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Cimatron Limited announced today that its CAD/CAM software, CimatronE, will display high speed roughing at the METAV trade show, March 11-15, 2014, in Dusseldorf, Germany. “CimatronE helps mold shops achieve high speed roughing through its integration of VoluMill, the ultra-high performance machining technology,” said Mr. Dirk Dombert, Cimatron Group’s General Manager for Germany. “Recent test cuts in Germany using the integrated VoluMill functionality in CimatronE have demonstrated a fantastic reduction of 42% in the overall machining time of mold plates and up to 30% reduction in the machining time of mold cores. “Aside from the dramatic reduction in milling time, the VoluMill high speed roughing technology increases tool life, as it maintains constant side step and chip load throughout the milling process.” VoluMill is available for two separate milling strategies in CimatronE: Pocket VoluMill (includes support for open pockets, 2D rest milling, and the option of slotting or side-mill) and Rough VoluMill (which includes

3D Systems  announced today an expansive new seminar series designed to inform, educate, train and inspire local businesses, entrepreneurs, designers and other professionals world-wide on the new paradigm of 3D printing-powered design-to-manufacturing technology available. The seminars include demonstrations from the company’s  2014 product line spanning more than 20 new printers, design solutions and advanced materials; all of which are at the core of 3DS’ 3DPRINTING 2.0 initiative. This seminar series consists of over 300 total events between March and June 2014 at 3DS reseller locations throughout the globe from North America and Europe to the Middle East and Asia, and it will give attendees a firsthand look how 3DS’ newest printers can benefit the full spectrum of high-end manufacturers down to prosumers. 3DPRINTING 2.0 represents the exponential advancement in speed, capacity and performance materials that the company’s new roster of products brings to its entire 3D content-to-print platform for companies large and

A total of 115 customers attended a series of user groups run by Alphacam’s Denmark and Norway reseller, Østjydsk CAD-CAM A/S. The agenda included details of functionality in Alphacam 2014 R1, along with practical examples of how to create a jig and mould for machining a blended drawer front. Østjydsk CAD-CAM A/S supplies Alphacam to woodwork, metal and plastic manufacturers across a wide range of industries throughout both countries.  Managing Director Karl Erik Andersen says: ”We held six events, and each one was filled to capacity. As well as highlighting the very latest routing, milling and profiling enhancements in Alphacam, the sessions provided an excellent networking opportunity and platform for our customers to share their knowledge and experience. “We also demonstrated a number of diamond tools from German company AKE, one of the leading manufacturers of circular sawblades and cutting tools worldwide.” Part of the Vero Software Group, Alphacam is a leading CAM solution providing

On-going research on enterprise innovation management ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 March 2014—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces a new research effort on enterprise innovation management (EIM), a key set of solutions and strategies that are helping global companies bridge the chasm between corporate strategy and purposeful action across a wide spectrum of business operations. EIM helps link company strategy to execution leveraging a range of other enterprise solutions, including ERP, PLM, CRM, enterprise asset management (EAM), and program/portfolio management. As part of this effort, CIMdata and Sopheon, a leading provider of EIM solutions, are collaborating on primary research about how companies are ensuring strategic business alignment including a survey on this important topic. Survey participants will receive a summary report on the study results. For more information on the survey, please see http://www.CIMdata.com/innovation. In the coming weeks, CIMdata will publish a paper on EIM and PLM, and

MathWorks today announced Release 2014a(R2014a) of its MATLAB and Simulink product families. R2014a includes new releases of MATLAB and Simulink, and updates and bug fixes to 81 other products.  MATLAB Product Family MATLAB: Raspberry Pi and webcam hardware support packages  Optimization Toolbox: Mixed-integer linear programming (MILP) solver Statistics Toolbox: Repeated measures modelling for data with multiple measurements per subject Image Processing Toolbox: C-code generation for 25 functions with MATLAB Coder, and GPU acceleration for 5 functions Econometrics Toolbox: State-space models, self-calibrating Kalman filter with missing data, and performance enhancements for ARIMA/GARCH models Financial Instruments Toolbox: Dual curve construction, functions to compute credit exposure and exposure profile, and Black's model pricing of caps, floors, and swaptions SimBiology: Unified functions for model estimation and desktop enhancements for model exploration System Identification Toolbox: Recursive Least Squares Estimator and online model parameter estimation blocks MATLAB Production Server: Secure communication between client and server and dynamic request creation Simulink Product Family Simulink: Data dictionary for defining and managing design data associated with models Simulink:

ESI Group announces the release of an important study focusing on process modeling of centrifugal casting of large titanium structural components. Study results will contribute to the rapid development of cost-efficient manufacturing techniques for titanium parts for uses in the aeronautic sector. Such advances will reinforce the competitiveness of both Europe and China in the aeronautic sector, while strengthening strategic international cooperation between the two regions. The study was completed as part of the COLTS project, a research project funded by the European Commission in its Seventh Framework Programme, or FP7. Ole Köser, Manager of ESI’s Center of Excellence for Casting and Metallurgy and leader of the team participating in the COLTS project, comments: “European projects significantly contribute to ESI’s research activity, enabling us to better support our clients in driving industrial innovation.” Titanium alloy was the main focus of the COLTS project because of the potential for weight reduction of components in airframes, spacecraft and aero engines, and

Today Cadimage Group announced the release of ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2014, an entry-level BIM solution for architects. ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition is a full-fledged BIM solution, tailored to meet the needs of smaller architectural practices with limited budgets. Available at a very competitive price, ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition offers full BIM functionality and a refined set of tools based on the full version of ArchiCAD.  This means that STAR(T) has a great deal of the standard ArchiCAD feature set, including: All the tools necessary to create the Building Information Model from which the architectural documentation (floor plans, sections/elevations, 3D views, details) as well as the bill of materials can be derived; Full access to ArchiCAD’s 3D modeling capabilities including the Shell tool, the MORPH™ tool, the priority-based Junctions and GDL objects (up to version 17); Latest IFC, DWG and DXF file exchange capabilities to enable full, model-based and hybrid coordination workflow with consultants. Campbell Yule, Managing Director of

4D Technologies, Autodesk Authorized Publisher and developer of the CADLearning products, launched today a 90-day subscription program to support CADLearning Partners with their instructor-led training classes. The online subscription is available to students who attend a class at participating CADLearning Partners. Online access includes comprehensive courses for popular Autodesk design applications, including AutoCAD, AutoCAD Civil 3D, Autodesk Revit, Autodesk Navisworks and more. The self-paced courses contain professional video tutorials, exercises files and assessments. “The 90-day access will allow us to support our students,” said Bob Palioca, President, Ideate Inc and CADLearning Partner. “We plan to include the subscription with our course offerings to deliver a blended learning approach that includes both instructor-led training and self-paced learning online.” The new CADLearning subscription program is now available through all CADLearning Partners. “We are developing new ways to support our partners in the Autodesk ATC and VAR network,” said Dave Micciche, Director, Sales and Marketing at 4D.

SPRING Technologies, vendor of solutions that enable manufacturers to optimize the use of their NC machines, will be back this year at the Industrie 2014 show, from March 31 to April 4 at the Parc des Expositions de Paris Nord/Vlilepinte on the northern edge of Paris. “Building tomorrow’s solutions”, is the theme of the 2014 edition of France’s marquee INDUSTRIE show. Since 2013 SPRING Technologies has been anticipating and offering a whole suite of instrumented, intelligent, and interconnected — in a word, SMART — solutions, based on its NCEXPERIENCE® vision. As from March 31 the full set of modules that make up the NCSIMUL SOLUTIONS range will be showcased on booth 5-T77, Hall 5A. The show is an opportunity to discover and test tool management with NCSIMUL TOOL 2.4, DNC and real-time machine status with NCSIMUL DNC 8.21, and NCSIMUL Machine 9.1, the latest version of SPRING’s flagship software for machining simulation,

BETA CAE Systems S.A., and its business partner in Germany, LASSO Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, have the pleasure to announce the 2014 Open Meeting in Leinfelden - Echterdingen, Germany. The event will take place on March 12th, 2014 at the Auditorium of BusinessPark Echterdingen, Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany. During this event attendees will have the opportunity to participate in sessions on the latest developments and real case applications, on various CAE disciplines and industries, of ANSA, µETA, and our new product SPDRM (Simulation Process Data and Resources Manager). Following the event’s closing, the “Technical Discussion” session will offer you the opportunity to discuss with our engineers the software features, their application, and the future developments. A team of CAE experts from BETA CAE Systems and LASSO will be pleased to meet you in person and exchange knowledge, experience and visions. There is no participation fee for the event. Please, register by email no later than Monday, March 10th,