Geometric Ltd. today inaugurated its new facility in Hinjewadi Phase I, Pune. The day also marked the 20th anniversary of the company's incorporation, when it spun off from Godrej & Boyce to become an independent company. Inaugurating the building, Mr. Manu Parpia, MD & CEO said, “We were the first company to start building facilities in Hinjewadi, and Pune has been at the heart of our global delivery organization ever since. We are very pleased with our move from leased offices to an owned premise, which not only reinforces our commitment to this city, but will improve our G&A costs.” This facility promises to be a critical component in Geometric’s growth - not only is there a high level of pride for employees working in this owned facility; it is also home to Geometric’s R&D and IP team. Geometric’s new building is a 76,245 sq. ft. facility, with a seating capacity of

CADsoft Consulting Inc., a provider of technical design and engineering solutions, today announced that they will resell McGraw Hill Construction’s Dodge Global Network products in Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada. McGraw Hill Construction provides essential data, news, insights, and intelligence to better inform construction professionals’ decisions and strengthen their market position. CADsoft Consulting is offering the Dodge Global Network to AEC business owners allowing them to better locate key projects in the early design stage. Dodge Global Network employs the latest technology to serve a company’s business needs, whether simple or complex. The key benefits to the data offered with Dodge Global Network are:  Strengthen Market Position Target and Build Relationships Increase Win/Loss Ratio Prioritize Prospects Size Market Opportunities “As avid Dodge users ourselves, we see opportunities for CADsoft clients to gain more market share,” said Lisa Duncan, Principal of CADsoft Consulting. “We partner with our clients to add to their technical skills so they can win specialty

Autodesk, Inc. today announced the resignation of Mark Hawkins, the company’s executive vice president and chief financial officer. After more than five years at Autodesk, Hawkins is leaving the design and engineering software leader at the end of July to become chief financial officer at salesforce.com. “I want to thank Mark for the many contributions he has made to Autodesk,” said Carl Bass, Autodesk president and CEO. “He has been an excellent financial partner and was instrumental in leading the company through a number of initiatives. Mark leaves Autodesk on strong financial footing and with a highly regarded finance team. I wish Mark all the best in his new role.” “It has been a pleasure working for Carl and with everybody at Autodesk,” said Hawkins. “I am proud to have been part of the Autodesk leadership team during this amazing journey from the depths of the Great Recession in early 2009 to today where the company has established

PTC has completed its acquisition of Atego, a developer of model-based systems and software engineering applications. The acquisition enhances PTC’s portfolio of product lifecycle management (PLM) and application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions and strengthens PTC’s commitment to supporting its customers’ systems engineering initiatives with powerful modeling capabilities. Atego’s Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) solution connects requirements engineering, architecture modeling, physical product definition, and system verification functions. This enables efficiencies and process standardization, allowing distributed teams to collaboratively build digital models of complex systems while managing system variability and enabling reuse. These capabilities are increasingly important in a world of smart, connected products in which manufacturers must concurrently develop systems that consist of sophisticated mechanical, electrical, and software components. “For PTC customers, there is increasing importance for multifunctional teams to work in concert while modeling the interdependencies of mechanical, electrical, and software engineering components,” stated Brian Shepherd, EVP Enterprise Segments, PTC. “Atego extends our existing ALM and PLM technologies and directly supports customers’

 PDF Key takeaways: Dassault Systèmes expands the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform with its latest brand, BIOVIA, which is focused on supporting the development of biological and chemical materials at the molecular level BIOVIA consists of Accelrys, the recently acquired scientific innovation lifecycle management (SILM) solution provider, and results from an internal research project, BioIntelligence BIOVIA’s solutions offer capabilities that extend the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform and broaden the support of the life science and material development markets The Accelrys user conference, Accelerate 2014, was held May 21-23 at the Grand Hyatt hotel in Washington, D.C. A crowd of over 300 customers, partners, and Dassault Systèmes staff attended to discuss the latest products and services from Accelrys as well as industrial and academic applications presented by customers. Industries represented included chemical, pharmaceutical, and food and beverage from around the globe. Many academic institutions were also in attendance. Fifty-five presentations from companies like Amgen, Colgate, DuPont, and Merck, and academic institutions

Granta Design today announced the release of the GRANTA MI:Product Intelligence Package, a new suite of software and data that helps engineering enterprises to optimize products while minimizing environmental, regulatory, and supply chain risks.  For the first time, MI:Product Intelligence provides fast, easy-to-use tools that draw on comprehensive, authoritative materials and environmental data in order to provide interactive, integrated feedback on this full range of risks within the CAD environment or, alternatively, via a new web browser application. This risk assessment focuses design efforts and supports compliance reporting, while avoiding the need for time-consuming data research—for example, in gathering information from suppliers. The MI:Product Intelligence Package runs on the GRANTA MI platform, the industry-leading system for materials information management. MaterialUniverse, one of many data modules available within GRANTA MI, provides property profiles for the full range of engineering materials and associated processes; thousands of records cover metals, plastics, composites, and more. This is augmented with

Anyone with an iPad and a Fifth Generation MakerBot® Replicator® 3D Printer can now unleash their inner 3D designer with just a few taps of their finger. MakerBot PrintShop™, a fun, easy and free way to create and 3D print all kinds of cool things, makes its debut on the iTunes App Store this week.  With MakerBot PrintShop, consumers of all ages interested in 3D printing can easily make signs, letters, nameplates, custom bracelets and rings, and many more items with this powerful and intuitive app that is easy to use with no 3D printing or design skills needed. Optimized to be what MakerBot believes to be the ultimate companion app for all of its Fifth Generation MakerBot Replicator Desktop 3D Printers, and especially the MakerBot Replicator Mini Compact 3D Printer, MakerBot PrintShop is the first app designed for people with no experience in 3D printing and no design experience.  This

Kubotek USA has released its third eBook in a series designed to educate readers on the features and benefits of Direct CAD Modeling.  Direct CAD for the Contract Manufacturer explores the unique issues that contract manufacturers face when working with their customer’s CAD files. This new eBook follows on the heels of Direct Modeling 101 an interactive multimedia eBook and Direct Modeling 201, an advanced guide to Direct Modeling.  With thousands of downloads, these eBooks have helped illustrate the advantages of Direct CAD Modeling over history-based methods. Direct CAD for the Contract Manufacturer covers many important topics that contract manufacturers, job shops and other manufacturing facilities must deal with on a daily basis:  Importing customer files Redrawing designs Data reuse File translation and validating CAD translations Changes to the CAD model issued in midstream productions, and Using CAD models to develop tools, die and molds Direct CAD modelers can significantly aid in the resolution of any of these stated issues, ultimately saving manufacturers time,

Altium Limited in cooperation with Australian based In-Circuit Design Pty Ltd (ICD), announce the availability of new extensions for Altium Designer for advanced stackup planning and power distribution network analysis to bring comprehensive high-speed design capabilities to the mainstream market, at an affordable price. With the increasing challenges concerning high-speed signals – not only because of high clock frequencies, but also because of faster edge rates – more and more PCB designers need to have analysis tools that allow them to successfully design with fewer iterations. The two new extensions for Altium Designer, the ICD Stackup Planner and ICD Power Distribution Network (PDN) Planner, are accessible from within the design tool to provide for seamless analysis. “The ICD analysis software complements Altium Designer by empowering designers to accurately and confidently route complex, high-speed designs” said Barry Olney, Managing Director and CEO of In-Circuit Design. “Altium opens up a broader market for our

SPEC Innovations will attend INCOSE Symposium 2014. International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) 24th Annual International Symposium, will be held at the Green Valley Ranch Resort, near Las Vegas, Nevada, June 30 – July 3. Demonstrations of Innoslate 3.0 will be given at Booth C3 to show how Innoslate can be used to implement the full lifecycle. Innoslate has the ability to perform Model-Based Systems Engineering, DoDAF 2.02, and Requirements Analysis and Management. Innoslate is a model-based systems engineering developed by SPEC Innovations. As a public cloud or on-site application, Innoslate allows you to stay in sync with your engineering team while modeling a complete system. For more information visit https://innoslate.com/. The International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1990. INCOSE’s mission is to improve the principles and practices of systems engineering. For more information visit http://www.incose.org/.