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National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has recently placed an order for COMSOL Multiphysics® simulation software and a selection of its add-on products for the modeling and simulation of measurement systems. The licenses will be used by research teams across the technical areas covered by NPL to support their work developing and…

The Edgecam computer-aided-manufacturing (CAM) solution by Vero Software will be exhibited Feb. 8-11 at SOLIDWORKS World 2015, scheduled to take place at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Designed as a forum for learning to work more quickly and efficiently, SOLIDWORKS World offers participants educational and networking opportunities, as…

SimScale has reached a milestone of 10,000 users on its web-based 3D engineering simulation platform, the company revealed in an announcement today. SimScale also released the latest platform version, including new finite element analysis capabilities, multiple user interface improvements and several new online tutorials. SimScale already has users from 190…

Autodesk Inc. announced the launch of its Cleantech Partner Program in mainland China. This launch represents a key milestone in the expansion of the Autodesk Cleantech Partner Program, as China will become the fastest growing Cleantech market in the next decade. By providing local innovators access to a software portfolio of unparalleled…

TraceParts has recently added 6 new CAD formats to its growing list of supported formats. The newest CAD additions to the TracePartsOnline.net platform include PLY, COLLADA, OFF, WAVEFRONT OBJ, VTK and THREE JS, among several more, opening a new world of possibilities to a community of design professionals for rendering,…

TFTLabs S.A.S, announces in this latest release, the support of new SolidWorks 2015 for company products TFTWeb, TFTPad, TFT4iT and free JSON3D Gallery. The free JSON3D Gallery, http://json3d.tftlabs.com, which already supports CATIA V5, Pro/Engineer, SolidWorks and JT formats, has been updated to support SolidWorks 2015 as well. TFTLabs products support all major 3D formats,…

Fishbowl Solutions, Inc., announced the latest release of their Google Search Appliance (GSA) Connector for PTC Windchill®. The new Version 2.0 includes enhanced support for searching Windchill ProjectLink and PartsLink, and allows for early binding authorization for role-based assignment of both users and groups to individual products and libraries. The…

eQuorum Corporation announces major new features in Version 9 of ImageSite, a comprehensive yet affordable Document Management solution for manufacturers, architects and engineers, utilities and government. Version 9 is the first major overhaul of ImageSite in over eight years and provides the user with a modern, contemporary, and intuitive front-end…

The 2015 R2 release of Delcam’s FeatureCAM feature-based CAM software incorporates a milling calculator to help users obtain the maximum benefit from the Vortex high-efficiency area-clearance strategy.  Other enhancements, among the 280 customer-requested improvements since the initial 2015 release last September, include the ability to create multi-tool blocks within machine…

An Atlas V rocket designed and built by United Launch Alliance (ULA), which utilizes engineering analysis and simulation software from Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business unit, carried a U.S. Navy communications satellite into space today. The same Siemens PLM software was also used on the Mars Rover program…