Rand Worldwide  today announced that its courseware division, ASCENT – Center for Technical Knowledge, a member of the Autodesk Authorized Publisher Program, has released 11 updated training guides for Autodesk 2017 software. Additionally, ASCENT has now released its Autodesk 2017 Courseware Roadmap. The newly released titles are available through ASCENT’s online store at ASCENTeStore.com, in both print and eBook formats, and in print at Amazon.com.

"Once again, we are proud to be amongst the first to market with updated learning resources for Autodesk software," says Paul Burden, director of product development for ASCENT. "Our team puts forth considerable...

PROCAD is pleased to announce the release of the first installment of PROCAD V2017 products.

AutoCAD 2017 add-on products include:

• PROCAD 2D Suite including: P&ID; ORTHO; ISOMETRIC; ELECTRIC
• SPOOLCAD

To simplify your software management, V2017 products are also backwards compatible with AutoCAD 2016, 2015, 2014 & 2013. This means you can get the latest version of PROCAD software without the need for the latest version of AutoCAD.

The next release in April will be the PROCAD+ products which will come with included AutoCAD 2017 OEM.

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AVEVA today announced that AVEVA Engage™ is supported on Microsoft Surface Hub™. This move brings AVEVA’s revolutionary new decision support platform for Capital Projects and Operating Assets onto the powerful team collaboration device from Microsoft that is designed to advance the way people work together naturally. 

Be it a capital project, or the minute by minute operation of a complex asset, engineers and operators are faced with important decisions throughout the life cycle. Access to accurate, relevant information is essential. In the project phase, this access minimises the risks of budget or schedule overrun and in...

Altium LLC and CST® have announced the release of a new Power Distribution Network (PDN) analysis extension for Altium Designer®, the flagship PCB design tool from Altium. PDN Analyzer powered by CST® allows PCB designers to easily resolve PDN issues as they arise during a board layout process without requiring physical prototypes or dedicated simulation expertise. The PDN Analyzer provides a complete PDN analysis workflow including voltage and current visualizations in Native 3D, integrated power distribution network analysis, and a fully unified design and analysis workflow in Altium Designer. This tool is available now as an extension to the Altium...

PTC today reported financial results for the second quarter ended April 2, 2016.

Q2 Fiscal 2016 Overview
Second quarter FY’16 GAAP revenue was $273 million; non-GAAP revenue was $274 million. GAAP net loss was $5 million or $0.05 per share; non-GAAP net income was $26 million or $0.23 per share.

As compared to the second quarter of FY’15, currency negatively impacted revenue by approximately $9 million and negatively impacted non-GAAP EPS by approximately $0.01 per share.

James Heppelmann, President and CEO said, “We were very pleased with our execution in Q2. Bookings...

EMC Corporation today reported first-quarter 2016 financial results. First-quarter consolidated revenue was $5.5 billion, down 2% year over year. GAAP net income attributable to EMC was $268 million in the first quarter, and GAAP earnings per weighted average diluted share was $0.14 in the first quarter, up 8% year over year. Non-GAAP1 net income attributable to EMC was $603 million in the first quarter, and non-GAAP1 earnings per weighted average diluted share in the first quarter was $0.31, flat year over year.

EMC generated $932 million in operating cash flow and $588 million in free cash flow3 in...

Dassault Systèmes today announced IFRS unaudited financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2016. These results were reviewed by the Company’s Board of Directors on April 20, 2016. 

Summary Highlights

(unaudited)

• Q1 non-IFRS total revenue of €693.5 million, DS guidance of €685-695 million
• Q1 non-IFRS EPS €0.51, includes 5 cents related to tax reserve reversal
• Q1 non-IFRS recurring revenue up 8% exfx, representing 74% of software revenue
• Q1 net operating cash flow of €309 million, up 17%
• 3DEXPERIENCE new licenses revenue up 33% exfx in the first quarter
• 2016 financial objectives reaffirmed
• Board of Directors proposes 9% increase in annual...

Trimble announced today that it is partnering with the University of Cambridge to collaborate on research to advance technology development in the engineering and construction industry. Trimble will work closely with the Laing O'Rourke Centre's Construction Information Technology Laboratory (CIT). CIT is a state-of-the-art research facility with a mission to solve complex engineering problems and automate difficult construction tasks through decision support tools. These tools would recognize data patterns, retrieve useful information and generate knowledge of the built environment.

The construction industry is highly information-intensive and requires extensive data and information exchange during the...

Altair, RUAG and Morf3D have recently entered a non-exclusive partnership for cooperation in advancing additive manufacturing (AM) for Aerospace applications.  The partnership will address the full additive manufacturing process including design, analysis, build, test and certification. The partnership aims to offer a start-to-finish service primarily to the Aerospace industry for AM including space, propulsion, aircraft interior, and airframe applications. Other application areas will be pursued as opportunities present themselves.

While working together jointly on publications, training, research, and technical papers, etc., to facilitate this cooperative effort, Altair will lead the provision of solidThinking Inspire™ software for design and...

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces an upcoming free educational webinar, “The Technology Impact on Ideation and Idea Management.” The webinar will take place on May 12 at 11:00 a.m. (EDT) and will share examples of modern ideation and idea management approaches.

The webinar will be an hour long and those attending will: gain an understanding about proven best practices and lessons learned that lead to better ideas, be able to identify the desirable characteristics of software platforms that support ideation and idea management, and will have a better understanding of...