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Lattice Technology, Inc., announced the availability of their latest release of Lattice3D Reporter™, v7.1. This software plug-in for Microsoft® Excel® allows the authoring of spreadsheets with embedded interactive 3D models and associated information such as work instructions and parts lists.  After the PDF is created, it can be consumed by anyone using…

Sales growth of +6.6% at constant currency (+0.3% in actual terms) Dynamic Licensing activity in Q4 2013: +20.3% at constant currency Substantial negative currency effect Further geographical diversification: dynamism of BRIC countries Amplification of strategic partnerships Broadening of the sales offer thanks to recent acquisitions Alain de Rouvray, ESI Group’s…

Altair announced further details about the three technical seminars the company will offer over the course of the European Altair Technology Conference 2014, being held at the Dolce Munich Unterschleissheim in Munich, Germany, from June 24-26, 2014. The 2014 conference seminars will cover relevant industry topics and highlight customer case…

Stratasys Ltd. announced the appointment of Gilad Gans as President of its North American operations. Gilad will oversee Stratasys' North American sales and field operations, and its expansion efforts across the region. He will transition from his role as Executive Vice President of Global Field Operations during the first 6 months of…

3D Systems  announced that it is teaming up with the White House, UI Labs, the Department of Defense and other industry and academic organizations on its recently announced Digital Lab for Manufacturing. As part of this collaboration, 3DS plans to deliver its latest Geomagic® perceptual design to manufacturing tools including scan-to-CAD,…

Tekla today announced the availability of Tekla Structures 20. The newest version of Tekla's BIM software improves construction workflow efficiency by providing the means to better organize models, manage tasks and avoid structural clashes. In addition, the constructible models created with Tekla can incorporate more detailed information than ever before.…

Students at high schools, colleges or universities can download Tecnomatix Jack for their free, private use to learn about human simulation and ergonomic analysis. With this license, students can create digital human models, conduct what-if analysis for different workplace designs and perform certain human performance analysis. Students need to install…

The Altair Partner Alliance (APA) today announced that Seac02, developer of the real time rendering and augmented reality software LinceoVR, has joined the program. As the APA's first rendering tool, LinceoVR continues to increase and expand the depth of the program's simulation offering. "We are looking forward to seeing where this new partnership leads…

Aras® today announced that General Electric (GE) Aviation will present at ACE 2014, the company’s annual global conference. GE will share best practices for supply chain management bill of materials management in complex product development environments. April 19 – May 1 - Chicago, Illinois, USA Free to Attend - No…

GRAPHISOFT announced today that it has successfully completed the buildingSMART alliance January 2014 Challenge in the COBie Design and Construction Documents Category. With zero errors, ArchiCAD 17 fulfilled 100% of the COBie requirements. In short, ArchiCAD produces COBie data that matches the information found in the equivalent design drawings and schedules. Based…