The ExOne Company announced that it has appointed Hans J. Sack to serve on the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors increased the number of directors on its board to eight and appointed Hans J. Sack to fill the newly-created vacancy. Mr. Sack is "independent" under the NASDAQ rules. Mr. Sack has been a Managing Director of HEADWATERS | SC, a private consulting firm, since 2013. In that position, Mr. Sack works on client engagements on matters relating to business growth strategy development and implementation, operational improvement initiatives, and acquisition and consolidation strategies and related due diligence. Prior to joining Headwaters, from 2010 to 2012, Mr. Sack served as President and CEO of Berg Steel Pipe Corp., the US subsidiary of Europipe GmbH, a global leader in large diameter pipe for oil and gas pipelines. Mr. Sack served as President & CEO of Latrobe Specialty Steel Company, a producer of aerospace

U.S. CAD announces today the addition of Aaron Wagner to the company’s Professional Services team. Mr. Wagner brings more than 15 years of building industry experience to his role as a Senior Technical Specialist for U.S. CAD. In his prior roles as BIM Manager and Design Director for SHADE Group and Architects Hawaii Ltd, Mr. Wagner developed work processes for all project production, was responsible for the Revit project setups and debugging, and conducted in-house training programs. Mr. Wagner will be located in U.S. CAD’s Hawaii location and will provide counsel and strategy to regionally-based clients in the building, engineering, and construction industries. “We are thrilled to welcome Aaron to U.S. CAD as he represents a key addition to our Hawaii-based team. His experience is the perfect match to help us meet the evolving needs of our clients,” states Lonnie Cumpton, Senior Director of Professional Services at U.S. CAD. “We are confident that

Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM software was used by Manufax Engineering to create a highly efficient NC program to machine the tail-fin shear plate for the Bloodhound SuperSonic Car (SSC).  A complex, freeform aluminium component, the shear plate will form the interface between the tail-fin structure and the body of the vehicle for its attempt at the world land-speed record. Based in Stockport, UK, Manufax is a major supplier to the aerospace, automotive, nuclear and agricultural industries, as well as supporting general precision-engineering businesses.  With several decades of experience, the company provides specialist tooling design and manufacture across all disciplines, including jigs and fixtures for airframe assembly, mould tools, automotive tooling and components for nuclear power generation.  Manufacturing is Manufax’s core business and the company has an excellent reputation for supplying its customers with a quality precision-engineering service. A dedicated and multi-disciplined workforce has been trained to adapt to the unique and challenging projects

For the production of its extremely complex assemblies, the manufacturer has opted for integrated TopSolid solutions, Missler Software's CAD/CAM solution and NCSIMUL Machine from SPRING Technologies for machining simulation. Very much a town in its own right, the DCNS nuclear submarine production facility in Cherbourg, France, must permanently reach the highest standards of industrial excellence. A topical challenge, as the nuclear-powered ballistic submarines make way for a new generation of attack vessels. The first of four models of these smaller and faster Barracuda attack submarines ordered by the French navy is currently under construction in the dockyard in Cherbourg. The Barracuda features numerous leading-edge innovations, such as enhanced underwater detection, an optronic mast that replaces the conventional optical periscopes, software to guide electronic navigation, a weapon-carrying capacity that has been doubled compared with the Rubris-type vessels and a CMS (Combat Management System) that includes the full range of surface and underwater

MathWorks announced an expanded relationship with Siemens Automation Systems to make it easier for customers to take advantage of Model-Based Design for developing and implementing complex control algorithms. Control engineers can now generate code from Simulink and deploy it to Siemens SIMATIC S7 modular PLC controllers and SIMATIC WinAC RTX software controllers. As a result, advanced control strategies can be designed and tested using simulation to prove out concepts before further validation is performed on PLC hardware.  To support this integration, Siemens Automation Systems has also joined the MathWorks Connections Program. Model-Based Design enables the verification of critical and complex control functions using simulation. Conceptual errors are detected early and can be corrected before the control algorithms are implemented on machine hardware. By doing this, development time is reduced and production start-ups become more efficient – reducing costs throughout the project.  MathWorks Simulink PLC Coder generates IEC61131-3 compliant SCL (Structured Control Language) code

C3D Labs is pleased to announce that Saint Petersburg-based NIP-Informatica has licensed the C3D geometric kernel. The kernel is being used to power Techtran, their software for designing CNC machine control programs. With C3D components built directly into the CAM system, users will now be able to import 3D models in various formats, view them, prepare blanks for turning CNCs from 3D models of future parts, and retrieve geometric data from 3D models. Among developers of CAM systems, NIP-Informatics is now the third licensee of C3D. They join LO CNITI of Russia and Solar Tech of South Korea. “Some time ago we began to notice that Techtran customers wanted to directly access 3D models created by other designers,” said Yuri Romanchenko, lead engineer at NIP-Informatica. “We thoroughly analyzed and considered many different modeling software packages on the market that were capable of importing data in popular 3D formats, and finally decided on the

On December 18th, Materialise NV celebrated officially establishing  Materialise Shanghai Co. Ltd. and opening its new office in Shanghai’s Baoshan District. Materialise has been active in China since 2005 and, by officially registering as a company, it is now entirely dedicated to the Chinese market with a 3D printing software and R&D. When discussing the importance of this event, Materialise Vice President Bart Van der Schueren said, “As one of the leading 3D printing software providers, Materialise works with the Chinese government and businesses in developing the 3D printing industry in the country, one of the focuses in the current five-year plan. By deepening our relationship in China with an official company that not only provides state-of-the-art software but also focuses on R&D, Materialise China can now further support the emerging Chinese 3D printing market.” The opening event on December 18th saw approximately 80 attendees, including Baoshan government leaders, Materialise Vice President

GRAPHISOFT® has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with buildingSMART Korea, to assist in the development of the “Open BIM-based Building Design Standard and IT-Infrastructure Construction” efforts in Korea. The agreement between the parties covers areas including technical collaboration, collaboration on developing and disseminating the Korean BIM standard, and technical support for ArchiCAD users in Korea. As part of the agreement, GRAPHISOFT and buildingSMART Korea will discuss and exchange technical information and advice relevant to the development of ArchiCAD library objects for Korea. Korea’s interest in introducing BIM to both the public and private sectors dates back several years and the country is now in a good position to establish new, fundamental standards for BIM information integration. “Working together with buildingSMART Korea will ensure that BIM knowledge continues to grow throughout the country,” said Bence Kovacs, Vice President, GRAPHISOFT Asia. “We look forward to a relationship based on a mutual

Mastercam's Dynamic Motion technology is a new and exciting approach to creating toolpaths. Dynamic Motion follows a proprietary and sophisticated set of rules that take into consideration a broad data set. In order to create the most efficient cutting motion possible, Dynamic toolpaths calculate more than just the areas where metal will be removed; they also take into account the changing condition of the material throughout various stages of machining. The toolpath has enough intelligence to look ahead, see what's coming and modify feeds, speeds, stepovers and cutting motions based on ever-changing material conditions. Significant benefits include radically shorter cycle times, less wear and breakage of tools, and less wear on machines. Dynamic Motion is Faster By dramatically reducing stepovers and air cutting, Dynamic toolpaths can reduce cycle times by 25 to 75%. Dynamic Motion toolpaths ensure that your tool spends most of its time cutting at full-depth with far fewer stepdowns. This

Altium Limited announced extended benefits to Altium Subscription. With the release of Altium Designer 15, Altium commits to delivering Product Updates and Maintenance Updates to the current release and Maintenance Updates to previous releases. Starting with Altium Designer 14, Altium will deliver fixes and small enhancements as Maintenance Updates to two preceding releases in addition to updates and upgrades to the latest release. Altium Subscription customers will continue to receive Maintenance Updates for Altium Designer 14 and 15 through the release of Altium Designer 16 at which time a 3-year moving window of maintenance support will be in place. This new model provides Altium Subscription customers with the flexibility to choose the best timing for their organization to migrate to a new release without concerns about working with unsupported software. “Customers in mission critical environments often have longer development cycles and more strenuous tool evaluation procedures. With this change to Altium Subscription,