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GRAITEC, an international BIM, Fabrication, and Design software developer for AEC, and Autodesk® Platinum Partner across Europe, Gold Partner in Canada and in the USA, is delighted to move forward with the acquisition of Applied Software. Originally founded in 1982, Atlanta-based Applied Software is a historic Autodesk partner. With 130 employees located in more than 20 states, Applied Software has helped over 5,000 customers to digitize their processes in the construction and manufacturing space throughout the United States. Today, Applied Software is one of the largest American Autodesk Platinum Partners. With the acquisition of Applied Software, the Graitec group consolidates its existing position in North America while taking on significant market share of the BIM market, but also combines operations with a best-in-class Autodesk Partner in the United States. Together, Graitec and Applied Software aim to deliver more value to their customers combining their strong Autodesk expertise and the benefits of the Graitec

Autodesk, Inc. announced its executives will present on Driving Growth with Sustainability in Architecture, Engineering, and Construction Design Solutions, March 29, 2022, 11:00AM Eastern Time. A live webcast and replay of the presentations will be available through Autodesk’s Investor Relations Website. Please go to the Website 15 minutes early to register, download and install any necessary software. For more information, please call Autodesk Investor Relations at 415-507-6373. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Autodesk on CIMdata.com

Beach House Group, the brand accelerator company, has selected Centric Software®’s Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution. Centric Software provides the most innovative enterprise solutions to plan, design, develop, source and sell products such as apparel, footwear, sporting goods, furniture, home décor, cosmetics, food & beverage and luxury to achieve strategic and operational digital transformation goals.  Based out of El Segundo, CA, Beach House Group is self-described as brand incubators and white space hunters that seek out voids in the market. They create thoughtful products and bold strategies that deliver on the needs of today’s consumer. The brands, like Béis Travel, Pattern Beauty, and Moon Oral Care, are represented by strong influencers. The company’s expertise spans from brand and product development to design and procurement services. Donna Moore, Vice President of Operations and Supply Chain explains, “We do soup to nuts. So, we start the brand, design and develop the product, work with co-manufacturers, manufacture the

The University of Texas at Austin has selected Oracle Student Financial Planning (SFP) to make it easier for students to apply for and receive financial aid. Part of Oracle Student Cloud, the solution helps applicants navigate the process with step-by-step guidance and provides a personalized view of funding options to best inform borrowing decisions. It also gives administrators real-time eligibility insights to guide students and improve application completion rates. “As an institution founded to advance the public good, UT Austin is deeply committed to making higher education accessible to all students who are academically qualified, regardless of their financial means to support social mobility,” said Brian Dixon, vice provost of enrollment management, UT Austin. “Working alongside Oracle, we are committed to delivering an exceptional financial aid experience to our students and prospects throughout their academic journey.” Established in 1883, UT Austin is one of the nation’s top universities. The campus is home to approximately 50,000 students – 32,000

Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company, announced that Speira, a leading global aluminium rolling and recycling company, has chosen Wipro as their technology partner. Speira was formed in 2021 when Norsk Hydro Group entered into an agreement to sell its Rolling business to KPS Capital Partners. Speira operates seven manufacturing facilities and an R&D center across Germany and Norway. Over the next five years, Wipro will work to strengthen the technology infrastructure and cybersecurity requirements of Speira as it embarks on a journey guided by a three-pronged focus centered on sustainability, innovation, and new product development. “Reliable security solutions are becoming increasingly important in today’s business environment. Wipro provides a secure environment for internal employees and plant workers that is scalable and equipped for growth,” said Hans Petter Larsen CIO, Speira. “Wipro understands the importance of cloud security, particularly within the industrial sector, and has the perfect

MathWorks introduced Release 2022a of the MATLAB and Simulink product families. Release 2022a (R2022a) offers hundreds of new and updated features and functions in MATLAB® and Simulink®, along with five new products and 11 major updates. New capabilities in MATLAB include new apps and App Designer functions, graphics enhancements, and the ability to customize Live Editor tasks.  Simulink updates enable users to streamline masking workflows with a new mask editor and accelerate simulation using a model reference local solver.  R2022a also introduces new products supporting wireless and industrial communications, as well as automated driving:  Bluetooth®Toolbox  MathWorks Bluetooth® Toolbox provides standard-based tools to design, simulate, and verify Bluetooth communications systems. It supports test waveform generation, golden reference verification, and Bluetooth network modeling. DSP HDL Toolbox DSP HDL Toolbox™ provides pre-verified, hardware-ready Simulink blocks and subsystems for developing signal processing applications such as wireless, radar, audio, and sensor processing. It includes templates for interfacing MATLAB and Simulink as well as reference examples.   Industrial Communication Toolbox Industrial Communication Toolbox™ provides access to live and historical industrial plant data directly from

On March 14, 2022 Autodesk published a blog post about the newest updates to Autodesk Revit Issues Add-in. The new Overview panel provides a summary of issues and results from Model Coordination. To learn more read the full post on the Autodesk BIM 360 Release Notes blog. https://blogs.autodesk.com/bim360-release-notes/2022/03/14/revit-issues-add-in-march-2022/ To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Autodesk on CIMdata.com

Synopsys, Inc. announced the availability of new and improved interoperability features between CODE V® and LightTools®, which enable designers to easily simulate optical systems that contain imaging and non-imaging components, thereby reducing product development time. Designers are able to leverage the industry-leading design, optimization and tolerancing capabilities of CODE V and LightTools to develop a broad range of optical systems with unparalleled speed and accuracy, from augmented reality headsets and head-up displays to smartphone optics and electro-optical imaging systems. In the iterative design environment, CODE V surface-based models are automatically converted to solid models in LightTools for high-fidelity optical product simulations. Design updates are seamlessly maintained between the products, including all optical properties, receivers and sources. JOYA Team, an optical systems design and engineering firm, has used CODE V and LightTools to design augmented reality systems and tried an early version of the new interoperability between the products. "CODE V and LightTools each bring enormous

On the Siemens Teamcenter blog Trish Laedtke outlines the RapidAuthor 14.0.1 for Teamcenter update. There are new parametric objects in the gallery, the 2D Image Editor has a new pen tool for creating curves, and styles have been updated and placed into four groups. To read all of the updates please go to the Siemens blog post. https://blogs.sw.siemens.com/teamcenter/new-in-rapid-author/ To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Siemens on CIMdata.com

The CIMdata administered group presents its vision for global collaboration with the supply chain. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, USA 15 March 2022—Representatives of the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group (AD PAG) have published their future vision for supply chain collaboration. The position paper is the culmination of a year of effort by the team of domain experts from the seven-member companies and select Tier 1 suppliers. According to Ken Versprille, Ph.D., Executive Consultant, CIMdata, “Supply chain collaboration is undergoing an evolution supported by advancements in cloud-based technology. Aerospace and defense companies are looking to a future using these capabilities to improve their supply chain responsiveness.” Since its founding in 2014, the AD PAG, administered by CIMdata, has sponsored research and jointly staffed projects on a diverse set of prioritized industry and technology topics. These topics include Model-Based Definition, Multiple-View Bill of Materials, PLM Technology Obsolescence Management, Global Collaboration, Model-Based Systems Engineering, and Digital