Position Papers

3D Systems announced today that it has been awarded two research contracts worth over $1 million dollars to develop advanced aerospace and defense 3D printing manufacturing capabilities at convincing scale. These contracts are administered by America Makes (the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute) and funded by the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL). Underscoring 3DS’ technological leadership and proven defense and aerospace manufacturing track record, the two contracts leverage 3DS’ proprietary Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) and Direct Metal 3D Printing (DMP) portfolio to meet the most demanding advanced manufacturing road map of the United States Air Force. Together with some of the nation’s leading military suppliers—including Honeywell, Northrop Grumman, and Lockheed Martin—3D Systems will develop a precision closed loop and advanced manufacturing and monitoring platform, designed to deliver the accuracy, functionality and repeatability specifications demanded for flight worthy aerospace parts. “The collaborative and forward looking initiative of America Makes members is driving extraordinary

The final installment in a three-part series that explores the platformization of PLM ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 3 February 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the publication of a new position paper, the final in a series of three that explore the platformization of PLM. “Linking the Physical and Virtual Worlds: PLM Platformization Sustains the ‘Organic’ Enterprise” looks at how platformization impacts the PLM marketplace as end-to-end lifecycle management becomes increasingly about sustaining the extended enterprise. In this paper CIMdata suggests the ultimate goal of platformization as one which makes the infrastructure of product and process innovation completely transparent, thus enabling all forms of product-related innovation as the natural focus of the extended enterprise. Fundamentally, platformization is described as a strategy for business agility, one that more than ever is not optional. According to Peter Bilello, CIMdata’s president, “Traditionally, the primary justification for PLM has been enabling the

 PDF Recap of Position Paper 1 of 3: The combination of scarce resources and globalization are driving an upheaval in innovation and lifecycle management. These changes are coalescing into business strategies that recognize the validity of the Circular Economy and the platformization of PLM. The Iron Triangle of better, faster, and cheaper fixes is being superseded. Skeptics overlook many enterprise-level benefits inherent in end-to-end lifecycle management and overestimate the remaining challenges Recap of Position Paper 2 of 3: The challenges confronting innovation and end-to-end lifecycle management are a matrix and must be addressed that way. Ideation is the fundamental rationale for lifecycle management. Platform support for ideation is the intellectual process of creating new products that are globally competitive and sustaining of the enterprise through end-to-end lifecycle management, including information governance. Platformization is the drawing together of personal productivity tools, lifecycle management at the enterprise level, and cross-functional collaboration. End-to-end lifecycle management

OpenText™ announced the release of Brava!TM Enterprise 7.2* for IBM Content Navigator. The new version includes role-based redaction to offer organizations the ability to assign different views of the same document to users based on their roles.  With role-based redaction, companies can set viewing controls for each member of the team based on their individual needs. The organization creates and implements a simple script that defines the access level for individual roles. The redaction then occurs “on the fly” when a user opens the document, eliminating the need to store multiple versions of documents for the various roles.  “Information is our most important asset in the Digital-First World and protecting personally identifiable information about employees and customers is essential,” said Muhi Majzoub, senior vice president of engineering, OpenText. “Developed specifically for IBM Content Navigator, role-based redaction helps organizations address their concerns about information security and data privacy which have become paramount to

GRAPHISOFT has announced the release of ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2015, the latest release of its entry-level BIM solution. ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition is a full-fledged BIM solution, powered by the technology of ArchiCAD 18 yet tailored to the unique needs of smaller practices, home builders, and building contractors. Available at a very competitive price, ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition offers full BIM capabilities to create any type of Virtual BuildingTM model and architectural documentation (floor plans, sections/elevations, 3D views, details). “ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2015 offers small firms, big software at a low price point,” said Steve Benford, Managing Director, GRAPHISOFT North America. “Smaller firms and users working towards incorporating BIM into their workflow will find in this software, a reinforced function set and an all-round BIM solution.” Serving as a base for the latest ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2015, ArchiCAD 18’s robust, well-tested engine satisfies the needs of a smaller practice. Therefore, ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition has most

Delcam has launched the 2015 version of its OrthoMODEL software for the design of custom orthotic insoles.  The new release includes the ability to design three-quarter-length rigid orthotics and an extended range of corrections for rigid orthotics, plus other enhancements.  For further details, please go to lz.orthotics- cadcam.com OrthoMODEL offers ‘real-time design’ of both accommodative orthotics, ideal for patients with diabetes and for those requiring comfort insoles, and corrective orthotics, to address problems with the patient’s foot orientation and gait cycle. The software has a direct interface to Delcam’s iQube range of scanners, all of which are able to scan the patient’s foot, foam boxes or casts.  As an open system, OrthoMODEL can also import scan data from most other systems as well as create NC code for orthotics generated in other CAD systems. The main addition to the 2015 release is the new option to create three-quarter-length rigid orthotics.  The new style can

Computer Simulation Technology (CST) announces CST EMC STUDIO, a product for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and electromagnetic interference (EMI) analysis, at stand 627 during DesignCon 2015. EMC is an important consideration in product design across a wide range of industries. CST develops electromagnetic simulation solutions that help identify potential compliance issues before the actual prototype is built, and to analyze products that fail compliance testing. Engineers can study effects such as radiated or conducted emissions in consumer electronics devices, or susceptibility to electrostatic discharge, lightning strike and high-intensity radiated fields (HIRF). With CST EMC STUDIO, CST directly addresses the unique requirements of this market. CST EMC STUDIO contains a toolkit of proven solver technology for the study of EMC effects, with general purpose 3D modules for time and frequency domain simulation alongside more specialized solvers. In particular, it includes the 3D transmission line matrix (TLM) method solver, which implements technology that simplifies numerical EMC

NEC Corporation announced the provision of its Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) cloud service, Obbligato for SaaS, to one of Thailand's leading auto part and machine tool manufacturing companies, CLP Engineering Co., Ltd. (CLP Engineering). In recent years, manufacturers in Thailand are accelerating business expansion through the production and sale of in-house manufactured goods, in addition to original equipment manufacturer (OEM) business for international manufacturers. In addition to its auto parts business, CLP Engineering also manufactures and markets products that include agricultural machine tools and small marine engines. However, since the management of information on the company's approximately 1,000 products has conventionally been coordinated by paper, business processes have become complicated and the hours required for management and maintenance have increased. In order to resolve these issues, NEC is introducing information and communications technologies (ICT) that help to optimize, advance and standardize effective business practices. NEC's Obbligato for SaaS standardizes the management of product

Today the Nemetschek Group announced its preliminary financial key figures for the 4th quarter and the 2014 financial year. Record figures for revenue and EBITDA The Nemetschek Group was able to accelerate its profitable growth course in the fourth quarter. Group sales rose considerably in the 2014 fiscal year to EUR 218.5 million, an increase of 17.5% compared to the previous year (previous year: EUR 185.9 million). Revenue is thus higher than the forecast corridor of EUR 211 to 216 million. In addition to a strong organic growth of 10.0%, growth was driven by the acquisition of the companies Bluebeam and DDS. In the traditionally strong fourth quarter, revenue rose by 25.7% to about EUR 65.0 million (previous year: EUR 51.7 million). Organic growth in Q4 amounted to about 12.6%. The increase in the operating result was above-average in relation to revenue. With a plus of 23.5%, EBITDA rose to EUR 57.1 million

Autodesk, Inc. today announced that it will broadcast its fourth quarter fiscal 2015 financial results conference call live via its website Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time. Autodesk will host a live webcast call at www.autodesk.com/investors. An audio replay webcast and podcast will also be available after 5:00 p.m. Pacific Time on our website at www.autodesk.com/investors. For more information, please call Autodesk Investor Relations at 415-507-6705.