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faciliCAD LLC announces the release of Version 2.0 of its browser-based Web Manager component. Web Manager Version 2.0 offers a compelling set of new and enhanced tools for facilities professionals helping them to better optimize and manage their facilities. faciliCAD software helps organizations plan and manage their space portfolios to…

OPEN MIND presents hyperMILL® 2013.2. The new advanced CAM software has been vastly improved, primarily in its CAD component, hyperCAD®-S, which facilitates and speeds up the user’s work – also with respect to tool and mould making. In hyperCAD®-S, OPEN MIND has developed its own CAD system that is ideally…

Advanced Solutions, an Autodesk Platinum Partner and Authorized Training Center (ATC), today announced the release of its new idsDesignTOUCH® AutoCAD® plug-In, adding to its family of plug-ins built specifically for SMART Board® interactive displays. The idsDesignTOUCH AutoCAD plug-in, allows users to interact with data and collaborate using Autodesk AutoCAD software and SMART Board® interactive displays. The…

Aras® today announced that ABB Epyon, a world leader in Internet-based charging infrastructure for all electronic vehicle (EV) charging standards, has selected Aras PLM and the Electronic PLM solution from Minerva. ABB Epyon’s PLM implementation includes comprehensive product lifecycle management with collaboration and change management for contract manufacturers in a…

PTC and GE Intelligent Platforms today announced an acceleration in their joint effort to bring to market a solution that helps manufacturers close the loop between product design and production execution on the shop floor. Beginning immediately, GE will resell the PTC Manufacturing Process Management software in combination with GE’s manufacturing execution system…

Dassault Systèmes today announced the signing of an acquisition agreement for an 84% controlling interest in Realtime Technology AG (RTT), a leading provider of professional high-end 3D visualization software, marketing solutions and computer generated imagery services, benefiting from the development of the fast-growing marketing automation market.  This acquisition of Munich-based RTT will include…

3D Systems  announced today the acquisition of Figulo, a leading provider of 3D printed ceramics for consumers, makers, artists, designers and architects.  Figulo is changing the way ceramics are made by taking this time honored  production and art form and transforming it with 21st century 3D printing technology. The company…

This week at Autodesk University, Autodesk Structural Bridge Design 2014 was unveiled as one of several software updates and introductions aimed at expanding BIM workflows across the full lifecycle for buildings and infrastructure.  Following closely on the heels of our Autodesk Vehicle Tracking 2014 announcement last month, the new Autodesk Structural Bridge…

The 2013 release of Delcam’s ArtCAM Pro CADCAM software for artistic applications has made it much easier to create complex designs, with a new approach called interactive distortion modelling.  This allows users to distort either vectors or reliefs within ArtCAM models by bending or stretching the design, and to see…

IronCAD, LLC, and GrabCAD, announced the GrabCAD Integration within the IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite of products. This integration delivers enhanced collaboration capabilities to IronCAD's customers within the extensive GrabCAD community and with users own Workbench shared projects. The GrabCAD Integration allows users to transfer their work directly to GrabCAD creating…