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3D Systems announced its role as a key partner in the 2015 Science in 3D Festival organized by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The event will be held on January 20-21, 2015, at the NIAID Fishers Lane Conference Center in Rockville,…

Fidesys LLC, announced that its SimulationForDesign (www.sim4design.com) website has been launched. It will operate in Beta mode until 31 March, 2015 and during this period customers will benefit from reduced rates.  The website focuses on the needs of non-simulation specialists to enable designers without simulation background to reliably evaluate structural…

Delcam has released the 2015 R2 version of its PowerMILL programming software for five-axis and high-speed machining.  The new release includes improvements in toolpath simulation and verification, area clearance and drilling, plus more options for customisation by users. For further details on PowerMILL 2015 R2, including video demonstrations of the…

SofTech, Inc. today announced its second quarter fiscal year 2015 operating results. Revenue for the three months ended November 30, 2014 was approximately $1.03 million as compared to approximately $1.41 million for the same period in the prior fiscal year. The net loss for the current quarter was approximately ($379,000)…

TraceParts has announced a sharp increase in the amount of traffic generated in 2014 by its free library TracePartsOnline.net, which boasts over two million registered design professionals. TraceParts launched the TracePartsOnline.net website in 2001, giving millions of designers a gateway to a wealth of technical data on industrial parts and the possibility to freely…

PTC today announced that the Internet of Things (IoT) enabling technology businesses it acquired in 2014 – ThingWorx and Axeda –received several prestigious awards from Compass Intelligence at last week’s International CES, the world’s largest consumer electronics show. ThingWorx was awarded both Enabling Technology of the Year and App Development…

MSC Software Corporation announced that e-Xstream engineering's Digimat modeling platform has been named a top innovation in composite manufacturing by the world's largest composite industry group. The JEC Group awarded Digimat with its 2014 JEC Americas Innovation Award at its recent event in Boston. JEC awards have showcased excellence in composite manufacturing for 14…

GRAPHISOFT® will sponsor renowned international design firm, BIG's (Bjarke Ingels Group) returning exhibition to the National Building Museum. Entitled HOT TO COLD: an odyssey of architectural adaptation, the display opens on January 24, 2015 and remains on view through August 30, 2015. The exhibition demonstrates how BIG's design solutions exist in and are…

Dassault Systèmes announced that Gian Paolo Bassi has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of its 3D design software brand SOLIDWORKS. Gian Paolo Bassi will spearhead the development of SOLIDWORKS’ future product and technology strategies designed for the desktop and the cloud and the continued collaboration with the brand’s user community.…

Comet Solutions, Inc., announced today an international distribution agreement with China-based Shanghai EON Info Technology Co., Ltd. The partnership enables EON Tech to sell the Comet suite of SimApps as well as develop new SimApps for customers in the People’s Republic of China and Hong Kong. Partnership Increases Automotive Industry…