C3D Labs is pleased to announce design firm Solar Tech as their first customer in East Asia. The South Korean company licensed the C3D geometric kernel for Quick CADCAM, its flagship software product for computer-aided design and manufacturing. The initial prototype of the updated C3D-based software package has now been released and is being demonstrated to the company's customers. The commercial launch of the Quick CADCAM is scheduled for later this year. The software will be available in English, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese. In addition, Solar Tech has become a reseller of C3D in Korea, China, and Japan. In-house experts at the Korean firm will be responsible for sales, marketing, and basic technical support of the kernel's customers. In July, a delegation from C3D Labs arrived in Seoul to conduct training for Solar Tech's developers and sales managers. In addition, meetings were held with potential customers, such as local CAD developers and representatives

Nemetschek Allplan can look back with pride on its 30 years of software experience in the AECM sector (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Management) and Building Information Modeling (BIM). The year 1984 represents a turning point in the development of Allplan, for it is when a version of the current BIM solution first appeared. It marked a move away from the drawing board and a step into the digital world of 3D planning.  A crucial development to the BIM solution came in 1986 with the first integrated system for architects and engineers that took construction semantics into account. The company founder, Professor Georg Nemetschek, explained in an interview: “I believe that information technology is the solution that will allow us to transfer the digital world that the architect has in their head into the structure, without any loss of data. I think that two things will emerge in future: the actual structure and

IMSI®/Design announced the release of the new TurboFloorPlan 2015 product line, including TurboFloorPlan 3D Home & Landscape Pro, TurboFloorPlan 3D Home & Landscape Deluxe, and TurboFloorPlan Instant Architect. "It’s always the goal of any home design software to keep it simple so the user can focus on the desired result, not the engineering of the home design," said Bob Mayer, COO of IMSI/Design. “This TurboFloorPlan release meets this expectation with tools that make it easier to get started, and easier to make changes to existing designs. New TurboFloorPlan 2015 also boosts hundreds of new symbols content, which when added to the thousands of easy drag-and-drop content already available-- including furniture, cabinets, appliances, materials, paint colors, and plants, makes for an even more for simple yet powerful home and landscape design product. New features include: New Welcome Screen that better consolidates settings for greater ease of use Advanced QuickStart Editing with snaps to quickly align rooms and exact

Core Solutions today announced that it has signed an agreement with Berkshire Blanket Inc. to implement CORE’s CBX software as the common platform to support the company’s product development. Berkshire Blanket is the largest designer and importer of consumer blankets in the United States, selling its products through retailers around the world and also through online channels. The company had no automated systems to manage product development and was facing issues with numerous spreadsheets, manual material library and an inability to collaborate effectively internally. CBX will help Berkshire create and maintain their collections, including color, size, bill of material, packaging and quality requirements. Social collaboration and critical path management features will also be employed to enable effective communication and timely product development. “We chose CBX based on their strong experience supporting retailers and brands like us in the design and development of apparel and other soft goods products,” said Dick Horner, CFO at

From an infant car seat that auto-levels and tensions to a cell phone-charging baby stroller, 4moms® is revolutionizing the $8.9 billion baby gear market with some help from ANSYS. 4moms is an innovative juvenile products company that has redefined the industry through the use of advanced robotics. As demand continues to increase, the company must drive its innovative products to market faster – while ensuring safety for infants and affordability for their parents. So the company uses ANSYS engineering simulation solutions to create virtual prototypes of its products, reducing time and money, without sacrificing safety. "4moms is smart and agile in the development of our products," said Robert Terhune, mechanical engineer at 4moms. "ANSYS is a perfect complement to our product development process. With ANSYS, we can create certain prototypes in the computer instead of in the real world. That gives us accurate predictive answers so we can physically prototype with confidence, making the entire development process

Zuken Inc. has announced results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2014. Zuken reported net sales of 19,772 million yen compared to sales of 17,887 million yen for 2013, an increase of 10.5%. Ordinary income of 848 million yen was realized compared to 489 million yen in 2013, an increase of 73.1%. Net income was 466 million yen compared to 304 million yen in 2013, an increase of 53.5%. “This has been a good year for Zuken as we significantly surpassed last year’s results. Our success has been achieved, in part, by the introduction of CR-8000 Design Force to new and existing customers, and strong acceptance of our data management solution DS-2 and IT solutions such as visual BOM, with a sales increase of 24.4% this year. Continuing strong worldwide sales of E3.series has been a contributing factor, as well as the introduction of its complementary data management solution, E3.EDM.”

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. announced results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2014.  Cadence reported second quarter 2014 revenue of $379 million, compared to revenue of $362 million reported for the same period in 2013. On a GAAP basis, Cadence recognized net income of $23 million, or $0.08 per share on a diluted basis, in the second quarter of 2014, compared to net income of $9 million, or $0.03 per share on a diluted basis, in the same period in 2013.  Using the non-GAAP measure defined below, net income in the second quarter of 2014 was $64 million, or $0.21 per share on a diluted basis, as compared to net income of $61 million, or $0.21 per share on a diluted basis, in the same period in 2013.  “Cadence continued to drive growth and innovation during the quarter, reflecting the ongoing success of our system design enablement strategy,” said Lip-Bu Tan, president

WFX sponsored PI Apparel 2014, an event which took place in London on the 15th and 16th of July. PI Apparel is an annual event that brings attention to new technologies to help support the growing demands of the fashion industry. This platform is for companies to discuss challenges and opportunities of new technology in improving product lifecycles. WFX Cloud PLM was represented at PI Apparel by WFX and London based partner 1970i, with its lead consultant Ben Muis also participating at the show. “This was my second year at the event” says Ben. "Technology is moving fast and the need for solid and progressive solutions for our clients in the fashion industry has only increased in that time. We have worked with WFX for almost three years now and have seen how the Cloud based approach is giving our clients new features all the time. The superb team at WFX

ZW3D today announced that it has assisted contestants to win 4 big prizes in China National 3D Industrial Design Competition. This National 3D Industrial Design Challenge is definitely the biggest event in the Chinese CAD/CAM industry, hosted by MIIT (Ministry of Industry and Information Technology), ISPA (China Industrial Software Promotion Association), along with mainstream 3D CAD/CAM providers, like ZWSOFT. The Chinese government managed to bring together 2,000 contestants, including professional designers, school teachers and CAD/CAM enthusiasts, in this challenge, in a bid to expand the application of industrial software and improve the R&D of domestic 3D CAD/CAM platforms. Recently, the challenge came to a successful conclusion with hundreds of delicate designs. Winners were awarded on the 5th Session of China Industrial Software Development Forum in Beijing, with ZW3D users taking 1 first prize, 4 third prizes and 7 excellence awards. With the aid of ZW3DCAD/CAM platform as well as solid groundwork and wild imagination,

CD-adapco™ announced today they have signed a collaborative development agreement with JSOL, the authors of the JMAG electromagnetics code, to jointly develop co-simulation methods in the domain to coupled thermal & electromagnetic simulations. Jean-Claude Ercolanelli, CD-adapco Senior Vice President Product Management, comments, “Enabling the co-simulation of both thermal and electromagnet phenomena using best-in-class tools will allow users to truly optimise product designs.” Moreover he added, “This collaboration builds on the existing relationship and data transfer methods already being used between our flagship product, STAR-CCM+®, and JSOL’s JMAG code” "We are very pleased to be partnering with CD-adapco and to introduce co-simulation methods between these best-in-class technologies," said Takashi Yamada, Ph.D., Manager of the Electromagnetic Engineering Group at JSOL. "We hope that together we can provide smooth and reliable multi-physics/multi-disciplinary simulations with STAR-CCM+ and JMAG for that will benefit our joint customers." The partnership was forged during 2013 when establishing a data transfer process