PLM Industry Summary Christine Bennett, Editor Vol. 13 No.9 Friday 4 March 2011 Contents

Acquisitions ______3 Bentley Acquires SACS, Leading Software for Offshore Structure Analysis ______3 CIMdata News ______4 CIMdata Inc. Announces Next European PLM Certificate Program ______4 “PLM & System Overlaps” by CIMdata’s President Peter Bilello ______5 Selerant Continues to Accelerate (Commentary) ______7 Company News ______10 Altium Sponsors ‘Part-Time Scientists’ on their Way to the Moon ______10 Autodesk Platinum Club Recognizes Outstanding Partners for Fiscal Year 2011 ______11 Autodesk Unveils New Book That Explores the Changing World of Design at TED2011 ______13 Boeing and Eurostep Release Joint Report - A New Approach to PLCS Web Services ______14 Design Engineers Worldwide Compete in 2011 'Create the Future' Contest ______14 FIRST ® and PTC® Expand Collaboration to Bring FIRST ® Tech Challenge to India, China and Eastern Europe ______15 Helping Prepare Rwanda’s Students for the Future with SolidWorks ______16 PLM Elite: New Partner-Network for PDM/PLM-Solutions ______16 RAND Worldwide Earns John Deere "Partner-Level Supplier" Award ______17 Synopsys and Xilinx Collaborate on the Industry's First Methodology Manual for FPGA-Based Prototyping of SoC Design ______17 3Dconnexion Achieves One Million 3D Mouse Milestone ______19 Events News ______19 Aras Announces Aras Community Event 2011 China and Korea ______19 Attend Mercury PLM Services Information Exchange on April 14, 2011 ______19 AVEVA Showcases Laser Products at SPAR 2011 ______20 Call for Papers: COMSOL Conference 2011 Boston ______21 CAM Logic Offers Siemens Solid Edge Fundamentals Training ______23 CENIT to Present at PLM 2011 Conference in Orlando on SAP PLM 7 Implementation Strategies ______23 CimatronE New Version on Show at INTEC ______24 Daimler, Renault and Fraunhofer LBF Deliver Keynotes at the 2011 LMS European Vehicle Conference _25 Delcam Italia to Show Complete CAM Range at Eurostampi ______26 Geometric to Showcase the New Features of CAMWorks® 2011 at AeroDef ______26 Hankook Delcam to be Biggest CAM Supplier at 20th Anniversary Intermold ______27 Omnify Software Showcases Empower PLM at 2011 Medical Devices Summit ______28 SolidProfessor Releases Hands-On Case Studies ______29 UK Trade Minister, Lord Green, Visits Delcam______29 Financial News ______30 aPriori Completes the Most Successful Quarter in Company History ______30 Bentley Holds First Annual Corporate Update Conference Call to Announce Performance Highlights for 2010 and Important New Initiatives ______31 Oracle Sets the Date for its Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 Earnings Announcement ______32 Pilgrim Software Receives Strategic Investment from Riverside Partners, a Leading Healthcare and Technology Equity Firm ______33 Implementation Investments ______33 Copyright © 2011 by CIMdata, Inc. All rights reserved. CIMdata, Inc. 3909 Research Park Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Tel: +1 (734) 668–9922 Fax: +1 (734) 668–1957 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.CIMdata.com CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Aston Martin Racing Selects PTC® Creo™ Elements/Pro™ And Windchill® To Design And Manage Development Of Next Generation Vehicles ______33 Canadian Department of National Defence Selects Anark Software for Defence Network ______34 Catalog Data Solutions Catalog and CAD Download Solution Implemented by Magnet-Schultz America _35 China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. Selects Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise ______36 Delcam’s PartMaker Cuts Programming and Set-Up Times ______36 Dynisco Chooses DFMA Software from Boothroyd Dewhurst ______37 IBM Helps Dassault Aviation Preserve Critical 3D Design Data for the Falcon Aircraft ______38 Mentor Graphics and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Extend RET and OPC Collaboration to 28nm ______39 New Shanghai HuaLi Foundry Chooses the Mentor Graphics Calibre RET Solution for 65/45nm Development and Production ______40 NSF-Funded Antenna Project at Gonzaga University Relies on ANSYS ______40 PTC Signs Cooperation Agreement for The Development of Mold Design and Manufacturing Teaching Resources Library With High Vocational Education of MOE ______41 Siemens PLM Software Surpasses 3.5 Million Active End-User Seats of Software Based on Parasolid ___42 Students of Bauman Moscow State Technical University Will Use AxSTREAM to Learn and Practice Turbomachinery Design ______43 Vodafone McLaren Mercedes to Deploy Dassault Systèmes V6 Solution ______44 Wood Group Uses SolidWorks to Pack Durability and Performance into Slender, Submersible Pumps ___45 World Famous Holmenkollen Ski Jump Modeled With Tekla BIM Software ______46 Zollner Elektronik AG Standardizes on Siemens PLM Software’s Tecnomatix Digital Manufacturing Solution ______47 Product News ______49 Altium Announces Altium Designer 10, AltiumLive, Altium Vaults ______49 AspenTech Releases New Local Language Versions of Products in aspenONE® Manufacturing & Supply Chain Suite ______51 Bentley Advances Sustainable Licensing Through Portfolio Balancing ______51 Bentley Launches New iWare Apps Site Providing Fast, Easy Access to No-Cost Software for Interoperability ______52 Cadence Opens and Extends Verification IP Catalog for Use across Silicon, SoC and System Development ______53 Centric Software Introduces Quality Module ______54 ELYSIUM to Release ASFALIS K2 for Smooth Circulation of 3D Data ______55 Extensible CAD Technologies Announces Release of InspectionXpert for Pro/ENGINEER ______56 FCC Approval of Finite Element Method for Biomedical Transmitters Puts ANSYS Software in the Spotlight ______57 Introducing STAR-CCM+ v6.02: Engineering Success at your Fingertips ______58 IronCAD, LLC Releases Product Update #1 for the IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite 2011 ______60 Magma's Titan and FineSim Validated for LFoundry Interoperable Process Design Kits (iPDKs), Accelerating Turnaround Time for Analog/Mixed-Signal SoCs ______61 Mentor Graphics Transforms SoC Integration and Functional Verification with Next Generation Questa Platform ______62 OpenText Brings Windows and UNIX Enterprise Business Applications to Mac OS X with Release of Exceed onDemand 8 ______63 Raytion Expands its Family of Enterprise Search Connectors ______64 SURFCAM V5.2 Beta Released ______65 Synopsys Announces Availability of HAPS-600 High Capacity FPGA-Based Prototyping Solution______65 Synopsys DesignWare IP First to Support Final Release of PCI Express 3.0 Specification ______66 Synopsys Introduces Proteus LRC for Lithography Verification ______67 Tech Soft 3D Launches HOOPS 3D Exchange v4.0 ______68

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Bentley Acquires SACS, Leading Software for Offshore Structure Analysis 2 March 2011 Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced, during its first Annual Corporate Update conference call, that it has acquired the SACS business from Engineering Dynamics, Inc. SACS is an integrated finite element structural analysis suite of programs that provides for the design, fabrication, installation, operations, and maintenance of offshore structures, including oil platforms and wind farms. Thirty-eight years of focus on these specialized requirements have made SACS the analysis mainstay for most of the world’s offshore engineers. Virtually all of the world’s energy companies specify SACS software for use by their engineering firms across the lifecycle of fixed offshore platforms. Among these firms are DORIS Engineering, Kellogg Brown & Root (KBR), Saipem, Technip, Wood Group, and WorleyParsons. Other users include engineering certification firms such as American Bureau of Shipping, Bureau Veritas Group, China Classification Society, Germanischer Lloyd AG, and Lloyd’s Register Group. SACS complements Bentley’s broad range of flexible and scalable integrated structural analysis and design offerings, including STAAD, RAM, ProSteel, and Bentley Structural Modeler, providing opportunity for even more comprehensive solutions. Additional growth opportunities will come from increasing offshore drilling operations in China, India, and Brazil – countries in which Bentley already has a strong foothold – and expanding use of offshore wind farms as a renewable energy source. Commenting on the new acquisition, Bentley Software SVP Bhupinder Singh said, “Our simulation team is particularly enthused about this new acquisition. Bentley already is #1 in structural analysis and design software for building, plant, bridge, civil, and geostructural applications. The addition of the SACS suite of software extends this market-leading position to include the structural analysis and design of offshore structures. On behalf of Bentley Systems I welcome our new SACS colleagues. This resourceful development group will bring us valuable experience and algorithms that may also apply to more general structural solutions.” CEO Greg Bentley said, “With respect to Bentley’s strategy to realize the potential of information modeling through integrated projects for high-performing intelligent infrastructure, offshore structures provide an important opportunity. With increasing demands for offshore resource exploration, requirements for even better safety are obviously paramount. While capabilities such as those provided by SACS are essential for these engineering challenges, the construction and operations challenges also invite integration with Bentley’s market-leading offerings for pipe stress analysis, construction simulation, and operations information modeling.” John Fowler, who co-founded Engineering Dynamics in 1973, was formerly the company’s president, and is now a Bentley consultant, said, “Our team is pleased to join Bentley and looks forward to working with our new colleagues in bringing a steady stream of innovative capabilities to the SACS product line. The breadth and depth of Bentley’s software solutions for sustaining infrastructure will undoubtedly result in integrations with SACS that further extend the software’s application range. For example, many SACS users would benefit from the enhanced collaboration and engineering content management that ProjectWise facilitates. In addition, Bentley’s ProSteel and ProConcrete structural detailing and fabrication software would fill the need among offshore platform design teams for automated documentation and detailing capabilities. And the integration of Bentley’s AutoPIPE stress

Page 3 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary analysis software would improve the engineering of offshore piping systems.” SACS consists of multiple integrated modules that enable engineers to dynamically generate any type of offshore structural system using templates or free-form modeling tools. The model can then be subjected to environmental loads, such as waves or marine growth, and investigated for various “what-if” scenarios, including the effects of fatigue, collapse, ship impact, transportation, and installation. To accommodate the various soil conditions involved in shallow and deepwater exploration, SACS also offers a comprehensive solution for the design of advanced foundation systems. Outside of North America, SACS products are supported through specialized channel partners. Bentley looks forward to continued strategic relationships with these partners. Ion Partners LLC acted as financial advisor to Engineering Dynamics, Inc. on this transaction. For additional information about Bentley’s SACS software for offshore structure analysis, visit http://www.bentley.com/SACS. Click here to return to Contents CIMdata News

CIMdata Inc. Announces Next European PLM Certificate Program 3 March 2011 CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM consulting and research firm announces that the next European session of its PLM Certificate Program is to be held at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, The Netherlands from 9-13 May 2011. CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership—the PLM industry’s most comprehensive non-biased education and training offering for today’s PLM professionals. CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Program prepares PLM technologists at several levels to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM implementations. This assessment-based program includes an intimate classroom experience, individual and team exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. Additionally, the program provides candidates with intensive and extensive exposure to a team of CIMdata’s PLM experts. Upon completion of the program, each participant receives a CIMdata PLM Certificate and thereby becomes a member of CIMdata’s global PLM Leadership community. According to Mr. Gerard Litjens, CIMdata’s Director of European Operations, “This is a great location to hold CIMdata’s next European PLM Certificate Program. Located near one of the main international transportation hubs in Europe, makes CIMdata’s world-class PLM education program easily accessible by air, train, and automobile. This European focused program has been located in The Netherlands to fulfill the growing need and increasing demand for well trained PLM professionals.” PLM Certificate Program participants can register online for either the 3-day or complete 5-day program. This certificate program is available to industrial companies who are considering or implementing PLM, and to PLM technology and service solution supplier personnel. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is built on CIMdata’s 28 years of extensive worldwide experience guiding industrial companies in successfully defining and implementing best-in-class PLM strategies and tactics. About CIMdata CIMdata, a leading independent worldwide firm, provides strategic management consulting to maximize

Page 4 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Since its founding more than 25 years ago, 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 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. Click here to return to Contents

“PLM & System Overlaps” by CIMdata’s President Peter Bilello 24 February 2011 Product lifecycle management (PLM) provides manufacturing companies with well-understood benefits in managing their product-related intellectual property, in particular their complete product definition from concept to end of life. Columns From: Time Compression, Peter BilelloPresident from CIMdata Inc. Posted on: 2/24/2011 Product lifecycle management (PLM) provides manufacturing companies with well-understood benefits in managing their product-related intellectual property, in particular their complete product definition from concept to end of life. To the confusion of users, long-accepted distinctions between PLM and other enterprise-level applications have begun to blur at the edges. This is known in the software business as “boundary blur.” Many decision makers tell us at CIMdata they find this a significant challenge. The once-crisp edges of software capabilities have become fluid as software developers push added functionality into the “spaces” occupied by other enterprise applications. For the foreseeable future, this blurring and overlap will only increase. For users, the blur-and-overlap problem highlights the need to develop a strategy for choosing and implementing enterprise-level applications and overall integration framework. Companies adopt PLM at a healthy rate; CIMdata analyses project sales rising to U.S. $34.5-billion by 2014, a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8%. Companies around the world tell us PLM makes them more competitive. As benefits accrue with improved competitiveness, however, there is an obvious corollary: Developing sound and unambiguous enterprise-level information-integration strategies can be expected to confer larger benefits with each passing year. For those who delay, the reverse may well prove true. PLM spans all phases of product-development, from front-end concepts through manufacturing and on to maintenance, support, logistics, and eventual disposal. This transparently links every part of the company concerned with product development and its management and support. This enables close collaboration among all organizational units that create, manage and/or use product information— especially those responsible for product development. This offers solutions to a variety of challenges,

Page 5 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary the most basic of which is verifying progress on assigned tasks. In design and engineering: who is doing what. But to be effective, collaboration on a company’s intellectual assets must be comprehensive, running throughout the organization and beyond, to its suppliers, partners and even customers. Effective collaboration also goes deep—into any support and staff department that touches customers or impacts quality or on-time delivery. Given all this, the need should be apparent for a top-level, carefully thought through strategy for handling all the product–related information assets—in all their varieties, formats and sources. Executives of most companies (users and PLM software developers) know this. They readily acknowledge the need to take action and even the urgency. However, from discussions with PLM solution suppliers and users, we know that some are not following through by resetting priorities and reallocating resources. We expect this picture to change for the better as companies’ margins continue to recover this year and into 2012. Some explanation is in order for overlap and boundary blur. It is common throughout the world of enterprise software regardless of which overall domain. The domains are: • The creation and management of the virtual product, i.e., all product-related intellectual assets: PLM, product data management (PDM), engineering document management (EDM), etc. • The creation and management of the physical product, i.e., the physical production systems and related assets: enterprise resource planning (ERP and its predecessor, manufacturing requirements planning or MRP), manufacturing execution systems (MES), customer requirements management (CRM), logistics / supply chain and supplier relationship management (SCM/SRM), and inventory control. In other words, PLM is an engine to create, optimize and manage intellectual assets or the virtual product. ERP etc. focus on the physical assets and production. The difference is crucial because it imposes a need for a strategy that uses both but keeps them from becoming tangled with each other. Not to mention systems for process planning, maintenance management and even business intelligence. Turning overlaps into interlocks The goal of any information strategy is to turn troublesome overlaps into valuable interlocks that leverage the company’s assets. However, this does not imply snipping and clipping around the edges while enterprise-level applications are purchased, installed or taken live. It is true that much of the overlap and “blur” is due to functionality duplicated in other applications. But a sizable portion is also due to connectivity and misunderstandings about how business processes cross organizational lines and system boundaries. For all the obvious reasons, any boost in connectivity is welcome. But where connectivity is allowed to grow without a strategy, it can disrupt the exchange and reuse of information that courses through the organization’s (digital) central nervous system. To put it bluntly, absence of an enterprise-level information-integration strategy might open the way for information turf wars and jockeying for resources, clout and control. Though rare in well-run organizations, their appearance should not be overlooked when information-integration strategies are implemented. The default for an information-integration strategy is a hand-off to corporate or divisional information technology (IT) units. Unfortunately, this may not work. In many cases, we have seen IT stay on the sidelines as information-integration strategies are discussed. IT’s role may just be advisory. They tend to be overloaded with transactions—accounts receivable/payable, payroll, benefits and the like, the so- called “business apps,” plus bills of materials (BOMs) and related items from manufacturing. Many IT units are staff organizations reporting to the chief financial officer (CFO)—even though IT is usually

Page 6 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary responsible for ERP/MRP, MES, CRM, logistics, SCM, et al. These “manufacturing” systems are much more transaction-oriented than applications that generate and analyze product-related intelligence assets. For example, computer-aided design/computer-aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM); electronic design automation (EDA); finite-element modeling and analysis (FEM/FEA); computer-aided process planning (CAPP); design for manufacturing/assembly (DFMA); and maintenance/repair and operations (MRO) plus simulation/“digital manufacturing” and many others. Enterprise-level software developers challenge information-integration strategies—inadvertently— largely because they take a “center of the universe” approach to marketing. When users demand that enterprise-level applications “play nice with each other,” developers worry that their products might not be the center of the universe. So they provide the requested connectivity and replicate other solution suppliers’ capabilities closest to their own. Which results in boundary blur and overlap. Where these capabilities and functionalities overlap, users can become confused. With that, a well-thought-out strategy becomes necessary. Competing sales pitches echo, reverberate and finally converge; promised benefits become nearly indistinguishable amid competing claims that most any operation could be managed with their application. Common sense says otherwise. Benefits of Good Strategy to PLM Users No one would disagree that ANY improvement in the product development process can help overcome the lingering challenges of the Great Recession of 2008-10 (intensely competitive markets, thin profit margins / tight credit, limited resources, insufficient time, and worried customers). The potential improvements include: • Rationally organizing the intellectual property without concern for source or format. PLM brings “doing more with less” into product development. • Easing the stress on designers, engineers and their managers while speeding up their work. PLM links them to their peers anywhere in the organization. It also helps customers leverage their efforts, which can only add to everyone’s bottom line. • An antidote for impending retirements of the Baby Boomers. PLM can capture their knowledge and experience before they’re lost forever. Can developing this strategy be postponed? Click here to return to Contents

Selerant Continues to Accelerate (Commentary) 2 March 2011 Benjamin Franklin, the well-known 18th Century publisher of Poor Richard’s Almanack and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States of America, is credited for stating, “The only things certain in life are death and taxes.” Well, we’re not sure that there are only two things that are certain in life. We think many would argue that there are a few others, such as our need for food and our basic instincts for seeking out health and safety. So you might ask, what does this have to do with product lifecycle management (PLM)? Well, actually quite a bit. At its core, PLM is about defining and bringing to market products people need and want to buy. Today’s best-in-class PLM solutions are, in fact, a combination of best practice methodologies and supporting technologies with the sole purpose of defining and bringing to market products with a higher rate of acceptance by their intended buyers. Solutions that support this definition can realize tangible

Page 7 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary ROI for companies that purchase and apply PLM solutions appropriately. One market targeted specifically by a number of leading PLM solution suppliers is the consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry. This segment of the PLM industry, especially the food and beverage sub-segment, has seen a better year in 2010, and notably, so has one of the key suppliers of solutions to this market segment— Selerant. For the most part, 2010 was a better year than 2009 for the PLM industry and early indicators suggest that it was much better for PLM solution suppliers that focused on enabling companies to satisfy consumers’ basic needs. As a result, Selerant and other similar solution suppliers we have tracked for years were well positioned for strategic growth in 2010, and Selerant didn’t hesitate to advance its position and enter into new areas. In March 2010, Selerant announced a partnership with Taiwan-based ValuePlus to support their expansion into the Greater China Market. Selerant took other strategic actions that show just how important this market is to their future expansion. They stated that their roadmap for Greater China included opening offices in Taipei, Shanghai, and Beijing, each staffed with local consultants and support teams. In the fourth quarter of 2010, Selerant announced the availability of SaaS PLM for the China Market, giving this new route to market a strong offering tailored to local needs. These are all excellent moves by Selerant. It provides them with extensive access to a fast growing market where CPG companies have the potential to deliver their goods to the largest consumer market in the world—a market that is quickly becoming the world’s largest middle class market, with middle class product expectations. The Asian Development Bank’s 2010 Key Indicators for Asia and the Pacific report stated that the growth of the middle class in Asia has four main implications: • Expanding markets for consumer durables • Frugal innovation • Greater accountability in public services • Economic growth The report argues that the middle class is associated with higher consumer spending, more innovation, and better governance. We know from experience in the West that PLM can have positive impacts in all of these areas, especially innovation and governance. These factors are not only true for the growing middle classes in Asia; they also apply to other regions of the world. For example, consumers in Europe and North America are increasingly demanding healthier products. This demand places added pressure on food and beverage companies’ product development organizations to expedite innovation and deliver new, healthier products faster. At the same time, these new products have to adhere to more complex and numerous regulations focused on product content, labeling, and packaging. All of these added complexities further validate Selerant’s strategy, but it is only part of the equation. Selerant also made major improvements in their solution offering in 2010 that are critical to these new emerging markets. One factor slowing the rapid adoption and implementation of PLM solutions is their complexity. For the last several years, companies on the mechanical side of the PLM space took steps to package their offerings to improve their “time to value.” In 2010, Selerant embraced this concept when they announced and delivered DevEXe, a new offering where the “e” stands for “express implementation.” DevEXe is a pre-configured offering designed to allow an enterprise to start fast, and then expand into the full DevEX solution over time on an as-needed basis. This solution-based offering, which includes services, templates and technology, was designed for food and beverage companies who know they need PLM, but don’t have the time and/or money required to implement a traditional configuration-intensive

Page 8 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary solution. This “express” approach is particularly good for small- to mid-size CPG companies in Greater China, India, and other consumer-driven markets, which are often resource constrained. Selerant used its more than 20 years of development and implementation experience to configure an out- of-the-box solution Selerant claims can reduce an enterprise’s PLM implementation time by as much as 70 percent. These pre-configured solutions primarily focus on companies in the highly competitive food and beverage industry. According to Selerant, these DevEXe solutions include a robust set of pre- configured workflows, templates, tables, fields, forms, regulatory support, and customized reports. Once implemented, authorized users can employ some or all of the four seamlessly integrated modules: The “Product Development” module supports the creation, management, and use of formulas and recipes. The “Regulatory Compliance” module supports an organization’s regulatory compliance related processes with analysis and documentation management functionality. The “Innovation Process Management” module provides a set of standardized workflow templates and stage gate enablement. The “Product Data Management” module supports the creation, management, and use of product requirements as well as product and packaging specifications. Selerant’s approach to defining and delivering DevEXe to the market should be commended. This approach allows Selerant to deliver a total solution that addresses many common business needs encountered by food and beverage companies around the world. By taking this preconfigured, total solution approach, Selerant is providing a sound PLM business solution focused on preconfigured capabilities that get an enterprise up and running quickly. This is critical in today’s challenging global market where enterprises of all sizes must innovate to increase their market potential; to bring significant value to their shareholders, customers, and employees; and, in many cases, just to survive. According to our research, it is important that this innovation occur in all dimensions—product, process, and organization—to improve competitiveness and overall business performance. Companies can clearly differentiate themselves by demonstrating continuous innovation that consistently results in right-to-market products and services. Innovation can occur spontaneously in almost any situation, but the ability to continuously innovate requires an environment that nurtures collaboration and allows the enterprise’s intellectual assets to be leveraged to their maximum potential. To achieve this “environment for innovation,” enterprises must be able to effectively capture, manage, and leverage their intellectual assets (often referred to as product definition information). PLM is the business strategy that best allows organizations to establish such an environment. This strategic business approach helps enterprises achieve their business goals of reducing costs, improving quality, and shortening time-to-market, through innovation in their products, services, and business operations. Selerant’s DevEX solution suite, like other comprehensive PLM enabling solutions, supports the fundamental concepts of PLM: Accurate capture, at the point and time of creation, of all information related to the product and/or service, including the processes required for developing, manufacturing, maintaining, retiring, and disposing of the product Universal, secure, managed access and use of product related information

Page 9 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Maintenance of the integrity of the product definition and related information throughout the life of the product, no matter what type of product it is, from concept to end of life Management and maintenance of business processes used to create, manage, disseminate, share, and use product related information DevEX’s strength is its ability to manage an extended enterprise’s digital product-related assets. Selerant’s web-based DevEX solution can provide an enterprise with a digital highway for intellectual assets, one that ensures that the right product information is available at the right time, to the right people, in the right context. DevEX has proven its ability to enable an information backbone upon which an enterprise creates and delivers innovative products and services. Furthermore, by providing necessary intellectual assets, DevEX enables collaborative product lifecycle management work environments that bring together expertise from multiple organizations. These are environments where people can develop new, innovative products and services, and design and establish innovative business, manufacturing, and support processes. In today’s highly competitive global consumer packaged goods market this type of support is critical. Without such support many companies will find it extremely difficult to survive. 2010 was a good year for Selerant. The company’s business and technology advances were significant and they should continue to pay dividends for the company, their customers, and the consumer packaged goods market for years to come. 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 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. Visit http://www.CIMdata.com for more information. Click here to return to Contents Company News

Altium Sponsors ‘Part-Time Scientists’ on their Way to the Moon 2 March 2011 Altium is sponsoring the ‘Part-Time Scientists’ in their efforts to win the international $30 million Google Lunar X PRIZE competition. The Google Lunar X PRIZE challenge, which aims to foster exploration and innovation in an attempt to make private space flight more viable, requires participating teams to successfully land a robotic rover on the Moon. Part-Time Scientists is a group of about 70 scientists, engineers, programmers and support staff. Officially located in Berlin, the group actually works together as a virtual team spread around the globe. The sponsorship package includes free licenses for the electronics design tool Altium Designer to cover the electronic design needs of the team, hardware from the NanoBoard 3000 family to quickly explore algorithms in FPGA based embedded systems as well as training to get the electronic design team members up to speed. "With the ultimate goal of securely soft landing a rover on the moon our team is always working on making the impossible possible,” says Robert Böhme, Core Team Leader for Part-Time Scientists. “So I

Page 10 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary am exceedingly pleased that we now have the strength and support of Altium and their innovative products for our electronics design team." “Designing electronics that work in space is no easy task, but Altium Designer allows us to control every minuscule aspect of our PCB. For example, the 3D feature helps us to design the mechanics so that the heat is dissipated correctly. Another feature that is extraordinarily important for reliable electronics is the ability to work in a group and perform reviews, even when the people involved are distributed all over the world and you have competitors eagerly waiting for you to fail,” comments Karsten Becker, who is in charge of the electronics design team. “While most of our designers have not used Altium Designer before, the online training with the guys at Altium got us up to speed in no time. We have already produced several PCBs and are looking forward to designing our next, more challenging PCBs that we need.” Altium Designer is built on a unified data model. Smart design data management, FPGA/PCB Co- Design, real 3D PCB design, integrated version control, managed release processes and many more features turn Altium Designer into a powerful platform for innovation. Click here to return to Contents

Autodesk Platinum Club Recognizes Outstanding Partners for Fiscal Year 2011 1 March 2011 Autodesk, Inc. has selected 26 Value Added Resellers (VARs) and Value Added Distributors (VADs) for induction into the 2011 Autodesk Platinum Club during Autodesk’s annual global channel partner event, One Team Conference (OTC), in Las Vegas, Nev. The selected companies demonstrated strong sales performance and commitment to customer service during the 2011 fiscal year. Of the 26 inductees, seven are celebrating their Silver Anniversary as Autodesk VARs. Autodesk Platinum Club members include channel partners who have excelled in sales, growth and other key measures. The Platinum Club also includes channel partners who were the leading commercial education, government or distribution partners in their Americas sales region. Platinum Club 2011 Winners – Americas Overall Reseller of the Year Applied Software Rookie Partner of the Year EMA Design Automation Platinum Club 2011 Winners – North America Top North American Reseller in AEC Overall Sales Growth CADD Microsystems Top North American Reseller in MFG Overall Sales Growth Tata Technologies Top North American Reseller in M&E Overall Sales Growth 3DV Corporation Top North American Reseller in Creative Finishing Overall Sales Growth Oceana

Page 11 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Top North American Reseller in Government Overall Sales Growth Eagle Point Software Top North American Reseller in Education Overall Sales Growth IMAGINiT Top North American Reseller in Overall Product Sales Growth Avatech Top North American Reseller in AEC Product and New Subscription Growth Microdesk Top North American Reseller in MFG Product and New Subscription Growth ECAD Top North American Reseller in M&E Product and New Subscription Growth RFX Top Volume Channel Partner CDW Top North American Reseller in Marketing SolidCAD Platinum Club 2011 Winners – Latin America Top Latin America Reseller in AEC Overall Sales Growth Brasoftware Top Latin America Reseller in MFG Overall Sales Growth MAPData Top Latin America Distributor Overall Sales Growth PARS Top Latin America Reseller in PSEB Overall Sales Growth COMGRAP Top Latin America Reseller in Overall Product Sales Growth Frazillio & Ferroni Informatica Platinum Club 2011 Winners – 25 Year Anniversary Awards Acad S.A. – Argentina CADapult LTD – Delaware Draft-Co, Inc – Ohio GRAPHO Produtos e Serviços em Comp. Ltda - GRAPHO/PR – Brazil Holman’s of Nevada, Inc. – Nevada KarelCAD – Australia Lakeland Technical Services – Pennsylvania Microgeo S.A. – Chile Mutoh Engineering Inc. – Japan This year’s Silver Anniversary VARs have helped customers take advantage of Autodesk’s 3D design, engineering and entertainment software to design, visualize and simulate their ideas, while solving

Page 12 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary business problems. Through the years, these valued partners have consistently helped encourage adoption of 3D design software in multiple industries, and to demonstrate what it means to be a trusted adviser to Autodesk users. Autodesk’s global channel partner network includes more than 1,900 partners, all of whom support customers across a number of industries, such as architecture, engineering and construction; manufacturing; automotive; utilities and government; telecommunications; games; television and film. Autodesk supports its global partner network through initiatives that include a distinguished reseller recognition program, a customer engagement program that has helped increase partner solutions sales, investments in channel capacity and capability through immersive training, and a channel partner web portal designed to provide resellers fast, easy access to materials, program information and news. Click here to return to Contents

Autodesk Unveils New Book That Explores the Changing World of Design at TED2011 3 March 2011 Autodesk, Inc. introduced the new book Imagine, Design, Create: How Designers, Engineers and Architects Are Changing Our World at TED2011 Conference in Long Beach, California. Edited by Autodesk Fellow Tom Wujec, Imagine, Design, Create explores the innovative thinking behind the work of a wide range of companies and designers, ranging from the world’s largest and most established companies to new and emerging designers. The book includes hundreds of beautiful images and illustrations, as well as interviews with industry leaders and innovators using fresh design approaches and new design capabilities to create buildings, products and entertainment experiences. “We are delighted to be working with Autodesk on a rare look at the thrilling bigger picture through design, starring many of the characters who have lit up the TED stage in recent years,” said Chris Anderson, TED Curator. Wujec adds that “Design has become a transformative force in the world. In fact, an organization’s capacity to design -- not just in the sense of ‘styling,’ but of discovering new solutions, creating real value and producing innovative solutions -- has never been more important. Advancing technology is now changing how people design.” Book Excerpt: “The growth and rapid change in technologies such as 3D printing, network connectivity, bioinformatics, genomics, artificial intelligence, nanotechnology, robotics, and mobile computing, among others, will accelerate the evolution of design in the coming years. Fundamental shifts in how we work together, already emerging in our always connected, socially networked lives, are also altering the practice of design… Our world will increasingly be shaped by the degree to which designers are able to create smart, effective, and elegant solutions that improve what that world looks like, how well it functions, and what it’s like to live in it. The future surely will transform design—but it’s just as certain that design will transform the future, by visualizing, optimizing, giving shape to, and ultimately creating a world that, for now, we can only imagine.” Together, Autodesk and TED have partnered to spread ideas of technology, entertainment and design. This year, TED attendees will experience a Social Space, presented by Autodesk, that celebrates

Page 13 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary the design process -- the process that takes great ideas and turns them into reality. With exhibits that showcase the innovative work of Autodesk customers, the Social Space illustrates technology’s role in creating great design. From TED Talks, to showcasing emerging technologies at TED conferences worldwide, Autodesk's involvement in TED reflects the company’s commitment to foster design innovation through technology, all as a means to solve many of today’s global problems. Imagine, Design, Create was produced by Melcher Media, an expert print and digital content producer. Contributors include Warren Berger, author of Glimmer: How Design Can Transform Your Business, Your Life, and Maybe Even the World, together with a team of journalists, including Alex Frankel, Bob Parks and Jessie Scanlon. The book’s infographics were created by Brian Ford and Mark Freeman. Imagine, Design, Create: How Designers, Engineers and Architects Are Changing Our World will be available this spring through popular distribution channels. Click here to return to Contents

Boeing and Eurostep Release Joint Report - A New Approach to PLCS Web Services 3 March 2011 Boeing and Eurostep have investigated a new approach to developing standardized PLCS Web Services. The basic concept is that PLCS DEX’s should be developed using mainstream technology. Resulting in cheaper, simpler and faster development and automatic generation of DEX based PLCS Web Services. The reduced complexity will allow more people to contribute to the success of PLCS. Download the document Click here to return to Contents

Design Engineers Worldwide Compete in 2011 'Create the Future' Contest 2 March 2011 The ninth "Create the Future" Design Contest (www.createthefuture2011.com) sponsored by Creo – a PTC product, COMSOL, and Tech Briefs Media Group opens today and entries will be accepted through June 30, 2011. The contest is an opportunity to receive global recognition and a cash prize of $20,000 for a breakthrough product idea.

Past contests have generated over 1,000 design ideas annually from engineers, educators and students in more than 50 countries. Previous grand prize winning entries include a wheelchair propulsion system designed to increase the users mobility while decreasing upper body, repetitive stress injuries; a device that makes CPR easy and safe for anyone to perform; a fuel-saving motor/pump for cars and trucks; a low-cost in-vehicle emergency warning system; and a new type of energy-efficient lighting.

The "Create the Future" Design Contest has been responsible for bringing attention to product designs that increase the quality of life, improve the efficiency and quality of healthcare, and help to reduce dependence on non-renewable energy sources.

Additional prizes will also be awarded to the winners in each of the seven entry categories. New for the 2011 contest, an Electronics category has been added with Digi-Key Corporation as the sponsor. Other contest categories include Consumer Products; Machinery & Equipment; Medical; Safety and Security;

Page 14 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Sustainable Technologies; and Transportation. Prizes for each of these categories will be provided by Hewlett-Packard.

Contest entries can be submitted by an individual or a team. An independent industry panel will judge the entries. Web site visitors are invited to vote for their favorite entry. For more information on how to enter the contest, go to www.createthefuture2011.com .

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FIRST ® and PTC® Expand Collaboration to Bring FIRST ® Tech Challenge to India, China and Eastern Europe 1 March 2011 FIRST ® (For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology), a not-for-profit organization that inspires young people’s interest and participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STE,) announced that, in cooperation with PTC® , it has expanded the international rollout of the FIRST ® Tech Challenge (FTC®) program to India, China and Eastern Europe. PTC is also a top level Crown Supplier for FIRST and the FTC CAD and Collaboration Sponsor for the 2010-2011 season. The dates for the 2011 competitions have been set for April 2 (Bucharest, Romania); April 23 (Shanghai, China); and August 15 (Mumbai/Delhi, India). “PTC continues to be an important supporter of FIRST,” said FIRST president Jon Dudas. “Over the past four years, we continue to be impressed with their corporate and employee commitment to the FIRST vision and strategy over the past four years. PTC has leveraged its global ecosystem by co-sponsoring nearly 150 FIRST ® Robotics Competition (FRC®) and FTC teams with its customers and partners to extend the FIRST program into as many schools as possible. We thank PTC for this unwavering support and look forward to continuing our work with them.” In preparation for this year’s FRC and FTC seasons, PTC completed over 40 hands-on workshops for students, teachers, Volunteers, and Mentors to learn 3D design and collaboration technology. More than 800 teams have signed up for free PTC software, including Creo™ Elements/Pro™, Mathcad®, and Windchill®. Students and teachers may download PTC software at http://www.ptc.com/go/softwareforfirst. “PTC’s global footprint enables the company to bring a unique combination of blue-chip customers, academic partners and employee Volunteers to each of these locations to launch FTC events,” said FTC Director Ken Johnson. “PTC and its long-time customer NRB Bearings Ltd. were Founding Partners of the launch of FTC in Mumbai, India, last year. More than 3,000 students applied for 70 spots in that initial competition. It was an incredible success and we look forward to more successes like this for the upcoming FIRST season.” PTC has also modeled the 2011 FTC and FRC Kit-of-Parts (KoP) in Creo Elements/Pro, which each team can use to speed the design of its robot. The KoP may be downloaded at http://www.ptc.com/go/firstkop. FIRST and PTC invite interested parties who would like to participate in these international programs to contact Jordan Cox, PTC’s FIRST Program Manager, at [email protected]. Click here to return to Contents

Page 15 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Helping Prepare Rwanda’s Students for the Future with SolidWorks 4 March 2011 SolidWorks have been active in Rwanda for a number of years. SolidWorks’ founder Jon Hirschtick first heard of Rwandan president Kagame’s vision for improving Rwandan design and manufacturing education from a friend (and SolidWorks customer) in 2005. Jon and former CEO Jeff Ray initially helped with creating an engineering software program for local technical colleges, including ETO Gitarama, ETO Muhima and the Kigali Institute of Technology (KIST). SolidWorks provided courseware for design and manufacturing, materials that teachers could use in the classroom, models by which students could learn to digitally create products and embark on careers in 3D design and product development. SolidWorks later joined with the Rwandan government and Innnovate3D (a division of TenLinks) to create Gasabo 3D, a provider of 3D CAD modeling services to global industries. Today Gasabo 3D is also reverse-engineering the parts used in internationally-made farm equipment, allowing Rwandan engineers to quickly fabricate replacement components or entirely new machines in a short period of time. Click here to return to Contents

PLM Elite: New Partner-Network for PDM/PLM-Solutions 22 February 2011 Econocap AB, INNEO Solutions GmbH, SAVACO N.V. and TECHSOFT Datenverarbeitung GmbH establish international alliance for innovative product design processes Secure and version controlled storage of design and CAD data is indispensable for every product development process. Transparency and traceability of these data and information demonstrably increase product quality. PLM Elite provides custom-tailored solutions to meet these challenges. Fitted with concentrated know-how gained in a multitude of international projects, the four founding members of PLM Elite take up the challenge for demanding PDM/PLM projects. Under one umbrella: PLM Elite combines the leading technology platform with best practice systems engineering in an international environment – with near-by support. All PLM Elite members are certified Platinum- or Gold Partners of PTC. PTC appreciates the international alliance in the PDM/PLM sector by PLM Elite: “We are excited about the creation of this new organization and the great collaboration among four of our premier partners in Europe. The combined assets of these companies will help to ensure many successful PLM deployments and further demonstrate the superiority of PTC solutions in the marketplace. The Best in class Technology combined with the implementation resources and strong customer focus brought by these PTC Partners creates a win-win-win in the marketplace”. (Bob Kocis, Senior Divisional Vice President Worldwide Channel Business) About PLM Elite: By establishing the partnership of Econocap AB, INNEO Solutions GmbH, SAVACO N.V. and TECHSOFT Datenverarbeitung GmbH in 2011, PLM Elite signifies demanding and holistic solution concepts. As a competent partner for PDM/PLM solutions PLM Elite is represented all over Europe. Our 23 subsidiaries are located in Austria, Belgium, Germany, the United Kingdom, Norway, Sweden

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RAND Worldwide Earns John Deere "Partner-Level Supplier" Award 3 March 2011 RAND Worldwide announced that it has earned recognition as a Partner-level supplier in John Deere’s Achieving Excellence Program for 2010.The Partner-level status is Deere & Company’s highest supplier rating. RAND Worldwide was selected for this honor in recognition of its dedication to providing Pro/ENGINEER training services of outstanding quality as well as its commitment to continuous improvement. For nearly a decade, RAND Worldwide has been delivering creative Pro/ENGINEER training and support solutions tailored to John Deere’s specific needs at several sites across North America and Europe. “We’re thrilled to be one of the very few companies to receive John Deere’s Partner-level rating for 2010," remarked Chris Grossman, Vice President, Engineering. “Receiving this award nine years in a row speaks not only to our longevity of providing customized Pro/ENGINEER software training, but to our dedication to exceptional customer service.” Suppliers who participate in the Achieving Excellence program are evaluated annually in several key performance categories including quality, cost management, delivery, technical support and wavelength, which is a measure of responsiveness. Merged with a history of continuous client improvement, extensive training and courseware development, RAND Worldwide offers its customers significant and measurable value. Further extending on this mission of providing value, RAND Worldwide also provides Autodesk software solutions to John Deere, through its IMAGINiT Technologies division. About RAND Worldwide RAND Worldwide advances the way organizations design, develop, and manage building, infrastructure, and manufacturing projects. Fortune 500 and Engineering News Record's Top 100 companies work with the company to gain a competitive advantage through technology consulting, implementation, training, and support services. One of the world's largest integrators of Autodesk software, the company also provides data archiving based upon solutions from Autonomy, facilities management software from Archibus, CAD and PLM courseware through their ASCENT division and provides training and support solutions on the Dassault Systèmes and PTC products. For more information see (http://www.rand.com). Click here to return to Contents

Synopsys and Xilinx Collaborate on the Industry's First Methodology Manual for FPGA-Based Prototyping of SoC Design 2 March 2011 Synopsys, Inc. and Xilinx, Inc. announced the availability of the FPGA-Based Prototyping Methodology Manual (FPMM), a practical guide to using FPGAs as a platform for system-on-chip (SoC)

Page 17 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary development. The FPMM captures valuable design and verification expertise contributed by engineering teams from BBC Research & Development; Design of System on Silicon, S.A. (DS2); Freescale Semiconductor; LSI, Inc.; NVIDIA Corp.; STMicroelectronics; and Texas Instruments (TI), which have successfully employed FPGA-based prototyping to accelerate complex ASIC and SoC development projects. The manual covers all aspects of FPGA-based prototyping, including understanding the challenges and benefits of prototyping, the implementation of a SoC design in FPGA, and finally, its use for software and system validation. Synopsys and Xilinx expect the FPMM to be the catalyst for an online, interactive FPGA-based prototyping community, hosted at http://www.synopsys.com/fpmm, where prototypers can raise challenges and exchange best practices. FPMM authors Doug Amos and René Richter of Synopsys and Austin Lesea of Xilinx are experts in FPGA technology and prototyping of designs using FPGAs. Recognizing that SoC designs are usually created for ASIC technology implementation, and therefore present specific challenges for implementation in one or more FPGA devices, the authors created a unique reference guide that will help not only first-time prototypers, but also experienced teams and project leaders. In addition to surveying the range of prototyping options, from virtual prototyping through building custom boards to purchasing complete prototyping systems, the FPMM outlines a methodology called Design-for- Prototyping. Design-for-Prototyping integrates FPGA-based prototyping seamlessly into the ASIC/SoC project so that the design can be more readily implemented and made available at the earliest opportunity to the end-users. This approach delivers productivity benefits by connecting to system-level tools like virtual prototyping for earlier software development and during the crucial later stages of a project when hardware and software are integrated for the first time. "The FPMM will be an invaluable resource to ASIC designers and prototypers because it is the industry's first attempt to collect in one volume information to outline the challenges and solutions for successfully prototyping ASIC designs in FPGA hardware," said Vincent Ratford, senior vice president of worldwide marketing and business development at Xilinx. "Xilinx® Virtex® FPGA devices have been extensively used for ASIC prototyping because of their high logic capacity, and we expect that trend will continue with the delivery of 2 million logic element devices in our 28nm Virtex-7 family." "Synopsys has a long history of publishing methodology manuals that have been widely used by designers to help them be more productive. The collaboration between Synopsys and Xilinx, with contributions by noted industry leaders in prototyping, has made it possible to capture best practices in the FPMM. This has paved the way for other users to learn from this experience and help speed system validation," said John Chilton, senior vice president of marketing and strategic development, Synopsys. About the Manual and Availability The FPMM contains 15 comprehensive chapters and two appendices that cover real-world examples. The manual is organized into chapters that parallel the tasks and decisions faced during an FPGA-based prototyping project. The chapters are also designed to stand alone, allowing the manual to be used as a reference. For more information on the FPMM, including how to purchase a copy through Amazon.com or to download a free eBook version, please go to the FPMM website at http://www.synopsys.com/fpmm. Additionally, to learn more about the other methodology manuals and educational publications produced by Synopsys Press, visit http://www.synopsys.com/synopsyspress. Click here to return to Contents

Page 18 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 3Dconnexion Achieves One Million 3D Mouse Milestone 2 March 2011 3Dconnexion announced it has shipped more than one million 3D mice, supporting today’s most popular and powerful 3D software solutions from companies including Autodesk, Dassault Systèmes, Siemens, PTC, Google, Microsoft, and Adobe across computer aided design, digital content creation, architecture and construction, and geographic information systems. .3Dconnexion 3D mice unlock the power of 3D design applications by allowing design engineers to interact naturally with 3D content as if they are holding the model or camera in their hand. Many of the world’s leading companies in industries from aerospace to automotive, consumer goods to electronics, and machine tools to game development, use 3Dconnexion 3D mice to boost productivity, efficiency and the comfort of their design teams. To mark its “One Millionth 3D Mouse Milestone,” 3Dconnexion will host several activities throughout the next month, offering users the opportunity to win a 3D mouse. For more information, visit 3Dconnexion’s website, Facebook and Twitter. Click here to return to Contents Events News

Aras Announces Aras Community Event 2011 China and Korea 2 March 2011 Aras® announced upcoming Aras Community Events (ACE) in China and Korea. Attendees will have the opportunity to collaborate on product lifecycle management strategies and learn about the advanced PLM solutions from Aras. To Learn More and Register Please Visit the Aras Events Page http://www.aras.com/events Upcoming ACE Events: • Open Source PLM - March 10, 2011, Seoul, Korea • PLM via an Open Platform - March 10, 2011, Hong Kong, China • PLM for the Automotive Industry - March 11, 2011, Hong Kong, China ACE 2011 regional events offer and an excellent opportunity to learn about the many benefits of open source PLM, see the advanced capabilities of the Aras enterprise solution suite, hear case studies, learn about successes and more. Whether you are in the process of learning about Aras or are a long time user, you'll gain expert insight and information necessary to achieve success and take your company's PLM strategy to the next level. Click here to return to Contents

Attend Mercury PLM Services Information Exchange on April 14, 2011 3 March 2011 Mercury PLM Services Presents—Useful PLM Information from Practical People

Page 19 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Network with colleagues to discuss solutions to PLM implementation challenges by participating in a 1- day PLM Information Exchange on April 14, 2011. In attendance will be professionals from a variety of industries. The event will be hosted by the members of Mercury PLM Services, the team which supports Mercury Marine’s award winning* PLM implementation. Embarking on a PLM voyage can be rough. Attending the Information Exchange can help make the voyage smooth. Our goal is to provide useful information based on our experience to help: • Avoid pitfalls facing a new PLM investment by being better prepared • Extend and sustain the ROI from an existing implementation With more than 7 years of practical PLM implementation experience within a challenging manufacturing environment, the people supporting Mercury Marine’s global PLM deployment are available to exchange key insights that can help: • Improve an existing PLM implementation • Set a new implementation team on a course for success Learn About: • How to guide through a PLM implementation o Proven steps to align business ownership and cross-functional processes for a PLM implementation • Methods to manage Pro-E and other CAD data • Practical tips for installing or upgrading to Teamcenter 8.3 Real World Examples of How PLM Benefits: • Product Development and Supply Chain • New Product Program Managers • Product Cost Engineers Participants attending the event on-site at our Fond du Lac, WI, facility will receive a lunch followed by a plant tour. Who Should Attend: VP of Engineering, Director of Engineering, Engineering manager, PLM Champion, IT managers, Program Manager, Project Manager, Supply Chain, PLM System Administrator, Operations Functional Managers or Directors Visit http://mercuryplm.com/informationexchange/ to register or for more information. Click here to return to Contents

AVEVA Showcases Laser Products at SPAR 2011 1 March 2011 AVEVA will be showcasing the latest developments in its laser technology including AVEVA

Page 20 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary IntelliLaser, as a premium sponsor at SPAR 2011. AVEVA IntelliLaser was first announced at SPAR's European sister event in December. As a new extension to the AVEVA NET information management solution, IntelliLaser provides digital navigation of the physical asset, enabling process plant owner operators to cost-effectively add intelligence to laser-scan data. With IntelliLaser 3D laser survey data is turned into a rich data source for asset management via the web. Also being demonstrated is AVEVA Laser Model Interface which fuses state-of-the-art, data centric 3D design with high definition real world scanning. This reduces business risk in brownfield plant engineering, operation and maintenance through ‘right first time' design. The rapid revamp assessment and the open interface enabling laser scan data neutrality differentiates AVEVA from the competition. Mat Truche-Gordon, EVP Business Strategy for AVEVA comments, "We have been innovating in the laser scan market for many years and offer customers seamless integration between their laser data and engineering software. In addition to demonstrating Laser Model Interface and IntelliLaser, visitors can expect to see an exciting new AVEVA software application that will dramatically improve the efficiency and quality of converting laser scanned data into intelligent 3D plant models. We will be making a full announcement on the opening day of the SPAR conference". Neil McPhater, Product Marketing Manager - Interoperability & Special Projects, for AVEVA will be hosting a technical seminar titled ‘Dramatic improvements in process plant engineering using AVEVA's Laser Scan solutions'. The seminar takes place on Wednesday 23 March 11:30 to 12:30. Attendees can see AVEVA's Laser technology demonstrations by visiting booth #21. SPAR 2011 takes place between March 21 - 24 at the Waterway Marriott Hotel & Convention Center, The Woodlands near Houston, TX. AVEVA will be available for press briefings at the show. Please contact Kate Magill, tel: +44 1223 558204, email: [email protected], to book time with an AVEVA representative. Please click on the links for further product information: AVEVA Model Interface http://www.aveva.com/products_services_aveva_plant_lasermodelinterface.php AVEVA IntelliLaser http://www.aveva.com/products_services_aveva_net_intellilaser.php Click here to return to Contents

Call for Papers: COMSOL Conference 2011 Boston 25 March 2011 COMSOL, Inc. announced that it will hold its seventh annual conference on multiphysics modeling and simulation October 13-15 at the Boston Marriott Newton. Users of COMSOL Multiphysics® are invited to submit abstracts describing projects in which they have made achievements using simulation software. Suggested, but not mandatory, topic areas for oral and poster presentations include: Acoustics and Vibrations

Page 21 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Batteries and Fuel Cells Bioscience and Bioengineering Chemical Reaction Engineering Computational Fluid Dynamics Education Electrochemistry Geophysics Heat Transfer & Phase Change Electromagnetics MEMS & Piezoelectric Devices Microfluidics Multiphysics Nanotechnology Numerical Methods Optimization Optics, Photonics & Plasmonics Plasma Physics, EHD & MHD Porous Media Flow Quantum Mechanics RF & Microwaves Semiconductor Devices Sensors and Actuators Structural Mechanics Transport Phenomena Abstracts should briefly summarize the individual or a group’s work using COMSOL Multiphysics, with particular focus on describing the problem, model set up, simulation results, and conclusions. Abstract submissions will be reviewed by the Conference Program Committee. Committee members hail from well-known corporations and academic institutions. These include: Acumentrics Corporation, BAE Systems, BD Medical, Boston Scientific, Carnegie Mellon University, Charles Stark Draper Laboratory Inc, Dalhousie University, DuPont Engineering Research & Technology, GE Global Research Center, General Motors, Hypertherm Inc., Johnson Screens, Lockheed Martin Corporation, Naval Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, Physical Measurement Lab-NIST and Purdue University. Authors of accepted paper or poster submissions will present their work at the conference. Additionally, final versions of the accepted papers or posters will become a permanent part of the conference

Page 22 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary proceedings which, in recent years, has been distributed to more than 100,000 engineers and scientists worldwide. All presenters will benefit from the opportunity to become the winner of the Best Paper Award or Best Poster Award. Program Committee members vote and award prizes for the “Best Paper” while the “Best Poster” is chosen by popular vote among fellow Conference attendees. Abstracts submitted by the early bird deadline of June 17th will receive a reduced registration rate of $195. The final deadline for the submission of abstracts is August 1st. Interested parties should visit http://www.comsol.com/conference2011/usa/papers for complete details including important dates and guidelines for submitting and uploading abstracts. For more information on the COMSOL Conference 2011 Boston, visit http://www.comsol.com/conference2011/usa. Click here to return to Contents

CAM Logic Offers Siemens Solid Edge Fundamentals Training February 2011 CAM Logic offers Solid Edge Fundamentals Training: Four Day Fundamentals of Solid Edge training course to be held March 8-March 11. This class is an ideal way for novice users to increase their fundamental skills and learn of the potential uses of production level solid modeling. This four day course focuses on the fundamental skills and concepts central to the use of Solid Edge. By course completion, students will have learned how to utilize Solid Edge to design production level parametric models of parts, sheet metal design, assemblies, detail drawings and document management. For more detailed information or to register for the class, please click on one of the links below. Get more information Register Now For further information: John Gaioni CAM Logic, Inc. [email protected] (248) 969-9201 Click here to return to Contents

CENIT to Present at PLM 2011 Conference in Orlando on SAP PLM 7 Implementation Strategies 2 March 2011 Topic: Tools to manage, automate, and integrate product development processes with SAP PLM 7 Presenters: Reinhard M. Staebler and Sascha Schwenker, CENIT North America Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Page 23 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Time: 2:30 pm - 3:45 CENIT (http://www.cenit.de, http://www.cenit.us) will be presenting at the PLM 2011 Conference, jointly hosted by SAP and SAPinsider, on March 22nd in Orlando, FL. The speakers will discuss lessons learned from early implementation projects of the new SAP PLM 7 solution. The presentation will focus on strategies for rapid deployment of PLM 7 and an overview of available accelerator tools. Together with their PLM Alliance partners CENIT will also be exhibiting at the conference at booth #905 from March 22nd to March 25th . Conference highlights will include presentations on strategies, best practices and industry case studies on the latest SAP Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Portfolio and Project Management (PPM) solutions. Visit the conference website at http://www.plm2011.com for further details. Click here to return to Contents

CimatronE New Version on Show at INTEC 2 March 2011 Cimatron Limited announced that it will showcase the new version of CimatronE at the INTEC Trade Fair (hall 1 stand G01) March 1-4 2011 in Leipzig, Germany. Version 10.0 of CimatronE contains over 150 major enhancements and new functionality for mold makers, die makers and manufacturers in the areas of Quoting, Tool Design, Drafting, Electrode Creation and NC Programming. The latest enhancements provide extensive competitive benefits for toolmakers, in a single integrated solution. CAD enhancements provide stronger, more powerful capabilities, including a new built-in Motion Simulator, which specializes in tooling and provides an advanced, event based analysis of kinematics. Die makers will enjoy an easier, more intuitive strip design process and greater automation for tool design. Mold designers will find that handling changes is simpler, with more powerful ECO analysis and implementation. CAM enhancements increase programming productivity, with background calculations and enhanced multi-core processing. Machining times are reduced, with significant upgrades to rough and cleanup strategies, and there's a new helical finish strategy. Cimatron GmbH will partner with DCAM GmbH at the show. DCAM's flagship product is DCAMCUT, an optimum Wire EDM CAD/CAM solution for the mold and die industry that can operate as part of the CimatronE manufacturing process. DCAMCUT creates safe and securely directed wire EDM programs on solid and surface models. The product will be previewed in the Cimatron booth. Cimatron GmbH will also showcase the latest version of GibbsCAM (marketed as virtual Gibbs in Germany). The GibbsCAM product family supports the full range of metal cutting machine tools, from basic milling and turning centers to rotary tables, to 3- and 5-axis simultaneous milling machines, complex multi-task machining machine tools to Wire-EDM devices. "We're excited to show the new enhancements to CimatronE 10.0," said Dirk Dombert, General Manager of Cimatron GmbH. "All of our customers will benefit from these enhancements. Mold designers and die designers will appreciate the new motion simulation, as well as a host of new CAD

Page 24 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary capabilities and increased automation. NC programmers will be pleased with background calculation, as well as other new enhancements and significant improvements to existing features." Click here to return to Contents

Daimler, Renault and Fraunhofer LBF Deliver Keynotes at the 2011 LMS European Vehicle Conference 4 March 2011 LMS International announced the keynote speakers at the 2011 LMS European Vehicle Conference to be held at the Kempinski Hotel Airport in Munich, Germany on the 11th and 12th of May. The conference will host Prof.Dr. Ludger Dragon, Head of Vehicle Dynamics Simulation at Daimler, Mr. Eric Landel, Expert Leader Numerical Modeling & Simulation at Renault, and Prof. Dr.-Ing Holger Hanselka, Director at Fraunhofer Institute for Structural Durability and System Reliability, as keynote speakers. “We are greatly pleased that Prof. Dr. Ludger Dragon, Mr. Eric Landel and Prof. Dr.-Ing Holger Hanselka will present their visionary approach to the eco- and brand value engineering challenges in the automotive sector.” commented Dr. Urbain Vandeurzen, LMS Chairman and CEO. “Our aim is to provide a meeting place for the automotive and ground vehicle community to exchange ideas and find ways to respond to the current challenges in the industry.” In the context of sustainable mobility & energy management optimization, new mechatronic systems in powertrain, transmission and chassis are being developed – often in close collaboration with the supplier industry, with a high impact on system functional performance. These industrial changes require technological innovation as well as considerations for more efficient development processes. The industry focuses on frontloading the development process based on a model based systems engineering paradigm, including methodology to use virtual multi-physics models of subsystems and systems in combination with controls modeling for frontloading performance assessment, and develops refined schemes for control integration, calibration and validation. At the same time, pressure on efficiency and brand innovation remains high for the more traditional attribute areas as NVH and acoustics performance, durability, comfort and vehicle performance. The two-day conference is the ideal venue to discover real-life business applications and the latest technological evolutions presented by leading industry experts, and to experience simulation and testing solutions and products from LMS and its partners. The conference will bring together engineering executives, senior managers, and technical experts who will share strategies that illustrate how simulation supported by continuous progress in physical testing has helped them optimize their products and product development processes. The following companies have already confirmed their participation: AUDI, Behr, BMW, CNH, Continental, Daimler, Denso, ETA, e-Xstream, BSim, Faurecia, FIAT, Fraunhofer Lbf, GM Powertrain, Knorr-Bremse, IFP Energies nouvelles, LG-Chem CPI, John Deere India, Magna Powertrain, Magneti Marelli, Piaggio, PSA Peugeot Citroën, Saab Auto, Tata Motors, Voith Turbo, Wärtsilä, WDL, ZF Lenksysteme Please visit http://www.lmsintl.com/events/lmsconferences/europe for more information, registration, and practical details about the 2011 LMS European Vehicle Conference. Click here to return to Contents

Page 25 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Delcam Italia to Show Complete CAM Range at Eurostampi 3 March 2011 Delcam Italia will show Delcam’s complete range of CAM systems on stand K18 in hall 6 at the Eurostampi exhibition to be held in Fiere di Parma from 24th to 26th March. Products on display will include established systems like PowerMILL for high-speed and five-axis machining, FeatureCAM for feature-based programming and PartMaker for the programming of turn-mill machines and Swiss-type lathes, plus newer programs like the Delcam for SolidWorks integrated system for SolidWorks and the DentMILL software for the machining of dental restorations. Delcam Italia will also demonstrate its full range of supporting software for component design, tooling design and inspection. Delcam’s broad product range means that the company can offer a CAM system to machine virtually any product, in any material on any type of equipment, from simple lathes and mills through to the most complex five-axis machines and mill-turn equipment. This comprehensive coverage is one of the main reasons why Delcam has been ranked by CIMdata as the world’s leading specialist supplier of CAM software for the past ten years. New versions of all of the programs will be demonstrated at Eurostampi, including the 2011 version of PowerMILL. This makes the programming of safe toolpaths easier than ever thanks to new stock-model- engagement options that protect both the cutting tool and the machine from excessive loading. Other enhancements include new editing capabilities to simplify the machining of duplicate items; more versatile control of feed-rates for leads and links; and extra functionality for sketching, plus the completion of the move to the new clearer forms for the complete range of strategies. FeatureCAM 2011 incorporates support for 64-bit computers, improved data exchange from a wider range of design software, the ability to use stock models and new strategies across the complete program, from turning to five-axis machining. The new release also has a more modern interface to make programming easier than ever. Major highlights of PartMaker 2011 include more powerful milling functionality, a more flexible tooling library, improved programming and simulation of bar-fed mills, more detailed mid-process documentation and a host of additional productivity enhancements. In particular, multi-axis milling functionality that has taken Delcam many man-years to develop continues to be added to PartMaker at a rapid pace. Click here to return to Contents

Geometric to Showcase the New Features of CAMWorks® 2011 at AeroDef 3 March 2011 Geometric (http://www.geometricglobal.com) announced that it will showcase CAMWorks® 2011 (http://www.camworks.com), the latest version of its solid-based CNC programming solution at booth #1523 at AeroDef Manufacturing 2011, from 5 -7 April, 2011 in Anaheim, California. CAMWorks 2011 is intended to be a more focused upgrade in the CAMWorks line, and provides significant new capabilities including enhanced automation, improved knowledge-based machining information, smarter tool paths, and more. Fast and intelligent roughing

Page 26 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary CAMWorks 2011 introduces VoluMill® the ultra highperformance toolpath plug-in engine for high speed milling for 2.5 axis and 3 axis roughing operations. It is ideal for prismatic parts and complex 3-D shapes as its algorithms result in more intelligent toolpaths to machine pockets, slots, and arbitrary shapes. It can be used with any material, including the hardest metals. The result is increased efficiency and utilization of machines, tools, labor and materials. Machine complex parts The 4/5-axis machining features in CAMWorks’ MultiAxis machining module provides a wide range of benefits to aeronautical manufacturers such as greater productivity, equipment flexibility and quality. MultiAxis machining provides powerful features and cutting strategies to create toolpaths across complex spheres that cannot be machined on 3-axis machines. This includes impellers, turbine blades, cutting tools, trimming/deflashing, and automotive port finishing. Automatically identifying machining areas Feature Recognition, which is used to automatically identify areas to be machined, has been upgraded to find more features, while decreasing computation times by more than 50% over previous CAMWorks versions. As part models become increasingly complex, recognizing more features in less time represents huge time savings for the NC programmer. The proprietary Technology Database (TechDB™) that is used to store and apply knowledge based machining information, has been enhanced to simplify the process of creating best machining practices. The improved interaction will result in greater use of the knowledge-based machining capabilities of CAMWorks, and will reduce potential errors in machining information. For the mold and die industry, Geometric has introduced an optional electrode design solution labeled ElectrodeWorks™ that automates all aspects of the calculation and design of EDM electrodes including design, management, documentation and manufacturing. Its seamless integration with SolidWorks/CAMWorks Solids assures complete parametric association of data. About AeroDef : Organized by the Society of Manufacturing Engineers in partnership with Boeing, Lockheed Martin,Northrop Grumman, Raytheon, General Dynamics, Bell Helicopter and the National Center for Defense Manufacturing, AeroDef Manufacturing is designed to meet the manufacturing challenges in aerospace and defense. The event is a unique platform to showcase emerging technologies and processes in every category and at every stage of aerospace and defence manufacturing. To know more about the event, visit http://www.aerodefevent.com/ Click here to return to Contents

Hankook Delcam to be Biggest CAM Supplier at 20th Anniversary Intermold 2 March 2011 Hankook Delcam will be the biggest and best exhibitor of machining and inspection software at the Intermold exhibition to be held in at the Kintex Hall in Ilsan, Korea, from 16th to 20th March. The company will, as it always does at this event, have the largest booth of any CAM supplier, where it will demonstrate the broadest range of machining and inspection software available from any provider. The 2011 exhibition marks the 20th anniversary of Intermold Korea. Since its launch in 1981, it has become established as one of the world’s three biggest mould and die exhibitions alongside Euromold

Page 27 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary and Die & Mould China. This year’s event is expected to be the largest so far, a reflection of the strong recovery in the Korean market following the global financial crisis in 2009. Hankook Delcam President Chan-Oong Jeong is predicting a successful exhibition for his company, after seeing his company’s sales grow by 45% during 2010. “With PowerMILL, FeatureCAM and PartMaker, we now offer a CAM system to machine virtually any product, in any material on any type of equipment, from simple lathes and mills through to the most complex five-axis machines and mill- turn equipment.” he claimed. “No other supplier has such a broad range of software to increase productivity, improve quality and shorten delivery times in so many applications.” New versions of all of the programs will be demonstrated at Intermold, with each program being shown on large-screen presentations four times each day. In addition, Hankook Delcam will host a half-day seminar on the second floor of the Kintex Hall on Saturday 19th March, to present the new functionality to customers and prospects. The 2011 version of PowerMILL makes the programming of safe toolpaths easier than ever thanks to new stock-model-engagement options that protect both the cutting tool and the machine from excessive loading. Other enhancements include new editing capabilities to simplify the machining of duplicate items; more versatile control of feed-rates for leads and links; and extra functionality for sketching, plus the completion of the move to the new clearer forms for the complete range of strategies. FeatureCAM 2011 incorporates support for 64-bit computers, improved data exchange from a wider range of design software, the ability to use stock models and new strategies across the complete program, from turning to five-axis machining. The new release also has a more modern interface to make programming easier than ever. Major highlights of PartMaker 2011 include more powerful milling functionality, a more flexible tooling library, improved programming and simulation of bar-fed mills, more detailed mid-process documentation and a host of additional productivity enhancements. In particular, multi-axis milling functionality that has taken Delcam many man-years to develop continues to be added to PartMaker at a rapid pace. Once machining is completed, the results can be checked with the PowerINSPECT inspection software, either using dedicated metrology equipment or with a probe fitted to the machine tool. The 2011 release makes the analysis of results even easier with the introduction of a “Quick Report” option. It also incorporates improvements to the handling of point-cloud data and easier reuse of measured data to inspect additional features, plus enhancements to the GD&T functionality. Click here to return to Contents

Omnify Software Showcases Empower PLM at 2011 Medical Devices Summit 22 February 2011 What: 2nd Annual Medical Devices Summit. This event will highlight hot button issues, prepare medical device manufacturers for pre and post market approval, and bring together some of the foremost thought leaders in the medical device industry for two days of presentations, workshops, discussions and networking opportunities. The event will spotlight many of the most talked about issues, including: the new 510(k), systems engineering, the impact of new healthcare regulation, and strategies for improving device total product lifecycles.

Page 28 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Who: As a sponsor of the 2011 Medical Devices Summit, Omnify Software will be showcasing the Omnify Empower PLM solution, demonstrating its ability to support proper product development processes and ensure adherence to regulatory guidelines for medical device manufacturers. When: Monday, March 7-Tuesday, March 8, 2011 Where: Omni Parker House, Boston, MA, http://www.omnifysoft.com/news/Events.aspx . Click here to return to Contents

SolidProfessor Releases Hands-On Case Studies 28 February 2011 SolidProfessor announced that it has released a new series of hands-on tutorials for SolidWorks 2011. SolidProfessor adds to its library of concept based instruction for SolidWorks with a suite of hands-on, project-based tutorials featuring real-world designs and mechanisms. Each case study includes instructions and PDF files so users can try the design on their own, and each is followed up with video lessons that demonstrate each step for creating them in SolidWorks. Drew Adams, Product Development Manager at SolidProfessor comments “Concept-based instruction has some distinct advantages for learning SolidWorks, so users can really understand how the software works. With the addition of these project-based case studies, users can take their knowledge and understanding to the next level by applying their skills on real-world examples that everyone can relate to.” Examples of SolidProfessor case studies range from household mechanisms, such as a door latch, to the complex geometry found in consumer products, such as a detergent bottle or energy-efficient light bulb. SolidProfessor’s hands-on case studies have been developed for beginner through advanced SolidWorks users, and are available with SolidProfessor Basic through Premium products. SolidProfessor customers who are current on subscription get the case studies at no additional cost as part of their subscription. About SolidProfessor SolidProfessor products may be ordered direct or from SolidWorks Value Added Resellers worldwide. Click here to return to Contents

UK Trade Minister, Lord Green, Visits Delcam 4 March 2011 The UK’s newly-appointed Minister for Trade & Investment, Lord Green, visited CADCAM developer Delcam on 2nd March. He attended the Aerospace Opportunities 2011 event being held at the company’s Birmingham headquarters and took the opportunity to tour the site. The event, which was organised by UK Trade & Investment (UKTI) in partnership with the Midlands Aerospace Alliance and the Enterprise Europe Network, was attended by more than 20 buyers from across the world, all looking to do business with West Midlands companies. Companies taking part included Rolls Royce, Aerotech Peissenberg, Lufthansa Technik and Hispano-Suiza. Following his visit, Lord Green praised the dynamism of West Midlands companies, highlighting the success of firms like Delcam. “I find that, when you look at companies like Delcam, you see real

Page 29 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary excellence,” he commented. “With these companies, we have a great deal of talent in a lot of industry sectors in the UK and we are starting from a position of strength,” he added. “The advanced engineering sector, in particular, is a good example of an area where there are thousands of SMEs in the supply chain, which are exporting overseas and winning business in growing markets.” Delcam hosted the event after working successfully with UKTI to build its international business. The company now has more than 35,000 customers in over 90 countries and receives around 85% of its turnover from outside the UK. “UKTI has been very supportive of our drive to increase our sales globally,” commented Delcam Marketing Manager, Peter Dickin. “We have taken part in UKTI events in Europe, in North and South America, and in Asia. We were very happy to let the organisation use our conference facilities for this event as a small thank you for the help we have received over recent years.” Click here to return to Contents Financial News

aPriori Completes the Most Successful Quarter in Company History 2 March 2011 aPriori announced that it has recently completed the most successful financial quarter in the young company’s history. aPriori provides discrete manufacturers and product innovation companies with comprehensive product cost management software and service solutions. These software and services solutions fundamentally change the way companies calculate and manage product costs, enabling more informed design, manufacturing and sourcing decisions that drive significant cost out of products, both pre- and post-production. “Historically, our fiscal third quarter can be challenging because of the end of year holidays,” said Stephanie Feraday, aPriori’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “However, over the past 3 months, we set all types of new benchmarks for our company’s performance. There are 3 key metrics that we are particularly proud of this quarter, including: Total Bookings increased by 208% over Q3 fiscal year 2010; and, total bookings increased quarter over quarter by 108%, Our customer base increased by more than 21%, And, we secured several large, multi-year subscription renewal and expansion contracts. ” New Customer Growth “The strong growth in new customers is very satisfying” explained Feraday. “Each of the new customers signed in Q3 represents penetration or early stage growth in new industry verticals outside our traditional agriculture and construction equipment stronghold.BISSELL for example, is one of the world’s top manufacturers of household vacuum cleaners. Nearly everything they sell is made up entirely of plastic. This is a great new customer for us, and validates our ability to generate accurate costs for products made using plastic molding manufacturing processes.” Customer Expansion

Page 30 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary “We are also quite pleased with the multi-year renewal and expansion contracts, with Polaris being the most notable,” added Dick Underwood, Vice President of Sales for aPriori. “When a customer initially buys your product, they test it on a variety of projects over an extended period of time, using personnel with different levels of cost knowledge. If they then come back and want to dramatically expand the number of users, and extend the contract for 3 to 4 years, that is concrete evidence that the product delivers as promised, and is driving great ROI for that customer.” Enterprise Cost Management Platform versus Point Solution “One of the reasons for aPriori’s recent success has been our enterprise platform approach”, said Underwood. “As aPriori has dramatically accelerated the expansion of its product line, it has truly become an enterprise class product cost management platform that spans multiple departments and use cases. Unlike other commercial software applications that are designed only for use by professional cost estimators, aPriori can be used across the entire product innovation, detail design, sourcing and manufacturing spectrum While aPriori is certainly powerful enough to be used by the most sophisticated cost engineers, the system has been purposefully developed so that it is highly automated, and can also be used by a novice engineer right out of college or a supply chain specialist that is a trained negotiator, not a product development specialist. This broad-based appeal is why we believe aPriori will continue to see success across a wide range of discrete manufacturing markets.” Click here to return to Contents

Bentley Holds First Annual Corporate Update Conference Call to Announce Performance Highlights for 2010 and Important New Initiatives 2 March 2011 Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced, during its first Annual Corporate Update conference call, the company’s performance highlights for 2010 and a number of important new initiatives, including an innovative change in licensing practices that sustains the value of users’ software investments, easy access to no-cost software for interoperability, and the acquisition of leading analysis software for offshore structures. These and other notable company achievements are featured in Bentley’s 2010 Annual Report available online at www.bentley.com/annualreport. Bentley’s 2010 GAAP revenues were $476 million, for a year-over-year growth rate of 6 percent. Commenting on the company’s performance, CEO Greg Bentley said, “I am pleased to report that in 2010, the good work of our colleagues, in combination with that of our user community, enabled Bentley to achieve renewed organic growth, to gain market share, and to emerge stronger than ever. At constant FX rates, our revenues have essentially returned back to our 2008 peak level. While our subscription business model has been the backbone of Bentley’s resilience, brands like STAAD, ProSteel, AutoPIPE, and Bentley Map, and sectors like structural, bridge, and electrical engineering have outpaced the recession by growing substantially throughout. Particularly encouraging was our strong growth in emerging markets, and especially in Asia, where the unprecedented demand for new and intelligent infrastructure has never abated.” In 2010, Bentley continued its long-standing commitment to reinvesting 20 percent of all software revenues in research and development. Since 2001, Bentley has invested more than $1 billion in R&D and acquisitions.

Page 31 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary In December 2010, Bentley achieved its “initial public rating” from Moody’s and Standard and Poor’s. In a press release, Moody’s had this to say about Bentley’s performance, “The company’s well established customer base and large proportion of recurring revenues enabled the company to get through the downturn with a relatively moderate 10 percent revenue decline notwithstanding what was likely a far greater decline in the company’s end markets. Despite the downturn, Bentley was able to maintain EBITDA and free cash flow levels.” The company ended 2010 with no net debt. In February 2011, Bentley entered into a new $310 million bank credit facility, composed of a revolving line and a fixed term loan that it used to buy back $200 million of company stock. As a result, the Bentley family and Bentley Systems colleagues together now own fully eighty-five percent of the company’s equity. The company’s post-transactions net debt to EBITDA leverage ratio is less than 2.25, and post-transactions liquidity available is well above $100 million. Owner-operators comprise the slight majority of Bentley’s enterprise accounts and, since 2005, the company has increased its proportion of revenue from owner-operators from 49.5 percent to 54 percent. This has been the result of the company’s strategy to create value directly, and to decrease its vulnerability to the cyclicality of capital project starts. This motivated Bentley’s new “AssetWise” operations information modeling initiative a year ago, anchored by two major acquisitions. Last month, Bentley released eB Insight, the foundation of its AssetWise platform for asset lifecycle information management. A primary operational highlight of 2010 was the return on Bentley’s investment in emerging markets, with Asia (where 25 percent of Bentley colleagues are located) reaching 16 percent of global revenues. Despite hundreds of colleagues working there, Bentley Systems has long been a net exporter to India, with 2010 annual revenue growth of 16 percent to support India’s infrastructure development priorities. Bentley’s significant 2010 breakthrough was to achieve net exports to Greater China, where its revenues have more than doubled in the last three years. Underscoring the company’s ongoing commitment to growth through innovation and strategic acquisitions, Bentley today announced the following in separate press releases: •Portfolio Balancing, an industry milestone in “sustainable licensing” practice that empowers new purchasers of Bentley product licenses, along with existing Bentley SELECT subscribers, to annually exchange underutilized Bentley software for software of equal value that meets existing or upcoming needs; (http://www.cimdata.com/newsletter/2011/9/03/09.03.18.htm) •the launch of its iWare Apps site at www.bentley.com/iware providing fast and easy access to Bentley’s no-cost iWare Apps for enhanced interoperability; (http://www.cimdata.com/newsletter/2011/9/03/09.03.19.htm) •the acquisition of SACS, the market leading offshore structure analysis software supporting the design, fabrication, installation, operations, and maintenance of oil platforms and wind farms. (http://www.cimdata.com/newsletter/2011/9/03/09.03.01.htm) To view a copy of Bentley’s 2010 Annual Report online, visit http://www.bentley.com/annualreport. Click here to return to Contents

Oracle Sets the Date for its Third Quarter Fiscal Year 2011 Earnings Announcement 1 March 2011

Page 32 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Oracle Corporation announced that its third quarter fiscal year 2011 results will be released on Thursday, March 24th, after the close of the market. Oracle will host a conference call and live web broadcast at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss the financial results. The live web broadcast will be available on the Oracle Investor Relations website at http://www.oracle.com/investor. Click here to return to Contents

Pilgrim Software Receives Strategic Investment from Riverside Partners, a Leading Healthcare and Technology Equity Firm 2 March 2011 Pilgrim Software, Inc., a provider of Enterprise Risk, Compliance and Quality Management (ERCQM) software solutions, announced that Riverside Partners, a Boston-based healthcare and technology private equity firm, has made a strategic investment in the company to support Pilgrim’s next phase of growth and continued innovation. .Pilgrim has pioneered effective, integrated software solutions for the Life Science and Manufacturing industries. Pilgrim’s fully web-based risk, compliance and quality management software solution platform supports customers by helping to ensure product safety and regulatory compliance, reducing manufacturing costs, increasing overall productivity while improving customer satisfaction. "Pilgrim has built a software platform that helps customers improve overall governance, compliance, and quality; increase productivity; lower costs; and, reduce risk," said Philip Borden, a General Partner at Riverside Partners. “Pilgrim's product suite is particularly relevant in this era of increased scrutiny by the FDA and other regulatory bodies. Its integrated electronic solution removes the need for paper- intensive compliance and quality processes, and enables companies to streamline their operations. Pilgrim addresses a critical need in today's highly regulated environment and we look forward to partnering with the Company to help it continue on its strong growth trajectory." "Pilgrim, since its inception in 1993, has been established as a customer-driven company with the ability to offer an extensive, highly tailorable solution set in a cost-effective manner,” said Ami Utji, President, CEO, and Co-Founder of Pilgrim. “After nearly two decades of consistent growth, we were seeking an investment partner with a demonstrated track record of helping founder-owned companies continue to grow. We felt that Riverside Partners' focus on both technology and healthcare end-markets, its operating expertise, and its entrepreneurial culture made it the best choice for all the stakeholders involved, including our customers and employees.” Stifel Nicolaus Weisel acted as exclusive financial advisor to Pilgrim on the transaction. Click here to return to Contents Implementation Investments

Aston Martin Racing Selects PTC® Creo™ Elements/Pro™ And Windchill® To Design And Manage Development Of Next Generation Vehicles 2 March 2011 PTC announced that in an extensive benchmark process Aston Martin Racing has selected and implemented Creo™ Elements/Pro™ for the 3D CAD design of its racing vehicles and Windchill® for

Page 33 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary product lifecycle management (PLM) in its race car division. Aston Martin is the only manufacturer that produces a car to compete in every category of the FIA GT Championship sports car racing series. Models range from modified standard vehicles in the GT4, GT3 and GT2 classes - including the high-performance V12 - to the 6.0 litre 600 BHP DBR9 in the GT1 class and the Le Mans prototype LMP1 Aston Martin. Aston Martin Racing has moved away from its previous third-party chassis strategy to develop its next generation LMP1 from scratch. This new racing vehicle is now being designed and engineered from the ground up using Creo Elements/Pro and Windchill to manage the development process. In addition to the designers, the purchasing department uses Windchill for its request for quotation process, enabling collaboration with suppliers. "The PTC solutions have far greater capabilities than our previous toolset,” said Ian Ludgate, Chief Designer at Aston Martin Racing. “Although we are still very early in our learning of the system, we've already seen significant benefits in simple things like mechanism design, which is built into the Creo Elements/Pro toolset and subsequently distributed by Windchill." "We implemented Creo Elements/Pro to optimize our design process and Windchill to streamline and manage our processes,” said Steve Baker, PLM Specialist at Aston Martin Racing. “To achieve ultimate efficiency, we needed a single, comprehensive PLM system that supports the entire design from early- stage product development to manufacturing. With Windchill, our data will be complete and in one location, which means we will save time by accessing the right data quickly.” “Aston Martin Racing’s adoption of Windchill is another example of how PTC’s technology is helping high performance automotive companies improve product development processes,” said Sin Min Yap, senior director, market strategy PTC. "Joining PTC automotive customers Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Motors Corporation, Volvo AB, Continental AG, and Schaeffler, Aston Martin Racing recognizes the importance of an open and modular PLM architecture, to design complex products in a heterogeneous environment, while minimizing cost, improving quality and shortening time to market.” About Aston Martin Racing Aston Martin Racing is a joint venture between Aston Martin and Prodrive. The team was created in 2004 specifically to design, build and race production-based sports cars in events and championships around the world. Click here to return to Contents

Canadian Department of National Defence Selects Anark Software for Defence Network 2 March 2011 Anark Corporation announced that the Canadian Department of National Defence and Canadian Forces (Canadian DND/CF) has approved the Anark Media Client software for deployment on the Canadian Defence Wide Area Network. Distributing the Anark Media Client software throughout the Canadian DWAN ensures that every user on this network will be able to access sophisticated, high-performance web-based 3D maintenance, training, and electronic performance support applications developed to support a wide array of defence material. Selecting the Anark Media Client software for viewing 3D applications also ensures that developers and content providers have access to a cost-effective, high-performance 3D authoring and

Page 34 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary viewing platform. "The Anark Media Client has already been approved for the DWAN, and we are excited to make this new 3D playback technology available to all services (Air Force, Army, Navy) within the Canadian Forces," said the 2 Canadian Air Division Technician Performance Solutions Team. "The ability to create and distribute high-quality, modular, 3D virtual maintenance and training applications over the web has been a long-term goal for the Air Force, and Anark's software delivers on that promise." "Anark has an established track record for successfully deploying a wide array of 3D visualization and data management solutions for leading aerospace and defense organizations" said Stephen Collins, CEO of Anark Corporation. "The Anark Media Platform has been successfully implemented within organizations such as the US Army, US Air Force, Boeing, Lockheed Martin, and Rockwell Collins, who need a high-performance 3D platform for visual training, maintenance, configuration, and other visualization applications. Considering Anark's unique experience and capabilities designed for customers in this sector, we are very excited about working closely with the Canadian DND to ensure the successful deployment of their 3D maintenance training solutions." Anark Media Platform Feature Highlights High-performance 3D rendering engine with broad support for low-cost system profiles; Easily author sophisticated 3D maintenance, training, and field support applications; Deploy modular, dynamically data-driven applications securely, over the web; Develop SCORM conformant courseware using SCORM specific API's; The Anark Media Platform is available from Anark now. For more information about the Anark Media Platform please visit http://www.anark.com/media Click here to return to Contents

Catalog Data Solutions Catalog and CAD Download Solution Implemented by Magnet-Schultz America 2 March 2011 Catalog Data Solutions (CDS) announced that Magnet-Schultz America (http://www.magnet- schultzamerica.com) has implemented its online CAD download solution. Magnet-Schultz America (MSA), based in Westmont, IL, is an industry leader in the manufacture of Electro Magnetic Products (Solenoids, Magnetic Latching Products, Electromagnets, Voice Coils, etc.) and Electro Hydraulic Products (Solenoid Actuators, Bi-Directional Actuators, Spool-Lock Solenoids, etc.). Magnet-Schultz America’s Marketing Team realizes that the buying process has changed – nowadays, potential customers research and select products online, before ever talking to a supplier. For this reason, MSA wanted their website to enable customers to more easily and quickly find the “right” product. Equally important, in order to save engineers and designers time during the design-in process, MSA wanted their website to offer downloadable CAD models of their products. Although the website had offered CAD downloads for several years, MSA wanted to couple that capability with a significantly upgraded product search function, thereby enhancing the overall user experience. After evaluating several vendors, the MSA Marketing Team chose the CDS Catalog and CDS ModelServer SaaS solution for its flexibility, adaptability and configurability. CDS was able to rapidly add a stroke/force solenoid selector tool within their website catalog - try it for yourself here.”

Page 35 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary “We’re delighted to have been selected by Magnet-Schultz America - as they recognize, the industrial buying process has changed, designers now research and select products online, so suppliers’ websites need to satisfy that research flexibly and easily as well as make selection of their products quick and convenient,” said John Major, CEO Catalog Data Solutions. “Of the many types of online marketing content (e.g. white papers, case studies, brochures, videos, demos, recorded webinars, reviews, CAD model downloads, etc.) only CAD downloads are known to lead to a sale nearly 50% of the time - CAD downloads may be the most efficient online marketing tool available!” Catalog Data Solutions helps industrial suppliers and distributors grow sales and strengthen customer loyalty through interactive online catalogs, ecommerce, 3D CAD model delivery and product configurator solutions. Click here to return to Contents

China's State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. Selects Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise 2 March 2011 The Chinese State Nuclear Power Technology Corp. Ltd. (SNPTC) has selected Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise solutions to increase productivity and safety and to accelerate project schedules for the engineering, 3D design and data management of its 16 third-generation Westinghouse Electric Company AP1000™ nuclear reactor projects across China. SmartPlant Enterprise integrated solutions will enable SNPTC to coordinate and consolidate engineering and design efforts between work teams, three other joint venture partners and nine sub-companies on the massive 16-reactor program. SmartPlant Enterprise data management solutions will also enable SNPTC to create a centralized data warehouse to manage the millions of reactor assets and supporting engineering information to help ensure safe operation and regulatory compliance for decades to come. SmartPlant Enterprise is an integrated solutions suite that provides full design, construction, materials and engineering data management capabilities needed for the creation, safe operation and maintenance, and capital Project Life Cycle Management (cPLM) of large-scale process, power, marine and offshore projects. The software's life cycle data management also enables a smoother handover for EPCs to owner operators and for owner operators to more easily maintain, refurbish or modify their plants. SNPTC selected Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise based on its proven design, engineering and data management capabilities for exceptionally large-scale projects. With positive experience from the implementation of Intergraph solutions at two of its subsidiaries, SNPTC has full confidence in Intergraph's technological expertise and services. Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president, said, "SNPTC's selection of Intergraph is validation that our solutions can meet the most challenging design and engineering projects in the world, especially in the nuclear power arena and rapidly developing economies such as China. We are confident that SNPTC will see productivity and quality gains with our solutions to help them meet their project schedules as their sub-companies already have." Click here to return to Contents

Delcam’s PartMaker Cuts Programming and Set-Up Times 28 February 2011

Page 36 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Implant Direct, a leading manufacturer of dental implants based in Southern California, has slashed its programming and set-up times with Delcam’s PartMaker SwissCAM software for the programming of Swiss-type lathes. The team behind Implant Direct has been manufacturing dental implants since 1989 when its founder Dr. Gerald Niznick started Core-Vent Bio-Engineering to make his patented designs. That original company was sold in January of 2001. When Dr. Niznick decided to get back into dental implant manufacturing as Implant Direct in late 2004, he assembled a team of veterans who had worked for him before. These employees had a vast knowledge base in the manufacturing of dental implants. They knew the best way to do things and where the bottlenecks lay. One of the first bottlenecks the Implant Direct team addressed was the issue of programming. Implant has a bank of over 20 CNC Swiss-type lathes to manufacture its dental implants, most Star SV-12 models. “The way we used to program left a lot of room for error where you could easily crash the machine,” says Bill Aravena, a CNC Specialist at Implant Direct, who is responsible for programming the CNC Swiss machines. “Starting out as the new company, we researched CAM systems for our programming. When we came across PartMaker, we saw it was really designed to support Swiss machines,” according Wayne Smith, who, as Tooling Manager, programs all the tool-room machines and helps out with programming the CNC Swiss machines. Now, with PartMaker, programming is done completely off-line with completed programs being sent to the machine. As result, set-up time is measurably reduced because it takes very little time to prove out the program at the machine. Before implementing PartMaker, a great deal more time was spent at the machine writing and editing the program before the first successful part was made. Although he now does the CNC programming, Mr. Aravena came up from the shop floor. At Implant Directs’ predecessors, he had been a set-up technician. By using PartMaker off-line, Mr. Aravena not only programs the part but he is also able to simulate the machining process fully using the software’s integrated 3D machining simulation before sending the program to the machine. By programming and proving out parts off-line, not only is Implant Direct able to program and set-up faster, it has made the company’s set-up operators more productive by taking the programming burden off the shop floor. “With PartMaker, we can see everything ahead of time on the computer,” explained Mr. Aravena. The software allows him to apply his experience as a set-up man by giving him a virtual machine environment in which he can prove out part programs before sending them to the shop floor. Click here to return to Contents

Dynisco Chooses DFMA Software from Boothroyd Dewhurst 1 March 2011 Boothroyd Dewhurst, Inc., announced that Dynisco (Franklin, MA.), has selected the Design for Manufacture and Assembly (DFMA®) product costing software to improve cross-functional team collaboration and ensure design cost targets are achieved. The DFMA software will allow Dynisco to continue to increase the performance and cost efficiency of its measurement instrumentation products for the plastic, industrial, rubber and composite industries, where it is a recognized leader worldwide. With a focus on customer satisfaction, the company first explored DFMA in redesign workshops as part of Dynisco’s Continuous Improvement initiative. Various products from the different Dynisco

Page 37 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary companies were analyzed as part of those training events. What the company discovered was a much better collaboration between the cross-functional teams when reviewing designs, as well as an increase in the number of new ideas and improvements generated. “We determined that the DFMA software provided a very structured, time-savings approach for us,” said Kevin Dailida, Director of Product and Process Improvement at Dynisco. “Our cross-functional teams are now using Design for Assembly [DFA] to evaluate early prototypes while also establishing a framework for the future process flow. Additionally, we are using Design for Manufacture [DFM] to benchmark ‘should cost’ estimates against supplier quotes in order to ensure that bids are in line with design cost targets.” DFMA software is a combination of two complementary analysis tools: Engineers use DFA software to assess the structural efficiency of their products and then reduce the assembly cost by consolidating individual parts into elegant, multifunctional designs. DFM software allows developers to examine competing material and process choices and quickly judge the cost trade-offs of producing new designs against the original assembly. “Design drives cost,” stated John Biagioni, Vice President of Supply Chain and Operations. “We needed the ability to benchmark and capture data relating to part count and unique parts on our existing designs and compare them to future designs. The DFMA software allows us now to achieve this while monitoring our incremental improvements throughout the design cycle.” Click here to return to Contents

IBM Helps Dassault Aviation Preserve Critical 3D Design Data for the Falcon Aircraft 1 March 2011 IBM and Dassault Aviation announced that an IBM solution was instrumental in earning Federal Aviation Administration and EASA approval for 3D data in the completions process of Falcon aircraft. IBM's content and archival management software allows Dassault Aviation to store, archive and preserve the integrity of the critical 3D design and data models of its aircraft for the entire lifecycle, which can be over 70 years. Being able to store and access these models is a critical requirement in aerospace and defence, among other industries. Dassault Aviation is the first aircraft manufacturer to receive both EASA and FAA approval based solely on 3D data throughout the completions process of an aircraft. The approval applies to design work done in the U.S. and includes Dassault's Falcon 900 and 2000 series, as well as the 7X. Aerospace companies must deal with exponential growth of data associated with designing and building aircraft and related regulation requirements. Not only must they proactively manage data, they are required to guarantee data integrity and provide access to it in its original state even though the software and design technology used can change tremendously during the lifetime of an aircraft. To address that challenge, IBM built a solution based on industry expertise, methods developed in IBM Research, current technology and standards that allowed the preservation of data models over decades and met EASA and FAA requirements. The IBM DIAS PLM (Digital Information Archiving System for Product Life Cycle Management) solution combines processes, software and hardware to store and manage media, while ensuring long term viability and compliance with industry standards. Dassault Aviation plans to archive the 3D data for the first aircraft later this year. Data will be stored in both the US and Europe where its aircraft are designed and will be preserved for over 70 years.

Page 38 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary The approval process to validate the use of 3D data in completions activities was the result of nearly two years of collaboration between Dassault Aviation and the FAA, supported by IBM expertise. The approval required Dassault Aviation to develop detailed processes for the use, storage and long-term retention of 3D data, including disaster recovery plans. Additionally, the aircraft manufacturer developed an extensive training program for those involved in the process. "FAA approval for Dassault's 3D data reflects the company's core strategy of utilizing the highest level of technology to increase quality. It also sets a new standard for how airworthiness authorities will accept and validate new aircraft designs going forward. The IBM DIAS PLM solution now plays a critical role in approval and long term data archiving for Dassault" said John Rosanvallon, President and CEO of Dassault Falcon. The 7X was the first Falcon to be designed fully within the framework of Dassault's Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) philosophy. Key benefits include greater accuracy during the spec & design process, including the opportunity for the customer to visualize the final configuration of the aircraft. Definition of the aircraft specification in 3D also ensures compatibility of component placement with maintenance activities and a higher overall quality of the completions process. "In aerospace and defence, it is mandatory to preserve and provide access to all of the design data associated with the aircraft throughout its lifecycle" said Tom Kilkenny, General Manager, Global Aerospace and Defense Industry, IBM. "The data that Dassault Aviation and others must retain is growing exponentially. It's not just a matter of archiving the data, you need to be able to access and analyze it quickly, no matter how rapidly technology and the formats we use change." Long term design data archiving solutions are becoming a key element of business efficiency because they allow companies to optimize the cost of maintaining legacy PLM applications while still meeting the legal requirements associated with the design data of its products. Industries that are highly regulated such as the automotive industry, shipbuilding, nuclear plants and life sciences can also benefit from this type of application. Click here to return to Contents

Mentor Graphics and GLOBALFOUNDRIES Extend RET and OPC Collaboration to 28nm 1 March 2011 Mentor Graphics Corporation and GLOBALFOUNDRIES announced that the companies have extended their collaboration on computational lithography to the 28nm technology node. Building on a successful deployment at 65nm and 45nm, GLOBALFOUNDRIES will leverage Mentor’s Calibre® computational lithography platform to support its advanced mask production needs at 28nm. The announcement underscores the two companies’ commitment to collaboration in order to deliver enablement technology for advanced nodes. “Mentor continues to distinguish itself through its commitment to partnership in both technology delivery and technical support,” said Mojy Chian, Senior Vice President Design Enablement at GLOBALFOUNDRIES. “The collaboration between Mentor and GLOBALFOUNDRIES results in high-performance foundry capabilities from design enablement through mask data preparation. It helps us to achieve our aggressive goal of providing world-class foundry services to our customers at advanced process nodes.” “The Calibre manufacturing platform, including Calibre nmOPC, provides accuracy and speed, together

Page 39 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary with low cost of ownership,” said Joseph Sawicki, Vice President and General Manager of the Design- to-Silicon division of Mentor Graphics. “Our partnership helps ensure that GLOBALFOUNDRIES has the mask manufacturing flow it needs to compete successfully in the foundry market.” Click here to return to Contents

New Shanghai HuaLi Foundry Chooses the Mentor Graphics Calibre RET Solution for 65/45nm Development and Production 28 February 2011 Mentor Graphics Corporation announced that Shanghai HuaLi Microelectronics Corp., a joint foundry venture of the China Government, Shanghai Alliance Investment Co., Ltd, Shanghai Hua Hong (Group) Co., Shanghai Grace Semiconductor Manufacturing Corp., and Shanghai Hua Hong NEC Electronics Co., Ltd, has chosen the Calibre® RET and OPC Computational Lithography platform to support its 65, 55 and 45nm development and production. The Mentor® Calibre nmOPC and Calibre OPCverify™ products were selected following a comprehensive technical benchmark in which the Calibre solution demonstrated superior accuracy, ease of use, cost of ownership and overall support capability. “As a new foundry, HuaLi faced a steep learning curve and severe schedule constraints in establishing a production-ready RET and OPC solution," said Ming-Sheng Guo, deputy fab director. “Mentor distinguished itself with a solid commitment to HuaLi for both technology delivery and technical support. Our choice of Mentor as an exclusive partner was based on Mentor’s ability to meet our aggressive technology, schedule, and cost requirements. We believe this partnership is critical in establishing an advanced post-GDSII tapeout flow to compete in today’s foundry market space.” “Mentor’s strength in the manufacturing space has always been the result of a combination of the most advanced technology and a focus on our customers’ success,” said Joseph Sawicki, vice president and general manager of the Design to Silicon division at Mentor Graphics. “The Calibre OPC/RET/ MDP platform enables HuaLi to have a complete mask data preparation flow with a single source of support for OPC development and production on a unified infrastructure with the most production deployed software in the industry.” For more information, see http://www.mentor.com/products/ic-manufacturing/computational- lithography/. Click here to return to Contents

NSF-Funded Antenna Project at Gonzaga University Relies on ANSYS 1 March 2011 Engineering simulation software from ANSYS is playing an invaluable role in a National Science Foundation (NSF)-funded project to develop innovative “smart” antenna systems. Gonzaga University in Spokane, Wash., received a nearly $1.2 million award to develop a Smart Antenna and Radio Laboratory in part to investigate more reliable high-bandwidth wireless communications via Wi-Fi. The use of ANSYS® technology will enable the university to test antenna design performance virtually, reducing time and costs associated with expensive prototype build-and-test methods. One of the Gonzaga research projects is aimed at overcoming the growing problem of wireless signal interference, as many users try to communicate simultaneously over the 2.4GHz band used for Wi-Fi.

Page 40 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary The smart technologies developed by the team ─ headed by Steven D. Schennum, an electrical engineering professor ─ will enable antennas to focus on one user signal at a time. For example, for a Wi-Fi user working on a laptop with a weak or cross-polarized signal, a smart antenna system would utilize algorithms to optimize the signal to that individual laptop. The NSF grant provides Gonzaga with funding for dedicated computers running ANSYS software that simulates smart antenna circuits and electromagnetic fields in three-dimensional structures. Using engineering simulation, Schennum and his team will develop new multi-antenna techniques that improve both the efficiency and bandwidth of wireless communications. The use of ANSYS software is critical in bringing these intelligent technologies to market both quickly and cost-effectively. “We’re creating a state-of-the art anechoic chamber for testing our physical antenna prototypes, but even the best antenna test chambers are limited in their size and shape, the performance of their absorptive materials, and the range of frequencies they can accommodate,” Schennum said. “By simulating electromagnetic fields and currents in a virtual environment using ANSYS software, we can test the performance of our antenna designs for any location, plane or geometry — and over a limitless range of frequencies — before moving to the prototype stage.” Engineering simulation also supports a higher level of innovation and greater flexibility during the design process, enabling researchers to run countless what-if scenarios. HFSS™ and DesignerRF™ from ANSYS provide results at a system level — including fabricated metal parts, cables and other components — to capture the effect of individual changes on how the antenna system performs as a whole. “The antenna design laboratory has the potential to impact millions of wireless communications users around the world — starting with Gonzaga’s students learning about the benefits of engineering simulation,” said Markus Kopp, product manager for electronics at ANSYS. “The radio spectrum is a highly valuable resource. In the past, researchers have used advanced engineering principles to identify ways we can use that spectrum much more efficiently. Smart antenna technology is the next step in that continuum, and Gonzaga University sees the value in using ANSYS technology to help accomplish that.” Click here to return to Contents

PTC Signs Cooperation Agreement for The Development of Mold Design and Manufacturing Teaching Resources Library With High Vocational Education of MOE 2 March 2011 PTC® announced that after much research and discussion, Chengdu Aeronautic Vocational Technical College selected PTC as the exclusive software partner for the Ministry of Education's (MOE) Department of High Vocational Education's "MOLD DESIGN AND MANUFACTURING TEACHING RESOURCES LIBRARY" Project. The Project is one of the most important sections of the high vocational education reform and development act according to China MOE. The Project will start with resource libraries (software, curriculum, project-based materials, and training) focusing on 11 majors. The Project will be open to all vocational colleges that teach these subject matters. The Project will reach 400 vocational schools, 1,200 teachers and 400,000 students per year.

Page 41 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary As a leading global product lifecycle management solution provider, PTC provides discrete manufacturers with software and services to meet the globalization, time-to-market and operational efficiency objectives of product development. For this Project, PTC will be the sole software partner, and will provide mold related materials and the most advanced technologies required by industries. These resources will also serve as platform to explore more collaboration opportunities with higher vocational schools to enrich students and faculty skill sets. Prof. Liu Jianchao, head of the project and assistant to the president of Chengdu Aeronautic Vocational Technical College said: "We chose PTC because they have the first-class technology, a world-leading solution, strength in the marketplace and the enthusiasm in supporting China's education. I believe the cooperation of the two parties will be helpful to all the high vocational college and the students." "China's education is facing a revolution, PTC is glad to participate and contribute," said Mr. Greg Sisk, Senior Director of APAC & Emerging Geographies, PTC Global Education. "We hope more and more teachers and students will enhance their skills through the platform offered by PTC." Since 1995, PTC has been working closely with China's education market. This Project signifies another major effort by PTC to strengthen cooperation with Chinese educational institutions stemming from its partnership with China's Ministry of Education established in December 2007. PTC's extensive programs for Chinese middle schools, vocational schools and universities have been recognized for contributing to the development of Chinese students' technological literacy and design skills, and the growth of industry talent in China. About Chengdu Aeronautic Vocational Technical College The college was founded in 1965, it's the one of the first batch of 28 model vocational colleges in China, additionally, take in charge of the "Mold Design and Manufacturing Teaching Resources Library" Project. About PTC's Global Education Program PTC's education program provides teachers and professors with complete learning solutions to prepare a new generation for success in a technological world. From secondary school to the university level, PTC gives students the ultimate in product development education by providing software, training and classroom materials to educators worldwide. PTC's education program is a part of a technological literacy movement that seeks to improve critical thinking and multidimensional problem-solving skills as well as preparing a growing number of students to become engineers. Click here to return to Contents

Siemens PLM Software Surpasses 3.5 Million Active End-User Seats of Software Based on Parasolid 28 February 2011 Siemens PLM Software announced that the number of active end-user seats of software based on its Parasolid® software has surpassed 3.5 million. Parasolid provides solid modeling functionality and interoperability to over 150 independent software vendors (ISVs) and over 350 of the industry’s most popular software applications across a broad cross section of disciplines including computer-aided design (CAD), engineering analysis (CAE), manufacturing (CAM) and architectural engineering and construction (AEC). “The unique functionality and unsurpassed quality of Parasolid, along with its universal appeal to

Page 42 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary innovative software developers of all sizes and across multiple disciplines, has helped us achieve this impressive milestone,” said Joan Hirsch, vice president of Product Design Solutions, Siemens PLM Software. “Our long-term relationships with Parasolid licensees have promoted mutual growth and success over many years, and our dedication to open technology and an open business model helps these ISVs foster innovation and collaboration. These qualities, combined with the resulting growth and stability of Parasolid, provide our customers with a unique competitive advantage.” Through the combination of its technology, quality and open business model, Parasolid has demonstrated a high degree of business value to independent software vendors in four principal sectors. · CAD –Product designers rely upon Parasolid to create a wide variety of highly accurate and detailed 3D models, from aircraft engines to mobile phones to construction equipment, using software applications from ISVs such as Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corp, Delcam plc, IronCAD LLC, Missler Software, Top Systems Ltd and Vero Software Ltd, as well as Siemens PLM Software’s own Solid Edge® software and NX™ software. · CAE and CAM – As the component software used to create over 40 percent of the world’s 3D digital models, Parasolid has become the logical choice for vendors of CAE and CAM software needing to import data created in the wide variety of CAD applications based on Parasolid. Many of these companies now also use Parasolid functionality to simplify designs for analysis, create derivative designs such as molds and tooling, and provide design creation capabilities. These CAE and CAM ISVs include ANSYS Inc., CD-Adapco, Planit Software, Mentor Graphics, DP Technology Corp, Gibbs and Associates, and MSC.Software Inc. In addition Parasolid is used by CNC Software, Inc. in its Mastercam® software and by Autodesk Inc. in its Moldflow® software. Parasolid is also the geometric component modeler used as the foundation for the CAE and CAM modules of Siemens PLM Software’s NX solution. · AEC – An increasing number of mainstream buildings and iconic architectural structures are designed and detailed using AEC applications based on Parasolid. These applications are developed by major AEC software vendors such as Bentley Inc. and Nemetschek Vectorworks Inc. · Interoperability – Siemens PLM Software’s commitment to open solutions and an open business model has made Parasolid a popular format for seamlessly sharing data between a wide variety of applications. In addition to enabling easy geometry sharing among all Parasolid-based systems, Parasolid XT data is also included in the software development toolkit that supports Siemens PLM Software’s JT Open Program, an influential community of users, software vendors, and interested parties spanning the PLM value chain who influence and promote the development and expanded use of the JT™ data format as a global standard for visualization, collaboration and data sharing. Click here to return to Contents

Students of Bauman Moscow State Technical University Will Use AxSTREAM to Learn and Practice Turbomachinery Design 28 February 2011 Kaluga Branch of Bauman Moscow State Technical University has adopted AxSTREAM to teach turbomachinery design. The university and SoftInWay Inc. signed a software license agreement according to which the Educational Version of AxSTREAM will be incorporated into the curriculum, helping students to gain a better, real-life understanding of the basic principles of turbine/compressor design.

Page 43 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary AxSTREAM Educational Version is meant for design and optimization for four types of machines: axial turbine, axial compressor, radial turbine and radial compressor. It consists of modules for preliminary design, 1D/2D analysis, flow path multidisciplinary optimization, airfoil profiling, 3D blade stacking and 3D FEA/CFD analysis. Dr. Jinov Andrey Alexandrovich, Professor of Mechanical Engineering in Kaluga Branch, stated: “We have always paid a particular attention to preparation of students for their future careers, selecting industry-leading design techniques and tools to supplement the course material. Therefore, the incorporation of AxSTREAM is the next logical step towards well-trained graduates and, consequently, the overall development of turbomachinery industry in Russia. One of the key points while teaching turbomachinery design is to show students how preliminary design is performed, first for one stage and then for multistage flow paths. And here AxSTREAM will be helpful for us, since its preliminary design module allows setting many important parameters which influence efficiency, manufacturing cost and reliability of the final design, such as number of stages, diameters, blades heights and cascades metal angles, reactions of future flow path etc. Using AxSTREAM features for airfoil cross-section profiling, it is easier to explain students how to find suitable airfoil outline on the base of flow calculations in planar profile cascades, with regard to boundary layer and compressibility effects. Finally, AxSTREAM is a very usable tool while providing students with an in-depth insight into 3D blade design: it allows selecting stacking of industry approved or newly designed profiles and preserving the needed level of blade surface curvature and technological constraints. All flow path modifications in 3D can be tracked, as AxSTREAM ensures much visualization. All in all, I believe that AxSTREAM Educational Version is a great contribution to our teaching process that will definitely reinforce instruction and improve practical knowledge of flow path design in graduates.” Beside Kaluga Branch of Bauman Moscow State Technical University, AxSTREAM Educational Version is successfully used by the educational community all over the globe, including Pennsylvania State University (USA), Tsinghua University (China), Namik Kemal University (Turkey) and Admiral Makarov National University of Shipbuilding (Ukraine). AxSTREAM Educational Version is available for purchase in yearly and quarterly licenses at SoftInWay’s website http://www.softinway.com/education/axstream-educational-version.asp. About Kaluga Branch of Bauman Moscow State Technical University Kaluga Branch of Bauman Moscow State Technical University is located in Kaluga, Russia. It was founded in 1959. The University now awards associate, bachelor’s, master’s, doctoral, and professional degrees. Website: www.bmstu-kaluga.ru Click here to return to Contents

Vodafone McLaren Mercedes to Deploy Dassault Systèmes V6 Solution 1 March 2011 McLaren Racing, the operating arm of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 team, and Dassault Systèmes announced new partnership to further enhance racing car development efficiency.

Page 44 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary The agreement sees McLaren Racing committing to Dassault Systèmes’ open V6 PLM solutions for integrated design development, analysis and management. ENOVIA V6 forms McLaren Racing’s collaborative innovation backbone by providing a single IP reference for managing engineering, intellectual property and business processes. CATIA V6 will be used for innovative design and concurrent engineering, enhancing McLaren’s development efficiency. The deployment of Dassault Systèmes’ V6 solutions enables McLaren Racing’s team to benefit from one of the most sophisticated, open, flexible, secure and integrated PLM 2.0 software environments ever created. The scale, scope and speed of Formula 1 racing design means tens of thousands of new innovative designs and ideas each year. Creating, developing and testing so many designs requires an efficient and trusted software environment to integrate and safely manage the considerable load of technical data and engineering simulation results. Dassault Systèmes’ V6 collaborative PLM solutions will play a vital role in helping streamline McLaren Racing’s processes, as well as promoting successful innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration from the initial concept to manufacturing and then to the racetrack itself. “While it may look straightforward to guide a racing car from a 3D digital model to the racetrack, it’s a process that involves an extraordinarily complex and disparate series of interlocking design, purchasing and manufacturing constituents. At McLaren Racing, we are looking at every opportunity to cut our time to market – whether that’s through clever design, the introduction of improved processes or, in the case of V6 PLM, by introducing a sophisticated product lifecycle management system to improve efficiency throughout the production cycle,” said Jonathan Neale, McLaren Racing’s managing director. “Dassault Systèmes’ suite of software solutions has long been part of McLaren’s design DNA, and the introduction of CATIA V6 and ENOVIA V6 will only strengthen our hand, allowing us to work faster and more productively within one of the most competitive and relentless environments in the world.” Dassault Systèmes CEO Bernard Charles commented, “By signing this important agreement with Vodafone McLaren Mercedes we are building a stronger partnership with a great Formula 1 team. This new collaboration demonstrates Formula 1’s world commitment to innovation. A formidable test bed for extreme reliable technologies that only Dassault Systèmes PLM 2 can provide. We wish Vodafone McLaren Mercedes the very best for the current race season and are proud of our involvement with such a prestigious and successful team”. Click here to return to Contents

Wood Group Uses SolidWorks to Pack Durability and Performance into Slender, Submersible Pumps 3 March 2011 There is no room for error when designing a pump to pull oil out of a one mile-deep hole while resisting breakdowns from heat, pressure, friction, and corrosion. Breakdowns mean up to $250,000 per day in expenses and lost revenue for pump operators. Wood Group ESP turned to SolidWorks® 3D CAD and simulation software to design and test its pumps for top performance and durability while meeting tight production schedules. Oklahoma City-based Wood Group ESP manufactures electric submersible pumps (ESPs) and surface pumps for the petroleum and chemical industries. Wood Group units can pump anywhere from 90 to 95,000 barrels of oil, water or chemicals per day. A typical pump packs more than 300 parts into a form factor up to 40 feet long but only five inches in diameter. Wood Group ESP customizes every order that comes in, and the company’s 45-person engineering team

Page 45 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary usually has as little as five days to get new designs into production. SolidWorks CAD, simulation, and product data management software help the company conceptualize and produce new designs quickly, according to Bobby Taylor, manager, engineering services at Wood Group ESP. “The bottom line is that without SolidWorks software, we couldn’t make money. We can’t do our job without it,” he said. “We have more than 60,000 part numbers, so being able to pull models of various parts together and build an assembly helps us get the job done quick and accurately. There’s no time for mistakes.” Wood Group’s engineers use SolidWorks solutions from the earliest conception of a design through simulation and production. SolidWorks CAD software enables the company’s engineering team to quickly design pumps to suit customers’ specific needs. “In our business, engineering to order is critical,” Taylor said. “Every pump configuration is a little different, so when an order comes in, we’re using SolidWorks to create assembly drawings on the fly so we can get them to the shop floor for quick production. We’re including every aspect of the design in the layouts – there’s nothing we leave out. We’re basically building virtual pumps in the software. That way when the production crew goes to build them, the design is right on.” Durability and reliability are Wood Group ESP’s biggest engineering challenges, Taylor said. Wells are highly corrosive environments filled with fluids that attack component surfaces as soon as the pump goes in. The pumps also “eat themselves away” by creating vibrations that can also cause failures. As the design staff assembles components, research and development engineers run mechanical and hydraulic analyses with SolidWorks Simulation software to ensure they will perform as expected. The simulations also help designers show customers and potential customers what Wood Group ESP is proposing to them. If a pump fails at a customer site, the short time frame shrinks even more, Taylor said. “The customer wants the equipment back in the well because they aren’t making any money if they aren’t pumping. We pull the pump out of the well, tear it down, and see what needs to be replaced. If it can’t be repaired, we have to build them a new one. SolidWorks software is key to doing that quickly to keep the customer’s losses to a minimum. Having all the components as 3D models in SolidWorks helps us create a new pump quickly because we can modify existing models instead of starting from scratch.” Wood Group ESP works with SolidWorks authorized reseller MLC-CAD for training and support. Click here to return to Contents

World Famous Holmenkollen Ski Jump Modeled With Tekla BIM Software 3 March 2011 The all-new Holmenkollen ski jump hosts the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships' big hill competition today. To meet the FIS standards, Oslo's famed national symbol, the old Holmenkollen Ski Jump has been replaced with a totally new construction. The new Holmenkollen Ski Jump has been modeled with Tekla BIM (Building Information Modeling) software. The new Ski Jump, made with over 1000 tons of steel, is an excellent monument of the art of engineering. The world's most modern ski jump made of steel rises an impressive 58 meters in the air. COWI located in Sweden used Tekla Structures to plan the steel construction for Lecor Steel Technology AB, who were responsible for the steel fabrication. Holmenkollen Ski Jump's unique and

Page 46 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary exceptional steel structure was the contributing factor for COWI to choose Tekla Structures for the 3D modeling. The software was used to simulate the assembly process and all temporary constructions during the assembly period. The model was also used to compare the coordinates with actual positions during the critical parts of the heavy lifting that was made. In addition to COWI's fantastic job we were totally dependent on Tekla as software. It gave us the advantage to have complete control over all symmetry and the placement of the components, says Tennce Carlsson, manager at Lecor Steel Technology AB. Holmenkollen Ski Jump isn't the first big sports monument modeled with Tekla software. For example the new Wembley stadium in London, the Bird's Nest stadium in Beijing and the Yas Marina F1 circuit in Abu Dhabi have all been modeled with the same Finnish software. No room for errors One of the advantages of using Tekla Structures for this type of construction modeling is the knowledge that the parts being modeled really fit perfectly when put in place. Another crucial advantage is that the numbers of incorrect construction units are minimized. It is totally out of the question to make any errors when designing a unique steel construction like the Holmenkollen Ski Jump. We knew Tekla Structures to be a very trustworthy and competent program. Considering the complex construction work consisting of 25 000 different pieces and a tight time schedule, the project would not have been possible to do in any other way, says Andreas Almgren, manager, structural engineering at COWI. Working so close together with a contractor that has such good knowledge of the digital tool as Lecor has been a privilege. We may be excellent alone but with Tekla software and Lecor as a contractor we've been outstanding together, he continues. The Ski Jump, designed by the Danish JDS Architects, is also visually impressive. The simple and streamlined shape comes with extensive use of lightning. The silhouette of the ski jump can be seen from far away, and it has become an even more obvious landmark in Oslo. Facts about the Holmenkollen Ski Jump:  The hill size is 134 meters  The K point is 120 meters  Hill record is held by Anders Jacobsen at 142,5 meters Click here to return to Contents

Zollner Elektronik AG Standardizes on Siemens PLM Software’s Tecnomatix Digital Manufacturing Solution 1 March 2011 Siemens PLM Software announced that Zollner Elektronik AG (Zollner), a Zandt, Bavaria, based provider of electronic manufacturing services (EMS), is standardizing on Tecnomatix® software as its digital manufacturing and factory automation solution, to further shorten project timelines, reduce costs and help minimize risks by evaluating possible variants. Zollner’s decision to expand the use of Tecnomatix was based on intense tests over the last 15 months with completed planning projects that were successful.

Page 47 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary As an EMS provider, Zollner utilizes its production lines to manufacture components, modules, devices or complete systems to order. Zollner serves a wide range of industries, including industrial electronics, automotive, office electronics and data technology. Zollner covers the entire value chain for its customers, from planning and development to prototype and series production, all the way to various post-production services. Worldwide, the company is among the top 15 providers in this area. Zollner initially began using Tecnomatix, Siemens PLM Software’s industry-leading suite of digital manufacturing solutions, in 2009, and since then has successfully deployed the software in several particularly demanding and critical process engineering projects. As part of this expansion, the company now plans to roll out Tecnomatix as its enterprise-wide standard factory planning system to further leverage the solution’s capabilities for providing precise and flexible planning along with the analysis and management of production processes. “Tecnomatix not only ensures that our production processes run more efficiently, but also allows us to use one software platform from the customer’s idea to SoP (Start of Production) and during the run-out. As a result a knowledge-database and platform evolves across the company, which makes it possible to offer the best solution according to the customer’s demand. We also derive benefits in communications with existing and potential customers,” said Alois Mahr, team lead process planning at Zollner. “The precise information we are able to obtain with the digital factory in advance adds transparency to our offers and decisions and makes them assessable. What’s more, simulation of entire production processes in 3D goes a long way in convincing new customers of our capability and expertise and is absolutely practical for training our staff.” “The digital factory at Zollner Elektronik AG has once again shown that a comprehensive approach based on Tecnomatix delivers tangible economic benefits,” said Urban August, senior vice president and managing director, Germany, Siemens PLM Software. “By applying digital manufacturing software, producers can achieve goals faster and at reduced costs, simply due to the fact that complex processes can be virtually simulated before companies convert whole shop floors.” As part of this agreement Zollner is adding the Process Designer and Process Simulate modules to its existing Tecnomatix installation which includes logistics and material flow simulation modules. Tecnomatix Process Designer will evaluate production alternatives and estimate costs and cycles during the initial phase of concept planning. Tecnomatix Process Simulate, meanwhile, will help design production processes in a dynamic 3D environment. Zollner plans to use Process Designer on all future projects in the German branches, and later in all 15 plants worldwide. They also plan to simulate time-critical production and assembly processes in all plants with Process Simulate. This will allow entire production processes, as well as single processes, to be precisely planned before the plants start production, avoiding costly errors and time-consuming corrections during actual production. Shorter pre-production phases will also permit short-notice orders that can be produced faster due to standardized processes. The digital factory implementation exposes potential savings including the elimination of unnecessary pre-assembly stages and reduction of storage space. Finally, digital planning can reduce the cost of projects due to shorter throughput times. About Zollner Elektronik AG Comprehensive technological know-how enables the company with a total workforce of over 7,000 to supply individual system solutions at 15 international locations. Today Zollner is one of the world’s top 15 electronics service companies and can look back on four decades of success in the business. The power spectrum includes Development, Supply Chain Management, Production, Printed circuit board

Page 48 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary production, Test, Production of inductive components, Plastics injection moulding, Mould-and tool making, Sheet metal forming, Surface finishing technology, System integration, Logistics and After Sales Service. Click here to return to Contents Product News

Altium Announces Altium Designer 10, AltiumLive, Altium Vaults 1 March 2011 Today, in a combined announcement, Altium aims to help propel the electronics design industry forward to meet the needs of electronics designers in what everyone agrees will be a connected future. In addition to the milestone release of Altium Designer 10 the company is announcing Altium Vaults and AltiumLive. Altium Vaults is new technology at the heart of Altium Designer 10's new design data management functionality. And AltiumLive is an online ecosystem for electronics design professionals that will connect designers with collaborators, suppliers, manufacturers and in the future, customers. Think of it as the back-end for the Altium Designer front-end user application. Nick Martin, CEO of Altium, commented: "We chose to build a new platform to solve the intractable challenges of keeping design data under control without killing innovation, to deliver great design functionality for today, and provide a bridge to that future. "The solution was to develop and release a design tool, an ecosystem and new technology to manage data and deliver new design content, all at once." Untangling the design data knot The diverse participants in making electronics that change the world create data sets that do not inherently work well together: Component data mix with other IP, which in turn tangle with manufacturing data, leading to all types of knotty problems. Component availability, prices, and versions change with a rapidity that makes things difficult for busy designers trying to manage who did what, when and how. And all the time, competitors are circling. With Altium Designer 10, customers can relieve their anxieties around design process complexity, business system integration, supply chain integration, external manufacturing, and increasing competitive pressure. They can free themselves to innovate. And from Altium Designer 10 onwards, and using AltiumLive, Altium will deliver content and updates continuously. Designers using Altium Designer will simply log on to check out AltiumLive, select content (new functions, upgrade, content, IP, and more) that is appropriate or relevant, download and install. As an example of this, Altium Designer extends the designer's reach into the supply chain, adding Mouser and Arrow to Altium Designer's new live links function. Altium Vaults

Page 49 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Altium Vaults form the heart of Altium's smart data management technologies. They store and manage electronics design data, and this lets designers release validated design data inside or outside their organizations with confidence. Vaults let designers manage revisions, design data, manage component lifecycles and track usage across designs, and provide links to supply chains to provide real-time information about parts being specified in designs. Users have a number of Vault options. Managed Vaults will be cloud-based vaults running entirely in AltiumLive as cloud-based services. Designers won't need to run any servers or infrastructure of their own – they will be managed by Altium. Satellite Vaults are hosted locally on users' own systems, ideal for companies who prefer to keep their design data behind firewalls, with user authentication through AltiumLive. And Enterprise Vault Servers are a way to establish an independent vault system inside a user's own organization, especially for those who do not allow Internet connections because of security concerns. AltiumLive: the professional designer's ecosystem with grunt Electronics design professionals deserve (and need) an ecosystem that will help them connect the design process, the supply chain, and manufacturing and design IP, in a connected future. AltiumLive is the seriously sound online environment for downloading, dealing in and sharing electronics design-related content: the place to turn to for new functionality in Altium Designer, as well as new content. The first design content comes from Altium's technical centers in Shanghai and in Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. In the future, users will also be able to share their design data using AltiumLive as their ecosystem. A new blog provides detailed technical papers, comment and discourse, and a new system has been created so that users can influence the future content in Altium Designer (via a nomination and voting system called BugCrunch!). AltiumLive is open to non-users, who will also have access to some of this new information and content. To start with, AltiumLive membership is by invitation, and anyone can register their interest now. Altium has built AltiumLive as a dynamic framework designed to scale and grow as designers flex their ecosystem muscles, and as the "Internet of Things" evolves around them. Features too many to mention So what are the features exactly? Altium has packed so much into this latest snap-shot of Altium Designer, that it would require a 10-page news release to describe it all. Since this is not 1999, and since Altium is now moving away from fixed-point software releases to a continuous stream approach, the company has made a modern move and developed fun videos explaining this milestone release of Altium Designer. Go to ad10.altium.com for more on Altium Designer 10. Go to live.altium.com for more on AltiumLive. Altium has also chosen to continue to make Altium Designer as affordable as possible. Go to live.altium.com/pricing for information on pricing for Altium Designer and Altium's new Vault options. Click here to return to Contents

Page 50 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary AspenTech Releases New Local Language Versions of Products in aspenONE® Manufacturing & Supply Chain Suite 1 March 2011 Aspen Technology, Inc. announced the release of new local language versions of manufacturing and supply chain products in the 7.2 release of aspenONE V7 software. Local language versions are now available for Aspen PIMS, Aspen Petroleum Scheduler, Aspen Plant Scheduler, Aspen IP.21 Process Browser and other products in the aspenONE Manufacturing & Supply Chain suite. These localized products join a large portfolio of aspenONE Engineering and aspenONE Manufacturing & Supply Chain products already available in local languages. Local language aspenONE software makes it possible for AspenTech customers to train employees faster and standardize their operations on aspenONE to achieve superior financial and operating results. Local language versions of aspenONE products are available in Chinese, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish, in addition to English. AspenTech customers may download language packs for the localized products from the AspenTech Support Center. Supporting Quotes: Manolis Kotzabasakis, Executive Vice President, Aspen Technology, Inc. “By offering more aspenONE products in local languages we are making it easier for customers to develop a new generation of skilled engineers and operators, replicating best practices globally to achieve superior financial and operating results.” Click here to return to Contents

Bentley Advances Sustainable Licensing Through Portfolio Balancing 2 March 2011 Bentley Systems, Incorporated introduced, during its first Annual Corporate Update conference call, an innovative new “sustainable licensing” business model based on annual Portfolio Balancing. With this industry milestone, users no longer need to settle for software investments that depreciate in value due to changing technology, project mix, or operations needs. Through Portfolio Balancing, new purchasers of Bentley product licenses, along with existing Bentley SELECT subscribers, can annually exchange underutilized Bentley software for software of equal value (based on current list price) that meets existing or upcoming needs. As Bentley COO Malcolm Walter explained, “Over the years we have learned that our user organizations’ software needs change as their businesses change, which is a given in AEC (architecture, engineering, and construction). The mix of applications now required could be very different from the mix in use, say, five years ago. In fact, most users depreciate their software fully after only three years.” Walter continued, “At Bentley, with the world’s broadest portfolio of software applications for the infrastructure professions, we would rather have our users see their Bentley software as a sound investment, not an expense. With Portfolio Balancing, our users can annually exchange their current combination of applications for a new combination of equal value. So when a user organization licenses

Page 51 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary a single application from Bentley and covers it under SELECT, it has effectively licensed access to our entire portfolio, including new and future products. It can rest assured that as its business changes, its Bentley portfolio can change in accordance.” Walter concluded, “With Portfolio Balancing, they get a perpetually sustainable license that never depreciates. As far as we know, no other software vendor offers anything remotely similar.” Click here to return to Contents

Bentley Launches New iWare Apps Site Providing Fast, Easy Access to No-Cost Software for Interoperability 2 March 2011 Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced, during its first Annual Corporate Update conference call, the launch of its iWare Apps site at http://www.bentley.com/iware. The new site provides fast and easy access to Bentley’s no-cost iWare Apps for enhanced interoperability, along with links to free training in their use and in-depth reference documentation. It also provides iWare Links to additional no-cost apps developed by other organizations that also facilitate interoperability. Bentley has demonstrated that interoperability is not only good for AECO practitioners, but is also good business for vendors. And where other software vendors haven’t yet responded in kind, Bentley has worked to make it possible for users to apply “self-help” to achieve interoperations across even these vendors’ applications. Now Bentley is making universally available, at no charge, the iWare Apps it has developed for this purpose – Bentley’s contribution for infrastructure professionals to wield the interoperability benefits they deserve. Throughout 2010, Bentley advanced the adoption of i-models, containers for open infrastructure information exchange that are a strong underlying enabler of interoperability, encapsulating provenance, precision, portability, and self-description. Now, in 2011, Bentley is accelerating the value of i-models by providing apps and plug-ins (iWare) – including for competitive products – that share information required for interoperations. The development of i-models, and now iWare Apps, reflects Bentley’s long-standing zeal for interoperability, which was reflected in the company’s early support for multiple file formats, and then reinforced through the company’s milestone interoperability agreement with Autodesk. The i-model innovation was underscored in 2010 by Bentley’s introduction of its Integrated Structural Modeling (ISM) methodology for creators and consumers of structural project information across multiple vendors’ applications. Most recently, Bentley released its OpenPlant offerings based on ISO 15926, which share and meet the primary goals of the iRING user community, for real-time sharing of plant lifecycle data and information across organizations. The iWare Apps site offers interoperability software for AECO professionals, and is organized to highlight apps specifically for users of Revit, Bentley, and Microsoft Windows. iWare Apps available today include: •Bentley View (to interact with DWG, DGN, and i-models as well as many other raster and vector formats used by infrastructure professionals); •Structural Synchronizer (to synchronize data, obtain revision history, and view models); •Structural Dashboard (to manage structural workflows and information exchange);

Page 52 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary •i-model Plug-in for Revit (to publish i-models from Autodesk Revit for open infrastructure information exchange); •ISM Revit Plug-in (to coordinate, change, and synchronize structural data with Structural Synchronizer); •RAM Structural System – Revit Link (to achieve direct interoperability between RAM Structural System and Revit Structure); •Bentley DGN IFilter (allowing textual information within DGNs to become searchable within Windows Search and Google Desktop); •Bentley DGN Thumbnail Provider (which embeds thumbnails in DGNs so they are viewable within applications like Windows Explorer). Additional iWare Apps already in development include: •i-model Plug-in for AutoCAD, •OpenPlant Specification Generator, •Bentley AutoPLANT Object Enabler, •gINT AGS to Excel Converter (for GeoStructural users). Recognizing that even the most intuitive software can be more effectively applied with proper instruction, Bentley has included links on the new website to free training and documentation for many of its iWare Apps. This makes it easier for users to realize the value of these offerings. Additional “iWare Links” on the iWare Apps site connect visitors to sites of other organizations that provide no-cost software tools for interoperability. To access Bentley’s new iWare Apps site, visit http://www.bentley.com/iWare. To read Bentley’s white paper on interoperability, visit http://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/Web/Platform/WP_Interop_Platform.pdf. To learn more about Bentley’s agreement with Autodesk to advance AEC software interoperability, visit http://www.bentley.com/en- US/Corporate/News/Interoperability%20Agreement/Autodesk%20Bentley%20Agreement/. To learn about Bentley’s Interoperability Report Card, an industry tool to help infrastructure professionals develop strategies to achieve software interoperability in their AECO enterprises, visit http://ftp2.bentley.com/dist/collateral/docs/buildings/Interoperability-Report-Card_S_US.pdf. Click here to return to Contents

Cadence Opens and Extends Verification IP Catalog for Use across Silicon, SoC and System Development 28 February 2011 Cadence Design Systems, Inc. detailed the extensive expansion of its broad portfolio of verification IP (VIP) and memory models, which delivers a verification solution spanning silicon, SoC and system development. The Cadence® VIP offering boasts support of new protocols such as ARM® AMBA® 4 and MIPI to address early IP verification and integration through to system validation in demonstration

Page 53 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary of the EDA360 vision. In addition to memory models and VIP obtained from last year’s acquisition of Denali®, complementing the metric-driven Cadence VIP, the expanded offering now supports all major third party simulators, effectively providing designers a one-stop shop of mainstream and emerging protocols for developing and verifying today’s advanced electronic designs. “As a technology leader and global IP supplier, ARM sees firsthand that the complexity involved with designing today’s SoCs and systems is matched only by the complexity entailed with verifying them,” said Joe Convey, director of design enablement, ARM. “Our customers create the world’s most advanced products and depend on the latest verification technology to reduce risk and speed time to market. With its high-quality verification IP that spans leading protocols, such as the newly released AMBA 4 specification for efficient SoC and FPGA designs, Cadence delivers the breadth and depth engineers need to validate a wide scope of designs, from the mainstream to the most advanced technology available.” Specifically focused on accelerating the verification process and product delivery, Cadence’s VIP Catalog covers more than 30 complex and emerging protocols and is included in an expanded VIP Catalog that features: Support for third-party simulators across the entire portfolio to enable all customers to deploy Cadence VIP on top of existing environments, and extended support of the Universal Verification Methodology (UVM) Expanded protocol availability, featuring early delivery of verification IP for emerging protocols such as the AMBA 4 specification, the latest MIPI protocols (M-PHY, DigRF and UniPro), PCI Express Gen 3, SuperSpeed USB, and Ethernet 40/100G, as well as new memory models including DDR4, LRDIMM, and Flash ONFI 3.0. New use models, including system validation with new accelerated VIP that addresses hardware/software integration and a new SoC Portfolio that makes SoC verification more cost effective, and a roadmap for extending the solution to enable software-driven verification, a new approach providing a programmer’s view of system verification. “Xilinx excels in bringing ASIC-class capacity and performance to the ever-expanding FPGA market with support for the AMBA4 Advanced Extensible Interface (AXI4) on-chip interconnect,” said Rick Tomihiro, director of marketing, Semiconductor IP at Xilinx. “Cadence is helping us meet our customers’ need for advanced verification methodologies by supplying powerful VIP support for AMBA AXI4™ packaged in the easy-to-use Xilinx ISE tool suite.” The overview of the new VIP Catalog, including a listing of specific protocols and new capabilities, is available at the Cadence Web site. Click here to return to Contents

Centric Software Introduces Quality Module 2 March 2011 Quality teams looking to streamline the quality control process while significantly improving cost effectiveness now can do so quickly and easily with the introduction of Centric Software's Quality module. Centric is introducing the module to its Centric 8 PLM suite to enable easy creation, use and

Page 54 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary management of tests. Teams can readily compare and contrast multiple test runs for a variety of samples of a same product or material. According to Chris Groves, president and CEO of Centric, the new module provides valuable visibility, delivering reporting and metrics after testing for decision-making and traceability. "With these capabilities, the Quality module increases efficiency and improves cost effectiveness of important quality functions, directly impacting brand integrity," says Groves. High-end fashion, apparel and other fast-moving consumer goods companies must reinforce and defend their brands at every point in the product development process, he explains. "The Centric 8 Quality module helps these companies ensure the quality and safety standards for which they are known." Key uses of the Quality module include: 1. Easily create, use and manage tests: Easy-to-create tests and test templates allow companies to capture the results of testing against product and material samples. Quality teams can move quickly, using stand-alone tests or configurable templates that they define for needed testing protocols. Centric8 stores quality, or safety and compliance, test results, and with simple accessibility, provides a "single version of the truth" for everyone involved. Product teams can avoid repeat testing for the same criteria, and avoid extended searches for test results. 2. Compare and contrast multiple test runs: Creating consistent test definitions allows teams to add and subtract test variables, track results against those test definitions, and compare results of one versus the other as needed. If the outcome of a test is unexpected or unacceptable, the Quality module makes it easy to ask a supplier to repeat the test with a defined variation. 3. Enhance decision-making through improved visibility: Rapid and easy access to reporting and metrics after testing completion results in better decisions and traceability. Ultimately, it improves the products that a company delivers to its customers. "The Centric 8 Quality module assures that quality functions can be managed easily but thoroughly," says Groves. "Companies can test to assure a product will successfully meet the real-world rigors for which it was designed, or those that oversight agencies require. And consumers can buy the brands they value with confidence." Click here to return to Contents

ELYSIUM to Release ASFALIS K2 for Smooth Circulation of 3D Data 2 March 2011 Elysium Co., Ltd. announced the upcoming release of ASFALIS K2, a powerful new system for managing 3D data distribution in manufacturing industries. Sophisticated products are made by global networks of suppliers that frequently employ incompatible brands of CAD software. Huge time and cost savings can be realized by distributing three-dimensional product models to suppliers. However, the difficulty of translating 3D models among proprietary systems consumes much of the potential savings. ASFALIS performs three critical functions that can increase the efficiency of 3D model distribution: · Data translation automation · Data distribution record keeping

Page 55 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary · Assembly configuration management ASFALIS K2 allows document-control specialists to set up profile cards for each supplier that include all information about the suppliers’ 3D model needs, such as CAD system brands and release levels, the supplier’s requirements for metadata such as part numbers, release levels, and dates, and the data recipient’s name and address. When a manufacturer submits product models to ASFALIS along with the name of the target supplier, the system automatically checks the input data for errors, performs the translation, and validates the translated data quality. Elysium’s system also records all translations with date stamps and keeps copies of all files. This data store enables customers to know what they sent to each supplier and when. If there is doubt about the quality of the original models, customers can check them. The system enables workers to search records by CAD attributes and compare original and revised models. ASFALIS K2 also supports incremental translation so that when only a few parts in a complex assembly are revised, only the parts that have changed need be translated again. ASFALIS K2 also allows manufacturers to configure assemblies using parts from multiple CAD systems. For example, parts from Parametric Technology’s Pro/Engineer and Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks can be combined in a Siemens NX assembly and delivered to a supplier or customer who uses NX. ASFALIS K2 can be simply configured to support a variety of popular CAD software. Translation software that comes with most desktop CAD packages requires engineers and designers to remember which data formats are applicable, what models have been translated, and when. By automating these administrative processes, ASFALIS eliminates common errors that can raise costs if parts are manufactured incorrectly. ASFALIS K2 was developed in cooperation with the world’s largest automobile manufacturer, where it is currently in use saving engineers and document-control specialists thousands of hours each year. ■ Release date: First customer shipment will be 9th March, 2011. ■ Contact information: For further information about ASFALIS K2, please visit http://www.elysium-global.com Contact about this release: Marketing Group of Elysium Co., Ltd. Tel: +81 53 413 1002 / E-mail: [email protected] Click here to return to Contents

Extensible CAD Technologies Announces Release of InspectionXpert for Pro/ENGINEER 1 March 2011 Extensible CAD Technologies announced their new release of InspectionXpert for Pro/ENGINEER. InspectionXpert for Pro/ENGINEER is an inspection report automation and ballooning tool that extracts inspection characteristics from Pro/ENGINEER drawings and instantly exports them to inspection report forms. The new release features a completely redesigned interface and the ability to save inspection project data for later reuse or revision. Here are a few of the key improvements: InspectionXpert for Pro/ENGINEER

Page 56 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary • Retooled InspectionXpert interface for better ease-of-use and project workflow • Inspection project data and settings can now be saved for easy reuse or revision • Better control over the order and placement of inspection balloons • Automate mapping of custom attributes and project properties to inspection report forms • Refresh Project option to automatically identify and capture drawing changes InspectionXpert for Pro/ENGINEER saves up to 97% of the time it takes to create a bubbled Pro/ENGINEER drawing and inspection report form, and because inspection project data can be saved, it's incredibly fast and easy to handle drawing revisions. "We continue to expand the capabilities of our CAD-integrated versions of InspectionXpert to meet our clients' needs, both in functionality and ease of use," explains President Jeff Cope. "We've also added direct integration with Net-Inspect, and are providing ways to integrate with other quality systems such as CEBOS MQ1 that are helping our clients streamline their quality processes from end to end." The InspectionXpert product line eliminates the manual ballooning of inspection drawings and manual creation of inspection sheets for first article and in process inspections. InspectionXpert integrates with popular CAD programs including Solid Edge, CATIA, AutoCAD, and SolidWorks, and InspectionXpert First Article works with PDF and TIFF file formats. Visit http://www.inspectionxpert.com for more information. Click here to return to Contents

FCC Approval of Finite Element Method for Biomedical Transmitters Puts ANSYS Software in the Spotlight 3 March 2011 For specific electromagnetic applications in the healthcare industry, HFSS™ software from ANSYS can now provide proof that a biomedical device transmitter design meets Federal Communications Commission (FCC) standards -- a ruling that will enable medical device developers to cut development time and costs while meeting safety standards. The FCC ruled in February that the finite element method (FEM) is a valid technique to simulate a medical device that must communicate with other similar devices. As a result, organizations in the medical equipment sector can use HFSS -- industry-leading FEM electromagnetic field simulation -- to validate their transmitter designs. Today's sophisticated medical implants and other equipment often contain transmitters that communicate with other devices -- transferring physiological data to a doctor via wireless communication, for example, which can be used to monitor, diagnose or treat a patient's condition. The new FCC ruling applies to transmitters that are placed inside, on, or in close proximity to the human body. Developers of such medical devices must ensure that their equipment meets radio frequency (RF) emission safety standards. Additionally, manufacturers must comply with specific absorption rate (SAR) regulations, a measure of how the body absorbs energy when exposed to an RF electromagnetic field. HFSS software -- which employs FEM simulation to verify both SAR and RF emissions -- can also reduce development time and costs while increasing reliability and design optimization.

Page 57 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary "The HFSS finite element solution is extremely valuable for designing antenna systems for implantable devices," said Mark Lanciault, principal electrical engineer, Cambridge Consultants, Inc. "Its use of an unstructured mesh is particularly well suited for modeling the complex curved surfaces within the human body, as seen in organs, tissues, and bones. Using HFSS allows us to optimize and verify performance of our implanted antenna designs in a representative environment. We will now be able to provide our customers accurate solutions specific to their device's location in the body." "The medical device market is rapidly innovating to meet consumer demands and satisfy regulatory safety requirements," said Markus Kopp, product manager for electronics at ANSYS. "This FCC ruling allows researchers to innovate with HFSS, developing new approaches that they can get to market faster -- yet also maintain the FCC's high standards of technical compliance. Beyond that, the ultimate beneficiary is the public, who will have quicker access to life-enhancing medical devices." ANSYS requested that the FCC grant a waiver to the Medical Device Radiocommunication Service rules to permit FEM environmental evaluation of medical implant or body-worn equipment. The ruling granting the waiver cited scientific literature stating that FEM is a sound engineering technique. HFSS software, which incorporates technology for 3-D full-wave electromagnetic field simulation, enables engineers to design, simulate and validate the behavior of complex high-performance RF, microwave and millimeter-wave devices in next-generation wireless devices, defense communication systems, biomedical devices, and consumer electronics. About Cambridge Consultants, Inc. For over 50 years, Cambridge Consultants has led the way in innovative product development. They develop breakthrough products, create and license intellectual property, and provide business consultancy in technology-critical issues for clients worldwide, whether they are launching first-to- market products, entering new markets or expanding existing markets. With a team of over 300 engineers, designers, scientists and consultants, in offices in Cambridge (UK) and Boston (USA), Cambridge Consultants offers solutions across a diverse range of industries including defence, medical technology, industrial and consumer products, transport, energy, cleantech and wireless communications. Cambridge Consultants is part of the Altran Group. Click here to return to Contents

Introducing STAR-CCM+ v6.02: Engineering Success at your Fingertips 28 February 2011 CD-adapco announced the release of STAR-CCM+ v6.02, the latest version of its flagship multiphysics engineering simulation tool. STAR-CCM+ v6.02 illustrates CD-adapco’s purpose: to help customers succeed through the application of engineering simulation: driving innovation in its products AND reducing the time and cost associated with bringing those products to market. The latest version of STAR-CCM+ v6.02 is specifically designed to increase our customers’ innovation through the addition of new simulation technologies, expanding its use into new applications, while increasing productivity through improving existing simulation processes. STAR-CCM+ v6.02 looks certain to overtake STAR-CCM+ v5.06 as the most downloaded release in the CD-adapco’s 30 year history, playing a pivotal role in the continual growth of CD-adapco’s presence

Page 58 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary in the CAE market. The secret of STAR-CCM+’s success is simple, says Jean Claude Ercolanelli, Senior Vice President Product Management: “We maintain a constant dialogue with our customers, carefully observing new trends and challenges. Each new release of STAR-CCM+ is a balance between fulfilling the requests of our customers, and the introduction of new technology that expands the use of the software into new industrial applications, such as battery design, and electro-deposition painting.” “In its most fundamental form, success works on a personal level, ensuring that individual engineers are able to deliver meaningful simulation results on time and in a manner which can be used to influence the engineering design process,” continues Ercolanelli. “By listening to our users, we are uniquely placed to understand the challenges they face. We understand the importance of continually improving our software products to make them increasingly accurate, efficient and easy to use.” Available for download now, STAR-CCM+ v6.02 will be officially launched at the STAR European Conference 2011, which will include orientation training; new feature demonstrations; the STAR-CCM+ Dedicated Support Engineers area, allowing attendees to explore product features; and a STAR-CCM+ Labs corner where future developments will be showcased. Battery Simulation Module A specific battery module, allows the simulation of flow, thermal and electrochemistry phenomena for Li-Ion battery cells and packs, providing the user with all the multi-physics capability required to simulate battery behavior in a single environment. The new module includes user defined discretization controls for thermal and electrochemical network within a cell and automated problem definition to quickly create battery packs from defined cells. E-coating The new Electro-deposition coating (e-coating) model simulates the deposition of paint under the influence of an electric field when a charged product is dipped into a bath of paint. With user defined paint properties, analysts can examine the efficiency of a painting process by predicting exactly how the layers of paint accumulate over time. Potential application areas: Initially requested Automotive OEMs, the model implemented in STAR-CCM+ v6.02 is indeed equally applicable to all electro-deposition coating processes. Motion Superposition Motion Superposition allows users to prescribe more complex body motion within a simulation and combine multiple rigid body motions or rigid body motions with mesh morphing. Potential application areas: Aerospace – rotorcrafts, helicopter blades Marine – bow thrusters Consumer goods – fans DEM and Lagrangian Now supports full moving mesh and phase selective boundaries. Post-Processing

Page 59 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary As simulation increasingly occupies its rightful place as a mainstream engineering design tool, pertinently conveying simulation data remains one of the biggest challenges facing engineering analysts. Recognizing this, STAR-CCM+ v6.02 includes a wealth of new post –processing functionality: Histogram graph types used for statistical analysis (appropriate for Lagrangian analysis, cell quality visualization, etc) Start and end markers for streamlines, Iso-line values, Log color scales, uniformity index reports. New STAR-CCM+ Plug-in for Isight Isight is a process flow and optimization code from SIMULIA, a Dassault Systèmes brand (http://www.simulia.com/products/isight.html), that can be used to drive a variety of different CAE tools. This new CD-adapco developed plugin allows control of STAR-CCM+ within an optimization problem with full access to field functions and design parameters. For complete information on all new features in STAR-CCM+ v6.02 or to download it today please visit CD-adapco’s user services site or contact your local office. Click here to return to Contents

IronCAD, LLC Releases Product Update #1 for the IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite 2011 28 February 2011 IronCAD, LLC announced the immediate release of the IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite Product Update #1. The IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite is a complete range of products that include IRONCAD, INOVATE, IRONCAD DRAFT (IronCAD’s latest addition), and the Native Translator Bundles. This integrated suite provides real collaboration between 2D and 3D enabling users to communicate design data throughout their design process within their organization and beyond. The IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite Product Update #1 extends users ability to leverage 3D within a 2D design process, conceptualize in 3D without restrictions in the modeling history, and complete full 3D and 2D production designs while providing a productive and stable suite of products. A sampling of the improvements includes: Quick Search for Locating Parts, Assemblies, and Features Catalog Filtering Quick Search to Dynamically Locate Reusable Components Enhanced Sketch Creation and Editing Tools Communication Improvements for Realistic Display Export Graphical Navigation Improvements For Heads-up Camera Rotation 2D Technical Drafting Improvements Including Performance and Progress Notifications Performance Improvements in Loading, Feature Regeneration, and Application Startup Memory Management Improvements to Improve Interaction Performance For a full detailed list of new features and quality improvements, visit http://www.ironcad.com/support/updates/ironcaddcs2011/ICDCS2011PU1Readme.htm. The IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite Product Update #1 is available for immediate download to all active maintenance customers from http://www.ironcad.com/support. An evaluation copy of the

Page 60 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite products is available for download from http://www.ironcad.com/. All new customers buying IRONCAD today will automatically receive this latest Product Update with the 2011 IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite. Click here to return to Contents

Magma's Titan and FineSim Validated for LFoundry Interoperable Process Design Kits (iPDKs), Accelerating Turnaround Time for Analog/Mixed-Signal SoCs 28 February 2011 Magma® Design Automation and LFoundry, the customer-specific manufacturer of choice for analog, mixed-signal and specialized technologies, announced the LFoundry's interoperable process design kits (iPDKs) are validated for use with the Titan™ Mixed-Signal Design Platform, Titan Accelerators and FineSim™ circuit simulator for 0.15-micron technology platforms. The combination of Magma's Titan and FineSim software and LFoundry's process technology will accelerate development of analog/mixed- signal (AMS) products, especially for European system-on-chip (SoC) developers. LFoundry's leading 0.15-micron process offers excellent performance for RF applications, with results comparable to 0.13-micron technologies. This enables designers to manufacture cost-effective products that offer high performance. The Titan Mixed-Signal Design Platform is a unified mixed-signal design cockpit with a very high capacity and a very fast database access mechanism. Titan comprises user- friendly full-custom schematic and layout editors, an analog simulation environment integrated with the super-fast and accurate FineSim simulator, correct-by-design schematic-driven layout and integration with Magma's tools for physical verification and digital implementation. The LFoundry iPDK's detailed flow steps and advanced Titan and FineSim capabilities provide LFoundry and Magma customers with improved productivity and faster turnaround time for analog/mixed-signal design. "LFoundry's philosophy is to provide flexible EDA solutions that increase our customer base and customers' productivity," said Gerhard Spitzlsperger, chief technology officer of LFoundry. "By working with Magma to qualify Titan and FineSim in our recently released iPDK platform, we can enable our customers to increase performance and improve IP reuse and portability while reducing turnaround time." LFoundry Process Technology LFoundry iPDKs will provide designers quick and flexible access to an advanced 0.15-micron foundry platform. The 0.15-micron platform, with I/O voltages of 1.8V, 3.3V and 5.0V on PMOS and NMOS for high-speed and low-leakage applications, includes a modular LDMOS designed for RF and HV applications. Further enhancements include one-time programmable (OTP) memory, SRAM, EEPROM and area-optimized Flash, an 8-bit microcontroller, various ADCs (analog-to-digital converters) and several more modular IP options for advanced system-on-chip (SoC) designs. Titan: Accelerating Analog Design The Titan environment includes the comprehensive Titan Mixed-Signal Design Platform and a set of breakthrough point-tool technologies known as the Titan Accelerators. The Titan Mixed-Signal Platform is the industry's first true mixed-signal design platform. It integrates implementation and verification while delivering first-time-correct, predictable mixed-signal designs. The Titan mixed-signal platform includes user-friendly full-custom schematic and layout editors, an analog simulation environment integrated with the FineSim simulator, correct-by-design schematic-driven layout.

Page 61 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Titan Accelerators are advanced technology solutions that improve analog/mixed-signal design productivity and reuse. Titan Analog Virtual Prototyper (AVP) is a layout-aware schematic design tool that performs simultaneous electrical and physical co-design for rapid schematic-to-layout convergence. Titan Analog Layout Accelerator (ALX) automates migration of analog cell layouts to new process technologies while preserving design intent. Titan Shape-Based Router (SBR) automates difficult routing tasks to deliver a 10X improvement in routing productivity. About LFoundry LFoundry is the customer-specific manufacturer of choice for analog, mixed-signal and specialized technologies, providing 0.15-micron and below foundry technology access to 200mm capacity of more than 30,000 wafer starts per month at its two European manufacturing sites. LFoundry customers benefit from the company's unique "Sicherheit" ... reliability, security and protection for customers, their designs and their IP. Visit LFoundry on the Web at http://www.lfoundry.com Click here to return to Contents

Mentor Graphics Transforms SoC Integration and Functional Verification with Next Generation Questa Platform 1 March 2011 Mentor Graphics Corp. announced that it has embarked on a corporate-wide strategy aimed at transforming the integration and functional verification of complex System on Chip (SoC) designs. The strategy targets both near-term and long-range challenges with a blend of tools and methodologies that span the efforts of conventional ESL and RTL functions. In the initial phase of the strategy, the Questa® verification platform has been expanded into three simulation platforms -- Questa Core, Questa Prime and Questa Ultra. The new flagship product, Questa Ultra, delivers an unprecedented 10X improvement in time to coverage. Integrating simulation with intelligent testbench automation, Questa Ultra eliminates redundancy in randomized testbenches -- dramatically reducing the amount of time and workstation resources required to hit coverage targets. "Mentor is committed to the goal of bringing transformation and measurable change to the design and verification of complex SoCs. Our ongoing work in testbench automation, advanced verification methodologies and integrated approaches to debug and verification management has turned into state-of- the art products," said John Lenyo, general manager of the Design Verification Technology division of Mentor Graphics. "With the new Questa verification platform, we've delivered a major leap forward in verification productivity." Three Solutions to Match Designers' Needs The Questa Core product is targeted at designers who need high-performance simulation and access to assertion-based verification. The Questa Core version provides support for standard RTL languages along with SystemVerilog assertions and PSL assertions, advanced code coverage and integrated debug. The Questa Prime product includes all the functionality of the Questa Core version and adds support for functional coverage, full OVM/UVM and SystemVerilog support for testbench creation and implementation as well as full verification management capabilities. The Questa Ultra product further extends the Questa Prime version to include UPF support for power aware simulation and verification, along with integrated intelligent testbench automation.

Page 62 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Platform Functions Add to Efficiency and Productivity The Questa verification platform includes a set of technologies that enhance flow development and data analysis. The Questa platform's industry-leading Unified Coverage Database (UCDB) now centralizes the data collection for all the Questa platform technologies including simulation, formal and CDC. The Questa platform's Verification Management feature delivers analysis and reports on all aspects of the verification process. Using Verification Management capabilities, designers can find bugs faster, analyze coverage to reduce regression times, optimize the execution of their simulation farms and more. Integration with Virtual Prototyping and Acceleration The Questa verification platform also works with the rest of the Mentor® SoC solutions. The Vista™ virtual prototyping solution can be used to generate TLM models that easily run in the Questa environment. And the Veloce® Testbench Express solution enables designers to write testbenches that can run unchanged in a Questa simulator and Veloce emulator. Click here to return to Contents

OpenText Brings Windows and UNIX Enterprise Business Applications to Mac OS X with Release of Exceed onDemand 8 1 March 2011 Enterprises will now have an easier time keeping their global workforces productive with the release of Exceed onDemand 8 by OpenText™, an X11 window server that gives users fast, reliable and secure remote access to applications over any network connection. Exceed onDemand 8 offers support for the Mac OS X platform along with a number of performance and productivity enhancements that enable customers to centrally distribute and manage access to UNIX, Linux and Microsoft Windows applications. The Exceed family of products is known for its dependability in mission-critical environments and "pixel-perfect" screen and color rendering capabilities. Exceed onDemand offers companies a centralized, scalable and load-balanced platform to manage the distribution of critical line-of-business applications to a geographically disparate user population. Exceed onDemand offers an all-in-one remote application access solution for stock trading, electronic design automation (EDA), computer- aided design/manufacturing (CAD/CAM) and high-end 3D modeling, among others, and delivers such benefits as lower infrastructure costs, improved security and easier team collaboration. "Enterprises are facing increasing pressure to deliver better results on time and on budget. Exceed onDemand helps them improve the performance of their business operations by simplifying and extending their application delivery infrastructure - and we're continuing the momentum with this new release," said Eugene Cherny, General Manager for OpenText's connectivity solutions. "Its industry- proven architecture offers automatic workload balancing and scalability, helping to accelerate access to business applications while boosting user productivity through real-time team collaboration." The new version of Exceed onDemand offers a number of significant enhancements: Empowers the growing population of Apple Mac OS X users with high-performance remote application access Helps enterprises take control of the distribution of Microsoft Windows applications on UNIX, Linux and OS X platforms

Page 63 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Enhances access security through the integration with LDAP based enterprise directory services New dynamic screen scaling capability offers superior user experience and improved productivity "Exceed onDemand 8 supports the Cadence EDA360 vision by empowering engineering teams to collaborate virtually, fully realizing complex designs as efficiently as possible in a globalized work environment," said Steven Lewis, Product Management Director of Cadence. "We've worked closely with OpenText to ensure that Exceed onDemand 8 works smoothly with the Cadence Virtuoso custom IC technology, maximizing both design throughput and resource utilization, while lowering overall hardware costs." Exceed onDemand 8 is available now. For more information and request a trial go to http://connectivity.opentext.com Follow OpenText on Twitter @opentext and OpenText Exceed onDemand @OTExceed Click here to return to Contents

Raytion Expands its Family of Enterprise Search Connectors 28 February 2011 Raytion, the internationally operating IT business consultancy and specialist in enterprise search and content integration, has expanded its range of enterprise search connectors to include archived emails and content stored in Symantec Enterprise Vault, thus enabling secure access to information from yet another mission-critical information system. Along with the new connector, major updates to Raytion's existing connectors for Microsoft SharePoint, Oracle UCM and SAP NetWeaver Portal have been released, which now support the most recent versions of these platforms. The Raytion Enterprise Search Connectors complement the search technologies of the major search engine vendors such as Microsoft FAST, the Google SearchAppliance, ExaleadCloudView and Oracle SES. Having received the "Trend Setting Product 2010" award from KMWorld last year, they were the only product in its category to be selected and given this distinction. "Our years of real-world enterprise search project expertise and knowledge have gone into building our growing family of enterprise search connectors," says Valentin Richter, CEO of Raytion. "The second generation of our connectors support enhanced security and scalability and we are currently working on the third generation, which will help improve IT governance," he adds. The connectors enable organizations to securely retrieve information from their main enterprise applications like content and document management systems, enterprise portals, collaboration and messaging platforms and product lifecycle management systems. The connectors respect the complex security policies of these underlying source systems, are event driven and reliably scale to the volume of documents within these systems. "In addition to meeting the necessary functional requirements like performing content updates and extracting security permissions, our connectors address the important requirements of scalability, reliability and performance," says Sebastian Klatt, Director of Business Developmentat Raytion, adding that "These are the critical factors when implementing large-scale search solutions." The Raytion Enterprise Search Connectors share the same robust and thoroughly tested core components

Page 64 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary and are delivered with a user-friendly management interface. This facilitates their integration into existing environments and assists in effectively managing the integration of single or multiple repositories of the same or different systems. The connectors are built using Raytion's internal connector framework and are based on the same architecture that eases extending the connector family with connectors for additional and customized content repositories. Connectors to other systems such as EMC Documentum, Microsoft Exchange, SAP PLM and Xerox DocuShare, among others, are also part of the Raytion Enterprise Search Connector family. About Raytion Raytion is an internationally operating IT business consultancy serving Global 500 companies and organizations worldwide. Covering both information management and corporate communications, Raytion builds solutions in the areas of enterprise search, portals & collaboration, and digital archiving. As one of the leading enterprise search specialists, Raytion offers a full range of services and products that complement the search technologies of the major vendors. Solutions built by Raytion are in use by multinational clients with 1,000 to over 200,000 employees. Click here to return to Contents

SURFCAM V5.2 Beta Released 2 March 2011 Surfware, Inc. announced this week that the beta version of its flagship CAM software, SURFCAM V5.2, has been completed and is being made available to SURFCAM Beta Users and Resellers worldwide. SURFCAM V5.2, the latest release in the V5 Series of SURFCAM CAD/CAM Systems is on schedule as the next release of SURFCAM to follow SURFCAM V5.1, which was released in August 2010. The SURFCAM V5 Series was launched in February 2010 starting with the introduction of SURFCAM V5.0. Some of the new features and functionality in beta SURFCAM V5.2 are new HSM Z-Roughing strategies, additional STL geometry capabilities for rough machining and stock calculations, adaptive slicing, a new SPost interface, enhanced Mill/Turn mode, optimized toolpath verification & machine simulation, updated CAD translators, plus much more. "The majority of the features and enhancements in this upcoming release of SURFCAM continues to be functionality that our users and customers are requesting from us," says Peter Marton, Vice President of Surfware. “The commitment to provide our customers with maximum functionality, coupled with ease of use, at an attractive price will always be at the forefront of our business." Click here to return to Contents

Synopsys Announces Availability of HAPS-600 High Capacity FPGA-Based Prototyping Solution 1 March 2011 Synopsys, Inc. announced the availability of the HAPS®-600 series, the highest capacity extension of the HAPS family of FPGA-based prototyping systems. The HAPS-600 series extends FPGA-based prototyping capacity up to 81 million ASIC gates equivalent, enabling early software development for

Page 65 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary larger SoC projects. Like the HAPS-60 products, the HAPS-600 series is based on Xilinx Virtex®-6 LX760 FPGA devices and offers performance up to 200 megahertz (MHz). The HAPS family provides an integrated and scalable hardware plus software solution that is used by hardware and software design teams to develop software, verify SoC hardware and enable hardware/software integration before tape-out. Designers can reduce initial turnaround times and subsequent iterations with the HAPS-600 series' highly automated software flow from ASIC RTL code to the FPGA-based prototype utilizing Synopsys' patented programmable switch routing technology. "Lantiq has been a long time user of the Synopsys FPGA-based prototyping solution. We have now adopted the HAPS-600 series as it provides greater capacity, high performance, and flexibility in terms of system board routing. The comprehensive integration of hardware and software components together with the excellent Synopsys customer support made it possible to quickly map our first ASIC design onto the system. We were able to provide a working prototype to our system development team within a quite short period of time," said Alexander Haggenmiller, Director Central R&D, Lantiq. "The HAPS- 600 systems allow us to start software development and system integration very early in the project phase. With these prototyping systems, we will be able to complete our upcoming complex SoC projects faster." Like the HAPS-60 series, the HAPS-600 series includes native integration of the Universal Multi- Resource Bus (UMRBus) which allows users to ease system bring-up with co-simulation capabilities. The UMRBus also accelerates system-level verification with SCE-MI 2.0 transaction-based verification and provides links to Synopsys' virtual prototyping solution. In addition, the HAPS-600 series offers enhanced design visibility reducing debug time as well as remote prototype management improving productivity for globally distributed teams. Design teams also benefit from the HAPS-600 series' support of Synopsys' DesignWare® IP, which ensures that the same IP code used in the design is also available within the FPGA-based prototype. "The HAPS-600 series delivers the capacity, flexibility, speed and ease-of-use developers of larger SoC designs need to achieve more thorough system verification and earlier software development," said John Koeter, vice president of marketing for the Solutions Group at Synopsys. "Lantiq's success in developing complex SoCs for the networking and digital home markets requires proven technology and the optimal combination of high-performance, high-capacity hardware with the comprehensive software tool flow that HAPS delivers." Availability The HAPS-600 series is available immediately. For more information, please visit: www.synopsys.com/haps600. Synopsys will demonstrate a HAPS-600 system at the DVCon 2011 conference held in San Jose, Calif. on March 1-2, 2011. Click here to return to Contents

Synopsys DesignWare IP First to Support Final Release of PCI Express 3.0 Specification 28 February 2011 Synopsys, Inc. announced that it is the first IP provider to support the final version of the PCI Express® (PCIe®) 3.0 base specification (version 1.0), recently released by the PCI Special Interest Group (PCI- SIG®). In addition, Synopsys has enhanced its DesignWare® digital controllers for PCI Express with new features including support for the latest PIPE 3.0 specification (v0.9), PCI-SIG Engineering Change

Page 66 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Notifications (ECNs), 256-bit datapath and embedded DMA engine, all of which provide performance improvements for the PCIe interface. The DesignWare IP for PCI Express 3.0 (Gen 3) is currently being used by leading semiconductor companies developing high-performance enterprise computing system- on-chips (SoC) designs. The DesignWare portfolio of silicon-proven digital controllers for PCI Express 3.0 includes Endpoint, Root Complex, Switch and Dual Mode cores, enabling designers to easily integrate the 8.0 GT/s PCI Express 3.0 interface into their SoC designs with less risk and improved time- to-market. The Newest PCI Express features will be demonstrated at the IP Summit at SNUG San Jose, March 30th at the Santa Clara Convention Center. For more information on the IP Summit, please visit http://www.synopsys.com/IP/Pages/IPSummit2011.aspx In addition to supporting the final release of the PCIe 3.0 base specification (version 1.0), the DesignWare digital controllers have been enhanced to support several PCI-SIG ECNs, a 256-bit datapath option and an embedded DMA engine: The optional ECN's supported by the DesignWare digital controllers enable power reduction and increased performance for specific applications. Supported ECNs include: TLP Processing Hints, ID Based Ordering, Atomic Operations, BAR Resizing, Extended TAGs, Latency Tolerance Reporting (LTR) and Optimized Buffer Flush/Fill (OBFF). The new 256-bit datapath targets SoCs for the enterprise computing market that require a 16 lane (x16) PCIe 3.0 interface. The DesignWare digital controllers for PCI Express with 256-bit datapath are designed to handle multiple packets arriving in a single clock cycle, which provides a performance advantage over other solutions that simply scale the data bus of a 64-or 128-bit controller. The embedded DMA engine offloads the main SoC processor when moving large amounts of data between the PCIe interface and the rest of the system, thereby improving system performance and latency. The embedded DMA engine supports the native application interface or ARM AMBA® AHB™ and AXI3™ bridges while also supporting advanced features such as multiple channels, interleaving, linked list and full duplex operation. "LeCroy has worked closely with Synopsys to continuously conduct interoperability testing between our products as the PCI Express 3.0 specification evolved, resulting in proven products that have been demonstrated with hardware platforms at industry events," said Joe Mendolia, vice president at LeCroy. "Our collaboration through the years has provided designers with PCI Express IP, test equipment and software tools that help lower the risk of incorporating the PCI Express interface into their designs." Availability The DesignWare IP for PCI Express 3.0 is available now. Click here to return to Contents

Synopsys Introduces Proteus LRC for Lithography Verification 1 March 2011 Synopsys, Inc. introduced Proteus LRC for lithography verification. Proteus LRC provides comprehensive, process-window-aware checking features to identify locations in a design that are sensitive to process variations, thereby enabling corrective action to be taken prior to committing a design to manufacture. Proteus LRC is integrated into the Proteus Mask Synthesis flow and is targeted

Page 67 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary for use by OPC and mask data preparation groups at semiconductor manufacturers like Micron Technology, Inc. Proteus LRC is designed to deliver the accuracy needed for 28-nanometer (nm) and below technology by using industry-proven optical proximity correction (OPC) models and rigorous first-principle models from embedded Sentaurus Lithography technology. It is imperative for lithography rule check (LRC) tools to accurately predict and verify the critical dimension (CD) variation through the process window to help ensure that adequate process margins are maintained for optimum wafer yield. The Sentaurus Lithography technology embedded in Proteus LRC allows easy access to rigorous first-principle models for resist profiles and topography effects when identifying at-risk hotspots and determining the appropriate course of action. "At Micron, it is imperative not to miss any hotspots that would have a negative impact on yield," said Anthony Krauth, R&D advanced mask development manager at Micron Technology, Inc. "Proteus LRC has robust checking algorithms and predictable models that help ensure we don't miss critical issues." With the implementation of new manufacturing techniques like extreme ultraviolet lithography (EUV) and double-patterning technology (DPT), the verification process becomes even more challenging. Proteus LRC includes DPT-specific checking functionality that provides error detection for each exposure and mask misalignment condition with a consolidated results viewing environment. By taking advantage of Synopsys' Proteus Pipeline Technology, which was introduced at SPIE Advanced Lithography 2008, Proteus LRC is able to efficiently handle the full-chip layout requirements of EUV. As transistor density continues to increase with each new technology node, meeting turn-around-time goals in a production flow becomes more difficult. Effectively meeting this challenge requires efficient use of hardware resources, in addition to advancements in software applications. Proteus LRC has been fully integrated in the Proteus Mask Synthesis flow with near-linear scalability to hundreds of standard x86 processor cores, allowing full control over turn-around time and delivering the lowest cost of ownership. "We integrated Proteus LRC into the Proteus Mask Synthesis flow to allow semiconductor manufacturers to run the entire OPC flow efficiently on standard hardware resources," said Howard Ko, senior vice president and general manager of the Silicon Engineering Group at Synopsys. "We also embedded Sentaurus Lithography technology in Proteus LRC to provide OPC engineers with the ability to analyze critical hotspots with the highest level of accuracy." Click here to return to Contents

Tech Soft 3D Launches HOOPS 3D Exchange v4.0 28 February 2011 Tech Soft 3D announced the latest release of HOOPS 3D Exchange™. Companies can integrate this proven toolkit to develop applications that read product and assembly information from leading 3D CAD formats. Packed with format, feature and platform enhancements, the newest version responds to the growing demand for accurate and extensible data exchange throughout the industry. "Data sharing has never been more important," said Phil Spreier, Translation Solutions Product Manager. "We understand the nuances of the market and are committed to providing developers an up- to-date, cost-effective, single library solution that will future-proof their applications for a data environment that's constantly evolving."

Page 68 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary The result is broadened accessibility and functionality in HOOPS 3D Exchange v4.0, which now reads the most current versions of Siemens NX (7.5), SolidWorks (2010/2011,) and includes VDA- FS, (versions 1.0 and 2.0.) Also, the PRC file format at the core of HOOPS 3D Exchange can now be easily published into data-rich and secure PDF documents. Other key enhancements include: Markup definition (semantic PMI) Platform support for the Linux 32-bit system Incremental assembly file loading Re-tessellate functionality Curve and surface evaluators "Our solution provides geometry and manufacturing data for all leading CAD formats in a single package," said Spreier. "Never before has engineering information been more accessible - or more affordable." Learn more about HOOPS 3D Exchange. Apply for a free evaluation of HOOPS 3D Exchange with Tech Soft 3D’s 60-Day Evaluation Program. Click here to return to Contents

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