Position Papers

XSB, Inc. announced that it has been awarded a NASA Phase I Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) grant to research interoperability between SysML and XSB’s SWISS® platform, as part of NASA’s larger Moon to Mars exploration approach.  XSB, a first-time NASA SBIR recipient, is one of hundreds of small businesses and research institutions across the United States whose innovative ideas have been recognized and funded by NASA.  SWISS uses an ontology-based linked data model to describe the syntax and semantics of Specification and Standards documents.   SWISS enables the creation of smart connected models using this information.  The DoD and a number of the leading Original Equipment Manufacturers in the A&D sector are already using or exploring SWISS to model their specifications.  Jim Reuter, associate administrator for NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate said “We are excited about the entrepreneurial, innovative ideas that these small businesses are bringing to the table. The technologies show great promise

Infor announced Delta Galil, Israel's leading textile manufacturer and marketer, prepared for the busy festive shopping season by implementing an advanced Infor M3 module WMS (warehouse management system) from Infor, to help handle online consumer orders. The project, which lasted about six months, was conducted by Infor partner Intentia Israel. Avi Avital, Delta Galil's vice president of information systems, said: "Our aim was to improve our online delivery goals by up to three times compared to the previous year's targets. We've been up to it and even more. The new technological infrastructure has already been tested during the Chinese Bachelor's Day and during Shopping IL's shopping days, and has proven to be significantly higher in this regard. We are delighted to have partnered with Intentia Israel to make this possible, and are proud of our ability to meet the high standards of our customers for prompt and high-quality delivery of all items

Wipro Limited has partnered with the National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM) to launch the FutureSkills platform for 10,000 students from over 20 engineering colleges in India. This is a part of Wipro’s Corporate Social Responsibility programme, TalentNext which aims to enhance the quality of engineering education by preparing faculty and academic leaders to train students. The programme has now been extended to students directly through FutureSkills, which is a new age platform built to bridge the industry-academia skill gap and help students keep pace with the emerging technologies -- Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, Cloud Computing, Cybersecurity and Internet of Things (IoT) – to make them future-ready. Commenting on the partnership, Debjani Ghosh, President, NASSCOM said, “FutureSkills is a truly collaborative platform that was built on the core ideology of a dedicated technology-powered learning resource being developed by the industry, solely for the benefit of the industry. We aim to

  CNC Software, Inc., developers of Mastercam, has a new Reseller available to customers in the San Diego area. CAD/CAM CONSULTING SERVICES, INC. (CCCS), has been among Mastercam’s top 10 Resellers for 27 years in Southern California, with offices in Anaheim and Newbury Park. The organization is now an authorized Mastercam Reseller in San Diego and Imperial counties, as well. Mastercam Resellers provide regional support, education, and service to customers using the software. These Resellers deliver significant added value with their industrial expertise pertinent to local markets. CCCS joins San Diego CAD CAM Inc. as an official source of Mastercam for businesses in the San Diego territory. Each is available to customers looking to purchase Mastercam for industrial use. Educational institutions in the area, from grade school and beyond, are supported by the Paton Group. “Mastercam is committed to the success of the manufacturing industry, and this move is in response

GRAPHISOFT has announced the release of the latest version of the widely adopted Solibri Connection add-on for ARCHICAD 23.  The add-on allows faster BIM updates and the use of Solibri Office, Site or Anywhere while working in a real-time design scenario. The Solibri Connection add-on provides fast and automated code and constructability checking. Optimized for ARCHICAD 23, the updated add-on automatically processes only those elements that are changed in the ARCHICAD model, resulting in faster collaboration. BCF-based issue reporting was introduced to this workflow, enabling designers to assign the detected issues to teammates. This add-on allows faster BIM updates and the use of Solibri while working in a real-time design scenario.   Unlike with other software, Solibri Connection users no longer need to save files to improve or evaluate the quality of their BIM model. “This is another step in our journey to offer more real-time data that ensures better model quality and greater

The latest version of Parasolid® software is now available from Siemens Digital Industries Software. The updates to Parasolid include enhancements to Convergent Modeling™ technology, which can now operate on models containing a mix of facet B-rep surfaces and classic B-rep surfaces, helping to enable more efficient work flows in a wide range of applications. For example, in generative design, where new products are autonomously developed to satisfy design constraints, Convergent Modeling can restore precise, classic mating surfaces to a model that has undergone facet-based topology optimization. In reverse engineering processes, the new technology can be used to add precise analytic surfaces to scanned data of parts for re-manufacture. The Parasolid geometric modelling kernel is used in Siemens’ own Solid Edge® software and NX™ software and is at the core of the Xcelerator portfolio’s open and flexible ecosystem. Parasolid is also used by over 350 other products including many world-leading CAD/CAM/CAE/AEC

Synopsys, Inc. announced that NEC, a key player in high-performance computing (HPC), has selected Synopsys' ZeBu® Server 4 as its emulation solution for the verification of its SX-Aurora TSUBASA high-performance compute solution products. With its high performance and scalability, ZeBu Server 4 and the Synopsys Virtual Host solution enabled NEC to set up an emulation environment to analyze performance bottlenecks within four weeks, compared to unsuccessful trials with their previous legacy emulation system. Use of Virtual Host allows device drivers, the operating system, and applications to communicate with the design running on the ZeBu system virtually, enabling pre-silicon development to shift left. In addition, ZeBu's debug visibility enabled NEC to find multiple performance bottlenecks that can't be observed within the real chip and resolved firmware performance issues within a few weeks. "Developing super computers requires running and analyzing many software applications on the new HPC architecture," said Akio Ikeda, deputy general manager,

PTC is proud to announce that Advanced Manufacturing Group (AMG), a multinational specialist in footwear development and production, has become one of the latest companies to select its market-leading FlexPLM® solution. AMG will also benefit from PTC’s deep manufacturing industry expertise. The broader project encompasses PTC FlexPLM – the retail industry’s most widely-used PLM solution – powerful IoT software, and a supply-chain-wide connectivity layer that will optimize AMG’s business processes and internal collaboration, as well as providing key retail customers with a holistic view of their supply chains. AMG has operated successfully for over 30 years in Hong Kong, China, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Bangladesh, sought after for its considerable expertise in footwear research, design, development, commercialization and production. Today, AMG works with select regional factories and a global customer base to manage the traditionally-fragmented process of footwear production – from initial brief to finished product. Prior to selecting PTC, AMG’s senior

ANSYS will showcase comprehensive simulation solutions that are accelerating the coming mobility revolution during CES 2020. ANSYS will showcase offerings that are shaping the transformation of connected, autonomous, shared and electric transportation. From start-ups to industry giants like BMW and Volkswagen Motorsport, customers rely on ANSYS' industry-leading simulation solutions to advance product development and bring their safe and reliable products to market faster. During CES, ANSYS’ booth will feature the record-shattering Volkswagen Motorsport ID.R electric race car along with autonomous, electrified and connected robots, an interactive kinetic display, interactive touch-screen demo stations and more. Beyond the booth, ANSYS' Mobility Tour will provide attendees with interactive glimpses into the ongoing collaborations that are shaping emerging innovations in autonomy, 5G and electrification. Highlights from the ANSYS booth and Mobility Tour include: BMW: Insight into ANSYS and BMW's collaboration involving ANSYS Autonomy. LVCC – ANSYS Booth 3310 and BMW Booth Silver 3 FLIR Systems: Demonstration of ANSYS

Synopsys, Inc. announced the co-development of a whitepaper with Porsche Consulting outlining a state-of-the-art automotive electronic architecture development process. As clarified in the "Revolutionizing Automotive Development for the Digital Future" whitepaper, this holistic solution integrates Synopsys' Triple Shift-Left approach into existing automotive development organizations and processes by leveraging Porsche Consulting Systems Engineering principles. This approach enables OEMs to build safety and security into automotive system-on-chip (SoC) designs faster with automotive-grade IP, start software development up to 18 months earlier with virtual prototyping solutions, and assess software security and quality throughout development and testing and across the supply chain. "Automotive OEMs are in a race to satisfy consumer demand for an expansive and rapidly evolving array of digitally-reliant automotive capabilities and functionality," said Kevin Schwutke, associate partner at Porsche Consulting. "The increasingly complex electronics hardware and software architectures of next-generation autonomous, connected, and electric vehicles represent new and daunting challenges for automotive engineering teams.