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CGS announces several community involvement efforts throughout its global offices in 2014, including charitable campaigns and volunteer initiatives. CGS offices, including in Romania, Chile, India, Canada and the United States, participated in several company-wide and divisional community initiatives such as on-site volunteerism, employee-led fundraisers and corporate donations benefiting organizations of significance to employees, including:  The Gantz Foundation, a Chilean organization that specializes in a multidisciplinary approach to aid children born with cleft lip and palate Children’s organizations in Romania, including distress centers which aim to protect children in danger due to domestic issues The Edison Township Domestic Violence Response Team in Edison, New Jersey, which provides education, guidance and supervision to victims of domestic violence St. Aloysius School in Central Harlem, New York Additionally, in support of the ALS Association, CGS garnered worldwide participation amongst its global offices in the ALS Ice Bucket Challenge through the participation of over 250 employees and corporate and employee donation. Community initiatives have

Intergraph has announced the release of CADWorx 2015, the software solution for plant design and automation that now adds capabilities to CADWorx Design Review that allow the generation of *.iFV files for viewing, sharing and reviewing CADWorx design models on the Apple® iPad® using the free Intergraph® FreeView® app. Other CADWorx 2015 enhancements include capabilities for routing of mitered elbows, skewed pipe design, and male and female needle valves; custom field default values for models; new tables in the specification editor; and a new more user-friendly ISOGEN interface. Intergraph CADWorx, an AutoCAD-based intelligent 2D and 3D plant design system, provides ease of use, flexibility, scalability and interconnectivity. The software offers process and instrumentation diagram (P&ID) synchronization with the model plus intelligent modeling and automatic production of design deliverables such as isometric drawings and bills of material, enhancing organizational productivity throughout the engineering and design process. "Even though CADWorx is an AutoCAD-based plant

Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC®), announces Brava!® Enterprise 7.2 for SharePoint. The new release offers these features and enhancements: Doc Merge allows users to drag and drop pages from multiple files to create a new file -- all while leaving original source files intact. Checkview enables guided review of forms, focusing a reviewer's attention on items that need to be reviewed or acted upon. The new Brava 3D ActiveX client displays 3D models, allowing users to measure, locate and identify parts; access part and subassembly info; view multi-plane cutaways and cross sections and explode assemblies. Enhanced text comparison shows differences between two documents more distinctly. Highlight colors, fonts and text wrapping can all be customized to suit individual preferences.  Electronic signatures, initials or professional seals can be applied easily to validate documents or show that they have been reviewed. The cross-platform Brava HTML5 client now offers faster page loading and vector viewing for crisp views at tight zoom

Flow Science has announced the release of FLOW-3D/MP v6, the high-performance computing version of its flagship CFD software, FLOW-3D. FLOW-3D/MP v6 is fully synced with the latest developments in FLOW-3D version 11, including the addition of Flow Science’s state-of-the-art postprocessor, FlowSight™. Performance improvements, both an increased speed up of simulations and a decreased use of memory, have been achieved using automatic domain decomposition, dynamic thread balancing, improved memory management, optimized MPI communication and hybrid MPI-OpenMP technology. For especially large simulations, a decrease of 20-24% in memory usage and speed-up of 30-40% has been shown in a typical metal casting simulation from the previous version of FLOW-3D/MP. “Flow Science has long recognized the competitive advantage HPC-enabled tools such as FLOW-3D/MP provides to our customers. FLOW-3D/MP gives our users the ability to study more design alternatives in a shorter amount of time than ever before, pushing product performance to new heights,” said John Ditter, VP

BETA CAE System S.A. announces the release of v1.0.4 of Simulation, Process, Data & Resources Manager (SPDRM) software. This release focuses on the correction of identified problems and issues with the previous releases. The most noticeable fixes are listed below. Addressing the problem of contemporary CAE community to integrate data, processes and resources, BETA CAE Systems S.A. brings forth a new solution for driving high quality and effective virtual product development procedures. This new software tool, the Simulation Process, Data & Resources Manager (SPDRM), provides a simple and intuitive way to capture, deploy, and manage CAE process workflows by integrating the resources, the tools, and the data associated with these.  Reflecting a deep understanding of the demands of simulation and its role in the enterprise, it couples with the enterprise PDM system and integrates CAE into higher level business processes by delivering CAE tasks and associated data to analysts, engineers, designers, suppliers, and managers. The architecture

Altium Limited announced the upcoming release of its professional printed circuit board (PCB) and electronic system level design software, Altium Designer 15. “Altium’s R&D engagement with customers is reflected in this software release. We’re very happy with the clear feedback and technical advice about high speed PCB design offered by our dedicated beta users over the last 12 months,” says Altium’s CTO, Jason Hingston. “The PCB industry has also made it clear that fabricators need to move beyond 30+ year old file formats for design to fab hand-off. With IPC-2581 and Gerber X2 support, Altium Designer is ready for users who work with leading-edge fabricators who build complex PCB structures.” Altium Designer 15 demonstrates the continuing commitment by Altium to produce software and solutions that increase productivity and reduce user stress during challenging electronics design projects. It reflects Altium’s commitment to supporting customer success by delivering products that customers both want and

EMC Corporation will publish its third-quarter 2014 financial results on October 22, 2014 at approximately 7:00 a.m. ET.  EMC will also issue an advisory news release on October 22, 2014 announcing availability of the results via the EMC Investor Relations (http://www.emc.com/ir) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000790070&owner=exclude&count=40) websites.  EMC will hold a conference call for investors at 8:30 a.m. ET on October 22 to review the third-quarter 2014 financial results. A live webcast of that call will be available on the EMC Investor Relations website.

Delcam will promote its wide range of software and services at the 2014 Canadian Aerospace Summit, on November 18th and 19th at the Ottawa Convention Centre.  The 2014 Canadian Aerospace Summit is hosted by the Aerospace Industries Association of Canada (AIAC).  Delcam is proud to be part of this exclusive event which brings together Canadian and international companies of all sizes, government representatives, and academia for two days in the nation’s capital. The theme for the 2014 Canadian Aerospace summits is One World: Delivering Results in a Global Market. With over 40 years CADCAM experience and now being the world’s largest specialist supplier of machining software, Delcam is one company that can deliver aerospace solutions for the diverse and global aerospace market. Delcam has design, manufacturing and inspection solutions to meet the needs of companies servicing the civil, military or space sectors of the aerospace industry.  Mark Cadogan, VP Sales at Delcam

MecklerMedia and 3D Printing Industry announced that Jeff Kowalski, Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer at Autodesk, will be featuring Autodesk's latest 3D printing and design software during the Inside 3D Printing Conference and Expo in Santa Clara on October 21-23, 2014. Kowalski will also discuss his predictions about the future of how things are made with an emphasis on how widespread access to 3D design and fabrication technology is disrupting industries of all kinds. In the event's exhibit hall, MecklerMedia confirmed that Made In Space, Inc. will be displaying one of their 3D printers that is designed to print in zero-gravity conditions. Also on display will be a scale model of a 130-piece motorcycle, created on Stratasys 3D printers using FDM® technology.

Erich Litch has joined Viewpoint Construction Software® in a newly created role as General Manager, North America. Erich will have direct responsibility in all North American customer facing departments including Sales, Professional Services, Customer Support and Learning Services. Earlier this year, Viewpoint restructured its organization creating three separate divisions to scale and support growing global efforts. These divisions are Europe-Middle East-East Africa (EMEA), Australia-New Zealand and North America. Alun Baker is the General Manager for EMEA, and Scott Haladay serves as GM for Australia-New Zealand. With Erich Litch now joining the team and serving the U.S. and Canadian markets, the three divisions have the organizational leadership needed for continued growth and development. Viewpoint has been the construction industry’s technology partner of choice for more than 35 years, serving customers in over 28 countries, and is an innovator in the construction-specific software market space. "Erich has a proven ability to transform, build and