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Altair today announced a new release of VisSim, its innovative visual language for mathematical modeling, simulation, and model-based embedded system development that is used by scientists and engineers around the world. VisSim 9.0 increases engineering productivity and expands its support of the Texas Instruments (TI) C2000 product family. Speed improvements have been made to large plots and overall simulation, as well as to large diagrams with many conditional subsystems. Multi-scaled plots, polar plots, and a block and diagram finder have been added. New embedded features include an Execution Ordering block, a CRC16 block, and TI MotorWare InstaSPIN FAST and SpinTAC blocks for programming sensorless field-oriented control (FOC) motors. "Throughout my career I have depended on one particular tool, VisSim, to provide the tools necessary to realistically simulate dynamic systems," said Mike Borrello, Principal Controls Engineer at Philips Healthcare. "As a beta user from the beginning, I can say that VisSim 9.0 is

3D Systems today announced that Chicago-based mechanical component supplier Bi-Link Corporation uses 3D-printed injection mold tooling to drive powerful design cycle innovation and slash part development costs. Using several ProJet® 3500 HDMax printers, Bi-Link provides its customers with 3D print injection mold tooling and real-time production-grade test parts in mere hours—all at a fraction of the cost of traditional tooling. Watch this video to see the 3D print injection mold tooling process and applications. Bi-Link collaborates with engineering teams all over the world to solve complex design challenges from beginning to end. By incorporating the ProJet 3500 HDMax into their workflow, they’ve become exceedingly nimble so they can support rapid design iteration, create production test parts in as little as a day, diagnose problems in manufacturability, and even provide short-run manufacturing for their clients. This gives Bi-Link incredible business agility and a true advantage over prior processes.   "3D printed molds have allowed us to greatly enhance our

ESI Group announces the release of ESI's Composites Simulation Solution 2015. The new solution will be presented at JEC Europe, the world's largest composites conference and trade show, which takes place in Paris, France from March 10 to 12, 2015. Amongst the many software solutions available on the market, ESI's Composites Simulation Solution 2015 is the only Finite Element (FE) simulation solution allowing for the virtual simulation of the complete composites manufacturing chain, starting with simple composite plies and concluding with the final product. The solution represents a key asset for all manufacturers using composite materials, whether in the automotive, aerospace or energy sectors. ESI's Composites Simulation Solution 2015 empowers industrial clients to deliver on quality and to deadlines, while controlling their costs. Jean-Luc Macret, Senior Manager, Research and Technology Projects at Airbus, comments: "Definitely, simulation is the capability we need to reduce our global costs. [.] But for reducing the industrial costs, we also need to

Aras® today announced that registration is open for ACE 2015, the company’s annual global conference.  ACE 2015 will be held April 21 – 23 in the Detroit Marriot at the Renaissance Center in Michigan.  Details, agenda and free registration at http://www.aras.com/ACE2015 ACE 2015 brings together business and technology professionals from around the world to discuss, benchmark and collaborate on PLM strategy and best practices for addressing the growing complexity in global product development, systems engineering, manufacturing, quality and the supply chain. With its community-based format, ACE offers an open learning environment for everyone from companies expanding Aras to businesses that are just starting a PLM initiative or replacing a legacy PLM or PDM system. Sessions are designed to encourage peer-to-peer interaction and networking so you can find out how others are approaching complex PLM challenges, get ideas and learn. You’ll hear firsthand how global leaders have transformed their business and talk with

M.S. Ramaiah University of Applied Sciences (MSRUAS) has associated with the prestigious PACE Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education by launching the new 'PACE Design Studio' in its campus. MSRUAS is the fourth institution in India to participate in the PACE Program and this association will benefit over 3,200 students. PACE Partners for the Advancement of Collaborative Engineering Education is a collaborative corporate effort of GM, Auto Desk, Hewlett-Packard, Oracle and Siemens PLM Software. Founded in 1999, PACE supports 65 leading academic institutions in 12 countries through the in-kind contribution of computer-based engineering tools. PACE provides Computer Aided Design (CAD), Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) and Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) related software and hardware to renowned institutions worldwide. Owing to its long standing association, effective placement programs and ever growing collaboration between the University and GM Design Studio located in India, MSRUAS was invited to join the PACE Program. "We are honored to welcome the renowned M

GoEngineer, a reseller of SOLIDWORKS 3D CAD software, Stratasys 3D printers, Altium EDA, CAMWorks, and Agile PLM, today announced its continued success in helping its customers leverage 3D data across the entire enterprise. "The recognition we have received validates that we are delivering a strong return on investment to our customers," says Ken Coburn, GoEngineer president and founder. "Achieving worldwide-leader status from these market-leading vendors is a very significant and exciting achievement for our team." GoEngineer earned 38 awards at SOLIDWORKS World 2015, nearly double the number of awards it received the previous year. The company earned the number-one spot for total multi-product bookings worldwide. GoEngineer was also named top value-added reseller in several North American categories, including education, SOLIDWORKS Electrical and Composer, EPDM, multi-year subscriptions, and overall performance. Along with its multi-category success, GoEngineer continued to build on its Simulation expertise. "Part of enabling a great customer experience is providing the right tools to leverage existing

Delcam has joined with a group of the leading research centres across Europe in a new European Commission CSA (Coordination and Support Action) project that will have a "direct impact on the future of research in Europe.” The Kick-Off Meeting for representatives from all the consortium partners in the FOCUS project took place in Brussels at the end of February. Odd Myklebust from Project Coordinator, NTNU (Norwegian University of Science and Technology), opened the meeting. He explained that "the FOCUS project will be giving recommendations and guidance on the organisation of projects under the EC Factories of the Future programme (FoF). It will have a direct impact on the future of research in Europe.” The FOCUS project aims to support improved exploitation of FoF project results from each of its five participating clusters – Zero Defect Manufacturing, Clean Factory, Robotics, High Precision Manufacturing and Maintenance & Support. The project will review the current

Trimble launched Tekla® Structural Designer, the latest addition to its portfolio of model-based solutions for the architectural, engineering and construction markets. Tekla Structural Designer provides an innovative approach to modeling by combining analysis and design into a single, seamless process. With sophisticated loading and analysis functionality, fully automated design, high-quality documentation and seamless Building Information Modeling (BIM) collaboration, Tekla Structural Designer allows engineers to more efficiently and cost effectively analyze and design multi-material buildings. Typically, engineers create multiple models for various aspects of a project, such as steel frame and concrete slab design, in separate tools, and then combine those by recreating a new building information model from scratch, wasting time and increasing the potential for errors during the construction process. Tekla Structural Designer eliminates the need to recreate a combined model by allowing engineers to work from the same analysis and design model throughout the entire process. Through powerful integration with

Lectra is pleased to present Lectra Fashion PLM V4. The growing complexity of the fashion industry is forcing companies to transform from traditional to newer, more modern business models. “Fashion companies need to adapt their ways of working to be agile enough to offer compelling products to please consumers and reach the market quickly. After more than 40 years’ experience in the fashion and apparel industry, Lectra provides companies with business expertise, technologies and change methods to meet the challenges of today’s modern fashion market and to remain competitive. Lectra Fashion PLM is the embodiment of these pillars,” explains Daniel Harari, Lectra CEO. “Lectra Fashion PLM was developed to improve teamwork from design to production and to help fashion companies build better products faster while boosting overall business performance,” adds Anastasia Charbin, Fashion and Apparel Marketing Director, Lectra. To build this new Lectra Fashion PLM release, which focuses heavily on collection planning and

aPriori today announced the latest release of its platform. aPriori 2015 R1 is designed to meet manufacturers’ growing cost management needs from product design and engineering, through strategic sourcing, manufacturing and assembly. The latest release provides more detailed cost estimates and flexible user controls to support sourcing activities and collaboration with suppliers.  It also incorporates new capabilities for costing the increasing number of electrical components found in products across every industry today.   The release is generally available immediately. “In aPriori 2015 R1, we continue to evolve our platform to help manufacturers realize greater cost efficiencies and profits across a larger set of their products,” said Julie Driscoll, aPriori’s vice president of strategic marketing and product management.  “In addition to enabling more employees to manage cost, we’re also providing manufacturers with the ability to cost more types of components. The new release also gives users more control to fine tune cost estimates