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SpaceClaim today announced the immediate availability of SpaceClaim Engineer 2014. With advances in nearly every aspect of the software, from new tools and extended interoperability to significantly faster performance, this new release maintains the popular interface and intuitive work flow of SpaceClaim Engineer while introducing several benefits. “We continue to…

ITC Infotech’s PLM RUNTEAM is an all-encompassing support service for PTC Windchill and PTC FlexPLM product lifecycle management (PLM) installations. It is rapidly gaining popularity with PLM teams across the globe because it takes away the burden of keeping complex PLM systems running at maximum efficiency, allowing product design teams…

The latest release of the Alphacam CAD/CAM software suite incorporates a range of new and enhanced functionality, including aspects relating to solid tools, multi-processing and CAD to CAM. Amongst the updates in Alphacam 2014 R1: Solid Tools Cutting tools can now be defined from solids which are displayed during solid…

ZWCAD Design announced that MP Ingenieros Ltda, a professional construction consulting company in Chile, has selected ZWCAD+ to enhance construction project outcomes. With the ability to handle large files flexibly, the fast running speed and easy revision functions, MP Ingenieros Ltda is able to review design projects in a more efficient…

PTC® today announced that Hitachi, Ltd. Rail Systems has selected the PTC Global Product Development Solution based on proven PTC Windchill® technology as its single enterprise platform for global product development throughout its railway vehicle engineering and manufacturing business. Hitachi, the only railway systems integrator in Japan, designs, manufactures, and services railway vehicles, traffic control…

AVEVA today announced that EMS-CHEMIE has moved to the new AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) software for the design of its chemical facilities. The EMS-SERVICES business unit of EMS-CHEMIE has successfully used AVEVA PDMS since 2004. Now it will benefit from the advanced functionality and improved design efficiency provided by AVEVA…

An agreement-in-principle has been reached between Altair and EMSS, pursuant to which Altair will acquire 100 percent of EM Software & Systems – S.A. (Pty) Ltd and its international distributor offices in the United States, Germany, and China.  The agreement is expected to close early in 2014. Altair is a…

Software training firm Infinite Skills Inc. this week introduced its “SolidWorks - Kinematics Tutorial,” an introductory course teaching SolidWorks' palette of tools for modeling motion with load-bearing models. SolidWorks is a computer aided design program that uses a parametric, feature-based assembly system for building mechanical models. By learning the kinematics…

MSC Software Corporation, today announced the new release of MSC Nastran 2013.1, augmenting the groundbreaking capabilities like solver embedded fatigue, optimization for fatigue life and poroelastic material modeling introduced in the previous 2013 release. The new capabilities in 2013.1 provide engineers with faster performance for large models, ease of use, and nonlinear…

Cimatron Limited today announced the results of its 2013 North America Tool Shop Benchmark Survey. "One of the first studies of its kind, Cimatron's 2013 North America Tool Shop Benchmark Survey highlights the performance levels and challenges faced by tool shops as they seek to ensure their success in an…