Position Papers

Anark Corporation today announced it has signed a Strategic Reseller Agreement with Inceptra LLC, Dassault Systèmes' largest PLM Reseller in North America. The promise of eliminating 2D Drawings in Design and enabling Paperless Processes in Manufacturing has become a reality for customer's that have chosen the Anark Core™ Platform. Known as 3D Model Based Definition (MBD) by CAD designers and as the 3D Model Based Enterprise (MBE) by manufacturers and suppliers, Anark has been identified as the uncontested world leader in enabling this shift. Joining Anark's growing list of World Class Partners, Inceptra is a leading provider of best-in-class PLM technology and services to engineering and manufacturing businesses across a variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive, industrial equipment, consumer goods, high tech, life sciences and civil engineering. Inceptra is dedicated exclusively to the Dassault Systèmes PLM portfolio and complementary best-in-class solutions into which Anark technology will provide unprecedented 3D MBE deployment capabilities such as: The

ZW3D today announced the final results of the ZW3D Design Challenge 2014, a modeling contest for worldwide designers in a bid to promote, publicize and make creative thinking and innovation visible through 3D CAD modeling. The contest, which kicked off on October15, required contestants to use ZW3D CAD/CAM software to design and KeyShot to render appliances. Hundreds of stunning submissions were received, making it a tough choice for the judges from ZW3D Community, Luxion Inc. and ZWSOFT. "The vast variety of entries continues to grow each year with original designs of both conventional and smart appliances, ranging from furniture, small appliances, kitchenware, etc.," said Coin Lin, Vice Director of ZW3D Overseas Business. “We are impressed with the collective creativity, ingenuity and design excellence from the community of loyal ZW3D users." Winning entries were chosen based on a variety of factors, including model skills, originality, manufacturability and application of ZW3D’s features. Finally, 9 winners

 PDF Key takeaways: Small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) generally avoided traditional product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions, perceiving them to be rigid in processes and governance, high in cost, and neither consistent with nor supportive of the entrepreneurial mindset that helped SMBs become successful in the first place SMBs often either use ad hoc approaches such as email and network drives for product lifecycle processes, or adopt solutions of their larger enterprise partners—both approaches put SMBs at a disadvantage in the marketplace Kenesto’s hybrid cloud-desktop platform addresses SMBs’ key technology and business needs In Kenesto, project teams and users are in control of their documents and designs with anytime, anywhere access; an accessible and customizable personal dashboard, allows users to collaborate fluidly with their teams and supply chain partners, managing their files, projects, and tasks while staying in compliance with quality assurance and regulatory requirements By enhancing their solution to include an innovative intersection of cloud-based file

2015 schedule will kick-off in Amsterdam, The Netherlands from March 16-20. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 16 December, 2014 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm announces that the first CIMdata PLM Certificate program for 2015 is to be held in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. The program will take place at the Mecure Hotel at Amsterdam Airport from March 16-20, 2015. The program is recognized as the PLM industry’s most comprehensive solution-agnostic education and training offering. Program attendees may choose between a three- or five-day program which will help prepare them to successfully address the challenges commonly faced in PLM strategy development and implementation. The assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. The program is facilitated by a team of CIMdata experts. Upon successful completion of the program, participants receive a CIMdata PLM Certificate and are invited to become a

DEM Solutions is pleased to announce new EDEM® co-simulation solutions with three leading Multi-body dynamics (MBD) software packages; MathWorks Simulink®, Siemens LMS Virtual.Lab™ Motion and MSC Adams™ Allowing manufacturers of heavy equipment to gain better insight into machine-material interaction Providing capability to model and visualize dynamics of equipment movement and examine how loads exerted by bulk materials are distributed throughout the mechanical system Richard LaRoche, DEM Solutions VP of Engineering & Software Development commented on the new solutions: “Our customers designing heavy construction, mining and agricultural equipment have been looking to expand EDEM’s capabilities to integrate with MBD tools to gain crucial insight into machine-material interaction. Being able to predict the loads and forces acting on equipment is the key to optimising equipment performance and durability. Without EDEM, design engineers have to rely on “rules of thumb” and guesswork for the forces exerted by bulk material. EDEM-MBD co-simulation enables engineers to look at equipment interaction with

MecSoft Corporation has announced the release of a new product for the 3D printing industry, Rhino3DPRINT 2015®. In response to the current demand for 3D printing technology, MecSoft has introduced its new 3D print product as a fully integrated plug-in to the popular 3D CAD system, Rhinoceros 5.0. This new product offers efficient, easy and automatic tools for preparing 3D data that otherwise cannot be 3D printed. The seamless combination of Rhino’s powerful modeling and extensive file import functionality with Rhino3DPRINT’s data preparation tools enables the user to 3D print models from almost any input source and any major 3D format. With this announcement, MecSoft positions itself as a forerunner of CAM companies to offer software solutions not only for the traditional Subtractive Manufacturing market but also for the emerging Additive Manufacturing market. “With the launch of this new product, MecSoft is redefining CAM by offering solutions to target both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing”, stated Joe Anand,

AVEVA today announced a number of improvements to AVEVA NET, its powerful Information Management software. Customer feedback has already shown that these improvements enhance both overall user experience and productivity, enabling significant savings across engineering projects and asset operations. This latest release benefits from simpler and quicker installation and an enhanced user interface that is both intuitive and tablet-friendly. With improved 3D interaction and faster and more powerful search, visualisation and navigation capabilities, AVEVA NET 5.0 provides users with an optimal experience. It continues to maintain an open and agnostic approach to integration, accepting data from any source. In addition, AVEVA NET 5.0 is cloud ready, offering customers the benefits of greater system flexibility and scalability. 'AVEVA NET is the benchmark that other solutions are measured against for speed and ease of installation' said Derek Middlemas, COO & Head of Enterprise Solutions, AVEVA. 'Helping our customers to gain a competitive advantage has always

TiNi Aerospace, a specialist manufacturer of aerospace components based in Northern California, has moved into Swiss machining successfully with a Tornos ST-26 machine and Delcam’s PartMaker CAM software. Located in California’s Silicon Valley, TiNi Aerospace specialises in the manufacture of mechanical-release devices for the aerospace industry, based on the company’s specialist Shape Memory Alloy technology.  Its products have been used on scientific missions flown by NASA, ESA and JAXA. Underwater applications of the devices include ballast release, buoy detachment, payload separation, instrument recovery and disentanglement manoeuvres on vehicles such as Alvin, the first manned submersible capable of travelling to the deepest regions of the ocean floor. Historically, TiNi outsourced much of its machining work to shops in the Bay Area.  The company recently decided to bring some of its parts in-house.  It started with components appropriate for Swiss applications, such as titanium bolts, so that it could turn around small batch sizes

Tech Soft 3D and CadFaster announce that HOOPS Exchange powers the fast, complete and accurate data access capabilities found within the newly-released MyCadBox. Customers of MyCadBox are free to fully access, extract and reuse data from 22 file formats – including CATIA, STEP, IGES, Solid Edge, JT and SolidWorks. Rigorously updated and built for speed and accuracy, HOOPS Exchange is the established industry leader for enabling engineering applications to better reuse existing CAD data. “There are thousands of users who want a single tool to view, store and share 3D CAD models, regardless of format type,” says Ville Kukkonen, CadFaster VP of Sales. “HOOPS Exchange simply has the most comprehensive format support, conveniently available through a single API. They also offer impressive PMI support, which will be an important option for us in the future.” “Multi-CAD environments are the reality across engineering disciplines,” says Gavin Bridgeman, Tech Soft 3D VP of Products. “HOOPS Exchange provides CadFaster

Aras® today announced expanded operations in Europe with the opening of its French office in Lyon, France. The expansion is in response to growing demand for the Aras Innovator suite of PLM solutions from companies with operations in France. Stephane Guignard is the new Vice President of Aras France. Mr. Guignard was formerly founder of PCO Technologies, a leading French PLM systems integrator acquired by Accenture. “Aras Innovator’s unique model-based architecture and subscription business model enable companies to deploy PLM across the enterprise much faster and cost effectively than was previously possible,” said Stephane Guignard, VP Aras France. “Aras enables end-to-end digital process support that’s been unachievable or unaffordable with the other major PLM systems.” “The response to Aras has been strong in Europe, and we are pleased to increase our investment in France,” said Peter Schroer, President of Aras. “Companies throughout the region are recognizing the value of the Aras platform