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Dassault Systèmes today announced that its 3DEXPERIENCE platform for Academia is available on the cloud.  The academic field now has simplified and secured access to Dassault Systèmes’ product design, digital manufacturing, realistic simulation and collaborative innovation applications on the cloud that have transformed industrial processes worldwide. For several years, Dassault Systèmes has collaborated with educators and students across various institutions and disciplines in order to create a flexible, tailored set of solutions that would place easy and natural collaboration between teachers, researchers, students and industry mentors at the center of social innovation.  The 3DEXPERIENCE platform for Academia on the cloud helps teachers and students save time and ease workloads and project execution through innovative teaching and learning practices, all while delivering the technical benefits of the cloud—easy deployment and maintenance, and secured data access anytime, anywhere on a student’s or an institution’s own devices that eliminates the need for complex IT infrastructure. The disciplinary

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., has announced new functionalities for its Vectorworks 2015 line of design software including the BIM Collaboration Format (BCF) Importer and the Simplified Geometry Model View Definition (MVD). These two features are part of Service Pack 3, which also includes other improvements. BCF Importer The new BCF Importer allows users to read BCF files from collaborators to view project model issues directly within the context of the Vectorworks model. Now users can review and resolve issues that may require changes to the architectural model without having to switch between Vectorworks and another application. Simplified Geometry MVD The Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) schema is evolving to accommodate many different user configurations and levels of detail. To meet the expanding needs of users, Vectorworks software now offers an additional IFC export option for defining the model view. The Simplified Geometry MVD allows Vectorworks users to export IFC files optimized for other software programs that can only import a

AVEVA announced that TOTAL E&P NORGE AS (TOTAL) has chosen AVEVA Activity Visualisation Platform™ (AVEVA AVP™) to support training activities on its Martin Linge topside platform in the North Sea. Seeking an immersive training environment to facilitate advanced training for their HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) and other scenarios, TOTAL chose AVEVA after a competitive selection process. ’TOTAL  required a captivating advanced training solution to provide an accurate and realistic environment to familiarise staff early, thoroughly and safely prior to deployment on-site in the North Sea’, said Derek Middlemas, COO and Head of Enterprise Solutions, AVEVA. ‘While the facility is still under construction, the ability to perform realistic training scenarios in a virtual environment is important for initial safety familiarisation activities. Later, such training methods provide a risk free environment to practice more complicated and hazardous training scenarios throughout the life of the platform. AVEVA AVP, part of AVEVA’s advanced Immersive Training

Straumann will leverage Dassault Systèmes to digitize their manufacturing operations management processes. This conversion can increase efficiency while improving operational agility. Straumann faced increasing challenges surrounding logistics flow, archiving and the need for increased compliance and efficiency. The company will implement a DELMIA Apriso Paperless Manufacturing solution to address these challenges, with a goal of improving operational flexibility and responsiveness. The adoption of paperless manufacturing processes – including electronic Device History Records (eDHR) – can shorten lead times, ease access to relevant batch data and reduce replenishment cycles while maintaining regulatory compliance. Andrew Lowe, Straumann’s plant manager in Villeret, Switzerland commented, "Dassault Systèmes shares our passion for quality, innovation and operational excellence. As a Life Sciences manufacturer, achieving a paperless workflow is an important capability to provide the necessary functionality, flexibility and quality assurance for our global medical device batch manufacturing processes." To view the original press release, please click here.

Dassault Systèmes today announced that El Corte Inglés, a leader in large department stores, has selected its “My Collection for Fashion” industry solution experience to accelerate time-to-market of its private-label fashion collections. Powered by the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, this adoption allows El Corte Inglés to transform its business processes with robust, global collaboration capabilities and more effectively meet consumer demand. As one of the largest department store groups in the world, El Corte Inglés needed to implement industry-specific best practices that would standardize product development and sourcing processes across all of its private-label brands. The “My Collection for Fashion” industry solution experience provides El Corte Inglés with a single and unified digital environment that connects internal and external stakeholders, integrates their supply chain, and improves visibility, flexibility and decision support for multiple and diverse product categories. With “My Collection for Fashion,” El Corte Inglés accelerates time-to-market of its products and mitigates the risk

PartXplore, the powerful, fully featured, high speed CAD file viewer and analyser from Vero Software will have its European launch at Industrie 2015. Previously known as WorkXplore 3D, the product has been renamed PartXplore, and can now be accessed through the wider Vero product portfolio. The latest release of software will be on display to visitors at booth Y87 in Hall 6 at the Eurexpo Lyon Exhibition Centre from April 7th – 10th. PartXplore 2015 contains many innovative features usually found in high-end CAD systems which enable to the user to perform part diagnostics, create assembly instructions and prepare the production of 3D models. Technical Manager Philippe Deletang says the 2015 release of software focusses on new functions and improvements, providing solutions for mobile devices, realistic animations, and processing large files. “Thanks to the new Xplore Mobile application, geometric items – models 3D models, and ancillary data such as annotations, measurements and

The application of simulation-driven design and optimization to vehicles on land, under the seas, in the air and orbiting the earth will provide the major focal point for keynote speakers at the 2015 Americas Altair Technology Conference (ATC) in Dearborn, Mich., May 5-7. The conference is the premier annual gathering of engineering professionals and thought leaders in the areas of product design, advanced manufacturing, applied physics, and high-performance computing. Hundreds of researchers and engineers from across North America, as well as presenters and attendees from Mexico and Brazil, will participate in three days of presentations and workshops at the Ford Motor Company Conference and Event Center. On Tuesday, May 5, attendees will have the opportunity to participate in a full day of workshops on such topics as powertrain, lightweight design, vehicle dynamics, automotive safety, additive manufacturing, multiphysics, noise/vibration/harshness (NVH), system-level design and simulation of electromagnetic systems. Highlights of the conference on

PTC today announced that Robert Schechter has assumed the role of chairman of the company’s Board of Directors. Schechter, a PTC director since 2009, is former CEO of NMS Communications Corporation, a provider of hardware and software solutions for the communications industry. He has considerable experience in the technology industry, currently serving on the boards of Tremor Video Inc. and EXA Corporation and previously serving on the boards of Unica Corporation and Soapstone Networks. Schechter succeeds Donald Grierson, who will continue to serve on PTC’s board.  “Bob brings a valuable combination of business strategy, technology and financial acumen to PTC’s board,” said Jim Heppelmann, PTC’s president and CEO. “We look forward to benefiting from Bob’s tremendous board experience and business insight as we focus on profitable growth and delivering shareholder value.” Prior to NMS Communications, Schechter held positions of chief financial officer and senior vice president at Lotus Development Corporation and was responsible

Open Design Alliance (ODA) announced support for the Android 5 mobile operating system in the latest release of Teigha, the ODA’s software development platform for engineering applications. Built against the latest Android NDK 10, the new release is designed for ODA members developing Android applications on Teigha, a cross platform solution. Android NDK, a companion tool to Android SDK, allows developers to build the performance-critical portions of an application in native code. “Our members are using Teigha for a wide variety of Android applications including viewers, utilities, and full CAD systems,” commented Neil Peterson, ODA President. “With our support for Android 5, ODA is keeping pace with the latest improvements to the Android platform.” To view the original press release, please click here.

MSC Software Corporation today announced a new release of MSC Apex, the company's award winning next generation Computer Aided Engineering (CAE) platform. The MSC Apex Cheetah release introduces: The third release of MSC Apex Modeler - A CAE Specific direct modeling and meshing solution that streamlines CAD clean-up, simplification, and meshing workflow. The first release of MSC Apex Structures - An add-on to MSC Apex Modeler which now expands MSC Apex to a fully integrated and generative structural analysis solution. The new release enhances the engineer's workflow and daily productivity with many innovative modeling and analysis capabilities, and gives more engineers the ability to perform design analysis. “Cheetah is a milestone release for MSC Apex, now delivering its first solver integrated solution for interactive and incremental structural analysis,” said Hugues Jeancolas, MSC Apex Product Manager. “Modeling, validating, solving, and exploring designs has never been this efficient and easy. MSC Apex helps users to crush the amount of time that it normally takes to build and