Hyder Consulting, which was commissioned by Qatar’s Public Works Authority (Ashghal) to design and supervise a new six-lane expressway project in Doha, has used intelligent 3D modelling and Autodesk software to overcome the complex design challenges. The project, part of Qatar’s extensive Expressway Programme, employed software such as Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D, Autodesk Navisworks, and Autodesk 3ds Max to configure the expressway, associated structures, and utilities within extremely narrow corridors, according to Autodesk. The project features some of the narrowest road corridors – some of which are just 40 m wide - in order to minimise additional land taking. The effective use of model-based design, analysis, simulation, and visualisation helped the London-based multinational design and engineering consultancy to overcome complex design challenges, leading to a more efficient use of resources, and resulting in more rapid and informed decision making, said Autodesk. In association with BIM (building information modelling) service provider Hochtief ViCon, Hyder is using

ZWCAD Design announces that The ERBUD Group upgraded ZWCAD+ licenses and repurchased ZWCAD+. ZWCAD+ ensures fast transfer of project files between designers and contractors, so that ERBUD is able to review design projects in a more efficient way.   ERBUD is one of the leading construction companies in Poland with over 24 years of experience in the industry. With 1,700 employees, it performs as a general contractor and a subcontractor in the commercial, public utility structures, power, housing and road-engineering sectors in Poland and other European countries, mainly in Germany and Belgium. ERBUD is a public company listed on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.   Search for ZWCAD on CIMdata.com

ETRAGE, as Sponsor of the Event, announce that they will be presenting at the PTC® Live Global Conference, PTC’s Premier User Group meeting, held at the Opryland Hotel, in Nashville, TN.                                                                   “Integration Examples between PTC® Windchill® & Microsoft® SharePoint®” is Session Part109, Monday June 8th, 4:00 pm, Room Hermitage E. This presentation will demonstrate four products.  The first product is for change request management, the second is for searching for documents in Windchill from a SharePoint interface, the third is for browsing for documents in Windchill and the forth is to approve Windchill tasks from within SharePoint.  Last year PTC discontinued support for Web Parts for SharePoint in Windchill 10.2. The ETRAGE integration solution is positioned to fill this void and provide extended functionality. ETRAGE has developed tools that provide a bidirectional communication between Windchill and SharePoint.  Changes initiated in Windchill are passed to SharePoint where they can be reviewed and updated. SharePoint updates are automatically transferred back

Bentley Systems,announced that Hitachi- GE Nuclear Energy, Ltd.'s project "Development of Decommissioning Engineering Platform Based on 3D Plant Model" has won a 2014 Be Inspired Award. The project won in the "Innovation in Power Generation" category. The 2014 Be Inspired Awards winners were selected by nine independent panels of jurors comprising distinguished industry experts. The awards honor the extraordinary work of Bentley users improving and sustaining the world's infrastructure, recognizing outstanding and innovative project achievements in infrastructure design, construction, and operations. The Hitachi- GE Nuclear Energy project was prompted by the Japanese government's decision to decommission all nuclear reactors that are more than 40 years old. By the 2040s, decommissioning will peak at more than 50 percent of Japan's domestic plants. Decommissioning nuclear power plants takes as many as several thousand workers, 10 years, and a cost of JPY 36 to 77 billion per reactor. The objective of the project was to accurately calculate the amount of waste materials that must

Approyo has signed an agreement with SAP AG that will allow its participating member firms to resell SAP products under a single framework. The value-added reseller (VAR) deal allows Approyo to license SAP software directly to their clients and provide better business solutions involving SAP software and maintenance. “Becoming a VAR allows Approyo to extend its long-standing strategic partnership with SAP” said Marcus Retrac, President of Approyo. “This will strengthen our relationship with our customers and partners allowing us to act as a single point of contact for SAP and continue to deliver SAP HANA products and support services.” Approyo has been providing cloud for the last three years. Approyo built an entire platform using the best solutions in the market, allowing clients to benefit immediately from SAP HANA without the massive upfront cost structure typically seen with those bare metal solutions. To view the original

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announced today the key sponsors for its upcoming PLM Road Map for the High Tech Electronics (HTE) Community conference are Aras Corp., Arena Solutions, Autodesk, LeverX/SAP, and Siemens PLM Software. The event, which takes place on June 16 at the Biltmore Hotel & Suites in Santa Clara, California, is a strategic conference that focuses on how companies successfully define and employ PLM strategies and enabling solutions to meet challenging product development, manufacturing, and deployment issues. The theme for PLM Road Map for the HTE Community is Innovating in a Nanosecond World: How PLM Makes Innovation and Collaboration for the HTE Industry Repeatable, Sustainable, and Scalable. “CIMdata is honored to have these leaders in PLM solutions and services choose to sponsor PLM Road Map for the HTE Community,” commented Andrew Rodger, Senior Business Development Manager with responsibility for CIMdata’s Global

Leading PLM solution and service providers to sponsor PLM conference. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 27 May 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announced today the key sponsors for its upcoming PLM Road Map for the High Tech Electronics (HTE) Community conference are Aras Corp., Arena Solutions, Autodesk, LeverX/SAP, and Siemens PLM Software. The event, which takes place on June 16 at the Biltmore Hotel & Suites in Santa Clara, California, is a strategic conference that focuses on how companies successfully define and employ PLM strategies and enabling solutions to meet challenging product development, manufacturing, and deployment issues. The theme for PLM Road Map for the HTE Community is Innovating in a Nanosecond World: How PLM Makes Innovation and Collaboration for the HTE Industry Repeatable, Sustainable, and Scalable. “CIMdata is honored to have these leaders in PLM solutions and services choose to sponsor PLM Road Map for the

Confidence. Flexibility. Visibility. Those are the three keywords that Cabinet Vision software provide for one of Northern Ireland’s leading kitchen, bedroom and cabinet companies. Woodland Kitchens, a family-run business founded in Ballymena over 30 years ago by Brian McCloskey, who is still Managing Director, is at the forefront of design, manufacture and installation of high-end, ultra-contemporary and traditional kitchens and bedrooms. All their units are created in a purpose-built 90,000 square foot factory in Rasharkin, using computer controlled manufacturing technology combined with traditional craftsmanship, and are supplied fully made up. Design Technician Sean Quinn says Cabinet Vision is an essential part of their design process. “It gives us a clear vision of what we’re aiming to produce, and the confidence that what we design will be replicated in the workshop. We’ll take an initial brief on the specifications, and Cabinet Vision’s wizard makes it so easy for us to construct a base unit.

Expo Milano 2015 has developed an online 3D experience powered by Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform.  The experience will enable virtual visitors to discover the expo’s eco-sustainability theme, ‘Feeding the Planet, Energy for Life’. World Expo 2015 is currently taking place in Milan and will run until October 31st. The event will examine the challenge of balancing nutrition for mankind with respect for the planet’s resources. To support this focus and make the event accessible to all, Expo Milano 2015 is creating an online, virtual model of the one million square meter exhibition site.  Virtual visitors will be able to immerse themselves in a real-time 3D universe and explore the venue’s buildings at their own pace, starting in December 2014 and throughout the event’s duration.  Interactive 3D features, 360° views, sound effects and high definition images will bring the event to life in a visual, vibrant and informative manner, and help contribute to global

''Delcam CRISPIN will demonstrate the 2015 R2 version of its ShoeMaker Pro CAD software for the design of all types of footwear at the Shoes & Leather Fair to be held in Guangzhou, China, from 1st to 3rd June.  This latest release includes special editing tools to adapt an existing sole to a new upper design, more efficient tools for upper design, such as edge gimping, stitch-down simulation and a new jewellery library, plus improvements to the KeyShot rendering and the ability to export models in Apple’s iBook Widget format for viewing on iPads and iPhones. ShoeMaker Pro is the only CAD program for the footwear industry that integrates fully the 3D design of uppers and soles, so allowing the complete 3D CAD model of the shoe to be developed and visualised within a single system.  This integrated approach benefits all footwear designers, but is particularly advantageous for companies making sports