Position Papers

“As you’d expect in the open source world, acquisition is about people and the incredible passion and talent they bring to an organization.  And this acquisition brings a lot of new passionate and talented people to SUSE!” SUSE made the official announcement on their blog, which you can access by clicking here. Search for HPE on CIMdata.com Search for SUSE on CIMdata.com

Many different industries rely on configure-to-order (CTO) or engineer-to-order (ETO) strategies to profitably deliver products to their customers. Product companies want to mass customize their way to markets of one. Product configurators have long addressed this problem, some technical and some targeted toward business users. Both configuration skills and costing accuracy are essential to make it work. But, as in other disciplines, many of these solutions are designed for experts. Configure-Price-Quote (CPQ) solutions take this one step further, using engineering and enterprise data to quickly develop profitable bids and solutions to customers’ problems. CIMdata has identified over 70 firms with CPQ offerings that are “getting to CPQ” from different directions. The topic of the CPQ market, CPQ solutions, and how they can become part of a company's PLM strategy will be covered in more detail at CIMdata’s PLM Market & Industry Forum which will take place in Ann

MathWorks today introduced Release 2017a (R2017a) with a range of new capabilities in MATLAB and Simulink. R2017a includes a new product, Automated Driving System Toolbox, which helps design, simulate, and test ADAS and autonomous driving systems. R2017a also includes updates and bug fixes to 86 other products. MATLAB & Simulink Product Family updates; Signal Processing and Communications updates; Code Generation updates, and Verification and Validation updates are all included in the release. R2017a is available immediately worldwide.  To view the original press release, please click here. Search for MathWorks on CIMdata.com

In its ongoing effort to prepare engineering students for jobs in the digital enterprises of the future, Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business is partnering with The American Society of Mechanical Engineers® (ASME®) as a platinum sponsor of the ASME E-Fests™ taking place around the globe. E-Fests (Engineering Festivals) are a series of three-day, two-night events that enable engineering students to expand their knowledge, test and showcase new skills and become immersed in innovation. Focused on digital product design, advanced manufacturing and robotics technology, E-Fests was developed to inspire and prepare the next generation of engineers and technology professionals. Siemens is an exclusive sponsor of the Innovative Additive Manufacturing 3D Challenge (IAM3D) – one of the E-fest Competitions – and is providing its Solid Edge® software for computer-aided design (CAD) to students at no cost for use within all ASME competitions. “ASME is excited that an organization of such high stature

During the Google Cloud Next ’17 conference in San Francisco, Diane Greene, SVP Google Cloud, and Bernd Leukert, SAP Executive Board Member, announced a strategic co-innovation partnership between the two companies "to help global enterprises run their businesses on a highly secure public cloud with best in class flexibility, scalability, and speed." To read Mr. Keukert's announcement, please click here. Search for SAP on CIMdata.com

Educational webinar will offer a road map on how disruptive technologies can fit into an enterprise application architecture. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 March 2017—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “How to apply IoT, Industry 4.0, and Predictive Analytics in the Manufacturing Domain.” The webinar will take place on Thursday, April 13, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will last for one hour. Computer-Aided Manufacturing (CAM) has been used in many industry sectors over the past several decades. However, current practices do not leverage all the opportunities available to improve the creation of information and decision-making. This technology is on the cusp of change with the advancement of interconnected devices and industry standards. Those who enable IoT and Industry 4.0 processes will expand their digital product definition to better manage and service the products they bring to market. By improving the

Taiwan-based SolidWizard Technology, a distributor of Solidworks' 3D CAD design software in the local market, has signed a contract to also distribute Markforged's 3D printing products in Taiwan. Markforged has shipped over 1,000 units of 3D printing machines and will begin to market its newly developed Metal X-series products for 3D metal printing in the third quarter of 2017, according to SolidWizard. SolidWizard expects sales of its 3D printing products to grow at least 20% in 2017 as the 3D printing machines from Markforged will enrich its product portfolio, according to Hsu Tai-yuan, president of SolidWizard. The ratio of sales of 3D printing devices is expected to climb to 20% of SolidWizard's total revenues in 2017, Hsu noted. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for SolidWizard on CIMdata.com

Today, NeoMetrix Technologies, Inc. announced immediate availability of Polyga’s XTract3D software, an add-in for SOLIDWORKS. XTract3D is a toolbar that works natively inside SOLIDWORKS. “We believe tools with fewer features, executed exceptionally well, create the best experience,” said Thomas Tong, president of Polyga Inc. “When creating XTract3D, we examined the entire reverse engineering workflow and reduced it down to its purest form. We designed XTract3D alongside professionals who work on these types of projects everyday to gain insights into their challenges and to figure out the best way to solve them. In the end, we created a reverse engineering solution that’s easy to use while giving users complete control as to how they want to sketch CAD models using 3D scan data as a reference.” Users can import their 3D mesh data output from a 3D scanner and get straight to work with little or no training. XTract3D

LDRA today announced that its industry-leading LDRA tool suite® is now integrated with the IBM® Rational® DOORS® Next Generation requirements management tool. DOORS Next Generation equips teams with requirements definition and management capabilities, a work item system for task management and planning, and a reporting system. The LDRA tool suite integration effectively brings the industry’s leading software analysis and verification suite into this open collaboration platform supporting critical IoT application development. The integrated LDRA tool suite and IBM Rational DOORS Next Generation solution significantly reduces the design time and development costs of safety- and security-critical systems for the IoT including automotive, medical device, industrial control, energy, and aerospace and defense applications. This solution enables embedded software and IoT systems developers to achieve full lifecycle traceability in a proven Open Services for Lifecycle Collaboration (OSLC) environment. For those environments requiring software qualification or certification, this integration provides the transparency and audit trail required for quality and regulatory

The Kisters 3DViewStation is a high performance 3D viewer, 3D CAD analysis & Digital Mockup (DMU) tool with modern Office compliant UI. For integrations, use Desktop version as well as ActiveX version, which load native and neutral CAD-data extremly fast, and which supports virtual product structures and provide graphical navigation capabilities for the visual enterprise. There is also a HTML5 WebViewer version available. File formats: New: SolidEdge ST9 New: Solidworks 2017 New: NX 11 New: HiCAD With the current set of functions and features, the 3DViewStation is a tool for usage in sales, marketing, review processes, change management, work preparation, service applications, product configuration solutions and technical documentation on Windows desktop and tablet-PCs. To view the original press release, please click here. Search for Kisters on CIMdata.com