Position Papers

PROS® today announced it has attained the ISO/IEC 27001: 2013 certification, the industry’s most prestigious standard for information security management. Published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), the world’s largest developer of voluntary international standards, and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC), ISO certification provides customers with assurances that PROS has met the industry’s most rigorous certification requirements for security in the cloud. ISO 27001 certification includes PROS cloud and SaaS subscription products, along with the associated business processes and systems used to develop, operate and support the PROS product portfolio. “Companies across the globe entrust PROS with their data, and ISO/IEC certification offers assurances to our customers that we are committed to data privacy and safeguarding their commercial assets in compliance with the industry’s most demanding standards and practices,” said PROS Chief Technology Officer Rob Reiner. “For our customers around the world, ISO certification also underscores that our governance and compliance practices meet the highest

Altair has introduced a third category to the 2017 Altair Enlighten Award, the award program aimed specifically at highlighting achievements in vehicle lightweighting. The new Enabling Technology category is specific to products that make innovation in full vehicles, automotive modules, systems and components possible, such as fasteners, adhesives, materials, processes, etc. “Enabling technologies are the fundamental building blocks of today’s great automobiles, in many cases directly contributing to the feasibility of the lightweight innovations developed by OEMs and suppliers,” said Richard Yen, Senior Vice President, Automotive and Global Markets Team at Altair. “By opening a third category for these technologies, we are providing the companies that are creating them the platform they deserve to share their work and be recognized as leaders in lightweight design.” The Altair Enlighten Award is presented in partnership with the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) and is proud to work with media partners SAE International and

A cutting tool developer partners with Edgecam software to ensure its philosophy of taking customers’ machining challenges off their hands, is always successful. Kyocera SGS Precision Tools advises customers, not only on the correct cutting tool for specific applications, but also the best machining strategies to optimise their CNC machine tools. And for some applications, such as PH stainless steel hydraulic cylinders and a number of aerospace components, Kyocera UK Sales Manager Tony Theaker says the only way to cut them successfully is to use a long end mill and Edgecam’s game-changing Waveform roughing strategy.  “Edgecam is a vital part of optimising the process for our customers’ machining issues. Its flexibility means we can employ our cutting tools in the most efficient manner to get the best possible results.” He says the way Edgecam, from Vero Software, controls the radial engagement of the tool is particularly important. “We can

A cutting tool developer partners with Edgecam software to ensure its philosophy of taking customers’ machining challenges off their hands, is always successful. Kyocera SGS Precision Tools advises customers, not only on the correct cutting tool for specific applications, but also the best machining strategies to optimise their CNC machine tools. And for some applications, such as PH stainless steel hydraulic cylinders and a number of aerospace components, Kyocera UK Sales Manager Tony Theaker says the only way to cut them successfully is to use a long end mill and Edgecam’s game-changing Waveform roughing strategy.  “Edgecam is a vital part of optimising the process for our customers’ machining issues. Its flexibility means we can employ our cutting tools in the most efficient manner to get the best possible results.” He says the way Edgecam, from Vero Software, controls the radial engagement of the tool is particularly important. “We can

Deloitte announced today significant investments in its cloud services, providing clients with an advanced set of analytic and cognitive capabilities to enable their digital transformation. Investments include the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Day1 Solutions Inc. ("Day1"), an innovative cloud consulting firm; the addition of 3,000 new, U.S.-based high-tech engineering jobs; and the opening of new cloud studios across the country.  "Cloud is the backbone of innovation and a conduit for clients to reimagine how they do business," said Ranjit Bawa, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP. "For years, we've helped our clients view cloud integration as a critical driver for business transformation. By adding these significant investments to our portfolio, our clients will have access to deeper cloud expertise and even more innovative capabilities, as well as the talent they need to help them thrive in a fast-moving digital economy." The services of Day1's team will further enhance Deloitte's

Frustum, a pioneer in functional generative design and topology optimization software and a member of the Siemens PLM Solution Partner Program, today announced it is providing its topology optimization and next generation freeform geometry generator as an integrated module in Siemens' NX™ software. Engineers and designers using NX with Convergent Modeling™ technology in combination with the newly integrated capabilities from Frustum can blend topology optimization with traditional CAD data, overcoming a traditional hurdle in such workflows. Frustum is part of the Siemens next47 partner program, created to help support start-up companies with innovative, disruptive technology solutions. "Siemens is excited to offer our NX customers this truly innovative topology optimization solution from our partner Frustum," said Bob Haubrock, senior vice president of Product Engineering Software for Siemens PLM Software. "Frustum's unique technology, now fully integrated with NX and its exclusive Convergent Modeling, fits with Siemens' approach and vision to free industrial

RFNC-VNIITF recently licensed the full set of the C3D Toolkit from C3D Labs. The solution was delivered to Rosatom by ASCON Group’s Ural regional center. RFNC-VNIITF -- the Russian Federal Nuclear Center, Zababakhin All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Technical Physics -- is the second research institute of SC Rosatom to select C3D for writing its in-house software. "We relied for a long time on open source components to develop our proprietary engineering software,” said Igor Pavlov, head of the Software Development department at RFNC-VNIITF. “We were, however, never satisfied with it, be it in terms of performance or functionality. We had been eyeing C3D for some time, and so conducted a major cycle of testing, which proved that the geometric kernel was indeed a component that would be reliable and fast enough for our needs.” One substantial deficiency of open source components is the lack of technical support from developers and

Centric Software announces that Cabbeen, a leading designer menswear brand in China, has selected Centric Software to provide its product lifecycle management (PLM) solution. Founded in Guangzhou in 1997 by its chairman and chief designer, Ziming Yang affectionaly also known as ‘Mr. Cabbeen’, Cabbeen houses four menswear brands: Cabbeen Lifestyle, Cabbeen Urban, Cabbeen Chic and 2AM. Cabbeen’s clothing retails in over 1,000 points of sale across China and the company has won multiple Chinese fashion awards. In the face of a competitive and quickly evolving fashion market in China, Cabbeen decided to restructure their internal supply chain system with the goal of becoming more agile and reacting faster to changing retail conditions. In reviewing their IT infrastructure, they realized that they needed to invest in a PLM system. “Cabbeen needs a strong platform to support business growth and achieve rapid innovation,” says Chen Jun, CIO of Cabbeen. “We looked

COMSOL, Inc. will be featured at the 2nd Thermal and Fluids Engineering Conference (TFEC). With a focus on “Engineering Challenges for the Betterment of Society”, this year’s conference will provide an international forum for discussing the latest research and development achievements in the thermal and fluid sciences and the impact on numerical simulation. Svante Littmarck, President and CEO of COMSOL, Inc., will give a plenary lecture on the latest achievements of multiphysics simulation. COMSOL will also offer the attendees a course on “Multiphysics Simulation of Thermal and Fluid Systems”. Custom simulation apps bring new opportunities “Thanks to custom simulation apps, powerful computational tools are able to reach a wider group of users than ever before,” says Svante Littmarck. “During the lecture I will discuss use cases and show how state-of-the-art multiphysics software can be used to benefit simulation specialists, their colleagues, and customers alike.” The adoption of apps is spreading quickly

Capvidia will be a featured participant in the 2017 Model Based Enterprise (MBE) Summit, hosted by the National Institute of Standards, on April 3-7 in Gaithersburg, MD. The Summit's purpose is to identify challenges, research, implementation issues, and lessons learned in manufacturing and quality assurance where a 3D model of the product serves as the authoritative information source for all activities in the product's lifecycle. This year, Capvidia will demonstrate an array of technologies supporting MBE, including: MBDVidia for PTC Creo, a tool which can use 2D Creo drawings to add fully semantic PMI (MBD) annotations to 3D Creo models. MBDVidia, a tool that enables users to access and share Model Based Definition (MBD) data without the need for an expensive CAD license. MBDVidia opens any 3D MBD model enabling clients and coworkers to visualize, perform detailed investigation or create quotes and reports. 3DTransVidia, an application to translate and repair 3D models