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Autodesk, Inc. today announced the release of the new Autodesk 2015 Design Suites, which are more tightly integrated with Autodesk cloud services than ever before – offering customers the ability to collaborate, simulate, analyze and more, many with just one click from within the suite. Each Autodesk 2015 Design Suite includes AutoCAD 2015, the most advanced AutoCAD yet. A new interface and enhanced productivity tools enable customers to experience a new standard in design and documentation. Additionally, Autodesk Subscription offers customers even more convenient, flexible ways to access the tools they need, when they need them, to help grow their business. Autodesk subscription connects customers with software updates, services and support that help get the most out of their investment in Autodesk software now and in the future. “The Autodesk portfolio now has something for everyone involved in making products and projects come to life, in addition to designers and engineers,” said Amar Hanspal, senior vice president of platform

The engineering software provider Aucotec AG uses Siemens PLM software technology to enhance the PLM integration of its Engineering Base (EB) system. This means that Aucotec can now offer its current and future customers closer integration with the Teamcenter® portfolio, the same technology that companies around the world depend on every day to enhance product development decision making and produce better products. Siemens PLM Software is a leading global provider of PLM software and services. The solution created by the partnership will keep all information securely managed throughout the whole lifecycle of the engineered plant, machine or mobile equipment. This enables the management and distribution of released engineering documents with access control and revision management for the fastest availability of up-to-date project data information from EB. In addition, all purchasing and manufacturing lists can be created and updated to ensure proper data in all associated departments at any time. This new solution

Altair recently released the HyperWorks 12.0 Student Edition, making it the most comprehensive computer-aided engineering (CAE) suite available to aspiring structural and mechanical engineers.  The software is free, and extensive learning resources designed especially for students may be found on the Altair Academic Training Center.  In addition, Altair provides students on-demand interactive support through the moderated Academic Support Forum. The addition of solidThinking Inspire for intuitive concept generation is an enabler for simulation-based design that incorporates topology optimization, while solidThinking Evolve offers classic industrial design sketching and modeling functionality for the exploration of design alternatives. "We are thrilled to include solidThinking Inspire and solidThinking Evolve in the Altair HyperWorks 12.0 Student Edition. The concept generation included in the easy-to-use solidThinking Inspire software is perfectly suited for young engineers and will help them create and investigate structurally efficient concepts quickly and easily.  Using Inspire, students can design products and parts lighter, stronger, and

Xceed Sports is a leading Mexico based sports and athletics wear company offering custom designed, high performance sportswear for triathlon athletes and professional cyclists. The brand is well known in Mexico for its high level quality products which are essential in competitive sports.  Xceed Sports has successfully implemented WFX Cloud PLM to move all their product development and design to a web-based centralized system. Being a primarily Spanish speaking company, Xceed Sports uses WFX PLM in Spanish which enables the non-English speaking users to work on WFX easily. "We were looking for a solution to simplify the techpack creation process and efficiently manage our Purchase orders. WFX’s Cloud PLM has enabled us to move all our product development process online efficiently and effectively and allows for one click sharing of Techpack and Purchase Orders with our factory. This has resulted in quick and effective communication within different departments and has improved productivity” says

Penglai Zhongbai Jinglu Shipbuilding Co., Ltd (Jinglu Shipbuilding), one of the key shipbuilding enterprises in Shandong Province, Greater China, has signed a new contract for AVEVA Marine™ software to address the current, challenging market situation and to future-proof its operations. The AVEVA technical team in China supported Jinglu Shipbuilding with a detailed evaluation exploring how AVEVA Marine would improve project efficiency and quality across the shipyard. As a result, the company selected AVEVA Marine, providing it with the most complete software solution for its current and future shipbuilding requirements. 'AVEVA Marine was an obvious choice, due to its great reputation,' said, Shiwen Jiang, Technical Director, Jinglu Shipbuilding. 'Naturally, we evaluated other software vendors on the market, but AVEVA is the only one that can provide such a solid reference base. Using AVEVA Marine we will benefit from shorter design cycles, improved design accuracy and reduced wastage in production. AVEVA Marine’s large user base

Zuken announces a string of inspiring speakers for its annual Zuken Innovation World conferences, which continue next month. Panasonic will illustrate how they used Zuken’s CR-8000 Design Force to develop the world's thinnest and lightest 20-inch, large-screen 4K tablet at the USA event in Dearborn, Michigan (April 28-30), and will be represented at the European events. They will be joined in the USA by speakers from Synopsys and Cummins, among others. At the European events, other customer and industry expert presentation highlights include: MIRA, Alexander Dennis and Printed Electronics speaking in Coventry, UK (May 21-22); Siemens Rail Automation, Liebherr and Arburg in Ulm, Germany (May 14-15), Elster, OSB Engineering and Weidmüller in Hannover, Germany (May 26-27); Jumatech and CadCabel AG Verdrahtungssysteme in Zürich, Switzerland (June 3). Registration for all events is open and agendas for the first five events are available, with those for Le Bourget, France (June 5) and Bologna, Italy (June 11) following soon. Many conference attendees are regulars. Jerry Murray of Cummins Power Generation explains: "The

Delcam has donated over 1,000 Delcam University courses, with a total value close to $300,000, to the SkillsUSA partnership of students, teachers and industry representatives who are working together to ensure that America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA is a national organization serving teachers, and high-school and college students who are preparing for careers in technical, skilled and service occupations, including health occupations and further education.  SkillsUSA, which was formerly known as VICA (the Vocational Industrial Clubs of America), helps every student to excel. SkillsUSA programs also help to establish industry standards for job-skill training in the lab and the classroom, and to promote community service.  SkillsUSA is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and is cited as a “successful model of an employer-driven youth development training program” by the U.S. Department of Labor.  Full details are on the www.skillsusa.org website. SkillsUSA programs include local, state and national competitions, in which students

CD-adapco™ recently held its STAR Global Conference 2014. The theme of this year's conference was "Simulating Systems." During his welcome speech, CD-adapco President, Steve MacDonald said, "It wasn't very long ago, when we struggled to fill a single room, and all of the presentations were from CD-adapco staff. This year, we have a 3-day conference, spread across six parallel tracks, with over 130 presentations from all corners of industry." This expansion of the conference mirrors the growth of CD-adapco itself. MacDonald predicted that by the end of FY2014, CD-adapco will be a $200m company. Although CD-adapco consistently delivers a profit, the strategy thus far has always been to plough that money back into the development of its software products, in particular our flagship simulation tool STAR-CCM+®. MacDonald revealed that during the next 12 months, a significant portion of that development resource will be dedicated to adding a Finite Element capability to the existing Finite Volume solver in

Enterprise technology solutions firm, I-Cubed, today announced the acquisition of Akoya, Inc., a Chicago-based supply chain analytics solution provider of patented analytic software that helps manufacturers reduce product costs by identifying pricing inefficiencies and optimizing supplier management decisions. This acquisition represents a significant expansion of I-Cubed’s product lifecycle management (PLM) related service offerings. The addition of Akoya’s part-costing data analytics and optimization technologies to I-Cubed’s strength in PLM, CAD data management and data migration will allow the company to enhance its customers’ ability to realize significant savings within their supply chains. Akoya analytics technology couples the complex information in the CAD models of engineered parts with purchasing data to provide optimized costing and supply chain information. Caterpillar, John Deere, Textron and AGCO have used this application to reclaim over $100MM in direct material savings. “Companies are receptive to targeted solutions that can help them cut costs. Akoya’s PLM analytics capabilities will help drive