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GoEngineer, a reseller of SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD software, Stratasys 3D Printers, Altium EDA, CAMWorks and Agile PLM, today announced Kids Camps, which strives to grow interest in design, engineering, and manufacturing. "We feed their natural sense of wonder and imagination by showing them how to make their own digital designs." says Ken Coburn, President and Founder of GoEngineer. "Then they get to see their creations come to life using 3D printing technology." Kids Camps are a unique opportunity for students ten to eighteen years old to get free training in both product design and 3D printing. The one day event will be held in over ten different cities across Western and South Central states in July and August. At the end of each day, everyone takes home their individually designed and printed parts. "Kids don't spend a lot of time editing themselves, like adults sometimes do." says GoEngineer's Vice President of Marketing, Jennifer Douglas.

The Electronic Design Automation Consortium (EDAC) announced today that it has elected the Board of Directors and elected officers to serve the organization through spring 2016. Lip-Bu Tan, President and CEO of Cadence Design Systems, and John Kibarian, President, CEO, and co-founder of PDF Solutions, Inc., were elected as co-Chairs through 2016. In addition to the officers listed above, the EDA Consortium Board includes one new member and six continuing members: Raul Camposano, CEO, Nimbic, Inc Edmund Cheng, President and CEO, Gradient Design Automation Aart de Geus, Chairman and CEO, Synopsys, Inc Dean Drako, President and CEO, IC Manage Grant Pierce, CEO, Sonics (new) Walden C. Rhines, Chairman and CEO, Mentor Graphics Corporation Simon Segars, CEO, ARM "As the semiconductor and software content in systems including automobiles, mobile devices, wearables and other internet-connected things continues to grow, EDA and IP become even more important to enabling a changing world," said Lip-Bu Tan. "This is a very exciting time to be in our industry, and I look forward to serving

 PDF Key takeaways: Social business collaboration functionality is becoming an important factor in product development  Many of Autodesk’s offerings support synchronous and asynchronous collaboration, especially those in their 360 cloud-native portfolio Collaboration is at the core of Autodesk’s 360 offerings, and those offerings provide good examples of how a social focus can enhance product development Social Functionality Can Enhance Product Development A recent CIMdata commentary entitled “Emerging Social Applications in Product Development” (20 May, 2014) focused on the applicability of social business collaboration capabilities in product development, and described how recent moves by Autodesk and others provide insights into how best to leverage these capabilities. Looking closely at Autodesk, we see a market-leading vendor that is defining the next generation of design experience and blazing trails in the expansion of design and product development software, both CAD and PDM, to benefit from the innovations made possible by cloud, mobile, and a social technology mindset. A demonstration by

Dave Conover has over 30 years of experience in mechanical CAE software development with ANSYS, Inc. During his career at ANSYS, he as been involved in the development of elements, nonlinear material models, solution strategies, and solvers. He also architected the FEA solver code in use today and led the efforts to embrace distributed memory parallelism within it. Dave has also managed the development group and in his current position as Chief Technologist, he leads the R&D initiatives concerning mechanical applications at ANSYS. Dave has a BS and MS in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

IBM announced that businesses of all sizes – from start-ups to large enterprises – are rapidly adopting IBM Bluemix to develop software in the cloud with greater speed, security and quality. IBM also announced additional services on Bluemix, which will move from beta testing and into production later this month. Bluemix, IBM’s open cloud platform, is based on an open standards foundation, Cloud Foundry, and provides developers access to IBM’s software for integration, security, transactions and other key functions, as well as software from business partners. As a result, it can help developers connect two broad categories of systems in a cloud environment: systems of record, such as core banking and accounting systems, and systems of engagement, such as mobile, situational and social apps. Bluemix, IBM’s Platform-as-a-Service, offers cloud-based “DevOps” services which enable developers to rapidly develop and deliver projects faster and more efficiently. Using Bluemix services: Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) dramatically reduced

Granta Design has announced the latest updates to their environmental data for materials. This release addresses two major challenges for providers of eco data: confidence and coverage. New ‘traceability’ features help users to build trust in the data, which is drawn from a range of respected sources. Access to data from the ecoinvent database extends a data library that is already unique, covering the complete range of engineering materials, integrating eco properties with the engineering, cost, regulatory, and other data needed to make effective materials-related decisions. The data is applied to understand the environmental and regulatory risks associated with materials, processes, and products. It enables practical eco design, supporting ‘streamlined LCA’ (Life Cycle Analysis) integrated into early-phase product development. Engineers save development time, avoid compliance problems, and improve product performance, while reducing environmental impact. Granta’s MaterialUniverse data module provides property data on thousands of engineering materials—complete and normalized, enabling meaningful comparison and

ZW3D today announced that it has been applied by Johnstone Safety Products Ltd. (JSP), a leading European manufacturer of Personal Protective Equipment, for over a decade. Powered by Overdrive kernel, ZW3D CAD/CAM has assisted JSP to back up its innovation and creativity with flexible and advanced technology that integrates design and manufacturing. Established in 1964 with its headquarters in Oxford, England, JSP manufactures on three continents currently, exporting to over 90 countries. The company’s continuous research and development has led to one of the most advanced portfolios of safety products, covering head, eye, face, hearing and respiratory protection. An early adopter of ZW3D technology, JSP has for over ten years relied on ZW3D to design many of its products. JSP has found that one of the key benefits of ZW3D is its unique Solid-Surface Hybrid Modeling, giving designers and engineers the flexibility to work the way they want to, rather than being

Engineering PLM Solutions Srl announces today that Corghi spa, a Nexion Group company that operates in the vehicle assistance equipment business, put RuleDesigner solution quickly into effect, fostering a cross-functional collaboration among the different corporate actors involved in the product development and definition processes. Specifically, RuleDesigner allows the company to organize and share models, assemblies and technical drawings in both NX and Solid-Edge format thorough homogeneous codification and part-numbering plans, approval workflows configured to meet the customer requests, tools for file storage and intelligent search, functions for properties automatic filling into file and title-blocks and, finally, management of both assembly relationships and wave-link connections. Today, Corghi’s technical data are automatically entered into the correct business flows with no interruption and forwarded to the ERP system, Microsoft Dynamics AX, on the basis of rule-based workflows. Moreover, automation processes as well as processes for creating and sharing documents have been configured in order to enable

Tata Technologies will attend with automotive designers and manufacturers to see how Autodesk's latest Digital Prototyping drives innovation for the Midwest automotive and transportation industries. The Autodesk Automotive Design Launch Tour 2014will take place in Detroit at the College for Creative Studies on June 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST. Attendees will be among the first to preview the newest Autodesk Digital Prototyping solutions, including Autodesk VRED 2015 and Autodesk Alias 2015, and understand how the software can help accelerate vehicle product innovation. Automotive engineers, designers, concept modelers and industry specialists will see next-generation design and styling in action, understand how the offerings create design possibilities and discover the latest innovations that enable speedy, high-quality work. About the event  What: Come see how Autodesk's latest Digital Prototyping drives innovation for the Midwest automotive and transportation industries – providing vehicle designers and manufacturers more confidence and creative freedom during the design, styling, prototyping and marketing stages.  When: Wednesday,

Zebra Imaging, Inc., announced today the creation of a strategic partnership with the Reprographic Services Association (RSA) to help serve the rapid expansion Zebra is experiencing with Architecture, Engineering and Construction Companies (AEC). The RSA is a dynamic network of over 80 companies with more than 185 locations across North America. Member companies are dedicated to servicing the AEC industry with traditional and innovative product and services. The RSA gives Zebra an incredible expansion of points of presence across the U.S. market. It's a natural extension of the use of 3D imaging in architecture, engineering and construction, which industry experts expect client use of 3D imaging to increase by 50 percent by next year. Mark Beilman, Executive Director, Reprographic Services Association, states, "The RSA is excited to partner with Zebra Imaging to bring this innovative technology to the AEC Industry. We see a myriad of applications that will aid the Design and Build process