After evaluating several solutions, Adorn Fashions®, one of the fastest growing brands of casual sportswear for the petite, missy and plus-size markets, has chosen Gerber Technology’s YuniquePLM™  software as a direct result of the Yunique team’s attention to the post-sales relationship. “This is huge for us,” said Ricky Zinn, vice president and COO of Adorn Fashions. “We have experienced a lot of growth in the past five years and are looking to take our business to the next level with YuniquePLM. We noticed that as we grew, complexity increased: we spent more time looking and less time doing. Our previous method of storing separate Excel® and Adobe® Illustrator® files in a repository is time consuming to organize, prone to errors and lacks accountability. In addition, searching within the repository favors one operating system over the other – furthering confusion. With Yunique Solutions’ out-of-the-box configuration, we were able to move through the

Rand Worldwide today announced that its courseware division, ASCENT- Center for Technical Knowledge, will have experts exhibiting and presenting at Autodesk University 2013. In addition, ASCENT will showcase the new Official Certification Preparation books along with ASCENT’s full selection of 2014 Autodesk Official Training Guides (AOTG), at booth #2114 from December 3-5 at the Venetian Resort and Casino in Las Vegas. “We are very excited to be arriving at Autodesk University with more than 60 titles released over the last eight months for Autodesk 2014 software,” says Paul Burden, director of product development, ASCENT. “All of these titles are available in our various formats, including our latest four titles for certification preparation. Our print, eBook, and online formats give our customers more choice in how they access content that enables them to improve their knowledge and productivity with Autodesk software.” ASCENT Presentation ASCENT author, Michelle Rasmussen, an AutoCAD Civil Infrastructure expert and Autodesk Certified Instructor, will deliver “Let’s

Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business unit and CADENAS have extended their partnership to provide students in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) related fields, with free access to a popular product design productivity tool used by the global manufacturing industry. Siemens PLM Software’s academic partners – including students, researchers and educators – can now quickly and efficiently find and download standard parts from a massive digital database based on CADENAS’ widely-used PARTcommunity technology. By providing academia with the same technology used by many companies in the global manufacturing industry to instantly access millions of 3D parts from more than 400 manufacturers, Siemens and CADENAS are helping to further align STEM education with real-world job opportunities. “Our academic program is focused on developing a highly trained and heavily recruited PLM workforce,” said Bill Boswell, senior director of Partner Strategy, Siemens PLM Software. “Student engineers and computer scientists who work with

ZW3D announced on December 3 the result of the ZW3D Superhero Vehicle Design Challenge on GrabCAD. Five winners stood out from the rest in this challenge and won big prizes like cash, 3D printers and 3D mice. ZW3D CAD/CAM launched the annual design challenge on GrabCAD, a well-known 3D model sharing platform for mechanical engineers and CAD users, in a bid to promote, publicize and make creative thinking and innovation visible through 3D CAD modeling. ZW3D aims to establish a closer relationship with the design community, combining technical innovation with 3D CAD design to create vehicles for their beloved superheroes. “I am not an engineer and never designed a vehicle before, but I learnt to use ZW3D CAD/CAM in no time and submitted 3 entries,’’ said Seghier Mohamed Abdelaziz, one of the participants and an architect. “I like using ZW3D which allows me to create precision design and turn imagination into reality." Starting from

 PDF Key takeaways: Engineering IT application support is different from generic IT support due to its complexity and uniqueness to each organization PLM support is commonly treated as an opportunity for cost reduction but the focus should be on value maximization Geometric’s deep expertise in engineering and manufacturing enables them to provide functional and transformational services that address complex processes for developing and producing a product Why is Engineering IT Application Support Unique? New Product Introduction (NPI) and Product Development (PD), processes are unique for each organization. They are unique because each organization has different people, processes, and technologies. The steps within the processes have many interdependencies and understanding how to improve and optimize them requires both functional and industry specific knowledge. These steps also employ a wide range of software applications to support complex business processes. They range from configured and customized out of the box applications through custom developed solutions optimized for specific activities.

ASCON Group is pleased to present Machinator (translated from Latin as “inventor”), a mobile game application. Machinator helps develop engineering thinking in three-dimensional space. The mobile constructor provides the possibility of timed assembly of interesting three-dimensional models with differing degrees of complexity – from a meat grinder to a helicopter. The game was released for the iOS and Android operating systems. The application has its own “store”, where players can select among the variants offered for assembly free model or purchase a more intricate one. Any model, be it a microscope, motorcycle or transformer robot, has the necessary number of details sufficient for assembly. Assembly can be started with any of them; the main thing is to find the location of the detail in space. Assembly is timed with the help of a timer. In case of difficulty, players can opt to be given a clue, but there is a time penalty

Rand Worldwide today announced that its IMAGINiT Technologies division has released key new features for IMAGINiT Clarity, IMAGINiT Clarity LT, and IMAGINiT Clarity Workshare.  IMAGINiT Clarity and Clarity LT extend the Autodesk Revit Server platform by improving team collaboration and time savings through security, management and monitoring tools, task automation and project dashboard reporting. Firms not using Autodesk Revit Server can improve their traditional file based work sharing approach, automate time consuming Revit software related tasks, build reports and more with IMAGINiT Clarity Workshare. “The IMAGINiT Clarity product line is specifically designed to address key challenges BIM teams face and this latest release further extends the functionality in an intuitive user experience,” says Tim Johnson, senior vice president, IMAGINiT Technologies. “Our development team has not only improved enhancements for saving time by automating manual tasks and collaborating more securely with everyone on the BIM team, but we’re also giving more business friendly purchase options by offering a perpetual license

Gibbs and Associates today announced that GibbsCAM will be featured at the 2013 Okuma Technology Showcase, a three-day open house event at the Okuma and Partners in THINC® Headquarters in Charlotte, North Carolina. Okuma will have its latest technology on display, and will demonstrate the versatility and rigidity of many of its machines with live machining, including 5-axis and multi-axis, multi-task machining (MTM). Also, in celebration of the 50th anniversary of its OSP control, Okuma will make available its THINC OSP-P300 control for hands-on trials, and will hold several daily demonstration seminars (“demonars”) on various topics revolving around application and implementation of their technology. The 3-day event runs from December 10-12, 2013 at 12428 Sam Neely Road, Charlotte, North Carolina. GibbsCAM ease of use, versatility, efficiency, and range of capabilities will be demonstrated. Visitors should register in advance at www.okuma.com/events or at the event page, which also provides additional information. Gibbs and

Nemetschek AG has successfully concluded its acquisition of Norway-based Data Design System ASA. In total, approximately 99.99 percent of DDS shares have been transferred to Nemetschek. DDS is a leading CAD software provider for intelligent planning of technical building equipment and delivers highly functional solutions for mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP), heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and photovoltaic engineering. With this acquisition, Nemetschek Group adds MEP building process solutions to its solution portfolio. In addition to important technology expertise, this move allows Nemetschek to expand into new markets and customer groups. In the financial year 2012, DDS achieved revenues of EUR 8.7 million and an operating result of EUR 1.5 million. DDS will continue as an independent brand under the same successful management. The company will be consolidated as of December 1, 2013. The purchase price in the low two-digit million euro range was paid in cash.

Surfcam, Inc., a division of Vero Software, is pleased to be showcasing its latest version of SURFCAM 2014 R1 during Euromold 2013 with German reseller 3D Concepts GmbH in Hall 8.0 Stand F102. The 4 day event focusing on moldmaking, tooling, design and application development takes place from Dec 3rd to Dec 6th at the Frankfurt/Main Exhibition Center. “SURFCAM 2014 R1 achieves the perfect balance between feature sets and ease of use and also provides something for everyone,” says German SURFCAM Reseller, Erwin Eggert of 3D Concepts GmbH. “We are excited to launch SURFCAM’s newest version to our customers which now includes Adaptive Roughing Technology as well as multiple enhancements designed to deliver additional ease of use and control in Masking, Chaining, Operations Manager, and Layering functionality. Customers will also be pleased to know that updated and additional CAD translators, postprocessors, and editNC are included in this new version at no