Dassault Systèmes today announced the renaming of recently acquired Realtime Technology (RTT) to “3DXCITE” and the new brand’s ambition: to enable a 3DEXPERIENCE strategy that goes beyond engineering and encompasses a customer’s entire business cycle across all communication channels with powerful, streamlined and efficient storytelling. “I wish I could declare this is a bold, unpredictable move, but that would be taking undue credit for what is an obvious strategic milestone dictated by recent evolutions,” said Bernard Charlès, President & CEO, Dassault Systèmes. “Our customers know that products are no longer enough. In today’s experience economy, brands demand a seamless interplay of 3D design, marketing and sales applications to create high-impact storytelling across all channels. And it is only natural to develop our R&D ecosystem in Germany, close to so many critical customers. Given these factors, our acquisition of RTT and the creation of 3DXCITE to carry out our new 3DEXPERIENCE ambitions

Prism Engineering, Inc., the Mid-Atlantic provider of CAD, CAM, and 3D printing products & services, announces the relocation & expansion of its Pittsburgh Office & Training Center. Prism's Training Center is located at 700 Blaw Avenue, Suite 104, Blawnox, PA 15238. The office expansion enables Prism to serve engineering, manufacturing, and design professionals in the Pittsburgh region with additional training and support capabilities. Prism's Pittsburgh office remains the only Certified SolidWorks and Mastercam Training Center in Pittsburgh; classes began this week at the expanded facility. "We identified a need for additional SolidWorks, Mastercam, and Stratasys services in the Pittsburgh region," said John Ewell, President of Prism Engineering. "Prism's expanded Pittsburgh office in Blawnox will allow us to accommodate the increased demand for in Prism's award-winning training & services." In addition, Prism will bring a selection of Stratasys 3D printing products & services to its Pittsburgh office to serve a growing demand for additive manufacturing solutions

InnovMetric, which celebrates the 20th anniversary of its foundation this year, announced today that it has reached a first in its history by selling annually more than 2000 licenses of the PolyWorks universal 3D metrology software platform, and this for the fiscal year 2013 ending March 31, 2014. Moreover, its sales revenue has increased by 37% compared to fiscal year 2012.  Several elements have contributed to this significant growth of PolyWorks sales: Key InnovMetric customers in the automotive and aerospace industries have accelerated the integration of PolyWorks as their standard 3D metrology software platform The recent market consolidation that occurred in the 3D metrology software market has dramatically reduced the number of available hardware-neutral software solutions and contributed to reinforcing the market-leading position of PolyWorks The market for operator-driven point cloud digitizing and single-point probing devices in industrial manufacturing applications is expanding into the production areas, as these technologies have demonstrated their capability to

Many thanks for attending CIMdata's recent European Market & Industry Forum. An updated copy of Stan Przybylinski's 2013 Market Analysis presentation is available for download here.

GrabCAD Incorporated ("GrabCAD") has licensed Siemens’ Parasolid® software to provide 3D model interrogation, inspection and visualization within its Workbench application for cloud-based product data management (PDM). Developed by Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business, Parasolid is emerging as the component of choice for cloud-based solution providers who require a 3D geometric modeling kernel. This represents the third major Parasolid license agreement with cloud-based solution providers in the last nine months and the first license for a cloud-based PDM application.   “Siemens PLM Software has proven itself to be a diligent and progressive market leader, consistently delivering the right PLM component technology that is used by millions of end-users,” said Jon Stevenson, Vice President of Technology, GrabCAD. “Software vendors that deploy geometry based applications in the cloud need to be confident that the component technologies they select deliver reliable, long-term solutions with superior functionality and proven quality. Parasolid has shown strong

Luxion today announced that Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business has chosen Luxion’s KeyShot as its new rendering solution for Solid Edge® software, its mainstream computer-aided design (CAD) solution. KeyShot for Solid Edge, which will be bundled and licensed with the latest release of Solid Edge, Solid Edge ST7, will help  users quickly and easily create rich, 3D visuals. Solid Edge ST7 users will be able to experience KeyShot’s accurate materials, real world lighting and simple workflow for all their visualization needs. KeyShot for Solid Edge will replace the previously available rendering solution. Even though KeyShot for Solid Edge is bundled with Solid Edge ST7, both applications remain separate. This will allow users to continue to refine their designs, while images and animations are rendered in KeyShot. It is a unique approach that provides concurrent modeling and rendering  to deliver a more efficient workflow, saving time for designers, engineers and

Elysium Co. Ltd, has announced the release of ASFALIS EX6.0, a highly robust multi-CAD translation engine that enables customization and advanced functionality tailoring to several major manufacturers today. Enhancements to ASFALIS can be categorized in areas such as customization with translation, model comparison validation, overall improved performance and ASFALIS TransServer for enterprise-level processing. Mapping Entities with Translation In the interoperability industry today, 3D data translation has become a common capability. Elysium has advanced its suite to the next level to enable functionality meeting very detailed requirements, such as adding or removing components and mapping attribute information between different CAD formats. Elysium achieves this with its ENF (Elysium Neutral File) Editor. The robust flexibility with this tool enables smooth data sharing and streamlined processes when exchanging data. For example, users can map part numbers from the original design to part names into the translated model, or change tiny but important details, such as deleting

Edgecam Solid Machinist has reinforced its CAM-partner credentials by gaining 2015 certification from Autodesk Inventor – forming a relationship that gives the best in class CAD and CAM solution. Using the Edgecam add-in for Autodesk Inventor, the CAD model is sent to Edgecam Solid Machinist for feature finding and CAM application processes.  As Edgecam loads the Inventor model directly, without using a translator, there is no data loss. Any changes to the design model in Inventor are automatically flagged when loading an Edgecam part file, giving the option to accept or reject them. Accepting changes to the design model automatically regenerates features such as holes and pockets that were on the original model. Edgecam finds machineable features, such as pockets, bosses and holes in the Autodesk Inventor part, with a single click, extracting information relating to them. In addition, the CAD to toolpath associativity eliminates down time in the event of a

In the first three months of 2014, CENIT Group achieved a significantly higher EBIT and a decline in sales compared to the same period last year. The PLM segment achieved a slight increase in sales, while the EIM segment has experienced a temporary drop in sales by around 25% compared to the previous year due to ongoing restructuring measures.   CENIT AG is pleased to note the continuous rise in sales of proprietary software, which increased by around 5%. During the first 3 months, CENIT Group generated sales revenues of EUR k 29,793 (prior year: EUR k 31,816/-6.4%). Sales revenues in CENIT’s Consulting and Services segment declined by -7.3% to EUR k 13,799 (prior year: EUR k 14,884). Sales of third-party software also declined by -8.4% to EUR k 12,479 (prior year: EUR k 13,625). Sales proceeds from CENIT’s proprietary software grew from EUR k 3,224 to EUR k 3,392 (5.2%),

Cimatron Limited today announced its financial results for the first quarter of 2014.   Highlights of Cimatron’s results for the first quarter of 2014 include the following: 40% year-over-year increase in non-GAAP operating profit, to a Q1 record of $1.4 million Record Q1 revenues of $11 million, an 8% year-over-year increase (6.3% on constant currency basis) 16th consecutive quarter with year-over-year revenue growth on a constant currency basi $3.2 million cash flow from operating activities; End of quarter net cash balance of $16.1 million or $1.50 per share Commenting on the results, Danny Haran, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cimatron, noted, “We are very pleased to report Q1 2014 as a record first quarter. In particular, we are pleased that the year-over-year revenue growth of 8% in the quarter was translated to 40% year-over-year growth in operating profit, reflecting once again the strong operating leverage inherent in our business model. “The solid growth in both revenues and