Applied Software®, a leading systems integrator to the AEC, construction and manufacturing industries, today announced that Clay Smith has joined the company as its chief operating officer. Smith offers nearly two decades of executive experience leading manufacturing, sales, engineering and software development organizations from start-up through high-growth transitions.

Prior to joining Applied Software, Smith was vice president, BEM Software Solutions, at Southwire, Inc.

"With his excellent track record of leading high-growth construction industry companies, Clay is uniquely qualified to help guide our next phase of growth and is a welcome addition to our executive team,"...

The change of the name marks the company’s transformation from a CAD provider to a broad supplier of software and services for the construction and facility sector, manufacturing and marine industries.

Addnode Group’s subsidiary Cad-Q started off in 1989 as a supplier of CAD systems. The company has since then gradually changed into becoming a strategic business partner providing software and services for design, construction and product data information. As a part of the transformation process, the company now changes its name to Symetri.

Symetri has approximately 300 employees and a strong portfolio of software and...

HCL Technologies Limited (HCL), a leading global IT services provider, today announced an agreement to acquire (through demerger) all of the business of Geometric Limited, except for the 58% stake that Geometric owns in the joint venture – 3DPLM Software Solutions Ltd., with Dassault Systèmes. In consideration of this acquisition, HCL will issue 10 equity shares of Rs. 2 each to Geometric shareholders for every 43 equity shares of Geometric of Rs. 2 each held by them. In total, HCL will issue 15,640,546 equity shares of Rs. 2 each. Geometric is one of India’s leading PLM consulting, mechanical engineering and...

HCL Technologies Limited (HCL), a leading global IT services provider, today announced an agreement to acquire (through demerger) all of the business of Geometric Limited, except for the 58% stake that Geometric owns in the joint venture – 3DPLM Software Solutions Ltd., with Dassault Systèmes. In consideration of this acquisition, HCL will issue 10 equity shares of Rs. 2 each to Geometric shareholders for every 43 equity shares of Geometric of Rs. 2 each held by them. In total, HCL will issue 15,640,546 equity shares of Rs. 2 each. Geometric is one of India’s leading PLM consulting, mechanical engineering and...

PTC today announced its Vuforia® augmented reality (AR) platform will support Microsoft HoloLens. This capability was demonstrated live at Build in a morning keynote by Steven Guggenheimer, vice president and chief evangelist, Microsoft Corp.

The Build demonstration showcased a scenario where a salesperson could provide 3D visualizations of a Caterpillar® Multi-Terrain Loader to a potential customer. First, a Surface tablet was used to produce a small-scale visualization on a sales brochure. HoloLens was then used to transport the loader to the stage, where it could be observed and configured at actual size.

Vuforia introduces an important...

Companies around the world now have unprecedented flexibility to solve the toughest engineering and product challenges, thanks to the introduction of ANSYS Elastic Licensing. This new ANSYS pay-per-use licensing model unlocks the world's broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software – enabling users to optimize license utilization while giving them license flexibility to meet the changing demands of their businesses.

Offered alongside the traditional lease and paid-up models, as well as with cloud offerings, ANSYS Elastic Licensing is the first engineering simulation software licensing standard that provides hourly-based access to the breadth of ANSYS' world-class multiphysics platform in a...

Altium is scheduled to release a new documentation workflow available exclusively in their flagship PCB design platform, Altium Designer 16.1. Draftsman™ provides PCB designers with a unified documentation solution with customizable drawing views, documentation templates, and a fully complete design to documentation workflow in Altium Designer 16.1. 

“Engineers have long relied on tools for documentation that are cumbersome and limited in functionality,” said Alexey Sabunin, Altium Designer Product Manager. “Draftsman™ eliminates the tedium of having to import and export design files to 3rd party tools and integrates the PCB design and documentation workflows in the Altium Designer interface....

Hydrogenics Europe NV, a worldwide leader in designing, manufacturing, building and installing industrial and commercial hydrogen systems around the globe, has chosen Intergraph® SmartPlant® P&ID to improve efficiency and quality of their engineering data. The deal included an unprecedented customized interface between Intergraph SmartPlant P&ID and Hydrogenic's existing ERP system.

The customized interface allows all engineering data captured in SmartPlant P&ID to be stored in the ERP system, making it available for all departments in the company. The key benefits include improved efficiency and enhanced data quality, as the possibility of human error is removed by data automation....

ESI Group today announces the formalization of its approach to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). In full alignment with ESI’s values and corporate culture, the CSR policy positions the Group’s strategic priorities within the framework of its fundamental commitments to its employees, to its clients and partners, to our society and to the environment.

Alain de Rouvray, ESI Group’s Chairman and CEO, comments: “Given the increasing technological, societal and environmental challenges we are all facing, we believe that our Corporate Responsibility, as a global leader in Virtual Prototyping, is to commit to the long-term and sustainable development of both...

The EDA Consortium (EDAC) has moved into the future to become the Electronic System Design (ESD) Alliance, an international association of companies providing goods and services throughout the semiconductor design ecosystem.

During a launch event last night, Bob Smith, the ESD Alliance's executive director, unveiled its new name and mission that broadens EDAC's charter that was originally created to provide EDA companies with a forum to address cross-industry issues and promote the industry.

"The ESD Alliance reflects the sea change happening in the semiconductor industry as chip design takes a more system-oriented approach," remarks Lip-Bu Tan,...