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 PDF Autodesk once again aggressively pushes against the boundaries we know for CAD modeling with the introduction of Fusion 360. Riding the wave of a new generation of cloud–based applications, Fusion 360 combines stylized modeling techniques obtained from Autodesk’s acquisition of T–Splines, together with the best of Autodesk’s viewing and collaboration technologies. It’s a bold move that continues Autodesk’s commitment to cloud delivery and subscription–based solutions. The market is still unsettled and undecided in its acceptance or rejection of cloud–based CAD and Fusion 360 will need to prove itself in the coming months: Can proper levels of performance be maintained as the CAD client becomes thinner? Which segments of the market will buy in to having their data floating around in the cloud? Autodesk has an opportunity to help shape answers to these and other questions. Fusion 360 doesn’t stop there in challenging the market. The Fusion 360 approach to modeling diverges

First Module of the 2013 PLM MAR Report Series ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 9 July 2013 – CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the CIMdata 2013 PLM Executive PLM Market Report. This report provides an executive-level view of CIMdata’s comprehensive analysis of the PLM market, with summary charts on the overall market and on specific PLM solution segments (including the chart below). It also includes perspectives on current trends in the PLM industry and how they may affect current suppliers and investments. Mainstream PLM Market Sector Sizes in 2012 (US$ Millions) Based on CIMdata estimates, the Mainstream PLM market grew 12.6% in 2012 to $21.1 billion. “The PLM market started strongly in 2012, and then growth tailed off in the second half of the year,” according to Stan Przybylinski, CIMdata’s Vice President of Research, “MCAD revenues grew slowly in both sub-segments that CIMdata tracks.

 PDF Key takeaways: Topology optimization generates efficient lightweight structures that meet performance requirements for weight, stiffness, and strength Altair, the parent company of solidThinking, pioneered the commercial availability of topology optimization with OptiStruct solidThinking Inspire is a purpose-built topology optimization tool that can be used by design engineers up front in the product development process Customers report that topology optimization results in first-time capable designs and eliminates iterative redesigns to meet performance requirements solidThinking Inspire is finding applications in industries beyond automotive and aerospace, including architecture and industrial design The organic shapes generated with this technology are functional and often aesthetically appealing As the revolution in digital product definition continues, strong forces are seeking to democratize the tools that are employed, to make them easier to use and accessible to a wider audience. Particularly as simulation drives into the early part of the product development process, to help select product concepts and to define product architecture, the tools

Expanding the Vision for and Awareness of Systems Engineering Attend a Systems Engineering Knowledge Council Workshop The Systems Engineering Knowledge Council (SE Council) gathers and benchmarks best practices for integrating data, processes, tools, and people across all business domains that impact the product. This industry-wide effort focuses on the cross-domain collaboration necessary to integrate specialties currently fragmenting systems engineering. The program identifies and prioritizes requirements and capabilities for systems engineering strategies, best practices, and enabling solutions. SE Council sponsors include both industrial companies and PLM solution providers. Two levels of membership are available: Enterprise and Individual. Research Topics Include: Requirements-driven design and validation Identifying critical priorities and issues in achieving a Model-Based Systems Engineering approach Determining metrics for measuring SE success High-level requirements for Systems Engineering process management Features & Benefits of Participation: Enterprise Members Two primary contacts receive all SE Council deliverables. Four secondary contacts. Redistribution rights within the company to archived reports from past CIMdata PLM Knowledge Council research. A one-hour web

Advancing the State of the Art for Simulation & Analysis Attend a Simulation & Analysis Knowledge Council Workshop The Simulation & Analysis Knowledge Council (S&A Council) supports a simulation framework - an integrated environment that provides tools to manage access to applications, data, and computing resources. The framework manages the complexity of multi-disciplinary system-level product performance, and integrates with other elements of the PLM environment, including product geometry, test, and requirements. Two levels of membership are available: Enterprise and Individual. Research Topics Include: System simulation and support for Model-Based Systems Engineering Simulation process and data management Best practices, maturity assessment, and capability improvement Culture change and organizational resistance Features & Benefits of Participation: Enterprise Members Two primary contacts receive all S&A Council deliverables. Four secondary contacts. Redistribution rights within the company to archived reports from past CIMdata PLM Knowledge Council research. A one-hour web conference with CIMdata consultants to cover specific ongoing issues critical to the member company. Access to executive summaries from all

Integrating PLM into the Product Lifecycle The PLM Enterprise Value & Integration Knowledge Council (PEV&I Council) gathers and benchmarks best practices for integrating data, processes, tools, and people across all business domains that have an impact on a company’s products. This industry-wide effort focuses on the cross-domain collaboration necessary to integrate specialties to avoid fragmented product realization efforts. The council identifies and prioritizes requirements and capabilities for PLM integration strategies, best practices, and enabling solutions. PEV&I Council sponsors include both industrial companies and PLM solution providers. Two levels of membership are available: Enterprise and Individual. Research Topics Include: Progress made and critical priorities for PLM Enterprise Value & Integration PEV&I framework capabilities  High-level requirements for desktop and enterprise application integration with PLM solutions Features & Benefits of Participation: Enterprise Members Two primary contacts receive all PEV&I Council deliverables. Four secondary contacts. Redistribution rights within the company to archived reports from past CIMdata PLM Knowledge Council research. A one-hour web conference with CIMdata

Strategies to Support Manufacturing Systems Development The Digital Manufacturing Knowledge Council (DM Council) gathers and benchmarks best practices for integrating data, processes, tools, and people across the production environment. The program identifies and prioritizes requirements and capabilities for digital manufacturing strategies, best practices, and enabling solutions. DM Council sponsors include both industrial companies and PLM solution providers. Two levels of membership are offered: Enterprise and Individual. Research Topics Include: Progress made and critical priorities for digital manufacturing Digital manufacturing framework capabilities  High-level requirements for digital manufacturing process management Features & Benefits of Participation: Enterprise Members Two primary contacts receive all DM Council deliverables. Four secondary contacts. Redistribution rights within the company to archived reports from past CIMdata PLM Knowledge Council research. A one-hour web conference with CIMdata consultants to cover specific ongoing issues critical to the member company. Access to executive summaries from all PLM Knowledge Councils. Each primary contact has telephone and e-mail inquiry privileges to the DM Council’s Practice Lead. Participation in

Strategic Decision Analysis & Support for Product Development and Collaboration The Social Product Development and Collaboration Knowledge Council (SPD&C Council) gathers trends and benchmarks best practices in improving traditional collaboration methods within PLM as well as applying new social collaboration technologies to innovation and new product development.In addition to its focus on the architecture and implementation of traditional digital product modeling, the SPD&C Council explores how the new collaboration technologies, collectively known as social technologies, can be applied to product development. The SPD&C Council’s research agenda includes development of a collaboration maturity model. This model will help council members assess their current status and help them develop a roadmap to improve their collaboration culture and infrastructure. SPD&C Council sponsors include both industrial companies and PLM solution providers. Two levels of membership are available: Enterprise and Individual. Research Topics Include: Model validation Mechanical mechanisms and simulation Social collaboration in design Features & Benefits of Participation: Enterprise Members Two primary

Program will take place in Andover, Massachusetts from September 16-20, 2013Ann Arbor, Michigan, 25 June 2013—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that it will bring its highly acclaimed PLM Certificate Program to Andover, Massachusetts from September 16-20, 2013. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership, the PLM industry’s most comprehensive solution provider agnostic education and training offering available for today’s PLM professionals. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program prepares PLM professionals at several levels to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM strategy development and implementation. This assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. Additionally, the program provides intensive and extensive exposure to a team of CIMdata experts. Upon successful completion of the program, each participant receives a CIMdata PLM Certificate and becomes a member of CIMdata’s global PLM

 PDF Key takeaways: Technology, globalization, and innovation are remaking manufacturing and driving a new Industrial Revolution with smarter products and design-anywhere, build anywhere, service-anywhere initiatives Services innovation in conjunction with product innovation or on its own can be a compelling strategy for achieving superior competitive and financial performance PTC announces support for Creo virtualization beginning with five key apps, including Creo Parametric and Creo Direct PTC teams with Stratasys to develop a user-friendly environment for 3D printing On June 10 and 11 PTC held their annual user meeting, PTC Live Global 2013, in Anaheim, California. CIMdata attended the analyst and press portion of the event. PTC reported that overall there were about 1,900 attendees from 466 companies across the globe. The meeting is a major event for PTC’s users to gain an understanding of PTC’s continuing strategies as well as to hear other users discussing how they employ PTC’s products and services. A Compelling Vision and Strategy In