Adaptive Corporation has fully acquired Leading Edge Engineering P.C., a technology and services company focused on solving product design challenges using virtual simulation software. The technology, also referred to as computer aided engineering (CAE) software helps engineers develop better performing, more cost effective products in less time. Through this acquisition, Adaptive expands its expertise and footprint for addressing simulation needs in a broad range of multi-physics disciplines including load development, fatigue analysis, vehicle dynamics, process automation and optimization. “Simulation is a very important part of the design process” stated Eric Doubell, chief executive officer of Adaptive Corporation. “We are seeing an increase in demand from our clients around simulation expertise that can help root out potential design flaws before a product design is released to production. Providing technologies that can create virtual models, test the loads and analyze what-if scenarios helps to ultimately accelerate our clients go to market delivery. We

Atos, an international leader in digital services and Worldwide IT Partner for the Olympic Games, today announced that the secure, cloud IT infrastructure that will be used for the Pyeongchang 2018 Winter Olympic Games and beyond has now been delivered by Canopy – the Atos Cloud – in collaboration with EMC Corporation. The new cloud IT infrastructure powered by EMC, Atos’ strategic partner, will be used to test and run securely the IT applications used to distribute the results to the world’s media. It will also support the core planning systems that are used to recruit volunteers, support workforce management, manage the competition schedule and process accreditations for athletes, media and the wider Olympic Family. The creation of the new cloud infrastructure is built using the Canopy Enterprise Private Cloud and VCE’s Vblock® System - a converged infrastructure solution that can support other businesses on their journey to cloud. It represents a

Synergis Engineering Design Solutions, a division of Synergis Technologies, LLC and a highly rated, value-added  Autodesk reseller in the Americas, announced a partnership with Leica Geosystems to complement its product offering with High Definition Surveying (HDS) laser scanning solutions and services for the capture, modeling and visualization of 3D spatial information. "Partnering with Leica Geosystems enables us to provide customers access to industry leading high-definition scanners, known for their accuracy, durability, speed, and cleanliness of data," said Kristen Tomasic, divisional vice president for Synergis Engineering Design Solutions. "This is a natural extension of our current Autodesk product offering, providing crucial information for engineering design in areas such as building layout, mapping, conceptual design, and renovation." The partnership will work to combine the expertise and technologies of both companies, with turn-key solutions for firms looking to leverage point cloud data to optimize factory layouts, perform clash detection and assist with reconstruction and renovation

Delcam will launch the 2015 R2 version of its ArtCAM JewelSmith CADCAM software for the design and manufacture of all types of jewellery at the International Jewellery London exhibition to be held at Olympia, London, from 6th to 8th September. The new release, which can be used for the production of rings, broaches, cufflinks and other types of jewellery, includes improvements in both its design and machining options.  Full details on the new software and the opportunity to download an evaluation version are on the website – www.artcam.com/jewelsmith  The most significant addition in this release of ArtCAM JewelSmith is the ability to create support structures for 3D Printing.  Users can generate intelligent support structures, either manually or automatically, and can also add a tray for the printing of multiple items.  3D Printing offers jewellers an alternative route to machining for the production of highly complex models for lost-wax casting. For jewellers creating original

Trimble announced that it has acquired Vianova Systems AS, a Norwegian company specializing in Building Information Modeling (BIM) software for infrastructure design software solutions across the European region. Financial terms were not disclosed. Vianova Systems is a pioneer in the development of software leveraging advanced BIM technology for the civil engineering market and infrastructure lifecycle management across road, rail, sea and air infrastructure design. The company offers a portfolio of solutions for civil engineers, civil contractors and project owners. These solutions include specialist tools for road, rail, utility, site, bridge and tunnel civil design, advanced geotechnical analysis and sophisticated model-based multiuser collaboration tools. In addition, the tools include civil design project tracking, design model traceability and automated design change monitoring. Vianova Systems has a strong record of delivering infrastructure management solutions for national road and rail authorities, with the goal of bridging the gaps between design, construction and maintenance. Trimble is focused

Trimble announced that it has acquired privately held Spatial Dimension headquartered in Vancouver, Canada, with subsidiaries in South Africa, Brazil and Australia. Spatial Dimension's FlexiCadastre software is an enterprise scale land management solution adopted by leading mining companies and governments worldwide. The addition of FlexiCadastre broadens Trimble's land administration portfolio and ability to serve customers in both the public and private sectors across the mining, oil and gas, and forestry industries. Financial terms were not disclosed. Launched by Spatial Dimension in 2003, FlexiCadastre is used by private and public organizations to manage their land-related business processes, obligations and compliance in over 100 jurisdictions globally. FlexiCadastre uses a workflow-centric and spatially-enabled approach to provide a scalable, enterprise ready and integrated solution to drive the efficient administration of mineral rights and contracts across multiple global jurisdictions. Through consultation, implementation and support, Spatial Dimension's FlexiCadastre solution has been successfully deployed across hundreds of land

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced it will be showcasing how it leverages the TSMC Open Innovation Platform® (OIP) to optimize customer designs and manufacturing efficiency to ensure first-time product success on the 10nm FinFET (10FF) process at TSMC 2015 OIP Ecosystem Forum. The event is being held on September 17, 2015, at the Santa Clara Convention Center. What: Cadence is scheduled to deliver the following presentations in the EDA and IP tracks: ·         Complexities in developing a high-performance DDR subsystem at 3200Mbps on 16FF+ and 10FF: 10 a.m., by Chung Huang, design engineering director, and Amjad Qureshi, vice president, R&D, DDR team ·         Tackling coloring, cell pin access and variation at TSMC 10nm: 11 a.m., by Rahul Deokar, product marketing director ·         Custom device array place, route, simulate prior to layout: 1:30 p.m., Rege Colwell, software architect, and Khaled ElGalaind, principal software engineer ·         IC packaging-centric approach to design fanout WLCSP designs: 2:30 p.m., by Bill

Intergraph® announces the release of Intergraph GT STRUDL® 2015, the most advanced version of its industry-leading structural analysis and design software that now includes a new 3D CAD modeler plus 64-bit high-performance, multi-processor solvers. GT STRUDL is an extremely high-quality, fully integrated, database-driven system for frame and finite element linear and nonlinear static and dynamic analysis as well as comprehensive steel and reinforced concrete design. GT STRUDL includes all of the tools necessary to perform a broad range of structural analysis and design projects and can do so accurately in a fraction of the time of most other solutions. The new CAD modeler feature of GT STRUDL enables users to easily create simple to highly complex structural models for analysis and design purposes and to display analysis and design results using the same CAD interface that most engineers already use. “This new release of GT STRUDL furthers the mission of efficiently creating

CCE, a leading provider of advanced interoperability technology and engineering services, has recently launched a group on LinkedIn, the world's largest professional network, called, "The CAD Link - Interoperability and Data Translation." This fast-growing group consists of open discussions on CAD interoperability and data translation for the purpose of networking, education, and the sharing of helpful tips. "CAD interoperability is still relevant today, even after all these years. Companies today are still plagued by issues resulting from interoperability, as they were 25 years ago. We created this LinkedIn group as an open platform to discuss issues that are relevant to the engineering software industry, especially as it relates to CAD data interoperability. So far, the response has been great and the membership keeps growing. We are looking forward to sharing our knowledge and views of the CAD interop industry and learning from the participants," said Debankan Chattopadhyay, CCE's CAD Interoperability Business

COMSOL, a leading provider of multiphysics modeling and simulation software, is pleased to announce the featured customers who have been invited as keynote speakers for the 11th Annual COMSOL Conference, Boston’s leading event for multiphysics simulation and application design. The 2015 Boston keynotes include: ·         Rick Beyerle, senior research scientist in the Innovation and TechnologyGroup at GrafTech International ·         Dritan Celo, photonic integrated circuit (PIC) designer at Huawei Canada Research Centre ·         Stuart Brown, managing partner at Veryst Engineering KEYNOTE: A World of Multiphysics Applications in Carbon and Graphite At GrafTech, Rick Beyerle is responsible for the characterization and modeling of natural and synthetic graphite foils. He began his career doing simulations in the Microgravity Science Department at NASA Glenn Research Center, where he modeled the effect of orbital thermal loads on space hardware. Beyerle also designed microprocessor test equipment and telecommunications devices. He holds several patents for controlling the temperature of a microprocessor during