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Matthew Loew, Technical Director , Maverick Innovation Lab Matthew Loew has a passion for building and leading high-performance engineering teams supporting new product development projects. He is active in large-scale engineering projects in transportation, defense, energy, industrial, and heavy equipment sectors. Matthew recently started Tera Development Solutions to work collaboratively with companies to solve New Product Development challenges utilizing Design Thinking, Advanced Modeling & Simulation, and Accelerated Product Development Methods. He is also the Technical Director at the Maverick Innovation Lab, lectures at the Milwaukee School of Engineering, and blogs regularly on ENGINEERING.com.  

ARC Document Solutions, Inc. announced the release of PlanWell® Collaborate for the iPad, a new mobile-enabled version of its popular SaaS-based project collaboration tool for architects, engineers and construction professionals (AEC), available now on Apple's App Store. "Mobile devices offer the ability to download AEC content in the field, but no one has addressed the challenges of collaborating with large-format content in real time," said Rahul Roy, CTO ofARC Document Solutions. "To collaborate effectively -- and by that I mean the ability to access any content from any project and tie it to calendars, progress charts and email threads in real time -- you need constant access to the cloud, not just access to a set of documents you've downloaded. Our development efforts were focused on improving the speed of data transmission between the iPad and the cloud so field personnel can actually work with all of their data in real time rather than

Dassault Systèmes will host a webcast and a conference call on Thursday, April 24, 2014, to discuss its operating performance for the first quarter 2014 ended March 31, 2014. The management of Dassault Systèmes will host the webcast at 8:30 AM London Time - 9:30 AM Paris Time and will then also host the conference call at 9:00 AM New York Time - 2:00 PM London Time - 3:00 PM Paris Time. Both the webcast and the conference call will be available via the Internet by accessing Dassault Systèmes’ website at http://www.3ds.com/investors/. Follow the directions on the main page to link to the audio. Please go to the website at least fifteen minutes prior to the webcast or conference call to register, to download and install any necessary software. The webcast and conference call will be archived for 30 days.

ASCON Group today reported its financial results for fiscal 2013, and released a product roadmap for 2014. 2014 is a special year for ASCON as it celebrates its 25th anniversary, and do so with outstanding financial results. In 2013, the company’s revenues reached 983 million rubles (approximately US$28 million). The company attained revenues from three sources: software developed in-house, IT-services for complex automation projects, and partner-distributed software. In 2013, the company continued developing products for the two vertical, markets most traditional for ASCON, mechanical and instrument engineering. These two represented 72% of total revenues. The fields of industrial design and civil engineering earned 24% of revenues. New Business Approaches Don’t Change ASCON’s Priorities The key market industries for ASCON are in the areas of defense, machinery, oil and gas, metallurgy, and centers of research and development. At the start of 2014, the number of companies using ASCON software reached 8,500. Along with the increasing

ANSYS, Inc. announced today that the Company expects to release its first quarter 2014 earnings on Thursday, May 1, 2014. The Company will hold a conference call conducted by James E. Cashman III, president and chief executive officer, and Maria T. Shields, chief financial officer, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss first quarter 2014 results and future outlook. CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION: What: ANSYS First Quarter 2014 Earnings Conference Call When: May 1, 2014 at 10:30 a.m. Eastern Time ANSYS encourages participants to pre-register for the conference call using the enclosed link. Callers who pre-register will be given a unique PIN to gain immediate access to the call, bypassing the live operator. Participants may pre-register any time, including up to and after the call start time. You will immediately receive an online confirmation, an email with the dial in number and a calendar invitation for the event. To pre-register, go to: http://dpregister.com/10044371 You may also reach the

LFM Software Limited, a SPAR International sponsor, will be previewing its upcoming release of LFM NetView 4.0 at the event. This release introduces mobile technology to the LFM suite of products for the first time. LFM NetView 4.0 enables users to remotely access, review, and add intelligence to the laser scan dataset, providing a powerful tool for project collaboration and asset management. Its seamless connection to the LFM master dataset enables all stakeholders to simultaneously and securely access and share huge databases. As with all LFM products, the new release provides access to an unlimited number of scans without loss of resolution, enabling more efficient project execution. This latest update of LFM NetView will introduce truly unique 3D mark-up functionality, combined with tablet operation. An offline mode will enable users to take laser scan data on-site, to mark-up areas and attributes and to collaborate using the master dataset when back online. Tablet

Delcam will promote its wide range of software and services for the aerospace manufacturing and MRO industries at the ILA Berlin Air Show to be held from 20th to 22nd May.   Delcam can help aerospace companies whenever they need to increase productivity, to reduce lead times or to improve quality and consistency. The range of support from Delcam Professional Services is mainly intended to help any company whose own engineering resource is needed to maintain its existing operations.  The services provided can vary from supplying extra design and programming resources when existing staff are overloaded, through to developing dedicated software to automate existing manufacturing methods or to establishing completely new turn-key processes for the manufacture of novel designs. The Professional Services team cooperates closely with its clients to enhance their existing design and manufacturing operations, usually by using a combination of Delcam’s software to develop specific solutions to the company’s productivity and

Visitors to WorkPLAN’s booth at the Industrie Paris 2014 exhibition were particularly interested in the new feature of remote access to the database from mobile devices. Version 5 of WorkPLAN, from Vero Software, features the ability for Android tablet and smartphone users to log on to the system to access quotes, projects, invoices, client information and a variety of files. WorkPLAN Business Manager Teofilovic Violette says: “Industrie Paris was the ideal venue for us to officially launch this important new service, and it certainly attracted a lot of interest from visitors to our booth. We also launched a separate mobile application which allows project-related Time Management data to be fed into the system.” Another aspect on the booth which attracted considerable attention was a robot cell created in partnership with Guignard Robotisation, based in Viry, performing polishing and engraving operations on a Staubli TX90 under the control of WorkNC Robot, a derivative of

Mints using Delcam’s ArtCAM CADCAM software won the great majority of the awards presented at Krause Publication’s COTY (Coin Of The Year) Awards sponsored by World Coin News and presented at the World Money Fair held in Berlin during February. Winner of the overall Coin of the Year went to the French mint, Monnaie de Paris, for its Yves Klein 10-Euro silver coin, with its distinctive blue hand of the artist.  The coin was also acclaimed as the Most Artistic Coin.  Monnaie de Paris was also given top honours in the Best Silver Coin category for a second 10-Euro coin, its French Ocean Liner design. Muriel Pénicaud, Directrice Marketing Adjointe Chargee De La Communication Operationnell at Monnaie de Paris commented, “As you can imagine, Monnaie de Paris is really proud to have received this prize of Most Artistic Coin and especially to have received the supreme award of all categories of coins. 

3D Systems  announced today that it is expanding its partnership with Canon Marketing Japan to include 3DS’ complete ProJet professional series of 3D printers, desktop prototyping CubeX 3D printer and Geomagic scan-to-CAD software solutions. Canon Marketing Japan began selling 3D Systems’ advanced manufacturing products in October 2013. Masahiro Sakata, Director and Senior Vice President of Canon Marketing Japan said, “3DS’ leading products positions Canon Marketing Japan in the best possible position to establish its offerings as the go-to-source and leading provider of 3D printing in Japan. We believe that the combination of Canon's mixed reality technology with 3D printing brings a new paradigm to 3D business solutions.” “We are thrilled with the success that Canon Marketing Japan has already had with our advanced manufacturing 3D printers and are excited to bring the rest of our portfolio to Canon,” said Michele Marchesan, Chief Opportunity Officer, 3DS. “We believe that the addition of our