PLM Industry Summary Jillian Hayes, Editor Vol. 16 No. 43 Friday 24 October 2014 Contents
CIMdata News ______2 Accenture Unveils Digital Product Development Framework: Every Business is a Digital Business: a CIMdata Commentary ______2 AVEVA World Summit: Focus on the Digital Asset: a CIMdata Commentary ______6 Acquisitions ______10 GRAITEC Acquires HPC-SA & Thermal Simulation software ArchiWIZARD ______10 Company News ______11 Altium and Aras Partner to Deliver Next Generation PLM for Complex MCAD-ECAD Environments ___11 AWV Informatik and LEDAS Enter into Research and Development Agreement ______11 Cad-Q is Exclusively Representing Eagle Point's Pinnacle Series in Northern Europe ______12 Cansel Partners with Global eTraining to Deliver Comprehensive Autodesk Training Solutions across Canada ______13 FCMS GmbH and Dassault Systèmes Conclude CAA Adopter Agreement ______14 Karsten Newbury Named Global General Manager, Software, with Gerber Technology ______15 MecSoft Announces Partnership with GoodFA in Korea ______15 Mentor Graphics Appoints Vice President for PCB Design ______16 PacifiCAD has Partnered and Co-Branded Eagle Point's Pinnacle Series to Deliver the PacXone ______16 SigmaTEK Opens Latin America Office ______17 SofInWay Inc. to Donate AxSTREAM EDU to Teams in AIAA/IGTI Engine Design Competition ______18 Summer Cycling Spirit Pays Dividends ______19 Synergis Earns Autodesk Advisor Partner Status for PLM 360 ______19 TCS Honored for Outstanding Contribution to the Germany-India Economic Relationship ______20 TCS Launches User Experience Center of Excellence in Cincinnati, Ohio ______21 TSMC Honors ANSYS with "Partner Of The Year" Award ______21 Viewpoint Announces New Board Member, Mark Fusco ______22 Viewpoint Construction Software Wins The Earthmover & Civil Contractor's Technology Release of the Year Award ______23 Events News ______24 Bluebeam Software Takes the Power of Paperless Project Collaboration to Greenbuild Conference and Expo ______24 Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM Showcases Companies and Industries Doing Business in the Age of Experience ______24 Delcam to Show Full CADCAM Range at Autodesk University ______26 German Preview of VISI 21 at Euromold______27 VISI Latest Release on Show at Fabtech ______28 Financial News ______29 3D Systems Announces Preliminary Third Quarter 2014 Results ______29 Cadence Reports Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results ______30 Dassault Systèmes Reports Solid Third Quarter Led by Large Accounts Industry Solutions Engagements _30 EMC Reports Record Third-Quarter 2014 Financial Results ______31 Geometric Revenues Grow 4% q-o-q to INR 2,796.67 Mn ______32 OpenText Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Results ______33 SAP Announces Third Quarter and Nine Months 2014 Results ______33 Stratasys Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter Financial Results ______34 Copyright © 2014 by CIMdata, Inc. All rights reserved. CIMdata, Inc. 3909 Research Park Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Tel: +1 (734) 668–9922 Fax: +1 (734) 668–1957 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.CIMdata.com CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Trimble Third Quarter 2014 Earnings Call and Web Cast ______35 Wipro: Results for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2014 under IFRS ______35 Implementation Investments ______36 Anya Hindmarch Selects Centric Software Product Lifecycle Management ______36 Banjo & Matilda Signs Partnership to Support Wholesale and e-Commerce Initiatives ______37 German Architecture Firm SL Rasch uses ESI's Virtual Performance Solution to Achieve Architectural Excellence in Medina and Mecca ______37 Major Oil and Gas Software Providers Integrate with Altair PBS Professional® ______38 Sigmetrix, LLC Announces Sale of Tolerance Analysis Solution to Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. ______40 Trekmates selects Visual 2000 End-2-End Suite of Fashion Business Solutions ______41 Product News ______41 CGTech Announce Integration with Kennametal's NOVO ______41 ESTECO Unveils modeFRONTIER ® 2014 ______42 Exact Offers New Features and Integration with SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor and Excel ______43 expi GmbH Joins The Aras Partner Program ______43 Gerber Technology Launches Integrated 3D with its AccuMark 10 Launch ______44 Infor Unveils Cloud Offering Industry-Tailored for Food and Beverage ______45 Innovyze Releases InfoSWMM Generation V13, Spearheading New Era in GIS-Centric Smart Wastewater Modeling ______46 KBMax brings CAD Automation to Oracle Cloud CPQ ______47 Kubotek Validation Tool 2015 and ECO Manager 2015 Products Available Now From Kubotek ______47 New, Innovative YuniquePLM Line Planning & Development Calendar Functionality Meet the Increasing Demands of the Fashion Industry ______48 Tech Soft 3D Releases HOOPS Exchange 2015 ______49 Tech Soft 3D Releases HOOPS Publish 2015 ______50 Tecplot 360 EX 2014 Release 2 Now Available ______50 Theorem Ships CADverter v17.2 for PTC Creo Parametric ______51 TraceParts Releases New Version of its Supplier Parts Management system ______52
CIMdata News
Accenture Unveils Digital Product Development Framework: Every Business is a Digital Business: a CIMdata Commentary 21 October 2014
Key takeaways: Increased product complexity and better enabling-technology creates an intersection where businesses have new opportunities to transform operating models and develop new revenue streams Accenture’s Digital PLM Network enables customers to improve business performance by leveraging state-of-the-art technology across the enterprise and applying new and more interconnected processes The Digital PLM Network leverages Social, Mobile, Analytics, and Cloud (SMAC) technologies
Page 2 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary to deliver a robust platform to enable better business outcomes and product decisions Introduction Increased product complexity is a given in today’s business environment. In addition to the increasing levels of mechanical, electronics, and software integration within a product, complexity is also driven by regulatory requirements, competition, cost pressures, and customer needs and wants. Thriving and sometimes surviving in this environment requires a business to continually adapt and invest in strategic enabling capabilities. Companies have to improve customer interaction and satisfaction to sustain profitability while developing and growing new revenue streams. Companies have been addressing these issues by investing in automation, integration, big data analytic approaches, and recently more broadly in collaboration solutions (to which system integrators have historically added value). Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has been a cornerstone of these investments as companies have migrated to using digital technologies to design, develop, manufacture, and service their products. While PLM solutions have continued to evolve to support a product’s definition throughout its lifecycle, next-generation solutions and processes are emerging that enable new business opportunities, including new revenue streams, and that help companies better position themselves for sustained success. Historically, business processes have been sequential: marketing develops a specification; engineering develops a product to meet the specification; manufacturing produces the product; logistics delivers the product; and services supports the product in the field. While this linear approach was effective in the past, a new approach is needed to create and maintain a competitive advantage. A New, More Effective PLM Approach Companies need PLM environments and solutions that enable them to work efficiently and leverage their human and intellectual property resources more effectively. Characteristics of this new PLM approach must include: Standardized virtualized hardware, operating system, and PLM platforms that incorporate social technology. COTS (commercial off the shelf) software technology configured to support business processes including open innovation and crowdsourcing. Applications extending throughout the product lifecycle including ideation, product and portfolio management, product development, supply chain management including costing, collaboration, and customer facing functions from configurators through service and support. Various types of networked user devices including, but not limited to smart phones, tablets, laptops, and desktops that can access and use solutions from virtually anywhere in the world by virtue of being always connected. Exploiting electronic, software, and communication technologies and mobile devices within products to create new or expanded revenue streams and extend the time a customer uses the product. o Companies can leverage such ‘smart’ products to gain insights into customer preferences, usage of product features, and potential issues. These insights are essential to develop next-generation products and services that meet customer needs, optimize features based on usage, and provide proactive updates and resolutions. Ability to leverage digital technologies that include SMAC—Social, Mobility, Analytics, and
Page 3 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Cloud. o Social technology allows consumer input to be captured and incorporated into product planning and support. It also provides a new communication protocol for unstructured information formerly buried in emails. o Mobile technology provides 24x7 access to information, and it supports “appification” that allows easier manipulation and interpretation of PLM-related information. o Analytics and reporting solutions are able to produce information with diverse enterprise and external data sources to derive new and valuable insights. o Cloud has several impacts including more flexible and scalable infrastructure; simplified security and administration, especially when extending access across a supply chain; and the availability of pay-per-use subscription data services. But the real impact of these technologies is the convergence of the technologies and the power created by their intelligent or smart capabilities. They can leverage information from multiple sources, not just a PDM database, and present it visually in ways that help workers make faster, better, more effective decisions about products and services their company can offer. PLM solution providers are driving the paradigm shift by creating, implementing, and supporting solutions consisting of strategies, tactics, and technologies that leverage the new enabling technologies and new processes for working and creating products. Tomorrow’s successful companies will take advantage of opportunities provided by these new solutions. Starting with PLM strategy, systems integrators are then leveraging industry and technology knowledge via their consulting frameworks to help their customers significantly improve business performance. Their approach includes: Integrating PLM within the larger extended enterprise including suppliers, manufacturers, distributers, and even customers Developing industry-focused intellectual property, including best practices for implementation and operations Delivering these capabilities by deepening technical capabilities organically or via strategic acquisition to support advanced PLM functionality This new operating environment creates a fundamental shift that enables companies to move from the more traditional linear processes, to a network of mutually reinforcing processes, incorporating information from diverse sources that support continuous improvement and innovation. This will enable companies to reimagine what business they are in, what business model they can use, what products and services they can offer, and how they can impact their customers to better compete in today’s fast paced, global marketplace. The result is simple—getting the right products to market faster at lower costs, and sustaining longer revenue streams and customer loyalty. Accenture and Digital PLM Accenture is one of the world’s most experienced and leading providers of PLM strategy and technology services. It operates globally and supports a wide range of industries including automotive, industrial, communications, high-tech, aerospace and defense, and consumer goods. Recent acquisitions of PCO Innovation and PRION enhanced Accenture’s PLM expertise and solution portfolio by adding technical depth and capacity to the firm’s PLM strategy, technology, and services organization. Accenture recently reviewed its Digital PLM Network and client strategy with CIMdata. The strategy
Page 4 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary consists of a new model to leverage modern PLM-enabling technology, including SMAC, to transform business processes from a linear topology to a network topology that improves business performance throughout the extended enterprise. Digital PLM is designed to provide companies with state-of-the-art capabilities to manage product definition across their extended enterprise throughout a product’s lifecycle. The strategy goes beyond technology enablement, and drives the paradigm shift from optimizing the development and production of products, to an integrated network of people, processes, and technologies. This network enables companies to implement new operating models that improve ROI and business outcomes and better satisfy customer wants and needs. In Accenture’s Digital PLM Network shown in the figure below, product definition data resides at the center, and all organizations that need access can get it within the limits of security settings. This enables any organization to directly access the information they need. For example, the service organization can access product configuration definitions to do spare-parts planning for a new product release. This network style of information access improves time to market, quality, and cost. It also enables business processes to be transformed from their traditional linear flow. Conversely, this new model enables designers, engineers, and analysts to access information that is pertinent to their work from beyond the traditional PLM environment. Digital PLM, A New Platform to Support Innovation
Accenture’s Digital PLM Network CIMdata believes the most important benefits of Digital PLM are in how leveraging information across multiple sources can be used to drive innovation in a company’s products and services. Today the comprehensive PLM technology providers are creating platforms that are flexible technology environments built on industry standards. PLM-related applications are deployed and integrated based on these standards. The platform also supports more seamless integration with other business systems and processes. Digital PLM provides a methodology and discipline to ensure that platform, applications, and processes meet company objectives. To implement this new, flexible PLM framework and overall enterprise environment, Accenture works with clients to develop a strategy and roadmap that support organizational, process, and technology
Page 5 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary requirements. Digital PLM solutions are designed to work in both on-premise and cloud-based environments, so users can access and work with needed information regardless of their location or the device they are using. The real key is that Accenture helps their client develop and deploy new processes that better integrate and span multiple areas of the business. The cornerstone of Digital PLM is the ability to aggregate information from multiple business sources and apply analytics across that information to provide workers at all levels with comprehensive views and knowledge they need to make more informed and better decisions faster. It delivers a new discipline that will enable companies to create new services and products that form innovative solutions. Conclusion Increased product complexity and market pressure are today’s reality for most manufacturers. This is not likely to get any easier. Counterbalancing this rise in complexity are the latest PLM capabilities, including SMAC, which can support product data and process growth. Accenture’s Digital PLM Network is a state-of-the-art platform and process strategy for enabling companies to reimagine and optimize their business processes while remaining flexible to meet future requirements. Accenture continues to impress CIMdata with the broad scope and scale of their consulting engagements and their industry knowledge. By leveraging Digital PLM, Accenture has a new, solid formula to help small and large customers succeed. 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.
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AVEVA World Summit: Focus on the Digital Asset: a CIMdata Commentary 23 October 2014
Key takeaways: The AVEVA World Summit drew a global audience of senior leaders and decision makers from the AEC and shipbuilding industries AVEVA has made great progress on their AVEVA Everything 3D™ (E3D) offering, and now claim over 170 customers AVEVA also demonstrated exciting new cloud and mobile technology to help their customers build and leverage their “Digital Asset,” a central concept in AVEVA’s vision, messaging, and offerings CIMdata was pleased to attend the AVEVA World Summit in Berlin, Germany on October 16-18, 2014. AVEVA is one of the AEC market leaders tracked by CIMdata in our annual PLM Market Analysis
Page 6 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Report series. The AVEVA World Summit is a business meeting focused on influencers and decision makers, with presentations by AVEVA and selected customers. This Summit attracted over 300 delegates; 61% from EMEA, 29% from Asia-Pacific, and only 10% from the Americas. Nearly 80% were managers or higher level, so key stakeholders and decision makers were well represented. Richard Longdon, AVEVA’s CEO, kicked off the event and provided the context for much of what followed. He asked the audience to consider the problems facing their industry: increasing production costs relative to oil and gas output, margins under more scrutiny by customers, the need to be more agile to meet demand, and knowledge loss from an aging workforce (e.g., the average age of a U.S. oil and gas worker is 50). Imagine being asked to reduce both time and cost, an increasingly common request in these economically challenged times. According to Mr. Longdon, AVEVA’s solution must help their customers overcome complexity, while providing a unified information source they call the “Digital Asset,” which is at the heart of everything their customers do. This concept, as shown in the figure below, helps AVEVA position the asset lifecycle, AVEVA’s various solutions, and how those offerings serve their major constituents: Engineering, Procurement, and Construction companies (EPCs); Owner- Operators (O-Os); and Shipbuilders. This graphic was everywhere and used in nearly every AVEVA presentation to reinforce the message. Many of the graphics in the meeting rooms and on digital screens around the venue repeated the message, providing additional details on how customers might use combinations of AVEVA solutions to address common business problems. Driving home a message is critical to good marketing and this approach worked well. The various talks from leading customers and AVEVA staff showed how the AVEVA solutions support this concept, to the benefit of their customers and various asset stakeholders. In the opening keynote, Colin K. Fairweather, Applied Technology Director (Europe) at AMEC, a large EPC customer, got right to it with his talk “Digital Asset – Myth or Reality?” While he had some criticisms, most of his comments were positive, and it was clear that AMEC relies on significant elements of the AVEVA portfolio and is rapidly introducing more into their work processes. Mr. Fairweather would like more support from AVEVA in the conceptual design phase and for vendor data collection since 50% of documents on their large projects come from vendors. His conclusion: the digital asset is not a myth, and is almost a reality. One reality that AVEVA and their competitors must confront is a highly heterogeneous computing environment. RasGas, a Qatari liquid natural gas (LNG) company, claimed “data is the new oil,” and while they seek a “single source of trust,” their computing environment includes AVEVA offerings, SAP, Documentum, SharePoint, and many homegrown systems. In this IT complexity they are not that different from companies in the broader PLM market.
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AVEVA’s Digital Asset Messaging (Courtesy of AVEVA) Large user events are often where new solutions are introduced, and AVEVA did not disappoint. In fact, they held the session by Dave Wheeldon, their CTO, early during the first day to get more feedback from the crowd. In January 2013 AVEVA announced their AVEVA Everything 3D (E3D) offering and now claim more than 170 customers. AVEVA has also made great progress with their AVEVA Activity Visualization Platform, based on gaming technology, which they introduced in September 2013. (PLM leaders like Dassault Systèmes and Siemens PLM Software have used this approach to great effect.) The main stage boasted a huge high-resolution display, perfect for showing off their products. The highly complex ocean platform model used in the demonstrations, provided by Shell, a big AVEVA customer, was impressive and illustrated the strong performance for doing common visualization functions, like zoom, pan, and sectioning. AVEVA also showed how laser point cloud scan data, from their LFM software, can be readily combined with 3D CAD data to provide true “design in context” for brownfield efforts, an essential capability for many customers. This year the big announcements focused on new ways to implement and use these offerings. AVEVA has been working with Microsoft (Azure) and Amazon Web Services (AWS) for several years, looking to bring their offerings to the cloud. AVEVA demonstrated their work with AWS using Amazon AppStream, a “flexible, low-latency service that lets you stream resource-intensive applications from the cloud.”1 This small download (about 7 MB for Windows) effectively puts the app inside the user’s Web browser. AVEVA showed a side-by-side comparison with their existing desktop virtualization software and the performance was impressive. Eventually they said they could offer the whole AVEVA suite this way. Of course, this is not a native cloud app, but as long as the performance is good and security concerns are addressed, users will not care. This approach also lets AVEVA readily combine on-premise and cloud users across the value chain, as suggested in the figure above. This is still the early days and there is much work to do, but they claimed to have started with the hardest problem first. How to handle
1 http://aws.amazon.com/appstream/
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Combining AVEVA E3D On-Premise and Cloud (Courtesy of AVEVA) customizations in their cloud instance is another big issue, one they are just beginning to investigate. AVEVA has two beta customers lined up and are looking for more input. CIMdata believes AVEVA’s approach has merit, helping to address many user concerns while supporting the on-premise/cloud mix that exists in companies today. The other impressive demonstration focused on touch screens and a new UI code-named Voyager. The AVEVA booth sported a large touch screen display (from Microsoft) that was deployed on stage as well. Anyone with a smartphone or tablet knows that touch is everywhere. What we also know is that our personal devices spoil us: touch response has to be almost immediate. It took them some time in development, but the AVEVA team showed how touch-based manipulations were immediately reflected when mirrored on the big screen. Then they added support for point clouds, a must for brownfield developments. AVEVA NET provides access to all of the managed data, and now touch provides a new opportunity to put “information at your fingertips.” The Voyager UI does indeed let your fingers do the walking through multiple layers of information, quickly served up in context. This new UI was clean and very responsive, and it provides a visual cockpit for both novice and expert users. The AVEVA team suggested that a large touchscreen might prove valuable on the job site, as a central information hub for the digital asset. CIMdata believes this to be the case because it has observed similar techniques being used in a few manufacturing facilities today. What should we make of all this? AVEVA’s customers have a large set of complex problems. Unlike the use of many PLM applications, the designer, builder, end user, and maintainer may be different organizations that must each contribute to the digital asset, and must rely on it as well. When realized, the digital asset could provide that “single source of truth,” or “single source of trust,” mentioned by customers as needed to support their collaborative efforts across the asset lifecycle. Based on CIMdata’s discussions with customers at the event, AVEVA is delivering on that vision. In many ways they are
Page 9 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary ahead of their customers with their cloud and mobile work, but not by much. Having a good IT partner with a vision that can pull your organization along is the goal for many companies, in this market or others. If AVEVA continues delivering and providing needed value, then their digital asset will truly be at the core of their customers’ products, powering their efforts and helping deliver superior value to their customers’ stakeholders. 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.
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GRAITEC Acquires HPC-SA & Thermal Simulation software ArchiWIZARD 23 October 2014
GRAITEC is pleased to announce the acquisition of HPC-SA (High Performance Computing - Simulation Acceleration), and its award winning thermal simulation software ArchiWIZARD. The acquisition was closed on Thursday October 23rd in Toulouse (France). Financial details have not been disclosed. This acquisition of a widely recognized, award winning cutting edge building performance and simulation software, including thermal, natural lighting, solar gains and renewable energy (Photovoltaic & Thermal), is another step towards GRAITEC's ultimate goal of providing market leading BIM solutions for the construction industry and perfectly complements GRAITEC's growing portfolio of BIM technology. Established in 2003 to promote very high performance simulation of wave propagation in areas as diverse as high definition computer images, electromagnetism, optics, acoustics and thermal radiation, HPC-SA quickly established themselves as industry specialists and went on to release ArchiWIZARD software, based on their RayBooster engine, (a real-time 3D energy simulation tool). ArchiWIZARD software platform evaluates real-time energy efficiency projects in direct connection with the 3D digital model. Incorporating raytracing technology, ArchiWIZARD uses the RayBooster engine to perform solar gain calculations (radiative intake, solar panels) and lighting calculations both daylight and artificial. This use of raytracing can take into account all masks in the most natural way (3D description) and extremely accurately creating a digital BIM model that can be used and reused throughout the building design cycle to optimize building performance. The HPC-SA Research and Development team will join the GRAITEC effort in designing and
Page 10 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary developing innovative software solutions contributing to BIM adoption by construction professionals around the world. Régis Lécussan, HPC-SA CEO, comments: "The ambition of HPC-SA is to become the global leader in thermal simulation around BIM, having been a pioneer since 2009. We were immediately attracted by the vision and strategy of GRAITEC to become a leading global provider of engineering construction. Integrating into GRAITEC Group means HPC-SA will quickly reach its goals of growth and development in France and abroad." Francis Guillemard, GRAITEC CEO, adds: "the strategy of GRAITEC is to become a global leading BIM provider, combining Autodesk and GRAITEC technologies for delivering real benefits to customers and accelerating BIM adoption around the world. The acquisition of HPC-SA, and their leading thermal simulation software, will significantly contribute to achieving this strategy enabling GRAITEC to expand their services and reach new customers".
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Altium and Aras Partner to Deliver Next Generation PLM for Complex MCAD-ECAD Environments 21 October 2014
Aras® today announced that Altium Limited has partnered with Aras to bring advanced ECAD PLM capabilities to the Aras solution suite. Together, Altium and Aras will provide a new approach to fully integrated MCAD-ECAD PLM workflows for global companies with systems engineering requirements and complex mechatronic product development environments. “In order to effectively manage the fusion of electronics and software with mechanical designs moving forward, global businesses need a new, more holistic approach,” said Jason Hingston, CTO of Altium. “We are partnering with Aras to provide the first truly seamless experience to multi-disciplinary development.” “The development of next generation products combining electronics and software is resulting in greater complexity during design and manufacturing,” said Peter Schroer, President of Aras. “Altium’s perspective on the need to bring together the electronic and mechanical design processes aligns with ours, providing us the opportunity to jointly build better PLM processes for today’s modern manufacturers.”
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AWV Informatik and LEDAS Enter into Research and Development Agreement 23 October 2014
AWV Informatik and LEDAS today announced the signing of a services and consulting agreement. This long-term agreement relates to research and development of several AWV projects by LEDAS, as detailed below.
Page 11 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary The two companies have a long and successful story of partnership going back to 2007, when AWV licensed the LGS geometric constraint solver developed by LEDAS. LGS was integrated into ClassCAD, a CAD platform used by several European industrial enterprises. The flow of feature requests from the ClassCAD team was a major driver in the further development of LGS and improvement in its capabilities. ClassCAD is not a typical CAD system; rather, it works as integrated platform to build end-user applications. ClassCAD provides an object-oriented environment for modeling 3D parts and assemblies. It includes a programming language for task automation within CAD applications. A standalone version with visualization (based on the VTK toolkit) is also available. The client-server version of ClassCAD runs on Microsoft’s Azure cloud platform with WebGL viewing in browsers. ClassCAD converts models from other CAD systems to its native format, and can export its models to other systems, preserving the feature history. Development Plans The first project to be developed under the new services and consulting agreement is high-performance, GPU-based tessellation of arbitrary surfaces, including NURBS. LEDAS began development of this project for AWV in mid-September on the basis of an older prototype, which did not produce stable results of appropriate quality. The expertise of the LEDAS team in this area is the key factor for the success of this project. The team obtained its expertise from working on numerous geometric modeling projects, including the recent development of LEDAS’ own Geometry Comparison technology that was integrated with the C3D geometric kernel from C3D Labs. “We have identified three to four projects for development by LEDAS,“ said Rainer Weigel, chief executive officer of AWV Informatik. “In addition to this initial GPU-based NURBS tessellation project, we see good opportunities in the development of custom industrial software on the basis of constraint propagation methods. Other projects involve advanced CAD interoperability solutions that preserve all the features and parameters during translation between CAD systems. I feel that the academic background and technical experience of both AWV Informatik and LEDAS forms a good base for a successful joint venture.” “High quality tessellation is a really important feature for contemporary CAD systems, because it visually appealing to users,” said Alexey Ershov, chief executive officer of LEDAS. “We are eager to develop a state-of-the-art tessellation solution for AWV. We will be using our experience in geometric modeling and parallel CPU/GPU computations as a first step in this cooperation agreement. All of the projects under consideration are very innovative, high-tech solutions that require excellent algorithmic skills – ones that we at LEDAS are proud of.”
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Cad-Q is Exclusively Representing Eagle Point's Pinnacle Series in Northern Europe 21 October 2014
Cad-Q Europe AB, has entered into an exclusive partnership with Eagle Point Software, developer of the Pinnacle Series for Autodesk Solutions. By offering Eagle Point solutions to the clients, Cad-Q is providing a localized combination of content and services that connect customers to answers. The Pinnacle Series is a productivity solution, which uses multiform resources to help organizations
Page 12 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary overcome the everyday challenges they face in using Autodesk software. This cloud-based solution enables users to get the most out of their Autodesk Solutions with desktop and mobile applications that provide 24/7 access to workflow, training and support resources. Pinnacle Series is fully customizable with unlimited cloud storage, allowing organizations to house their corporate best practices and standard operating procedures. "Cad-Q was looking for a strategic partner with a cloud-based solution focused on Autodesk products. Eagle Point is well known for solving problems that Autodesk customers face and found the Pinnacle Series to be the solution we were looking for to help our customers," said Rolf Kjoernsli, Chief Executive Officer of CAD-Q. Rolf also stated, "By offering Eagle Point solutions to our clients, we're providing more than just e-learning. We are providing a localized combination of content and services that connect our customers to answers." An Autodesk Developer for over 30 years and currently an AEC Industry Partner, Eagle Point recently enhanced the Pinnacle Series solution by allowing Partners to append the already robust content, making room for enhanced workflows, cheat sheets, how-to videos and training classes. This new release is also the platform for content localization within the local time zone for live training and support services. "Eagle Point and Cad-Q are definitely in sync with respect to connecting Autodesk software users with the right answer when they need help. We're committed to improving our client's productivity throughout the entire design experience," said Randy Ambrosy, Executive Vice President for Eagle Point. "It makes sense for us to partner with the leading reseller and primary source of Autodesk in Northern Europe."
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Cansel Partners with Global eTraining to Deliver Comprehensive Autodesk Training Solutions across Canada 22 October 2014
Global eTraining (GeT) is pleased to announce the implementation of their reseller partnership with Cansel, a firm that is built around the expertise of its people and optimizes workflow by providing integrated software, hardware, training and professional services. Through this partnership with Global eTraining, Cansel will bring a wider range of training to their customer base. ‘The services provided by Global e-Training differentiate themselves from those offered elsewhere in the market. We recognised that our Autodesk customers needed something more sophisticated than what we were offering; something they could learn online at their own pace with a mixture of text, audio, video, interactivity and hands-on exercises.’ said David Janssens, Director of Global Services, Cansel. ‘As well as allowing the customer to tailor the course to what they need, customers are also able to revisit the training at any point during the year. This positive reinforcement leads to a stronger and quicker adoption of technology.’ “We’re very excited to be partnering with Cansel across Canada,” said Susan Brattberg, CEO of Global eTraining. “The AEC industry is undergoing significant change with the transition to BIM standards, and our subscription libraries for advanced Autodesk software training and BIM process and workflow training aid in that rapid transformation. The accessible, just-in-time qualities of Global eTraining, combined with our SIIA CODiE Award-winning GeT Interactive learning methodology, deliver a
Page 13 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary significant return on investment for companies of all sizes.” The agreement with Global eTraining is part of a focused expansion of Cansel’s service offering over the last two years; from simple training and project support to business process assessment, information systems consulting and programming for automation. The company has built on an already strong reputation of mapping, survey, construction and wide format reseller, to deliver an extensive array of professional services, which are designed to accelerate project development through a streamlined workflow.
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FCMS GmbH and Dassault Systèmes Conclude CAA Adopter Agreement 20 October 2014
Fast Concept Modelling & Simulation GmbH (FCMS), focused on the functional validation of virtual prototypes from within CATIA, is a new member of the CAA Development Community. Dassault Systèmes and the subsidiary of CONTACT Software have concluded a corresponding partnership agreement. The company, part of the CONTACT Group and based in Munich, focuses on the functional validation of virtual prototypes from within CATIA using common simulation and calculation tools. The offering is geared towards the early phase of product development and the rapid creation of model variants, e.g. for the validation of concept cars and mechanical components or systems in the transportation industry (aviation, high-speed trains, etc.). The basis for this is provided by the innovative, CATIA-CAA-based Fast Concept Modelling (FCM) software, which allows a greater degree of automation and considerably expanded optimization options when using numeric calculation methods. As a CATIA workbench, FCM ensures end-to-end process chains in the world of CAE, which is dominated by specialist tools. This enables companies to move more rapidly from the initial product idea to functionally validated model variants and concepts. "The collaboration with Dassault Systèmes within the framework of the partner program provides even better market access," says Dr. Werner Pohl, Chief Technology Officer at Fast Concept Modelling & Simulation GmbH. "As a CAA adopter, we are part of a worldwide CATIA network, which facilitates the exchange of experiences with other experts." FCM is a unique solution that is already being used by major automotive OEMs and other customers. The concept tool supports the simple, rapid development of parametric geometrical models, going beyond the options provided by native CATIA parametrics, and controls the automatic definition of boundary and load conditions, assignment of attributes, networking, calculation and optimization in the loop. This means that companies can dispense with the laborious manual conditioning of CATIA models for computer simulation and speed up the entire development process significantly. FCM is an open system that uses readily available CAE software for the optimization loop and can be incorporated in an existing CAx environment with no special requirements.
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Page 14 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Karsten Newbury Named Global General Manager, Software, with Gerber Technology 21 October 2014
Gerber Technology has named Karsten Newbury as vice president and general manager, Software Solutions. Newbury’s background leading management teams in software systems and solutions, allows Gerber to strengthen the integration of its existing solutions while continuing the development of new offerings for their customers in a broad range of industries. “We are thrilled to bring someone of Karsten’s capabilities to the Gerber team,” said Mike Ella, president and CEO of Gerber. “Software is critical to everything we do, and is vital in assisting our customers' efforts to create and produce beautiful products and to make better decisions. Karsten’s understanding of the integrated marketplace, combined with his global vision for software systems and solutions, will enable him to draw upon all our technologies and applications and solve many of the workflow challenges our customers face. “ Gerber was the first to introduce CAD Pattern Making Software for the apparel industry. Today, its AccuMark CAD systems are used by over 14,000 customers to create apparel, furniture and transportation interiors. Gerber's innovations and technologies assist customers to improve their manufacturing efficiencies in a continually evolving market. “To be able to join an innovation pioneer, such as Gerber Technology, and proactively help grow their already amazing set of software innovations is a really exciting endeavor for me,” said Newbury. “I have been fortunate to experience the power of customer-driven software innovations and am looking forward to contributing that experience to what Gerber has already accomplished and also what they have planned for the future.” Prior to his new position with Gerber, Newbury was Senior Vice President and General Manager for Siemens PLM Software’s Mainstream Engineering business, and led the company’s global go-to-market and software development efforts. The Mainstream Engineering business was an incubator for new business models, which afforded Newbury a strong history in building winning teams with leading business performance. Newbury also served as Vice President, Integration, with the company, leading the $US 3.7 billion acquisition of UGS (now Siemens PLM Software). Newbury holds a Master’s degree in Industrial Engineering with the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology in Germany, with a dual major in computer integrated manufacturing and business administration. “Karsten has remarkable strategic planning and product development skills. We're excited to have him on our team,” said Elia. “The opportunity to work side by side with someone who shares a broad vision, a passion to improve workflows and the skill set to integrate various technologies and softwares for our customers, is inspiring.”
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MecSoft Announces Partnership with GoodFA in Korea 21 October 2014
MecSoft Corporation has announced a business partnership with the Korean company GoodFA.
Page 15 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary GoodFA supplies high-quality used industrial robots and CNC machine tools with supporting software solutions to its customers in the Korean market. The company’s focus is on robotics machining and offers a variety of popular robot brands that can be bundled with CNC programming solutions like MecSoft’s VisualMILL or RhinoCAM and the robotic software IRBCAM (a Mechatronic Engineering Ltd. product). This bundled approach provides their customers with a complete, flexible, and refined solution to their machining and robotics needs. MecSoft is excited about this new business partnership with GoodFA in Korea. Kim Yong Keun, President of GoodFA, has stated: “We are glad to be in a partnership with MecSoft. Actually, the robotic milling market is emerging in Korea, especially in machining mild materials. We have many customer orders for milling foam shapes using industrial robots and similar inquiries are continually increasing into the future. We think that a robotic milling solution with software like VisualCAM-Mill and IRBCAM has infinite possibilities.”
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Mentor Graphics Appoints Vice President for PCB Design 23 October 2014
Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced the appointment of A.J. Incorvaia to the role of vice president and general manager of the company’s Board Systems Division. The Mentor Graphics Board Systems Division offers a complete PCB flow, providing many of the world’s largest system design companies with a range of scalable solutions to reduce the time, cost and risk of electronic system design. Incorvaia was recently vice president of the PCB and IC Packaging Group at Cadence Design Systems. Other responsibilities during his sixteen years at Cadence included vice president of Product Development, and engineering group director. Prior to Cadence, Incorvaia held software development and management positions at Viewlogic and Digital Equipment Corporation. He holds a B.S in Computer Science from Rochester Institute of Technology, and an M.S in Computer Science and Software Engineering from George Mason University. “Mentor Graphics has a strong, proven track record of leadership in PCB systems design,” said A.J. Incorvaia. “I am excited to be joining an organization that is committed to its customers’ success and is forward-thinking in delivering world-class technologies to the electronics industry.” “A.J. has a deep and comprehensive knowledge of the PCB/EDA industry, and a demonstrated focus on serving customers and improving software quality,” said Henry Potts, vice president and general manager of the company’s Systems Design group, which comprises several Mentor divisions. “Mentor already has leading market share in PCB, and under A.J.’s direction we anticipate a strong momentum to further increase that leadership.”
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PacifiCAD has Partnered and Co-Branded Eagle Point's Pinnacle Series to Deliver the PacXone 20 October 2014
Page 16 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary PacifiCAD Inc. has announced that it has entered into a partnership with Eagle Point Software, developer of the Pinnacle Series for Autodesk Solutions. The Pinnacle Series is a productivity solution, which uses multiform resources to help organizations overcome the everyday challenges they face in using Autodesk software. This cloud-based solution enables users to get the most out of their Autodesk Solutions with desktop and mobile applications that provide 24/7 access to workflow, training and support resources. Pinnacle Series is fully customizable with unlimited cloud storage, allowing organizations to house their corporate best practices and standard operating procedures. PacifiCAD was looking for a way to bring design professionals the training, support, and productivity solutions they needed by providing a localized combination of content and services that connect customers to answers. Eagle Point's reputation for providing the AEC Industry with solutions to improve productivity, back-office processes, project collaboration/delivery processes, and employee on-boarding is well known and respected in the design community. "We knew that the Pinnacle Series was just the cutting edge solution we were looking for to train, support, and keep people productive on key technology in the enterprise," says Nick Wiebe, VP of Sales and Marketing for PacifiCAD. By partnering with Eagle Point, PacifiCAD has been able to privately brand its own unique version of the Pinnacle Series known as PacXone, a revolutionary platform for interactive training, technical support, remote assistance, and searchable content in a single, concise interface that is manned and supported by PacifiCAD's Autodesk Authorized technical staff. An Autodesk Developer for over 30 years and currently an AEC Industry Partner, Eagle Point recently enhanced the Pinnacle Series solution by allowing Partners to append the already robust content, making room for enhanced workflows, cheat sheets, how-to videos and training classes. This new release is also the platform for content localization within the local time zone for live training and support services. "Eagle Point and PacifiCAD are definitely in sync with respect to connecting Autodesk software users with the right answer when they need help. We're committed to improving our client's productivity throughout the entire design experience," said Randy Ambrosy, Executive Vice President for Eagle Point. "It makes sense for us to partner with the leading reseller and primary source of Autodesk in the Pacific Northwest." PacifiCAD will be showcasing PacXone, powered by Pinnacle Series, at Autodesk University 2014 in Las Vegas, December 2-5. At the event, professionals from various industries will get to see just how the PacXone will integrate seamlessly with existing systems to revolutionize the delivery of training and support. PacifiCAD will also be celebrating 25 years of service and success at their anniversary party in Las Vegas during Autodesk University.
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SigmaTEK Opens Latin America Office 20 October 2014
SigmaTEK Systems LLC announces the opening of its office in México. Under the management of newly appointed Sales Manager, Javier Ramirez, the office will serve current and future customers throughout México and Latin America. Mr. Ramirez brings nearly twenty years of experience to SigmaTEK. Prior to joining the company
Page 17 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Javier served as Sales and Service Manager for Trumpf in México. His career includes sales and customer service to such industries as: Fabrication, Automotive and Manufacturing. Javier’s also has hands-on experience in metal fabrication, troubleshooting, and software implementation. He holds a Bachelors degree of Mechanical Engineering from Autonomous México State University. Together with his wife and children, Javier resides in Monterrey, N.L. México. The company’s contact information is: SigmaTEK Systems México, S.A. de C.V. Blvd. Agua Caliente 10611-410, Colonia Aviación Tijuana, Baja California, 22014, México Tel: +52 -1 (81) 1791-9904 SigmaTEK Vice President of Sales, Kevin Ramirez comments: “With manufacturers ranging from the smallest of job shops to large OEMs, the Latin America fabrication landscape is extremely diverse. What they all share, regardless of the type or number of cutting equipment they employ, is the need to become more productive while lowering fabrication costs. This new SigmaTEK presence reaffirms our commitment to manufacturers throughout the México by bringing the industry’s leading software solutions and global resources to the Country. We are very fortunate to have Javier Ramirez join the SigmaTEK family. He is passionate about seeing manufacturers throughout this part of the world take their place among the world leaders. Together we look forward to growing and serving the SigmaNEST user community throughout Latin America.”
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SofInWay Inc. to Donate AxSTREAM EDU to Teams in AIAA/IGTI Engine Design Competition 21 October 2014
For the third consecutive year, SoftInWay is donating its software to aid teams of students participating in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronauts Undergraduate Team Engine Design Competition. SoftInWay will be donating educational versions of its software for the design and optimization of turbomachinery - AxSTREAM EDU. Students will be able to utilize the software in tackling this year’s design challenge. The software will enable participants to move beyond the diagram phase of their projects to easily create full-view, three-dimensional machine components. AxSTREAM EDU is used by over 40 universities and 1,000 students around the world. This year’s competition in centered on producing an ultra-high bypass ration turbofan engine for the future. Teams are being asked to look to 2015 and design the turbofan for entry into service around that time to be used on twin-engine, wide-body passenger and freight aircrafts. The teams’ first goal is to increase propulsive efficiency at cruise conditions and reduce fuel burned as a result. Teams must take a generic 3-spool model and modify it with their own system, and then demonstrate the improvements. Students will do this using the AxSTREAM EDU software to design, test, and alter their ideas. “AxSTREAM is an ideal platform for this competition as its capabilities are geared toward building and improving turbomachinery,” said SoftInWay CEO, Leonid Moroz, “We are happy to provide the tools these students need to create unique and innovative designs.”
Page 18 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Initial team reports are due March, 2014. First, second, and third place will be decided in April. For more information about the AIAA Engine Design Competition, go to www.aiaa.org
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Summer Cycling Spirit Pays Dividends 22 October 2014
On March 1st CAD Schroer began its fourth “cycle to work” challenge. This time the engineering software provider encouraged staff to leave their cars at home for eight months in 2014. In August every kilometre cycled racked up a charity donation. Great Encouragement for Cycle Commute Employees have been pedalling with panache, rather than burning gas, in order to collect as many kilometres as possible from March to October. “We’re now already most of the way through this year’s cycle-to-work challenge,” says Simon Geard of CAD Schroer UK in Cambridge, who cycles to the office every day. “The month of August was the highlight, because every kilometer we cycled counted towards a corporate charity contribution. That’s a great motivator.” Cycling for Charity Each year, engineering software provider CAD Schroer, headquartered near Düsseldorf, sponsors the cycling campaign for all its offices, keeping a daily tally of the kilometres employees ride in the designated challenge period. During August, all kilometres cycled to work, or on after-work cycling trips with colleagues, translated directly into charity contributions. “This year we managed to ride 4250 km during our charity month,” says Gudrun Tebart of CAD Schroer Germany. “50 cents for each km will now go to charity, and all staff members will help to decide which charities benefit.” More and More Staff Hitting the Pedals “When sporting spirit, personal competitiveness, and the ability to make a difference to peoples’ lives and the planet come together, it’s an unbeatable combination,” Gudrun continues. CAD Schroer Managing Director Michael Schroer adds, “The cycle-to-work campaign has gained real traction in our company, with more and more staff getting involved. We’re looking forward to breaking even more records before the end of the season.”
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Synergis Earns Autodesk Advisor Partner Status for PLM 360 23 October 2014
Synergis Engineering Design Solutions today announced that it has earned recognition as a certified Autodesk PLM 360 Advisor the new Autodesk Advisor status for PLM 360 from Autodesk, Inc. As an Advisor Partner, Synergis has shown that they have made significant investment in their PLM 360 business, provides the highest level of industry acumen, and solution knowledge to sell and support the
Page 19 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Autodesk PLM 360 Cloud Service Solutions. Synergis achieved the Autodesk PLM 360 Specialization in 2012 as a result of expertise in delivering PLM services, strong customer service and support in sales, and as a trusted advisor to Autodesk customers. The continued focus on the Autodesk solutions has enabled Synergis to achieve Autodesk PLM 360 Advisor status. "Synergis is among a select number of partners to become an Autodesk PLM 360 Advisor, and consistently shows the necessary experience to provide a complete PLM solution," said Brian Roepke, director of PLM at Autodesk. "Synergis once again delivered technical and industry expertise, showing a comprehensive commitment to their customers' businesses and goals." The new Advisor Program allows Autodesk Partners to brand their expertise in delivering solutions and services in the highly specialized field of PLM and PLM 360 Cloud Services. By completing the required curriculum and training, as well as meeting required levels of sales and service standards set by Autodesk, Synergis demonstrates it can be a key customer advisor to PLM 360 customers. Autodesk PLM 360 unleashes a breadth of powerful product lifecycle management capabilities to make product development processes more efficient and get products to market faster.
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TCS Honored for Outstanding Contribution to the Germany-India Economic Relationship 22 October 2014
Tata Consultancy Services received the ‘Outstanding Contributor’ award from the Indo-German Chamber of Commerce (IGCC), in recognition of the leading role it has played towards progressing the economic relationship between Germany and India. The award was presented at the 58th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the IGCC in Mumbai, which was attended by 500+ diplomats, VIPs, top executives of Indo-German joint venture companies, dignitaries from business, finance and trade media. TCS was recognized for its investment in creating a strong local operation in Germany, which is contributing to strengthening the competitiveness of the German economy, while strengthening employment creation. The company has significantly expanded its presence in the country, with its revenues growing 134% in the country from 2010-2013 along with the recruitment of over 500 new positions in Germany during that period. With offices in all major regions of the country (Frankfurt, Munich, Stuttgart and Berlin), TCS also runs a major delivery center in Dusseldorf and is the technology partner to over 80 companies, including many of the DAX30. In a survey done of CXOs across the country by Whitelane research, TCS has emerged as the #1 company in terms of customer satisfaction across its industry. It has also been the main partner to the BMW Berlin Marathon over this period, supporting the cause of wellness and community development. Receiving the award, Saptha Chapalapalli, Director Central Europe at TCS said, “We feel honored that IGCC has awarded TCS with this prestigious award. Our strong engagement in Germany, with more than 5,000 employees serving 80+ customer organizations from all industries is one of the examples of the vibrant economic potential of the country In addition to industry leading IT services and consulting, TCS supports its German customers in redesigning their products and operations to better adapt them for high growth emerging markets such as India, China and Brazil.”
Page 20 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Bernhard Steinruecke, Director General at IGCC said, “The majority of German companies expect the Indian economy’s growth story to continue, but there are yet some barriers to overcome. Over the last 20 years, with numerous successful projects and cooperations with leading German companies, TCS has contributed significantly to overcoming many of these barriers, helping build a better understanding and mutual trust between businesses from both markets.”
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TCS Launches User Experience Center of Excellence in Cincinnati, Ohio 21 October 2014
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), announced the launch of its User Experience Center of Excellence at TCS’ Seven Hills Park Delivery Center in Milford, Ohio, providing end-to-end consulting and implementation services to customers seeking innovation and ease-of-use in further leveraging SAP® applications. The TCS Center of Excellence will develop best use cases for apps applying the SAP Fiori® user experience (UX) and SAP Screen Personas software, helping businesses improve productivity by simplifying, personalizing and mobilizing their processes. SAP Fiori is the new user experience for SAP software. Using modern design principles, SAP Fiori provides a role-based experience across all lines of business, tasks and devices. SAP Screen Personas is a browser-based screen add-on that lets consumers personalize user interfaces for traditional SAP solutions used on-premises. “Businesses now have the opportunity to simplify the look and feel of their SAP apps, thanks to SAP Fiori and SAP Screen Personas and we’re helping customers put this into action with the launch of the TCS User Experience Center of Excellence,” said Akhilesh Tiwari, Global Head of TCS’ Practice for SAP solutions. “User experience is about more than aesthetics; it’s about helping employees be more effective and productive. The new center will apply TCS’ proprietary user experience design methodology and tools to help our enterprise customers rapidly design and deploy customized, modern UX across their organizations, helping them to get the most out of their SAP apps.” The new TCS User Experience Center of Excellence complements the TCS Global Center of Excellence (CoE), which was launched in 2011 in support of the SAP HANA® platform. The TCS Global CoE has one of its largest CoE Labs for SAP solutions at the TCS Seven Hills Park Delivery Center. TCS’ Practice for SAP solutions, part of TCS’ Enterprise Solutions group, offers best-of-the-breed solutions and services in support of SAP software to its clients around the world. In 2006, TCS became the first SAP global services partner in Asia, and earlier this year, TCS received two SAP® Pinnacle Awards: Run SAP Partner of the Year in the 'Run Clever' category for service delivery, and the inaugural SAP Customers' Choice Award.
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TSMC Honors ANSYS with "Partner Of The Year" Award 21 October 2014
TSMC has honored ANSYS with its Open Innovation Platform® Partner of the Year 2014 award for
Page 21 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary joint development of 16-nanometer (nm) FinFET Plus design infrastructure. The award is given to TSMC OIP partners that have made significant contributions toward the development of design infrastructure for their latest process technologies. ANSYS was recognized for advanced power noise and reliability solutions that helped enable TSMC's 16nm FinFET Plus technology deployment. ANSYS solutions for integrated circuits deliver reduced memory footprint and turnaround time to meet the demands of increased computational speed caused by the growing design complexity. TSMC and ANSYS collaborated on ANSYS®RedHawk™ and Totem™ tools in N16FF+ technology to ensure needed accuracy for static and dynamic voltage drop analysis, electromigration (EM) verification and thermal reliability sign-off of system-on-chip (SoC) and mixed-signal designs. FinFET technology is a three-dimensional transistor architecture that results in higher-performing and lower power chips used in mobile, computing and networking applications. "ANSYS has partnered with TSMC to bring deep technical experience to address the new power and reliability challenges associated with 16nm FinFET Plus designs," said Suk Lee, TSMC senior director, Design Infrastructure Marketing Division. "We are pleased to award ANSYS with the TSMC Open Innovation Platform Partner of the Year 2014 Award for 16nm FinFET Plus development and collaboration, and look forward to continued collaborations that enable our customers to deliver products that run fast and consume less power." "ANSYS is honored to be presented with this prestigious award from TSMC, recognizing our longstanding partnership in providing innovative solutions for power, noise and reliability sign-off of advanced manufacturing nodes," said Fares Mubarak, vice president and general manager of ANSYS. "This joint delivery of technology enables more robust integrated circuit designs and underscores our customer commitment."
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Viewpoint Announces New Board Member, Mark Fusco 21 October 2014
Viewpoint Construction Software® is pleased to announce that Mark Fusco has joined its board of directors. Mark currently serves on several technology-focused company boards, including Black Duck Software and Dyn. "We are pleased to welcome Mark, as he brings a wealth of experience in driving growth and performance for agile technology companies," explained Jay Haladay, CEO of Viewpoint and Chairman of the Board. "Mark's experience serving in a variety of roles and for a wide range of technology companies, especially in vertical market-focused software companies, affords him the knowledge and innovation we’re looking for to assist Viewpoint’s efforts to continue delivering the best technology solutions to the construction market. Mark's blend of strong individual character and business leadership are characteristics I look for in our team." "Viewpoint has a very solid management team, as well as a diverse and knowledgeable employee base, and it’s a team I look forward to joining. I believe with the experience I have in driving operational performance and product innovation for vertical market software organizations, as well as cultivating leadership teams, I have a lot to contribute, and look forward to working with the other Viewpoint board members to foster Viewpoint's growth," stated Mark.
Page 22 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Previously, Mark served as the president and CEO of Aspen Technology, Inc. and prior to that, was president and COO of Ajilon Consulting USA, a $400 million IT consulting firm with 40 offices and over 4,000 employees.
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Viewpoint Construction Software Wins The Earthmover & Civil Contractor's Technology Release of the Year Award 22 October 2014
Viewpoint Construction Software® announces Viewpoint For Project Collaboration has won The Earthmover & Civil Contractor's Technology Release of the Year Award which acknowledges a product released within the judging year that introduced a new and more productive method of completing a task. Viewpoint was also nominated for the Service to Industry Award which acknowledges a company with consistently high levels of service delivery and customer satisfaction across the judging year. The annual awards were presented during the Civil Contractors Federation (CCF) National Conference and for the first time, the CCF Conference brought together the Australian industry’s three major awards programs – the CCF Earth Awards, The Earthmover & Civil Contractor Awards, and the first national Civil Train Awards, which were all awarded last night, 22 Oct. at the Adelaide Convention Centre. "It's always rewarding to be recognized by the industry, especially in a market where Viewpoint is a more recent stakeholder," stated Rob Humphreys, Viewpoint's Vice President of Product Management. "The interaction with our Australian customers throughout the product development process, including focus groups and our annual customer summit, helps ensure we are addressing and meeting the needs of this market now, and into the future. Our long range investments in our development, product QA and customer support teams have also helped ensure our readiness for continued product enhancements and growth to meet the specific needs of this region through 2014 and beyond." Additionally, as a part of the CCF Conference, Viewpoint's Ash Smith, business development manager, will present, "Mobile Technology Driving Productivity: Enhancing Visibility on Business Operations and Project Performance," at 10:30 a.m. on 24 Oct., in the Riverside Rooms 1 and 2, Adelaide Convention Centre. Viewpoint opened their first office in Australia, January 2010 and has actively invested in the Australian and New Zealand markets through customer engagement during their annual customer summit, periodic customer visits and also actively working with industry organizations, including CCF, Master Builders Australia, and the Australian Construction Industry Forum.
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Bluebeam Software Takes the Power of Paperless Project Collaboration to Greenbuild Conference and Expo 17 October 2014
Bluebeam® Software will be demonstrating eco-friendly paperless workflows at the 2014 Greenbuild Conference and Expo. The event will be held October 22-24 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA. Bluebeam’s flagship solution, Revu®, is enabling top design and building teams to digitize project communication, decrease paper usage by 85% and increase productivity by 60%. The integrated cloud collaboration solution within Revu, Bluebeam Studio™, speeds up schedules and minimizes the risk of costly miscommunication and rework throughout the entire project lifecycle. In Studio, users can view and markup the same document sets at the same time, from a desktop, tablet PC or iPad. Clark Construction is leveraging Revu to stay lean and green while building the $180 million LEED Platinum Anaheim Regional Transportation Intermodal Center (ARTIC). More than 30 design, engineering and construction teams are deploying advanced Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) methods, Building Information Modeling (BIM) and paperless workflow solutions on the project. “It’s amazing how far we've come from full-size drawings and hand-posting on paper,” said Ashlynn Whitman, Clark Project Engineer on the ARTIC project. “The obvious benefit is the dollar savings, but also, this is a LEED Platinum project so Revu allows us to put forth the green principles that we talk about and are implementing on the project on a day-to-day basis.” “Revu empowers project teams to digitally access, manage and share critical information to keep projects moving forward from anywhere, at any time,” said Bluebeam’s VP of Account Services, Kristine Hopkins. “Helping design, construction and facilities teams increase accuracy and efficiency by going paperless means that ‘Greenbuild Nation’ can work faster, smarter and better.” The 2014 Greenbuild International Conference and Expo is from October 22-24 at the Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, LA. Bluebeam will be demonstrating in booth #1323.
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Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM Showcases Companies and Industries Doing Business in the Age of Experience 21 October 2014
Dassault Systèmes today announced that speakers from industry leaders Honda, Cessna and Anglo American will be among those discussing how they are navigating the future of their businesses in the Age of Experience during Dassault Systèmes’ annual 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM, taking place November 11-12 at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
Page 24 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Keynoting the event is William Taylor, co-founder and founding editor of Fast Company, a magazine that has won countless awards and has earned a passionate following among executives and entrepreneurs around the world. Taylor is the author of the New York Times best seller Mavericks at Work: Why the Most Original Minds in Business Win and Practically Radical: Not-So-Crazy Ways to Transform Your Company, Shake Up Your Industry, and Challenge Yourself. During his keynote Taylor will talk about innovation and how companies can transform and shake up their industries. “For business leaders today, transformation is about the profound re-imagination of their business, where what’s possible in the future is unique to who you are, what you offer and the ideas you stand for. Only by rethinking what is possible will we drive successful businesses forward,” said William Taylor. “The 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM is one of the few places where transformational thinking is brought to a practical, actionable level. I’m excited to meet the people who will be shaping the future of the products and services we live with every day.” During the event, Dassault Systèmes customers and partners will discuss and illustrate the transformation taking place in business today, where consumers expect instantaneous answers, delightful experiences and simplicity. Attendees will hear from customers representing a multitude of industries, including aerospace, transportation and mobility, energy, high-tech, life sciences, consumer packaged goods, natural resources (mining) and industrial equipment, that are doing business in the Age of Experience by delivering not only great products but memorable experiences for their own customers. They will also learn how the 3DEXPERIENCE platform can help them navigate the future by enabling innovation and collaboration across the business ecosystem. Featured Dassault Systèmes customers who will be speaking at the event include: Tony O'Neill, Group Director, Technical and Sustainability, Anglo American; David Markham, President, Advanced Programs, Lockheed Martin Space Systems; Jon Carr, Director Engineering, New Product Development, Textron Aviation - Beechcraft, Cessna, Hawker; Eric DeHoff, Principal Engineer/CAE Technical Leader, Honda; Additional customers representing a variety of industries will also speak, including Vans and Bayer Healthcare. “In the Age of Experience, the path to business success has never been filled with more challenges and opportunities. Technology is changing at a rapid pace and competitive pressures and global markets shift daily, and, perhaps most critically, customers’ desires and loyalty are more fickle than ever before,” said Bruno Latchague, Senior Executive Vice President, Americas Market and Global Sales Operations, Dassault Systèmes. “The traditional paths to building business value are no longer dependable, and businesses today need a business experience platform to connect the dots between people, ideas and data. During the FORUM, customers will illustrate how they are building those new paths using the 3DEXPERIENCE platform.” In addition to speakers, customer case studies, live demos and networking events, the 3DEXPERIENCE FORUM will offer attendees an update on the latest innovations from Dassault Systèmes, including its groundbreaking Living Heart Project and its collaboration with academia to develop the next generation of the workforce. Attendees will also hear from Bernard Charlès, Dassault Systèmes’ President and CEO, on “Business in the Age of Experience” and Monica Menghini, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy, Industry and Marketing, Dassault Systèmes, on “Strategy in Action.”
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Delcam to Show Full CADCAM Range at Autodesk University 24 October 2014
Delcam will demonstrate its full range of CADCAM software at Autodesk University in Las Vegas from 2nd to 4th December. The latest releases on show will include the 2015 versions of the PowerSHAPE Pro CAD package, the PowerMILL CAM system for high-speed and five-axis machining and the FeatureCAM feature-based programming software. In addition, Delcam staff will present classes in advanced machining, artistic CADCAM and clay milling during the conference program. To register for Autodesk University, please go to au.autodesk.com By offering a combination of solid, surface and direct modelling, together with reverse engineering functionality, PowerSHAPE Pro provides the most comprehensive range of design techniques available in a single CAD program. Having all the different technologies in the same package reduces the need to transfer data between multiple programs and so streamlines the whole product development process. The main enhancement in the 2015 release is the Smart Feature Selector. This option allows multiple similar features to be found and selected using either a specific value or a range of values. Once the particular group has been selected, all the features within it can be edited simultaneously. This new functionality will speed the preparation of models for manufacturing significantly. For example, one common problem in product designs that are to be moulded or cast is that fillet sizes are set so small that they restrict the flow of material. The Smart Feature Selector can be used to identify any fillets below the required radius and then all the fillets found can be increased to the desired minimum size simultaneously. Full details, including video demonstrations, are on the Learning Zone – www.delcam.tv/ps2015 The new release of PowerMILL, Delcam’s programming system for high-speed and five-axis machining, includes improvements to the Vortex high-efficiency area-clearance strategy, expanded collision checking to also cover near misses, and more efficient raster finishing. Vortex produces safe toolpaths with a much deeper cut by using a controlled engagement angle that maintains the optimum cutting conditions for the whole toolpath. As a result, higher feed rates and material-removal rates are possible, making the cutting time shorter by as much as 70%. Enhancements in PowerMILL 2015 will give even greater reductions in machining time with Vortex compared to conventional roughing. Full details, including video demonstrations, are on the Learning Zone – www.delcam.tv/pm2015 As well as including the latest developments in the Vortex strategy, the 2015 version of FeatureCAM incorporates a range of enhancements in three-axis milling, two-axis and five-axis drilling, turning and turn-mill, and wire EDM to make the software even more powerful and easier to use. Full details, including video demonstrations, are on the Learning Zone – www.delcam.tv/fc2015 FeatureCAM was the world’s first feature-based programming software when it was launched in 1995. Constant development since then has ensured that the system has retained its leadership in programming speed and ease of use, while an increased range of strategies has been added to provide more efficient toolpaths that give greater productivity on a wider range of machinery, including mill- turn machines, five-axis mills and wire EDM equipment.
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German Preview of VISI 21 at Euromold 23 October 2014
Major enhancements in the forthcoming release of VISI 21, from Vero Software, will be on display for the first time in Germany at the Euromold Exhibition in Frankfurt (Hall 8, Stand K70). Due to be released in November, VISI 21 includes 340+ product enhancements and a continued emphasis on intelligent solutions for mould making and stamping die industries. Updated CAD developments include a new process for managing multiple instances of the same geometry within an assembly. For example, multi-insert moulds and dies can now be managed with a single ‘master’ part which will automatically update all references of the same geometry if any part modification is required. Importantly, standard catalogue components will also be managed by the multi-instance technology. The forthcoming release also includes motion study simulation tools allowing the user to define timelines which control the movement for various groups of components. The physical interaction of model geometry can be detected and the results of complex mechanisms simulated and investigated - ideal when validating the tool design and checking for potential collisions with slides, cams and lifters. Other CAD highlights include Part Revision Management, where it is now possible to manage model changes after they have been released to manufacture. A revision history is automatically created when a model has been released with the model geometry automatically locked. Any change to a released model will create a copy of the data and update the revision number; providing a history track and ensuring part manufacture is always up to date. VISI 21 represents a release with significant CAM focus, including a fresh new look to the CAM Navigator, command consolidation, and new dialogue box consistency within all milling operations, dramatically simplifying toolpath generation. Feature tree grouping, management of multiple setups/features along with drag & drop capabilities within the tree, make the feature list and navigation extremely efficient. All features in the tree can be moved, edited, mirrored, and with a new dedicated “undo” mechanism for CAM, user mistakes can be easily rectified. Version 21 introduces the next generation of CAM toolpaths for VISI machining. As with the GUI, 2D milling operations have been consolidated and include a host of new options. A new ‘complex feature’ allow the users to define geometry to machine that have a complex side wall and island wall section shape. Typically requiring 3D strategies, the new ‘complex feature’ means that standard 2D operations can be applied. Re-machining on a 2D toolpath is another highlight, where a simple milling operation now bases all the re-machining on the previous operation. This means that all the correct areas are machined, even on the flat areas of the toolpath. Full collision checks on all lead-in and retract movements ensure 2D toolpaths are more efficient than ever. The GUI layout for 3D milling operations now shares a similar format to that of the 2D CAM toolpaths. For example, the clearance area and oversize settings in the 3D operations will be in the same location as those in 2D operations, and vice versa. The overall quality of the surface finish is a major point for VISI 21 with significantly improved point distribution and enhanced accuracy. To complement the new 2D and 3D toolpath developments, a new G-code simulator provides users with an accurate virtual representation of the part, before committing it to the machine. The quality and accuracy of the model
Page 27 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary representation has been improved along with the number of axes that can be simulated. For true NC code checking, an extra option is available to simulate the real posted NC files from the toolpath. All the relevant G-codes, M-codes and moves are simulated against the real machine model to ensure that the NC file run on the machine will be 100% safe. Wire EDM developments include the introduction of smart operations which analyse the feature geometry and determine the best method of cutting. Other enhancements include the addition of multiple slug retention methods and ‘manual moves’, which can be added into a work sequence to reposition the nozzles to avoid fixtures or move from one cut to another.
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VISI Latest Release on Show at Fabtech 20 October 2014
Vero Software will be exhibiting its VISI brand at Fabtech 2014. With over 27,000 visitors expected at the three day show from November 11 to 13, at Atlanta’s Georgia World Congress, it is the perfect showcase for the new and enhanced functionality in the latest release. Visitors to booth #B39 will see demonstrations of VISI 20, and the latest release, V21, including the software’s intuitive CAD interfaces, flexible strip layout, 2-5 axis machining, and standard parts libraries. As an all-in-one CAD/CAM solution, VISI 21 has a lot to offer the metalforming and fabrication industry. Updated CAD developments include new technology for managing multiple instances of the same geometry. VISI has always maintained a leading position in managing large amounts of CAD data, and ease of use. Visitors to Fabtech will see how these key features are extended in the new release, enabling components to be modified quicker and more efficiently. Users will find higher levels of data and improved tools for creating geometry. VISI 21 also includes enhanced kinematic simulation tools for previewing the real movement of tooling – ideal when validating design and checking for collisions. CAM updates include a number of enhancements within the user interface, improving the methods and availability of options. Using dialogs and variables is now simpler and there are more automated features. Additional types of toolpath strategies have been incorporated into Hybrid Machining, extending the technology’s ability to create new toolpaths that intelligently adapt the shape of their motions. Part of the Vero Software Group, VISI is a leading CAM solution providing productivity, reliability and flexibility. Vero has direct offices in the UK, Germany, Italy, France, Japan, USA, Brazil, Netherlands, China, South Korea, Spain and India supplying products to more than 45 countries through its wholly owned subsidiaries and reseller network.
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3D Systems Announces Preliminary Third Quarter 2014 Results 22 October 2014
3D Systems Corporation announced today that it anticipates its third quarter revenue to be in the range of $164 million to $169 million and a sequentially growing order book of $42 million. The company expects to report GAAP earnings per share in the range of $0.01 to $0.03 and non-GAAP EPS in the range of $0.16 to $0.19. These are preliminary results based on current expectations and are subject to quarter-end closing adjustments, actual results may differ. Strengthening sales of the company’s design, manufacturing and healthcare products and services were not enough to overcome the revenue shortfall from the continued manufacturing capacity constraints for its direct metals printers and delayed availability of its newest consumer products. “We are disappointed that we failed to fully capitalize on the robust demand for our direct metal and consumer products during the quarter,” said Avi Reichental, President and Chief Executive Officer, 3DS. “While we worked very hard to deliver these products sooner, achieving manufacturing scale, quality and user experience targets took significantly longer than we had anticipated.” At the end of the third quarter, the company brought online a second direct metal 3D printers’ manufacturing line and began commercial shipments of its latest consumer printers. “Now that we have closed these availability gaps, we expect our revenue growth rate to increase,” continued Reichental. The company expects to report that its materials’ gross profit margins rebounded for the quarter and its Quickparts’ gross profit margin expanded sequentially, despite greater drag from concentrated service bureau acquisitions in the quarter. Notwithstanding these gains, the company expects its consolidated gross profit margin for the quarter to remain sequentially flat as a result of the current sales volume and mix and the residual costs of manufacturing start up and ramp. “Our accelerated investments in new products and acquisitions contributed to a record order book in every period of this year, but disrupted revenue generation and pressured our gross profit margins. Now that we are shifting our attention to fine-tuning these investments, we expect to leverage them into a valuable and sustainable first-mover advantage,” stated Reichental. Factoring in its third quarter revenue shortfall and outlook for the remainder of the year, management trimmed its previous guidance for the full year 2014. Management now expects revenue in the range of $650 million to $690 million, and GAAP earnings per share of $0.18 to $0.28 and non-GAAP earnings per share in the range of $0.70 to $0.80. “The same decisive actions that pressured our short term performance also delivered a much stronger portfolio of self-developed and acquired products and services. In the aggregate, we believe this positions us well to achieve our long-term targets,” concluded Reichental. To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.3dsystems.com/press-releases/3d- systems-announces-preliminary-third-quarter-2014-results
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Page 29 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Cadence Reports Third Quarter 2014 Financial Results 21 October 2014
Cadence Design Systems, Inc. today announced results for the third quarter of fiscal year 2014. Cadence reported third quarter 2014 revenue of $400 million, compared to revenue of $367 million reported for the same period in 2013. On a GAAP basis, Cadence recognized net income of $38 million, or $0.12 per share on a diluted basis, in the third quarter of 2014, compared to net income of $39 million, or $0.13 per share on a diluted basis, for the same period in 2013. Using the non-GAAP measure defined below, net income in the third quarter of 2014 was $80 million, or $0.26 per share on a diluted basis, as compared to net income of $63 million, or $0.21 per share on a diluted basis, for the same period in 2013. “Cadence continued to drive growth in the third quarter, with wins in core EDA and our expanding systems business,” said Lip-Bu Tan, president and chief executive officer. “We won significant new business in digital and signoff at the most advanced nodes, our Incisive® simulation business is at the highest level in years, and IP had a record quarter. We continue to invest in innovation, and announced two new products in the third quarter.” “Cadence delivered strong results in Q3 with revenue and other key operating metrics exceeding targets,” added Geoff Ribar, senior vice president and chief financial officer. “Our consistent performance has enabled us to issue $350 million in investment-grade bonds - a significant milestone for any company our size - that will strengthen our capital structure and fund our continued investment in innovation.” To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.cadence.com/cadence/newsroom/press_releases/Pages/pr.aspx?xml=102014_financial
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Dassault Systèmes Reports Solid Third Quarter Led by Large Accounts Industry Solutions Engagements 23 October 2014
Dassault Systèmes today announced IFRS unaudited financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2014. These results were reviewed by the Company’s Board of Directors on October 21, 2014. Summary Highlights (unaudited) Organic new licenses revenue up 14% in Q3 and 9% YTD in constant currencies Double-digit growth of CATIA and ENOVIA new licenses, and SIMULIA revenue ex fx* Large account new sales up sharply in Q3 and YTD Organic non-IFRS operating margin up 150 basis points YTD Recently completed Quintiq acquisition brings operations planning and optimization capabilities
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2014 full year outlook reaffirmed; updated for Quintiq acquisition and currency To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.3ds.com/fileadmin/COMPANY/Investors/Earnings/14Q3/14Q3-PR-Earnings-EN.pdf
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EMC Reports Record Third-Quarter 2014 Financial Results 22 October 2014
EMC Corporation today reported third-quarter 2014 financial results, including record third-quarter consolidated revenue of $6 billion, an increase of 9% year over year. GAAP net income attributable to EMC was $587 million. GAAP earnings per weighted average diluted share was $0.28, up 4% year over year. Non-GAAP1 net income attributable to EMC was $903 million. Non-GAAP1 earnings per weighted average diluted share was $0.44, up 10% year over year. EMC generated $1.7 billion in operating cash flow and $1.3 billion in free cash flow2 in the third quarter. EMC ended the quarter with $15.4 billion in cash and investments. The company repurchased approximately $375 million worth of its common stock in the third quarter and returned approximately $240 million to shareholders via a quarterly dividend. Joe Tucci, EMC Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, said, “EMC’s continued momentum is evidence that our strategy and execution are working. Our strategically aligned businesses – EMC Information Infrastructure, VMware, Pivotal and RSA – are well positioned to capitalize on the massive IT market opportunity in front of us. From my conversations with customers, it’s clear that we have the right best- of-breed technologies in cloud, mobile, Big Data and security, and offer a level of choice and flexibility second-to-none. We are extremely well positioned to help customers maximize their existing IT platforms and build a 3rd IT platform to redefine their businesses with a whole generation of new applications.” David Goulden, CEO of EMC Information Infrastructure, said, “EMC’s solid third-quarter performance was in line with our expectations, as customers continue to seek strong and well-equipped partners to help them achieve their new IT goals. EMC is growing faster than many of our peers because we continue to make the right strategic investments – assembling a leading portfolio of technology assets over several years – that enable customers to use cloud, mobile, Big Data and security technologies to create competitive advantage.” Zane Rowe, EMC CFO, added, “These results demonstrate the soundness of EMC’s strategy, a formula combining industry-leading assets, talent, and a uniquely flexible business model that puts customer choice first. Following my first three weeks at EMC I can say, without hesitation, that I am excited to be part of a company that is central to this future-defining industry transformation, and look forward to being part of the team helping EMC create value for shareholders, customers and To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2014/20141022-earnings.htm
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Page 31 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Geometric Revenues Grow 4% q-o-q to INR 2,796.67 Mn 20 October 2014
Geometric Ltd. announced its second quarter financial results for FY 2014-2015 at the board meeting held today. Highlights for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 (Q2 FY15) In Dollar terms revenues rise 2.6% q-o-q Operating revenues at USD 46.12 Mn as against USD 44.96 Mn in the previous quarter, and USD 46.26 Mn in Q2FY14 Excluding the joint venture, the Company revenues rose 3.4% q-o-q to USD 33.94 Mn Signed new deals worth USD 9.54 Mn EPS for the quarter at INR 2.56 In Rupee terms, the Company recorded operating revenues of INR 2,796.67 Mn, a rise of 4% q-o-q from INR 2,688.45 Mn last quarter. In the same quarter last year the revenues stood at INR 2865.36 Mn. The Company’s Profit after Tax stood at INR 162.90 Mn as compared to INR 192.08 Mn in the previous quarter and INR 165.66 Mn in the corresponding quarter last year. Mr. Manu Parpia, Managing Director & CEO said, “This quarter we saw volume growth in most of our verticals and further strengthening of our pipeline. The margins of the Company were affected by the anticipated impact of global salary raises and the unanticipated weakening of the Euro as well as lower utilization due to hiring for expected projects. We expect to see margin improvements in the coming quarters as well as continued growth in our revenues.” Despite the anticipated improvements in revenues, the Company has stated that it will not meet the guidance it had set at the beginning of the year. Geometric had total employee strength of over 4700 employees as of September 30, 2014, including its subsidiaries. Key wins and additional business highlights for Q2 FY15 The company added three new customers during Q2, and signed new deals worth USD 9.54 Mn. Some of the significant wins in this quarter include: Enterprise implementation of our DFx solution for a major automotive OEM Entered into a new engagement with a prominent railway transport company in China for model- based engineering technology solution Signed a Product Engineering contract with a key global automotive OEM in North America Won a PLM implementation services deal with a leading aerospace engine manufacturer Started a software product development project with a new North American technology company Began a should costing engagement with a key industrial energy controls systems company in India Entered into a contract for next generation CAx solution for a shipping major in North America Other important business highlights for the quarter include: Marked the Company’s 20 year anniversary with the inauguration of its new building in Pune Established a new delivery center in Hyderabad
Page 32 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Former Chief Transformation Officer and CEO of the Company’s JV, Mr. Shashank Patkar moves to a new role of Chief Mentor to guide the next level of leadership
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OpenText Reports First Quarter Fiscal Year 2015 Financial Results 22 October 2014
Open Text Corporation announced today its financial results for the first quarter ended September 30, 2014. Financial Highlights for Q1 FY15 (1) Total revenue was $453.8 million, up 40% Y/Y License revenue was $58.6 million, up 6% Y/Y Cloud services revenue was $150.0 million, up 260% Y/Y Customer support revenue was $183.9 million, up 9% Y/Y Non-GAAP-based EPS, diluted was $0.97 compared to $0.69 Y/Y, up 41%; GAAP-based EPS, diluted was $0.53 compared to $0.26 Y/Y up 104%, on a post stock-split basis.(2) Non-GAAP-based income from operations was $155.7 million and 34% of revenues, up 57% Y/Y; GAAP-based income from operations was $103.0 million and 23% of revenues, up 98% Y/Y.(2) Operating cash flow was $138.5 million, up 73% Y/Y, with an ending cash balance of $492.5 million. "We delivered the strongest first quarter results in the history of OpenText, with total revenues of $453.8 million, up 40% year-over-year and non-GAAP-based operating income of $155.7 million, up 57% year-over-year, despite a toughening economy" said Mark J. Barrenechea OpenText CEO. "Our focus on enabling a digital-first world is resonating with customers as they deploy projects to reduce costs, grow revenues or scale with greater efficiency." "In November we will be hosting our annual Enterprise World user conference where we will unveil important new innovations such as: Service Pack 1 (SP1) for our EIM suites, our next-generation cloud offerings and our future plans for project Blue Carbon." To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://investors.opentext.com/?_ga=1.95169882.776164090.1414086545
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SAP Announces Third Quarter and Nine Months 2014 Results 20 October 2014
SAP SE today announced its financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30,
Page 33 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 2014. SAP Accelerates Shift to the Cloud with 41% Revenue Growth in Third Quarter and Once Again Raises Cloud Revenue Outlook – Broad Market Adoption of SAP HANA – “Run Simple” Strategy Validated Fastest Growing Enterprise Cloud Company at Scale: Non-IFRS Cloud Subscriptions and Support Revenue Increased 41% to €278 Million Strong Cloud Billings: Non-IFRS Calculated Cloud Billings Increased 51% Expanding the World’s Largest Business Network: More Than 1.6 Million Companies Transacting Nearly $600 Billion of Frictionless Commerce Broad Market Adoption of SAP HANA: More Than 4,100 HANA Customers and More Than 1,450 Business Suite on HANA Customers Demonstrate the Clear Business Benefits of the Leading Real-Time Business Platform Higher Revenue Share from More Predictable Cloud & Support Revenue: 62% in Third Quarter 2014 up From 59% a Year Ago Strong Overall SSRS Performance and Growing Operating Profit Despite Mix Shift to Cloud Subscription: Non-IFRS Software and Software-Related Service Revenue Increased 7% to €3.6 Billion, Non-IFRS Operating Profit Increased 5% to €1.36 Billion Non-IFRS Earnings Per Share Increased 8% to €0.84 Per Share Full Year Outlook Reflecting Accelerated Shift to the Cloud: Raising Non-IFRS Cloud Subscriptions and Support Revenue Outlook to €1,040 - €1,070 Million and Now Expecting Non-IFRS Operating Profit Outlook in a Range of €5.6 - €5.8 Billion at Constant Currencies To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://global.sap.com/news- reader/index.epx?category=ALL&articleID=23703&searchmode=C&page=1&pageSize=10
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Stratasys Conference Call to Discuss Third Quarter Financial Results 22 October 2014
Stratasys Ltd. announced that it will release financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 on Wednesday, November 5, 2014. The Company plans to hold the conference call to discuss its third quarter financial results on Wednesday, November 5, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The investor conference call will be available via live webcast on the Stratasys Web site at www.stratasys.com under the "Investors" tab; or directly at the following web address http://www.media-server.com/m/p/3my5yedw. To participate by telephone, the domestic dial-in number is 866-515-2913 and the international dial-in is 617-399-5127. The access code is 50996956. Investors are advised to dial into the call at least ten minutes prior to the call to register. The webcast will be available for 90 days on the "Investors" page of the Stratasys Web site or by accessing the provided web address.
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Trimble Third Quarter 2014 Earnings Call and Web Cast 16 October 2014
Trimble will hold a conference call on Thursday, October 30, 2014 at 1:30 p.m. PT to review its third quarter 2014 results. The call will be broadcast live on the Web at http://investor.trimble.com. Investors without Internet access may dial into the call at (800) 528-9198 (U.S.) or (702) 928-6633 (international). The pass code is 22273266.
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Wipro: Results for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2014 under IFRS 22 October 2014
Wipro Limited announced financial results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for its second quarter ended September 30, 2014. Highlights of the Results for the Quarter ended September 30, 2014: Total Revenues were Rupee 116.8 billion ($1.9 billion1), an increase of 8% YoY. Net Income2 was Rupee 20.8 billion ($337 million1), an increase of 8% YoY. IT Services Revenue was $1,771.5 million, a sequential increase of 1.8% and YoY increase of 8.6%. Non-GAAP constant currency IT Services Revenue in dollar terms grew 3% to $1,793.1 million, within our guidance range of$1,770 million to $1,810 million. IT Services Margins was 22.0%. IT Services Margins includes profit on sale of a strategic investment during the quarter. Performance for the quarter ended September 30, 2014 Azim Premji, Chairman of Wipro, said, "Business leaders in the US continue to exhibit increased confidence on growth prospects. Clients are increasingly looking to drive business value from their technology investments. We are seeing positive sentiment in India with the confidence that the Government is focused on driving an agenda of growth." T K Kurien, Executive Director & Chief Executive Officer of Wipro, said, "While the industry landscape is still undergoing change, we see multiple opportunity spaces for growth and gaining market share. We continue to execute to our stated strategy of leveraging platforms for non-linear growth and creating differentiated solutions around the new technology paradigms." Suresh Senapaty, Executive Director & Chief Financial Officer of Wipro, said – "In Q2, we continued to build on our leadership position in Infrastructure Services and continued the momentum of deal wins. During the quarter, the benefits of rupee depreciation were negated by the US Dollar's appreciation against other major currencies. We continued to drive productivity and improving operating levers even as the effect of salary hike on this quarter's Operating Margin was on expected lines."
Page 35 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.wipro.com/Documents/investors/pdf-files/IFRS-Press-Release-Q2-FY15.pdf
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Anya Hindmarch Selects Centric Software Product Lifecycle Management 21 October 2014
Anya Hindmarch, the London-based designer of luxury handbags and accessories, has selected Centric Software to provide its product lifecycle management (PLM) software. The choice to use the Centric 8 PLM software is an important next step for Anya Hindmarch, according to the fashion company’s president and CEO, James McArthur. “Implementation of the Centric 8 PLM software is the next step within Anya Hindmarch’s multi-year investment program to underpin the company’s rapid growth and expansion worldwide,” he says. Over the past two years, the company has completely overhauled and integrated its technology platform with the introduction of tailored suites of customer-facing and back-of-house software. Implementation of the Centric 8 PLM solution will enhance mission-critical visibility throughout the product development process, says McArthur, replacing spreadsheet and home-grown systems. “Relying on one version of the truth for the details and status of each product under design and development will decrease the number of iterations for samples and prototypes, reduce administrative tasks and data entry, and increase efficiency.” “Constantly fine-tuning efficiency in Anya Hindmarch’s product development and production processes helps us to bring consistently best-in-class support to our wonderful creative teams and craftsmen throughout the business,” adds McArthur. “The Centric PLM software will help support the exceptional creativity, craftsmanship and personalization that lie at the heart of the brand’s drive for accelerated growth.” The company currently sells its luxury products in more than 50 countries. It is focusing growth plans on expansion of its e-commerce business, as well as growth in its 56-store network in Japan, Hong Kong, Malaysia, the Middle East, Singapore, the United Kingdom and the United States. McArthur explains that Anya Hindmarch selected the Centric PLM solution for its ease of use, flexibility and scalability. “Centric 8 gives Anya Hindmarch the ability to turn on capabilities as the business develops,” he states. “The software’s flexibility will support the continuous evolution from one collection to another, including testing of new, closely related product categories.” The company also cited the visual attractiveness of Centric 8, Centric’s references in the industry, and expertise of the Centric team in its choice of Centric. “Centric looks forward to working with the highly regarded Anya Hindmarch luxury designer brand,” says Chris Groves, president and CEO of Centric. “The flexibility and adapatability provided by Centric 8’s built-in industry best practices will improve efficiencies and visibility for the Anya Hindmarch product teams. These improvements will help the company successfully move forward with its expansion plans.”
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Banjo & Matilda Signs Partnership to Support Wholesale and e-Commerce Initiatives 22 October 2014
Banjo & Matilda, Inc., an emerging Australian lifestyle brand, today announced the Company has selected RLM Apparel Software Systems Inc.'s (RLM) FashionManager™ enterprise software to manage all global product development, sourcing, supply chain management, order fulfilment, and other critical business operations. RLM's clientele includes such recognizable brands as Tory Burch, Michael Kors, Donna Karen, The Row, and Alexander Wang. The comprehensive business solution software will provide the following solutions: Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Warehouse Management (WMS), and other software. These systems are expected to serve as the driving information system behind Banjo & Matilda's sales and distribution of casual knitwear products. Ben Macpherson, CEO of Banjo & Matilda, stated, "We are very pleased to upgrade our ERP systems through RLM, which is globally known as one of the leading providers of such systems in our industry. We expect this fully integrated, functionally advanced solution will help Banjo & Matilda achieve higher levels of productivity and efficiency while streamlining operations. We believe this will help the Company in its expansion globally, while also helping to properly manage all aspects of our operations."
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German Architecture Firm SL Rasch uses ESI's Virtual Performance Solution to Achieve Architectural Excellence in Medina and Mecca 20 October 2014
ESI Group announces the recent success of our client, SL Rasch: an architecture firm based in Germany that specializes in innovative buildings and lightweight structures. SL Rasch recently completed two complex architectural projects at the sacred sites of Medina and Mecca. The first was the design of foldable umbrellas that now protect pilgrims from the sun in the Medina Haram Piazza and the second was the design of the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock. Using ESI’s flagship software, Virtual Performance Solution, SL Rasch confidently investigated innovative designs and replaced physical models by virtual tests. Today, the millions of pilgrims that travel every year to the Great Mosque of Medina, in Saudi Arabia, are sheltered by more than 250 hydraulically powered, foldable umbrellas, each measuring 26 x 26 meters. These translucent umbrellas are folded at night and open up during the day to create a micro- climate beneath them that is up to 8°C cooler than the surrounding area. Pilgrims visiting the important holy site in Mecca can admire the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock, situated at the top of a 601m high tower, which became the second tallest building in the world in 2012. In order to test their designs of umbrellas for Medina SL Rasch initially used reduced scale physical models, but found that approach to be limiting. Dr. Mahmoud Bodo Rasch, CEO of SL Rasch therefore
Page 37 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary approached Dr Eberhard Haug, co-founder of ESI Group and author of the Lightweight Structure Analysis code “LISA”, seeking to collaborate in applying simulation methods in the evolution of more elaborate designs for these complex structures. SL Rasch then virtually built and tested different types of structures using Virtual Performance Solution, ESI’s software that enables the assessment of all domains of product performance around a single core model. This required great care because of the complex geometry and importance of the architectural appearance of the umbrella’s double curve structure. In particular, a form finding process was used to determine a shape that would result in optimal minimum energy – necessary to guarantee that the membranes would last in time and under extreme weather conditions. For structural analysis of turbulent wind loads on such lightweight structures, the team used Fluid- Structure Interaction (FSI) simulations, coupling Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) with Computational Structural Dynamics (CSD); both available as part of Virtual Performance Solution. SL Rasch and ESI co-created special tailor-made modules for modelling naturally turbulent wind loads and optimizing the shape and structure of the umbrellas. These were then used in computer simulations that investigated the safe folding and stowing of the giant umbrellas, taking into account gravity, overlaps, and wind loads. ESI’s unique expertise in the simulation of airbag folding for the automotive industry proved to be highly relevant throughout the studies. Dr Rasch, Founder and Owner of SL Rasch GmbH comments, “With the know-how of ESI experts and the capabilities built into ESI’s advanced CAE software solutions, designing our innovative structural systems became possible.” Virtual Performance Solution also helped SL Rasch to overcome significant engineering challenges when designing the Mecca Royal Hotel Clock; constructed as a high strength steel structural skeleton clad with lightweight ornamented carbon-epoxy sandwich panels. The giant hollow-section composite clock hands - 23 meters long in the case of the minute clock hand - presented a special challenge as SL Rasch had to ensure these were aerodynamically stable even under high wind velocities and pressure; especially in the least favorable 12 o‘clock position, where the danger of periodic aero-elastic flutter was highest. The team performed wind tunnel test and CFD calculations before FSI simulation allowed them to validate their designs. By using simulation, instead of building and testing physical prototypes for these two complex projects, SL Rasch was able to test many versions of the design and achieve optimal results while, at the same time, addressing all applicable safety requirements. This study also spared SL Rasch the production of physical prototypes, thereby saving time, considerable costs and environmental waste.
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Major Oil and Gas Software Providers Integrate with Altair PBS Professional® 23 October 2014
Altair today announced that six oil and gas technology companies have completed integrations for their key applications to support PBS Professional®, Altair's workload manager and job scheduler for high- performance computing (HPC). Used by thousands of companies worldwide, PBS Professional enables engineers in HPC environments to improve productivity, optimize resource utilization and efficiency, and simplify the process of cluster
Page 38 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary workload management. "The new dynamics of oil and gas exploration across North America and the changing geopolitical environment globally demand faster, more flexible and more productive operations in the energy industry's high-performance environments," said Sam Mahalingam, Chief Technical Officer for Enterprise Solutions, Altair. "Altair is a leader in optimizing complex and demanding HPC environments, and oil and gas operators rely on PBS Professional to gain more efficiencies from their computing investments. Likewise, world leaders in HPC end-user software recognize that supporting PBS Professional will help improve their client satisfaction and implementation opportunities." The following oil and gas technology firms now support PBS Professional: Computer Modeling Group Limited (CMGL) has integrated PBS Professional with its reservoir simulation software suite which is used to obtain history matches and forecasts of primary, secondary and enhanced or improved oil recovery processes. Emerson Process Management has integrated PBS Professional with its new Roxar Tempest™ 7.1, an integrated reservoir engineering software suite that provides a single, consistent interface to exploration and production reservoir engineers. Paradigm has integrated the Paradigm® Echos® seismic processing and imaging system with PBS Professional; Echos translates seismic data into highly accurate, high-definition images of the subsurface. Petroleum Experts (Petex) now supports PBS Professional for RESOLVE, a master controller to communicate and control the links among reservoir simulators, process simulators, transient pipeline simulation, third-party software and such proprietary tools as the Petex Integrated Production Modeling (IPM™) software suite for the design of reservoir tanks, wells and surface gathering systems. Rock Flow Dynamics supports PBS Professional with tNavigator software for reservoir engineering and simulation, running dynamic reservoir simulations on engineers' laptops, servers, and HPC clusters. Schlumberger continues to support their ECLIPSE integration with PBS Professional, which was described in a white paper published by Schlumberger in 2013. "Users need our software to operate seamlessly with their workload management systems, so integration with leading HPC vendors like Altair is critical to serving our clients well," said Kirill Bogachev, CTO, Rock Flow Dynamics. "For example, one of our biggest customers recently switched to PBS Professional based on its superior support as well as cost optimization. PBS Professional is fully integrated with our reservoir simulation software so users can be sure of optimal throughput and performance." Robert Frost, head of Roxar software development, said "Emerson is very pleased with the integration of PBS Professional into Tempest. Reservoir engineers benefit from a simple interface to the power of cluster computing including license counting. Altair's helpful and responsive technical support made for a smooth and efficient development." "Resource scheduling solutions are critical for large scale seismic processing and imaging workload management," said Richard Eperjesi, Director, Product Management for Seismic Processing and Imaging at Paradigm. "For this reason, we have fully integrated the Paradigm Echos seismic processing system with PBS Professional to ensure users have the necessary scheduling capability for optimal use of compute resources. As a result of this integration, we see value for our customers when it's necessary
Page 39 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary to adjust priorities within processing projects, within complete analytic workflows and for standardized reporting for business analytics." Much of the computational work in oil and gas, notably seismic processing and reservoir simulation, is compute-intensive, so oil and gas companies have long been early adopters of compute clusters and other HPC systems. As companies apply these advanced technologies to support larger and more complex classes of problems, products like PBS Professional are playing an increasingly important role. Altair HPC thought leaders will address this trend, the business relevance, and its technology collaborations at numerous oil and gas industry events including the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) 2014 International Exposition in Denver, Colo., on Oct. 26-31. At SEG Altair will deliver presentations at four sessions to demonstrate how PBS Professional can support engineering in the energy arena. Topics include: Leveraging HPC for deep-sea component engineering, in a joint presentation with Cray Simplifying the management of HPC application environments A recipe for getting started with HPC clusters Speeding up reservoir processing with end-to-end workload management On September 2 and September 24, Altair conducted ATCx Energy conferences in Aberdeen, Scotland and Houston, Texas as part of its commitment to provide the tools and expertise that will continue to enable and accelerate the innovation that is critical to the energy industry. Altair also recently sponsored the European Association of Geoscientists and Engineers (EAGE) HPC Workshop in Crete, Greece, exploring advancements and future developments of the key applications used in the upstream industry coupled with required HPC technologies. Altair will be sponsoring the SeisSpace/ProMAX User Group Meetings in Highlands Ranch, Colorado on November 18 - 19, 2014 and in Guildford, England on December 2-3, 2014. Altair will also be exhibiting at Supercomputing (SC) 2014 in New Orleans November 17-20, with live product demos and free hands-on tutorials in booth 2231. Visit Altair's SC site for details.
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Sigmetrix, LLC Announces Sale of Tolerance Analysis Solution to Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc. 21 October 2014
Leader in firearm manufacturing, Sturm, Ruger & Co., Inc., has selected Sigmetrix CETOL 6σ tolerance analysis software as part of its engineering arsenal. Manufacturing high quality firearms requires robust design and CETOL 6 Sigma was specifically developed to promote manufacturing efficiency and productivity. CETOL 6σ tolerance analysis software provides engineering teams with the insight required to confidently release designs to manufacturing. Precise calculation of surface sensitivities exposes the critical-to-quality dimensions in the assembly. Utilizing advanced mathematical solutions, this tolerance analysis solution accelerates optimization to achieve robust designs ready for manufacturing. “CETOL 6σ is the dominant solution for variation analysis in many industries,” stated Sigmetrix President Chris Wilkes. “We’re excited to be part of the Sturm, Ruger firearms design and production program.”
Page 40 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary "Our priority at Sturm, Ruger is the development of rugged, reliable firearms to meet every shooter's needs,” remarked Sturm, Ruger Chief Rifle Engineer Todd Wilkinson. “CETOL 6σ from Sigmetrix should allow us to more quickly evaluate the impact tolerance changes can have, which we believe will help us streamline our product development process,” he concluded.
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Trekmates selects Visual 2000 End-2-End Suite of Fashion Business Solutions 23 October 2014
Visual 2000 International announces that Outdoor Adventure Specialist Trekmates are implementing Visual End-2-End™ suite of software products. The Nottingham based firm is one of the UK's leading suppliers of outdoor accessories. Trekmate's Finance Director Martin Webster commented "we pride ourselves on working with our customers to produce the perfect collection, whilst taking into account margin and delivery deadlines. With Visual 2000 we have found the most efficient and modern solution to support us and to aid our continual growth plans. We will now be able to connect all departments for total visibility within a 'one stop application', including all overseas manufacturing facilities which is exactly what we wanted. It's exciting to combine our business growth with new ERP technology." Visual 2000 UK Managing Director Tony Mather confirmed "We are delighted to be working with Martin and his implementation team on this project. Trekmates are an established, respected business in a fast moving/competitive sector and will benefit from Visual's Rapid Deployment Process (RDP). This will enable quick gains from Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Sales Force Automation (SFA) and other key fashion capabilities from an all-in-one business enterprise solution. Visual's new V8 software release centralises all product information and processes into a single system which empowers management and teams to increase operational efficiencies and streamline design, product development, production, and distribution processes. In addition to comprehensive PLM and ERP capabilities, Trekmates will benefit from Visual End-2-End financial management, business planning, supply chain management, multi-channel sales and order fulfilment, and other concept-to- consumer fashion software components".
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CGTech Announce Integration with Kennametal's NOVO 22 October 2014
CGTech announces integration with Kennemetal NOVO, cloud based Tool Management software. Online catalogs and tool selectors have become common options for manufacturers looking for the latest tool solutions for their production process. NOVO goes far beyond the concept of the online catalog by
Page 41 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary integrating Kennametal’s application engineering and production experience. As a result of the CGTech- Kennametal partnership, VERICUT users can directly download a Kennametal tool assembly and use it within VERICUT software with significantly fewer steps compared to manually configuring a tool for use in a simulation session. “Simulation speed is very important to our customers, but so is the amount of time spent preparing a simulation and its accurate representation of the physical process,” said CGTech Ltd Managing Director, John Reed, “We continually look for new ways to reduce the time to setup VERICUT and ensure it correctly mimics the operations.” CGTech will be demonstrating this new capability using the latest version of VERICUT, version 7.3 on stand C111 at Advanced Engineering UK, NEC, November 11-12,2014. VERICUT CNC machine simulation, verification and optimisation software simulates all types of CNC machining, including multi-axis milling and mill/turn centers, drilling and trimming of composite parts, water jet, riveting and robots. It operates independently, but can also be integrated with leading CAM systems including Dassault Systemes CATIA, Siemens PLM NX, Delcam PowerMill, Vero EdgeCAM and Open Mind hyperMill.
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ESTECO Unveils modeFRONTIER ® 2014 20 October 2014
A powerful, self-adapting optimization algorithm, enhanced data mining and database handling and three new direct integration nodes: the latest release of modeFRONTIER reaches new performance levels by streamlining the management of highly complex design scenarios. ESTECO SpA has announced the release of modeFRONTIER ® 2014 - the latest version of its multi- disciplinary and multi-objective optimization and integration platform that comes with a range of innovative functionalities and improvements aimed at making life easier for designers. modeFRONTIER 2014 introduces the powerful multi-purpose self-adapting algorithm - pilOPT - created by the ESTECO numerical team to offer a “one-click” optimization experience. By combining global and local search and balancing real and RSM-based optimization, pilOPT achieves good coverage of the Pareto front in a very short time. It requires the configuration of only one parameter – the number of design evaluations - and ensures substantial time savings through a broad exploration of the optimal design region and the efficient use of computational resources. Powell’s method has been included in the optimization portfolio as a valid and efficient alternative to gradient-based algorithms, requiring considerably less computational effort due to its derivative-free approach. This single-objective optimization algorithm is particularly useful for calculating the local minimum of continuous complex functions - especially those without an underlying mathematical definition. The Stepwise Regression RSM algorithm provides an automatic procedure for selecting the polynomial regression model with the optimal number and combination of predictor terms, yielding the lowest approximation error and highest prediction capability. The response surface is iteratively adapted to problem complexity until the best possible value of the selected quality criterion is achieved. The resulting polynomial is accurate, yet simple and requires no effort on behalf of the user when training
Page 42 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary and testing the fitness of different candidate models. The new DOE Designer Node completes the set of native modeFRONTIER nodes, along with the SubProcess and Scheduling Project nodes, aimed at creating re-usable modular and discipline-specific workflows. The DOE Designer Node generates DOE configurations at runtime, allowing the user to expand the coverage of the design space and to focus on precise regions in order to fine-tune the exploration phase in accordance with problem characteristics. On the integration side, three new direct nodes - NX CAE by Siemens, Solidworks Flow Simulation and PowerFLOW suite by EXA –developed to automate data extraction and simulation execution and fully exploit modeFRONTIER optimization capabilities.
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Exact Offers New Features and Integration with SolidWorks, Autodesk Inventor and Excel 23 October 2014
Exact introduces Exact JobBOSS CAD Bill of Material (BOM) Import v2. New advanced features and functionality allow manufacturers to quickly convert complex CAD BOM data in to production requirements. The business is able to drive growth by improving the speed, efficiency and accuracy of information gathering and subsequent production flow. The new version of Exact JobBOSS Bill of Materials (BOM) Import automates the complex and time consuming process of manually converting Bill of Material data into production requirements. It captures necessary data from a single or multi-level BOM structure and imports the data into JobBOSS as quotes and jobs. “Customers using the new version of the CAD BOM Import have been very impressed with the added features and functionality,” said Sue Irby, Senior Product Manager at Exact JobBOSS, Bloomington, MN. “The ability to use custom CAD templates and update jobs as designs are completed saves them time, improves quality and reduces costs that drop right to the bottom line.” The advanced data mapping and import capabilities allow multiple source files to be used in building a job or quote in JobBOSS. And, the insert and append capabilities throughout the production process means production is not held up pending completion of the final CAD bill of materials. Exact JobBOSS customer Bill Goolsby, Manufacturing Manager at Serapid states “The reduction of entry hours along with the increased accuracy of production requirements has a significantly positive impact on the shop’s overall operations.”
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expi GmbH Joins The Aras Partner Program 23 October 2014
Aras® today announced that expi GmbH, headquartered in Denzlingen, Germany, has joined the Aras Partner Program. Expi brings extensive experience in Electrical CAD (ECAD) integration to PLM and ERP systems to the Aras Community.
Page 43 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary For more than 16 years the team at expi has been providing customers with electrical technology solutions. Today, expi is 100% focused on ECAD data and process integration. The company has developed standardized solutions that can be used off-the-shelf or tailored to customer needs. Working closely with PLM and ERP providers, expi offers complete services, including development, adaption, integration and support. For more information please visit http://www.expi-gmbh.de “We are very pleased to welcome expi to the Aras Partner Program and the Aras Community. expi’s extensive knowledge of ECAD, PLM and ERP will help our Community members take their Aras implementations to the next level,” said Andreas Mueller, Vice President of Global Alliances at Aras.
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Gerber Technology Launches Integrated 3D with its AccuMark 10 Launch 23 October 2014
Gerber Technology announces the introduction of AccuMark 10, featuring a fully integrated 3D solution for garment development and pattern making. AccuMark 10 will be available in the spring of 2015. The new product will allow designers to share 3D images and motion files, furthering collaboration and centralization of data. Designers will have a real-life visualization of designs and be able make pattern corrections that can then be visualized in 3D. “AccuMark 10 will truly transform the pattern making process,” said Mary McFadden, director, CAD Product Management at Gerber Technology. “This technology will bring a new level of efficiency and speed to design because it fully integrates within our existing AccuMark software.” “Gerber Technology recognizes the impact 3D will have on the lives of its customers,” said Mike Elia, CEO Gerber Technology. “3D will be a disruptive technology. Its applications are broad and will have an impact from the creative and garment development process to merchandising and e-commerce,” said Elia. “Our current breadth of technology positions us to lead the way in creating solutions for our customers with 3D – enhancing the design process through automated manufacturing and full product line management.” Customer feedback led to Gerber’s initial 3D focus, recognizing that accurate 3D visualization will dramatically reduce the time involved in development and sample making. “This is a very important development from the creative perspective,” said McFadden. “It allows designers to unleash their creativity in a real-life visualization of designs that could previously only be imagined through 2D sketches.” Gerber was the first to introduce CAD Pattern Making Software for the apparel industry. Today, AccuMark CAD systems are used by more than 14,000 customers and some of the world’s leading fashion brands. Gerber has a history of bringing forward innovations and technologies that optimize customers’ design and manufacturing processes. They hold a unique position in the fashion and apparel industry, being the first to launch technologies that have become the benchmarks for CAD Pattern Making Software and automated spreading and cutting machines. Gerber Technology is aggressively working on future 3D applications to address the broad range of needs in the areas of garment testing, the movement of fabric and fit, merchandising and e-commerce. “Managing data and helping our customers to gain insight quickly is becoming more and more important in the fashion industry, said Elia, “looking at the broad landscape and identifying ways to
Page 44 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary leverage technologies like 3D and others at different points across the supply chain will continue to be our focus in the future.”
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Infor Unveils Cloud Offering Industry-Tailored for Food and Beverage 15 October 2014
Infor announced Infor CloudSuiteTM Food & Beverage to provide food and beverage manufacturing customers with access to applications in a cloud environment. Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage offers customers a flexible approach for hosting applications, with a lower upfront IT investment and a subscription-based delivery model. Powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS), Infor CloudSuite combines a beautiful software experience with a strong layer of industry functionality. Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage is specially designed to meet the needs of process manufacturing customers and provides tools to improve margins by solving common challenges such as short-shelf life and ingredient variability. The solution offers the same proven capabilities as Infor's leading edge on- premise solution, but in a quickly deployed, easy to maintain and highly scalable cloud environment. This solution provides functionality, flexibility and reliability in a cloud environment, allowing customers to significantly lower capital investment for IT, while improving their overall agility in this fast paced industry. The product suite will offer industry-tailored functionality such as forecasting and demand features that drill down to hours and minutes. Production planning, scheduling, tracking, traceability, recipe management and quality compliance are all key components of Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage. The cloud delivery ensures access to built-in support for global operations as well as security that follows industry best practice protocols. Infor CloudSuite customers also gain access to industry-specific analytics, which are delivered through a unified suite that employs a unique user interface to provide critical data and metrics to end-users. The suite utilizes Infor ION® a purpose-built middleware and social collaboration engine Infor Ming.leTM, which facilitates internal and external communications between customers and their suppliers. Customers experience a faster return on investment (ROI) as well as scalability through a subscription model. Without the need to purchase additional onsite servers and hardware or hire supplemental IT staff, customers can significantly lower upfront investment costs by deploying Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage. "Process manufacturers are constantly searching for an edge to help reduce costs and increase efficiency, Infor CloudSuite Food & Beverage offers a meaningful resource to improve responsiveness and ensure that they always have access to the latest technology from Infor," said Mike Edgett, industry & solution strategy director, Process Manufacturing, Infor. "Infor is dedicated to providing customers with the most flexible solutions that achieve both immediate and future operations-related savings, without sacrificing the reliability of the technology."
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Page 45 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Innovyze Releases InfoSWMM Generation V13, Spearheading New Era in GIS-Centric Smart Wastewater Modeling 21 October 2014
Innovyze announced the worldwide availability of the V13 Generation of its InfoSWMM for ArcGIS (Esri, Redlands, CA). InfoSWMM V13 provides unique new capabilities and enhancements that comprise the most advanced approach to guiding and optimizing collection systems planning, designs, operations and management. The only urban drainage modeling solution certified by the National Association of GIS-centric Software, the full-featured InfoSWMManalysis and design program delivers the highest rate of return in the industry. All operations of a typical sewer system — from analysis and design to management functions such as water quality assessment, pollution prediction, sediment transport and deposition, urban flooding, real-time control, and record keeping — are addressed in a single, fully integrated geoengineering environment. The program’s powerful hydraulic and water quality computational engine is based on the latest SWMM 5.1 version, which is endorsed by the USEPA and certified by FEMA. These features and more deliver an enhanced modeling experience and greater realism of displayed results — advantages that translate to increased productivity, reduced costs, higher accuracy, better efficiency, and improved designs. InfoSWMM also serves as a robust base platform for advanced modeling, operational, capital planning, and analytics-driven asset management extensions. Some of these critical applications include InfoSWMM 2D (two-dimensional surface flood modeling), CapPlan (risk-based capital planning and asset performance modeling), InfoMaster (GIS-centric asset management), and RDII Analyst (rainfall- dependent inflow and infiltration planning and analysis). The release of InfoSWMM V13 extends previous generations’ capabilities with over 50 new features, improvements, and groundbreaking innovations in geoengineering productivity and efficiency. These advances greatly simplify, accelerate, and integrate urban drainage network engineering, helping wastewater engineers develop better designs and operational improvements faster. Among the new features are new LID modules specifically for Green Roofs and Rain Gardens, addition of a modified Horton method for infiltration, the ability to use a second user-supplied equation for groundwater outflow as well as a conduit’s OPEN/CLOSED status in both control rules premise conditions and action clauses, addition of both evaporation and seepage from conduits, ability to save a hot start file that contains the full state of the system, the addition of conduit flow volume as a time series output variable, and summary tables enhancements. “Our priorities have always been to advance the frontiers of smart network modeling technology and support our customers’ successes by helping them be more productive, innovative and competitive — imperatives in today’s economy,” said Paul F. Boulos, Ph.D., BCEEM, NAE, Hon.D.WRE, Dist.D.NE, F.ASCE, President, COO and Chief Technical Officer of Innovyze. “This major InfoSWMMrelease delivers on our promise to equip our customers with the ultimate ArcGIS-centric decision support tool for sewer collection and urban drainage systems. Like its predecessors, InfoSWMM V13 sets a new standard for quality and high-performance network modeling and management with unrivaled power and speed, cutting-edge capabilities, rich functionality and ease of use. From top to bottom, it is designed for record modeling performance that enables users to increase their productivity and quality while achieving their engineering, sustainability and business goals.”
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KBMax brings CAD Automation to Oracle Cloud CPQ 21 October 2014
KBMax is proud to announce its Oracle Gold Partnership and recent exhibition at Oracle Open Word 2014. KBMax integrates with Oracle Cloud CPQ (formerly Big Machines) to provide Product Visualization, CAD Automation, Drag & Drop User Interfaces, and more for Engineer to Order manufacturers. Generating dynamic models, drawings, and images automatically from Oracle will help these companies sell more, faster. Engineer to order products can take days or weeks to manually draw CAD models & drawings. These costly bottlenecks are slowing down your sales & manufacturing process. KBMax CAD automation removes these repetitive manual tasks and instantly generates precise models & drawings. Increase standard product offerings & free up your engineers to focus on higher value activity like one offs, R&D, & innovation. Hit rates improve if you show customers their configuration before ordering. The KBMax Drag & Drop UI allows your sales team or customers to configure complex products online in real time. Like Visio with product intelligence, you can drag & drop components into a visual layout of the configuration. Disconnected enterprise systems that create departmental silos & delay workflows. An end to end CPQ solution stores your product rules in a central location that can push & pull from CAD, CRM, ERP, & PDM systems. Results include improved interdepartmental communication & efficiency between sales, engineering, and manufacturing
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Kubotek Validation Tool 2015 and ECO Manager 2015 Products Available Now From Kubotek 23 October 2014
Kubotek USA has officially released the 2015 versions of both Kubotek Validation Tool and ECO Manager CAD Comparison and Data Validation software packages. The latest versions contain numerous enhancements to improve the organization of CAD data and the subsequent reports users generate to clearly communicate validated 3D data and/or design changes. Kubotek Validation Tool is a CAD data validation software used to verify that any iteration of a master design file, regardless of file type, has not changed. This software is especially useful as 3D design data works its way through the supply chain. In fact, Kubotek Validation Tool is an approved CAD Data Validation software package used by Boeing suppliers to meet the quality assurance measures of the D6- 51991 data integrity requirement. ECO Manager can be used to very easily compare two CAD models, regardless of file type, to uncover differences in product geometry, Model Based Definition (MBD) or Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) contained in the 3D model. Found revisions can be documented and easily communicated via automated reports in PowerPoint® and 3D PDF formats as designs work their way through the manufacturing process.
Page 47 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary The 2015 release of these products update CAD file translators for improved operability. In addition, several new functions improve the user's control over how they view errors or differences, including how IS/WAS design changes are examined. Sorting errors or differences also becomes more automated as users now can rely on Compare folders that are automatically populated with added, removed or revised data. Further, ECO Manager 2015 includes an Auto PDF report option that works much like the standard Auto PowerPoint® report option. Users can first capture the information (images) to create an automated PDF report to show IS/WAS images and folder names. Mark Parent, Kubotek COO states, "All Kubotek products, including KeyCreator Direct CAD, excel at what I call The 'Q'- Translation, Hybrid Modeling, Editing and/or Querying -which, in the case of Validation Tool and ECO Manager, means being able to work with any CAD model to uncover important information. Kubotek compares and shows differences in CAD models better than any other compare technology on the market, in large part because of our feature and pattern recognition abilities. Our leadership in truly unique technologies helps companies save real time and money."
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New, Innovative YuniquePLM Line Planning & Development Calendar Functionality Meet the Increasing Demands of the Fashion Industry 17 October 2014
Yunique Solutions has announced the availability of YuniquePLM V6, updated to improve speed, efficiency and usability for the fashion and apparel industry. “Our customers have truly helped us to drive the latest enhancements we made with the release of YuniquePLM V6,” said Bill Brewster, Yunique Solutions General Manager. “The new development calendar and line planning functions, are a direct result of customer input. We understand how essential these steps are in their workflow. In addition to these core functions, we also upgraded the user interface to reduce clicks and key strokes so our users can accomplish key tasks more quickly and efficiently.” Founded, developed and serviced by industry professionals with experience in manufacturing, ERP, product development and other integrated apparel systems; Yunique Solutions delivers the finest product lifecycle management solutions for the fashion and apparel industry. Yunique Solutions is a combination of technology, process and people – each component absolutely crucial for successful and satisfied customers. A selection of innovations and enhancements in the latest release of YuniquePLM include: Development Calendar This new powerful, yet intuitive calendaring tool provides complete product development visibility across the enterprise, ultimately reducing redundancies, saving time and ensuring accountability. Users are able to define beginning and end times, owners and dependences, and even manage external events and activities and critical paths. Accompanied by a graphical calendar of milestones and tasks, users can easily drag-and-drop to rearrange timing or dependencies. Line Planning
Page 48 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary YuniquePLM’s line planning capabilities allow users to plan everything, from business financials to product development. Capture planned units and initial style data to forecast budgets and financials by adding SKU plans and pricing information early on in the process. Designers may enter planned colors and materials and track them against the styles in the Line List, as the projects move from development to approved commitments. Create storyboards by creating or linking image catalogs to the plan. Determine the materials that should be used and gain visibility to what is actually being used. Remain up to date with notifications about changes that are being made in line plans that may impact styles in the line list. 3D File Support As 3D printing and advanced CAD development take hold, YuniquePLM V6 is available for storage needs. The system allows users to view, store and analyze 3D files in one location, either internally or through a partner via a vendor portal. Mass Sample Request Development YuniquePLM V6 allows users to create styles, materials, samples, RFQs and edits en masse, to speed the process and reduce data entry time. A new image caching function has been implemented system-side, dramatically improving page loading and performance.
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Tech Soft 3D Releases HOOPS Exchange 2015 21 October 2014
Tech Soft 3D announces the release of HOOPS Exchange 2015, with new upgrades for allowing developers to add quick, accurate and complete 3D CAD data access to their applications. Software developers can now benefit from even broader format support as well as a high-performance Parasolid connector, which seamlessly and accurately bridges imported data to the B-Rep modeler found within many applications, and prepares it for accurate modeling within Parasolid. “The new Parasolid connector provides developers everything they need to optimize connectivity between these industrial-strength 3D toolkits – giving their users unparalleled power to import, model and interrogate data,” says Gavin Bridgeman, Tech Soft 3D VP of Products. Other upgrades include: Support for reading B-Rep data from Autodesk® Inventor® files. View and PMI support for the widely used SolidWorks® format. Texture support for SolidWorks and Autodesk Inventor. Performance enhancements for IFC, including a 500% processing time improvement for some files. Support for CATIA® V5-6 2014, Solid Edge® ST7, Inventor 2015 and Creo3 – meaning all
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Tech Soft 3D Releases HOOPS Publish 2015 16 October 2014
Tech Soft 3D announces the release of HOOPS Publish 2015, enriched with powerful options for adding intelligent 3D PDF publishing to any application. Advanced features include the ability to create interactive document objects that drive 3D behaviors, and tools for designing smart templates that link relevant information with visuals. HOOPS Publish can create 3D PDFs that store and share all aspects of a model in support of the modern MBE (model-based enterprise) approach to engineering. Additionally, it is the only solution on the market that generates rich, highly-compressed 3D PDFs using the native PRC file format, guaranteeing geometric accuracy and 100% compatibility with Adobe products. “The manufacturing and construction industries increasingly needs to share 3D data directly linked to other intelligence in a single, contextualized package,” says Gavin Bridgeman, Tech Soft 3D VP of Products. “With HOOPS Publish 2015, developers can create templates that perfectly address a number of specific workflows for using 3D data downstream.” Among the many improvements to HOOPS Publish 2015: 3D-focused interactive objects: Easily incorporate View Carousels, Bills of Materials and more, using the ability to create interactive PDF objects that drive behaviors within the 3D scene. Advanced PDF objects via API: Easily build advanced list boxes, buttons and hot-spots in your PDF document directly via the HOOPS Publish APIs. Visual Response Improvements: Based on customer feedback, our visual response capabilities now more accurately reflect the intent outlined in the ASME Y14.41 standard for creating and interacting with PMI data. Says Anark CEO, Stephen Collins, "HOOPS Publish continues to provide the advanced functionality needed to create dynamic, intelligent 3D PDFs that keep us at the forefront of the Model-Based Enterprise (MBE) revolution, where collaboration and rich data reuse is critical.”
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Tecplot 360 EX 2014 Release 2 Now Available 15 October 2014
Tecplot, Inc. announced that Tecplot 360 EX Release 2 is available. This release allows engineers to quickly and easily interrogate complex CFD solution data while maintaining the same absolute control of plot attributes. Context toolbars allow for quick changes to zone styles, iso-surfaces, and slices. With a simple right-click on the object, users have direct access to mesh, contour, vector, shade, edge, and
Page 50 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary translucency. Fourier transform feature allows transformation of one-dimensional ordered linear data into the frequency domain for visualization and further analysis. Native Mac OSX support is now fully integrated into Tecplot 360 EX, and Mac users are able to utilize Tecplot 360 the way it was intended. Product manager, Durrell Rittenberg explains, “results from our recent usability studies identified several user interface areas in Tecplot 360 that if implemented would substantially improve the usability of the product. The top recommendation from the study was to reduce the complexity for users that are performing CFD exploration. But it was important to maintain the existing flexibility and plot control. The right-clickable context menu accomplishes this.”
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Theorem Ships CADverter v17.2 for PTC Creo Parametric 22 October 2014
The need to get non-native data formats in and out of the PTC Creo Parametric can be a real issue when working with partners who use different formats. To solve this issue, Theorem Solutions has just announced the release of the latest version of its CADverter translation product suite (v17.2) which helps to resolve the issue of sharing data between the PTC Creo Parametric and PTC Creo View formats with other PLM systems. Theorem Solutions is an Advantage Gold Partner with PTC and has a wide range of products available to benefit the PTC user. CADverter v17.2 also includes support for the latest Publish 3D suite of products , Theorem's popular Multi-CAD plugin solution and the class leading traditional uni and bi- directional CADverters listed below. PTC Creo Parametric CADverter to/from CATIA R18 to V5-6R2013/R2014 (R23/R24) PTC Creo Parametric CADverter to/from 3DEXPERIENCE Platform (R2014x) formerly CATIA V6 PTC Creo Parametric CADverter to/from NX 9 PTC’s Creo Parametric CADverter to/from JT The Publish 3D suite of products for PTC’s Creo Parametric WF5, Creo 1.0 and Creo 2.0 includes: Publish 3D Interactive, Publish 3D On Demand and Publish 3D Automated. This publishing suite allow companies to easily create and share PDF documentation containing embedded interactive 3D data published directly from PTC Creo Parametric data. Published interactive 3D models contained within a standard PDF document can then be viewed and interrogated. Components within assemblies can be turned on and off, shaded and rendered for technical authoring, viewed as either a solid, wireframe or even cross-sectioned, all using the freely available Adobe Acrobat Reader. Multi-CAD for PTC’s Creo Parametric WF5, Creo 1.0 and Creo 2.0 is aimed at users needing to work in a Multi-CAD environment with CATIA users but without the need for external translation. Native data can be easily inserted into the Multi-CAD environment, keeping full associativity in CATIA and updating the native Creo data automatically, when changes are made.
Page 51 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Theorem's unique CATIA V5 Adapters for Creo View are also included in this release with support for CATIA V5 R18 – CATIA V5-V6R2014 (R24) The latest CADverter will be available on request to customers with a current maintenance agreement, or to other users on attractive upgrade terms. Work on Creo 3.0 is already underway and is set for release later in the year.
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TraceParts Releases New Version of its Supplier Parts Management system 23 October 2014
TraceParts has now released Service Pack 2 of its Supplier Parts Management Software TraceParts Enterprise. Major improvements in usability and performance for design departments have been added to this release. Six months after the official launch of TraceParts Enterprise, the software is now available in version 2014 SP2. The feedback, given by hundreds of Try & Buy users who have tested TraceParts Enterprise for 30 days, had a huge influence on the definition of this release. “In the past six months our Try & Buy program has evolved extremely good. While we initially focused on German and French speaking countries, we’re now receiving trial requests from all over the world. This proves that preventing part duplicates is a global issue which affects everybody in the design world”, explains Alfred Schallert, Global Product Manager TraceParts Enterprise. The main purpose of TraceParts Enterprise is to prevent duplicate purchased parts. This is done with advanced content management functions, which allows an administrator to control the standard and supplier parts which are supposed to be used by the designers. For additionally needed parts, the designers can use the seamlessly integrated Request Management module. “All the positive feedback we received from our Try & Buy users shows that an efficient management of standard and supplier parts before the CAD download itself, has a stronger effect on cost savings than many other solutions on the market” adds Alfred Schallert. For the 2015 release, which is planned for December, TraceParts has many exciting new features on its roadmap, focusing on Status Management for part numbers and Subscription Management for external sub-contractors.
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