Key takeaways:

• Dassault Systèmes views the world economy as entering an “Experience Economy” phase, one which they are well positioned to support
• Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE Forum further demonstrated their support for the PLM industry and the company’s desire and progress towards enabling a robust product innovation platform

On November 16, 2015, Dassault Systèmes conducted a 3DEXPERIENCE Forum in Boston, MA for a select audience of customers, partners, industry analysts, and media. Mr. Scott Berkey, North America Managing Director and CEO, SIMULIA, acted as host for a series of plenary presentations to kick off the event. In the opening welcome,...

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces new research on “Product Line Engineering @ IBM: Managing Smart Products Across the Lifecycle.”

Products and product development complexity are evolving in tandem, with the trend toward smart, connected products driving companies to look for new product development and support methods. Product line engineering (PLE) has emerged as an approach that can readily support a systems view to develop families of product variants in an effective manner. IBM’s Continuous Engineering Solution builds on their traditional strengths in requirements management and software development, and leverages their...

An expert in manufacturing high-end womenswear for prestigious European brands, Lithuanian-based company, Kauno Baltija, has adopted Lectra's 3D virtual prototyping solution, to launch its own-brand, LOULU ET TU.
In order to provide the same excellent service and flawless product to their manufacturing customers while shifting their business model to that of a hybrid company. Kauno Baltija needed to manage these changes effectively and achieve perfect fit, rapid time-to-market and superior quality in order to compete on the international stage.

With Lectra, Kauno Baltija was able to find the right solution to manage the challenge of successfully launching a...

ESI Group, pioneer and world-leading solution provider in Prototyping for manufacturing industries, was invited to participate in the French-German Digital Conference, held on October 27 at the Elysée Palace in Paris. During the conference, French Minister Emmanuel Macron and German Minister Sigmar Gabriel presented their "Action Plan" for an ambitious digital strategy in Europe, and related societal challenges. They were then joined by French President François Hollande, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, and President of the European Commission Jean-Claude Junker to witness demonstrations of selected innovative technologies, including ESI's Immersive Virtual Prototyping solution as used by aircraft manufacturer Daher. 

French company Daher...

A record turnout of delegates at Javelin’s customer event saw a preview of the production control software’s forthcoming 2016 release. It included major enhancements to Advanced Scheduling, along with improvement to its CRM system, Configured Parts and a link to the world’s most powerful sheet metal CAD/CAM software, Radan.

Whilst Javelin, from Vero Software, brings out two new releases a year, customers typically update every two or three years and General Manager, Paul Holmes, said many of them were surprised to see how much additional functionality has been added since their last upgrade.

“We had a number of...

Blueprint today announced the latest release of its industry-leading flagship product. The innovative changes announced today will allow Blueprint users to accelerate their IT projects by reviewing artifacts easier and leveraging stronger data protection features.

“As teams tackle the growing demands of complex projects and rising regulation, they can turn to Blueprint to move their projects forward with greater speed, collaboration and security,” said Michael Aronzon, CTO at Blueprint.

Highlights include:

Streamlined Stakeholder Collaboration using Rapid Review

Blueprint’s Rapid Review provides a quick and easy way to share artifacts with team members and gather their feedback. Rapid Review offers the look and feel of...

SoftInWay Inc., leading Turbomachinery company, has relaunched their industry leading flow path design, analysis and optimization software, AxSTREAM™, as a next generation turbomachinery development platform, capable not only of designing the flow path, but now also rotors, bearings, and other components.

SoftInWay Inc. was founded in 1999 as a consulting company, and since releasing AxSTREAM™ in 2005 to a few select clients, has grown to a team of 60+ advanced engineers. SoftInWay services close to 300 companies worldwide, supporting the industry in reducing engineering cost and time, while increasing innovation and capabilities.

While other companies have attempted to...

Autodesk, Inc. today reported financial results for the third quarter of fiscal 2016.

Third Quarter Fiscal 2016

• Total subscriptions increased by approximately 80,000 from the second quarter of fiscal 2016 to 2.47 million at the end of the third quarter.
• Total annualized recurring revenue (ARR) was $1.35 billion, an increase of 15 percent compared to the third quarter last year as reported, and 18 percent on a constant currency basis.
• Deferred revenue increased 20 percent to $1.21 billion, compared to $1.01 billion in the third quarter last year.
• Total billings decreased 9 percent, compared to the third...

Trimble has released SketchUp 2016, the latest version of the world's most widely used 3D modeling software for architects, engineers, design and construction professionals as well as members of the global maker community. Along with multiple enhancements for driving efficiency and simplifying workflow, this release brings SketchUp users the power of Trimble Connect, a cloud-based collaboration platform allowing teams to access, analyze, manage and share project data from the cloud anywhere, at any time.

The interest among the SketchUp community to collaborate has amplified the need to work together and share data rich SketchUp models...

Maplesoft™ today announced a major new release of MapleSim™, an advanced system-level modeling and simulation platform, together with important updates to many of the specialized component libraries and connectivity tools in the MapleSim family of products.

MapleSim offers a modern approach to physical modeling and simulation, dramatically reducing model development and analysis time while producing fast, high-fidelity simulations. The latest release provides a variety of new features that further support the creation, simulation, and analysis of multidomain, system-level models. Enhancements include advanced diagnostic tools, expanded component libraries, and other improvements...