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McGraw Hill Construction's Sweets (http://sweets.construction.com/) today announced the kickoff of Sweetstakes (https://sweets.construction.com/Sweetstakes), its contest offering approximately $20,000 in cash and prizes.  The contest was launched during the American Institute of Architects 2014 National Convention & Design Exposition in Chicago. Sweets, which recently unveiled an enhanced online user interface, enables architects, designers,…

Delcam’s Brazilian reseller, Seacam, worked together with Sandvik Brasil to machine aluminium transmission covers for a car being developed by students from the University of São Paulo State.  A reduction of 73% was achieved in the machining time by using the Vortex high-efficiency area-clearance strategy in Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM system…

TransMagic, Inc., announces the release of MagicCheck R2, a 3D geometric data comparison application. MagicCheck R2 delivers new features including multi-body comparison, 3-point move positioning and dynamic dimensioning. MagicCheck's new assembly comparison and dimension features will allow suppliers to instantly find even the smallest model and assembly changes in new…

Eagle Point Software Corporation, an Autodesk AEC Industry Partner, announced the addition of Autodesk 2015 resources to Pinnacle Series, which enables AEC organizations to immediately take advantage of the new features found in the latest Autodesk software and increase overall productivity. Pinnacle Series Workflows, Cheat Sheets, Videos and Live Training…

Infolytica Corporation has released the newest versions of its simulation suite of software: MagNet, ElecNet, ThermNet and OptiNet. Specializing in electromagnetic and electric fields, Infolytica offers easy to use software solutions for engineers searching to reduce cost and obtain a better design. MagNet v7.5 can now predict the surface force…

Axium, a developer of accounting and project management software for A/E firms that is now part of Deltek, announced the introduction of Project Trek™, a collaboration and document sharing solution formerly known as ArchiTrek™. The cloud-based software tool was designed by architects to improve how A/E/C project teams work together…

Delcam has launched the 2014 R3 version of its OrthoMODEL software for the design of custom orthotic insoles.  The new release includes the ability to display multiple 2D images and a 3D model simultaneously, and a range of improvements to the user interface to simplify workflow and reduce design times. …

CSC has announced the next generation of its structural BIM integration software for Autodesk’s Revit 2015. Structural BIM Integration between CSC’s steel building design software, Fastrak, and concrete building design solution, Orion, with Autodesk’s Revit® is now a standard workflow for many Structural Engineers. This latest release aligns CSC’s design products…

aPriori announced the general availability of Cost Insight, a new business intelligence capability that delivers timely and actionable product cost and profitability data to engineering, manufacturing and sourcing managers and executives. Cost Insight provides aPriori users with intuitive, self-service access to product cost information to maximize visibility into the performance…

3D Systems  announced that its iSense™ 3D scanner for iPad is immediately available for pre-order on Cubify™ and through affiliated retailers, resellers and distributors with commercial shipments to commence in the second half of July. Previewed at the 2014 Consumer Electronics Show, the iSense is ideal for physical photography on the go, empowering…