PLM Industry Summary Sara Vos, Editor Vol. 21 No. 9 - Friday, March 1, 2019 Contents

CIMdata News ______2 CIMdata’s President, Peter Bilello, to Participate in an upcoming Webinar on Digital Transformation _____2 Need For a 21st Century Engineering Curriculum (CIMdata Commentary) ______3 Predictive Maintenance–Benefits of Closing the Product Lifecycle Loop (CIMdata Blog) ______7 Acquisitions ______8 Graitec acquires Spanish Autodesk VAR 2aCAD ______9 Hexagon advances its 5D visualisation portfolio with the acquisition of Thermopylae Sciences and Technology ______10 Company News ______11 ABB and Dassault Systèmes enter global software partnership for digital industries ______11 Bentley Issues Call for Nominations for the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards Program ______12 CONTACT Software and PROSTEP cooperate on collaboration ______14 Creaform Inaugurates its US Automated Quality-Control Demonstration Center ______15 Graitec EMEA Win Autodesk Platinum Award for Fourth Consecutive Year ______16 Inceptra Welcomes New Marketing Manager ______16 Inflectra, Neotys Reignite Partnership to Boost Product Offerings in Europe and North America ______17 MagiCAD Group chooses NTI as the reseller of MagiCAD software and services in Iceland ______18 MSC Software Finite Element Analysis Book Accelerates Engineering Education in Thailand ______18 Panasas Announces New Growth Investment and Additions to Its Board of Directors ______19 Rescale Announces Strategic Partnership Offering with Siemens PLM ______20 Sopheon Named to Consumer Goods Technology Readers’ Choice List for Ninth Straight Year ______21 Events News ______22 ALPHACAM and CABINET VISION Productivity Day ______22 inRiver PIMpoint Summit 2019: Sweden ______22 Synopsys to Showcase its Leading Prototyping, IP, and Software Integrity Solutions at Embedded World 2019 ______23 Financial News ______24 ANSYS Announces Q4 Results: Record Finish Reflects Double-Digit Growth in Revenue, ACV, EPS and Operating Cash Flow ______24 Autodesk Reports Strong Fourth Quarter Results Led By Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR) ______25 Implementation Investments ______27 Chinese Childrenswear Brand Leyou Begins Life with Centric PLM ______27 Elrene Home Fashions Selects CGS BlueCherry® Suite to Gain Visibility in the Supply Chain ______28 General Aeronautics Selects Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE for UAV Design ______29 Hexagon Keeps the Wheels Turning with Red Bull Racing ______29 pSeven Facilitates Multidisciplinary Collaboration for Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse ______30 Product News ______30 Autodesk: BIM 360 Docs Update ______30 Bentley Systems unveils 4D SYNCHRO XR app for infrastructure projects ______31 eQuorum Announces Release of ImageSite 10.2 ______32 Faro Introduces BuildIT 2019 Software Platform ______33 Free Family Browser for individual Revit® users ______34

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CIMdata News

CIMdata’s President, Peter Bilello, to Participate in an upcoming Webinar on Digital Transformation 27 February 2019 CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that its President, Peter Bilello, will take part in a webinar to discuss the platform implications of Digital Transformation in today’s global enterprise. Many large organizations are dealing with legacy systems that weren’t designed to support tomorrow’s digital processes. Driving digital transformation to meet the demands of processes with fast changing requirements is particularly challenging. Technical debt is holding organizations back from transforming their product-related processes, preventing them from getting ahead of complexity, and creating the risk of competitive disruption. By the time system changes are made to support emerging processes, they are already outdated. Forward thinking organizations are looking toward a more modern enterprise architecture that can quickly adapt to unique digital process needs now and into the future. Peter Bilello has more than 26 years of experience in the development of business-enabling IT solutions for research, engineering, and manufacturing organizations worldwide. He has participated in PLM analysis, selection, implementation, and training; CAD/CAM/CAE/CIM implementation and management; synchronous and lean manufacturing consulting; software engineering; and general data management strategy development and support. He has authored numerous papers and research reports on PLM and related topics, and his articles, commentaries, and perspectives have appeared in publications throughout the Americas, Europe, and Asia. The webinar, Digital Transformation Platform Implications, is sponsored by Aras and will take place on Wednesday, 13 March at 11:00 a.m. EDT. To learn more or register, visit https://www.cimdata.com/en/events/cimdata-supported-events/event/418-webinar-lean-manufacturing- renaissance-enabled-by-additive-manufacturing.

Page 2 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary About CIMdata CIMdata, a leading independent worldwide firm, provides strategic management consulting to maximize an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Since its founding in 1983, CIMdata has delivered world-class knowledge, expertise, and best-practice methods on PLM solutions. These solutions incorporate both business processes and a wide-ranging set of PLM-enabling technologies. CIMdata works with both industrial organizations and providers of technologies and services seeking competitive advantage in the global economy. In addition to consulting, CIMdata conducts research, provides PLM-focused subscription services, and produces several commercial publications. The company also provides industry education through PLM certificate programs, seminars, and conferences worldwide. CIMdata serves clients around the world from offices in North America, Europe, and Asia- Pacific. To learn more about CIMdata’s services, visit our website at www.CIMdata.com, follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CIMdataPLMNews, or contact CIMdata at: 3909 Research Park Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48108, USA, Tel: +1 734.668.9922. Fax: +1 734.668.1957; or at Oogststraat 20, 6004 CV Weert, The Netherlands, Tel: +31 (0) 495.533.666. Click here to return to Contents

Need For a 21st Century Engineering Curriculum (CIMdata Commentary) 26 February 2019 Key takeaways: • The rapid pace of technology change associated with scientific computing and digital engineering has led to a profound change in the skills that engineers need to effectively perform their roles. • CIMdata believes that U.S. universities are not adapting engineering curricula quickly enough to meet the needs of industry, particularly for mechanical engineering. • Today's engineers need to learn how to effectively apply digital (virtual) modeling and simulation technologies within the context of their core engineering courses, in hands-on applied research projects and co-operative education programs. • The reward and recognition system for faculty at many universities is not in synch with producing engineers who are “job ready” to apply today’s cutting-edge engineering technologies. • While there are several university success stories, academic leadership must work more proactively and closely with industry to define and implement a next-generation 21st Century engineering curriculum. CIMdata consultants, as well as representatives of the product lifecycle management (PLM) software industry, have been involved with STEAM1 higher education for decades. Often, this is in the form of participation on advisory boards for university programs and initiatives, as well as providing grants of free commercial software and training in the use of state-of-the-art modeling and simulation software

1 Commonly known as “Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Manufacturing”

Page 3 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary tools. Dr. Keith Meintjes, CIMdata Fellow, has been involved with the Swanson Program at Cornell University for nearly 20 years. The program was personally endowed by Dr. John Swanson, the founder of ANSYS Inc., with the specific goal of integrating the use of simulation (i.e., physics-based CAE) tools into the undergraduate mechanical engineering curriculum. ANSYS Inc. has also provided grants of ANSYS CAE commercial software and student training for this program. 2 This groundbreaking Cornell program is a very successful model that has led to similar initiatives at several other leading U.S. universities. 3 Since 2008, Mr. Don Tolle of CIMdata has been actively involved with the University of Cincinnati (UC) College of Engineering and Applied Science, and currently serves as Vice Chairman of the External Advisory Board for the Department of Mechanical & Materials Engineering (MME). Motivated by Cornell university’s simulation education efforts cultivated over the past decade, the UC MME Department has formed partnerships with industry (Procter & Gamble, and GE-Aviation), as well as Siemens PLM Software, which has led to education and research training centers where engineering students get hands-on exposure to the application of PLM, CAD, and CAE technologies in the classroom, as well as in real world research projects. 4 In spite of the success of these and a few other programs at selected U.S. universities, the Swanson Advisory Board (SAB) at Cornell is concerned that we are not progressing nearly fast enough to support the needs of industry in the 21st century. The SAB has a concern that perhaps a plateau has been reached within the constraints of the current engineering curricula that are very segmented within their traditional disciplinary silos. Currently, the typical engineering curriculum is not being updated quickly enough, and, in many cases, the “systems thinking” and digital engineering skills that prospective employers in industry and government are looking for are not taught properly or sufficiently. To understand the significant business impact of digitalization: Moore’s Law says that technical computing capability doubles every 18 months; that is, ten times in five years, a hundred times in ten years. The computing capability to model and simulate product performance with ever-increasing scale and accuracy will continue unabated. Further, it is reasonable to expect the people, equipment, and facilities costs required for physical testing to support product validation will increase by approximately 7% per year, which is a doubling in ten years. Putting this together, the leverage of digital simulation and validation vs. physical testing will change by a factor of about 200 in just ten years. What are universities doing to react to that reality? In the context of global industry trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Industry 4.0, companies are now faced with applying an ever growing array of new digital modeling and simulation technologies for product design, development, production, and sustainment, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, multidiscipline integration and optimization of complex cyber-physical systems, physics-based digital twins, new advanced hybrid materials, generative design, and additive manufacturing (3D printing), to name a few. Major companies may have intern programs lasting up to five years to teach key skills to newly hired, freshly minted engineers, but they still want and need new engineers to be productive much sooner. It is one thing to have an engineer go through an intern program to gain experience, and product and process knowledge specific to their industry and company,

2 See https://www.mae.cornell.edu/mae/facilities/swanson-laboratory-advanced-simulation 3 See https://www.cimdata.com/en/download-the-swanson-program-at-cornell-university 4 See https://ceas.uc.edu/research/centers-labs/siemens-simulation-technology-center.html and https://ceas.uc.edu/research/centers-labs/uc-simulation-center.html

Page 4 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary but it is a very different matter to have to teach them fundamental engineering knowledge and skills they could have (or should have) been taught as undergraduate students. As an example, Dr. Meintjes has often complained of the untold hours he spent learning to use perturbation methods to solve nonlinear differential equations. Today, one would simply use a commercial tool such as Matlab or Maple. One of the faculty at a leading engineering school said, “Oh yes, we still teach that manual process.” So then, how do we balance the needs to teach an application tool, as well as the fundamental engineering understanding needed to ensure correct and proper use of current tools? And in updating the current engineering curriculums, there is always the burning question: If you’re going to add something new, what course content are you going to take out? One engineering dean sadly quipped: “The curriculum is changing slowly, one faculty retirement at a time.” Other observations of the current situation: • The specific software tools used when training students are not the critical issue. The vast majority of today’s commercial software tools are highly capable in multiple physics disciplines. Students should be taught the “Process of Modeling and Simulation” that we see as a layer added on to the Scientific Method (which many schools also don't teach). 5 • The reward system for academics, particularly at research oriented-universities, is at odds with the end customers of the universities: the engineering and manufacturing companies who will hire these students. Academics are often rewarded as individuals based on the recognition of their colleagues via publications and the research funds they can generate. These are also key success metrics for obtaining a tenured position—perhaps the most important personal objective for most engineering faculty members. Many of the faculty are also often not adequately recognized for the quality of their primary product: namely graduating “job ready” engineering students. • Many students absolutely love competitive team activities such as senior research projects, Formula SAE or STEAM robotics challenge teams. Again, the reward and recognition that faculty get for supporting these types of efforts is comparatively low. But, for hiring companies, success in such projects that involve collaboration, teamwork, and multidiscipline integration, is very influential in their hiring decisions. • A number of engineering schools now provide co-operative education programs that provide one or more semesters where undergraduate students work for industrial companies on real world engineering projects with experienced engineers. This hands-on experience is an invaluable complement to formal classroom training and better prepares students to enter the work force. At some schools such as Drexel University and the University of Cincinnati (the birthplace of co- operative education) participation in the co-op program is mandatory for all undergraduate engineering students. But co-op participation is still not mandatory at the vast majority of engineering schools. • Software licenses and accessibility are typically not the limiting factors. Most leading CAE software companies such as ANSYS, Altair, Dassault Systèmes, MSC Software, and Siemens PLM Software have “free” student versions with extensive modeling capabilities and generous problem size limits that are adequate for teaching. But there are also many instances where universities have received large software donations from these companies and the software has

5 See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

Page 5 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary sat unused since the students have not been adequately trained to use and apply simulation tools to real world problems. • Just like any enterprise, universities have to set up the infrastructure to license software and deploy software to students. Therefore, it is entirely rational for universities to standardize on particular software choices to minimize support costs. Experience shows that while students become native users of the chosen software, they are also adept at switching between applications. What is important is that the applications become “sticky” as real-world experience is accumulated through use in formal co-op programs and/or collaborative project team activities such as Formula SAE. The PLM solutions, including simulation software, can also serve as a technical memory to pass on knowledge to other team members and future students via use of simulation process automation applications and data management tools. • A major limiting factor, apart from the reward structure, is that most faculty are not adept at understanding real world industry-standard applications unless the tools have been utilized as part of applied research programs. Even when they are familiar, there is a lack of high-quality course content that can be used to bring the use of simulation tools into the curriculum in a way that connects to the fundamentals being taught. Cornell has been addressing this by developing free online content including a massive open online course (MOOC) and SimCafe.org. The MOOC has over 100,000 people enrolled from 176 countries while also being used in multiple Cornell undergraduate engineering courses. 6 • Scaling up such efforts can be achieved if both industry and technology providers donate cash grants to faculty to develop, share, and deploy curriculum materials that embed the use of commercial software simulation tools. One such program was initiated at the University of Cincinnati during 2017 with Siemens PLM Software. The school continues to expand the scope of courses offered with the embedded use of Siemens simulation technologies. 7 Concluding Remarks Ultimately, students are not being provided with an understanding of the key role that modeling and simulation provide in the context of current and future digital engineering processes that rely on the use of sophisticated models throughout the entire product lifecycle—starting from requirements and concept ideation through systems design, product manufacturing, and in-service utilization. All engineers should be taught this as part of their courses and/or hands on projects. Even if engineers do not end up doing digital modeling and simulation in a future job, they surely will be consumers of the models, data, and simulation results that have been created by other engineers within their organization, as well as by their design partners and global supply chain. Students, like their faculty, predominantly receive academic recognition for individual course achievement. Faculty are often judged and compensated based on the volume of scholarly publications and research grants obtained. This is counter to what companies need, which is a focus on applied learning and an open environment of teamwork and collaboration. Recognition and rewards systems need to be modified for both faculty and students to encourage the desired outcomes. Most engineering schools are organized around deep technical silos based on the engineering academic sub-disciplines. The reality now in industry is that product engineering of complex cyber-physical

6 See https://goo.gl/Ce2zKz 7 See https://ceas.uc.edu/research/centers-labs/siemens-simulation-technology-center/courses---projects.html

Page 6 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary systems is a multi-disciplinary and collaborative endeavor that spans many physics-based mechanical disciplines (i.e., structures, fluids, thermal, materials, etc.), as well as cuts across the functional domains of electrical, software, controls, chemical, biological, etc. Engineering college deans must get creative and figure out ways to foster cross-discipline collaboration and hands-on learning within and across their various departmental silos and, indeed to other faculties like Business. This is no small task given the relatively rigid structure of the engineering curriculum required by college accreditation bodies today such as ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), but it must be addressed from the top down. Some universities have addressed these issues by creating programs whereby students can get cross-domain degrees in Computational Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Systems Engineering that span multiple academic disciplines. Academia should evaluate and encourage the growth of those types of engineering programs and curricula as potential templates for sharing of educational best practices across universities. Industry also has a very key role to play in effecting this evolution towards a next generation engineering curriculum. As the ultimate employers of tomorrow’s students, industry must demand more accountability of academia in producing “job ready” engineers. This can be accomplished by engaging proactively with leading engineering schools to better communicate industry’s business and engineering challenges and to help define specific curriculum initiatives that academia can pursue to better prepare tomorrow’s engineering students. While our focus here is on simulation and mechanical engineering, other curricula are feeling the stress of rapidly changing technology and work processes.8 The product engineering and manufacturing communities stand to benefit by helping create a next generation curriculum that better prepares students to be highly productive engineers in the 21st Century and beyond.

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. 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

Predictive Maintenance–Benefits of Closing the Product Lifecycle Loop (CIMdata Blog) 1 March 2019 Predictive maintenance is an area receiving significant attention because of the operational efficiency it can provide. IoT and Industrial IoT (IIoT) are improving access to field data, key to predictive

8 Are Students “Real-World” Ready? CIMdata White Paper, May 2017, https://www.cimdata.com/images/Downloads/CIMdata_Siemens_Whitepaper_Education_8May2017.pdf

Page 7 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary maintenance. Considerable effort is being expended using traditional analytics and reporting tools to help equipment operators be more productive. As more sensors are added and data access improves, advances in machine learning are improving equipment condition predictions, enabling more efficient operation.

Tom Gill, an Executive Consultant at CIMdata, shares his thoughts on this topic and more in a recent blog posting which is available at https://www.cimdata.com/en/resources/cimdata-blog/item/11550- predictive-maintenance-benefits-of-closing-the-product-lifecycle-loop

CIMdata will look into this topic in more detail at the upcoming PLM Market & Industry Forum events which will take place in Ann Arbor MI; Frankfurt Germany; Pune, India; Beijing, China; and Tokyo, Japan this coming April. The theme for 2019 is "Augmented Intelligence: Applications Across the Product Lifecycle.”

For more information visit our PLM Market & Industry Forum web pages at http://www.cimdata.com/en/education/plm-market-industry-forums Click here to return to Contents

Acquisitions

Graitec acquires Autodesk VAR Lineis 22 February 2019 Graitec announced that it acquired 100% of the shares of Lineis on Wednesday February 20th. (The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.) The acquisition of Lineis reinforces the position of Graitec in France where the company is already operating as (1) Autodesk Platinum Partner; (2) software editor of world class standard structural analysis & design software: Advance Design and Advance BIM Designers, Advance Workshop, and Arma+ software; and (3) as service provider and Research & Development partner for engineering offices and manufacturers. Lineis brings with them a team of BIM experts as well as over 30 years of presence and customer commitment in the French market. Now with the full support of a major international group, Lineis will gain an extended capacity to deliver a new range of professional services around BIM. This in turn will deliver more value to customers with an extended portfolio of unique complementary products, an example of which, is that all Graitec subscribers to Autodesk Revit receive a complimentary Graitec PowerPack with over 50 bonus tools to increase their productivity. Lineis will be merged within Graitec France in the coming weeks and both teams will combine their strengths to better serve customers and develop the business of Graitec in France. François Tabusse, Lineis CEO comments: “The ambition of Lineis is to consistently offer an unparalleled level of technical expertise. Our dedicated staff is passionately committed to providing

Page 8 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary quality customer service. We were impressed and immediately attracted by the vision and strategy of GRAITEC and are extremely happy to be part of a truly professional and customer focused company. We are confident the company and our customers are in very good hands.” Francis Guillemard, GRAITEC President adds: “We look forward to welcoming Lineis customers to the Graitec family and helping them meet today’s industry challenges supported by a strong base of Graitec technology. The Lineis acquisition builds on our existing presence in the French markets and adds an increased depth of experience, while demonstrating our commitment to growth and the delivery of world class solutions, services and support to our expanding customer base. Click here to return to Contents

Graitec acquires Spanish Autodesk VAR 2aCAD 22 February 2019 Graitec announced that it acquired 100% of the shares of 2aCAD, Spain on Thursday February 14th. (The terms of the deal have not been disclosed.) The 2aCAD Spanish acquisition strongly reinforces the position of Graitec in Europe, where the company is already operating with branches in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Poland and Romania. The acquisition of 2aCAD in Spain strongly reinforces the position of Graitec in Europe where the company is already operating as (1) an Autodesk Platinum Partner; (2) a developer and reseller of several world standard software solutions in the Structural Analysis and Fabrication Management space with Advance Design, Advance BIM Designers, Advance Workshop and Arma+ software; and (3) as a service provider and research & development partner for engineering offices and manufacturers. 2aCAD brings with them a team of BIM experts as well as over 30 years of presence and customer commitment in the Spanish market, clients will experience an absolute continuity of service as 2aCAD will continue to operate as before the acquisition. With the full support of a major international group 2aCAD will also gain an extended capacity to offer a new range of professional services around BIM, which in turn will deliver more value to customers through an extended portfolio of unique complementary products, an example of which is that all Graitec subscribers to Autodesk Revit will receive a complimentary Graitec PowerPack with over 50 bonus tools to increase their productivity. An increased investment capacity will also in time, allow for the enlargement of the current operational area and an expansion of market focus to include advanced simulation and fabrication management systems to better serve current and new customers. Javier Beltran, 2aCAD CEO comments: “I am pleased to join the Graitec Group. We are thrilled with the vision of building a strong international group together. We are very excited and looking forward to start bringing the deep knowledge and expertise to the Graitec Group and join forces to fulfil customer’s needs, maintaining quality and services for them. The company and our customers are in very good hands.” Francis Guillemard, GRAITEC President adds: We look forward to welcoming 2aCAD customers to the Graitec family and helping them meet today’s industry challenges supported by a strong base of

Page 9 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Graitec technology. The 2aCAD acquisition builds on our existing European presence and adds an increased depth of experience, while demonstrating our commitment to growth and the delivery of world class solutions, services and support to our expanding customer base. Click here to return to Contents

Hexagon advances its 5D visualisation portfolio with the acquisition of Thermopylae Sciences and Technology 25 February 2019 Hexagon AB announced the signing of an agreement to acquire Thermopylae Sciences and Technology, a software provider primarily focused on the U.S. government and defence market that specialises in geospatial applications, mobile frameworks, and cloud computing for enhanced location intelligence. Thermopylae has developed advanced visualization solutions to support tactical edge mapping in support of mission critical operations. Built upon the Google technology stack, its defence and intelligence solutions are targeted at addressing the challenges involved in working with critical problem sets in secure or classified government environments. In addition, its portfolio is also applicable to a host of markets in the private sector including real estate, finance, insurance, retail and media – with customers ranging from start-ups to Fortune 50 companies. “Thermopylae’s software and domain expertise nicely augment our ability to deliver the visual location intelligence necessary for enabling autonomous connected ecosystems,” says Hexagon President and CEO Ola Rollén. “Ultimately, the addition of Thermopylae will enrich the 5D experience delivered through our Hexagon Smart M.App and Luciad portfolios – both of which enable smart digital realities with 3D, 4D (real-time sensor feed integration) and 5D (dynamic analytics) capabilities. Not only does the acquisition provide an avenue for international market adoption of Thermopylae’s technologies but also an additional avenue for Hexagon to accelerate adoption of our 5D visualisation capabilities in U.S. government agencies.” Headquartered in Arlington, VA, USA, Thermopylae will operate as a part of Hexagon’s Geospatial division, which is reported under the Geospatial Enterprise Solutions segment. 2017 sales amounted to 20 MUSD. Completion of the transaction (closing) is subject to customary regulatory approvals, including a voluntary filing to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Click here to return to Contents

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Company News

ABB and Dassault Systèmes enter global software partnership for digital industries 28 February 2019 ABB and Dassault Systèmes today announced a wide spanning global partnership to offer customers in digital industries a unique software solutions portfolio ranging from product life cycle management to asset health solutions. The two companies will provide customers an end-to-end offering of advanced open digital solutions, enhancing competitiveness of industrial companies, while increasing flexibility, speed and productivity of their products' lifecycles, manufacturing and operations. The partnership will combine the strengths of ABB Ability™ digital solutions and Dassault Systèmes' 3DEXPERIENCE platform, and build on both companies’ strong installed base, deep domain expertise and global customer access. ABB has already adopted the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to model and simulate its solutions be-fore delivering them to its customers. With this partnership, ABB will develop and provide customers with advanced digital twins, enabling customers to run ABB’s solutions and their operations with improved overall efficiency, flexibility and sustainability. The companies will, in a staged approach, focus on factory automation and robotics, process industry automation, as well as electrification solutions for smart buildings. The first joint solutions will be showcased at the upcoming industrial Hannover Messe trade fair in Germany, April 1-5, 2019. "This game-changing partnership will serve our customers to lead in innovation and growth, fundamentally trans-forming their entire value chain to tap the vast opportunities of industrial digitalization. Together, we are offering an open, end-to-end digital portfolio - from digital twin to asset health - that gives our customers a competitive edge, building on our combined offering, domain expertise and global reach,” said ABB CEO Ulrich Spiesshofer. “ABB is adding Dassault Systèmes to its strong partner network for industrial digitalization, including Microsoft, HPE and IBM. We look very much forward to working with the entire global Dassault Systèmes team to drive innovation and customer value.” “The Industry of the 21st century is no longer determined simply by the ability to manufacture goods. Today’s leaders will be determined by superior mastery of technical know-how. This is the new competitive differentiator and it’s happening now due to a convergence of digital technologies that are transforming every aspect of industrial business,” said Bernard Charlès, Vice Chairman and CEO, Dassault Systèmes. “In this industry renaissance, a platform approach enables the real and virtual worlds to inform and reinforce one another. Our partnership with ABB will draw from decades of combined expertise to help customers make the most of this powerful and dynamic trend.” In today's highly automated industries, digital factory modeling and flexible, robotized manufacturing systems help businesses to generate more design iterations at a quicker rate with more robust designs. This, in turn, helps to accelerate the shift from mass production to mass customization, where goods are manufactured in a greater variety and in smaller batches and in shorter product life cycles. For many manufacturers, the cost of downtime has dramatically increased in recent years as just-in-time delivery has become the norm. An hour of downtime at a modern production site can cost more than $1 million. ABB has already a strong digital solution offering within the industry through its offering ABB

Page 11 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary AbilityTM. It was launched in 2017 and offers more than 210 digital solutions to plan, build and operate industrial operations with higher productivity and safety at lower costs. Dassault Systèmes works with companies of all sizes in 11 industries to help them meet new challenges in today’s Industry Renaissance. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform integrates all the technologies and capabilities that leverage knowledge and know-how into one cohesive digital innovation environment that delivers digital continuity from concept to manufacturing to ownership and back. Industrial companies can integrate the platform’s 3D applications to create a digital twin that captures insights and expertise from across their entire ecosystem, to measure, assess and predict the performance of an industrial asset and help optimize its operation in an intelligent way. The ABB – Dassault Systèmes partnership will initially focus on: Factory Automation and Robotics Digital twin experiences for end-to-end optimization of processes and systems, combined with the flexibility of robotics automation, will give factories the agility to adapt to increasingly dynamic markets. This includes ready-to-operate manufacturing solutions and services, along with joint consulting for industrial business transformation, to optimize and speed the launch of new products. Electronics makers can increase the production of new but short-lived products quickly, while food processors can alternate between locally tailored seasonal offerings while producing at high speed. In highly automated industries such as automotive, the digital twin experience of factories allows an integrated design and manufacturing environment to support new assembly processes with flexible and reconfigurable cells. It also makes it possible to link separate systems, such as connecting logistics automation systems to robots at work on manufacturing lines that rely on precise parts delivery for optimal production performance. Smart Buildings The digital partnership between Dassault Systèmes and ABB around digital twin systems will enable a seamless workflow during design, engineering and operation of buildings, as well as connected sustainable transportation solutions. The available information, in combination with Dassault Systèmes’ virtual universe 3DEXPERIENCE®, will also allow greater customer interaction during the design specification phases and operation. Process industries: Mining example Competitive pressure in process industries, such as mining, requires companies to continuously look for new ways to increase safety, productivity and energy efficiency of sites, while reducing costs and risk of daily operations. A digital model of the underground environment, in connection with mine planning and control systems, would allow to optimize energy consumption and mine automation, as well as enable mine operators to monitor and optimize production in real-time, while running virtual simulations of future scenarios. Click here to return to Contents

Bentley Issues Call for Nominations for the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards Program 27 February 2019 Bentley Systems, Incorporated announced its call for nominations for the Year in Infrastructure

Page 12 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 2019 Awards program. The awards, which are judged by independent juries of industry experts, recognize infrastructure projects for digital innovations that improve project delivery and/or asset performance.

The Year in Infrastructure Awards are an integral part of Bentley’s annual Year in InfrastructureConference. The deadline for nominations is April 30, 2019.

Advancing BIM through Digital Twins is the theme of this year’s conference, which takes place October 21 through 24 in Singapore at the Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre. Winners are announced at a gala and awards program during the conference.

Users of Bentley software are invited to enter their projects in the Year in Infrastructure Awards program, no matter which phase the project is in – preconstruction/conceptual, design, construction, or operations. The three finalists chosen for each awards category win a trip to Singapore to attend the Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference, as guests of Bentley Systems. As part of the conference, the finalists will present their projects before the judges, industry thought leaders, and more than 100 members of the media.

Every project nominated for an award receives recognition across the global infrastructure community. Through the Year in Infrastructure Awards program, participants:

• gain global recognition by having their infrastructure projects profiled in Bentley’s Infrastructure Yearbook, which is distributed in print and digital formats to media, government, and industry influencers around the world; all winners’ and finalists’ projects are featured on bentley.com • enhance their competitive edge by demonstrating to existing and potential clients the value they add to projects through their digital innovations • receive media coverage from global media and support from the Bentley team in marketing and promoting their respective projects to the media

The 18 Year in Infrastructure 2019 Awards categories recognize advancements in going digital for the following categories:

• 4D Construction Modeling • Bridges • Buildings and Campuses • Communications and Utilities • Digital Cities • Geotechnical Engineering • Manufacturing • Mining and Offshore Engineering • Power Generation • Project Delivery • Rail and Transit • Reality Modeling

Page 13 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary • Roads and Highways • Road and Rail Asset Performance • Structural Engineering • Utilities and Industrial Asset Performance • Water and Wastewater Treatment Plants • Water, Wastewater and Stormwater Networks

Additionally, projects that represent Bentley’s mission of advancing infrastructure, but which transcend the narrower focus of the individual category awards, can be considered for Special Recognition awards including:

• Advancements in Digital Twins for Project Delivery (Project Digital Twins) for a project using a digital twin to gain useful insights, such as understanding the impact of change and design alternatives or highlighting issues with the quality of project data, to more effectively collaborate with the extended project team, or to model the performance of a project and its construction.

• Advancements in Digital Twins for Asset Performance (Performance Digital Twins) for projects involving an operating infrastructure asset that uses a digital twin to gain useful insights to improve the performance of an operating asset –throughput, safety, compliance, maintenance – to evaluate the relative impact of different operational strategies, to support training of operational staff or to support remote operations of an asset.

• Advancements in Sustainability and Resilience for a project that has been designed or an infrastructure asset that is being operated to achieve better sustainability (lower carbon footprint, better use of renewables, reduced environmental impact) or higher resilience (ability to withstand and recover from man-made or natural disasters, adaptability to changing conditions).

For additional information about the Year in Infrastructure Awards program, or to nominate a project, visit the Year in Infrastructure Awards website. Click here to return to Contents

CONTACT Software and PROSTEP cooperate on collaboration 26 February 2019 In development alliances, all participants face the challenge of efficiently coordinating their collaboration across various CAx and PLM systems. CONTACT Software and PROSTEP AG are therefore pooling their skills in the areas of IT, processes and methods in order to offer suitable solutions for different collaboration scenarios. The portfolio of both companies complements each other: Based on its open Elements platform, CONTACT Software develops solutions perfectly for the product development process, the digital transformation and the Internet of Things (IoT). As a vendor-neutral consulting and software company, PROSTEP contributes its decades of experience and its standards-based solutions for the integration of PLM systems.

Page 14 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary "Product lifecycle support of most PLM systems ends at the company's frontier, even though product development, manufacturing and operations are spread across global ecosystems today," says CONTACT's CEO Karl-Heinz Zachries. "Our cooperation with PROSTEP paves the way for the end-to- end digitization of such processes". With their complementary offering, CONTACT and PROSTEP address the growing demand for flexibly configurable collaboration solutions that can be seamlessly integrated into existing CAx and PLM environments. Even in joint ventures or after mergers, they ensure that companies remain capable of action and can collaborate more quickly. For example, Diebold Nixdorf, the world's largest manufacturer of banking and retail solutions, uses a CONTACT collaboration solution to provide PLM information from various systems for sales, service and development. Here, PROSTEP contributed its OpenPDM connectors as a project partner. "Cross-company collaboration requires openness and integration capability," says Karsten Theis, CEO of PROSTEP AG. "CONTACT is a leading advocate of open system architectures, which makes it much easier to combine our technologies". Click here to return to Contents

Creaform Inaugurates its US Automated Quality-Control Demonstration Center 26 February 2019 Creaform last week inaugurated its new US demonstration and benchmark center for its 3D inspection cell, the CUBE-R™. As a powerful and turnkey automated inspection solution, CUBE-R helps manufacturers and suppliers quickly detect assembly issues during production in order to mitigate costly quality problems after product delivery. Because it is a fast, reliable and efficient alternative to traditional CMMs, CUBE-R can be used for a wide variety of applications, such as sheet metal, casting and composite part inspections. The new demonstration center will operate at Alabama’s Robotics Technology Park (RTP). The RTP is a collaboration between the state of Alabama, Alabama Community College System, AIDT and robotics industry leaders across the nation. It includes three individual training facilities that target specific industry needs. Furthermore, the RTP is also an accredited test facility for the American Welding Society. “More and more manufacturers in the automotive industry are requiring that their Tier 1 suppliers provide inspection analyses prior to receiving part shipments,” explained Brad Kaiser, Automated Quality Control Manager at Creaform. “There is also an increasing demand for end-to-end part traceability in order to correct issues quickly and prove product quality. Thanks to the CUBE-R, suppliers can leverage the power of automated inspections and sophisticated optical 3D measurements to cater to manufacturers’ inspection and quality needs.” With the new partnership, the RTP will use the CUBE-R measurement cell to enhance its R&D and training service offering to its growing clientele. Meanwhile, Creaform will be able show clients the potential the CUBE-R automated 3D scanning CMM could have in their production operations. “This new demonstration center, which follows on the heels of the inauguration of our first CUBE-R demonstration center, gives our US and Latin American clients unprecedented access to the fastest and

Page 15 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary most accurate turnkey 3D scanning CMM on the market,” added Jarrod Schmidt, National Sales Manager-USA. Clients can contact their local sales representative (Brad Kaiser - [email protected]) to schedule a demo or get more information on Creaform automated measurement solutions. A free evaluation tool is also available for operators and quality managers who wish to have Creaform assess productivity issues in their production processes and gain insight from Creaform’s experts. Click here to return to Contents

Graitec EMEA Win Autodesk Platinum Award for Fourth Consecutive Year 22 February 2019 GRAITEC is delighted to announce winning the prestigious Autodesk Platinum Award for the fourth consecutive year, for the “Top Reseller in Net Subscription Growth in EMEA.” Winning an Autodesk Platinum award is a spectacular achievement in a very challenging and hotly contested market place. But managing to achieve this accolade four consecutive years in a row is testament to a business that is clearly focussed on growth through its customer centric approach, not only helping clients achieve their own successes, but also assisting them to maximise the return on their Autodesk software investments. Says Steve Houlder, Graitec COO: We were delighted to achieve a Platinum Award for the third-time last year. Being able to achieve our goal for a fourth consecutive year however is huge honour, and one that not only reinforces the chosen path for our strategic growth initiative, but also demonstrates the strength and depth of experience of all the Graitec teams across EMEA who’s commitment, professionalism and focus have helped make this achievement possible once more. Says Manuel Liedot, Graitec CEO: The achievement of this award clearly illustrates our determination and commitment to the goal of becoming a leading global BIM provider and principal Autodesk Partner, as we continue to invest in strengthening our teams, our technology and service delivery. I would like to congratulate all the Graitec teams involved for their hard work and dedication, as well as thanking all our loyal and new customers around the globe for their continued support. Click here to return to Contents

Inceptra Welcomes New Marketing Manager 28 February 2019 Inceptra is pleased to welcome Yanik Van Coppenolle as its new Marketing Manager. Yanik brings a passion for automation and engineering software with a track record of successfully building marketing operations that produce increased business impact in high tech environments. Over the last 20 years, Yanik has held marketing management roles with ownership of the strategy and execution of integrated marketing plans that include brand awareness build, lead generation, and sales support. Some of Yanik's previous positions include: 5 years as RAND Worldwide's Marketing Director

Page 16 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary responsible for the VAR's PLM solutions; 6 years at Cimatron Technologies in a management role accountable for developing, implementing and managing all aspects of business operations and marketing for the CAD/CAM/PDM software developer; and most recently, 8 years as Marketing Manager for Kawasaki Robotics where she was hired to grow the marketing function for the robot manufacturer's Americas sales and services subsidiary, successfully spearheading new marketing initiatives that were adopted globally. "With an impressive marketing background of proven growth performance as well as years of experience in our industry and related automation industries, Yanik is both a skilled professional and very familiar with our market and solutions," said Jim Ryan, President and CEO, Inceptra. "We're looking forward to leveraging her talents to continue raising awareness with engineering and manufacturing companies for Inceptra's products and world-class consulting and support services, to create interest and drive demand." Click here to return to Contents

Inflectra, Neotys Reignite Partnership to Boost Product Offerings in Europe and North America 25 February 2019 We are pleased to announce that Inflectra and Neotys are reinvigorating their long-standing partnership to offer a complete and integrated QA and testing platform that blend together Neotys's performance testing and Inflectra's software testing and application lifecycle management tools. The move is intended to offer users more comprehensive testing solutions and to make it easier for customers to migrate from aging, expensive platforms to a modern, integrated suite. Adam Sandman, Inflectra's Technical Director: "We are excited to reinvigorate our partnership with Neotys. We believe the combination of Inflectra's ALM platform and Neotys' load testing platform offers a compelling alternative for Fortune 500 companies that are currently looking to migrate from legacy systems." "Inflectra and Neotys have been partners for years now. Our technologies have run smoothly together, bringing value to hundreds of customers across the world, and delivering on the promises of full automation and continuous performance testing. I'm super excited at the perspective of joining Inflectra in Zurich at the Swiss Testing Day, which has always been a great event for Neotys. Switzerland being a strong market for NeoLoad, having the opportunity to promote our joint-value proposition with Inflectra there is very promising!" Neotys representative said. Why Choose Neotys and Inflectra? If you are looking for a load and performance testing solution, Neoload by Neotys's is your best option. It offers powerful capabilities, flexibility and efficiency with infinite scalability, while providing analyses and full support for all new technologies. Neoload seamlessly integrates with Inflectra's suite of software; Inflectra's test management (SpiraTest) and application lifecycle management (SpiraTeam) tools have plugins specially written for NeoLoad. Furthermore, Inflectra's test automation platform - Rapise integrates with NeoLoad, allowing the existing Rapise test scripts to be easily converted into NeoLoad performance scenarios. Additionally, synchronized Rapise and NeoLoad tests execution helps users to test the performance of the user interface with Rapise while also stress-testing the back-end services with NeoLoad.

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MagiCAD Group chooses NTI as the reseller of MagiCAD software and services in Iceland 26 February 2019 MagiCAD Group is happy to announce a reseller agreement with NTI for the country of Iceland. From now on NTI’s country office will be serving MagiCAD customers in Iceland for MagiCAD license sales, support and training. “Local presence and strong competence in MagiCAD software makes NTI the best choice for serving our growing MagiCAD customer base in Iceland. NTI has many years of experience and MagiCAD know-how as it has been the main contact for MagiCAD for many years in a number of countries including Norway and Denmark,” says Petteri Laakso, Commercial Director at MagiCAD Group. NTI is one of Northern Europe’s leading suppliers of comprehensive solutions for digital information management for companies in construction, design and industry. In addition, NTI is an Autodesk Platinum Partner, which is the highest level of certification an Autodesk partner can achieve. NTI works on a long-term basis and in close cooperation with its clients aiming to deliver the best results possible. “Over the years of cooperation with NTI, we have received praise from many of our customers who have been trained by and have received support from NTI. Many of these customers have been happy to offer their testimonials, which you can read on magicad.com. So you can rest assured that with NTI, you are getting the best service for your business,”concludes Petteri. More information about NTI Iceland at: https://nti.biz/is/ Click here to return to Contents

MSC Software Finite Element Analysis Book Accelerates Engineering Education in Thailand 25 February 2019 MSC Software Corporation today announced the launch of a book on its popular MSC Nastran and Patran software products in Thailand. This is the first ever book in Thai language related to MSC products and has been written by two renowned and well-respected researchers, Prof. Dr. Pramote Dechaumphai, Professor of the Aerospace Engineering Dept, Chulalongkorn University, and Sedthawatt Sucharitpwatskul who works with the Thailand National Science and Technology Development Agency. Sigma Solutions, a regional partner of MSC Software in Thailand worked closely with the professors to facilitate this launch. Speaking on the announcement, Chaiyarit Oupichit, Managing Director of Sigma Solutions Co., Ltd. said, "Both MSC Nastran and Patran are industry-leading products when it comes to Finite Element Analysis (FEA) solving and pre/post-processing respectively. Learning the optimum way to use these products is important for engineers and students alike, to enable the best use of these products. I am confident that this book will prove valuable to young engineers in Thailand to help them better their skills with these two software products." Sridhar Dharmarajan, Managing Director, Indo-Pacific Region, MSC Software, said, "Skills development has always been a focus for us at MSC Software. Over the years, books on MSC Nastran

Page 18 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary and Patran have helped engineers across the globe gain a better understanding and advance application use. We are especially thrilled since this the first book on MSC Software's industry leading products launched in Thailand. I would encourage engineers in Thailand to take advantage of this book to better their skills with MSC Nastran and Patran." MSC Nastran is the world's most widely used and trusted Finite Element Analysis (FEA) solver and simulates stress, dynamics, or vibration of real-world, complex systems. On the other hand, Patran is the world's most widely used pre/post-processing software for Finite Element Analysis (FEA), providing solid modelling, meshing, analysis setup and post-processing for multiple solvers including MSC Nastran, Marc, Abaqus, LS-DYNA, ANSYS, and Pam-Crash. Click here to return to Contents

Panasas Announces New Growth Investment and Additions to Its Board of Directors 26 February 2019 Panasas today announced that it has received a new round of private equity investment led by the investing arm of KEWA Financial, a U.S. insurance company, and Dowroc Partners, a private investment fund comprised of investment professionals with expertise in storage technology, energy, and cloud computing. The investment will fund ongoing technology and product development and also support expansion into new markets, as well as the exploration of OEM relationships. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed. The funding comes roughly three months after the game-changing launch of ActiveStor Ultra and PanFS 8, a new generation of the ActiveStor storage solution, that runs on industry-standard commodity hardware. ActiveStor Ultra is a scale-out network-attached storage (NAS) appliance designed for extreme performance and scalability configurations, and is ideally suited for applications that require the processing of large and complex data sets with high precision. Common applications include climate modeling, computer-aided engineering (CAE) simulation and analysis, energy exploration and precision medicine, as well as emerging workloads such as AI and autonomous driving. PanFS 8, the intelligent parallel filesystem, has been completely re-engineered with innovative three-tier data placement to provide maximum performance, while retaining the plug-and-play capabilities that give PanFS the lowest cost of operation of any parallel filesystem. Now portable, PanFS 8 can run on any properly configured and qualified commodity storage hardware, allowing for rapid adoption of new hardware capabilities and an expanded portfolio of hardware options. “We aim to invest in highly innovative engineering companies that have reached a unique inflection point where technology and business opportunities align to drive strong long-term growth, and we are excited to be working with Panasas,” said Robert Cihra, a partner at Dowroc Partners and a 20-year veteran Wall Street technology analyst. “We are looking forward to partnering with Panasas to accelerate product innovation and advance new market opportunities.” With this investment, David Wiley, founder and chief executive officer of KEWA, and Cihra have joined the Panasas Board of Directors. The company also announced the addition of new board members Jonathan Lister, vice president of global sales solutions at LinkedIn, a proven sales leader and technology innovator, and Jorge Titinger, chief executive officer and founder of Titinger Consulting. Titinger is the former chief executive officer of SGI, a global leader in HPC, which was acquired by

Page 19 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Hewlett Packard Enterprise in 2016. With the appointment of Wiley, Cihra, Lister and Titinger, the Panasas board now has seven members; other members include Faye Pairman, president and chief executive officer, Panasas; Elliot Carpenter, chief financial officer, Panasas; and Andre A. Hakkak, founder and managing partner, White Oak Global Advisors. The PanFS portable parallel filesystem is a game changer for the HPC industry, opening new opportunities with customers who are frustrated with the complexities of open source filesystem solutions, said Titinger. The ease of use of PanFS combined with the performance and cost efficiency of an integrated ActiveStor or OEM-certified deployment, will make it a highly attractive value proposition for commercial and traditional HPC applications alike. This investment represents a strong vote of confidence from industry experts, not only in our technology, but also in the business growth we expect to see, said Faye Pairman, president and chief executive officer at Panasas. I am pleased to be working with our new board members who bring a wide and impressive range of technology, market, and financial expertise that will help guide the company as we move forward. For more information about Panasas and its HPC storage solutions, visit www.panasas.com. Click here to return to Contents

Rescale Announces Strategic Partnership Offering with Siemens PLM 26 February 2019 Rescale is pleased to announce a strategic collaboration with Siemens PLM Software. Siemens PLM Software has partnered with Rescale to enable SaaS delivery of Siemens Simcenter portfolio on Rescale’s ScaleX platform. The joint offering enables customers to access compute resources on- demand from the largest HPC network in the world, as well as to take advantage of new hardware architectures as they are released. Users will be able to work entirely in the cloud if required for GUI centric processes and batch execution of multi-node solves. Additionally, this initiative will expand the amount of on-demand licensing options of Simcenter products that are currently available to a broader portion of the portfolio, including monthly GUI subscriptions and pay-per-use for solver licenses. “Leveraging cloud infrastructure and flexible licensing models allows customers to explore their digital twin like never before, and Siemens’ cloud strategy is a key enabler for their customers to get faster time to results and iterate more quickly on designs,” says Joris Poort, Founder and CEO of Rescale. “Rescale is thrilled to partner with Siemens PLM Software on an initiative that brings increased innovation to customers and the broader engineering community.” Willy Bakkers, Vice President of Simulation at Siemens PLM Software stated, “The Rescale partnership helps Siemens PLM Software provide our customers with access to the most expansive and dynamic computing environment, helping customers get the most out of our advanced Simcenter simulation software solutions.” The first phase of this offering is available today for existing Siemens PLM Software customers with expanded on-demand offerings for new Siemens customers coming soon. For further information please visit www.rescale.com/siemens. Click here to return to Contents

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Sopheon Named to Consumer Goods Technology Readers’ Choice List for Ninth Straight Year 25 February 2019 Sopheon has been named again to the Consumer Goods Technology Top Providers list. With many consumer goods manufacturers among its clients, Sopheon has received the honor for the ninth straight year. As part of the magazine’s annual Readers’ Choice Survey, executives from consumer goods organizations were asked to identify the new product development and introduction (NPDI) solutions that best support their efforts to deliver new products to market, as well as their satisfaction levels with each provider. “We are pleased to be honored once again by Consumer Goods Technology, and thank all of the industry executives who chose Sopheon as a top provider,” said Sopheon CEO Andy Michuda. “Sopheon’s Accolade® platform is enabling digitalized corporate strategy and successful execution of innovation strategies. We are proud of this achievement and grateful for the industry recognition.” Accolade strengthens the linkage of strategy and execution, allowing organizations to connect strategic initiatives with operational execution activities and providing companies a single version of the truth. This helps businesses increase strategy realization rates, manage challenges and risks, and improve financial and organizational performance against strategy. “Consumer goods organizations are on the front line of innovation demand due to the enormous power of today’s consumer, and they understand the importance of innovation in the digital economy. Leaders realize they can achieve real sustainable growth, profitability and competitive differentiation by increasing visibility and insight throughout the entire new product development lifecycle,” said Michuda. “Moving forward, whether or not enterprises embrace innovation management could mean the difference between future success or failure, as smaller and more nimble competitors continue to innovate with more efficiency and speed to market.” Dozens of the world’s most successful, innovation-driven companies – including market leaders in consumer goods, food and beverages, chemicals, industrial manufacturing, high-tech, automotive, aerospace and defense – use Accolade to digitalize their innovation operating models. "Technology has become a critical driver of success in the consumer goods industry, which is undergoing an unprecedented level of disruption and transformation,” said Peter Breen, editor-in-chief of Consumer Goods Technology. “The solution providers that rise to the top of our annual lists should be commended not only for delivering best-practice tools and expert services, but for striving to become true business partners for their clients.” To learn more about how Sopheon supports execution of innovation strategy, visit our strategy execution resource hub. Click here to return to Contents

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ALPHACAM and CABINET VISION Productivity Day 26 February 2019 The ALPHACAM and CABINET VISION Experts are coming to you to bring you the latest tips, tricks, strategies and technology to help you improve your software skills. From time saving techniques to examining the new features in the latest release, our technical staff will share ideas on how you can increase your productivity and knowledge.

Network with other users, ask questions from the product experts, get a free lunch, and leave with more software knowledge! Space is limited. Register early to reserve your spot.

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inRiver PIMpoint Summit 2019: Sweden 27 February 2019 PIMpoint Summit 2019 is the 6th edition of the world’s largest product information management event. The vibrant inRiver Community keeps evolving as the complexities of e-commerce and merchandising become increasingly omnichannel. PIMpoint Summit is where marketers, merchandisers, product managers, and customer experience professionals come to learn, become inspired, and share best practices.

PIMpoint Summit 2019 April 04-05, 2019 Slagthuset Malmö, Sweden

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Page 22 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Synopsys to Showcase its Leading Prototyping, IP, and Software Integrity Solutions at Embedded World 2019 26 February 2019 Synopsys, Inc. today announced it will showcase its leading prototyping, IP, and application security testing solutions at the Embedded World 2019 conference in Nuremberg, Germany, Feb. 26-28, 2019. At the conference, Synopsys will demonstrate its Virtualizer™ Development Kits (VDKs), DesignWare® ARC® EV6x Embedded Vision Processors, and DesignWare 56G Ethernet PHY IP in Hall 4, booth 4-316. Synopsys experts will present on emerging deep learning technologies in Implementing Monocular Visual SLAM for Augmented Reality in Low-Power Embedded Vision Systems; cover cloud computing trends in 400G+ Hyperscale Data Centers with 56G Ethernet PHY IP; and the use of custom static analysis rules to ensure code quality, security, and compliance in embedded systems. Synopsys will also present the findings of a recent study it conducted in collaboration with SAE International and Ponemon Institute, on Securing the Modern Vehicle: A Study of Automotive Industry Cybersecurity Practices.

Conference Presentations from Synopsys: Tuesday, February 26 Session: Implementing Monocular Visual SLAM for Augmented Reality in Low-Power Embedded Vision Systems Speaker: Gordon Cooper, Product Marketing Manager Time and location: 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. CET, Conference Counter NCC Ost

Wednesday, February 27 Session: Securing the Modern Vehicle: A Study of Automotive Industry Cybersecurity Practices Speaker: Dennis Kengo Oka, Senior Solution Architect Time and location: 4:30 – 5:00 p.m. CET, ESCRYPT Class

Session: Automating Code Reviews by Writing Your Own Program Analysis Rules Speaker: Dr. Ralf Huuck, Director and Senior Architect Time and location: 5:00 – 5:30 p.m. CET, Conference Counter NCC Ost

Thursday, February 28 Session: 400G+ Hyperscale Data Centers with 56G Ethernet PHY IP Speaker: Manmeet Walia, Sr. Product Marketing Manager Time and location: 11:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CET, Conference Counter NCC Ost

Visit the Embedded World 2019 event page on the Synopsys website for more details.

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Financial News

ANSYS Announces Q4 Results: Record Finish Reflects Double-Digit Growth in Revenue, ACV, EPS and Operating Cash Flow 27 February 2019 Note: We adopted ASC 606 on January 1, 2018, which impacted our financial results, including the categorization and geographic allocation of revenue. For comparability purposes, and unless otherwise specified, the amounts included in the commentary below refer to results under ASC 605 as if the previous revenue recognition guidance was still in effect. ANSYS, Inc. today reported fourth quarter 2018 GAAP and non-GAAP revenue growth of 11% and 12%, respectively, or 13% and 14%, respectively, in constant currency. For FY 2018, GAAP and non- GAAP revenue growth was 11% and 12%, respectively, or 10% and 11% in constant currency. For the fourth quarter, the Company reported growth in diluted earnings per share of 70% and 30% on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis, respectively. For FY 2018, the Company reported growth in diluted earnings per share of 39% and 32% on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis, respectively. Ajei Gopal, ANSYS President and CEO, commented, “Q4 was an outstanding quarter capping a stellar 2018. We grew double-digits across all key financial metrics for the quarter and the year. I am confident we are tracking towards our 2020 objective of sustained, double-digit revenue growth at industry leading margins.” In addition, Gopal stated, “I am looking forward to 2019. Our vision of making simulation pervasive across the product lifecycle is resonating with customers and partners. With a product portfolio that is stronger than ever, I am proud that we can solve many of the challenging problems faced by our customers as they bring next-generation products to market. With our continued focus on transforming our go-to-market, and with new partnerships with leading companies who are licensing ANSYS technology, we are unlocking future opportunities. I am excited about our growth prospects in 2019 and beyond.” Maria Shields, ANSYS CFO, stated, “Our outstanding financial performance reflects the strength of our core business and our continued dedication and focus on execution, both during the fourth quarter and for the entire year. We set new company records across all key financial metrics including our Q4 and full year 2018 revenue, ACV, earnings and operating cash flows. To achieve both our near-term and longer-term growth objectives, we will move forward with investments in our core products, high- growth adjacent markets and our business infrastructure to continue building the platform to scale our business.” Financial Results ANSYS' fourth quarter and fiscal year 2018 and 2017 financial results are presented below. The 2018 and 2017 non-GAAP results exclude the income statement effects of acquisition adjustments to deferred revenue, stock-based compensation, amortization of acquired intangible assets, acquisition-related transaction costs, restructuring charges and measurement-period adjustments related to the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act.

Page 24 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary To view the full release please visit https://investors.ansys.com/news-and-events/press-releases/2019/27- feb-19-214920784 Click here to return to Contents

Autodesk Reports Strong Fourth Quarter Results Led By Annualized Recurring Revenue (ARR) 28 February 2019 Autodesk, Inc. today reported financial results for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2019. Fourth Quarter Fiscal 2019 Total ARR was $2.75 billion, an increase of 34 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year as reported, and 32 percent on a constant currency basis. Included in total ARR is a $27 million contribution from the fourth quarter acquisitions, or 1 percentage point of the increase. Under the prior revenue accounting standard, ASC 605, total ARR was $2.72 billion, an increase of 32 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year. Subscription plan ARR was $2.20 billion, an increase of 87 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year as reported, and 85 percent on a constant currency basis. Included in subscription plan ARR is a $27 millioncontribution from the fourth quarter acquisitions, or 2 percentage points of the increase. Under ASC 605, subscription plan ARR was $2.16 billion, an increase of 84 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year. Total subscriptions increased 252,000 from the third quarter of fiscal 2019 to 4.33 million at the end of the fourth quarter. Included in subscription additions this quarter is a 127,000 contribution from the fourth quarter acquisitions. Subscription plan subscriptions increased 418,000 from the third quarter of fiscal 2019 to 3.53 million at the end of the fourth quarter. Subscription plan subscriptions benefited from 110,000 maintenance subscribers that converted to product subscription under the maintenance-to-subscription program. Included in subscription plan subscriptions is a 127,000 contribution from the fourth quarter acquisitions. Deferred revenue was $2.09 billion, an increase of 7 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year. Total deferred revenue (deferred revenue plus unbilled deferred revenue) was $2.68 billion, an increase of approximately 18 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year. Included in deferred revenue was a $36 million contribution from the fourth quarter acquisitions, or 2 percentage points of the year-over- year increase. Included in total deferred revenue was a $97 million contribution from the fourth quarter acquisitions, or 4 percentage points of the year-over-year increase. Under ASC 605, total deferred revenue was $2.76 billion, an increase of approximately 21 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year. Revenue was $737 million, an increase of 33 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year as reported, and 31 percent on a constant currency basis. Included in revenue was a $7 million contribution from the fourth quarter acquisitions, or 1 percentage point of the increase. Under ASC 605, revenue was $713 million, an increase of 29 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year. Billings were $1.04 billion, an increase of 39 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year. Billings includes $43 million from the fourth quarter acquisitions, accounting for 6 percentage points of the

Page 25 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary increase. Under ASC 605, billings were $1.05 billion, an increase of 41 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year. Total GAAP spend (cost of revenue plus operating expenses) was $697 million, a decrease of 5 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year. Absent ASC 340, total GAAP spend was $710 million, a decrease of 3 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year. Total non-GAAP spend was $598 million, an increase of 5 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year. A reconciliation of GAAP to non-GAAP results is provided in the accompanying tables. Absent ASC 340, total non-GAAP spend was $611 million, an increase of 7 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year. GAAP diluted net income per share was $0.29, compared to GAAP diluted net loss per share of $(0.79) in the fourth quarter last year. Non-GAAP diluted net income per share was $0.46, compared to non-GAAP diluted net loss per share of $(0.09) in the fourth quarter last year. Cash flow from operating activities was $312 million, an increase of $232 million compared to the fourth quarter last year. Free cash flow was $294 million, an increase of $226 million compared to the fourth quarter last year. "We achieved multiple milestones in fiscal 2019 and are entering fiscal 2020 with strong momentum," said Andrew Anagnost, Autodesk president and CEO. "With less than 20 percent of our revenues coming from maintenance, we are effectively finished with our business model transition and now look forward to executing on our multi-year growth strategy. Our core design offerings and cloud-based solutions for construction, manufacturing and production are benefiting our customers as they undergo their own digital transformations, which offers an ongoing tailwind to our business. We are particularly excited about entering the new fiscal year with an unrivaled portfolio of cloud-based solutions for construction." "With over $300 million in free cash flow for the year, we delivered well above our target and are demonstrating the cash generating power of our model," said Scott Herren, Autodesk CFO. "Fiscal 2019 was a year of solid execution as we accomplished multiple financial milestones that have positioned us well to keep driving growth in fiscal 2020 and beyond. We're exiting the business model transition with a much more predictable business at 95 percent recurring revenue and feel confident about our free cash flow goal for fiscal 2020." For definitions, please view the Glossary of Terms later in this document. Fourth Quarter Operational Overview Total ARR for the fourth quarter increased 34 percent to $2.75 billion compared to the fourth quarter last year as reported, and 32 percent on a constant currency basis. Subscription plan ARR was $2.20 billion, an increase of 87 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year as reported, and 85 percent on a constant currency basis. Subscription plan ARR includes $470 million related to the maintenance-to- subscription program. Included in total ARR and subscription plan ARR is a $27 million contribution from the fourth quarter acquisitions. Maintenance plan ARR was $549 million, a decrease of 38 percent compared to the fourth quarter last year as reported, and 39 percent on a constant currency basis. Total subscriptions were 4.33 million, a net increase of 252,000 from the third quarter of fiscal 2019. Subscription plan subscriptions (product, EBA, and cloud) were 3.53 million, a net increase of 418,000

Page 26 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary from the third quarter of fiscal 2019, led by new product subscriptions and 110,000 product subscriptions that migrated from maintenance plan subscriptions. Included in total subscription additions and subscription plan additions this quarter is a 127,000 contribution from the fourth quarter acquisitions. Maintenance plan subscriptions were 796,000, a net decrease of 166,000 from the third quarter of fiscal 2019, which includes the 110,000 that migrated to product subscription. Total recurring revenue in the fourth quarter was 93 percent of total revenue, consistent with the fourth quarter last year. To read the full release, please visit http://investors.autodesk.com/news-releases/news-release- details/autodesk-reports-strong-fourth-quarter-results-led-annualized Click here to return to Contents

Implementation Investments

Chinese Childrenswear Brand Leyou Begins Life with Centric PLM 26 February 2019 Leyou, the Chinese children and baby fashion and accessories brand, has selected Centric Software’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Leyou Babies to Kids (Leyou) was established in Beijing in 1999 and is a leading retail chain for baby, children and maternity wear in China. Leyou has an extensive brand portfolio including greatfamily, a high-end children’s apparel brand, and Ubee, which focuses on childcare and diaper products. Even with the digital retail transformation occurring worldwide and especially in China, the brand's innovative approach and technical capabilities have kept it ahead of the curve. The company was the first retailer in China to adopt a sophisticated Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system. Its use of apps, online stores and chain stores as part of an online and omnichannel business model provides one- stop professional service and a convenient, integrated shopping experience for consumers. As Mr. Gong Dingyu, Brand Founder at Leyou, says, “Our brand was born digitally native however, we needed to take the company to the next level. As childrenswear now takes its cue from adult apparel trends, time to market gets faster and faster. In the age of e-commerce, the response time of supply chains has to keep up with increasing consumer expectations and desire for newness. A digital management platform that encompasses all processes is necessary to centralize resources and react to market changes quickly and efficiently.” After initially considering supply chain management solutions, Leyou realized that a PLM solution would be a more suitable investment for the company, as only PLM can fully digitize information and connect operations across the entire product lifecycle to bring products to market quickly rather than focusing solely on the supply chain element. “We selected Centric PLM because their solution is an excellent product that incorporates best practices from the fashion industry and the Centric team has been extremely professional and knowledgeable throughout the selection process,” says Mr. Gong. “The system will be of great value to the company. Once it is up and running, Centric PLM will enable the sharing of supply chain resources as well as human resources, while effectively integrating internal and external platforms. With this foundation in

Page 27 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary place, Leyou will be able to develop new product categories and expand on existing product categories more efficiently.” “The project will be varied and interesting, as all team members will actively participate and offer their input,” he concludes. “Silos between teams will be broken down to foster innovative mindsets.” “We are very excited to announce that Leyou has selected Centric PLM and will be our forty-fourth partner in China,” says Chris Groves, President and CEO of Centric Software. “Leyou is also our first infant fashion brand partner in China. We are proud to partner with a company that is at the forefront of innovation in retail in China.” Click here to return to Contents

Elrene Home Fashions Selects CGS BlueCherry® Suite to Gain Visibility in the Supply Chain 26 February 2019 CGS today announced that Elrene Home Fashions, the home décor consumer products company, selected BlueCherry® Enterprise Suite of cloud-based solutions, including Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Business Intelligence (BI) and EDI, among others. The BlueCherry suite provides end-to-end capabilities for apparel and consumer lifestyle brands. Elrene Home Fashions offers home décor consumer products through wholesale, eCommerce and most major retailers. The New York City-based company, which was founded in 1922, was seeking a platform to seamlessly track product development as well as upgrade its ERP to gain visibility into the supply chain – from design to fulfillment. With extensive expertise and resources in the consumer lifestyle market, the CGS BlueCherry suite will support Elrene’s current and future business requirements, helping to increase efficiency, collaboration and visibility across the company. “By implementing CGS BlueCherry, we expect to gain full transparency into the end-to-end process of all the brands that Elrene offers,” said Bryan Siegel, CEO of Elrene Home Fashions. “By choosing a proven solution that many consumer product brands have successfully implemented, we expect BlueCherry to help us streamline the end-to-end supply chain process.” “With over 30 years of experience in the apparel and consumer lifestyle market, CGS understands the value of having the right solutions in place to efficiently and effectively run business operations,” said Paul Magel, president, Business Applications and Technology Outsourcing division, CGS. “We are excited to welcome Elrene Home Fashions to our thriving BlueCherry community of consumer goods customers and look forward to building a long-lasting relationship with the team.” CGS’s BlueCherry® Enterprise Suite provides clients with a powerful, comprehensive set of tools to drive their fundamental business processes. It focuses on the needs of high-growth organizations operating in the consumer lifestyle products, retail and apparel industries. The BlueCherry Enterprise Suite’s built-in capacity addresses the needs of all core management, planning, product development, manufacturing, logistics, finance, and sales functions. Click here to return to Contents

Page 28 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary General Aeronautics Selects Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE for UAV Design 25 February 2019 Announced at Aero India: General Aeronautics has deployed 3DEXPERIENCE on the Cloud. General Aeronautics specializes in UAV or drone manufacturing, leveraging the 3DEXPERIENCE platform for a wide range of civilian, humanitarian, and military projects. General Aeronautics founder chairman Dr Kota Harinarayana said: “General Aeronautics has partnered with Dassault Systèmes to develop next-generation design methods for UAV systems. “Dassault Systèmes Cloud-based technology has been harnessed by General Aeronautics to design and integrate advanced UAV systems. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform has been key to the development of both fixed-wing hybrid and multicopter UAV systems with advanced capabilities. “General Aeronautics has partnered with Dassault Systèmes to develop next-generation design methods for UAV systems.” “General Aeronautics is excited to collaborate with Dassault Systèmes to implement a comprehensive design and development process comprising design, engineering, integration, manufacturing, as well as a digital twin for mirroring physical and digital representatives of UAV systems.” Click here to return to Contents

Hexagon Keeps the Wheels Turning with Red Bull Racing 21 February 2019 In Formula One, the race off the track never stops. The Red Bull Racing team complete as many as 30 000 design changes in a season, and Hexagon measurement technologies support them in the pursuit of continual vehicle enhancement and quality. The new rolling contract strengthens the close working relationship between the two companies, ensuring vehicle accuracy and confidence with Hexagon’s portable measuring arm and laser tracker measurement solutions and the company’s design and manufacturing expertise.

“The Innovation Partnership with Hexagon is not just about the metrology products, it’s about the teamwork and commitment that is helping us develop at such pace,” says Chris Charnley, Quality Manager at Red Bull Racing. “The Hexagon equipment we have is in constant use, both at the circuit and in the factory. It delivers results to our high standards, allowing us not only to check the car accurately, but also to process components through the business.”

The continuous innovation at the heart of Formula One makes this a highly mutual partnership, with Red Bull Racing’s objectives and standards encouraging Hexagon to develop technologies and processes that keep pace with the team.

“At Hexagon, we encourage manufacturers to drive productivity by adopting smart factory thinking. Red Bull Racing is the embodiment of this ethos, with its accelerated development, agility, and drive for constant innovation,” says Norbert Hanke, President of Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence. “For over ten years, this partnership has been a major success, helping both parties to think differently and push for continuous improvement. It’s exciting and a real privilege to continue to be a part of Red Bull

Page 29 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Racing’s incredible story.” Click here to return to Contents

pSeven Facilitates Multidisciplinary Collaboration for Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse 25 February 2019 Based on the results of an extended benchmark analysis of PIDO tools, Liebherr-Aerospace, a leading supplier of systems for the aviation industry, opts for pSeven software platform by DATADVANCE, an independent software developer of design exploration, predictive modeling, automation & integration solutions. The IT environment within Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse with its’ vast set of design and simulation tools, and the complexity of aerodynamics, fluid dynamics, mechanical, thermal and other problems required deploying a platform, which was able to facilitate the integration of multiple solutions into a single workflow. pSeven addressed this complexity efficiently and helped to remove several existing obstacles in collaborative work. Moreover, the engineers highly appreciated the predictive modeling functionality of pSeven, in particular, the full range of available techniques, ease of use, the accuracy of built models and ability to export them to various formats. Matthieu Crespo, Expert - Numerical Models and Tools, at Liebherr-Aerospace in Toulouse said: “We are interested in collaboration with DATADVANCE to jointly handle the complexity of design tasks which any equipment manufacturer has to strive with. We believe that finding the right software solution supplier is crucial in developing our industrial capabilities – a major objective of ours as we continually strive to better and more extensively satisfy our customers’ needs”. “We are delighted to work with Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse. Historically, our company has a close relationship with the aerospace industry, we gained a vast experience and use cases portfolio in this domain. We are sure that our experience and know-hows will be valuable for Liebherr-Aerospace Toulouse and it is going to be truly a win-win cooperation”, - added Mr. Laurent Chec, General Director of DATADVANCE SAS. Click here to return to Contents

Product News

Autodesk: BIM 360 Docs Update 22 February 2019 Announced on the Autodesk blog: “We are pleased to announce the availability of the newest BIM 360 Docs feature for generating and tracking document transmittals. We designed this feature to support the formal process used in the AEC industry for conveying information (usually project drawings, models, and other documents) from one project team member to one or more other project team members. Examples for using transmittals include:

Page 30 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary • General Contractor issuing a transmittal to Subcontractors bidding on a project. • Design Architect issuing a transmittal to the Owner and/or General Contractor This release includes the following capabilities: For Transmittal creators • Select one or more documents or an entire folder (Plans and Project Files folders) • Select users, roles, or companies • Add a description and instructions (for example, what is the purpose and is any action required) • Automatic email notifications to recipients • A new Transmittals tab with complete list of all sent and received transmittals • View contents and recipients of each document transmittal (version-specific) • All activity tracked in the project-level Activity Log For Transmittal recipients • Receive email notifications • A new Transmittal tab for viewing and accessing all relevant transmittals • View complete list of contents of each transmittal and view the specific versions of drawings and models that were shared • Export and download the entire group of documents and files transmitted (in a ZIP file)…” To read the full release with associated images, please visit https://blogs.autodesk.com/bim360-release- notes/2019/02/22/bim-360-docs-update-february-19-2019/ Click here to return to Contents

Bentley Systems unveils 4D SYNCHRO XR app for infrastructure projects 26 February 2019 Bentley Systems, one of the leading global providers of comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction and operations of infrastructure, has introduced SYNCHRO XR app for infrastructure construction projects. Selected as a Microsoft mixed reality partner representing the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, Bentley Systems demonstrated how with SYNCHRO XR for Microsoft HoloLens 2, users can interact collaboratively with 4D digital construction models using intuitive gestures to plan, visualise and experience construction sequencing. Project digital twin data is visualised with the HoloLens 2 via Bentley System’s connected data environment, powered by Microsoft Azure. With the mixed reality solution, construction managers, project managers, owners, operators and other project stakeholders are set to gain insights through immersive visualisation into planned work, construction progress, potential site risks and safety requirements.

Page 31 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary “Additionally, users can interact with the model together and collaboratively experience 4D objects in space and time, as opposed to traditional interaction with a 2D screen depicting 3D objects,” said Bentley Systems. Noah Eckhouse, senior vice-president for project delivery at Bentley Systems, noted, “Instead of using a 2D screen with a mouse and keyboard, the user can now walk around the model with their body and reach out and grab digital objects that appear to co-occupy physical reality.” The Netherlands-based Royal BAM Group is using SYNCHRO and HoloLens 2 mixed reality solution for a large museum project in Rotterdam. Menno de Jonge, director of digital construction for the Royal BAM Group, commented, “Using this technology, we can easily visualise the construction schedule. Then, we can see if we are behind in schedule, we can flag any potential problems or issues, look into the problems, and get back on track.” Alex Kipman, technical fellow for artificial intelligence (AI) and mixed reality at Microsoft, added, “The newly announced Microsoft HoloLens 2 is a self-contained holographic computer that enables hands-free, heads-up interaction with digital models. It builds on the breakthrough innovation of HoloLens and is even more immersive, more comfortable and delivers industry-leading value right out of the box with partners like Bentley.” Microsoft’s Mixed Reality Partner Programme focuses on enabling and supporting solution providers who aim to build mixed reality solutions. Upon acceptance to the programme, Microsoft provides training, technical assistance, sales and marketing enablement and business planning. Click here to return to Contents

eQuorum Announces Release of ImageSite 10.2 20 February 2019 eQuorum Corporation announces major new features in Version 10.2 of ImageSite, its flagship, comprehensive, yet affordable digital Document Management Solution for manufacturers, architects, engineers, utilities, universities and government. eQuorum understands the need to continue providing the highest level of usability and security in the industry so it continues our frequent releases of updated and upgraded software. Version 10.2 is now available to customers. All features are also incorporated into Engine-Box.com, eQuorum's cloud-based SaaS document management solution. Major enhancements in ImageSite 10.2 include: • The rendering process can be configured for multiple render and publish queues • Video, audio and interactive camera markup types have been added • Transmittals can now have customizable fields • Transmittals can be automatically named based on a naming rule • All database fields are now fully UTF-8 compatible • More standard reports that can be run by administrators have been added

Page 32 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary • Support for AutoCAD 2019 • And more "Several of our high-volume users have requested more functionality when it comes to rendering and publishing files and managing a large number of transmittals, so we responded" remarked Scott Brandt, CEO of eQuorum. He added, "The addition of multimedia files, such as video and audio, now lets users in the field, on the production floor, or at a customer site augment their many workflows with helpful and often important visual details and audio instructions." ImageSite is an easy-to-use, single source Document Management System that allows for automation, distribution and collaboration among users across entire enterprises. Because ImageSite is entirely HTML5-based, it's accessible by any operating system or mobile device without client software or mobile apps. Click here to return to Contents

Faro Introduces BuildIT 2019 Software Platform 26 February 2019 FARO announces the release of the advanced BuildIT 2019 software suite. BuildIT 2019 represents the logical evolution of the industry-proven BuildIT platform, which has provided exceptional value across a variety of industries. It offers three individual products each specifically designed for the most challenging quality inspection, manufacturing and assembly or construction applications. Each product includes the most flexible and intuitive user interface in the industry. While the BuildIT 2019 solution suite is tightly integrated with FARO hardware products to enable a best-in-class FARO solution experience, it also enables consistent, high-quality outcomes for non- FARO hardware products. BuildIT Metrology 2019 BuildIT Metrology 2019 elevates the standard for workflow optimization and productivity for alignment, inspection, and build applications by incorporating key customer learnings from the previous generation that include: • Point cloud alignment and registration up to 10 times faster and file size reduction for analyses by up to 70% • Improved robustness of GD&T evaluation using feature-specific extraction settings for analysis • Dynamic reporting that automatically pre-populates analysis reports and reduces report preparation time. • Advanced automation capabilities for creating repeatable, guided, automated workflows BuildIT Projector 2019 BuildIT Projector 2019 allows manufacturers to plan and operate imaging laser projection and verification workflows to improve the quality and speed of assembly processes. Together with the FARO TracerSI Imaging Laser Projector, it is a core component of the first and only all-in-one solution for laser-assisted templating and verification.

Page 33 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Included standard in the first generation were groundbreaking features as In-Process Verification, Feature-Based Alignment, and Foreign Object & Debris Detection. BuildIT Projector 2019 enhances these features to create a completely new, operator-friendly paradigm that includes: • Report generation that clearly identifies completed tasks and the results of In-Process Verification. • Automatic re-alignment of the laser projector where BuildIT Projector detects that the base part has moved • A more intuitive user experience through a variety of enhancements including setup and operation through a joystick controller BuildIT Construction 2019 The previous generation version of BuildIT was the first consolidated software and hardware solution designed from the ground up as an end-to-end, fully integrated Building Lifecycle Quality Assurance (QA) and Quality Control (QC) management tool. BuildIT 2019 offers a unique set of value added enhancements that include: • A comprehensive Tank Analysis Package to determine and identify critical issues in the plant facility that support faster modification and renovation • Significant reduction in on-site cycle time from laser scan projection data preparation to 3D visualization • Streamlined raw scan import process with Scan Import feature that automatically detects targets and facilitates faster alignment with the software • Numerous other workflow efficiency improvements that include file size reduction, faster rendering and clipping box functionality “We are in the business of making best-in-class software that enables best-in-class solutions” stated Vito Marone Senior Director 3D Solutions. “The entire BuildIT suite is leveraged from our cutting-edge 3D metrology capability derived from 20 years of proven expertise in delivering best-in-class measurement solutions to the manufacturing industry. As such, BuildIT 2019 is central for both our customers and users of other hardware products to derive the highest level of performance that the hardware itself supports.” Click here to return to Contents

Free Family Browser for individual Revit® users 22 February 2019 Smart Browser for Revit 2018/2019 is now available in the Autodesk App Store. Smart Browser is BIM software for batch Revit® parameter management and easy family browsing in a quality controlled environment. A modular approach makes it efficient and cost-effective for offices of any size that do BIM. Unique features save a lot of time and improve results for BIM managers, team leaders and all architects, engineers and designers. Smart Browser – Freelance is free BIM software for browsing Revit® families that can save a lot of

Page 34 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary time for architects, engineers and designers who work on their own. Unlike the full Smart Browser for companies, the Freelance version is locally deployed (no network license is available) and restricted to the local file system (there’s no server access). Search and sort with ease! Find what you really need much faster with what may be the most user-friendly search-and-sort functionality for Revit families, elements and their properties. Find: Search, select, group based on any parameters. Preview: See parameters and 2D/3D views before choosing. Add: Just drag and drop to insert families into a project. Upgrade for full content control! If you want to not just find but also efficiently manage and modify Revit families, elements and parameters, and if you want a network solution for sharing BIM content with teams in a quality controlled environment, then you should consider more advanced Smart Browser options. This AGACAD software is scalable to fit the needs of any size BIM organization. Click here to return to Contents

HOOPS Exchange 2019 Supports Autodesk Revit for AEC Workflows 26 February 2019 Tech Soft 3D announces the release of HOOPS® Exchange 2019, the industry’s fastest and most accurate CAD data reuse technology for manufacturing and architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) workflows. With the addition of Autodesk® Revit® format support, HOOPS Exchange 2019 provides an unprecedented ability to engineering software developers to create applications that enable and empower AEC applications. “Fast growing technologies such as cloud, mobile computing and 3D PDF are making collaboration and communication far easier than ever before within the AEC industry,” said Eric Vinchon, VP of Product. “The AEC industry has embraced BIM, and Autodesk Revit has driven that transformation. We are excited to support Autodesk Revit on all platforms, which empowers architecture and engineering software developers to create the kind of robust and sophisticated applications needed to design, engineer and construct buildings around the word.” HOOPS Exchange 2019 continues to improve support for various 3D file formats, features and functionality to seamlessly work within engineering software for manufacturing, AEC, augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) applications. These areas of enhanced support include: AR/VR • FBX® import and export is now supported – FBX is widely used to exchange 3D assets between Autodesk® 3ds Max® and Maya®, and Unity, and is popular with AR and VR applications. • glTF™ import enables Physically Based Rendering (PBR) for improved graphics that is one step closer to photo-realism.

Page 35 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary • Grid-aligned tessellation mode is now supported, a new method to perform accurate tessellation upon loading, which improves visualization for AR and VR applications. Manufacturing • Semantic PMI is now supported in SolidWorks®, along with feature information, such as hole types and patterns. The complete list (feature creation tree) of all features used to create the model will be available, including the associated feature geometry such as faces and edges, which helps automate and optimize downstream processes in analysis, manufacturing and metrology. • New format support in addition to Revit, FBX and glTF includes OBJ, 3ds Max and COLLADA™. Format updates include import of Autodesk® Inventor® 2019, Solid Edge® 2019, SolidWorks 2019, Parasolid® 31 and JT™ 10.2, and export of JT 10. • Motion and kinematic analysis applications can now identify components within a CAD assembly that are rigidly fixed to each other with HOOPS Exchange 2019 for CATIA™, NX™, SolidWorks and PTC Creo® files. • Mass property calculation improvements with exact physical properties computing for volume, surface, center of gravity and moments of inertia. Click here to return to Contents

Inceptra to Unveil New Productivity Tool for Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE Platform at COE 2019 21 February 2019 Inceptra, LLC will be unveiling Data Package Manager at its booth no. 225 at COE 2019, the premier Dassault Systèmes software solutions users conference and TechniFair to be held in New Orleans, Louisiana, from February 24-27. Data Package Manager is a new productivity tool designed for aerospace and automotive supply chain companies that regularly receive large packages of updated 3D product data from customers that they must process and import into their Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform environment. By automating data analysis and change documentation, this complementary data management solution allows users to quickly identify the product design changes within the package and easily process them in a controlled manner to update previously imported product data. Jim Ryan, President and CEO, Inceptra, LLC, commented, “Inceptra is excited to be able to introduce an automation tool that will save time and money, and reduce potential errors, for our 3DEXPERIENCE build-to-print customers by facilitating the processing of reference data they receive from their own customers. Data Package Manager streamlines the revised product data import process and allows non- CAD users to load data efficiently, automatically compares the new with the previously imported data and executes the changes once approved, as well as maintains data history which allows users to track multiple data packages and properly document customer-driven changes.” Click here to return to Contents

Page 36 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary JTB Sheet Set Publish 2.3 released 26 February 2019 Announced on the JTB World blog: “JTB Sheet Set Publish 2.3 has been released. We have added the Sheet Set Manager properties Project Name, Project Number, Project Phase, and Project Milestone to the formula builder. It is an app for AutoCAD that publishes sheets in Sheet Sets, layouts in other drawings, folders or drawings in DSD files to files like PDF and DWF or images like PNG. The files created are named as you want based on a naming formula that you specify. Use date fields and/or sheet properties of your choice to build up the output filename.” To view the full post with images, please visit: https://blog.jtbworld.com/2019/02/jtb-sheet-set-publish- 23-released.html Click here to return to Contents

LDRA Partners with Siemens to Boost Traceability and Verification for Critical Embedded Systems 26 February 2019 LDRA has partnered with Siemens PLM Software to enhance traceability and validation for customers developing critical embedded systems leveraging Polarion ALM™ software. The LDRA tool suite integration with Polarion ALM (Application Lifecycle Management) provides a full lifecycle traceability and software quality solution for embedded markets with a deep dive into automated verification testing, and thus helps reduce the cost of compliance in safety- and security-critical embedded systems. The Polarion™ portfolio is a leading market solution for enterprise software lifecycle management, including software development planning, requirements management, quality engineering, delivery and release management. It allows project managers and executives to create custom reports and use these simplified and automated reports to make decisions in real-time. The LDRA tool suite for software analysis and verification activities imports Polarion requirements and test cases with complete traceability links, and then exports test execution status and results to Polarion’s web-based interface. “LDRA’s tool suite integration greatly complements our Polarion ALM offering by providing end-to- end traceability to test execution in support of regulated requirements based testing and comprehensive analysis of test coverage,” said Pascal Vera, Product Management Director at Siemens PLM Software. “Along with providing transparency into their overall software development process and improving customers’ operational efficiency, this bidirectional traceability helps simplify, automate, and reduce the cost of compliance with safety- and security-critical standards.” Polarion ALM software focuses on cross-platform enterprise applications to enable effective product and application lifecycle management in a wide array of embedded markets ranging from automotive to medical to Internet of Things (IoT). Example industry standards supported through this integration with LDRA’s tool suite include DO-178B/C for avionics, ISO 26262 for automotive, IEC 62304 for medical,

Page 37 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary and EN 50128 for rail transportation. The benefits of LDRA’s integration with Polarion ALM include: • Automation of the delivery of software quality analysis and verification results to Polarion for viewing in a web browser from any of the team members • Transparency of overall software development process regardless of software methodologies like Agile, Spiral, etc. • Ability to expand test verification from Polarion ALM into any embedded software development ecosystem or hardware platform spanning from 8-bit and 16-bit MCUs to 32-bit and all the way up to 64-bit architectures “LDRA continues to work with industry leaders in Application Lifecycle Management to provide the best solution to our customers for lifecycle traceability, standards compliance, and software quality analysis and testing automation,” said Ian Hennell, Operations Director, LDRA. “The software integration with Siemens’ Polarion leverages LDRA’s automated static review and dynamic coverage analysis as well as automated test case generation, execution, and results capture. LDRA’s integration is unique in that it spans from traceability requirements through verification activities.” Visit the LDRA stand (Hall 4-509) at Embedded World 2019, 26-28 February 2019 in Nürnberg, Germany, to learn more about LDRA tool suite’s comprehensive integration into Siemens’ Polarion ALM enterprise software at www.ldra.com/polarion. Note: Polarion and Polarion ALM are trademarks or registered trademarks of Polarion Software AG. Click here to return to Contents

MagiCAD 2019 Update Release 2 now available 26 February 2019 The new MagiCAD version for Revit and AutoCAD is now available for download. MagiCAD 2019 Update Release 2 for Revit – Highlights Integration with heating and cooling load calculation tools Update existing 2D symbols and assign 2D symbols to 3rd party Revit families Possibility to create product-specific provisions in the Provisions for Builderswork Openings tool New 3D routing tool for Ventilation, Piping and Electrical More flexible installation options for MEP components Automatic sizing and calculations for duct and pipe segments with outlets New calculation options for ventilation and piping projects New options for pressure drop calculations Preview your work in real time and save time with new pipe connection options Use flexible connection pipes for sprinkler connections

Page 38 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Easier wire type selection and improved usability in electrical calculations Better indication of elevation changes in cable containment systems Improved circuit management Symbol type selection for converted 2D symbols

MagiCAD 2019 Update Release 2 for AutoCAD – Highlights Add product information to generic parts in duct, pipe, insulation material and absorption material series with product variables Quick and effective control cable management Link existing conductors to control cables 3D Model Organiser Room type templates in MagiCAD Room Export room and functional zone lists with properties to Excel Find and Replace text function includes the Note field in Provision for Builderswork Openings Add information and comments into drawings for Provision for Buildersworks Openings objects Supply area calculations for switchboards Synchronize system colors between Ventilation&Piping and Schematic projects Mapping property data from Schematic projects to Ventilation&Piping projects Simultaneous handling of multiple circuits in switchboard schematics Define inner bend radius for T- and X-branches of cable routes Drawing reports updated automatically when saving

MagiCAD enables MEP design using Europe’s largest product model database, featuring over 1,000,000 actual products and product variants from 250 leading manufacturers across the world. Each model within the database comes complete with accurate dimensions and comprehensive technical data. MagiCAD offers localisation for different country-specific standards, and it is used by contractors and designers in projects in over 80 countries across the world. Click here to return to Contents

MecSoft Releases AlibreCAM 2019 21 February 2019 MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of AlibreCAM 2019, the latest version of MecSoft’s fully integrated CAM solution for

Page 39 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Alibre Design 2018. Release highlights include: • 2 ½ Axis – Improved feature based machining, new Drag Knife cutting method, new cornering options in Profile machining • 3 Axis – Improvements in Flat Area machining, new Trochoidal entry motions for High Speed Machining, improved cut connections and overall performance improvements • 4 Axis – Smoother motion outputs in the post-processor • 5 Axis – Nutating Head support & local coordinate plane programming have been introduced • Simulation – Tool shank collision detection and early error detection • Other Productivity and User Interface enhancements • The TURN module is included free in certain 2019 MILL configurations Free demo software of AlibreCAM 2019 can be downloaded. Click here to return to Contents

New for BricsCAD Shape 26 February 2019 Announced on the BricsCAD blog: “Bricsys is pleased to announce the release of the latest version of BricsCAD Shape! BricsCAD Shape is our free 3D modeler for everyone. That’s right, it’s still completely free! This year BricsCAD Shape has been extended to include some new features that make BricsCAD Shape the best free, solid modeling software available. BricsCAD Shape is built on the same platform as BricsCAD, BricsCAD BIM and BricsCAD Mechanical. So you can learn 3D modeling with BricsCAD Shape and then use the skills you’ve acquired in Shape to move to BricsCAD BIM. What’s new for Shape? Quickdraw You’ve read all about Quickdraw for BricsCAD BIM, well, you can now use Quickdraw in BricsCAD shape! The only difference is that you can’t duplicate layouts – you can only do that in BricsCAD BIM. Quickly draw and create buildings and rooms, as easily as playing a computer game (who doesn’t love The Sims?). It snaps to existing wall segments and creates wall connections automatically. Try it, it’s super fun. Materials Drag-and-drop render materials from the Material Browser onto the desired entity face. Holding CTRL while dropping the material will assign the material to the entire solid. Set a duplicate material by hitting ALT whilst clicking a solid face that already has the assigned material you want. To assign the same material to multiple entities at the same time, pre-select the entities and then, drag and drop the materials.

Page 40 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Components You can now create your own components and add them to your library. Create components from a selection set or whole drawing. Simply click Create component in the Components panel. It’s really that easy. Create it once and use again and again. .dwg drawings that were created with other applications and opened in BricsCAD Shape can also be converted into components. BricsCAD Shape now comes with loads more components as standard, so you might not even need to make your own. Component categories are no longer displayed in a separate dropdown menu and are now shown as icons on the panel. Plus, components and their category names are now translatable! Export You can now export models created in Shape to FBX, STL, DAE, WMF or BMP. Which means that rendering and 3D printing the models you’ve created with BricsCAD Shape is now a real possibility! Get started with BricsCAD Shape free Download BricsCAD shape for free at www.bricsys.com. Start designing today, no subscription, no hidden fees. That’s BricsCAD Shape.” To see the full post with images, please visit: https://blog.bricsys.com/whats-new-for-bricscad-shape/ Click here to return to Contents

PTC Fuels Leadership Momentum in Industrial IoT with New Manufacturing Workforce Productivity Solution – ThingWorx 8.4 27 February 2019 PTC today announced the availability of a new version of its award-winning ThingWorx® Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solution platform. ThingWorx 8.4 introduces new capabilities, including Operator Advisor, designed to increase productivity of factory workers by simplifying the way critical operational data is collected, synthesized, and delivered. The new version builds on PTC’s unparalled IIoT strategy, further strengthening its robust portfolio of solutions that address real business challenges. There continues to be significant opportunity for industrial manufacturers to differentiate their product and service offerings and improve worker efficiency across their factory operations by leveraging IIoT technologies. According to a recent report from Deloitte and the Manufacturing Institute, advanced technology and digital skills must blend with uniquely human skills to yield the highest level of productivity. Putting IIoT to Work with New Solution for Manufacturing ThingWorx 8.4 introduces Operator Advisor, complementing PTC’s existing set of solutions designed for manufacturers. Operator Advisor helps manufacturers improve workforce productivity by simplifying the delivery of digital work instructions in context, eliminating static paper and PDF-based instructions. The solution can also gather data as workers complete tasks for product genealogy and increase visibility into factory operations. Operator Advisor brings IT and OT systems together and connects to smart tools and machines to create a unified operator screen. “ThingWorx Operator Advisor has transformed the way we deliver information to our employees on the

Page 41 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary shop floor,” said Mark Jaxion, lead, IoT & Industry 4.0, Vestas. “We’ve gone from providing text-based instructions via paper manuals to delivering work instructions with the 3D CAD files from PLM. The information is now delivered in context, letting employees focus on the task at hand, rather than digging around the various IT and OT systems for the right information.” PTC’s momentum in the IIoT market, particularly within manufacturing, has led to the acceptance and adoption of ThingWorx by customers, systems integrators, and strategic partners around the world. Colfax, Elekta, Lavifood, Sealed Air, Vestas, and Woodward represent a sampling of industry- leading organizations that have already found success with ThingWorx and IIoT. "ThingWorx has brought all our various systems together and makes the data from those actionable for our workers,” said Jay Drager, director, Global Business Systems, Woodward. “Not only have we been able to improve the quality of our products, but we’ve also increased efficiency and productivity across our facilities as well." New Features and Functions in ThingWorx Platform To empower organizations to quickly capture value from their IIoT implementations, additional key enhancements in ThingWorx 8.4 include: • Easier-to-Use Dashboard – An updated user interface for the ThingWorx Mashup Builder tool makes it even easier to rapidly build and maintain IIoT solutions • Integration With Enterprise Systems and Data – ThingWorx Flow advances sourcing, synthesizing, and feeding data workflow into relevant business systems, while triggering important actions and providing alerts to end users • Enterprise Readiness – Organizations can scale ThingWorx for broader enterprise deployments. As part of this advancement, ThingWorx now seamlessly integrates with InfluxDB and Microsoft Azure SQL for persistence and time series data management • FactoryTalk InnovationSuite, powered by PTC, Integrations – The collaborative offering with Rockwell Automation is enhanced with features and tighter integration, enabling industrial companies to further optimize operations and enhance productivity with data and insights from IT and OT applications and systems AR Supercharges IIoT and Empowers Workers A key differentiator for PTC is the integration of its ThingWorx IIoT and Vuforia®augmented reality (AR) technologies. Work instructions from the new Operator Advisor solution, for example, can be delivered via an AR experience to provide the most immersive, productivity-enhancing experience for any front-line worker. Vuforia takes the transformative power of ThingWorx IIoT to the next level, and further empowers the next generation of connected workers. Continued Industry Validation and Market Traction Due in part to powerful strategic alliances with Rockwell Automation and Microsoft, PTC continues to lead the IIoT market and expand its business. As a result, industry analysts and consultants have repeatedly recognized PTC and ThingWorx as best-in-class. Click here to return to Contents

Page 42 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Release Announcement of ASFALIS EX8.1 27 February 2019 Elysium is pleased to announce the release of ASFALIS EX8.1. Data Package Studio Newly released 3D PDF authoring tool included in the ASFALIS component, “3D PDF Editor” Enabled to customize the layout of 3D PDF used in ENF to 3D PDF translation Scenario Creator Newly released utility tool which enables to create ASFALIS scenario files utilized with ASFALIS components License free Created scenario files can be utilized with ADC (ASFALIS Desktop Controller) and ASL (ASFALIS SmartLauncher) Key Enhancement PDQ Checker Enhanced to export PDQ check result report as 3D PDF format Data Translation Changed support of CAD versions Click here to return to Contents

Release of MSC CoSim pushes the boundaries of CAE Technology 27 February 2019 MSC Software Corporation today announced the debut release of the MSC CoSim engine that has been developed in order to provide a co-simulation interface for the direct coupling of different solvers/disciplines within a multiphysics framework. This version, V1.6, enables engineers to set up co- simulation models between Adams (MBD), Marc (FEA) and scFLOW (CFD) and it covers a wide range of industrial scale applications including washing machine drum vibration to fuel tank sloshing for FSI and MBD; moving diaphragm valves to non-standard fans and pumps; dynamic windshield wiper blades to hydraulic actuators; and non-linear rubber door seals to vehicle bushes. Holistic Multiphysics Co-Simulation With a strong pedigree stretching back to the early NASA moon landing project, MSC Software has been providing world-class multiphysics CAE solutions with its best-in-class products to engineers globally for well over a decade now. Co-simulation matters to a CAE engineer: it provides a unique, more complete & holistic performance insight by coupling together multiple simulation disciplines. Everything from acoustics to multibody dynamics (MBD), to CFD, to structural analysis, and explicit crash dynamics can be connected together in toolchains today. Multiphysics Co-Simulation delivers Increased Accuracy, Precision & Performance

Page 43 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Co-simulation helps to avoid inaccurate assumptions, and therefore leads to a better correlation between CAE simulation and physical testing, so engineers gain a richer insight into the performance of the actual product without over-design. Co-simulation can provide a higher level of simulation accuracy with realistic engineering analysis demands inside real world engineering design timescales. For example, to simulate a full vehicle hitting a curb with the lower control arm undergoing plastic deformation, it could take engineers weeks to finish one simulation if the entire system is simulated in a nonlinear FEA environment. However, with MBD-FEA co-simulation, engineers can capture the same level of fidelity in a matter of hours rather than days or weeks. Co-simulation technologies that are already supported by MSC Software enable engineers to solve CAE problems that could never have been solved before. Multibody Dynamics (MBD) codes like Adams are being used extensively for industrial grade co-simulations around the world today as a matter of course, and Adams has open connections to a vast array of commercial and open-source CAE software, such as the market leading Discrete Element Modeling software, EDEM, from DEM Solutions, VIRES Virtual Test Drive (VTD) for ADAS and autonomous vehicle drive simulation, and MATLAB & SIMULINK (from MathWorks) for 1D systems and controls modeling. Commenting on MSC's Co-Simulation capabilities, Dr. Steve Jia, the Chief Engineer, Litens Automotive Group notes that the "Adams-Marc co-simulation capability more than satisfies our guideline of 'reasonable results in a reasonable time.' With up to a 90% reduction in computation time, optimization using advanced nonlinear FEA becomes practical. Such a development provides a great benefit and is crucial for our product development and we are proud to work together with MSC in advancing the technology." Paolo Guglielmini, CEO of MSC Software speaking about the release of the new MSC CoSim Engine said: "We are super excited about this product release which is the culmination of many years of development of co-simulation technologies inside MSC Software. I genuinely believe that this is pushing the boundaries of true multiphysics simulation and it raises the bar for the uptake of CAE co- simulation in the real world to the masses of engineers today who can benefit from it." Click here to return to Contents

Seqrite introduces two cloud-based solutions as part of its EMM portfolio 26 February 2019 Seqrite, a specialist provider of endpoint security, network security and data protection solutions, has launched its Enterprise Mobility Management (EMM) portfolio. As part of the development, Seqrite has introduced two cloud-based solutions, MobiSMART and mSuite, which have been designed to provide comprehensive control over mobile devices accessing their network and data.

With the launch of MobiSMART and mSuite, Seqrite reaffirms its commitment to securely manage multiple entry points and data within the enterprise network. Seqrite is the enterprise arm of Quick Heal Technologies, one of the leading providers of IT security solutions to consumers, businesses and Government.

Speaking on the latest launch, Sanjay Katkar, Joint Managing Director and Chief Technology Officer, Quick Heal Technologies, said, “Mobiles are a big part of how businesses operate today, but

Page 44 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary they are also the biggest area of concern to enterprise security. Professionals are sending, receiving, and storing emails and privileged business information on their mobile devices without implementing adequate security measures. Our Enterprise Mobility Management portfolio has been launched to address this particular need-gap and protect BYOD workplaces from the risk of data breaches and security threats. Through our comprehensive portfolio of mobility management solutions, we aim to empower organisations avail the benefits of the BYOD approach without compromising their larger security posture.”

Seqrite MobiSMART: A centrally managed and secure mobile workspace A centrally managed workspace for enterprise productivity, Seqrite MobiSMART provides separation of corporate and personal data to manage enterprise applications and data on mobile devices. It integrates with Enterprise Product Information Management (PIM) policy and prohibits business users from copy/pasting, screen capturing, or syncing secure files and information within the workspace which employs FIPS-certified AES 256-bit encryption. It also enforces strict single/multi-factor authentication to access enterprise data while providing a compelling work environment to BYOD end-users, with all the access and features they need to be productive.

Seqrite mSuite: A robust solution for seamless mobility management Seqrite mSuite is a mobile device and app management solution which empowers organisations to manage the usage of connected mobile devices by defining device policies and restrictions. Its virtual fencing feature allows organisations to define digital boundaries and apply policies and restrictions on devices by creating Wi-Fi, Geo-location, and Time fences.

Additionally, Seqrite EMM enables IT teams to remotely schedule a security scan on enrolled devices to identify risks and infections with the best-in-class anti-malware capabilities. Such comprehensive overview into mobile device usage allows organisations to identify how their employees use company- issued devices, track their productivity on mobile during office hours, and control app/user access to enterprise networks and data. Click here to return to Contents

STEP AP242 NX for PMI from Theorem 26 February 2019 Theorem Solutions announces the release of STEP AP242 <> NX product with additional support for product manufacturing information (PMI) for downstream processes. The STEP AP242 <> NX CADverter is a STEP product that supports releases of NX 10, 11 and 12, and is available as a bi-directional product. It can be used interactively from within the NX application or in a batch mode, using the Theorem Unified Interface (UI) which comes as standard with the STEP AP242 <> NX CADverter. The UI has been specifically developed to optimize both data exchange and downstream processes using a single application that can be used to view, filter and translate CAD data. The UI can also be configured to suit a number of use cases and individual user types. Theorem’s CADverter product is a fully compliant STEP AP242 processor for NX. It enables the user to

Page 45 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary convert all forms of mechanical design geometry, as well as assembly and attribute information, from NX to STEP AP242 and from STEP AP242 files into NX. In addition it supports configuration management (CM) data, which defines and controls the configuration of a products definition. The STEP AP242 standard, ‘Managed model based 3D engineering’ has been created in conjunction with two other ISO standards- Aerospace’s AP203 ‘Configuration controlled 3D design’ and Automotive’s AP214 ‘Core data for automotive mechanical design processes’. The STEP AP242 format can be used for a wide variety of purposes including Model Based Definition (MBD) processes, PDM integration, Long Term Data Archiving (LTDA), supply chain integration, engineering design data exchange and mechatronics. The STEP AP242 standard/format aims to introduce new ways of exchanging and archiving CAD data, and associate them with other STEP protocols and CAD related standards (e.g. ASME and ISO). Theorem’s strategic active partnerships with PDES Inc., ProSTEP iViP and Siemens ensures the proven robustness and quality of Theorem’s technology, helping to reduce business risks. Click here to return to Contents

Trimble Announces Next Generation Mixed-Reality Device with Microsoft HoloLens 2 Technology 25 February 2019 Trimble announced a new wearable hard hat compatible device that enables workers in safety-controlled environments to access holographic information on the worksite—the Trimble® XR10 with HoloLens 2. In addition, an expanded set of Trimble software and services will be available to provide field- oriented workflows that leverage constructible 3D models and mixed reality to solve daily work tasks. The announcement was made with Microsoft at MWC Barcelona (formerly Mobile World Congress), the largest mobile event in the world, bringing together the latest innovations and leading-edge technology. The Trimble XR10 with HoloLens 2 is the first device created with the Microsoft HoloLens Customization Program and integrates the latest spatial computing technology into a certified solution for use with a hard hat for worker safety. With a wider field-of-view, improved usability and a unique, flip-up viewscreen, the Trimble XR10 with HoloLens 2 combines state-of-the-art mixed reality and safe operation in restricted access work areas. The full solution provides even greater accessibility to 3D models by front-line workers. Field-oriented workflows enable broad adoption of mixed-reality for jobsite activities to improve efficiency, productivity and quality of work. Continued development of the cloud-based collaboration platform, Trimble Connect™ for HoloLens, is enabling workers in the field to get more value from constructible 3D models and transform daily work such as assembly and inspections. "Microsoft has provided both the vision and execution needed to stay at the forefront of the mixed- reality evolution," said Aviad Almagor, director of Trimble's Mixed-Reality Program. "We're excited to extend our collaboration with Microsoft in producing a safety-first mixed-reality solution that can be used in production environments such as construction, where workers are building, monitoring and inspecting products and services that deliver tangible value every day." "The ability to access and interact with holographic content has inspired new visualization,

Page 46 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary collaboration, and production workflows in enterprise markets," said Alex Kipman, technical fellow, AI and Mixed Reality at Microsoft. "For people that spend their days on the work site, the Trimble XR10 with HoloLens 2 and Trimble's portfolio of software unlocks the power of mixed-reality to help them get more work done." Click here to return to Contents

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