Designed for 3D CAD analysis, 3D viewing, technical documentation and 3D publishing, the KISTERS 3DViewStation is intended for use by engineers, designers and other downstream consumers of 3D data. Its primary function is to provide immediate visualisation and analysis of large 3D CAD models, much faster than any alternatives on the market. For designers, the software allows quick pre-viewing assemblies, enabling the user to find the part they are looking for, without having to open and navigate unwieldy native-format assembly data.

Since its introduction to the UK market, the software has generated a high level of demand. For...

Centric Software announces that Varner, one of Scandinavia’s leading retail textile companies, has selected Centric 8 PLM (product lifecycle management) to support its growth strategy across Europe. Varner and their suppliers will use the complete Centric 8 PLM suite, including Centric’s mobile apps for PLM. Centric is the leading PLM for fashion, retail, luxury and consumer goods companies.

Founded in 1962, by Frank Varner, Varner has been running stores over 50 years. The family-owned company rapidly grew into an international business, one of Northern- Europe’s largest textile companies, and can pride itself on having 1,500 stores across...

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced a design, layout, and verification solution to support design applications for TSMC’s Integrated Fan-Out (InFO) wafer-level packaging technology. The solution comprises the Calibre® nmDRC physical verification product, the Calibre RVE™ results viewing platform, and the Xpedition® Package Integrator flow. It enables mutual customers to deploy the unique fan-out layer structures and interconnects in the TSMC InFO technology, targeting cost-sensitive applications such as mobile and consumer products.

The interplay between today’s advanced system-on-chip (SoC) technologies and packaging requirements is driving the need for co-validation between integrated circuit (IC) and package design environments. The Xpedition...

Plastic Ingenuity, a leader in innovative packaging solutions from proposal to finished product, is proud to debut a groundbreaking new technology to cut costs and trial-and-error testing for packaging designers.

Perfect Shelf, a 3D experience solution from Dassault Systèmes, bridges the gap between retailers, consumers, and product design engineers while a design is being developed, far before any real-world trials are needed. The digital modeling system creates highly realistic aisle views with shelves, fixtures, products, lighting, and promotional materials, all supported with product performance and consumer trend information.

Product shelving quality affects brand awareness, sales margins, and overall product...

ILEXSOFT has today announced HighDesign 2016, the latest version of its powerful, full-featured CAD software exclusively for Mac OS X.

The new CAD system update delivers native 64-bit support, which provides a substantial speed boost, in all areas of the software, says the company. Additionally, HighDesign 2016 now features associative dimensioning, compound walls, enhanced input and output with improved support for DWG files, GIF, and PNG with alpha channel support and more. All of this is packaged within a modern Apple Mac user interface that emphasizes the user experience (UX) and maximum productivity.

“With the support for the 64-bit architecture and many new...

For many years, IntegrityWare Inc. / nPower Software has helped 3D engineers and designers improve productivity through its popular, award winning plugins ( Power Surfacing for SolidWorks, Power Translators for 3ds Max / Maya / MODO, Power SubD-NURBS for 3ds Max / MODO, Power NURBS for 3ds Max, Power Solids for Rhino, etc.) for 3ds Max, Maya, MODO, Rhino, and SolidWorks. With its new standalone architecture, Cyborg3D brings these popular plugins, with their advanced features, to virtually the entire CAD / 3D modeling community.

Cyborg3D is an exciting new standalone 3D modeling software platform that uniquely combines organic surface...

Razorleaf Corporation today announces it is releasing Clover integration connectors for ARAS Innovator to SAP, NetSuite and Salesforce.  Clover will enable the passing of business, product, and project data such as customer and supplier information, items and bills of materials, and project accounting and services data to improve profitability and enable on-time delivery of projects and products across the organization.  Clover goes beyond typical middleware and ensures that contextual business processes are aligned when passing data to improve process efficiency and data integrity. 

"Connecting business processes between ERP, CRM, and Project Management with PLM helps align resources more effectively,...

Periscope™, a McKinsey Solution, focusing on price, promotion and assortment optimization, today announced that it was included in Forrester Research, Inc.’s “Reinvent Product Innovation To Revive Your Brand” report, by George Lawrie, published on January 29, 2016. Aimed at Application Design & Development (AD&D) professionals, the report provides insights on how they should be using big data insight and applications to support the essential product innovation for retailers and consumer brands. Forrester states that PLM always used to be product-focused, but modern applications put customer insight at the heart of the PLM process. In addition to the guidelines offered,...

Synopsys, Inc. today announced a broad IP portfolio for TSMC's 16-nanometer FinFET Compact (16FFC) process for reliable integration into cost-sensitive, ultra-low power applications including mobile, Internet of Things (IoT), digital home and automotive. Synopsys DesignWare® IP on the 16FFC process enables designers to accelerate development of SoCs that incorporate logic libraries, embedded memories, embedded test and repair, USB 3.1/3.0/2.0, USB-C 3.1/DisplayPort 1.3, DDR4/3, LPDDR4, PCI Express® 4.0/3.1/2.1, SATA 6G, HDMI 2.0, MIPI M-PHY and D-PHY and data converter IP.

"The 16FFC process reduces SoC power consumption by more than 50 percent (at the same frequency) compared to the 28HPM...

3D Systems Corporation announced today its financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2015.

For the fourth quarter of 2015, the company reported revenue of $183.4 million, a decrease of 2% over the comparable quarter in 2014. The company reported a GAAP loss of $5.32 per share and non-GAAP earnings of $0.19 per share.

“While market conditions remain challenging and uncertain, timing of healthcare and industrial customer orders as well as contributions from acquisitions supported revenue during the quarter,” commented Andrew Johnson, Interim President & Chief Executive Officer and Chief Legal Officer, 3D Systems.