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Altair today announced that Aernnova, Spain, a leading aerostructures company, has heavily extended its use of Altair's computer-aided-engineering (CAE) software suite HyperWorks®. The company assumes integral management of large aircraft sections and provides engineering services, composites and metallic parts as well as maintenance and support services. As one of the most important Tier 1 suppliers to the aerospace industry in Spain, Aernnova supports renowned customers such as Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, and others. Aernnova uses HyperWorks and especially HyperMesh® to set up large geometries for structural analysis, and HyperView® for post-processing tasks. The company also employs OptiStruct® to handle further weight optimizations of existing structures and HyperStudy® for design of experiment studies. Aernnova started working with Altair in 2009, strongly expanding its use of HyperWorks over time. Just recently, the company expanded its contract to enable unlimited use of HyperWorks for Aernnova Spain, giving engineers unlimited and flexible access to the entire CAE

Open Design Alliance (ODA) announced that Neil Peterson, formerly chief technical officer, was appointed president of the ODA on the retirement of Arnold van der Weide. “Arnold is retiring after 7 years of distinguished service,” said Neil Peterson. “Under his seasoned leadership ODA has seen a strong and steady growth in membership, as well as significant improvements in the quality and scope of our software.” “I leave the ODA in extremely capable hands,” commented Arnold van der Weide. “Since becoming CTO in 2007 Neil has built the ODA development team into a modern, stable, highly focused unit that efficiently serves the needs of the industry.” Peterson was responsible for modernizing the ODA’s infrastructure and establishing automated quality systems. He also doubled the size of the development team and streamlined internal operations through an Agile development process.  “Our infrastructure and process improvements have made us more efficient, allowing us to expand our development into mobile

Dr. Mahesh Turaga, Technical Lead, Aerospace & Defense Industry, Dassault Systèmes  Mahesh Turaga is the Technical Lead for the Aerospace & Defense Industry sales team for the SIMULIA brand and is responsible for technical sales for SIMULIA's North American aerospace customers. He also manages the SIMULIA on-site consulting team at Boeing. Prior to his current role, Mahesh managed a global on-site team at Procter & Gamble and his team was involved in methodology development, collaborative development and the simulation of various manufacturing processes. Mahesh has been with Dassault Systèmes for the last 11 years and has worked with customers in solving various simulation challenges involving Abaqus, Isight and SLM in the aerospace and consumer products industries. Mahesh holds a Ph.D. in Aerospace Engineering from Purdue University and is pursuing an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Steve Partridge, Senior Customer Solutions Specialist, PTC Steve Partridge is a Senior Customer Solutions Specialist at PTC. In this role he works with clients to understand, design, and implement processes that address the complexities of systems engineering and their supply chain. Previously at MKS he was a Requirements Management Product Manager. Steve studied computer science at Sheridan College in Canada.  

 PDF Key takeaways: Program success begins in the proposal phase when the focus is on both minimizing risk and defining the right product in order to acquire new business. Companies must have the ability to respond rapidly to Requests for Proposal (RFPs) with confidence in their proposals. Delivering on commitments and defining the right concept to win profitable business requires integrating systems engineering with proposal development to support reuse of prior trade studies and early planning for production and maintenance. Introduction In today’s competitive global markets, aerospace and defense (A&D) companies need to do more with less. Because of budgetary constraints, programs are smaller than before, and companies are now seeking new business across the globe. As a result the volume of proposals is on the rise. Companies must respond more efficiently than before to requests for proposal (RFPs). Companies must compete with innovative design and production concepts that effectively address their prospect’s needs at a

Craig A. Brown, PLM Leader, Global Engineering Systems Development & PLM, General Motors Craig Brown has 35 years of experience in systems engineering, both in the automotive and aerospace industries. He manages engineering and IT teams developing tools to improve product engineering. These teams have received patents, engineering awards, and ROIs. Craig received GM’s Boss Kettering Award in 2003, using OnStar to monitor and report Vehicle Diagnostics. The acquisition of knowledge applied across product portfolios is key to the next wave of Product Lifecycle Management. Craig was appointed the GM PLM Leader in September 2012.

PTC today announced the availability of PTC Creo® Elements/Direct® 19.0 software. This latest version of the company’s direct modeling software delivers productivity enhancements in the core areas of modeling, drafting and data management. These enhancements are complemented by greater interoperability with PTC Creo 3.0 and other non-PTC CAD systems, via PTC’s Unite™ technology. “With PTC Creo Elements/Direct 19.0, we have introduced new multi-CAD import functionality to support collaboration, a key aspect of the modern product development process,” said Martin Neumüller, Director of Product Management, PTC. “PTC Creo Elements/Direct 19.0 also introduces new and enhanced capabilities and streamlined workflows to improve ease of use and productivity.” “The new import capabilities in PTC Creo Elements/Direct 19.0 will allow us to collaborate more effectively with companies using different CAD tools,” said Nobuaki Sugimoto, mechanical designer, Icom, Inc. Specific enhancements introduced with this release include: Enhanced multi-CAD collaboration Support for direct import of SolidWorks and Autodesk Inventor data enables

PTC today announced the latest release of its PTC Creo® revolutionary 3D product design software. With PTC Creo 3.0, PTC introduces new Unite™ technology which significantly enhances the ability to use CAD files from a variety of systems directly in PTC Creo. PTC Creo 3.0 also empowers innovation through more powerful, seamlessly integrated concept design tools ensuring efforts undertaken in concept design can be fully reused in the detailed design process. Key productivity enhancements within the release further add to customers’ ability to focus on higher levels of innovation and product quality. “With PTC Creo 3.0, we continue to deliver on the PTC strategy. Our ground breaking Unite technology addresses the data and process-related challenges of CAD consolidation. By enabling designers to convert data ‘as needed, when needed’, and only converting the data that requires modification, organizations can save a tremendous amount of effort and cost,” said Michael Campbell, Executive Vice President CAD Segment,

Manufacturers, equipment operators and service providers are evolving their business models to drive higher customer value and profitably grow service revenue and market share by bringing new and differentiated product and service offerings to market. To enable these offerings, PTC today announced the PTC Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) System for product-smart service. The PTC SLM System provides an integrated set of innovative solutions that enable a service leader to plan, execute and optimize service across their entire network, regardless of task, role, product or geography. The arrival of the Internet of Things (IoT) era means manufacturers and service providers are facing new and complex challenges to stay competitive and grow profitably in a smart, connected world. Potentially every device in the office, factory or home, on the road, air and, sea, in cities and farms could be connected, drastically changing how products and systems are created, operated, and serviced. As real-time data is captured, organizations will need

At this week’s PTC Live Global (Boston, MA, June 15-19, Booth 304), Granta Design will be demonstrating a new materials data integration application for the PTC® Windchill® PLM system. This is the latest in the growing list of leading CAD, CAE, and PLM software supported by dedicated GRANTA MI:Materials Gateway™ applications. As a PTC ‘Gold partner’, Granta has already provided such applications for Pro/ENGINEER® and Creo®. This integrated, traceable access to corporate materials knowledge, together with tools to apply it, benefits engineers, managers, and costing, environmental, or other specialists when they review individual products or look across product families.  MI:Materials Gateway applications have become the standard way to provide fast, fully traceable access to the quality materials data required for accurate design, simulation, and product lifecycle management (PLM). Granta has worked with some of the world’s top engineering enterprises to develop best practice in managing, accessing, and applying materials property information. Materials data is