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Engineers currently planning tomorrow’s factories will be very well served with this newly released version 6.0 of M4 P&ID FX. This new major release of the P&ID software is a modern design with genuine, new functionality, perfectly fulfilling today’s businesses most diverse requirements. A Modern and Flexible, Intuitive Tool “This time we didn’t want to simply make our software better. We want to empower engineers with a modern and flexible, intuitive tool, allowing swift process engineering planning that can be updated very easily”. said Product Line Manager, Mark Simpson.  Many new features for improved productivity Version 6.0 of M4 P&ID FX delivers genuine improvements, to greatly aid users in their everyday tasks. This includes the catalog and symbol browser, the inclusion of the current P&ID drawings standard and above all the popular dashboard. New Design and Updated Dashboard CAD-Schroer has developed a totally new ribbon interface, allowing a better overview and an even shorter

csimsoft announced today the release of the Trelis™ SpaceClaim™ Add-in, a mesh generation add-in for the popular SpaceClaim 3D modeling software that allows designers to quickly create new designs and automatically mesh their design iterations for FEA and CFD analysis. The Trelis SpaceClaim add-in includes Trelis Lite™ 15.1, a lite version of csimsoft’s popular Trelis geometry preparation and mesh generation software. Trelis Lite produces high-quality triangle and tetrahedral meshes using MeshGems™ from Distene, the recognized world leader in triangle and tetrahedral meshing technologies. Trelis Lite contains support for assessing mesh quality and establishing boundary conditions, material properties, and other parameters necessary for analysis. The mesh can be exported for analysis in various solver formats. Trelis is based on time-proven technology developed for more than two decades in conjunction with Sandia National Laboratories. Trelis provides users with powerful meshing tools that specifically meet their pre-processing needs through robust geometry preparation and high-quality mesh

Today, the Altair Partner Alliance (APA) announced that CAEfatigue VIBRATION is available to HyperWorks users for download. CAEfatigue VIBRATION is a frequency-based fatigue solver and random response post processor developed by CAEfatigue Limited. "Frequency-based methods for response and fatigue life estimation offer the promise of very efficient, elegant and sophisticated design procedures," said Dr. Neil Bishop, Director at CAEfatigue Limited. "Lightweighting through optimization and resource pooling both become possible. We are extremely happy to be joining the Altair Partner Alliance, and together we will enable this exciting new technology to reach more customers across all territories of the world." CAEfatigue VIBRATION is comprised of essentially two products in one: a powerful random response post processor for the frequency domain and a unique vibration fatigue solver. It works with mixed random and deterministic loading sources, a process not previously available, to provide fatigue life and damage predictions, as well as several forms of response statistics that were not

ÏD Group, the French-based designer and maker of children’s wear, has selected Centric Software to provide its product lifecycle management (PLM) software. ÏD Group will use the Centric 8 PLM solution for retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods companies to enhance visibility and increase efficiency through the product development process, according to Isabelle Anton, head of product development and sourcing at the Okaïdi brand of ÏD Group. “Centric will help us to have simpler and faster access to critical information and enable us to refocus on our true mission.” “We heard great feedback from the market on Centric’s experience, and ability to help us manage our creative processes so that we can work simpler and faster, and collaborate in a timely manner,” says Valérie Capitan, head of product development and sourcing for the Jacadi brand of ÏD Group. “This PLM initiative is critical to achieve our goals. Its scope is wide, encompassing

PTC today announced that it will release its fiscal 2015 first quarter results on Wednesday, January 28th after the stock market closes. Senior management will host a live webcast and conference call to review the results on Thursday, January 29th at 8:30am Eastern Time. The earnings press release and accompanying prepared remarks will be accessible prior to the conference call and webcast on the Investor Relations section of the Company’s web site at PTC - Investor Relations.                                                                          What: PTC Fiscal Q1’15 Conference Call and Webcast                                            When: Thursday, January 29th, 2015 at 8:30am (ET)                                                Dial-in: 1-800-857-5592 or 1-773-799-3757 Call Leader: James Heppelmann Passcode: PTC                                                                                                            Webcast: www.ptc.com/for/investors.htm                                                                 Replay: The audio replay of this event will be archived for public replay until 5:00 pm (CT) on February 9th, 2015. Dial-in: 800-879-7617 Passcode: 4906 To access the replay via webcast, please visit www.ptc.com/for/investors.htm. 

Dassault Systèmes will host a webcast and a conference call on Thursday, February 5, 2015, to discuss its operating performance for the fourth quarter and full year 2014 ended December 31, 2014. The management of Dassault Systèmes will host the webcast at 9:30 AM London Time - 10:30 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/. Please follow the directions on the main page to link to the audio and connect to the website at least fifteen minutes prior to the webcast or conference call to register, download and install any necessary software. The webcast and conference call will be archived for 30 days.

Actify Inc. announced that its fiscal year 2014, which ended on December 31st, was another record breaking year. Following up on last year's record results with another strong performance, with underlying growth of over 16% Actify continues to make progress on the implementation of its business strategy. "We are now in the 4th year of our journey in providing excellent Product Data Intelligence solutions for manufacturers around the globe and I am pleased with our progress," said Chris Jones, Actify CEO and president. "Since we've embarked on our quest to offer exceptional solutions that extend beyond CAD visualization to include all forms of disparate manufacturing data, we have been providing quality solutions that are making a difference to our customers' bottom line, which has resulted in our consistent growth over the past few years," added Jones. "2015 will be an even more exciting year for us. Customers can look forward to the evolution

U.S. CAD is proud to announce that it has earned the “Autodesk Partner of the Quarter” achievement for the Americas for the third quarter of the 2015 Autodesk fiscal year. This designation recognizes U.S. CAD not only for its sales performance and outstanding customer service, but also for the growth of its operations and its investment in the business of selling Autodesk software. In addition to the company’s impressive sales performance, U.S. CAD also had great success in implementing other best practices including significant improvements in the company’s customer satisfaction procedures and feedback results, along with execution of several strategic Autodesk initiatives and the launch of the BIM Workshops user events. “U.S. CAD earned the title of Reseller of the Quarter because of its commitment to customers”, said Bill Griffin, Vice President, Executive Sales at Autodesk. “U.S. CAD demonstrates best practices and great work processes and collaboration with Autodesk as we continue to address

Microsol Resources Corporation is pleased to announce the addition of Keynetix to its growing association of Technology Partners. Keynetix is a UK-based company, expert in geotechnical and geoenvironmental data management. Solutions cover every stage of the geotechnical data journey from planning, through site work and reporting to 3D modeling and BIM. In 2011, the company was awarded Autodesk Worldwide Geotechnical Industry Partner status as recognition of its expertise in this specialty. Innovation and support includes integration with AutoCAD Civil 3D and BIM, helping many clients to achieve significant efficiencies on their projects. The new partnership draws on the distinct strengths of each company: Microsol Resources' ability to provide solutions and consulting for AEC clients with diverse needs, and Keynetix's depth in geotechnical BIM, geotechnical data management, reporting and data interchange. "We are thrilled to be able to partner with Keynetix to provide our infrastructure customers with superb geotechnical and geoenvironmental solutions that work

AVEVA today announced the opening of its new office in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The new office strengthens its presence in the Middle East and further enhances its growing global network. The office will offer sales and support for all of AVEVA’s solutions and services, with particular focus on Owner Operators (OOs) and Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPCs) contractors in the very important oil & gas and power sectors. 'This strategic location in Saudi Arabia positions AVEVA to add even greater value to our growing client base in the Middle East’, said Richard Longdon, CEO, AVEVA Group. ‘The new office is another example of our continued investment to deliver local sales and support where our customers operate. We will be focused on helping our OO and EPC customers improve their businesses through predictable project delivery and reliable operations.’ ‘At AVEVA we recognise how important it is to provide service and support