Tecplot, Inc., developer of the leading visualization and analysis software for reservoir engineers, today announced the general availability of Tecplot RS 2015 Release 1.

The most notable user-requested upgrades and productivity enhancements include:

Bubble Plot Enhancements

The new bubble plot enhancements allow users to present well-production data in 2D and 3D grid plots through pie-chart symbols. The user assigns well variables to be displayed as pie segments, whose size is based on the relative value. The size of the bubble can also be assigned to a production variable....

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced its agreement with AMD to provide comprehensive embedded Linux^® tools for AMD 64-bit ARM^®-based processors using the Mentor^®Embedded Sourcery™ CodeBench Lite offering. To address the growing complexity of embedded systems, AMD embedded customers will have access to the Sourcery CodeBench technology for development and debugging applications for Linux®-based embedded systems.

AMD and Mentor Graphics in 2014 agreed to create an embedded software ecosystem for developers to access powerful open-source, embedded C/C++ development tools to build embedded software in...

Delcam has launched the 2016 release of its FeatureCAM feature-based CAM software.  This includes a range of enhancements, in particular more options for the Vortex high-efficiency area-clearance strategy, support for bar-fed mills, more efficient turning and user-interface improvements to make programming even easier and faster.

Full details on the new release, including video demonstrations of the main enhancements, are on the FeatureCAM Learning Zone – www.delcam.tv/fc2016/lz   

FeatureCAM was the world’s first feature-based programming software when it was launched in 1995.  Constant development since then has ensured that the system has retained its leadership in programming speed and ease of...

Aras®, in partnership with Altium today announced a new approach to systems development that allows engineers working on complex products to access Altium PCB design data from within Aras Innovator®. By improving collaboration across electrical, mechanical, and software disciplines, Aras allows engineers to efficiently manage the product lifecycle from requirements through design, manufacture, and service.  

 With Aras Innovator connected to Altium Vault, the Altium centralized database for ECAD design data, global businesses can efficiently manage multidisciplinary bill of materials and enterprise-level configuration, change, and requirements management. This provides engineers with full product visibility, breaking down departmental and functional silos and...

Altium has announced the next major update to its flagship PCB design tool Altium Designer. According to the company, the addition of new automation and productivity tools to the package will allow engineers to get designs done more quickly and with fewer errors.

“The increasing complexity of today’s electronic designs requires the most productive design environment for engineers to remain competitive,” said Christopher Donato, VP Americas at Altium. “Our focus for this release is to provide PCB designers with the most productive and efficient PCB design platform available to meet the demands of every engineering challenge.”

Amongst the additions...

Dassault Systèmes and Deutsche Börse today announced the six finalists selected to participate in the 3D FinTech Challenge 2015, an immersive accelerator programme designed to empower and accelerate technology innovation within financial services.

This year’s finalists focus on using existing or new disruptive data management technologies to help institutions better manage regulatory requirements and reduce the costs of compliance. 
The 3D FinTech Challenge aims to nurture and accelerate the six high performance start-ups. The finalists - chosen from a shortlist of applications by a panel of senior executives from leading financial institutions - are AlgoDynamix, Athena Portfolio Solutions, CreditRecipient,...

Altair today announced that Brüel & Kjær Sound & Vibration Measurement A/S has joined the Altair Partner Alliance (APA), bringing its noise, vibration and harshness (NVH) software, Insight+, to HyperWorks customers. Insight+ creates the ability to efficiently consider test and computer-aided engineering (CAE) data together to assist engineers in better understanding NVH contributions early in the design process.

 "We are very excited about our partnership with Altair," said