. Additional benefits include direct geometry exchange; robust meshing tools; extensive material libraries; and proven solver technology to improve simulation accuracy in the areas of greatest concern.
“Businesses simply can’t afford not to understand how their designs will perform before anything gets built,” said Robert “Buzz” Kross, senior vice president, Design, Lifecycle and Simulation at Autodesk. “Autodesk Simulation 360 puts powerful simulation capabilities within reach for designers and engineers at virtually every company, giving them the tools they need to better predict, optimize and validate their designs early in the design process.”
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Page 49 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Blueprint to Simship with Upcoming Release of Microsoft Visual Studio 2012 12 September 2012
Blueprint, a requirements management and definition (RDM) software provider, announced today that it will simultaneously ship with Microsoft’s upcoming release of Visual Studio 2012 enabling the entire community of Microsoft VSTS customers to leverage the power of Blueprint’s requirements platform for their internal software development projects.
“IT organizations know that defining the right requirements is the cornerstone of successful application projects,” said David Nyland, President and CEO of Blueprint. “Microsoft Visual Studio 2012, coupled with Blueprint’s enterprise requirements platform, delivers a seamless, structured solution to this business challenge.”
Blueprint’s RDM platform allows globally distributed business analysts, IT teams, and their business stakeholders to dynamically collaborate on requirements throughout the project lifecycle. Requirements are defined using a range of integrated graphical formats that team members then simulate to visualize the application being built, thereby removing the miscommunication that often plagues enterprise-scale application projects.
In addition to being based on Microsoft technology itself, Blueprint provides powerful integrations with both Microsoft Office and with Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS), delivering enterprise-class requirements capability rich visual requirements, interactive simulations, online review and approval as well as automatically generated requirements documents and tests.
“Blueprint is integrated directly with Visual Studio 2012, and helps ensure development teams have the collaborative environment they need to quickly build scalable, high-quality applications for modern devices and platforms,” said Tom Lindeman, Director of the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program. “This focus on enabling teams of any size to successfully manage requirements in the lifecycle of existing and new applications is core to delivering immediate value for our shared customers.”
To learn more about the Blueprint RDM Platform for Microsoft IT customers please visit http://www.blueprintsys.com/company/alliances/microsoft/.
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CADENAS PARTsolutions adds Autodesk® Revit® 3D BIM Modeling Format 12 September 2012
CADENAS PARTsolutions, a global provider of online product catalogs, configurators and 3D CAD download technology, announces the launch of the newest output format; Autodesk® Revit®. Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology allows designers, engineers and purchasers in the architecture, building technology and support structure planning industries to download 3D architectural models and integrate them directly into their design in the native Revit® format. Revit® adds the one of the fastest growing formats to CADENAS PARTsolutions current line-up of more than 150 native and neutral CAD systems.
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CADENAS PARTsolutions Revit® support allows engineers and designers to save hours they would normally spend creating the various standard components in their designs; they can now source and download the BIM files directly from the manufacturer. Additionally, by adding Revit® to their CAD selection, industrial manufacturers can continue to ride the wave of BIM popularity and see greater visibility with a larger audience.
A popular international application for 3D modeling by the architecture and engineering industries, Autodesk® Revit® is designed specifically for BIM. BIM aids building professionals to design, build and maintain higher-quality, more energy-efficient buildings by using intelligent models to gain project insight through simulation and analysis to predict performance prior to construction. Additionally, BIM allows for greater product metadata integrated directly into the model, including specific item information and features.
“By adding Revit® to our arsenal of capabilities, we really achieve two objectives” says, Rob Zesch, President of CADENAS PARTsolutions. ”First, we are able to help industrial manufacturers reach a new audience of design professionals who work exclusively in the Revit® and BIM formats, which will significantly boost their sales. Second, we’re able to fill a need and better support a much broader segment of manufacturers who primarily produce products for the architecture, structural engineering and interior design communities.”
To find out more about how CADENAS PARTsolutions can make your online catalog available in more than 150 native and neutral CAD and graphic formats, versions and revisions, including Revit 3D BIM model format, visit www.partsolutions.com.
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Dassault Systèmes Simplifies 3D Design with SolidWorks 2013 10 September 2012
Dassault Systèmes today introduced SolidWorks® 2013 with new and improved design applications to enhance collaboration, speed model creation and simplify the product development process. With more than 200 customer-driven improvements including powerful design tools and new drawing capabilities, sub-model simulation, cost estimation, network rendering, and wider sharing and increased connectivity, Dassault Systèmes is demonstrating its commitment to helping its SolidWorks customers create the right value for their own users.
Powered by Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform, SolidWorks 2013 combines ease of use with broad customization allowing new users to learn fast, and experienced users to quickly become more productive at previously complex and sophisticated tasks. Building on the success of the last 20 releases, the new offering covers the range of SolidWorks applications for 3D design, simulation, technical communication, product data management, and sustainable design.
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“SolidWorks allows me to get my job done faster than any other CAD package on the market,” said Robert Conley, owner of Interactive Cad Solutions. “In my line of work, I have to get jobs done quickly to make a profit, and SolidWorks allows me to do that. I’m really looking forward to the Previous Release Interoperability feature in SolidWorks 2013 to allow me to better share designs with my customers and more quickly get to a final product.”
“With SolidWorks 2013 we’ve upheld our tradition of listening to our customers by providing enhancements and functionality to help them simplify their lives and create the best products. The new additions to core geometry and expanded product offerings demonstrate our continuing investment in our flagship product,” said Bertrand Sicot, CEO, SolidWorks, Dassault Systèmes. “SolidWorks 2013 empowers innovative design with application specific tools that help users quickly define, share and validate the form, fit, and function of their designs. We look forward to watching our customers make their ideas a reality at a more rapid pace.”
SolidWorks 2013 highlights include: Powerful Design Tools SolidWorks 2013 makes it easier to bring engineers’ ideas from concept to manufacturing with new tools for more efficient simulation, and expanded environmental and cost analysis. In addition to the following enhancements, the recently announced SolidWorks Plastics and SolidWorks Electricalpackages help users make more informed decisions that result in simplified designs, reduced mistakes, and faster time to market. • SolidWorks Costing – Allows customers to automatically cost more types of parts, create more accurate quotations, and stay in budget with improved cost data and new APIs. • SolidWorks Sustainability – Quickly compares the financial impact of raw materials and the environmental impact of a design decision during the development process due to new raw material impact tools. • SolidWorks Flow Simulation – Takes the complexity out of flow designs by allowing users to visualize fluid flow around multifaceted geometries and more easily compare analysis results between multiple design configurations.
Faster Model Creation Additional new offerings help users create and modify complex geometries faster and easier, providing more efficient 3D models and 2D drawings. • Conics in Sketcher – Full control over shapes for smooth transitions between existing geometries. • Intersect Feature – Quickly add or remove geometry without sketching. • Varying Dimension Patterns – Allows users to save time creating patterns, increase design flexibility, and reduce the number of features needed for models. • Section View Assist – Speed the creation of production drawings for faster and more consistent section views.
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Improved Performance The following new tools allow users to optimize the performance of a SolidWorks installation and maximize design team productivity. • CAD Administrator Dashboard – Simplify management and troubleshooting of multiple SolidWorks users within a company from a single aggregated view. • Simulation Sub-Modeling and Incremental Meshing – More accurately perform precise simulation analysis for specific areas of large and complex models faster and more efficiently. • Network Rendering for PhotoView 360 – Save time with faster rendering of photorealistic images by networking multiple computers to share the computational load.
Enhanced Collaboration To address the dispersed nature of most design teams, SolidWorks 2013 optimizes collaboration with improved connectivity, enhanced viewing capabilities, and expanded sharing of designs and data. • Previous Release Interoperability – Collaborate with customers, suppliers, and internal teams with the ability to open SolidWorks 2013 files directly with SolidWorks 2012 (SP5). Users can work more efficiently and improve collaboration and file exchange, reducing delays and easing the transition to the latest release. • SolidWorks Enterprise Product Data Management Workflow – Route documents and contact users more efficiently to reduce delays and accelerate time-to-market. • DraftSight/SolidWorks Enterprise PDM Integration – Access DWG files within SolidWorks EPDM from the DraftSight user interface, and leverage 2D into the design process. • eDrawings — Users can measure, select and markup designs from anywhere using a mobile device.
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Enfocus Solutions Inc. Enhances and Expands its Requirements Management Resources 12 September 2012
Enfocus Solutions Inc. has announced changes to its unique RequirementCoach™, the guide that comes with the Enterprise subscription of the company’s requirements management tool, Enfocus Requirements Suite™.
Enfocus Solutions Inc. CEO John Parker said the changes are designed to make the system easier to use so that analysts can get off to a quick start on enterprise projects.
“We’re excited about these changes. There’s so much content and information packed in this software – and now it will be even easier and faster for users to access requirements knowledge and best practices
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RequirementCoach™, along with Requirements Excellence Framework™, provides the requirements instruction, training, and guidance that set this requirements management software, Enfocus Requirements Suite™, apart from other requirements management tools. With RequirementCoach™, Enterprise subscribers can access requirements examples, user personas, templates, training, and practice guides, and apply them to their own enterprises. The result is the ability to more quickly define and capture requirements, with fewer missteps, oversights, or project rework needed.
The new changes, which will be live in September 2012, include: Downloadable PDFs. All the requirements know-how contained in RequirementCoach™ will be accessible through this business analysis software and also in full-color, professionally designed PDF documents. Users will be able to download, share, post, and include the documents in their presentations and materials for education, knowledge transfer, and strategizing.
Requirements “Accelerators.” According to recent surveys, many analysts find it difficult to define the solution scope. The new “Accelerators” provide critical information for analysts to understand the problem domain and prepare well-defined, clearly written scope statements. They also describe the technology, benefits, key stakeholders involved and their basic needs, and typical impact on IT service models so that teams can quickly get approval and get started. The first two accelerators cover Master Data Management and Business Intelligence; additional accelerators are in development.
Collections. Another improvement involves repackaging individual resources into one-stop collections for specific business issues and tasks. Organized by business process, industry, and technology, these collections let subscribers find a wealth of guidance – including sample personas, KPIs, sample requirements, checklists, and accelerators – all in one place, based on their area of need.
For more information about Enfocus Solutions Inc., Enfocus Requirements Suite™, and the knowledge- packed RequirementCoach™, visit http://www.EnfocusSolutions.com.
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End-2-End Solution Solves Multichannel Challenge for Fashion Retailers and Brands 10 September 2012
Visual 2000 International Inc. has completed a series of new developments, upgrades, and integration points designed to uniquely position its Visual End-2-End™ fashion solution to meet the numerous and complex challenges of today’s omnichannel retailers, brands, and distributors. With the addition of business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), mobile commerce, and point-of-sale (POS) tools, the fully-integrated business solution promises to provide fashion wholesalers and retailers with the visibility and control they need to more effectively and efficiently manage customer experiences and internal operations across all sales channels.
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According to Visual 2000 VP of Research and Development Charles Benoualid, “As retailers and brands alike embrace the growing opportunities online, they face major challenges in integrating these new channels into their core financial and operational business systems. They must accurately and consistently manage the flow of product, pricing, order, inventory and other critical content across all channels in real-time. By bringing all information and processes together in one system, our End-2-End solution gives large enterprises and small businesses the power and simplicity needed to run their entire single or multi-channel operation.”
Building on core merchandising and product development, sourcing and production, warehousing and distribution, enterprise resource and financial management capabilities; recent additions and improvements to the Visual End-2-End platform include: • New Visual WebStore.net™: a complete, easy to manage ecommerce solution that integrates product content, pricing, available inventory, and more directly from Visual ERP.net™. • New Visual Viewer™: a free iPad® App that gives mobile sales teams access to product information and catalogs created in Visual PLM.net®. • New POS Systems: Visual 2000 has partnered with Datec to integrate and distribute the popular retail system in North America. • Enhanced Ecommerce: improved connectivity of Visual ERP.net to existing ecommerce sites through Web Services. • Enhanced Supply Chain Management: full vendor and 3rd party logistics (3PL) integration including management of vendor packing. • Enhanced Warehouse Management: includes integration with 3PL services, addition of portable Wi-Fi scanners for pick/pack, enhanced inventory management tools, and more.
For more information, visit http://www.visual-2000.com.
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InfoWorks TS V13.0 Delivers Greater Accuracy, Speed, Usability, and Innovation in Hydraulic Transient Analysis 11 September 2012
Redrawing the boundaries of smart water network innovation, Innovyze, a global innovator of intelligent business analytics software and technologies for wet infrastructure, today released its V13 Generation of InfoWorks TS. This latest version extends previous generations’ capabilities with the addition of innovative features, elements, and devices plus modeling power that delivers greater accuracy, capacity, speed, reliability, and usability for power users. InfoWorks TS V13 exemplifies Innovyze’s position in the water industry and ongoing commitment to deliver cutting-edge technologies for enhancing the safety and reliability of the world’s water supply.
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Anticipating and controlling transient response is critical to ensuring the protection, integrity, and effective/efficient operation of water distribution systems. Transient responses can introduce pressures of sufficient magnitude (upsurge) to burst pipes and damage equipment. The resulting repercussions can range from extended service outages to loss of property and life. In addition, transient responses can produce subatmospheric pressures (downsurge) that could force contaminated groundwater into the distribution system at a leaky joint, crack, or break, leading to grave health consequences. Sustained subatmospheric pressures may cause cavitation and water column separation, resulting in severe water hammer effects as the vapor cavity collapses.
The full-featured InfoWorks TS is a transient flow analysis solution that delivers a high rate of return by addressing every facet of pressure surge analysis and its role in utility infrastructure management and protection. The program provides the engineer-friendly framework needed to quickly assess the effects of pump station power failures, pump startup, valve closures, rapid demand, and pump speed changes and then determine the efficacy of any combination of surge-protection devices. InfoWorks TS V13 also accurately simulates transient cavitation and water column separation, evaluates their intensity, and estimates their potential effects on the system.
Armed with this information, water utilities can more accurately predict the development of unacceptable operating conditions in their distribution systems, identify vulnerable areas and risks, evaluate and design sound protective measures, and determine improved operational plans and security upgrades. And with its simulation speed, InfoWorks TS transforms the task of transient analysis, making it simpler, more straightforward, and even enjoyable.
InfoWorks TS V13 is packed with enhanced features that allow utility owner–operators to effectively, efficiently, and economically control objectionable transients and preserve the hydraulic integrity of their water supply and distribution systems. The new version offers the option of using dynamic friction factors and can model turbines, flow and pressure regulating valves, hybrid (open-closed) surge tanks, hydraulic surge anticipation valves, electronic surge anticipation valves, and multicomponent reservoirs and also model pump stations and valves as PID controllers. Using InfoWorks TS V13, water utilities can specify a depth/area profile for all types of surge tanks as well as variation in pressure during a transient simulation at reservoir, fixed head, and well nodes.
For a complete list of new features, visit the “What’s New” section of the online help for InfoWorks TS V13.0.
“Water utilities and engineering consulting firms around the world rely on Innovyze’s best-in-class smart network modeling and design solutions to manage and operate better, safer systems,” said Paul F. Boulos, Ph.D., BCEEM, Hon.D.WRE, Dist.D.NE, F.ASCE, President and Chief Operating Officer of Innovyze. “The release of InfoWorks TS V13.0 demonstrates our unwavering commitment to deliver innovative technologies to meet our customers’ next-generation hydraulic transient network modeling requirements. This milestone solution is the only analysis, design, and management software users need to work faster and smarter in a competitive environment — not only to power optimal system performance, but more importantly, to safeguard critical infrastructures and maximize their effectiveness in protecting public health.”
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MathWorks Introduces New Releases of MATLAB and Simulink 12 September 2012
MathWorks today introduced Release 2012b with major updates to MATLAB and Simulink that significantly improve use and navigation. The new Simulink Editor features tabbed windows, smart signal routing and simulation rewind while the MATLAB Desktop now includes a toolstrip that offers quick access to frequently used features and a MATLAB apps gallery. In addition, Release 2012b includes a redesigned help system with improved browsing, searching, filtering, and content organization. For more details on Release 2012b, view these highlight videos.
New Look and Feel for Simulink The new user interface and features for Simulink mark the beginning of a new era in Model-Based Design, which enables faster, more cost-effective development of dynamic and embedded systems. The Simulink Editor simplifies modeling through capabilities such as: • Tabbed model windows for improved window management • An Explorer bar for navigating model hierarchy • Smart signal routing to determine optimal signal line path • Debugging capabilities that rewind simulations and set conditional breakpoints on signals
R2012b also introduces Simulink Projects for managing project files and connecting to source control software, and support for running models on target hardware such as Arduino, LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT, BeagleBoard, and PandaBoard.
New capabilities in Stateflow also simplify modeling. The Stateflow Editor is now unified with the Simulink Editor, and includes smart guides and transition indicator lines. Other features include state transition tables to model hierarchical state machines in a structured tabular form, and support for MATLAB as the action language for states and transitions.
Introducing New MATLAB Desktop Features To help both new and experienced users navigate the continuously expanding capabilities within MATLAB, MathWorks has updated the MATLAB Desktop with two major enhancements: • The MATLAB Toolstrip displays icons for the most frequently used MATLAB features, such as selecting the best plot type for data • The apps gallery presents apps from the MATLAB product family to allow users to perform common tasks without writing code
Additional new features help users package MATLAB apps for inclusion in the gallery, import data
Page 57 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary from delimited and fixed-width text files using the Import Tool, and correct mistyped functions and variables in the Command Window.
For additional information, visitwww.mathworks.com.
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Mentor Graphics Extends UVM Connect to Support OVM 10 September 2012
Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced availability of an update to the popular Universal Verification Methodology Connect (UVM Connect) to bring the benefits of it to the Open Verification Methodology (OVM) community. UVM Connect has been extended to allow it to be compiled to run with the OVM. The UVM Connect architecture facilitates easy connection with other environments beyond the initially supported UVM and SystemC. With UVM Connect 2.2, teams using OVM can connect with SystemC models and other environments as well.
Market research shows OVM continues to be a popular and growing methodology for verification teams. About half of all teams have adopted OVM as their verification base-class library and it continues to lead among all other alternatives. To support the OVM community, the Mentor Graphics® Verification Academy offers a vibrant user community forum and contributions area that encourages users to share their OVM experiences and enhancements with each other. The Verification Academy also has educational and training information to help the novice to the expert.
“When looking at functional verification trends, it was clear that OVM remains important to the verification community and its growth is projected to continue,” said Harry Foster, chief verification scientist of the Design Verification Technology division at Mentor. “Mentor continues to demonstrate its support of OVM by making significant new UVM capabilities available to the OVM community and promoting a vibrant OVM community at the Verification Academy.”
The enhanced UVM Connect provides standard TLM connectivity between models written in SystemC and OVM SystemVerilog to maximize IP reuse. It is designed to work with all simulators that support the IEEE 1800 SystemVerilog and IEEE 1666 SystemC standards and can accommodate different inter- language instantiation schemes used in various solutions. Feedback from verification teams with simulators from multiple suppliers was taken into account to provide broad industry support.
“The full benefits of UVM Connect are now available to verification teams using OVM to allow them to connect and control OVM from other environments such as SystemC,” said Tom Fitzpatrick, verification methodologist of the Design Verification Technology division at Mentor. “The enhanced UVM Connect solution is built to preserve the easy migration from OVM to UVM and shows our continued commitment to bring UVM features back to the OVM community.”
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MSC Software Announces a New Fatigue Materials Testing Service 10 September 2012
MSC Software Corporation today announced that in collaboration with HBM-nCode Products, the company is offering a new fatigue materials testing service that delivers Stress- Life and Strain-Life materials data sets as well as more advanced bespoke testing services. Accurate material properties are a key element of Virtual Product Design where durability and reliability are the design drivers. For more than 20 years, MSC Software has been involved in fatigue and durability analysis with the MSC Fatigue software. MSC Software’s simulation tools, together with this new testing service, now represent the most advanced capabilities available today from MSC.
Inappropriate or low quality material properties and inadequate loading specifications are the two most common contributors to poor fatigue design and analysis results when performing virtual fatigue simulation. However, material properties can be characterized properly with the right testing procedures. This new services offering will enable customers to improve their durability predictions by providing more accurate material data.
The Fatigue Materials Testing Service includes: • Quality Assurance Testing • Strain-Life Fatigue Test Data Curve Production • Bespoke Fatigue Testing • Test Coupon Production
MSC Software and HBM-nCode are best positioned to help product manufacturers with fatigue and durability challenges due to HBM-nCode’s worldwide leadership in fatigue technology and MSC Software’s leadership in analysis and simulation software and services. This blend of expertise and experience is the perfect vehicle through which to offer the new material testing service.
“A high percentage of design operating failures and warranty costs are due to fatigue life issues,” said Bert Knops, Vice President of Global Services at MSC Software. “We are eager to continue expanding our portfolio of advanced fatigue analyses and services. The ability to accurately determine the material data required for such analyses by means of materials testing is integral to helping customers improve the quality of their products.”
For more information about these services, or to get started with a project, please contact the local MSC
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Sigmetrix Releases Latest Version of GD&T Advisor Software for PTC® Pro/ENGINEER® And Creo® 11 September 2012
Sigmetrix, a PTC® PartnerAdvantage™ Gold Partner, today announced the latest release of its GD&T Advisor software solution for Pro/ENGINEER® and Creo®. The result of Sigmetrix' precise constraint technologies, deep CAD integration experience, and the collaboration with Alex Krulikowski at Effective Training, Inc. (ETI), GD&T Advisor is an interactive tool that provides expert guidance on the correct application of GD&T. It guides designers through a standards-based application of GD&T from within the CAD environment, increasing GD&T standards conformity and accuracy while reducing the time to apply GD&T by 75%.
"The global response to GD&T Advisor has been extraordinary across all major vertical markets," said Sigmetrix CEO, Tim Bogard, "Commercial companies around the world have already installed GD&T Advisor and we are especially pleased to have a major government agency such as the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) as a GD&T Advisor customer."
GD&T Advisor v1.1.0 offers enhanced functionality, better messaging, and increased flexibility in the correct application of model-centric GD&T annotations, including downstream reusable metadata. It continues to improve on the speed, ease of use, and accuracy in the creation of robust GD&T, providing richer feedback, and context-sensitive reference materials, as well as improved support of dimensional engineering processes. For example, the user can now temporarily delay the specification of the tolerance value and material condition until the GD&T specification is nearly complete and a tolerance analysis can be performed, better matching industry best practices.
For more information on GD&T Advisor, visit http://www.sigmetrix.com/gdt-software.htm.
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SpaceClaim and First Trace Announce Integration of SpaceClaim Engineer and Kinnosa 12 September 2012
SpaceClaim and First Trace, provider of Kinnosa, announced today a direct integration of SpaceClaim Engineer and Kinnosa. Engineers and other manufacturing professionals can now generate new designs, edit 2D and 3D geometry, and maintain total control of the complex data using Kinnosa functionality embedded into SpaceClaim Engineer.
Kinnosa brings automation, consistency, structure, and accuracy to complex engineering processes and documentation. Firms utilizing SpaceClaim Engineer, but still wrestling to manage complex CAD drawings, models, renditions, and related engineering content can access Kinnosa’s powerful EDM functionality directly from the SpaceClaim toolbar. Check out, check in, copy out, references,
Page 60 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary properties, file searching and more is available within the SpaceClaim modeling environment for quick and easy access to advanced EDM functionality. SpaceClaim and Kinnosa are both completely CAD- neutral and facilitate collaboration across the enterprise.
“SpaceClaim and First Trace share the philosophy that enterprise software used in complex industries should be easy to use, utilize the latest technology, and provide a fast return on investment,” said Rich Moore, VP of Business Development at SpaceClaim. “SpaceClaim revolutionizes 3D design without the complexity of traditional CAD, while Kinnosa simplifies drawing control and design tasks without the complexity of traditional PDM,” added Terry Simpson, President and CEO, First Trace.
Kinnosa tracks drawings, changes, references, metadata updates, and SpaceClaim user activity using collaborative EDM functionality to provide a 360° view of enterprise data and processes. Files are secured, stored, searchable, and instantly retrievable from the Kinnosa menu within SpaceClaim as well as Windows Explorer. A complete audit history helps ensure data integrity and satisfy compliance requirements. Kinnosa’s integrated BPM engine structures business processes, manages tasks, optimizes workflows, converts CAD files to other formats, distributes automatic email notifications and other automated tasks to streamline SpaceClaim modeling and design work.
A webinar will be conducted on Thursday, September 20, at 11:30AM eastern time to showcase this integration as well as SpaceClaim and Kinnosa functionality. Sign up for this webinar.
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SpaceClaim® and Simerics® Announce Integration of SpaceClaim Engineer and PumpLinx®/Simerics MP 11 September 2012
SpaceClaim and Simerics, Inc. announced today a direct integration between SpaceClaim Engineer and PumpLinx/Simerics MP.
PumpLinx and Simerics MP provide speed, accuracy, and numerical strength in simulating the heat transfer and fluid dynamics of complex systems. Pumplinx focuses on fluid pumps, motors, valves, compressors, and cavitation. Simerics MP offers the same core strengths (e.g., automated meshing, speed, accuracy, and physical models) for multi-purpose applications. “The integration with SpaceClaim Engineer provides an ideal tool for our customers to prepare complex geometry for our CFD solutions.” said Sam Lowry, President of Simerics. “The combination is both extremely cost effective and easy to use and deploy.”
PumpLinx and Simerics MP set-up and simulation times are typically an order of magnitude faster than other options on the market with no compromise in accuracy. The predictions consistently match physical hardware test results within experimental error. “Coupling the direct modeleing capabilities of SpaceClaim Engineer with the CFD simulation strengths of PumpLinx/Simerics MP provides the design engineer a cost-effective, comprehensive CAE design and testing solution,” said Rich Moore, VP of Business Development, SpaceClaim. “This integration will ensure we continue to capture key market
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A webinar will be conducted on Wednesday, October 3, at 11:30AM eastern time to showcase this integration as well as SpaceClaim and PumpLinx/Simerics functionality. Sign up for this webinar. The integration will also be demonstrated in the Simerics booth at the International Pump Users Symposium taking place in Texas on September 25 to 27. Drop by the Simerics booth 1633 for a demonstration.
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Workflow, Training and Support Content for AutoCAD Added to Pinnacle Series 12 September 2012
Eagle Point Software Corporation, an Autodesk AEC Industry Partner, has announced the addition of Pinnacle Series for General Design to its currently comprehensive solution. Pinnacle Series helps firms become productive with their use of Autodesk products by delivering multiple implementation, training and support resources in a single, concise interface. Through a combination of software and services, design professionals access onscreen workflow, cheat sheet & video content, and receive unlimited live training and technical support.
"We are pleased to announce another new set of industry content for Pinnacle Series. In addition to helping design professionals in the Building Design and Civil Engineering industries use Autodesk Revit and AutoCAD Civil 3D to their full potential, Pinnacle Series for General Design helps organizations by delivering workflow, training and support resources for general AutoCAD usage," explains Brad Heil, Vice President of Products & Services at Eagle Point Software. "AutoCAD still plays an important role in many organizations' workflows and these resources are beneficial to new users, advanced users who need "update training" when moving to the latest versions, and the occasional users who need help when they get stuck."
With the addition of General Design content to the Pinnacle Series, users now have access to: • Task-based instruction through interactive AutoCAD 2013 workflows. • Over 240 AutoCAD 2013 How-to videos and recorded training classes. • Live, expert-led virtual training classes. • Cheat Sheets for quick AutoCAD troubleshooting. • Technical support delivered through chat, toll-free phone and remote desktop assistance.
To learn more about the Pinnacle Series, visithttp://www.eaglepoint.com/products/pinnacleseries/index.html#ps.
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