ZWSOFT is welcoming its global partners to attend its 2015 Global Partner Conference (GPC) in Guangzhou, China on April 8th-11th. Theme of This Year: To Be Different This year’s theme “To Be Different” speaks volumes about ZWSOFT’s current competitive edge. The product line of ZWSOFT is so versatile that it ranges from the 2D platform, vertical industries, and mobile app to 3D design, aiming to provide new and all-round design experience for CAD users. On this grand occasion, ZWSOFT will mainly share recent achievements in product development, collect feedback for its future product roadmap and discuss business strategies with partners worldwide. Versatile ZWCAD Products to Guarantee Customer Satisfaction ZWCAD+ 2015 is the spotlight of many ZWCAD products in 2014. With ZWCAD+ 2015 Beta, ZWCAD+ 2015 and ZWCAD+ 2015 SP1 respectively released in last August, September and December, all of the versions are well-received by users, especially enhancements like Unicode and Google Earth Import and Export, etc.

Meghan Summers-West has been appointed president of CNC Software, Inc., the developer of Mastercam® CAD/CAM programming software for CNC machine tools. Former president, now chairman, Mark Summers made the announcement to all 139 employees on Thursday, April 2 at the company’s headquarters in Tolland, Connecticut. Its educational division staff located in Gig Harbor, Washington, participated in the celebratory announcement via teleconference. “As many people close to the Summers family know, this transition has been almost 32 years in the making. My daughter Meghan was born the same year that my brothers and I officially launched Mastercam and established CNC Software, Inc. in 1983,” Mark Summers said. “As a father, I am proud. As a business owner, and to all of you who have contributed so much of yourselves to make this company successful, I am wholly confident in this decision. For the majority of you who have watched Meghan grow up in these offices and have

Luxion is proud to announce the company’s new corporate headquarters in the continued growth and expansion of the company known for software development in the areas of lighting and real-time rendering technology. The new Luxion headquarters is located at 15143 Woodlawn Avenue, Tustin, California, 92780, in the heart of Orange County at the Pacific Business Center, just off the I-55 freeway and minutes away from John Wayne International Airport. With over 5,000 sq. ft. of creative space, the two-story building will serve as the central location for Luxion sales and customer support activities as well as support for marketing and development efforts.  “We are thrilled with how far the company has come and the opportunity to open the new headquarters,” say Claus Wann Jensen, CEO and Co-founder at Luxion. “With this larger office, we have a great location, ample meeting space and the room needed to support continued growth.” Luxion also established an

AVEVA has announced today the release of a new business paper: “The Digital Asset Approach - Defining a new era of collaboration in capital projects and asset operations”. This paper focuses on the importance of the Digital Asset for both Engineering, Procurement, & Construction companies (EPCs) and Owner Operators (OOs). One of the consistent challenges in both major capital projects and asset operations is the availability to all stakeholders of trusted information for effective and timely decision-making.  Through the collaborative creation, sharing and maintenance of a Digital Asset throughout the life cycle of its physical equivalent, all parties can improve their collective business processes and increase ROI. ’The Digital Asset approach has been central to our product development for many years,’ said Mat Truche-Gordon, Executive Vice-President – Business Strategy & Marketing, AVEVA. ‘At AVEVA we want to help EPCs and OOs to work together more effectively to deliver on-time, on-budget projects

Recognizing the need for more technical training to be offered in order to bridge the skills gap, Delcam is waiving all fees for any non-profit organization incorporating its FeatureCAM and Delcam for SolidWorks CAM software in its manufacturing education programs.  This applies to all non-profit institutions qualifying to Delcam Training Center (DTC) requirements in the United States and Canada starting from April 6th, 2015. FeatureCAM Training Centers, the forerunners to the Delcam Training Centers, were introduced over 15 years ago to help prepare students that wanted to further their education in engineering or get knowledge and training for entry level jobs in manufacturing.  Commenting on the new initiative, Delcam North America President, Glenn McMinn, said, "The program was created with the intention of allowing training centers the opportunity to properly train students and machinists with skills to seek employment effectively or to improve their current skills.  With the U.S. manufacturing sector

ANSYS announced today that five of its channel partners around the world have received Elite designation as part of its enhanced program to promote and support the adoption of comprehensive multiphysics solutions to meet customers' evolving technology requirements. The Elite status requires meeting steep requirements and certifies the channel partners to promote, sell, support and service the broad ANSYS multiphysics simulation portfolio. The Elite Channel Partners for 2015 are: CADFEM  GmbH in Germany, including its associates  CADFEM (Suisse) AG and CADFEM (Austria) GmbH Cybernet Systems Co. Ltd. in Japan ESSS in Brazil SimuTech Group in the United States TAE Sung Software & Engineering Inc. in South Korea The ANSYS Elite channel partner program, which includes Elite and Standard membership levels, promotes customer success by ensuring that channel partners meet stringent certification and resource requirements. Elite partners must have exceptional customer satisfaction rates, show consistent sales growth by meeting specific annual new business targets and employ technical and sales personnel who are fully certified by ANSYS. "All ANSYS channel partners

Altair today announced that it has completed the acquisition of Multiscale Design Systems, LLC, developer of MDS, a family of products focused on micromechanics, microstructural optimization, and life prediction of complex materials.  The company's technology integrates modeling, simulation, testing, uncertainty quantification, and optimization of composite materials and structures at multiple spatial and temporal scales. Known for its mathematical rigor and versatility, MDS will bring important new composites expertise to the Altair HyperWorks® suite, including multiscale analysis, stochastic design, fatigue analysis, and multiphysics simulation.  A member of the Altair Partner Alliance since last year, MDS is already available to HyperWorks users, along with a number of other cutting-edge technologies related to composite materials analysis and simulation.  A much tighter integration with Altair solvers RADIOSS® and OptiStruct® is expected in future. "We will continue to develop, enhance, and invest in MDS as part of HyperWorks while retaining an open architecture approach with respect to other 3rd party solvers," said Uwe Schramm, Chief

Synopsys, Inc. today announced that TSMC has concluded 16-nanometer FinFET Plus (16FF+) v1.0 certification and reached the first milestone of 10-nanometer (nm) certification based on the most current DRM and SPICE model on a comprehensive list of Synopsys' custom and digital design tools.  This certification enables mutual customers to deploy tools in Synopsys' Galaxy™ Design Platform for 16-nm production designs and 10-nm early engagements. The certified platform delivers technologies including routing rules, physical verification runsets, signoff-accurate extraction technology files, statistical timing analysis that correlates with SPICE, and interoperable process design kits (iPDKs) for FinFET processes. TSMC and Synopsys have collaborated to enhance new tool features based on both 16-nm and 10-nm technology requirements in Synopsys' IC Compiler™ II place and route solution with TSMC validation.  This includes full-flow color enablement, support for connected poly on gate oxide and diffusion edge (CPODE) technology, layer optimization, low Vdd timing closure and support for signal

ANSYS, Inc. announced today that its ANSYS® RedHawk™ and ANSYS Totem™ products are certified by TSMC for the most current version of 10-nanometer (nm) FinFET Design Rule Manual (DRM) and SPICE models, addressing the power and performance requirements for mobile, computing and networking applications. TSMC has certified these solutions for static and dynamic voltage drop analysis and advanced signal and power electromigration (EM) verification to meet the 10-nanometer requirements. Complex device structure and high drive currents in FinFET devices make power integrity and EM key design requirements. With innovative algorithms and analysis engines, ANSYS solutions deliver needed accuracy while reducing turnaround time to meet the increased computational requirements caused by modern products' growing design complexity. Advanced technology support in RedHawk and Totem, including EM rule compliance and color-aware resistance extraction, help deliver greater reliability and manufacturability.  "The certification of RedHawk and Totem for 10nm FinFET technology ensures our products' ability to deliver the accuracy required

BIMobject® unveil the release of Private Cloud 2.0. This new version has features which gives extended capabilities for manufacturers that use digital product catalogues based on building information modelling – BIM. The new Private Clouds 2.0 are very powerful, easy to update, analyse and maintain, they have responsive web and language settings, are customisable and easy to integrate. They make life easier for any web developer or marketing department which no longer need to develop their own catalogue system for BIM objects and other digital content. The Private Clouds 2.0 serve as a premium online product catalogue for manufacturers in need of a modern and effective way to market their products. In parallel, it is a smarter way for manufacturers to manage their digital content in a controlled way as this service enables a future proof digital content management strategy. Private Clouds 2.0 are a part of the BIMobject Cloud platform that