Today, from the National Constitution Center, Siemens strengthened its 25-year relationship with The Pennsylvania State University by announcing a major in-kind grant of product lifecycle management (PLM) software with a commercial value of $750 million to enhance academic and research programs. Students at Penn State will now have access to the same Siemens PLM software used throughout the global manufacturing industry to design, develop and manufacture some of the world’s most sophisticated products in a variety of industries, including automotive, aerospace, medical devices, machinery, shipbuilding, and high-tech electronics. “The manufacturing industry in America is on the rise and it is being transformed by a software revolution that is enhancing productivity, increasing efficiency and speeding time to market,” said Chuck Grindstaff, president and CEO, Siemens PLM Software. “This revolution requires a highly trained workforce. With this grant, Penn State will be able to integrate world-class PLM technology into its curriculum, so that

GRAPHISOFT® has been recognized with two Best of Show awards from Architosh, an online publication devoted to Mac and iOS CAD and 3D software professionals and students. The awards are announced based on software and technology that was exhibited at this year's AIA National Convention in Chicago, IL, June 26-28. Architosh Editor-in-Chief Anthony Frausto-Robledo, AIA, LEED, AP selected what he considered the best software in four categories: Desktop, Mobile, BIM and Innovation. GRAPHISOFT products were awarded with honors in two out of the four categories, Mobile and BIM. In the mobile category, the Best of Show honor went to BIMx Docs. Of BIMx Docs, Frausto-Robledo said, in part, “BIMx Docs does something no other app in the world does. It has laid down the ultimate UI/UX paradigm for how to visually connect BIM geometry models to the visual world of 2D drawings, something the public for the most part still assumes architects spend

CCE announced the release of the newly designed www.cceintl.com website. The revised site is designed with a fresh look and user-friendly navigation, updated with the latest information about CCE’s engineering and manufacturing services. "CCEINTL.com redesign offers improved overview and usability, clear and concise messaging as well as an optimized navigation structure," said CCE's V.P. of Sales & Marketing Vinay Wagle. "The site offers customers and site visitors the ability to swiftly gain access to information on our innovative design and manufacturing services." Now current and future customers have direct access to the information they need based on their preference. The site is divided into two service sections: Manufacturing and Engineering, making it easier for visitors to view specified services by category. The redesign provides improved navigation and functionality, by moving to a more detailed service and customer-focused layout. "Our new website is just the beginning of our efforts to improve user experience, streamline product specification

Bluebeam® Software has been named to the 2014 Constructech 50 by Constructech Magazine. For the fourth year in a row, Bluebeam makes the listing of the most influential construction technology providers with a strong and ongoing market presence. The Constructech 50, unveiled in the July/Aug issue of Constructech magazine, honors the top technology companies serving both the residential and commercial construction segments. The editors of Constructech magazine evaluate firms based on ongoing customer satisfaction and growth, having a strong product/service aimed at the construction industry and industry outreach and educational efforts. Common among the Constructech 50 companies are platforms incorporating cloud-based systems and mobility. Bluebeam’s flagship PDF-based solution, Revu®, enables users to digitally access, markup and edit project files from a desktop, tablet PC or iPad. Teams can share feedback in real time, or anytime, through Revu’s integrated cloud collaboration solution, Bluebeam Studio™. “Bluebeam continues to push the limits of digital document management so that our customers can design, build and

Popular education program will take place in Amsterdam from October 20-24. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 16 July, 2014 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm will bring its highly acclaimed Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Certificate Program to Amsterdam in the Netherlands from October 20-24. The program is recognized as the PLM industry’s most comprehensive solution-agnostic education offering. The three- or five-day program prepares PLM professionals to successfully address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. This assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. The program is facilitated by a team of CIMdata experts. Upon successful completion of the program, participants receive a CIMdata PLM Certificate and become a member of CIMdata’s global PLM Leadership community. “Over the first six months of 2014 we have seen the number of PLM initiatives significantly go up across Europe. As

ZWCAD Design today revealed some innovative features of its upcoming ZWCAD+ 2015. The sneak-peek features include Reference Manager, Super Hatch and Google Earth Design. The release date of ZWCAD+ 2015 will come in this August. Manage all external resources with ease You may have an experience like this: after receiving a drawing with a myriad of external resources attached, you find the reference paths of these resources are invalid as your colleague set up the path in his own way. It may take you as long as a day to reset the paths. But now that would be a legend. In ZWCAD+ 2015, Reference Manager enables you to efficiently manage all external resources in the current drawing, including raster image, font and Xref. You can have a quick view of all the resources and spot any missing resources easily. Versatile hatching with image, block and reference etc. Traditionally, hatching object is limited to predefined

Dassault Systèmes and BoostAeroSpace, the European aerospace and defense digital exchange hub, announced today the launch of “AirDesign,” the European aerospace and defence industry’s collaboration platform. AirDesign is a scalable collaboration platform available as a service on a high-security, private cloud or on-premise. Distributed by BoostAerospace and Dassault Systèmes, it consists of a neutral workspace for advanced OEM and partner PLM collaboration, design and manufacturing. Considered the next generation platform for collaboration and exchange, it has been designed to integrate all the key industry players, from OEM to small and medium business enterprises. AirDesign drastically reduces operational costs for all partners through a single infrastructure, common exchange methods, open standards and easy access, all without adversely impacting existing information systems. All the primary European OEMs jointly requested and defined this platform in order to facilitate exchanges, support their suppliers’ ecosystems and generate new opportunities with services. "The very complex problems of orchestrating aerospace

Systems and software engineering teams can drive new levels of collaboration through innovative information exchange with each other and with third-party data repositories thanks to improvements in the latest release of ANSYS® SCADE System. Efficiently designing complex systems and embedded software applications – which can include sensors, actuators and controllers that run complicated software applications – is a challenge for many organizations due to a lack of efficient collaboration among engineering teams and databases. The newly released SCADE System 15.2 from ANSYS solves these challenges by providing new, unique capabilities and enhancements that offer the most advanced approach to guide complex systems engineering designs. Release 15.2 extends the SCADE System solution through unlimited component reuse as well as comprehensive data management for exchanging data with third-party databases and propagating this data within the systems architecture design. The solution also features a new SCADE System configurator tool to customize the solutions for specific domains, in

Lectra is pleased to announce that Odlo is implementing Lectra Modaris® 3D to support its business growth in the sportswear market. Established in 1946 in Norway, and a Swiss company since 1986, Odlo is a European leader in sports underwear and is known for their technological innovation in this field. In addition to their technical sports underwear collection, Odlo produce specialized clothing for running, cycling, cross-country and outdoor wear for adults and children. They produce two collections per year in each category and are present in 20 markets. Odlo’s goal is to increase their market share in the sports outerwear market by developing versatile sportswear to the same standard as their underwear, but that can be worn as fashion items. “We want to be perceived not only as a sports underwear brand, but also as a supplier of fashionable sports outerwear,” declares Ulrike Froitzheim, Head of Quality Management and 3D Project Manager. Odlo’s challenge

ANSYS, Inc. announced today that the Company expects to release its second quarter 2014 earnings on Tuesday, August 5, 2014. The Company will hold a conference call conducted by James E. Cashman III, president and chief executive officer, and Maria T. Shields, chief financial officer, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss second quarter 2014 results and future outlook. CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION: What: ANSYS Second Quarter 2014 Earnings Conference Call When: August 5, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time They encourage participants to pre-register for the conference call using the enclosed link. Callers who pre-register will be given a unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call, bypassing the live operator. Participants may pre-register any time, including up to and after the call start time. You will immediately receive an online confirmation, an email with the dial in number and a calendar invitation for the event. To pre-register, go to:  http://dpregister.com/10049814 You may also reach the pre-registration link