Trimble today announced a contract extension for Beijing's New Airport Project. In April, Trimble won the initial bid to supply the project with a construction information management system. Based on the success of the solution to date, the contract has been extended to include additional machine control systems for soil stabilization.

Beijing's new airport is projected to handle approximately 72 million...

Lectra recently hosted a global event for upholstered furniture manufacturers in Bordeaux-Cestas. More than 120 participants from the industry, representing 16 countries, were present. The event focused on the main challenges facing the furniture industry today, specifically how to offer more choice in less time and reduce costs by producing faster, efficiently, profitably, customized and responsibly.
One of the key aims of the event was to give participants the opportunity to experience Lectra's expert knowledge and solutions in operation firsthand, through interactive workshops, live demonstrations, and round-table discussions.
Several customers, including Polipol (Germany), Muebles Liz (Mexico) and Klaussner Furniture...

The 3MF Consortium, an industry association created to develop and promote a new full-fidelity file format for 3D printing, today announced that Ultimaker, a leading manufacturer of open-source premium 3D printers, headquartered in The Netherlands, has joined at the Founding membership level.

"Ultimaker strives to evolve 3D printing into a capable, versatile and accessible production technology," said Siert Wijnia, CTO and founder of Ultimaker. "For this fast-growing industry to create meaningful progress, we need a more modern, future-proof and free format that is still easy to implement."

"Ultimaker’s...

Tecplot, Inc., a developer of data visualization and analysis software for engineers and scientists, today announced that its flagship product, Tecplot 360 EX, was used in the design of the heat shield for the Orion spacecraft.

Orion’s heat shield, a protective blanket built with high-tech fibers and ceramics, is crucial to mission success. The outer layer of the heat shield is designed to burn away as it heats up during re-entry into the atmosphere, thus maintaining the integrity of the inner layer and helping to ensure the survivability of the spacecraft.

To predict temperature and airflow around the heat...

Synopsys, Inc. today announced the latest releases of the RSoft™ product portfolio, the company's industry-leading family of software tools for photonic component and optical communication system design. Version 2015.12 of the Synopsys RSoft Photonic System Design Suite includes new features to accelerate the design and fabrication of state-of-the-art silicon photonics, photonic integrated circuits and optical transceivers in data center applications. In addition, version 2015.06-2 of the RSoft Photonic Component Design Suite enables faster simulations of complex photonic component designs with new, flexible cluster licensing policies that take full advantage of multicore CPU architectures.

"The enhancements in the latest releases of...

Not only managers but also service technicians and engineers do a lot of traveling. They therefore want to be able to access confidential information and send their data securely without running any security risks regardless of where they are. Not a problem with the new iOS app for the OpenDXM solution for data exchange and managed file transfer (MFT). The app, which can be used on both iPhones and iPads, allows data to be exchanged quickly and securely while on the go without any need to be within the confines of your company's protected IT infrastructure.

The new iOS app...

Spatial Corp. announced today that Numerical Innovations, a division of Caneberra Technologies, Inc. has leveraged Spatial’s 3D InterOp data reuse software suite to launch ACE 3D, the first all-in-one 3D/2D translator specifically targeted for the electronic design automation (EDA) industry. ACE 3D makes it easy to convert between 3D and EDA formats by importing a wide variety of EDA and computer-aided design (CAD) formats directly into customer 3D modeling environments. Geometries and layers are intelligently organized as individual assemblies for easy editing.

By integrating 3D InterOp’s data translators, ACE...

Major advances in the powerful Javelin production control system from Vero Software are leading to significant time savings in CNC machining operations.

Javelin 2016 r1’s new Advanced Scheduling function can work to the nearest second, giving an accurate sequence of operations, instead of the daily capacity bucket in earlier releases. 

The more accurate planning that is now available can save up to half an hour a day on each work centre, according to Javelin senior consultant Ian Cartwright. “The new function means office staff and shop floor workers can see a step by step flow chart of the...

Aspen Technology, Inc. announced the availability of new enhancements to aspenONE^® Engineering Version 8.8 software. Developed for firms in the Oil, Gas, Refining, Chemicals, Engineering & Construction and other process industries, aspenONE V8.8.2 includes updates to the Aspen Economic Evaluation and the Aspen Exchanger Design and Rating (EDR) product families. The latest upgrades deliver integrated workflow and costing improvements that allow leading global firms to minimize capital expenditures, improve project design efficiency and boost operational profitability.

This release of Aspen Capital Cost Estimator (ACCE) software includes the annual Cost Basis update for 2015, which is integrated into the...

The Singapore Land Authority (SLA) is a statutory board under the Ministry of Law with a mission to optimise land resources for the economic and social development of Singapore. The SLA-led SGD $8 million government initiative is intended to create and maintain a world’s first high-resolution 3D map of an entire country. Created using Bentley software, the 3D map will provide multi-user access to this information to support daily operational requirements, planning, risk management, and more. The project encompassed all of Singapore, an area of more than 700 square kilometres.

Bentley’s comprehensive solution enabled NCS, the system integrator for...