Position Papers

Delcam CRISPIN has launched the 2015 release of its ShoeMaker Pro CAD software for the design of all types of footwear.  The new version incorporates improvements to the last import wizard, the introduction of style-line templates to speed up the creation of classic shoe designs, more flexibility in the modelling of heels, and the ability to create tuned flattening-parameter files based on existing lasts and production flattenings. For further details on the new release, please go to http://lz.delcam-crispin.com.  ShoeMaker Pro is the only CAD program for the footwear industry that integrates fully 3D designs of lasts, uppers and soles, so allowing the complete CAD model of the shoe to be developed and visualised in a single system.  This integrated approach benefits all footwear designers, but is particularly advantageous for companies making sports shoes and other designs that include complex soles. In ShoeMaker Pro 2015, the last import wizard has been improved to give more

Piaggio Group has adopted Zuken’s E³.series (http://www.zuken.com/en/products/electrical-wire-harness-design/e3-series) to support increasing cabling complexity and volume and to enhance their electrical design efficiency and quality. E³.series is Zuken’s electrical CAD tool for electrical wiring, control systems and fluid engineering design. The Piaggio Group (http://www.piaggiogroup.com/), which owns several prestigious scooter and motorcycle brands including Piaggio, Vespa, Aprilia and Moto Guzzi, faced changing requirements to their electrical design process. Global expansion brought an increase in the number of product specifications for different markets, so they needed to streamline their design processes and reduce their time-to-market to accommodate the increased scale of operations. Luigi Baracchino, Piaggio Electrical Engineering Manager said, “We looked for a tool to give an end-to-end design path from schematic capture to physical design. One of the reasons E³.series stood out is its inbuilt electrical intelligence. This will help us reduce rework and add digital prototyping into our engineering design process to satisfy challenging time-to-market and quality demands. Piaggio

AVEVA today announced that Promer Consultancy and Engineering Company has selected its Integrated Engineering & Design solutions for major engineering projects, with customers including Turkey’s largest oil & gas Owner Operator. In order to meet the requirements for increased project efficiency and higher quality deliverables, Promer will deploy the AVEVA solutions on greenfield energy and mining projects. It will also utilise the out-of-the-box capabilities of AVEVA Everything3D to read LFM Software Limited’s laser scan datasets to reduce rework on brownfield oil & gas revamp projects. ‘AVEVA provides powerful and efficient software that is tried and tested by many big names in our industry,’ said Altug Bayram, Promer. ‘We will achieve greater efficiency and save considerable man-hours using fully integrated engineering and design products. We spend less time on project revisions during and after the design stage, saving considerable man-hours across projects and improving the accuracy of our deliverables. AVEVA’s technology is

OPEN MIND Technologies AG is set to take part in SOLIDWORKS World 2015 in Phoenix, Arizona. OPEN MIND will present the 2014.2 version of its hyperMILL® CAM suite at its own booth and hold a presentation at the event, which runs from 8 to 11 February 2015. It is possible to call the hyperMILL® CAM functions directly from SOLIDWORKS® thanks to a shared database. Due to its outstanding integration, quality and interoperability in relation to its own CAD environment, hyperMILL® has been named a ‘Certified Gold’ product by the Dassault Systèmes SOLIDWORKS Corp. OPEN MIND is taking this opportunity to show the SOLIDWORKS® community the options hyperMILL® has on offer for the transition from construction to manufacturing. 3D shape Z-level finishing When it comes to Z-level finishing, CAD systems usually simply follow the X and Y coordinates. If the bottom surface is curved, the milling result is not optimal and it is necessary

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that Gregory K. Hinckley, President of Mentor Graphics, will present at the 17th Annual Needham Growth Conference. Who:  Gregory K. Hinckley, President of Mentor Graphics When:  Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 2:50 pm Eastern Time Where:  New York Palace Hotel, New York

Bob Chapman, Chairman and CEO of Barry-Wehmiller, is pleased to announce the promotion of William Kuhn to Vice President of Finance. Kuhn, a CPA, brings more than 14 years of experience at Barry-Wehmiller to this role, most recently as Director of Financial Reporting. As VP of Finance, Kuhn will oversee the company’s Finance organization and be part of the Barry-Wehmiller Executive Team, reporting to Chapman. He will have responsibility for the financial management, planning and operations for the global company’s almost $2 billion enterprise. “Bill brings ten-plus years of audit experience and three years in a key role within our Financial team to his new position,” Chapman said. “He’s demonstrated in both those roles his competence and commitment to helping build a strong and vibrant global organization that creates value for all stakeholders.” “I look forward to driving our business forward and supporting our ‘customers’ within and beyond the organization through this incremental

As you crawl out of bed for the first time in 2015, I am sure the first question you are asking yourself is, “why does my head hurt so much?” The second question you might ask yourself is, “what’s in store for PLM in 2015?” There are many exciting technologies that will impact PLM this year. 2015 should be an exciting year for any business that embraces the goals of innovation and efficiency. In this blog post I want to highlight several key technologies that everyone should target in 2015 for a potential place in their business. The Cloud The number of companies that are moving to PLM on the cloud has grown in 2014. There are many options for those that want to try cloud technologies for some part of their business. There are also solid cloud-based PLM solutions for those that are thinking of moving a significant part of their PLM

ZW3D today announced the availability of ZW3D 2015 Beta, delivering new features and numerous enhancements to minimize overheads and maximize productivity in the design and manufacturing process. Empowering More Flexible 3D Modeling with Customer-driven Developments Enhancements of ZW3D 2015 Beta cover every aspect of ZW3D’s CAD functions, such as the newly-developed "Auto File Recovery" to restore unsaved modifications from unexpected crashes, the updated file translator to boost healing on imported models by up to 40%, the new interference checking to empower assembly modeling and many more developed modeling tools to provide a flexible and interactive design environment. These customer-driven optimizations of ZW3D CAD aim to make everyday design tasks easier and help users develop marketable products with a lower budget and shorter lead time. Boosting CNC Machining Speed with User-friendly Advancements As for CAM module, ZW3D 2015 Beta provides new and enhanced tools that can greatly increase product quality and manufacturing consistency with saved

Voxel8 announced pre-order availability of its initial product – the Voxel8 Developer’s Kit – on its website, www.voxel8.co. Voxel8 also announced its partnership with Autodesk to develop a new design tool called Project Wire for creating 3D electronic devices printed on Voxel8’s platform. Together, Voxel8 and Autodesk are enabling designers and engineers to create three-dimensional parts with embedded circuitry for the first time. The Voxel8 Developer’s Kit will include the desktop 3D electronics printer, conductive ink cartridges, PLA filament, modeling software and software support. Voxel8’s desktop 3D electronics printer features dual material capabilities by combining a Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) printhead with a conductive silver ink printhead. A limited release of the Developer’s Kit will be shipped in late 2015. To strengthen this effort, Voxel8 is collaborating with Autodesk on Project Wire, a Spark powered design tool for 3D printed electronics. Project Wire is a new design tool under active development at Autodesk that

Delcam has launched the 2015 release of its DentMILL software for the milling of dental implant restorations with a series of enhancements to save time and reduce the chance of programming errors.   This latest version provides a new mechanism for identifying and creating machining features from imported CAD data, an improved interface for the library manager and the ability to provide 3D previews of imported parts.  It also benefits from the latest enhancements in Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM system on which it is based. DentMILL is an open dental CAM solution, which can mill all types of restoration, including crowns, bridges and implants, from all major dental CAD systems on the market.  It includes advanced strategies to mill restorations in any material from PMMA to titanium both quickly and accurately in clinics, laboratories or milling centres.  The system uses dental imagery and terminology, making it easy for dental technicians to use even