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 PDF Key takeaways: Over 3,000 PTC customers and employees convened in Boston at PTC Live Global 2014 on June 16-19. PTC expanded on their Internet of Things and Service Lifecycle Management visions, and premiered Creo 3.0, a major step on their MCAD evolution journey. The acquisition of Atego, a systems engineering tool and services provider, brings leading-edge tools and skills that help PTC offer closed-loop lifecycle management. CIMdata recently attended PTC Live Global 2014 in Boston, MA, USA. PTC Live Global gives PTC customers the opportunity to not only hear and explore PTC’s solution strategies and roadmaps, but also to showcase their own work, network with peers, share ideas, and discuss how they are addressing their challenges. PTC reported that over 3,000 attendees representing approximately 2,000 companies were present at the event. They also stated that over 500 PTC personnel were in attendance. Major themes at PTC Live Global were the Internet of Things (IoT)

ZWSOFT has today released ZWCAD Architecture 2014 SP2, an update to its Top Builder Award winning CAD software featuring many exciting improvements. From more efficient menu organization to improved unit settings, the update also includes many other bug fixes. Unit Settings With the ZWCAD Architecture 2014 SP2 update, users can now choose which unit they would like their drawings to be based upon. Whereas previously users were only able to annotate their entities in millimeters, they can now choose between meters, centimeters, inches and feet. This allows users to personalize designs even further to their own needs, whatever units of measurement they prefer, removing the need to convert measurements manually. Simplified Menu Layout Since efficiency and simplicity is a vital factor in speeding up the design process, the new screen menus in ZWCAD Architecture 2014 SP2 have been specifically designed to improve speed of selection, while promoting the most used functions and reducing the number of clicks

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., announces the release of the “3D Modeling with Vectorworks, Sixth Edition,” training manual by author and expert Vectorworks trainer Jonathan Pickup. “This manual covers one of the best capabilities of Vectorworks software, creating 3D models,” Pickup said. “It is really fun and rewarding to create the forms you want and be able to move around them to view your work from different angles.” Through a combination of written step-by-step instruction, informational videos and practical tutorials, Pickup educates readers on new techniques for creating complex 3D models with Vectorworks 2014 software. He opens the manual with an overview of basic commands and tool functions and continues on to the completion of a practice project, making this guide essential for all professionals interested in expanding their 3D modeling capabilities. Once Vectorworks users learn to draw with objects rather than lines and place those objects on working planes, they can produce advanced

Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC®) announced a strategic marketing and exclusive development initiative with Avolve Software Corporation to further enhance Brava!® Enterprise for ePlan review within Avolve's flagship ProjectDox® ePlan solution. The companies will use their collective expertise to innovate features that will make it easier for customers to view and manage building plans, documents and other types of building data within established and future design, construction and regulatory review business processes. ProjectDox is one of the most widely utilized ePlan regulatory review system for state and local government, with over 100 municipalities throughout the United States and Canada. ProjectDox allows citizens and city staff to initiate and complete the building plan submission, review and approval process online. Jurisdictions using ProjectDox report up to a sixty percent (60%) increase in overall efficiency compared to traditional, paper-based review processes. IGC's Brava Enterprise is embedded in the ProjectDox ePlan review solution for viewing, annotating and collaboration

Delcam CRISPIN will demonstrate the latest releases of its ShoeMaker, ShoeCost and Engineer Pro software for the design and manufacture of all types of footwear at the Shoes & Leather Vietnam exhibition to be held in Ho Chi Minh City from 16th to 18th July.  For further details on these new releases, please go to www.footwear-cadcam.com. Delcam CRISPIN is the world’s largest supplier of design and manufacturing software to the footwear industry.  It is the only supplier able to provide a complete solution for the 3D design and manufacture of lasts, uppers and soles. ShoeMaker is the only footwear CAD program to integrate fully the 3D design of lasts, uppers and soles, so allowing the complete shoe to be developed and visualised in a single system.  This integrated approach benefits all footwear designers, but is particularly advantageous for companies making sports shoes and other designs that include complex soles. The 2014 version offers improved visualisation

Xchanging plc has won Dassault Systèmes’ industry award for implementing an end-to-end product lifecycle management (PLM) solution for a leading India-based retail operations company. Expressing his view on the award presented Dr. Chandan Chowdhury, Managing Director-India, Dassault Systemes said, “The value added reseller (VAR) awards are an acknowledgement of the prolific work which our extended partner community is involved with. Xchanging has helped us deliver the last mile of connectivity with our customers, especially in the Consumer Goods and Retail space. I am delighted with the award they have received.” The Xchanging PLM solution successfully managed the end-to-end product lifecycle, thus ensuring that the retail operations company launched garments on time to the market. Xchanging managed the complete bill of materials for all garments, providing a balanced selection of carry-over styles, colors and prints and ensuring smooth vendor management. In addition, Xchanging tracked margins throughout the lifecycle effectively managing cost. Alok Sinha, President and Head

Purdue University’s prestigious College of Engineering has chosen to equip one of its key educational laboratories with NUM's open-architecture CNC systems and 3D simulation software. The equipment will provide students with hands-on CNC programming experience and help to familiarise them with advanced CNC machine tool operation and control techniques, using a powerful combination of virtual machines and physical high performance CNC demonstrator systems. Purdue University is one of the USA’s leading academic research institutions and hosts one of the nation’s largest engineering faculties. Its College of Engineering comprises 14 schools and departments – each specialising in a particular engineering discipline – and is currently undergoing further major expansion. As part of the expansion, Purdue University is upgrading the mechanical engineering laboratory at the university’s main campus. This laboratory is principally used for teaching students the basics of CNC control and programming, and introducing them to machine-based manufacturing processes and techniques. It

Delcam has posted a series of videos on YouTube showing tips for users of its PowerSHAPE CAD software and its PowerMILL and FeatureCAM CAM systems.  These latest additions bring the total number of videos to over 1,200 on Delcam’s Advanced Manufacturing Solutions channel on YouTube. The PowerSHAPE playlist of tips comprises five videos.  These cover the use of the Solid Doctor and PowerSHAPE’s trim-region editing tools for data repair, an introduction to the use of the Smart Surfacer for surface creation, plus examples of creating a blend between three surfaces and of separating the internal and external surfaces in a solid model.  To see the playlist, go to www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDuUAqDYm_rbfjnW9FNPayXvymkaOniJ5 The playlist for PowerMILL includes five videos demonstrating a variety of machining methods for items including cavities, open pockets, side walls and upstands.  A sixth video shows how to apply parameters from one toolpath to other toolpaths.  The PowerMILL playlist is atwww.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDuUAqDYm_rYBlqkFnyEhpVgg7hAYfK1o 10 videos make

As the next step in capturing the global market for engineering software, C3D Labs today announced it reached a strategic cooperation agreement with ProtoTech Solutions of India. C3D Labs selected ProtoTech for its expertise in programming solid modeling, graphics, user interfaces, and Internet technologies. In turn, ProtoTech appreciated the potential of the C3D geometry kernel to create specialized software. In a remarkable limited-time offer, ProtoTech is offering prospective customers two weeks of free technical consulting on C3D. ProtoTech is experienced in CAD development and gained valuable knowledge while testing the C3D kernel. The free consultation is a service that prospects will find extremely helpful for evaluating C3D’s potential in fulfilling their needs of a geometric kernel. For developers, the most important aspects of geometric kernels are its structure, simplicity of use, and clarity of its algorithms and APIs calls. C3D succeeds in all these areas. “A geometrical kernel is characterized primarily by the

Yunique Solutions® is now seamlessly integrated with Pointcarré® textile design software. The integration enables companies to reduce sampling costs, speed product to market and enhance merchandising presentations, resulting in improved productivity and increased sales. The integration is another example of how YuniquePLM supports product management and design teams in day-to-day activities, enabling users and businesses to reap the benefits of a fully-featured and user-centric PLM system. Steve Greenberg, president of Pointcarré North America said, “The integration of our product is an absolute breakthrough, marking the first time that a pure CAD software and PLM system communicate so well, truly changing the way designers work. What used to take hours can now be accomplished in only a few minutes. The addition of Pointcarré integration is a tremendous aid for the creative team and ultimately offers an improved way of working.” Bill Brewster, vice president and general manager at Yunique Solutions said, “The mutual