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3D Systems announced the immediate availability of its all-in-one medical 3D printer, the ProJet 3510 DPPro, which the company plans to debut at LMT LAB DAY Chicago 2015. The ProJet 3510 DPPro, the latest in 3DS’ stellar MultiJet (MJP) line, gives medical and dental labs the power to print precision dental wax-ups; durable implant drill guides; temperature-resistant, thermo-formable orthodontic patterns; and crown and bridge molds interchangeably, at up to twice the throughput of today’s printers. Armed with the ProJet 3510 DPPro’s game-changing speed, throughput and versatility, dental and medical labs can print precision, personalized medical tools and devices created directly from patients’ data, in a matter of hours—all in a smaller footprint than existing medical printers. “Our primary purpose is to democratize access to more affordable and powerful tools for the benefit of our customers. With its high resolution, high capacity and expanded material compatibility, the DPPro can support the widest range of medical applications, at

 PDF Key takeaways: Oracle’s Value Chain Summit offers an appropriate, right-sized venue for learning more about enterprise value chain systems Oracle is committed to enabling parallel capabilities for Oracle Agile PLM (for on premise and cloud use) and Oracle Product Value Chain Cloud, which is a new, PLM offering in the Oracle Cloud The presentations and CIMdata’s interviews with leading customers suggest that Oracle is delivering to customer expectations CIMdata attended the Oracle Value Chain Summit 2015 in San Jose, California on January 26-28, 2015. Oracle is one of the PLM market leaders tracked by CIMdata in our annual PLM Market Analysis Report series. The Oracle Value Chain Summit (OVCS) is a business conference focused on influencers and decision makers, with presentations by Oracle, customers, and selected partners. Over 2,500 value chain experts representing more than 425 companies from 31 countries attended this year's OVCS. This event is in its third year, having spun out

The Internet has transformed commerce, and enhanced human interaction, and CIMdata believes that the Internet of Things (IoT) will do it again. Amazon, Orbitz, and Über are three examples of companies that leveraged the Internet to permanently change the competitive landscape in a range of industries—great examples of the “creative destruction” economist Joseph A. Schumpeter noted in his 1942 book Capitalism, Socialism and Democracy. Electronic Timeline Over the last decade several IT trends have emerged that are transforming business and society. Social platforms connect far-flung people with like interests, generating large volumes of data that businesses want to leverage to develop new, innovative products and to better engage with their customers and prospects. Mobile devices bring computing to the masses, and offer a platform for social and new forms of commerce. Compiling and using this data, most of which is unstructured, demands new storage and analytics solutions. The cloud provides the communication

Sigmetrix announced today the availability of its CETOL 6 Sigma v8.4 software for PTC Creo®, Creo Elements/Pro®, CATIA® V5, and SOLIDWORKS® CAD systems. CETOL 6 Sigma v8.4 includes all of the powerful, robust features of the CETOL 6σ architecture, enhanced with functionality that makes it easier than ever to use.  Cutting-edge technology enables product development teams to be able to reduce time to market and maximize profitability. CETOL 6σ is unique from other solutions on the market. It is the only 3D tolerance analysis solution tightly integrated with all three CAD systems supported. Engineers don’t have to redo previous analyses from scratch when updating their design, and changes made to tolerances within CETOL are automatically updated in the CAD models and drawings. CETOL also uses a direct mathematical method that enables users to see the results of their tolerance changes immediately rather than having to rerun simulations each time. Sigmetrix customers apply these robust set of modeling, analysis, and visualization technologies to

Luxion is pleased to release KeyShot 5.2, with support for SolidWorks 2015 and additional performance and stability improvements. In preparation of the next major release of KeyShot, Luxion continues to make improvements focused on the speed of creating product visuals, increasing performance and ensuring support for widest array of 3D file formats. KeyShot 5.2 addresses key performance improvements in the new features released with KeyShot 5 along with other updates to increase stability. Among the most important updates is new support for SolidWorks 2015 file format on both Mac and PC. This allows SolidWorks users to import SolidWorks 2015 files directly from the KeyShot interface. The updated KeyShot plugin for SolidWorks also supports import of SolidWorks 2015 files with LiveLinking to send geometry updates over to KeyShot. The plugin is available free of charge and can be downloaded from the KeyShot website here. Additional updates include optimizations to motion blur, color accuracy, focused caustics and

Granta Design announced the release of GRANTA MI:Additive Manufacturing™, a new software solution to overcome the substantial data challenges of developing additively-manufactured parts. Applying experience from Granta’s involvement in a number of leading Additive Manufacturing projects, MI:Additive Manufacturing incorporates  industry best practices in managing vital material and process information in this area. It helps engineering enterprises: protect their investment and intellectual property in Additive Manufacturing research; build an in-depth knowledge-base that is a prerequisite for better understanding Additive Manufacturing processes; significantly reduce time-to-market by avoiding wasted effort and gaining valuable insights; and support the qualification and certification of additively-manufactured parts. Additive Manufacturing (‘3D Printing’) has huge promise as a technique to make geometrically-complex parts with optimal cost and performance in industries including aerospace, automotive, and medical. Significant investment is being made in research and development programs to realise this potential. But this work generates huge amounts of data about the structure, properties,

Granta Design announced the release of CES EduPack 2015, the latest version of the materials education resource, used at over a thousand universities and colleges worldwide. The 2015 release focuses on enhancements that engage engineering, science, and design students by placing their learning about materials and processes in a real-world context. An updated lifecycle analysis tool enables students to consider both cost and environmental trade-offs in design. New additive manufacturing resources provide insight into this much talked-about area of manufacture. More in-depth materials data supports advanced projects. And updates to the Sustainable Development Edition help students to explore the full range of issues surrounding sustainability in design and engineering. These features build on CES EduPack’s existing comprehensive database of materials and process information, powerful materials property plotting tools, and range of supporting lectures, projects, videos, and exercises. These resources were developed by Professor Mike Ashby of Cambridge University, the team at Granta

CENIT’s new FASTSUITE Edition 2 software platform combines machine based simulation, offline programming for robotics, virtual work cell layout, and component handling in one platform. In doing so, the software consultant specialist provides a powerful alternative to existing software solutions for the Digital Factory. FASTSUITE Edition 2 is designed to fill a market gap that exists between large PLM-based software providers and smaller proprietary simulation systems offered by robot manufacturers. CENIT has designed a stand-alone simulation platform focused on combining manufacturing concept validation, offline programming, and the virtual commissioning of production systems. FASTSUITE Edition 2 is based on the concept of being non-proprietary with regards to vendor, process and technology: thus, it allows for the integration and use of any robotic, machine, human or logistics component in a single simulation environment. Strong points of the software are: ease-of-use, efficient programming functions for any robotic application, as well as versatility and openness. Using standards

Infor today announced that it will host an investor conference call to discuss Q3 fiscal year 2015 results for current holders of Infor securities and other interested parties on Friday, February 27, at 11 a.m. Eastern time. Materials and dial-in details will be available at www.infor.com/company/investor-information/ after 9 a.m. Eastern time Friday, February 27. 

Each year, CGTech hosts many VERICUT Users' Exchange (VUE) events for its customers. In 2014, over 1,300 VERICUT users attended more than 40 VUE events in 15 countries. CGTech has announced 23 North American VUE locations scheduled in 2015 and the first will be held on Tuesday, March 10th in Irvine near the company headquarters. Attendees will learn about new software features, tips and tricks for improving manufacturing efficiency, and will have the opportunity to express ideas about the future direction of the software. There is no charge to attend. VERICUT Users’ Exchange Tuesday, March 10, 2015 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. Courtyard Marriott Irvine Spectrum Irvine, CA The agenda is customer-driven following a survey that was distributed at the end of 2014. In addition to tips & tricks, the agenda includes a review of recently implemented and planned enhancements. CGTech will also briefly discuss advancements in VERICUT Composite Applications, simulating 6-axis robotics, and programming and simulating