Powerful 3D Drawingless Application Improves Design and Manufacturing Processes and Reduces Errors, Production Time and Costs Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, a world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced the launch of SOLIDWORKS Model Based Definition (MBD), its powerful drawingless manufacturing application.  SOLIDWORKS MBD provides engineers with a 3D tool for model-based design that improves technical communication, accelerates design and manufacturing processes and saves production time and costs. As the use of 3D in today’s industrial design and manufacturing processes becomes more prevalent, traditional 2D engineering drawings are proving to be time-consuming, error-prone, and non-compliant with industry standards.  These inefficiencies waste valuable time, money and resources.  With the SOLIDWORKS MBD application, engineers can now generate one master document for all product and manufacturing information, downstream processes, and compliance with regulations and standards without having to produce and maintain separate sets of expensive

MecSoft Corporation has announced the availability of VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT 2015, MecSoft’s standalone additive and subtractive manufacturing software suite. VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT includes two products. The first is VisualCAM, to address the traditional subtractive or CNC manufacturing market with modules VisualMILL, VisualTURN, VisualNEST, and VisualART. The other is Visual3DPRINT, a newly introduced product to address the needs of the emerging additive manufacturing market. Both of these products run completely integrated inside the VisualCAD 2015 base CAD platform and can be bought and licensed independent of each other. MecSoft continues to provide VisualCAD as a completely free design tool. VisualCAD along with all of the above mentioned modules of VisualCAM were significantly enhanced and improved in this 2015 release to provide customers with a seamlessly integrated complete manufacturing platform. “This release is one of the most exciting releases in the history of MecSoft as we are redefining what CAM means by addressing both the subtractive and the additive

Ted Baker, the United Kingdom based fashion company, has selected Centric Software to provide its product lifecycle management (PLM) software. The fast-growing company will use the Centric 8 PLM software for retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods companies to link together all product development information for both internal users and suppliers, according to Donald Browne, production director at Ted Baker. “Centric’s PLM software will provide our design and technical design teams with accurate, timely and comprehensive information, ensuring that Ted’s inimitable eye for detail is showcased to the fullest across women's wear, men's wear and accessories,” he says. Centric’s innovations in PLM solution implementation and mobile app development were key factors in the selection, adds Browne. The Agile DeploymentSM branded implementation methodology employs an iterative, vs. serial, process. “The ability to make changes almost instantaneously, thanks to the system’s configurability rather than custom code or reprogramming, means that Centric 8 will maximize

ZW3D today announced that it has been selected by Technopakas , the plastic packaging manufacturer in the Baltic region. Established in 1993, Technopakas now is one of the biggest manufacturers of plastic packaging in Eastern Europe. It specializes in the manufacturing of plastic packaging for food and non-food industries: inserts and trays for sweets and chocolate, disposable dishes and containers for food products - cakes, salads and other boxes from PET, BOPS, PS, PP films. The Need Technopakas’s mission is to provide efficient personalized services and flexibility to customer, while consistently delivering quality and unique products in time.  As the business expands, Technopakas encountered difficulties in product design when traditional 2D software was unable to meet the growing requirements and their supplementary 3D CAD system failed to create aesthetic designs. Thus, they needed a more sophisticated 3D solution with powerful data exchange capabilities to optimize product design and production efficiency.  The Solution After careful consideration and in-depth

OPEN MIND Technologies AG is set to present at TECMA. OPEN MIND will be on hand at Booth 1232 in Hall B at the key international Mexican trade fair for machine tools to demonstrate how hyperMILL® expands CNC machining options and optimises processes. The CAM/CAD software from OPEN MIND, one of the world’s leading CAM manufacturers according to the NC Market Analysis Report 2014 compiled by CIMdata, is in increasingly high demand among Mexican manufacturing companies. OPEN MIND also scores points in this market with CAM machining strategies that use CNC machines more gently and efficiently. Major innovations in the latest version concern hyperMAXX®, the high-performance cutting (HPC) module for hyperMILL®. New functions include plunging the milling tool into the material at pre-drilled holes, meaning it is no longer necessary to ramp in the milling tool at the start of machining and stress on the tool is reduced when it comes to materials

BOXX Technologies today announced that their Dassault Systèmes-certified APEXX 2 workstations will be demonstrated in BOXX booth #307 at SolidWorks World 2015, Feb. 8-11 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, AZ. A Dassault Systèmes Corporate Partner, designated SolidWorks Solution Partner, and manufacturer of CATIA and SolidWorks-certified workstations, BOXX will also showcase the GoBOXX 15 SLM mobile workstation and renderPRO personal dedicated rendering system. BOXX is also pleased to announce that it has become a resale partner for Teradici® PCoIP® Workstation Access Software, which is compatible with all BOXX high performance workstations and available from BOXX and its network of channel partners. Ideal for CAD/CAM designers, architects, engineers, construction and manufacturing managers, the software enables instant access to a high-fidelity remote computing experience from any location -- whether from a conference room, home office, or on-the-go. For additional details, see today's related news here. In addition to demonstrating PCoIP Workstation Access Software at its booth, BOXX will debut the new APEXX

According to the agreement signed CompMechLab® has become an official distributor of Key to Metals AG (KTM) database in the territory of Russia, CIS, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Finland. The main KTM product is a unique database named Total Materia. Before 2013, the product trade name was Key to Metals. Today Total Materia is the world largest database and source of all known physical and mechanical material properties, including metals, polymers, ceramics and composites. Total Materia database main features and advantages include: 6 000 000 + physical and mechanical material properties available for more than 240 000 materials in 23 world most popular languages; 45 000 + stress-strain relations; 7 000 + materials with cyclic properties; 1 800 + sources of advanced material properties; 63 supported international and local standards; Special databases divided into four classes: metals, polymers, ceramics and composites; International tables of cross-references; Material chemistry; Physical and mechanical material properties, including those for composites; Fast export of material properties data (property card) into CAE software; Material properties estimation and choice; Material determination by chemistry; Options

Quick-turn manufacturer Proto Labs, Inc. has joined the MySolidWorks Manufacturing Network, created to connect SOLIDWORKS users with reliable manufacturers in the 3D printing, sheet metal, CNC machining and injection molding industry. The network provides users with quick access to manufacturing resources like Proto Labs that, in turn, have a direct link to more than 2.5 million SOLIDWORKS users. “Proto Labs is indicative of the type of company we are partnering with in the network,” says Nick Iwaskow, Senior Alliances & Partnership Manager, SOLIDWORKS, Dassault Systèmes. “They are a reputable manufacturer that can produce parts quickly and efficiently for SOLIDWORKS users.” Once connected to Proto Labs, designers can upload a 3D CAD model and receive an interactive quote with manufacturability analysis within hours. Proto Labs’ advanced additive, machining and molding processes manufacture custom prototypes and low-volume production parts in as fast as one day. “We are excited to partner with SOLIDWORKS in this new

MSC Software Corporation's MSC Apex® CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) platform has been selected as product of the year by readers of the widely circulated technology publication NASA Tech Briefs, MSC Software announced. The NASA Tech Briefs 2014 Readers' Choice Product of the Year Award recognized MSC Apex as the most significant contribution to the engineering community in 2014, citing its potential to help engineers do their jobs better and more efficiently. MSC Apex competed against 12 other products that had been chosen as products of the month by NASA Tech Briefs editors. Readers chose the top three products of the year through online voting. NASA Tech Briefs is read by more than 600,000 engineers and managers in aerospace and related industries. "We are honored to be judged by the community that matters - engineers who design some of the most fantastic products for the planet and beyond," said MSC Software President and CEO Dominic Gallello.

Flow Science, Inc. announced that it has entered into a new international association agreement with Design Through Acceleration (DTA) to sell and support Flow Science’s FLOW-3D software products in Thailand. “We are pleased to welcome DTA and their highly-skilled engineering team to represent the FLOW-3D family of products and to generate interest in our CFD solutions in Thailand. Our representation in Thailand expands our presence in Asia Pacific, a CFD market that is growing faster than the Americas or Europe,” said Amir Isfahani, Director of Business Development at Flow Science.