Position Papers

More than 450 Delcam staff and representatives of the company’s international Sales Partners network packed the Cineworld cinema in Solihull on Monday 9th February to welcome Pete Baxter as Delcam’s new Vice President and to hear about his plans for the future of the company. "I am delighted to be joining Delcam as the company prepares for the next phase of its development,” Mr. Baxter told the audience.  "I know that Delcam offers industry-leading products and services to manufacturing companies around the world, and that the company’s Sales Partners have an unrivalled reputation for the support they offer to our customers.  I look forward to working with Delcam’s staff and reseller channel to accelerate the growth of the business and to deliver an even better manufacturing experience to our customers.” Other speakers during the morning included, Bart Simpson, Senior Commercial Director at Delcam and Autodesk’s Buzz Kross, Senior Vice President, Design, Lifecycle

 PDF Key takeaways: Dassault Systèmes’ continues to evolve and clarify their 3DEXPERIENCE Platform message to the SolidWorks user community Dassault Systèmes’ announced a multi-dimensional solution delivery model for SolidWorks users—one that continues the desktop delivery of design capabilities, one that delivers new capabilities via the 3DEXPERIENCE Platform, and one that is a hybrid model that includes a combination of both An intriguing set of keynotes set the stage for heated discussion and debate about the future of design The 17th annual SolidWorks World conference was held February 8-11, 2015 at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona, USA. A large and enthusiastic crowd of approximately 5,500 SolidWorks users attended the conference. Like past SolidWorks World conference’s, Mr. Bertrand Sicot, former CEO of SolidWorks and now Dassault Systèmes’ Vice President of Sales of Value Solutions, kicked off the event. He welcomed the crowd and the other one thousand attending remotely. He also thanked the 2.8 million SolidWorks

CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Program and PLM Market & Industry Forum to be co-sponsored in Pune by BrainWave Consulting. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 24 February 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM consulting and research firm announces its intention to bring two of its acclaimed PLM education events to Pune, India in April 2015. The events will be co-sponsored by BrainWave Consulting and will be held at the Courtyard by Marriott, Pune City Centre. The first event, a special offering of CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Program, will take place on Sunday, April 12. The program, which is built on CIMdata’s over 30 years of experience guiding industrial companies in successfully defining and implementing best-in-class PLM strategies, is recognized as the PLM industry’s most comprehensive solution-agnostic education and training offering. Upon successful completion of the program, participants receive a CIMdata PLM Certificate and are invited to become a member of CIMdata’s global PLM Leadership community. The class

Tech Soft 3D announces that HOOPS Publish, its native 3D PDF generation toolkit, ensures SOLIDWORKS MBD (Model Based Definition) users can output accurate, rich and secure 3D PDFs. Introduced earlier this week at SOLIDWORKS World 2015, SOLIDWORKS MBD is an integrated, drawing-less manufacturing solution that enables users to define, organize, and publish Product Manufacturing Information (PMI) including 3D model data in support of industry standards such as Military-Standard-31000A, ASME Y14.41, ISO 16792, and DIN ISO 16792. HOOPS Publish empowers SOLIDWORKS MBD users to leverage the full capabilities of 3D PDF, including advanced layout, interactive 3D objects, fully accurate B-Rep data and critical metadata– everything needed to employ a Model Based Enterprise (MBE) strategy for manufacturers. Since HOOPS Publish is integrated directly within SOLIDWORKS MBD, everything – including PMI – can be exported with complete fidelity into 3D PDF. This 3D data can then be shared easily and securely through viewing with the ubiquitous Adobe

The ExOne Company announced that six additional materials are now printable in the company's printing systems: Cobalt-Chrome, IN Alloy 718, Iron-Chrome-Aluminum, 17-4 Stainless Steel, 316 Stainless Steel and Tungsten Carbide. Using ExOne's printing systems - including the M-Flex™ and recently introduced Innovent™ - customers interested in 3D printing materials for their own product development are afforded the opportunity to utilize the wide variety of new materials, each offering unique properties and uses. "ExOne developed the latest printable materials for our binder jetting process as a result of our expanding customer development programs," said Rick Lucas, ExOne's Chief Technology Officer. "Utilization of these materials in ExOne's machines will allow our customers to advance our binder jetting applications with their technologies. The diversity of this group of printable materials demonstrates the breadth of industries that ExOne touches, including the aerospace, automotive, energy, foundry and medical markets - broadening our addressable market." The expansion of

FARO Technologies, Inc. announced that after the market closes on Wednesday, February 25, 2015, it will release its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2014.  In conjunction with FARO's fourth quarter and fiscal year earnings release, you are invited to listen to its conference call that will be broadcast live over the Internet on Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. ET with the Company's President and CEO, Jay Freeland, and CFO, Peter Abram. What: FARO Technologies, Inc.  Fourth Quarter 2014 Earnings Release Conference Call When: Thursday, February 26, 2015 at 8:30 a.m. ET How:  www.faro.com/ccq4-2014 Dial-in Numbers: 877-876-9176 (domestic) or 785-424-1667 (international) Conference ID: FARO Alternatively, one may access the call via FARO's web site www.faro.com, then click "Investor Relations", "Conference Calls", then click the relevant date. If you are unable to participate during the live web cast, the call will be archived on www.faro.com. Conference Call Replay is also available beginning February 26, 2015 through April 26, 2015 by calling 800-723-0479 (domestic) or 402-220-2650

Live machining demonstrations of implant milling and standard dental prosthetics form part of WorkNC Dental V5’s launch at the International Dental Show in Germany. The new release of the dedicated dental CAD/CAM software introduces a full solution for the complete management of the machine tool’s loading and unloading system, plus full automatic preparation of the part to be milled. It also includes the new WorkNC Kernel V23, along with many new functions and enhancements.  Five different types of 5-axis machine tools from WorkNC Dental’s partners, will be machining real customer parts, at the exhibition at Cologne in Germany, from March 10 – 14. Demonstrations, which will be held on the WorkNC booth, H 051, Hall 3.1, include:  Implant bars and bridges, and custom abutments, on Willemin Macodel 308 B and Datron D5 machine tools. WorkNC Dental CAM and automation software will automatically manage the complete production workflow, from toolpath creation to managing loading and

Stratasys, Ltd. announced it has combined Solid Concepts, Harvest Technologies and RedEye to form Stratasys Direct Manufacturing. Stratasys believes this move better positions the company to meet growing customer needs for additive manufacturing (or 3D printing) services as a production method. Now one of the largest advanced manufacturing service organizations, Stratasys Direct Manufacturing creates custom solutions from a comprehensive portfolio of technologies and materials to produce parts for applications ranging from models and prototypes to end-use components and assemblies. "Organizations need partners who can keep up with the rapidly changing manufacturing landscape and provide not only a range of services, but expertise and innovation to stay ahead of the competition," said Joe Allison, CEO of Stratasys Direct Manufacturing. "Our company brings together the latest technologies and materials, years of experience and the highest quality standards to meet the part production needs of customers across industries from aerospace and medical to consumer products and entertainment." With eight advanced manufacturing

MSC Software Corporation announced a new authorized reseller partnership with ELinter AG. ELinter AG has significant expertise in engineering simulation software development and solutions. The new partnership will satisfy the increased demand for structural and numerical acoustic simulations in the region. Companies will also benefit from the integration of ELinter's Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) solution "FloEFD" with MSC Nastran. ELinter AG is based in Cham, near Zurich in Switzerland. The company is one of the top providers of thermal and fluid simulation services, software solutions, consulting, and the development of customized cooling and heating solutions. One critical focus of the ELinter AG team is partnering with companies in the development of electronics in Switzerland. The increasing demand for structural and acoustic simulation by engineers in the industry can now be achieved through the distribution and support of FEA solutions from MSC Software. ELinter AG, in cooperation with MSC Software, will offer and support the

Based in Atlanta GA, USA, Global Product Data (GPD) operates one of the largest Building Information Modeling focused manufacturer directories in the USA, called THESource. The founders of GPD and BIMobject Inc. have extensive experience in working with building product manufacturers in BIM, Building Information Modeling. ”After working on the Autodesk Seek platform, we believe the opportunity to bring the next generation of the BIMobject® web services to the US market now provides manufacturers a complete multi format BIM content and analytics solution alternative”, says Mike Collins, CEO/President of GPD. ”We have big expectations from this partnership with GPD. We are now ready to introduce our advanced BIM technology platform and services to North American market place. Manufacturers are eager to extend their reach and presence globally with their products. With our partnership with GPD, our products will allow manufacturers to achieve this and increase their ROI” says Alan Akman, President of BIMobject Inc., a