As a graduate of the Saint Petersburg State Institute of Technology, Ivan Cherkasov developed EasyBlister as a Web-based CAD system for modeling blister packs in 3D. Creating a browser-based application was the primary topic of Ivan's grad work. Mr Cherkasov and his research advisor chose the C3D modeling kernel from C3D Labs as the core of their CAD system. The idea behind of this new CAD system is to help engineers design polymer film packs according to the specific needs of customers. The designs of blister packs are governed by their overall appearance, tightness, and protection level -- especially for cases like the long-term preservation of medicine, such as tablets. How BlisterCAD Works BlisterCAD was developed as a client-server application, where the code runs on a server and the results displayed in the Web browser client. The user interface allows designers to set initial parameters, operating conditions, and geometric attributes of the blister

Tech Soft 3D announces the expansion of its toolkit offerings to include Polygonica from MachineWorks Ltd. This new agreement allows developers to license fast, robust and accurate polygonal modeling technology from the same partner that provides multiplatform toolkits for visualization, data access, solid modeling and 3D PDF publishing. Like other Tech Soft 3D offerings, Polygonica is easy to integrate, enabling developers to rapidly add rich modeling functionality to their applications.   “Polygonica is quite simply the best polygonal modeling toolkit available,” says Dave Opsahl, Tech Soft 3D VP of Corporate Development. “It’s been fine-tuned over many years within MachineWorks, and the result is a strong, high-performance engine we feel will enhance a variety of application workflows.” Polygonica’s tested APIs provide the advanced functionality required for even the largest, most complex, and difficult models. Developers find Polygonica to be: Extremely Fast – Healing, Boolean and other operations modify models automatically in mere seconds. Remarkably Robust – Polygonica delivers fully automated

The chance to enter new markets and new business opportunities; this is the promise of the Solair Solution Partners programme aimed at systems integrators, business consultants, VARs and ISVs who are looking to differentiate and offer compete and innovative IoT solutions to approach the fast growing IoT market. The role of a Solution Partner is to know how to guide their customers in the field of the Internet of Things. Nowadays, in an increasingly connected world companies have the possibility of exploiting the data collected from their products and use it to make better decisions, implement new business models, offer quality services and reduce costs. The programme allows partners to take advantage of the benefits offered by the Internet of Things in a fast, comprehensive and flexible way, by connecting their customers’ business processes with their products to boost their business and offer better products and services. Solair can meet these needs

CNC Software, developer of Mastercam CAD/CAM software, announces their collaboration with DMG MORI USA to produce a seamless interface to the Mori-APT workflow. DMG MORI has certified Mastercam to program the DMG MORI mill, lathes, and mill-turn machines that are supported within their Manufacturing Suite Post Processor. DMG MORI has provided a standard tool path format, called Mori-APT, which acts as the generic input into their Manufacturing Suite post processor to power a growing number of their machines. The intent of this format is that CAM packages, such as Mastercam, will only have to output tool path to this format, and the DMG MORI interface will then tailor the NC code output for the target machine. With the DMG MORI Manufacturing Suite, customers will use a post processor developed and provided by DMG MORI for any of the DMG MORI machines supported by the Manufacturing Suite. Mastercam users will continue to program

SURFCAM and Radan reseller 3D Concepts Gmbh (www.3dconcepts.de) has opened 2 new offices in Germany. The offices at Aachen-Würselen and Schramberg will be joining the company’s headquarters in Empfingen, and premises at Munich and Chemnitz, as venues for both SURFCAM and Radan product and training locations. “Investing in these 2 new offices is part of our ongoing strategy of ensuring we operate close to our customers,” says Managing Director, Erwin Eggert. “The Aachen-Würselen offices will also be used by customers from Belgium and The Netherlands, as they are close to the border with those two countries. For over 17 years customer proximity has been taken very seriously and is a prerequisite for our high level of customer satisfaction.” “For six consecutive years, 3D Concepts has been the world’s largest SURFCAM reseller, and early in 2014 was appointed Radan’s German distributor. “Radan is a powerful sheet metal software, meeting all requirements for the complete

3D Systems announced that its Founder and Chief Technology Officer, Chuck Hull, has been honored with the General Pierre Nicolau Award from the International Academy for Production Engineering (CIRP). Hull accepted the award in person from Professor Laszlo Monostori, CIRP President, during the 64th General Assembly of CIRP in Nantes, France on August 25, 2014. Headquartered in Paris, France, CIRP is the world leading organization in production engineering research and is at the forefront of design, optimization, control and management of processes, machines and systems. The Academy has restricted membership based on demonstrated excellence in research and has some 600 academic and industrial members from 50 industrialized countries. The General Pierre Nicolau Award, named after CIRP’s founder, is given annually “in recognition of significant and distinguished scientific and industrial contributions to a specific area within the field of production engineering encompassed by the interests of CIRP.” Hull received the award in recognition of

As a further contribution to its strategy to become the market leader, and established across Europe by 2017, BIMobject announces the formation of a subsidiary in Milan, Italy. The BIMobject office in Italy, headed by Massimo Guerini, is located in the Blend Tower.  Massimo brings more than 25 years of relevant experience in CAD, 3D and BIM within the building industry. With extensive experience of international business he is an integral part of the global sales team, which aims to take BIMobject into a leading position, world-wide, in the growing BIM industry.  BIMobject Italy will focus on the Italian market as this combines a huge industrial base with very strong technology, architecture and design qualities. Italian manufacturers of lighting, furniture and kitchen products are renowned across Europe. There are tremendous opportunities for design-led products from Italy to be created as BIM objects, to provide Italian manufacturers with digital marketing solutions, which help

Infor today announced Infor Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) 10x. The 10.4 version of Infor S&OP marks a major development in sales and operations planning and provides a framework for manufacturing and distribution companies to bridge the gap between operational realities and financial objectives. The release features Infor's 10x technology, which utilizes Infor ION® , a purpose-built middleware, and social collaboration engine: Infor Ming.leTM to facilitate and record internal communications across all functions and departments, as well as external communications with customers and suppliers. Infor S&OP 10x helps customers achieve financial and strategic business objectives through a mature S&OP model with greater speed and efficiency. "The introduction of the component of S&OP is a further step in the improvement and optimization of operational procedures that characterize the highly integrated operations between headquarters and markets," said Vittorio Boero, chief information officer, Ferrari. The 10x release offers the full Social S&OP functionality that enables users to work together with greater

Today AVEVA announced that JSC Giprogazoochistka (GGO) will expand its deployment of AVEVA software solutions as part of its strategy to boost project capacity.  The company has extended the use of its existing AVEVA products and will now adopt additional products, including AVEVA PDMS, AVEVA Diagrams, AVEVA Instrumentation, AVEVA Review, AVEVA Engineering, AVEVA Bocad, AVEVA Cable Design and AVEVA Schematic 3D Integrator. GGO is one of the most dynamic and innovative companies in Russia’s engineering and design industry. It began working with AVEVA solutions about six years ago and found implementation to be a smooth and easy process without data loss. Additionally, AVEVA’s solutions integrate seamlessly and are interoperable with a wide range of third-party solutions.  This rapid set up and early proof of effectiveness led GGO to invest more extensively in AVEVA technologies in order to make its operations more versatile and to increase efficiency more widely across the business. In

Cimatron Limited today announced that CimatronE 12, the latest version of its integrated, CAD/CAM software that combines design and NC programming solutions for mold makers, die makers and general high-end machining, will be showcased at IMTS, from September 8-13, 2014. IMTS, the International Manufacturing Technology Show that is held in Chicago, is one of the largest industrial trade shows in the world. The Cimatron Group booth will feature live demos of the new versions of the company's industry-leading products: CimatronE 12 and GibbsCAM 2015. "North American toolshops are recently experiencing an ever growing trend by which more jobs are coming back home instead of going overseas.  This is a blessing on the one hand, but it also presents a much more serious challenge to deliver tools at more competitive costs" said Bill Gibbs, President North America of the Cimatron Group. "In addition, while delivery deadlines get shorter and shorter, it is not uncommon for shops to