Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the availability of the latest release of its Mentor Embedded Automotive Technology Platform (ATP) for Linux-based in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) system development. Automotive Tier One suppliers can speed the development of rich and responsive user interfaces or HMIs, similar to those seen in consumer electronics devices, with the new graphics development and optimization functionality added to this GENIVI 5.0 compliant release. In addition, by combining ATP with the recently announced Mentor® Embedded Hypervisor automotive OEMs can integrate greater functionality, such as device connectivity, on emerging infotainment hardware system-on-chip (SoC) architectures while maintaining secure separation for critical functionality. “Our experience working with Tier One suppliers drove us to simplify profiling of Linux-based IVI systems and the identification of bottlenecks by developing instrumentation in the kernel and graphics layers.” The latest ATP release is a fully instrumented platform enabling the use of the award-winning Mentor Embedded Sourcery™ Analyzer to profile the entire embedded IVI system,

C3D Labs (ASCON Group) is pleased to announce that GeoS Center has licensed its C3D Solver geometric constraint manager, which is part of the C3D geometric modeling kernel. GeoS Center is a well-known Russian developer of geometry software and integrated solutions for design automation. “We have worked with ASCON for many years, as our partnership began in 1990 and continues successfully to this day,” said Sergei Labutin, Director of GeoS Center. “I am confident that the C3D Solver solution will be of great interest to our customers, as it will provide them with added benefits in their design work. The geometric solver is adds to our K3-Furniture software suite’s list of competitive advantages.” “Over the past year, we have spent considerable effort on developing the 3D geometric solver further,” said Alexander Maximenko, С3D Solver development manager. “In particular, we added the ability to define mates for any set of three-dimensional geometric objects.

Dassault Systèmes will host a webcast and a conference call on Thursday, February 6, 2014, to discuss its operating performance for the fourth quarter and full year 2013 ended December 31, 2013. The management of Dassault Systèmes will host the webcast at 9:30 AM London Time - 10:30 AM Paris Time and will then also host the conference call at 9:00 AM New York Time - 2:00 PM London Time - 3:00 PM Paris Time. Both the webcast and the conference call will be available via the Internet by accessing Dassault Systèmes’ website athttp://www.3ds.com/investors/. Follow the directions on the main page to link to the audio. Please go to the website at least fifteen minutes prior to the webcast or conference call to register, to download and install any necessary software. The webcast and conference call will be archived for 30 days.

Four Vero Software brands will be showcasing their most recent features and updates at the Southern Manufacturing Exhibition, being held at FIVE, in Farnborough, in the UK, on February 12th and 13th. Alphacam, Edgecam and Radan are on stand U106, while Javelin is on stand G97. Alphacam: Stand U106 Visitors to the stand will see a host of Alphacam 2014 R1 enhancements, including those to solid tools, multi-processing and CAD to CAM. Cutting tools can now be defined from solids which are displayed during solid simulation. The lathe module now supports multiple turrets, including revolver and platen type configurations. This gives the added benefit of enhanced graphical simulation; and improved collision detection within lathe, which is especially useful when using multiple turrets. For multi-processing, Alphacam can still be operated at the same time that multi-core hardware technology is being utilised to generate complex toolpaths. This eliminates the need for the user to wait for

Today ConnectPress announced a new home page design for its MCAD, AEC and PLM communities. Utilizing HTML5, the completely redesigned page brings cleaner presentation to news, features, tips and tricks and advertising.  The last home page redesign was over five years ago. “I’m especially excited about the convenient access to industry content subsets,” says Rita Stange, Managing Editor. “The editorial team works hard to bring members important updates in areas like Aerospace, Sustainable Design and Consumer Products. On our old page, you could turn on these ‘community views’ but they were somewhat buried in the navigation. Now each topic set has multiple recent article headlines as well as navigation points.” The new interface highlights video content as well as more traditional material and takes advantage of  more ‘real estate’ on larger monitors.

Shareholders in Delcam today voted to accept the offer made by Autodesk to acquire the company.  The acquisition is expected to be completed during February. Headquartered in Birmingham, UK, Delcam has more than 30 offices worldwide and over 700 employees.  The company’s range of design, manufacturing and inspection software provides automated CADCAM solutions for a variety of industries, ranging from automotive and aerospace to footwear and healthcare. The latest NC Software Market Analysis Report from leading US analysts CIMdata showed that, in 2012, Delcam again had the highest vendor revenues and received the highest end-user payments of all the CAM-centric companies.  This result meant that the company completed thirteen years as the world’s leading specialist supplier of CAM software and services. Autodesk and Delcam offer complementary ranges of software, with Autodesk’s programs for design, engineering and entertainment able to be combined with Delcam strengths in manufacturing. On completion of the acquisition, Delcam will become

Kubotek USA has officially released Kubotek Comparison Suite 2014.  Kubotek Comparison Suite 2014 adds significant user-driven improvements to save time and improve user control over everyday tasks.  Comparison Suite products include Kubotek Validation Tool and ECO Manager. The engineering change identification and documentation tools found in the Kubotek Comparison Suite help users avoid the costs and pitfalls resulting from undetected or undocumented engineering changes. Design and quality teams gain confidence as they compare two CAD models, regardless of file type, to find differences in product geometry, Model Based Definition (MBD) or Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) contained in the 3D model.  Any revisions can then be documented and easily communicated via automated reports in PowerPoint and 3D PDF formats as products work their way through the manufacturing process.  A significant enhancement of the Comparison Suite 2014 release is automatic 3D PDF report creation.  Users can create personalized engineering change reports using the full functionality

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. is pleased to announce the availability of the Japanese-language version of the Vectorworks® 2014 line of design software, including: Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals and Renderworks®. A&A Co., Ltd., the distributor of Vectorworks software in Japan, held a series of pre-launch events last month to introduce the new version of Vectorworks software to designers across the country and, beginning today through February 24, the company will hold several online product launch events, as well. More information about the online events can be found here: http://www.aanda.co.jp/seminar/web/Vw2014.html The Vectorworks 2014 software contains more than 130 improvements, including new BIM tools for architects, increased site design capabilities for landscape architects and designers, as well as enhancements to lighting devices, documentation and graphic controls for entertainment designers. Visit http://www.vectorworks.net/2014 to learn more about all the new features in Vectorworks 2014 software. The release of the Japanese localized version of Vectorworks 2014 continues the global rollout

Stratasys provided the following information regarding the company’s projected revenue and net income for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2014: Revenue guidance of $660 to $680 million. Non-GAAP net income of $113 to $119 million, or $2.15 to $2.25 per diluted share. GAAP net income of $10.5 to $19.9 million, or a $0.20 to $0.38 per diluted share. The company expects organic sales, which exclude MakerBot sales, to grow at least 25% over 2013, with additional growth coming from MakerBot, which is expected to grow at a higher rate. “We enter the new year with positive momentum and an expectation of continued strong growth for our industry-leading products and services,” said David Reis, chief executive officer of Stratasys. “Revenue synergies continue to develop from the merger between Stratasys and Objet, which is reflected in our outlook for organic sales growth of at least 25%. In addition, the performance of MakerBot, which we acquired in

SofTech, Inc. announced its second quarter fiscal year 2014 operating results. Revenue for the three months ended November 30, 2013 was approximately $1.41 million as compared to approximately $1.77 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year. Net income (loss) for the current quarter was about ($44,000) or ($.05) per share compared to net income of $252,000 or $.25 per share for the same period in the prior fiscal year. The sale of the Company’s CADRA product line was completed on October 18, 2013, which accounted for most of the revenue decline. EBITDA for current quarter was about $3.37 million as compared to about $369,000 for the same period in fiscal year 2013. The EBITDA in the current quarter was generated from the sale of the aforementioned CADRA product line. As disclosed in the Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in our Form 8-K filed on December