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Gibbs and Associates today announced that it will participate at the SolidWorks® World 2015 Conference with a presentation and booth demonstrations of GibbsCAM software’s optimization for machining parts designed in SolidWorks. GibbsCAM is a SolidWorks Certified CAM Product that provides seamless integration with SolidWorks. Gibbs was selected to give a presentation called “Manufacturing Complex Solid Models with GibbsCAM,” to be delivered by Steve Aughinbaugh, a GibbsCAM applications engineer, on Monday, February 9, 2015 from 6:45pm-7:00pm. The presentation will highlight GibbsCAM’s integration with SolidWorks, and demonstrate the use of automation features of both products to read a complex part from SolidWorks and program it for machining with GibbsCAM. Mr. Aughinbaugh will demonstrate the ease of programming turning, milling, millturning and drilling operations on a multi-task machine, and finish with full simulation of the machining process. In addition to the presentation, GibbsCAM demonstrations will be available in Booth 525 of the Partner Pavilion. The

Continuing with its mission to provide every day opportunities for students to develop real-world engineering skills, and to build on the importance of designing smart, connected products to take advantage of the Internet of Things, PTC, today announced it will be donating PTC Thingworx® software to all FIRST teams in addition to PTC Creo®, PTC Mathcad® and PTC Windchill® software. PTC ThingWorx can be used to create an application which displays data collected by sensors on the robot in order to tell teams how it is performing, and what type of adjustments may be needed. The number of things connected to the Internet now exceeds the total number of humans on the planet, and this is accelerating to as many as 50 billion connected devices by the end of the decade. The implications of this emerging Internet of Things (IoT) are huge, including how smart, connected products are designed, built and serviced. “Manufacturers are addressing the

Missler Software and CIM Co. have joined forces to promote TopSolid on the Mexican market, as well as in Central America and the Caribbean. CIM Co. has acquired a strong expertise in the CAD/CAM sector and mainly operates in the following industries: automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, tooling, mold and die. To date, CIM Co. has equipped over 900 customers including renowned manufacturers such as: Volkswagen, Chrysler, Honda, Nemak, Benteler, Bosch, TRW, Schuler, General Electric, Bocar, Gestamp, Hella, Gillete, Vitro Group, Panasonic, Continental, Sanyo and Takata. It also relies on a strong partnership development strategy with CNC machine manufacturers such as Haas, DMG Mori Seiki, Haas and Mazak. Thanks to a dedicated team of 32 employees, 7 sales engineers and 7 CAD/CAM application engineers, CIM Co. is also deeply established in the education market in Mexico with more than 100 universities and technical schools equipped with CAD/CAM software solutions.  With over 24 years

A company developing new spinal instruments to reduce the risks of scoliotic surgery and a university's examination of how a leatherback turtle would weather climate change were among the five winning entries in the annual ANSYS Hall of Fame image competition. The contest, which highlights some of the most complex engineering challenges, gives ANSYS users the opportunity to showcase their simulation work by producing eye-grabbing images and animation. For the second year in a row, 2014 submissions were divided into two categories – corporate and academic – and allowed ANSYS to select multiple "best-in-class" winners from each category. The corporate winners are: Andritz Hydro, a global supplier of electro-mechanical systems and services for hydropower plants. Andritz used ANSYS solutions to develop a lighter-weight valve that replaces welds with bolts with controlled tightening, reducing design time and production costs – while increasing valve sales. BRP, a world leader in the design, manufacturing, distribution and marketing

3D Systems announced that it acquired U.K. based 3D printer maker botObjects and plans to launch the CubePro® C, a new desktop full-color 3D printer powered by botObjects’ technology. The company did not disclose the terms of the transaction, but expects it to be accretive to its 2015 results. The company invites International CES 2015 attendees to experience its revolutionary CubePro C for the first time this week at the 3DS booth, located at the Sands Expo, booth 72225. botObjects pioneered the first 3D desktop printer using PlasticJet Printing (PJP) that offers true full-color 3D printing, significantly expanding the palette of possibilities for what designers, artists and engineers create, from prototypes to products. botObjects also invented a proprietary 5-color CMYKW cartridge system, capable of mixing primary printing colors on the fly to generate vibrant color combinations and gradient transitions. The botObjects ProDesk3D will immediately be folded into 3DS’s new CubePro C printer family and deliver a

 PDF Key takeaways: In the automotive industry, PLM is a critical, extended-enterprise business solution Siemens PLM Software has extensive automotive domain expertise and embeds much of that within their solutions tailored for both OEMs and suppliers Siemens PLM Software is the enterprise PLM backbone for many major OEMs, providing comprehensive, scalable, and mission-critical solutions that help automotive manufacturers realize innovation PLM in the Automotive Industry The effective use of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has become a key success factor for manufacturers in all industries. CIMdata defines PLM as a strategic business strategy enabled by information technology. It spans activities from product ideation, requirements definition, conceptual and detailed design, manufacturing process planning, quality and compliance, to in-service operations and maintenance, through end-of-life recycling, reuse and re-manufacturing. PLM supports collaboration across the extended enterprise. As an early adopter of PLM concepts and technologies, the automotive industry has helped shape the commercially available technologies and solutions that have evolved over

Recently, Joe Cocker passed away. If you don’t know, he was an iconic front-man for several rock groups in the 70's, and he sang with a unique style. He was best known for singing many covers of other people’s songs including the Beatles. Probably one of his best known covers was of the Beatle's song "With a Little Help from My Friends". I am thinking about PLM and ERP today, and wondering why they can't be better friends. PLM and ERP are both part of most major manufacturing companies. But, their relationship can often be rocky. Both are needed to create innovative, high quality products that delight customers. But, how they are deployed across the company is often a hotly contested topic. I wrote a blog in 2013 titled: PLM and ERP: Can't We All Just Get Along? In this blog I talked about the often rancorous relationship that PLM and ERP

Innovyze announced it has retired its InfoWorks SD software, which is being succeeded by the more powerful, next-generation InfoWorks ICM. Current users may continue to use and receive support for InfoWorks SD until December 30, 2015. Since its initial release in 2010 (three years after the introduction of InfoWorks SD), InfoWorks ICM has rapidly become the solution of choice for collection systems modeling by utilities, municipalities, local authorities cities, stormwater agencies, and their engineering consultants around the world. A fully-dynamic collection system modeling solution, InfoWorks ICM uses a fast, accurate and unconditionally stable implicit numerical solution scheme — delivering a high degree of confidence in simulation results. It can be effectively used to model any complex sanitary, storm and combined sewer system, offering complete hydrology, hydraulic and water quality simulation and sophisticated real-time control (RTC) modeling capabilities. A significantly more powerful version of InfoWorks SD, InfoWorks ICM automates many user-intensive operations, helping engineers minimize time spent creating, calibrating and simulating reliable storm sewer models

BETA CAE System S.A. announces the release of v15.2.1 of ANSA / μETA pre- and post- processing suite. This maintenance release focuses on the correction of identified issues but important enhancements were also incorporated into it. Understanding the Software Release Schedule The plan BETA CAE Systems is committed in delivering improved and enhanced software releases, the soonest possible, in order to meet the requirement of their customers for the continuous improvement of their experience and work. Therefore, they are working in releasing new software versions with code corrections, new software features and enhancements, in regular, frequent intervals. A major software version is released every year. First point releases, such as v15.1.0, v15.2.0 and so on, with code corrections but also with additional software features and enhancements are released every three months. Second point releases, such as v15.2.1, v15.2.2, v15.2.3 mainly with code corrections only upon their parent first point release, are scheduled on a monthly basis. Each

3D Systems announced today the immediate availability of its TouchTM haptic 3D stylus along with an OpenHaptics Software Developer Kit (SDK) for digital design and virtual gaming. Priced at $599, Touch comes with Cubify® Sculpt™, a powerful virtual sculpting software tool that transforms 3D modeling from a complex, skills-centric design experience to a simple, experiential sculpting delight for artists, students, designers and hobbyists. Developers can register to use the Touch SDK on 3DS’ new Developer’s Portal. “We are absolutely thrilled to introduce our new TouchTM haptic 3D stylus, a powerful and affordable perceptual tool for the benefit of all gamers, artist and designers,” said Peter Theran, Vice President Global Consumer Products, 3DS. The Touch will be showcased at International CES 2015 with a virtual reality demo game called HapStackTM. Developed by the Art School of Glasgow, Digital Design Studio, using the OpenHaptics Software Development Kit (SDK), HapStack uses both the Oculus Rift VR headset and the Touch haptic stylus to send