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Agilent Technologies Inc. today announced that the company's second-quarter 2014 GAAP net income was $139 million, or $0.41 per share, a change from the second-quarter GAAP net income of $150 million, or $0.45 per share, previously announced May 14, 2014. As disclosed in the company's quarterly report on Form 10-Q filed today, this change was made as a result of an out-of-period adjustment for tax expense. There have been no changes to the second-quarter 2014 non-GAAP net income of $244 million, or $0.72 per share(1), previously announced by the company May 14. To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.agilent.com/about/newsroom/presrel/2014/04jun-gp14017.html

Siemens has been recognized by leading product lifecycle management (PLM) management consulting and research firm, CIMdata Inc., as the market presence leader in the collaborative Product Definition management (cPDm) market segment for the 13th year in a row, and in the Digital Manufacturing market segment for the ninth year in a row. Additionally, as a result of its expanding family of software for simulation and analysis (S&A) – including the acquisition of LMS – Siemens improved its market leadership position to fourth in the S&A ranking, up six positions from  the 2013 report. CIMdata’s findings are based on in-depth data and analysis of the global PLM market and were announced earlier this month. Siemens‘ PLM software business unit addresses CIMdata’s cPDm category with its Teamcenter® portfolio, the world’s most widely used digital lifecycle management software, while its Tecnomatix® portfolio is the most widely used software in the digital manufacturing market segment.

The world is one step closer to more affordable and eco-friendly electric vehicles (EV) thanks to the efforts of ANSYS, General Motors LLC, the Energy Department's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and ESim, which are working to design better, safer and longer-lasting lithium-ion EV batteries. The team's efforts have led to the standard inclusion of battery models in the latest release of ANSYS® Fluent® software, which is a significant milestone in advancing EV design efficiency. Over the last two and half years, the team worked on a DOE-funded project, Computer-Aided Engineering for Electric Drive Vehicle Batteries (CAEBAT), to combine new and existing battery models into engineering simulation software to shorten design cycles and optimize batteries for increased performance, safety and lifespan. The team is modeling thermal management, electrochemistry, ion transport and fluid flow. As a result of the work, a battery model is now standard in ANSYSFluent, a leading computational fluid dynamics

Paul Caito, Director of the CAE Center of Excellence, Siemens PLM Software As Director of the CAE Center of Excellence, Siemens PLM Software, Paul Caito is responsible for the technical support of the Siemens suite of CAE products including NX CAE and Teamcenter for Simulation. Paul has over 30 years of experience in the field of computer-aided engineering across multiple disciplines including aerospace, automotive, heavy equipment, and consumer products.  He joined SDRC as Project Engineer in 1983 and has held multiple positions at SDRC, EDS, UGS, and Siemens relating to the development, application, and deployment  of CAE tools, workflow development, and process improvement. Paul graduated from the State University of New York at Buffalo with a  bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering and holds a master's degree In Structural Engineering. He is active in the promotion of STEM initiatives in education.

Spatial Corp., provider of 3D development components for manufacturing applications and OMAX Corporation, provider of advanced abrasive waterjet solutions, have combined their technologies to create what could be considered the market’s easiest-to-use 3D tool pathing solution. The new Intelli-CAM™ software tool for OMAX JetMachining® Centers generates 3D tool paths from solid 3D models as well as quickly performs 3D to 2D file conversions. Intelli-CAM incorporates Spatial’s 3D InterOp to import CAD files from a variety of 3D sources, including CATIA, SolidWorks®, Solid Edge, Autodesk® Inventor®, Siemens® NX, Pro/E®, Creo® and much more. Intelli-CAM then applies custom solutions from OMAX and Spatial to convert the geometry into full 3D paths suitable for waterjet cutting. The OMAX JetMachining Center’s controller then uses the 3D paths to automatically apply cutting models using OMAX’s AutoPath functionality, which ensures the most precise part in the least amount of time and with minimal operator involvement. “Helping OMAX expand the 3D capabilities of Intelli-CAM highlights the power

Today, the Altair Partner Alliance (APA) announced that 3-matic STL by Materialise will be available through the program in 2014. This software enables design modification, remeshing, and the creation of 3D textures, lightweight models and conformal structures, all on STL level. 3-matic STL is used to quickly prepare computer-aided design (CAD) files from topology optimization, as well as to clean them up for 3D printing. "We are very pleased to join the Altair Partner Alliance. We believe that our technologies are complementary and thus strengthen each other," said Lieve Boeykens, Brand Manager for Materialise. "We are happy that we can offer Altair's customers a more complete solution when they are working with topology optimization, and look forward to welcoming them as our own customers. Together, Altair and 3-matic STL offer a complete toolbox to materialise topology-optimized files into real parts." With 3-matic STL, design modifications may be made directly on the STL,

Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC®), an Alfresco Technology Partner and a leader in viewing, collaboration and redaction technology, announced the release of its latest Brava!® Enterprise universal viewer for Alfresco One. The new release adds vector viewing, enabling clear, readable document text and high-fidelity viewing of CAD files -- including control of layer states and the ability to view block attributes. This release has been certified by Alfresco for the latest version of Alfresco One, Version 4.2. The Brava Enterprise HTML5 client, the first HTML viewer to support vector, offers crisp views at any zoom level. The zero-footprint Brava viewer runs within a web browser, so users across the enterprise can view and annotate documents on PCs or Macs -- there's no need to install expensive native software on every desktop. This version also allows Brava to be set as the default viewer, providing a consistent viewing experience for users, regardless of how

CAD Technology Center, a leader in developing Autodesk Revit add-ins, announces the release of BIM Project Suite and BIM Manager Suite for Revit 2015. These tools are members of the Revit Express Tools product line. These tools can be accessed as free trials for Revit 2013, 2014 or 2015 from revitexpresstools.com CTC continues to develop add-ins for Revit that automate tasks and save users time. With this release comes the addition of two new free tools, for a total of 23 tools, 10 of which are free. Quick Select and Length Calculator are the two new free tools added to BIM Project Suite. Quick Select allows users to filter a selection of Revit elements by specific categories or parameter values. Length Calculator is designed to assist with calculating a run length for selected duct, pipe, conduit and cable tray elements. Notable New Features: Significantly enhanced user interfaces for BIM List and Cobie2 Link Include content from other

Cellier Activity, a solution provider of the Process Automation Division of ABB France, has chosen Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise to improve the quality of its designs and the overall efficiency in plant operations. As a specialized process engineering company offering its expertise to industries such as paper, paint, lubricants and chemicals, Cellier Activity seeks to increase performance and productivity in its facilities to respond to increasingly demanding markets. The selection of Intergraph solutions includes the applications Intergraph Smart™ 3D, SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Foundation, SmartSketch® and SmartPlant Review. After a benchmark analysis among several vendors, ABB valued SmartPlant solutions features, its contribution to work process improvements and the positive impact in productivity. ABB purchased a set of tools that could provide better integration among disciplines and a holistic approach to executing design, engineering schematics and document management. The company also valued that SmartPlant is based on Microsoft SQL Server and is not a proprietary database. Intergraph's comprehensive

This event is an unprecedented event to celebrate manufacturing in the country and for showcasing the latest trends in manufacturing industry to educate industry leaders and educators. “PROLIM is happy to sponsor and participate in such a great conference to help our current and future customers to focus on shaping the manufacturing and will engage those industry leaders who will solve the challenges in the manufacturing industry,” says Prabhu Patil, President of PROLIM. PROLIM takes the “next-step-change” with THE BIG M event to include a stronger focus on manufacturing and fulfilment. PROLIM has served practitioners, companies, educators and communities across the manufacturing spectrum for more than 10 years. PROLIM is specialized in manufacturing cost reductions from 20 to over 50%, with best practice in engineering and excellent global manufacturing network. The Big M Event aims to provide the practitioners a unified platform to present dynamic, hands on and interactive learning experience within the