ModuleWorks and PTC have developed an integrated material removal simulation for the PTC Creo product development software suite.

The integrated ModuleWorks components enable PTC to offer state-of-the-art material removal simulation and verification as part of the PTC Creo Parametric software. The simulation window is implemented directly in the PTC Creo user interface to ensure a familiar look and feel for end users.
The ModuleWorks simulation technology provides multi-axis milling and turning simulation with gouge and deviation analysis as well as collision checking and manual or automatic refinement of the simulation result. Workpiece coloring according to the sequence...

Hexagon Manufacturing Intelligence North America today announced the launch of their new Integrated Solutions strategic business unit, dedicated to Smart Factory systems for advanced manufacturing. This highly-specialized team will develop automated commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) systems by integrating Hexagon's 3D measurement technologies with sensors, software, and robotics. These data-driven automation solutions will deliver actionable information for predictive manufacturing in a connected Industry 4.0 environment. With on-demand access to real-time factory floor data, operators and managers will be able to monitor, troubleshoot and control production processes at an unparalleled level.

The Integrated Solutions team is also developing new-to-market solutions featuring robotics...

Dassault Systèmes today announced the signing of a definitive share purchase agreement to acquire Ortems, a key provider of on-premise and on the cloud capacity constraint-based production scheduling and dispatching software.

The acquisition of Ortems, based in Lyon, France, will extend Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform and its industry solution experiences for next generation manufacturing, supply chain and delivery, by reinforcing production planning and scheduling along with DELMIA Quintiq supply chain planning and optimization capabilities, in order to plan, execute and optimize global industrial operations in manufacturing industries. Ortems complements Dassault Systèmes’ DELMIA brand applications, including DELMIA Apriso, which...

Accenture has completed its acquisition of OPS Rules, a boutique analytics consulting company that specializes in the application of data science to create supply chain and operations analytics solutions. The acquisition enhances Accenture’s machine learning and operations analytics capabilities that can be used to develop innovative and transformational solutions for clients across industries.

In addition to joining Accenture Analytics, OPS Rules will be a part of Accenture’s Data Science Center of Excellence (CoE), a global innovation team that focuses on solving immediate and complex client problems through advanced analytics approaches, including machine and deep learning. While in...

TraceParts introduces an additional function into its CAD download platform for looking up parts and the associated information with a simple search using geometric criteria. 

With the geometric similarity search feature, designer professionals can now use the 3D model of an existing part on the TraceParts platform to find all the variations and technical information of that model in just a few seconds and display the results of all the parts with a similar shape and size. 

Basically, the 3DPartFinder™ shape search technology extracts the geometric signature that is unique to each part and compares it...

HomeByMe is an online interior design application that allows you to visualize your home ideas in 3D. Experiment with thousands of colors, materials and well known products to see your ideas come to life. Invite friends and family to view your progress and provide feedback as you make your decisions.

Homebyme leverages 3DVIA applications to provide an immersive and interactive user experience with new cloud-based services to transform home furnishing and interior decoration projects, visualize this transformation in a realistic 3D environment and connect consumers to home professionals.

The products and services presented on Homebyme...

Artec 3D, a developer and manufacturer of professional 3D hardware and software, today announced the release of Artec Studio 11, the latest version of its industry-acclaimed software. Designed for use with Artec's professional handheld 3D scanners as well as a range of sensors, Studio 11 offers simplified, rapid post-processing that never compromises on precision or accuracy. The new software release meets the needs of professionals at any experience level and boasts numerous automated features, including a state-of-the-art Autopilot mode, to create professional-grade, 3D models of any size.

With Artec's unprecedented Autopilot mode, users are guided through a few...

Altair recently released the latest HyperWorks 14.0 Student Edition, making it the most comprehensive computer-aided engineering (CAE) suite available to aspiring structural and mechanical engineers.

Altair® HyperWorks® is the most comprehensive, open architecture CAE simulation platform in the industry, offering the best technologies to design and optimize high performance, weight efficient and innovative products. HyperWorks includes best-in-class modeling, linear and nonlinear analyses, structural and system-level optimization, fluid and multi-body dynamics simulation, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and antenna placement, multiphysics analysis, model-based development, and data management solutions.

The free HyperWorks 14.0 Student Edition brings all these features...

TraceParts is celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the launch of its online CAD platform. A subsidiary of the Trace Group created in 1989, TraceParts started its activity by distributing DVDs containing the 3D content of a few manufacturers. At that time, the DVDs were sent by post to design offices. Today, almost 600 industrial-part suppliers have chosen the TraceParts online platform to publish their catalogs and make them available to design engineers.

In 2001, TraceParts launched its first web platform for downloading CAD files, enabling the company to expand its publishing network around the whole world. The past...

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that customers and ecosystem partners are expanding their use of Calibre Pattern Matching solution to overcome previously intractable IC verification and manufacturing problems. The solution is integrated into the Mentor® Calibre nmPlatform solution, creating a synergy that drives these new applications at IC design companies and foundries, across multiple process nodes.

Calibre Pattern Matching technology supplements multi-operational text-based design rules with an automated visual geometry capture and compare process. This visual approach is both very powerful in its ability to capture complex pattern relationships, and to work within mixed tool flows, making it...