Today AVEVA announced the launch of AVEVA Information Standards Manager (AVEVA ISM), a software product that enables both EPC contractors and asset Owner Operators to achieve greater control over critical engineering information across their projects and enterprises.  It does this by rationalising existing class libraries and imposing consistent and compliant standards that improve information quality and reduce both project and operational risk. AVEVA ISM can be rapidly deployed and is fully compatible with software systems from other vendors.  With today’s massively increasing quantities and variety of asset life cycle information, this powerful enterprise-level application offers increased value to both project and operations management processes without the need to replace existing authoring products. The quick deployment and open design of AVEVA ISM delivers rapid ROI to EPCs and Owner Operators. ‘AVEVA ISM is able to establish and govern all asset information standards, across any number of projects, and is easier to implement and

MathWorks has announced the introduction of Simulink Real-Time into the Simulink product family. Available with the company’s Release 2014a (R2014a), Simulink Real-Time enables engineers to build, test, and run real-time applications from Simulink models on dedicated target computer hardware connected to their physical systems, providing a complete end-to-end real-time simulation and testing solution. Combining the functionality of xPC Target and xPC Target Embedded Option, Simulink Real-Time supports real-time simulation and testing including rapid control prototyping, DSP, vision system prototyping, and hardware-in-the-loop (HIL) simulation. With this introduction, engineers can extend their Simulink models with driver blocks, automatically generate real-time applications, define instrumentation, and perform interactive or automated runs on a dedicated target computer equipped with a real-time kernel, multicore CPU, I/O and protocol interfaces, and FPGAs. Also, the addition of a high-resolution real-time target display as a new feature within Simulink Real-Time allows for a fully integrated user experience. “Simulink Real-Time is the latest step forward by MathWorks

In its ongoing quest to equip the global water industry with the world’s most powerful and comprehensive GIS-centric infrastructure modeling and management solutions, Innovyze, announced the worldwide availability of the V11 Generation of InfoWater for ArcGIS (Esri, Redlands, CA). The release is a further confirmation of Innovyze’s strong commitment to meeting the requirements of its user base and the increasing demands of the global water industry. In it, Innovyze has further refined the superb water supply and distribution modeling and analysis features that have helped make it a leading choice among the world’s top water utilities. InfoWater has long been renowned for its legendary power, speed, and comprehensive toolsets and extensions. By exponentially accelerating the large model building process and automating scores of tedious tasks, InfoWater V11 enables power users to create, analyze and design better, more complete, and more accurate models in a fraction of the time required by competing software, enabling users to meet increasingly

Mechanical Engineering Software company CADavenue has just released new version of its Mech-Q product today. The new release features a series of utilities to edit and move 3D pipe fittings including 3D steel beams and ducting elements found within Mech-Q New software improvements include: New 3D piping tools  More piping flexible couplings  Added new snapping points at fittings  New quick 3D Dimensioning  Improved 3D Bill Of Materials  Several improvements & bug fixes Mech-Q is an add-on that inside your CAD application. It contains a suite of utilities which include Mechanical, Piping, Ducting & Structural modules. For those without CAD, Mech-Q will also run in a application called AViCAD. This 2D/3D program uses an IntelliCAD based engine which has commands very similar to what you would find in AutoCAD® or LT. The new version also includes a new toolbar (floating menu with icons) which contains the new 3D dimensioning and other editing utilities such as 3D slide, 3D rotation and a Z-height tool. Owner

Arena Solutions today announced that revenue grew at nearly 25 percent for Q2 2014 and year-to-date (YTD) 2014 compared to the same period in the previous year. This rate of growth is more than four times faster than the rate of growth for PLM market as a whole. Continued PLM innovation that enables Arena customers to take full advantage of cloud synergies drove Arena's growth. Arena's continued engineering investment in broadening the solution's footprint resulted in Arena customers enjoying the release of  five new modules within the last nine months (Quality, Exchange, Demand, Projects and API).  These new modules alone accounted for 44 percent of the total annual subscriptions from new customers in Q2 2014. The value proposition was once again particularly strong in the mid-enterprise segment, with average new customer annuity deal size increasing 34 percent from Q1 2014 to Q2 2014. New customers added in Q2 2014 include: Huaxia CPV Power Co. – Joint venture with three Chinese

OPEN MIND Technologies AG will be exhibiting at the International Manufacturing Technology Show (IMTS) in Chicago, USA, from September 8 - 13, 2014. OPEN MIND will present its hyperMILL® 2014 CAM suite at Booth E3351. New features include advanced machining strategies in the areas of 5axis drilling and roughing, plus a deformation tool in hyperCAD®-S, OPEN MIND’s native CAD option. Drilling in workplanes – this current hyperMILL® extension makes 5axis drilling much easier and safer. Instead of using global clearance planes, holes drilled in the same direction are now combined and defined via workplanes. The relative clearance planes of the infeed movements are then calculated automatically for the different planes. All the holes of a clearance plane form a job step. Rework machining 5axis rework machining has also been further optimised. When converting from 3axis toolpaths to 5axis toolpaths, different tool types, such as barrel and woodruff cutters, can now be used. There

Trimble announced today that it is establishing a global network of distribution partners to serve the needs of the building construction industry. The growing BuildingPoint™ network will provide focused sales and services with a portfolio of software and hardware solutions for the Design-Build-Operate (DBO) lifecycle of buildings.  Trimble Buildings' solutions allow users to create and transfer constructible models throughout the DBO lifecycle—from concept and design to the field and back to the office again. The solutions utilize sensors, 3D positioning, data, Building Information Modeling (BIM), communications and analytics. The emergence of these technologies, along with the ability to integrate them within a comprehensive information architecture, provides an unprecedented capability to improve productivity, schedule adherence and cost discipline. Trimble's expanded information architecture enables these improvements by significantly improving project transparency and collaboration, which leads to much tighter integration of the elements of building design, building construction and post-completion building operation.  BuildingPoint will provide the

Singletree Technologies has announced that it has teamed with Pure PLM to sell and implement its Intellimas software in the Australia and New Zealand markets. Pure PLM is a leading integrator of PLM systems and has had great success implementing a variety of applications in the region. Intellimas is a data management application that eliminates inefficient functions in legacy systems and reduces an organization’s dependence on spreadsheets for core business functions. The application is configured from the ground up to help manage processes such as Sample Tracking, Product Costing, Vendor Compliance, Product Testing, WIP Tracking, and Quality Assurance. The software can bolt on to just about any PLM, ERP, SCM, RMS, or CRM system, or operate independently. “We met the principals of Pure PLM at a conference and we could tell right away that they understood the PLM market and how our Intellimas software can help that market,” said Shane Walters, CTO of Singletree Technologies.

FARO Technologies, Inc. announced it has acquired The CAD Zone, Inc., a software provider in the law enforcement accident and crime scene reconstruction market.  CAD Zone's point cloud software application will be integrated with FARO's laser scanning technology to provide turnkey solutions for crime scene and other forensic applications.  FARO's continued push into the $8.3 billion law enforcement forensic technologies market supports its implementation of a long-term strategy of expansion into key vertical markets with its disruptive 3D metrology, imaging and realization products. "We believe CAD Zone's leading software solutions for law enforcement will provide FARO with a compelling integrated 3D documentation product offering," stated Jay Freeland, FARO's President and CEO.  "This acquisition is an important part of our strategic focus on penetrating key vertical markets that offer FARO the most market potential.  While law enforcement is a relatively small vertical market for FARO today, we believe it represents a significant opportunity for the

Trimble and Bentley Systems announced today the next advance of information mobility between project design and field construction. Using Bentley’s ProjectWise collaboration servers and services, along with its i-model technology for the open exchange of infrastructure information, and Trimble’s Business Center – HCE office software, an integrated workflow for road and site construction is now possible. The U.S. Federal Highway Administration, as part of its “Every Day Counts” vision, has recognized that using 3D models with GPS-enabled heavy equipment for road construction can increase productivity by up to 50 percent. Trimble and Bentley are at the forefront of enabling this vision by joining forces to optimize the transfer of information-rich 3D engineered models to 3D constructible models. The announcement was made today at the Transportation Research Board AFB80 2014 Summer Committee Meeting. Bentley’s V8i (SELECTSeries 3) civil engineering software, powered by OpenRoads, generates i-models from detailed designs that are managed by ProjectWise and can be easily transferred to Business Center