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Key takeaways:

• A revolution is underway throughout much of the architecture, engineering, and construction industry that requires today’s building products manufacturers and fabricators to adopt a new way of working.
• Building information modeling (BIM) is playing a major role in this revolution.
• Autodesk is well positioned to support both the product development and BIM needs of building products manufacturers and fabricators of all types and sizes.

The BIM Revolution

A revolution is underway throughout the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Many industry leaders are promoting and nurturing a shift from building to assembling. This is a fundamental shift...

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On June 5 and 6 Dassault Systèmes held their annual Industry Analyst event at their Velizy headquarters just outside of Paris. Day one focused on Dassault Systèmes—the company, and day two covered eight of their twelve targeted industrial vertical markets. This session provided some needed clarity on their recent changes in messaging, brand focus, and acquisitions. The attendee list included the usual industry analysts, but there have been some changes over the years as Dassault Systèmes has expanded their vision. This is reflected in how Dassault Systèmes defines the relevant analyst community, and there...

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CIMdata recently attended PlanetPTC Live 2012 in Orlando, Florida. PlanetPTC Live gives PTC customers the opportunity to showcase their work, network with peers, share ideas, and discuss how they are addressing their challenges. PTC reported that over 1,200 attendees were present at the event. A major theme for PlanetPTC Live was that inspiration is the spark that drives innovation and fuels the technology breakthroughs that help transform great ideas into great products. Several PTC customers shared their stories of how inspiration can impact the world around us.

PTC President and CEO Jim Hepplemann opened the...

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Food and beverage industry customers demand a continually expanding variety of healthy, high quality products at continuously lower prices. At the same time, food and beverage companies want to expand their markets and sell the same or similar formulas and products in multiple geographic regions. This requires understanding the local culture, tastes, available raw materials and ingredients, and importantly, local regulatory requirements. Perhaps the most difficult issues to address are those related to regulations. Regulatory requirements vary by region and by product and are becoming increasingly complex and difficult to support. Each region and/or...

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Automotive industry manufacturers are well known for the adversities they face in the design and production of competitive products in their volatile consumer markets. They have, however, become known as leaders in innovative new product development. In particular, automotive OEMs set a forward looking example of excellence often emulated in other industries. The challenges the automotive sector confronts entail:

• Visual appeal with demands on mathematical, aerodynamic, and aesthetic disciplines
• Responding to increasing customer demands for personalization of “their” vehicle
• Product innovation and complexity across mechatronics systems of mechanical, electrical, and embedded software solutions
• Reducing cost through virtual simulation...

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LMS International held its 2012 European Vehicle Conference on April 18–19 in Munich, Germany. LMS is an engineering services and software company, headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. They are a partner for companies in the automotive, aerospace and other advanced manufacturing industries. They offer a combination of 1D and 3D virtual simulation software, testing systems, and engineering services.

This LMS event is a technical conference, aimed at the vehicle engineering community, particularly LMS’ customers. Nearly 300 attendees represented 115 companies, and 44 papers were presented. The theme of the conference was “frontloading of vehicle systems engineering...

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EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. The Group includes Airbus, a leading global manufacturer of innovative commercial and military aircraft; Astrium, a European leader in space programmes and the third largest space provider worldwide; Cassidian, a global leader in state–of–the–art solutions for armed forces and civil security worldwide; and Eurocopter, offering a large range of civil and military helicopters. EADS employs around 133000 people at more than 170 sites worldwide and generated revenues of € 49,1 billion in 2011.

Figure 1—EADS Products Overview

Introduction...

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PLM World (plmworld.org) and Siemens PLM Software hosted their annual Americas User Conference on May 6 to 10 in Las Vegas, NV. According to the organizers, this is the largest, longest r

During his keynote presentation, Chuck Grindstaff, President and CEO of Siemens PLM Software, claimed that Siemens PLM Software is growing in every geography and product segment in which they participate. Key wins were cited at Daimler, BAE Systems Submarine Division, Johnson Controls, Boeing and a number of others, with many of these claimed as competitive replacements. Mr. Grindstaff reiterated Siemens PLM Software’s three...

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Aras recently held its ACE 2012 International Conference in Troy, Michigan. This was the second year in a row that the conference was held in the greater Detroit area. The conference grew from 200+ attendees last year to over 300 this year, with attendees coming from more than twenty different countries. It is a user-focused event supported by Aras and a number of its partners; including both solution implementers as well as independent software providers who are leveraging Aras’ enterprise open source PLM platform.

Mr. Peter Schroer, Aras’ Founder and CEO, gave the opening presentation,...

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CIMdata recently attended Infor’s Inforum 2012 in Denver, Colorado. For 2012, the event was combined with the former Lawson CUE user conference. It was positioned as a global event with attendees interested in all of Infor’s business lines and geographies supported. Infor stated that they expected over 5,000 attendees. The theme for Inforum 2012 was “Go Faster” and Infor continually discussed speed as the driving factor for businesses in today’s global marketplace.

Charles Phillips, Infor’s CEO, was the keynote speaker on the morning of Monday the 23rd of April. He discussed the evolution of Infor,...