All companies use some form of imagery to describe their overall strategy or approach. Most geometric figures have been used at one time or another by players in the PLM space. Currently, Siemens PLM Software uses a half sphere or dome to describe how their HD-PLM provides an immersive decision-making environment.   With the advent of V6 and now the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, Dassault Systèmes uses a spiral to denote the lifecycle from ideation to use and back again, and the circle for their 3DEXPERIENCE Compass. And now at their most recent event, the dominant shape at PTC Live Global was the hexagon (sorry about the picture quality from my iPad):   Early in the event, the shape helped to nicely array the six parts of PTCs business around the outside, i.e., CAD, PLM, SCM, ALM, SLM, and now Internet of Things (IoT). This was used even down to the portal through which most speakers went

 PDF Key takeaways: Dassault Systèmes’ has made significant progress in refining and implementing their next generation strategy and platform for “realistic simulation” Performance simulation technology from SIMULIA, CATIA, and the new BIOVIA brand portfolio is a key element and enabler of Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE strategy and platform  The ultimate goal and the challenge for Dassault Systèmes is delivering their robust simulation technology not only to the traditional SIMULIA analysis specialists, but making the results of simulation best practices available to and readily consumable by the broader base of engineers and management within the 12 major industry segments that they serve Dassault Systèmes held their annual SIMULIA Community Conference, an international event, from May 19-22 in Providence, Rhode Island. The agenda included keynote briefings from Bernard Charlès, CEO of Dassault Systèmes, as well as the executive team of SIMULIA including Scott Berkey, CEO of Dassault Systèmes Simulia Corporation. Passionate and engaging as always, Mr. Charlès kicked off

Zuken announces manufacturing cost reductions through enhanced electrical design. The latest version of E3.series – Zuken’s electrical and fluid CAD software – contains integration with B&R Automation Studio, data export for drilling and milling machines, XVL output for Lattice viewer, and enhanced support for Komax and eCl@ss. Support for harness families and harness derivatives within a single design offer time-saving benefits for the transportation sector. “Today, workers often need to manually interpret manufacturing documentation in order to assemble control systems. Now, with automatically-produced wires and step-by-step routing instructions, the need to read and interpret these documents is removed. This gives companies the option to retain assembly in-house, thereby reducing manufacturing outsourcing costs.” - Joachim Frank, Director of E3.series business Manufacturing process cost reductions E3.series 2014A adds new and enhanced manufacturing features to reduce manufacturing costs.  Manufacturing output for drilling and milling machines is automatically-produced by E3.CutOut. This uses drill hole and cutout definitions from the E3.series

MecSoft Corporation has announced the availability of the latest version of their fully integrated plug-in VisualXPORT 2014 for SpaceClaim. VisualXPORT for SpaceClaim allows users to transfer SpaceClaim geometry directly to VisualCAD without having to go through a neutral format such as STEP or IGES.  The solution provides an enhanced workflow for companies that design in SpaceClaim and use VisualCAD/VisualMILL in their manufacturing process. “MecSoft provides easy-to-use and powerful tools for engineers and has won the trust of customers over years of product improvements, just as we have with SpaceClaim. This new integration is further evidence of MecSoft listening to customers and making their process easier,” stated Craig Wilkinson, director of marketing at ANSYS. “This will further streamline their work and ability to prepare geometry for manufacturing quickly and easily.” “With VisualXPORT 2014 for SpaceClaim we’re able to meet the needs of MecSoft’s SpaceClaim customers that desire enhanced export capabilities beyond the traditional 3D

Flow Science, Inc. announces the availability of a new release of FLOW-3D Cast, version 4. A major release, FLOW-3D Cast v4 is based on the recently-released solver for FLOW-3D version 11 and provides users many new simulation tools to improve metal castings as well as a new innovative and intuitive Model Setup panel that greatly reduces the time required to create real-world simulations. Users are guided through the simulation setup process by the logically arranged setup panels at the left side of the Model Setup window. Elements of the casting process are entered by their actual names (e.g., mold, casting parts, filters) and appropriate physical models are activated automatically. “The driving factor behind the development of FLOW-3D Cast has always been to closely reflect the workflow and needs of our customers so that they can improve product development, speed up production and deliver high-quality products to market before their competitors,” commented John

The iSEEK Corporation is pleased to announce that the Kohler Company has selected CADseek Polaris as its shape-based search solution for CAD data management. Kohler, a manufacturer of kitchen and bath products, is presently launching an enterprise production implementation of CADseek to complement the suite of software products used by its designers, production engineers and supply chain personnel.  CADseek provides a rich graphical user interface that makes it easy to find the right part or assembly for reuse in the current project.  Furthermore, CADseek also locates additional important information related to each of the parts, such as material, cost, supplier information and manufacturing documentation. CADseek is able to handle any of the existing CAD formats and interfaces with all the popular PDM/PLM systems.  Parts and assemblies in a specified database are first coded using iSEEK’s patented technology, and the results are classified into families of similar shape for browsing in the CADseek

Centric Software, Inc., has acquired its first Scandinavian product lifecycle management (PLM) software customer. Norrøna, an outdoor clothing and sports gear brand, will use the Centric 8 PLM software for retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods to support expansion and growth. The Hvalstad, Norway-based company plans to quadruple the size of its worldwide business over the next five years, according to Brad Boren, research and development director. Norrøna’s ambitious plans for growth – and innovation – require the company to become as efficient as possible, says Boren. The high-end outdoor company controls the entire product development process in house, including sketching, material development and testing, pattern making, sewing and quality control. “The Centric PLM software will provide the necessary levels of visibility, control, and communication among our staff to ensure everyone is using the latest information on every product.” “Our move to Centric 8 is an important step forward in collecting vital product information in an

3D Systems announced today that it plans to hold a conference call and simultaneous webcast to discuss its financial results for the second quarter and first six months of 2014 on Thursday, July 31, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time.  The company expects to release these financial results and to file its Form 10-Q on July 31, 2014. Date: Thursday, July 31, 2014 Time: 9:00 a.m. Eastern Time Live webcast: www.3dsystems.com/investor Participate via telephone: Within the U.S.:  1-866-953-6860 Outside the U.S.:  1-617-399-3484 Participant code:  39529244 The recorded webcast will be available beginning approximately two hours after the live presentation.

DPS is pleased to announce a new training session on Systems Engineering, organized jointly with their partner Eiris Conseil. This session will be hold from September 30th to October 3rd 2014 in their Dearborn office (Michigan). This training is aiming to cover the whole Systems Engineering methodology following INCOSE’s technical processes and then showing an approach based upon those guidelines going through requirements management and traceability as well as good ways to practice it using SysML language. You will find detailed program of this training following the following link: http://archives.express-mailing.com/4/1604/147770/index.htm If you are interested, feel free to contact Christophe Baroux ( \n Diese E-Mail-Adresse ist vor Spambots geschützt! Zur Anzeige muss JavaScript eingeschaltet sein! ) for further information.

Aras® is pleased to welcome Professor Dr.-Ing. Martin Eigner to the company’s Board of Advisors. Professor Eigner, an internationally recognized expert in PLM and model-based systems engineering, will work with Aras to build on the company’s track record of growth and global expansion, drive innovation in PLM technology, and foster a mutually beneficial, bi-directional relationship between commercial and university research. On joining the Aras Board of Advisors, Professor Eigner said, “Aras is truly unique among PLM technology providers. Their approach, technology and business model provide enterprises with the advanced capabilities they want and the flexibility they need to take full advantage of emerging business opportunities. It is my pleasure to work with Aras and I look forward to helping shape the company’s future.” Professor Martin Eigner is an expert in Product Lifecycle Management and Model-Based Systems Engineering. Early is his career, Professor Eigner was head of Technical Data Processing in a division