GRAPHISOFT® announced today the latest version of its BIM software solution for architects and designers.  ArchiCAD 18 delivers innovations making the BIM workflow smoother, including CineRender, a brand new render engine with high-end photorealistic rendering capabilities found only in the professional visualization application CINEMA 4D – now available right inside the BIM tool. "BIM innovation has been shifting from adding new features to introducing innovative new workflows — this is exactly what ArchiCAD 18 offers end-users," said Laszlo Vertesi, Vice President of Product Development at GRAPHISOFT.  "With ArchiCAD 18, we pinpointed the most important user requests related to workflow issues with the clear goal of providing our users with solutions that keep them in the creative design flow with as little disruption as possible."  "We are delighted that GRAPHISOFT has decided to integrate CineRender into ArchiCAD 18 - offering a bridge to CINEMA 4D for users who wish to add even more sophisticated

Altair today announced that one of the world's premier numerical weather prediction centers, Germany's national meteorological service Deutscher Wetterdienst (DWD), has selected Altair's PBS Professional for workload management on its two Cray XC30 supercomputing systems. Researchers and scientists at DWD will utilize the petascale systems to produce higher resolution and more accurate global and regional weather predictions to help fulfill the organization's wide array of weather responsibilities, including the meteorological safeguarding of aviation and shipping and the issuance of official warnings of weather occurrences that could become dangerous to public safety. "At DWD it is our mission to ensure the highest levels of accuracy in weather and climate information services," said Dr. Dieter Schröder, CIO at DWD. "Our researchers and scientists must be able to rely on their supercomputing systems for high availability, performance and scalability, so we needed a workload manager proven to operate in large, complex production environments. PBS Professional

Datakit will be visiting Stuttgart Control Messe, GE, May 6-9, 2014. Control is a great opportunity to meet major CMM software vendors and showcase achievements in this domain. Datakit has supplied and supported world-class major Control accounts for a decade. Datakit has been working on providing valuable assets for CMM purposes and is shipping toolkits to extract geometries and Product Manufacturing Information (PMI), directly from native CAD data: Dassault CATIA V5/V6™, including R24 (V5-6R2014) version, SolidWorks™, Siemens NX™ & JT™, PTC Creo™, STEP, without the need of any separate CAD software license. For more information click here. Datakit provides Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) through APIs designed for both semantic and rendering purpose. Valuable tolerancing, surfacing, and geometric association is supported for various PMI entities: Datums, Targets, References. Dimensions: Linear, Angular, Radial... Geometrical Tolerances: Flatness, Cylindricity, Surface Profile, Position, Angularity... Roughness and Welding. This helps CMM software vendors in their process of identifying critical points of interest and testing their 3D

At the 2014 International Machine Tool Show (IMTS) the latest version of VERICUT, version 7.3, will be featured in CGTech’s booth E-3346. VERICUT CNC machine simulation, verification and optimization software simulates all types of CNC machining, including drilling and trimming of composite parts, water jet, riveting, robots, mill/turn and parallel kinematic/hexapods. It operates independently, but can also be integrated with leading CAM systems. A common feature of all recent releases of the software has been the focus on full integration with the CAD/CAM and machine tool industry. As a result VERICUT is now at the heart of the  CNC manufacturing process for many of the world’s leading engineering businesses in all industry sectors, including aerospace and defense, oil and gas, power generation, motorsport, automotive and transport, medical device and implant, as well as general precision and heavy engineering. Machine simulation with VERICUT detects collisions and near-misses between all machine tool components such

Geometric Ltd. announced the appointment of Neeraj Dutt as Chief Financial Officer effective today. Neeraj has over 17 years of experience in financial strategy, planning and accounting, including over 14 years in the IT/ITeS industry. He will be responsible for the company’s global financial accounting, planning, legal and corporate governance. He takes over from Mr. Arvind Kakar, who has decided to pursue other opportunities. Announcing the appointment, Mr. Manu Parpia, MD & CEO said, “We are pleased to welcome Neeraj to the Geometric management team. Neeraj brings with him a wealth of experience in defining and managing financial strategies, as well as streamlining the finance function. I am sure Geometric will benefit from his expertise as we continue on our transformational journey. I would also like to thank Arvind for his contribution to Geometric and wish him all the best for the future". Neeraj Dutt added, “Geometric has recently gone through an extensive

Altium Limited has announced that it intends to begin a corporate reorganization to best serve the needs of their customers and partners in key growth markets. This includes the relocation of the PCB CAD Division and its core R&D team as well as executive and senior management to San Diego, CA as the major step. The relocation to San Diego, where Altium has had a long-established sales and operational presence, represents a natural next-step in the implementation of Altium’s renewed growth strategy. It is a result of the focus on PCB design tools and solutions for the PCB design market. The decision was made to allow Altium’s CAD division to be more accessible to customers and partners, while still offering global growth potential. "This move to the U.S. will not only allow Altium to be closer to customers in key markets," says Martin Harris, Chief Sales Officer at Altium, "it will also

To make engineering resources and critical content more discoverable at the point of need, Knovel has introduced the Knovel® Software Development Kit (SDK) for Microsoft® SharePoint®. This toolkit allows enterprises using SharePoint as a Knowledge Management System to seamlessly integrate with Knovel's engineering resources. When users research topics and query internal references on SharePoint, they will also find search results highlighting resources available on Knovel. This integration not only improves productivity, but it creates greater awareness of resources that are available in an enterprise. Last summer, Knovel launched a new cloud-based platform that was completely re-designed to ensure trusted content is discoverable, answers are actionable and the overall experience is seamless -- easily integrating into the engineer's workflow. With the new platform, Knovel will offer APIs that allow integration with a variety of enterprise systems. Knovel SDK for Microsoft SharePoint is the first offering in a series of integration SDKs in the works. "To be productive, engineering teams need

Creaform today announces the launch of the next generation of HandySCAN 3D laser scanners, which have been completely re-engineered for optimum speed, accuracy and portability. “Creaform has again revolutionized 3D scanning technology,” explained Daniel Brown, Product Manager. “No other 3D scanners can offer, in a single product, this level of accuracy, speed, portability and ease of use. This makes it the best 3D scanner, in all categories combined, in the market today.” The new HandySCAN 300 and HandySCAN 700 provide ground-breaking accuracy, resolution and substantially higher measurement rates—all in truly portable device. The benefits of the metrology-grade HandySCAN 3D’s are truly compelling: 40% more accurate with a volumetric accuracy of 60µm/m. 25 times faster than former generation. TRUaccuracy™ feature ensures accurate measurements in real life operating conditions Unmatched versatility: Limitless 3D scanning possibilities, regardless of the part size, complexity, material, or color. Quick set-up: Get up and running in less than 2 minutes. Automatic mesh output: Get ready-to-use files as soon as data acquisition is complete—and integrate within your workflow without any post-processing. HandySCAN 3D scanners can be used at all

Creaform today announced the launch of two completely new versions of the Go!SCAN 3D scanner. Both versions provide unmatched fast and reliable 3D measurements, while offering the easiest portable 3D scanning experience on the market. The Go!SCAN 50 was designed to measure the shape of medium to larger parts and offers optimal flexibility. The Go!SCAN 20 delivers maximum resolution and is dedicated for use with smaller objects with intricate details, making it the perfect companion for 3D printers. Customers will attest to the Go!SCAN 3D’s multitude of benefits: High speed: Typical objects are scanned in five minutes or less. Professional-grade measurements: The Go!SCAN 3D provides an accuracy of up to 0.1 mm (0.004 in.) and resolution of up to 0.2 mm (0.008 in.). Full-color 3D models: Users can easily and simultaneously capture of high-quality geometry and colors. TRUsimplicity™: Extremely simple scanning process. Point and shoot: No preparation or complicated setup is required. The scanner is up-and-running in less than two minutes. Go!SCAN 3D scanners are tailored to the unique needs of: Product development engineers and technicians from all industries Engineers who

Creaform today announced the launch of VXmodel, its 3D scan data post-treatment software module. VXmodel enables users to finalize 3D scan data to use directly in any CAD or 3D printing software. VXmodel is simple, yet powerful. It includes only the features necessary to complement CAD software. Because it is fully integrated with VXelements, Creaform’s 3D software platform, it eliminates the need for design professionals to open, learn and use third-party software for most applications. With VXmodel acting as an integrated bridge, users have all the tools they need to prepare their 3D-Scan files for CAD or 3D-print solutions in one easy-to-master, intuitive application. Within VXelements, VXmodel offers several advantages: Alignment: Use VXmodel’s tool to constrain 3D scans using datums/entities so that users can start their design processes on a strong foundation. Geometrical entities and cross-sections: VXmodel’s highly flexible and user-friendly interface lets users quickly segment a mesh into all the primitive entities, cross-sections and surfaces required to complete the final CAD design. Mesh