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LEDAS Ltd. and ASCON today jointly announced the successful integration of ASCON’s C3D kernel into LEDAS Geometry Comparison technology. This is the first third-party component to benefit from the C3D kernel; previously, third parties had only developed CAD/CAM software as applications on top of C3D. LEDAS develops computational components and provides R&D services for the CAD/CAM/PLM market, while ASCON is the leading Russian CAD/AEC/PLM vendor and developer of KOMPAS-3D modeling software and C3D kernel software. LEDAS established its Geometry Comparison technology to check and locate all of the differences between similar-looking geometric models. These changes can come about through revisions made to a model; from files generated by different CAD systems of the same model; the result of polygon and canonic or NURBS representations of the same geometry; or through data generated by various steps in the processing of 3D geometry. Making comparisons between 3D geometry requires operations performed at the most basic

Elysium Inc., a global provider of data translation software, has announced the release of CADfeature 11.3, their new browser-enhanced, feature-based program for repairing, migrating and reporting on product engineering data that is exchanged within manufacturing organizations and their supply chains. The newest version of CADfeature addresses long-sought industry goals of perfecting and speeding the creation of master CAD models used to build products ranging from appliances to medical devices, automobiles, aircraft, and more. “During the last two years, Elysium has migrated tens of millions of 2D drawings and 3D models on behalf of major manufacturers worldwide,” said Ken Tashiro, president of Elysium. “Our latest version of CADfeature draws on lessons from these engagements to better provide not only high-definition translation of 2D/3D content but, just as importantly, a quick and highly accessible way to analyze the status and quality of modeling data. Elysium’s 3D Reports Model, or ‘dashboard,’ allows manufacturers to

Oracle Corporation today announced that its third quarter fiscal year 2014 results will be released on Tuesday, March 18th, after the close of the market. Oracle will host a conference call and live webcast at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time to discuss the financial results. The live webcast will be available on the Oracle Investor Relations website at www.oracle.com/investor. 

GoEngineer, a reseller of SolidWorks 3D CAD software, Stratasys 3D Printers, Altium EDA, CAMWorks and Agile PLM, today announced its continued success in the effort to enhance the 3D experience of its customers. "Our continued growth indicates that we are providing tangible value to our customers." says Brad Hansen, CEO of GoEngineer. "We are very proud of our teams who have worked so hard to ensure our customers success." An unprecedented number of GoEngineer customers invested in SolidWorks Simulation software in 2013. Not surprisingly, the company was recently awarded the distinction of worldwide leader in Simulation sales at SolidWorks World 2013. Customers are able to leverage their existing 3D data by using SolidWorks' Simulation software to test product designs before manufacture. Setting up virtual environments to test strength, safety, and real-world performance improves product reliability and reduces the potential for field failures. All told, GoEngineer earned over 20 awards at SolidWorks World 2013.

Autodesk, Inc. is proud to stand alongside the Obama Administration, the U.S. Department of Defense, UI Labs and various organizations in partnership on the recently announced, Chicago-based Digital Lab for Manufacturing. Led by UI Labs and comprised of industry, university, government and community stakeholders, the Digital Lab will be the nation’s flagship research institute for Digital Manufacturing and Design Innovation, and its partners will work collaboratively to breathe new life into America’s manufacturing sector by promoting increased access to advanced technology, research and resources. “It is a great honor to have the opportunity to collaborate with the U.S. Government and UI Labs on the new Digital Lab for Manufacturing,” said Buzz Kross, senior vice president of Design, Lifecycle and Simulation at Autodesk. “We are at a crucial stage in the rebirth of American manufacturing, and the Autodesk team is passionate about providing education, training and technological support that will serve as

When designers carefully work with all their creativeness on assigned tasks, realize their designs as 3D models through the wide range of functions available in CAD software, do their best to bring the work to perfection, and work constantly at improving themselves, why can designers not be considered creators, and CAD as art? As the developer and integrator of professional CAD/AEC/PLM solutions, ASCON Group is pleased to again announce the annual KOMPAS-3D Modeling Contest 2014. KOMPAS-3D is the high performance, cost effective, easy to learn software solution for mechanical design. Held annually, the modeling contest showcases the abilities of individuals and design firms using KOMPAS-3D to model a wide variety of 3D and 2D designs. This year is special for the company as it celebrates two significant anniversaries: ASCON Group established 25 years ago KOMPAS-3D software reaches 15 years of development From now and until of June 1, 2014 all current and future ASCON customers

Presentation will offer a vision for Model-Based Systems Engineering in support of systems engineering ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 4 March 2014—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that Dr. Martin Eigner, an authority on systems engineering, will make a presentation at CIMdata’s upcoming European workshop, Bridging the Requirements Gap with Model-Based Systems Engineering, which will take place in Bad Homburg, Germany on 9 April, 2014. Dr. Eigner’s presentation, “From Documents to Models: The Vision for Model-Based Systems Engineering,” will detail the case for using shared digital models to capture requirements and knowledge to enable collaboration and concurrent engineering, rather than relying on requirements documents that do not communicate well between organizations, and do not relate to design elements. Examples of why this is critical to establishing a systems concept in organizations’ product development processes will be presented. How model-based systems engineering supports and enables systems engineering concepts throughout

Webinar to address how organizations can benefit from implementing knowledge decision support systems within their engineering processes ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 4 March 2014—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that John MacKrell, Vice President, will address what organizations must do to build corporate wisdom, and how they can benefit from a new breed of decision-support tools, in an upcoming webinar sponsored by Auros – An Emergent Systems Company. “Faulty decisions adversely impact the products we develop,” says MacKrell. “Bad results can be mitigated by ensuring that decisions are made based on high quality information and knowledge. This webinar will discuss how to improve the quality of your organization’s collective knowledge.” John MacKrell has over 40 years of experience in the application of computer-based solutions to engineering and manufacturing, with more than 20 years at CIMdata. He has held senior positions in product management, marketing, research and development,

Over a good part of the last decade there has been discussion about computer-aided design (CAD) tools becoming a commodity. In some respects, you could make that argument as the lines between high end tools, like CATIA, Creo, and NX and “mid-range” tools like Inventor, Solid Edge, and SolidWorks, have become blurred. (Before anyone gets excited, these tools were listed in alphabetical order, and only represent part of these large markets. In our annual PLM Market Analysis Reports we refer to these segments as MCAD-MD, for multi-discipline, to reflect the broad portfolio of configurable options in the high end tools, and MCAD-DF, for design-focused.) In looking at the PLM market, I have often applied the work of Clayton Christensen of Harvard (built on the shoulders of some researchers who heavily influenced me in past professional lives) to try to understand some of the dynamics. In any given product category, there is

Altair has announced that it has made its computer aided engineering (CAE) software suite, HyperWorks®, freely available to all early stage researchers of the Aerospace Multidisciplinary Enabling Design Optimisation Marie Curie Initial Training Network (AMEDEO ITN) project. The move grants AMEDEO ITN fellows access to industry leading simulation tools to support research into the development of the next generation of environmentally-friendly aircraft. The licenses arranged by AMEDEO ITN Principal Investigator, Tim Surry of Altair ProductDesign UK, are to be remotely accessed through Altair’s new cloud-managed licensing system, Hosted HyperWorks Units (HHWU). Use of HHWU eliminates the IT burden of maintaining server-based software licenses and is ideal for the AMEDEO ITN project, which involves geographically dispersed industry and university partners across Europe. HHWU allows members of the AMEDEO ITN early-stage research team to work remotely and access the HyperWorks applications on-demand. "Altair is excited to be a consortium partner with AMEDEO,” said Tim