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With five new Utilities, IMAGINiT Technologies now offers over 50 time-saving tools that further extend Autodesk’s Revit® functionality by automating manual tasks and streamlining workflows. This time savings allows engineers, architects, BIM managers, and Revit power users, to increase productivity and spend more time focused on project-critical work. “For over a decade, IMAGINiT has been collaborating with Revit users and incorporating solutions that address real-world Revit challenges,” says Matt Mason, director of software development at IMAGINiT Technologies. “With input from mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP) and structural engineers as well as architects and BIM coordinators, IMAGINiT has developed more than 50 Revit utilities that are free to those who partner with IMAGINiT for their Autodesk software subscriptions. It’s our way of providing ongoing support to our customers and helping them get a leg up on their competition.” More than 70,000 Revit users working at over 7,500 firms worldwide have taken advantage of IMAGINiT’s Utilities for Revit. The

3D Repo is pioneering the development of a new cutting-edge solution for infinite geometry streaming massive 3D models in the cloud using Unreal Engine. Recently, there has been an increased interest in digital twins and vast open-world simulations for engineering and other purposes and even for creating the ‘metaverse’ itself. 3D engineering models continue to get bigger and more complex by the day with some boasting millions of objects and hundreds of millions of polygons. AEC professionals are increasingly finding it difficult to visualise large-scale projects with existing solutions. Unfortunately, due to memory limitations imposed by web browsers, some extremely large models simply will not load regardless of the power of the underlying computer being used. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, cloud computing and remote working have also become more common and the need for more collaborative solutions has risen dramatically. The 3D Repo infinite geometry streaming solution with Unreal Engine aims to remove those technological barriers to collaboration to

Plex Systems, a Rockwell Automation company and a leader in cloud-delivered smart manufacturing solutions, announced a new modularization approach for its Smart Manufacturing Platform to enable accessibility and scalability for digital transformation in manufacturing. This approach, enabled by Plex’s innovative cloud-native platform, more closely aligns with customers’ needs as they build their smart manufacturing technology strategy, including a focus on flexibility, quick implementation, and ease of entry with a path to grow. With Plex, manufacturers can start their digital transformation in a number of ways. For example, they can initially implement quality management (QMS) or manufacturing execution (MES) systems – common entry points for most manufacturers – and from there add capabilities, such as production monitoring, asset performance management, or supply chain planning. With this approach, companies pick the starting point that best meets their needs and then can scale into additional connected solutions over time. Plex uniquely enables new capabilities to simply be

Tacton, industrial manufacturing’s Configure, Price, Quote (CPQ) SaaS provider for design to sales automation, announced several updates for Tacton CPQ, the most comprehensive CPQ software on the market for manufacturers. The company is launching Tacton CPQ Data Import Automation, Tacton Product Validations, and an enhanced version of Tacton’s Integration to Salesforce. Additionally, Tacton is releasing an update to Tacton CPQ Visualization. Tacton CPQ’s latest enhancements increase efficiency in manufacturing sales and help manufacturers across the globe achieve a smooth process for configuring and selling complex capital equipment and adjacent services. With Tacton, manufacturers can confidently handle any customer request to increase customer satisfaction, improve operations and drive revenues. Tacton CPQ Data Import Automation Tacton CPQ is central to effective selling, where all product information comes together for the sales team to quickly turnaround quotes. With the new Data Import Automation option, sales representatives can build configurable items and quotations with the most up-to-date

Aurigo Software, North America’s leading capital planning and construction management software provider, announced it has entered into contracts with the cities of Colorado Springs (Colorado), St. Petersburg, (Florida), and Pearland (Texas) to implement Masterworks, the company’s flagship cloud platform. The software will help manage the cities’ capital improvement programs, which are expected to expand over the next decade with the passing of last year’s bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. “The public sector is adopting digital technologies to streamline their operations and provide more reliable outcomes to their constituents,” said Josh Moriarty, Aurigo’s Vice President of Customer Success. “We’re honored to work with some of America’s finest public works departments to modernize their process and help them deliver their capital assets faster.” Each of the cities sought out a technology provider to support an increased investment in new infrastructure assets, revitalization projects, and repairs. St Petersburg is delivering the largest capital budget in City

DXC Technology has been awarded a multi-year contract to deliver network and security services to provide the European Space Agency (ESA)’s international workforce of scientists, engineers and IT specialists with scalable and secure network services enabling them to collaborate seamlessly from anywhere on their space activities. Through the agreement, DXC will contribute to ESA’s work to develop Europe’s space capability, helping enable missions that study the Universe, explore our Solar System and orbit Earth, obtaining crucial data that allow us to monitor and mitigate the effects of climate change. DXC will help transform ESA’s terrestrial network environment with the latest software-defined network technology designed to improve network scalability, performance, and security. As a result, ESA’s global workforce will collaborate more efficiently with colleagues and international partners on some of the world’s leading science and exploration missions. In parallel, the implementation of DXC’s Platform X, a new data-driven intelligent automation platform, will enable ESA

The engineering service provider for rail vehicles uses CONTACT Elements to enable end-to-end processes and thus improve collaboration across different departments and systems. LogoMotive’s engineers are mechanical experts for rail and special vehicle construction. They convert vehicles, develop and design new ones, modernize and optimize, analyze damage and develop repair concepts, accompany main inspections, carry out tests, and manage approval. LogoMotive offers solutions with substantial added value. This results in rail and special vehicles that combine operating efficiency, safety, and ride comfort. In order to position itself for the future and quickly react to increasingly complex customer requirements, LogoMotive now uses CONTACT Elements to integrate its various CAD, CAE, and PDM systems on a central platform. In addition to the extensive scalability and intuitive user interface of CONTACT Elements, the flexible licensing system was a decisive factor in LogoMotive’s decision.  The new platform solution provides a consistent database across departments: from sales to engineering

Wipro Limited, a leading global information technology, consulting, and business process services company, together with ServiceNow, announce that they will contribute to Petrobras, the largest publicly traded company in Brazil and one of the largest oil, natural gas and derivatives exploration, production and distribution companies in the world, to advance its digital journey. The project aims to raise the level of service for internal users and reduce costs by modernizing and aligning IT infrastructure processes with the business through a modern cloud solution focused on automation and integration. The project scope is related to maintaining IT assets, systems updates, and digitizing processes. “We want to ensure that the volume of information generated by the company's operations is processed even more intelligently and safely, contributing to decision-making in an agile and assertive manner. Petrobras' investment in digital transformation and innovation, which aims to add value to the business, also meets the company's demand for

Qinhai (Shanghai) Food Co., Ltd., the plant-based food 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. Founded in 2020, Qinhai (Shanghai) Food Co., Ltd. is a market leader in the Chinese food industry that specializes in the development, production and retail of plant-based products that meet high customer expectations in terms of raw materials, process and quality. Qinhai Food offers a wide range of products, and recognized the need to establish standardized and centralized systems for managing product data and R&D. They selected Centric Food and Beverage PLM to build a digital platform for product development and management. “We believe it is necessary to collect data in a systematic manner before standardizing the entire R&D process

Altair, a global leader in computational science and artificial intelligence (AI), announced that Symetri has joined Altair’s growing channel partner network. Symetri will offer all of Altair’s simulation solutions to its customers in the Nordic region. Symetri has more than 200,000 users and offers solutions and guidance in areas like 3D modeling, simulation, product lifecycle management (PLM), and building information modeling (BIM). “We’re very excited to add Symetri to our channel partner community in the Nordic Region,” said Joakim Lindholm, managing director of Nordics, Altair. “We’re confident that Symetri’s experience, manpower, and expertise will help Altair solutions and technologies continue to grow in today’s fast-paced market.”  “At Symetri, we are very pleased to be able to offer our customers Altair’s first-class simulation solutions and services,” said Andreas Näsman, sales manager, Symetri MFG Sweden. “We believe the collaboration with Altair will strengthen our customers' competitiveness in the future.” Symetri has offices in Denmark, Finland,