PLM Industry Summary Editor: Christine Bennett Vol. 9 No. 48 Wednesday 30 November 2007 Contents CIMdata News _____________________________________________________________________ 3 Ask the Expert: How Many BOMs Needed?__________________________________________________3 Ask the Expert: Migrating to 3D ___________________________________________________________3 CIMdata in the News: What the Latest PLM Acquisitions May Mean to You________________________3 Company News_____________________________________________________________________ 4 Ansoft Corporation CFO Announces Retirement_______________________________________________4 AVEVA Releases Latest Product Range at New Shanghai Office__________________________________4 BlueCielo Appoints Patrick CW Hansen Senior VP Global Sales & Marketing _______________________5 CAD Schroer Partners with Customer Driven Technology to Bring Powerful, Integrated Drafting to Pro/ENGINEER® Customers in the American Midwest_________________________________________5 Cadence Expands in Russia _______________________________________________________________6 ESI Group Joins Dassault Systèmes’ PLM MarketPlace _________________________________________7 Geometric is Now a Microsoft Certified Partner _______________________________________________7 Life Sciences Industry Facing New Challenges with the FDA’s Latest Electronic Submissions Requirements _____________________________________________________________________________________8 Monica Menghini Named CEO of 3dswym __________________________________________________10 NGC Celebrates 25 Years of Technology Innovation and Leadership in the Apparel Industry___________11 Phoenix Integration Awarded NASA Contract Through Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Award Program______________________________________________________________________________11 SpaceClaim Launches the 3D CAD Modification Challenge_____________________________________12 Events News ______________________________________________________________________ 14 AVEVA to Preview AVEVA ReviewShare Collaboration Tool at PowerGEN 2007 __________________14 Delcam to Show Latest Mouldmaking Developments in India ___________________________________15 ENOVIA Hosts Next-Generation PLM Seminar in Korea_______________________________________16 Gibbs and Infimatic Announce Strategic Partnership at EMO 2007 _______________________________17 GibbsCAM Demonstrated at Upcoming Mazak Open House ____________________________________18 How to Avoid New Product Introduction Delays; Registration Now Open for Free December 6th Webinar19 i get it Featuring New Training Courses at Autodesk University 2007 _____________________________19 SolidCAM to Launch InventorCAM 2008 at Autodesk University ________________________________20 think3 at EuroMold 2007 (Hall 6, Booth C81)________________________________________________21 Financial News ___________________________________________________________________ 22 Mentor Graphics Reports Third Quarter Results ______________________________________________22 Implementation Investments _________________________________________________________ 25 A World-leading Government and Defense Contractor Deploys Fishbowl Solutions __________________25 Aedas Receives Autodesk Revit BIM Experience Award for Innovative Designs in Dubai and Hong Kong26 Alenia Aeronautica to Standardize on Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter for Product Lifecycle Management __________________________________________________________________________27 Autodesk Announces Franke Group as Inventor of the Month for November 2007 ___________________28 AVEVA Co-Operates With Korea’s Top University ___________________________________________29 Babcock Implements FORAN System ______________________________________________________30 Catalog Data Solutions eCommerce Adopted by Ohio Nut & Bolt Company________________________30 Chosun University to Use FORAN ________________________________________________________31 Cochlear Ltd. Deploys PTC® Windchill® As A Key Element Of Its Strategic Growth Agenda _________31 Delcam Software Helps Surgeon Provide Alternatives to Amputation _____________________________32 Copyright © 2007 by CIMdata, Inc. All rights reserved. CIMdata, Inc. 3909 Research Park Drive Ann Arbor, Michigan 48108 Tel: +1 (734) 668–9922 Fax: +1 (734) 668–1957 E-mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.CIMdata.com CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Hanzas Elektronika Selects Valor’s vPlan for Increased Profitability ______________________________33 Infor PLM Streamlines Xtep for Success in Competitive Apparel Industry _________________________34 ITP Propels PLM Strategy with PTC® Windchill® ___________________________________________34 Mentor Graphics Questa Functional Verification Platform Adopted by Siemens IT Solutions and Services PSE _________________________________________________________________________________35 Mentor Graphics Olympus-SoC Place and Route System used by STMicroelectronics to Tape Out Set-Top Box Chip_____________________________________________________________________________37 Micronas Selects Cadence Incisive Plan-to-Closure Methodology for Verification Planning____________37 ‘Morphing Handcycle’ Provides New Freedom of Movement for Disabled Cyclists __________________38 Open Text Announces Completion by Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. of FDA Electronic Pilot Submission Using Livelink ECM - Collaborative Submissions__________________________________________________39 Regional Wireless Operator Selects Ceon to Provide Product Lifecycle and Catalog Management Product 41 SENER INGENIERÍA Y SISTEMAS, S.A. Has Been Awarded the Contract for the Engineering of the New Viking Line Ferry ______________________________________________________________________41 Shanghai Nuclear Engineering Research and Design Institute (SNERDI) Expands Commitment to Intergraph’s SmartPlant® Enterprise Solutions _______________________________________________42 Siemens PLM Software Technology Speeds Hendrick Motorsports and Driver Jimmie Johnson to Consecutive Nascar Nextel Cup Championships ______________________________________________42 Telelogic Signs 655,000 Euro Agreement with Leading European Aerospace Defense Manufacturer_____43 Toyota Motorsport Races Forward with Dassault Systèmes Solutions _____________________________43 Wessex Water Pumps Innovation into Equipment Designs With SolidWorks Software ________________44 Product News _____________________________________________________________________ 45 ALGOR V21 Upgrades Entire Spectrum of FEA: Modeling, Solution and Results ___________________45 Arasan Joins Chip Estimate's Prime IP Partner Program ________________________________________47 CONTACT Software Teamed Up With ESI Group ____________________________________________47 Dassault Systèmes Appoints DesignTech as a New Value Added Reseller in India ___________________48 Dassault Systèmes Announces New Student Edition of Abaqus Unified FEA from SIMULIA __________48 Dassault Systèmes Announces the General Availability of its 3DVIA Composer Product Line__________49 Flomerics Releases Version 8.1 of EFD Engineering Fluid Dynamics Analysis Software ______________50 Geometric Releases Version 2.1 of “GeomCaliper for Pro/ENGINEER” ___________________________51 Geometric Technologies Releases CAMWorks 2008 __________________________________________52 Geometric Releases Version 6.0 of “eDrawings Professional for CATIA V5” _______________________53 Kubotek USA and ALGOR Expand Partnership for Co-Distributed CAD-FEA Solution ______________54 Lionbridge Joins EMC Velocity2 Technology and ISV Partner Program to Help Organizations Automate the Process of Global Content Management ____________________________________________________54 Moldflow Announces the Release of Moldflow Plastics Advisers 8.1______________________________55 New Version of DFMPro 2008 Available from Geometric ______________________________________56 NOESIS Announces OPTIMUS 5.3 Release _________________________________________________57 PACE and CSM Software Sign Reseller Agreement ___________________________________________58 PartMaker Version 8.5 Now Shipping ______________________________________________________59 Perception Software’s EDA Integration Software to be Offered Through Oracle _____________________60 SoftinWay Announces New Bundle of AxSTREAM™ Educational Version for Design and Optimization of Turbomachinery Flow Paths______________________________________________________________60 Synopsys' DesignWare IP Passes Certified Wireless USB Testing From USB-IF ____________________61 Synplicity Joins Xilinx ESL Design Ecosystem_______________________________________________62 Year-End Nastran Promotion Features Advantages on Technical and Business Merits ________________63 Zuken Releases CADSTAR 10 with Improved Intelligent Functionalities for both the PCB Designer and Electronic Engineer_____________________________________________________________________64 Page 2 CIMdata PLM Industry Summary CIMdata News Ask the Expert: How Many BOMs Needed? 28 November 2007 In Managing Automation 's Ask the Expert column CIMdata Director of Research, Ken Amann, received the following inquiry “We currently have Teamcenter Engineering as our Design management tool and SAP for PDM and ERP. It has been suggested that we must now only have one BOM in SAP which is only one view so the design view and manufacturing view of the BOM is the same. Designers will effectively be creating the manufacturing BOM as their design. Do you know of any other organisation