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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 on the quality control report, no format errors were found. ArchiCAD also correctly exported the data as required by the COBie Challenge. This means that when users receive a COBie (IFC) file exported from ArchiCAD, they will not have to spend any time correcting it. Support for COBie is important in the US as well as in the UK and all other English-speaking countries. Prior to this perfect score, in September, 2013, ArchiCAD was the first architectural software to win certification for IFC 2x3 Coordination View version 2.0 import and export. Based on these two achievements, GRAPHISOFT has again proven that ArchiCAD

ESI Group announces that it has won the “Grand Prix ASMEP-ETI / Bpifrance” award in the “Innovation and Industrial Strategy” category. This award recognises and rewards family businesses and medium-sized companies that, within the framework of a coherent and sustainable strategy, have shown the ability to stand out by putting in place the conditions for sustainable growth through innovation. This award is the result of a selection process notably based on criteria for which ESI has been able to excel: The ability to innovate, a strategic priority of the Group for the last 40 years thanks to a dedicated investment policy representing some 30% of total sales and to a large technological partner network. The ability to succeed abroad, illustrated by the Group’s presence in more than 40 countries including BRIC and achievement of close to 90% of total sales overseas. Irreproachable quality management that, has resulted in ISO 9001 certification for its edition and distribution

The Human Solutions Group’s Italian subsidiary Sistemi Assyst with its HQ in Lainate in Milan has equipped the Paris office of the Italian fashion designer Cerruti with Cad.Assyst. The House of Cerruti designs, develops and sells high-quality fashion apparel for men. Cad.Assyst will be used in the company’s sportswear segment in the development of high-quality T-shirts and for the leather apparel line designs. The advantages of the Cad.Assyst design software for the fashion label are obvious: uniform standards relieve personnel of routine tasks – and users can save between 15 and 20 percent of patternmaking time.

Advanced Solutions, an Autodesk Platinum Partner and Authorized Training Center (ATC), announces the recent expansion into the Atlanta, Georgia market. The expansion will help Advanced Solutions better serve the needs of its Atlanta-area customers and support the continued sales and services growth of the company. Georgia is one of the fastest growing marketplaces for technology related businesses. As companies grow and innovate, Advanced Solutions is there to provide optimal solutions for all of the industries it serves. With their solid Platinum level partnership with Autodesk in place, they are equipped with the knowledge and expertise needed in a growth market. Technology is ever-changing and so is Advanced Solutions. For years, Advanced Solutions has served the Southeast in Tennessee, Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina. Atlanta is the next logical step and key to providing the highest level of service and solutions as a complete, well-rounded resource. With their award-winning technical team and multiple industry specializations, they

Polarion Software today announced the availability of Polarion 2014, the most recent version of the company’s patented solution for ALM, Requirements Management, and Test & Quality Management. Industry Driven Features and Capabilities of Polarion 2014 Enable Polarion’s Customers to Accelerate Innovation  Clustering: out of the box capabilities for load balancing and failover strategies ReqIF Standard: efficient exchange between manufacturer and supplier Easy Planning: flexible and easy release and iteration planning for any methodology Enhanced LiveDoc™ Documents: more rich text editing capabilities, custom document metadata, and personal document presentation Approval Centre: Easy to use solution for your review and approval process BIRT App: reporting across different tools Polarion Connector for MATLAB® Simulink: full integration with this popular tool Parallelization and more data connection protocols: 5 times faster system operations “Ovum is impressed with Polarion Software for its integrated lifecycle solution, where the traceability benefits of ALM can be fully realized. This represents an advantage over point software development tools that are unconnected and

solidThinking, Inc., with Luxion, Inc., today announced the availability of LiveLinking, a complete integration between solidThinking Evolve and KeyShot. This new integration allows users to generate photographic images and animations of their designs quickly and easily. LiveLinking enables continuous updates to KeyShot scenes directly from Evolve, speeding up the design process and eliminating the rework associated with design changes. In solidThinking Evolve, users are able to explore styling and design solutions with the freedom of organic surfaces and parametric, history-based solids. Now, with a single click, users can export the model directly from Evolve into KeyShot. In KeyShot, users may apply scientifically accurate materials, real-world lighting, and animations to the model through simple drag-and-drop operations while seeing the results in real-time.  With this integration, changes to the model in Evolve will automatically update the geometry in KeyShot without the need to re-apply materials, lighting, animations, or camera views. This eliminates rework, streamlining the workflow

Kubotek USA has officially released KeyCreator 2014 Version 12.5.  KeyCreator is one of the most complete Direct CAD software package available, offering easy to use tools and optional integrated modules for CAD, CAM, Finite Element Analysis (FEA), CAD comparison, and photorealistic rendering - all within a hybrid CAD modeling (2D, wireframe, 3D and surfacing) environment.   The most important new features in KeyCreator 2014 v 12.5 include: CAD animation Direct Dimension Editing Tree Wire EDM option for 2 and 2.5 axis NC milling The new animation tool in KeyCreator 2014 provides another way to visualize or communicate the function and assembly of designs.  Standard settings like motion speed, camera and timeline control aid how a design is viewed, while more advanced features depict how designs will interact and/or react with other bodies or conditions.  Capabilities like collision detection pinpoint problems that result from the motion of designs.  Coupled with the power and ease of Direct Modeling, users

A new module has been added to Delcam for SolidWorks, Delcam’s fully-integrated CAM system for SolidWorks, so that the software can now support tombstone machining.  Other enhancements in the 2014 R2 version include new options for stock models, better support for holes from the SolidWorks Hole Wizard and more flexible Z-level roughing. For full details, including video demonstrations of the new functionality, and to download the free Delcam for SolidWorks XPRESS version for 2D milling and drilling, please go to http://lz.delcamforsolidworks.com . Delcam for SolidWorks combines the benefits associated with Delcam’s PowerMILL and FeatureCAM CAM systems.  It is based on Delcam’s proven machining algorithms that are already used by more than 40,000 customers around the world.  The software offers PowerMILL’s exceptional speed of toolpath calculation, plus the advanced strategies for high-speed and five-axis machining, to ensure increased productivity, maximum tool life and immaculate surface finish, even when cutting the hardest, most challenging

Bricsys released BricsCAD V14.2 upgrade including the completely reworked Generative Drafting functionality and new Sheet Metal features. BricsCAD offers all the familiar CAD features, yet it adds time saving tools and 3D Direct Modeling at 1/5th of the cost. The V14.2 major upgrade includes 68 new and improved features including: Generative Drafting  Creating 2D drawings from 3D models is now easier than before. The 2D views are automatically updated when the source 3D model changes. Views can be exported to model space, comparable to the former Quickdraw functionality. Sheet Metal  It’s now possible to associate a bending table with a Sheet Metal model. Bend deduction values from the table are used to exactly calculate unfolding, matching the used manufacturing tools. Flange Connect allows closing gaps between two flanges. Snapping improvements  Snap Track creates a smart tracking line. Snap Track Lock locks the snap track path. Hatch Pattern Snap adds snapping to hatch pattern geometry. Other new features such

DeSL announces that Basic Thinking Limited, a UK based clothing manufacturer has selected the DeSL Fashion PLM & ERP Solution. Basic Thinking, based in Leicester is a clothing manufacturer to some of the UK’s leading high street retailers, and will utilize DeSL’s fully integrated solution including PLM, ERP, SRM and Adobe Illustrator Integrator Solution.   Basic Thinking will implement a variety of DeSL’s functional offerings including: Line Planning; Tech Pack Management, Critical Path Management, Adobe Illustrator Integration, Product Management; Costing, Samples Management and Purchase Order Processing. Each will help increase efficiency and operational effectiveness across the whole design, sourcing and selling process for Basic Thinking. The DeSL solution will also integrate into Sage Line 200 to deliver a fully integrated end to end solution for the business. Kieran Hickey, Managing Director of Basic Thinking commented, “Following a comprehensive global vendor selection and evaluation process, we felt the DeSL solution was the perfect