SofTech, Inc. today announced its third quarter fiscal year 2015 operating results. Revenue for the three months ended February 28, 2015 was approximately $.925 million as compared to approximately $1.342 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year. The net loss for the current quarter was approximately ($356,000) or ($.40) per share compared to approximately $(339,000) or $(.39) per share for the same period in the prior fiscal year. EBITDA for current quarter was approximately $(171,000) as compared to approximately $(259,000) for the same period in fiscal year 2014. Revenue for the nine months ended February 28, 2015 was approximately $2.8 million as compared to approximately $4.1 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year. The net loss for the first nine months of the current fiscal year was approximately ($1,307,000) or ($1.47) per share compared to a net loss of approximately $(91,000) or $(.10) per share

ModuleWorks will show the latest developments in CAD/CAM component technology at the 14th China International Machine Tool Show (CIMT) from April 20-25th 2015 in Hall E5, booth 317. ModuleWorks is at the forefront of 5-Axis machining and Simulation technology, providing the toolpath generation and simulation technology that powers many of the most popular CAM systems available around the world today. ModuleWorks has more than 50 industry partners around the globe and partners in China include CAXA, one of the most popular locally authored CAD/CAM solutions. At CIMT 2015, the ModuleWorks team will be showing the latest developments in CAD/CAM component technology including the highlights of the upcoming 2015.04 releases including many new innovations in toolpath generation and simulation. ModuleWorks have been also collaborating with CNC control manufacturers to provide its simulation and verification technology directly on the CNC control and will be showing how G-Code CNC programs can be verified on the control

Yunique Solutions announced today that the Fashion Institute of Technology has implemented YuniquePLM™ in its 'Product Development with PLM' non-credit courses. The addition of a PLM-focused course attests to FIT's dedication to forward-looking technology and hands-on experience with real-world tools.  YuniquePLM, designed specifically for the fashion and retail industries, features extensive functionality in a web-based platform that connects merchandisers, designers and sourcing teams with their global supply chains to optimize their product lifecycle processes. Teams around the world can communicate more effectively, accelerate time to market, ensure quality and reduce errors.  FIT has a long history of educating their students with the industry's best technology. Expanding the course work and technology to PLM is a key progression to better position students for success in their future fashion careers.  The new course comprises interactive training and group dialog to understand how PLM is being implemented today in fashion companies, both small and large, to accelerate

Nominations are being accepted now through Tuesday, June 30, 2015, for the Phil Kaufman Award for Distinguished Contributions to Electronic Design Automation (EDA), sponsored by the EDA Consortium (EDAC) and the IEEE Council on Electronic Design Automation (CEDA). The award honors individuals whose contributions made a significant impact within EDA in business, industry direction, promotion, technology and engineering, educational or mentoring. Impartiality is provided to all nominees, without regard to race, gender, age or national origin. “The IEEE Council on EDA is pleased to partner with the EDA Consortium in seeking outstanding nominees for the 21st Phil Kaufman Award," said Sani Nassif, President of IEEE/CEDA. "The 2015 recipient will join a select group of individuals who have helped advance EDA and thus the electronics industry." John Kibarian, co-chair of the EDA Consortium and President & CEO of PDF Solutions, added, "The EDA industry continues to address the complex challenges faced by electronic designers.

MathWorks today announced that Japan's Kanazawa Institute of Technology is now providing MATLAB and Simulink to students and faculty campus-wide. As a result, the school community has access to the tools on university-managed and student-owned computers for research and classes. Greater access by students and professors to MATLAB and Simulink – as well as 50 additional products from MathWorks – is part of the University’s initiative to create an environment in which active-minded engineering students can focus on solving real-world problems to benefit society. Kanazawa Institute of Technology follows the globally acknowledged approach for engineering education of CDIO – Conceive, Design, Implement, and Operate. The University also encourages “Design Thinking” through its required Project Design class in which students identify specific problems, discover needs and design engineering solutions through a combination of ideas, innovation, knowledge, testing, validation and verification. Prior to the campus-wide access, Kanazawa Institute of Technology had been using MATLAB and Simulink for classes

CCE announced that it has strengthened its 20-year relationship by successfully renewing its multi-year CAD interoperability agreement with Tebis AG. "Our relationship with Tebis is very special. Tebis develops high-end CAD/CAM systems for tool, die, and mold manufacturing, and has been using CCE's CAD interoperability solutions for over 20 years! They work with the world's top organizations that put our interoperability technology to the test every single day. As a downstream application provider, Tebis values advanced CAD interoperability and we are fortunate to have been partnered with them for so many years. We are pleased to have successfully renewed our relationship with them recently," said CCE's Vice President of Sales and Marketing, Vinay Wagle. All of Tebis' direct CAD interfaces are developed by CCE, which includes formats like CATIA V4 (Read & Write), CATIA V5 (Read & Write), Siemens NX (Read & Write), SolidWorks (Read), PTC Creo (Read), JT (Read), and Parasolid

An organization delivers on its mission through its employees. This fact is often expressed in corporate communication statements such as “Employees are our most valued asset.”  However, despite best intentions, not every organization is able to create an environment in which employees feel valued. This is true even in companies that competitively compensate their employees. To understand this, we, therefore, need to go beyond monetary incentives. Fundamentally humans are motivated by same basic factors Daniel Pink explains in his book “Drive: The Surprising Truth about What Motivates Us.” The top factors that make knowledge workers more motivated and satisfied are: 1) Belief that their work connects to a bigger purpose; 2) Have the ability to develop mastery, and 3) Have freedom to perform work autonomously.  Daniel Ariely, the behavioral economist and author, also offers evidence that the amount of effort put into the work and appreciation received by others are just as important. So, what

Wind River® is working with MathWorks to integrate Wind River Simics® with Simulink for improved model-based design workflows. This collaboration creates smarter system verification by enabling testing and co-simulation of combined design and platform models, and helps drive better designs while removing risk from future development, test, and integration. By alleviating these risks, this solution can be particularly valuable to engineering teams developing complex and safety-critical products for industries such as aerospace and defense, automotive, and industrial markets. Model-based design is transforming the way engineers and scientists work by moving design tasks from the lab and field to the desktop. In model-based design, a system model is at the center of the development process, from requirements development through design, implementation, and testing. When software and hardware implementation requirements such as fixed-point and timing behavior are included in model-based design, teams can automatically generate code for embedded deployment and create test benches for system verification, saving time and avoiding

3D Systems announced today the Sense Plus software upgrade for its best-selling consumer 3D scanner, SenseTM, making it faster and easier than ever to capture, edit, share and print real-world objects in 3D. Free to existing users, the new Sense Plus software increases scan capture speed by 3X to 25 frames per second while significantly improving tracking for a smoother scan experience. The new software also includes enhanced color editing features and is available in 3DS’ 12 standard languages for its consumer offerings. The software upgrade is available for download on the company’s consumer destination for all things 3D, Cubify®. Sense is the only 3D scanner to deliver precise, instant physical photography in full color, so everyone can capture his or her scanable moments. Sense has a flexible scan size and can capture everything from a picture-perfect cupcake to a full-body selfie, processing data in seconds for an instantly 3D printable file. An intuitive interface makes

AVEVA announced today that Progen Projetos Gerenciamento e Engenharia S.A. (Progen), a Brazilian engineering company, has gained impressive benefits by using AVEVA PDMS™ software on a major greenfield project in Brazil, for multinational EVONIK. ‘We have experienced significant advantages by using AVEVA PDMS on EVONIK’s BOOST project, a new plant that will produce products for the cosmetics industry', explained Renato Marquesano, Engineering Systems, Progen.  ‘Previously we were working with 2D design software and increasingly encountered discrepancies, from inaccurate material lists to high numbers of clashes. This led to significant and costly problems in the construction phase.   ‘On the BOOST project, a large and complex chemical plant with over 1400 piping lines, 1700 manual valves, 300 motors and 1350 field instruments, we have seen dramatic improvements. By using AVEVA PDMS we have been able to create higher quality design deliverables, collaborate more efficiently and greatly reduce rework, all of which have resulted in considerable time and