CD-adapco today announced the successful completion of its development project targeting the automotive and lithium ion battery industries, enabling faster design and development of advanced electric drive vehicle power systems. This project, which began in August 2011, is co-funded by the Vehicle Technologies Office in the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and managed by DOE's National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL). This project is part of the competitive Computer Aided Engineering of electric drive Batteries (CAEBAT) activity launched by DOE in 2010. The initial award of the project was reported on July 7th, 2011 and the project team included CD-adapco, Battery Design Inc, Johnson Controls Inc and A123. The methods developed within this program are now available within CD-adapco's flagship product STAR-CCM+ and also in the application specific tool, Battery Design Studio. These solutions provide seamless integration between electrochemists and thermal engineers within the battery design process. Through linking the flow, thermal

After two months on the road, the 3DRV: Driven by Design road tour has begun to uncover the variety of ways that companies and individuals are using 3D design, reality capture, and fabrication technologies to shape the world around them. TJ McCue, host of the 3DRV tour and author, is also raising awareness about 3D and educating the public on how to take advantage of these technologies, many of which are free or available at a very low cost. “From consumers to business owners, people find 3D (scanning, printing, design) fascinating, and sometimes perplexing. When we start to talk about it, they are always curious, engaged, and most are genuinely interested to learn more,” said McCue. The 3DRV road tour—which kicked off on May 16th, 2014, and is sponsored by Autodesk, Inc., HP, NVIDIA, Stratasys, FARO and Jayco—will make more than 100 scheduled stops across the United States over the course of eight months. A sampling

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InterSpec Inc., provider of BIM integrated construction specification software and services, announces that SmithGroupJJR, the 8th largest architecture and engineering firm in the United States, has made e-SPECS the foundation of its enterprise-wide BIM and specification integration strategy. A prominent force in sustainable practices with over 100 LEED certified projects, SmithGroupJJR evaluated many specification solutions to find one in line with its technology and sustainability goals. Driving the decision were the abilities to centralize their custom master specifications as well as integrate construction documentation with their BIM models with e-SPECS. Enhancing their plans for BIM technology, e-SPECS for Revit offered the intelligence SmithGroupJJR’s project teams needed, providing Revit-integrated specifications with speed and accuracy. Using e-SPECS Designer, the firm created a central repository of design specifications, making preferences and lessons learned accessible enterprise-wide. “We initially chose e-SPECS because of the ability to produce specifications integrated with BIM models and the ability to standardize our corporate

Stratasys Ltd. announced that it will release financial results for the quarter ended June 30, 2014 on Thursday, August 7, 2014. The Company plans to hold the conference call to discuss its second quarter financial results on Thursday, August 7, 2014 at 8:30 a.m. (ET). The investor conference call will be available via live webcast on the Stratasys Web site at www.stratasys.com under the "Investors" tab; or directly at the following web address: http://www.media-server.com/m/p/aeagor6k. To participate by telephone, the domestic dial-in number is 877-415-3180 and the international dial-in is 857-244-7323. The access code is 84391755. Investors are advised to dial into the call at least ten minutes prior to the call to register. The webcast will be available for 90 days on the "Investors" page of the Stratasys Web site or by accessing the provided web address.

Delcam’s Brazilian reseller, SEACAM, will hold a series of free user meetings in August with demonstrations of the 2015 versions of Delcam’s PowerSHAPE Pro CAD system for modelling for manufacture and reverse engineering and the PowerMILL CAM system for high-speed and five-axis machining.  The meetings will take place in Joinville on 4th and 5th August, in Sao Paulo on 6th August and in Caxias do Sul on 7th and 8th August.  For full details, please email Alexandre Magdalon at SEACAM on  \n Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! The 2015 release of PowerSHAPE Pro will include improvements in direct modelling, surface modelling and reverse engineering, plus support for data from Creaform HandySCAN hand-held scanners. The improvements in direct modelling build on the introduction of the Smart Feature Manager and the Smart Feature Selector in recent releases.  The Smart Feature Manager allows

As a part of BIMobject®´s growth strategy to become the dominant player in Europe before 2017, BIMobject has today hired Massimo Guerini for the Italian market. Massimo brings more than 25 years of qualified experience in CAD, 3D and BIM within the building industry. With extensive experience in international business, he will be an integral part of the global management team, that will lead BIMobject into a leading position in the growing BIM industry. Massimo started his career as a software developer in the late 80´s where he built parametrical libraries for Rucaps Sonata which was one of the earlier softwares for object modeling. He changed soon to a sales position where he built up a sale channel for the distribution of Reflex software in Italy. By joining Revit Technology in an early stage, he developed sales for Italy, Portugal and Israel from 1999 to 2002. During Autodesk´s acquisition of Revit 2002, he joined Autodesk

Assemble Systems, the provider of cloud-based building information management solutions, and Kahua, the cloud-based, business to business collaboration solution, announced a strategic partnership to provide customers the flexibility to integrate business processes with BIM data. Together, these two technologies seamlessly connect construction documentation workflows and BIM to deliver an integrated platform for accessing and leveraging project data throughout the real property lifecycle. The Assemble solution empowers customers to liberate the data within their Building Information Models and add intelligence, manage quality, verify, and utilize the data for design, construction, and facilities maintenance workflows. The Kahua application extends the use of this data with construction data management and Field-to-BIM capabilities. In combination, the construction documentation workflows and the model data are integrated and available to all stakeholders throughout an organization and during all phases of the lifecycle. “Our vision has always been focused on how to make data accessible and actionable for all of