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CL3VER releases CL3VER 3.0, the new generation of the platform dedicated to engineers, architects, and other design professionals. 3.0 a much improved version of the CL3VER platform that includes WebGL GPU-based real-time lightmap technology, V-ray material support and a new scene sharing system that will speed up the production workflow for cross platform interactive 3D presentations. WebGL GPU-based Real-Time Lightmaps Complementing a huge jump in rendering speed resulting in the platform supporting much larger scenes, CL3VER 3.0 introduces a new proprietary automatic real-time lightmap rendering solution that drastically reduces the rendering time required by traditional visualization techniques from several hours to just minutes. This GPU-based Real-time rendering technology does not rely on any specific hardware to work. From the most powerful dedicated GPU to a traditional integrated GPU the CL3VER lightmap system is consistent on both Windows and Mac. This disruptive technology provides instant feedback on changes to lights and global illumination lightmaps by

CCE announced that small and medium-sized businesses are successfully leveraging Dropbox and the free CAD viewers on CCE Labs for managing product data and documents in their organizations. At a time when a lot is being written in the press about new cloud solutions for engineering data management, CCE announced that a majority of its SMB industrial customer base is leveraging existing software for product data management. "As part of our engineering design services business, we deal with a lot of SMBs in the Midwest whose size does not justify investing in an expensive PDM solution. However, they have enough product data in their organization to make version control and back-up a nightmare. These customers are leveraging Dropbox and CCE's free CAD viewer software, Express 3D and EnSuite-Lite, to essentially CAD-enable Dropbox and manage product data across the organization; this is a pretty smart move in our opinion," said CCE's Vice

Engineers using the newly released ANSYS® 16.0 in combination with powerful Intel® Xeon® technology can realize a 300 percent decrease in solution time – helping them to innovate and bring new products to market faster. The ANSYS and Intel partnership ensures that simulation engineers performing structural analysis can expect seamless high-performance computing (HPC) operations with multi-core Xeon E5 v3 processors and many-core Xeon Phi™ coprocessors. The result is the ability to run multiple, incredibly large simulations rapidly — which is becoming standard when developing today's innovative products. "ANSYS 16.0 provides the accuracy, efficiency and robustness required for engineers to generate proven designs as quickly as possible," said Wim Slagter, lead product manager for HPC, at ANSYS. "We've worked in tandem with Intel to optimize ANSYS software for the architectural changes in the new processor generation, so customers can leverage HPC technology to incorporate more-complex models, whether using finer meshes or investigating nonlinear behavior." Because simulation times can be reduced with Xeon processors

The biggest construction company in Sweden has started a strategic partnership with BIMobject AB. The partnership will allow Peab to access BIMobject’s innovative technologies. Peab will now be able to create a better information flow within the building process by creating smart objects containing information, for design solutions, to make their BIM process even more efficient. The partnership enables a fixed standard for the information in Peab’s objects that BIMobject develops. It contains the associated data required for the design- and construction process which in turn can be imported into other BIM integrated softwares in a standardised way. For Peab, the standardised object-information will be in one place and Peab can trust that this information is accurate and has the right intelligence. Peab will also use BIMobject’s cloud solutions to create, distribute and maintain objects, data and analytics efficiently; not only for Peab’s building solutions but also for a wider architectural- and

Aras® today announced the Draft and Demos series in Detroit, Michigan. The first event will be March 31 at the Emagine Star Lanes and will feature live demos on CAD Integrations and Elysium’s Multi-CAD Gateway for Aras Innovator. Details and free registration at http://www.aras.com/Drafts-and-Demos At this Drafts & Demos learn how Aras integrates with all MCAD and ECAD systems creating a single environment for all CAD data, improving collaboration across the extended enterprise. Aras Partner Elysium will demonstrate Multi-CAD capabilities enabling concurrent design in multiple CAD systems. Date: Tuesday March 31, 2015 Time: 5:00 – 7:00 PM Location: Emagine Star Lanes in Royal Oak, Michigan Cost: Free to Attend (Registration Required) Details and Registration: http://www.aras.com/Drafts-and-Demos

ZWCAD Design is pleased to announce that it has extended its cooperation with the University of Finance and Management (WSFiZ) in Białystok, Poland by upgrading its ZWCAD+ licenses for free to push the education quality to a higher level. Equipped with the latest technologies in design software, AFM will be more capable of cultivating talents to contribute to the society. WSFiZ is a university that occupies top positions in domestic rankings involving private higher educational establishments. It educates students of finance management who also need to take Construction as one of their courses. A great quantity of postgraduate students are the employees of municipal government departments and government administration. Improving Students Competitiveness with Advanced Design Tool Using the latest CAD software makes it easier for students to take an innovative idea into reality and helps students stay competitive in a global labor market.” Aiming at equipping students with the most advanced skills, ZWCAD Design provide WSFiZ with

Advanced Technology Systems, Inc.(ATS), a certified Stratasys 3D printer and production system reseller for the Upper Midwest, is proud to announce it has earned the highest Stratasys reseller status – Platinum Level Partner. This top ranking position was awarded to a small number of resellers that met or exceeded the highest levels of training and performance requirements set by Stratasys. “ATS is extremely pleased to have been recognized by Stratasys as a Platinum Level Partner for the states of Minnesota, Iowa, Nebraska, western Wisconsin and the Dakotas,” said Matt Havekost, Director of Additive Manufacturing Sales. “Our recent growth is a testament to our great customers who continue to drive new applications for 3D printing in all areas of new product development and manufacturing. Our ATS team, which has grown by more than 50% in the last three years, is focused on leveraging our experience, expertise, and newly added Tech Center to help manufacturers

 PDF Key takeaways: Platformization has been recognized by CIMdata and other leading market analysts as an emerging trend in how data and process management supports business activities To meet their strategic objectives, organizations must be able to support innovation in all business functions and processes, including those associated with PLM Enterprise Innovation Management (EIM) platforms and strategies seek to empower teams and individuals to explore options and to define the optimal set of innovation imperatives to meet those objectives Over the last year CIMdata has published extensively about platformization, and how it relates to PLM. A platform is defined as “a foundation upon which functional capabilities, data, and processes are enabled and executed.” (See the CIMdata Dossier[1] at CIMdata.com on this topic, including a set of hierarchical definitions.) In fact, the theme of this years global CIMdata PLM Market & Industry Forum is “Platforms for Innovation[2].” While this platform definition is not specific to information technology,

MathWorks today introduced Release 2015a (R2015a) with a range of new capabilities in MATLAB and Simulink. With this release, MathWorks introduces an antenna-to-bits wireless design solution. The offering helps wireless and radar system engineers simulate designs that incorporate multiple antennas, smart radio frequency (RF) devices, and advanced receiver algorithms. New software-defined-radio (SDR) hardware support enables over-the-air testing with LTE and other waveforms.  In addition to new releases of MATLAB and Simulink, R2015a includes four new products: Antenna Toolbox for designing, analyzing, and visualizing antenna elements and antenna arrays Robotics System Toolbox for designing and testing algorithms for robotics applications Simulink Test for creating test harnesses, authoring complex test sequences, and managing simulation-based tests Vision HDL Toolbox for designing image processing, video, and computer vision systems for FPGAs and ASICs MATLAB Product Family MATLAB: Integration of documentation for custom toolboxes into the MATLAB Help Browser MATLAB: Scale map reduce algorithms to MATLAB Distributed Computing Server for data-intensive applications MATLAB: Support for Arduino Leonardo and other Arduino boards MATLAB Compiler:

GRAITEC is excited to announce the new version of their complementary productivity tools, GRAITEC Advance PowerPack for Autodesk® Advance Steel 2015.1. The GRAITEC Advance PowerPack is a powerful extension to Autodesk® Advance Steel, created to boost the user's capability, productivity and efficiency whilst introducing a unique set of tools, templates and connections designed to enhance and speed up project delivery. This new version extends the functionality of existing content and introduces industry-dedicated performance tools such as: Glass module: for managing and inserting glass windows and panels Curved element cut: for complex contouring of profiles to curved tubes Platform cover: Instant creation of grating and plate for platform covers GRAITEC's Autodesk® Advance Steel customers have exclusive access to the GRAITEC Advance PowerPack 2015.1 as part of their maintenance contract. The latest version is available to download now from the customer Advantages portal or from the GRAITEC PowerPack website. Carl Spalding, GRAITEC Product Strategy Director comments: "GRAITEC strives to deliver an unrivalled user experience