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Dave Conover has over 30 years of experience in mechanical CAE software development with ANSYS, Inc. During his career at ANSYS, he as been involved in the development of elements, nonlinear material models, solution strategies, and solvers. He also architected the FEA solver code in use today and led the efforts to embrace distributed memory parallelism within it. Dave has also managed the development group and in his current position as Chief Technologist, he leads the R&D initiatives concerning mechanical applications at ANSYS. Dave has a BS and MS in Civil Engineering from Carnegie Mellon University.

IBM announced that businesses of all sizes – from start-ups to large enterprises – are rapidly adopting IBM Bluemix to develop software in the cloud with greater speed, security and quality. IBM also announced additional services on Bluemix, which will move from beta testing and into production later this month. Bluemix, IBM’s open cloud platform, is based on an open standards foundation, Cloud Foundry, and provides developers access to IBM’s software for integration, security, transactions and other key functions, as well as software from business partners. As a result, it can help developers connect two broad categories of systems in a cloud environment: systems of record, such as core banking and accounting systems, and systems of engagement, such as mobile, situational and social apps. Bluemix, IBM’s Platform-as-a-Service, offers cloud-based “DevOps” services which enable developers to rapidly develop and deliver projects faster and more efficiently. Using Bluemix services: Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) dramatically reduced

Granta Design has announced the latest updates to their environmental data for materials. This release addresses two major challenges for providers of eco data: confidence and coverage. New ‘traceability’ features help users to build trust in the data, which is drawn from a range of respected sources. Access to data from the ecoinvent database extends a data library that is already unique, covering the complete range of engineering materials, integrating eco properties with the engineering, cost, regulatory, and other data needed to make effective materials-related decisions. The data is applied to understand the environmental and regulatory risks associated with materials, processes, and products. It enables practical eco design, supporting ‘streamlined LCA’ (Life Cycle Analysis) integrated into early-phase product development. Engineers save development time, avoid compliance problems, and improve product performance, while reducing environmental impact. Granta’s MaterialUniverse data module provides property data on thousands of engineering materials—complete and normalized, enabling meaningful comparison and

ZW3D today announced that it has been applied by Johnstone Safety Products Ltd. (JSP), a leading European manufacturer of Personal Protective Equipment, for over a decade. Powered by Overdrive kernel, ZW3D CAD/CAM has assisted JSP to back up its innovation and creativity with flexible and advanced technology that integrates design and manufacturing. Established in 1964 with its headquarters in Oxford, England, JSP manufactures on three continents currently, exporting to over 90 countries. The company’s continuous research and development has led to one of the most advanced portfolios of safety products, covering head, eye, face, hearing and respiratory protection. An early adopter of ZW3D technology, JSP has for over ten years relied on ZW3D to design many of its products. JSP has found that one of the key benefits of ZW3D is its unique Solid-Surface Hybrid Modeling, giving designers and engineers the flexibility to work the way they want to, rather than being

Engineering PLM Solutions Srl announces today that Corghi spa, a Nexion Group company that operates in the vehicle assistance equipment business, put RuleDesigner solution quickly into effect, fostering a cross-functional collaboration among the different corporate actors involved in the product development and definition processes. Specifically, RuleDesigner allows the company to organize and share models, assemblies and technical drawings in both NX and Solid-Edge format thorough homogeneous codification and part-numbering plans, approval workflows configured to meet the customer requests, tools for file storage and intelligent search, functions for properties automatic filling into file and title-blocks and, finally, management of both assembly relationships and wave-link connections. Today, Corghi’s technical data are automatically entered into the correct business flows with no interruption and forwarded to the ERP system, Microsoft Dynamics AX, on the basis of rule-based workflows. Moreover, automation processes as well as processes for creating and sharing documents have been configured in order to enable

Tata Technologies will attend with automotive designers and manufacturers to see how Autodesk's latest Digital Prototyping drives innovation for the Midwest automotive and transportation industries. The Autodesk Automotive Design Launch Tour 2014will take place in Detroit at the College for Creative Studies on June 18 from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. EST. Attendees will be among the first to preview the newest Autodesk Digital Prototyping solutions, including Autodesk VRED 2015 and Autodesk Alias 2015, and understand how the software can help accelerate vehicle product innovation. Automotive engineers, designers, concept modelers and industry specialists will see next-generation design and styling in action, understand how the offerings create design possibilities and discover the latest innovations that enable speedy, high-quality work. About the event  What: Come see how Autodesk's latest Digital Prototyping drives innovation for the Midwest automotive and transportation industries – providing vehicle designers and manufacturers more confidence and creative freedom during the design, styling, prototyping and marketing stages.  When: Wednesday,

Zebra Imaging, Inc., announced today the creation of a strategic partnership with the Reprographic Services Association (RSA) to help serve the rapid expansion Zebra is experiencing with Architecture, Engineering and Construction Companies (AEC). The RSA is a dynamic network of over 80 companies with more than 185 locations across North America. Member companies are dedicated to servicing the AEC industry with traditional and innovative product and services. The RSA gives Zebra an incredible expansion of points of presence across the U.S. market. It's a natural extension of the use of 3D imaging in architecture, engineering and construction, which industry experts expect client use of 3D imaging to increase by 50 percent by next year. Mark Beilman, Executive Director, Reprographic Services Association, states, "The RSA is excited to partner with Zebra Imaging to bring this innovative technology to the AEC Industry. We see a myriad of applications that will aid the Design and Build process

In late April, the 15th annual Congress on the Future of Engineering Software (COFES) was held in Scottsdale, Arizona USA. COFES is one of the most important events for the CAD industry, and each year is organized by research agency Cyon Research. Two years ago, ASCON Group used the event to announce its new CAD component, the C3D geometric kernel. ASCON subsequently formed C3D Labs to take charge of developing and marketing the kernel. This year, C3D Labs took part in COFES as an independent company with its own customers and its own vision for the future of geometric kernels. The business agenda of the congress included two technical briefings organized by C3D Labs and moderated by long-time CAD expert Ralph Grabowski, editor of the WorldCAD Access blog and publisher of the upFront.eZine newsletter. “I was impressed by the level of engagement by participants, as they took on the challenge of thinking

IBM announced that it has expanded its global partnership with SAP to deliver the SAP HANA® platform, the SAP HANA ONE service and other SAP® applications on the cloud platform from SoftLayer, an IBM Company. The SoftLayer platform has been verified by SAP to run SAP applications, including SAP Business Suite software and SAP BusinessObjects™ solutions. This extends and complements the existing capabilities provided by IBM to run SAP solutions on IBM Cloud Managed Services. With Cloud Managed Services and the SoftLayer platform, customers will have access to 40 data centers across five continents to run SAP applications for their enterprises. SoftLayer and IBM provide an expansive set of cloud capabilities for SAP solutions to address development testing, production and SAP HANA-based workloads. “Businesses today are looking for ways to lower the cost of deployment and greater efficiency in addressing new market opportunity,” said IBM General Manager of Cloud Services James Comfort.

Autodesk, Inc. has acquired Stockholm-based Bitsquid AB, the creator of the Bitsquid game engine. The acquisition brings to Autodesk expertise in 3D game development and proven technology that will enable Autodesk to supercharge its portfolio of tools for game makers through the development of a new 3D game engine. Multiple game developers have used the modern and flexible Bitsquid engine to create 3D games for next-generation consoles and PCs, and Autodesk will continue to work with many of these companies to develop the new 3D game engine. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. "Bitsquid has been a key success factor for Fatshark, as we’ve been able to produce high quality games with short development times,” said Martin Wahlund, CEO, Fatshark. "We are excited to see how Bitsquid evolves now that it is part of Autodesk.” In addition to acquiring the Bitsquid game engine, the acquisition of the Bitsquid team and technology will