ProPlus Design Solutions, Inc. today unveiled MEPro, within its own Nano Design Environment (NDE), that bridges circuit design, CAD and process development, and lets designers quickly adopt and make full use of a process platform.

For the first time, MEPro offers a common platform for circuit design, CAD and process development teams, presented in ways each of them are familiar with. They now are able to systematically evaluate any device or circuit target of one or multiple process platforms with SPICE model libraries, avoiding model misuse while leaving increased area for design margins.

The product, designed...

Altair today announced that its industry-leading workload management product for high-performance computing (HPC), PBS Professional®, has been chosen to manage workload for the new Cray supercomputing system to be installed at the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), Australia's national weather, climate and water agency.                      

PBS Professional was selected as part of a Cray contract to provide BoM with a Cray® XC™40 supercomputer and Cray Sonexion® 2000 storage system. Altair is collaborating with BoM to streamline the transition process from its previous job scheduler.

The new supercomputer will upgrade BoM’s capability to deliver more precise forecasts with...

ZW3D today announced the availability of ZW3D 2015 SP, featuring over 300 improvements for a perfect mid-range CAD/CAM with high performance, extensive applications and fair price.
This newly released edition is to bring SMBs (small and medium-size business) a design-through- manufacturing platform with advancements in usability, stability and function extension.
ZW3D has added a series of enhancements, like new electrode ribbon tab to provide more user-friendly interface, tweaked picking and highlighting to offer flexible configuration, optimized interference check to display clearer results, and much more, for better user experience.
 “I’m really happy every time ZW3D...

Using True 3D, Zuken helps product designers meet the challenges of today’s ever-smaller and complex enclosures, with 3D clearance analysis using true component shapes. True 3D checks of multi-board designs can be carried out against all aspects of a product, including the enclosure. This latest version of Zuken’s CR-8000 single and multi-board design solution also includes improved accuracy in layer configuration design work through transfer of layer configuration data between CR-8000 Design Force and Polar Instruments Speedstack.

Zuken’s CR-8000 is the industry’s only next-generation, product-centric design solution for creating complex product designs. CR-8000 Design Force enables design teams to...

Nor-Tech (Northern Computer Technologies), the leading provider of high-performance, people friendly HPC for CAE solutions, just announced the availability of a cutting-edge Demo Cluster geared toward CAE/CFD/FEA applications.

The cluster is designed to demonstrate the benefits of transitioning CAE applications from workstations to high performance computer clusters. This is a no-cost, no-strings opportunity.

Nor-Tech President and CEO David Bollig said, “Our Demo Cluster is designed for organizations that ultimately need something beyond a workstation. Clients who have made the transition typically see significant improvement in run times; better resolution; better utilization of their engineering staff; and shorter time to market. It’s a...

AVEVA today announced that, following a rigorous competitive evaluation, Kværner Verdal AS has selected AVEVA Bocad Steel™ and AVEVA Bocad Offshore™ for use at its design and fabrication yard in Verdal, Norway. Kværner required a specialised structural steel design solution that provided out-of-the box functionality and powerful integration.

Through the use of AVEVA Bocad Offshore, Kværner benefits from software that is specifically created for the design, detailing and fabrication of all forms of offshore steel structures. When integrated with Kværner’sAVEVA PDMS™ deployment, these structural steel solutions provide an efficient and complete 3D engineering solution that will enable the company to...

Solidworks Partner Fisher Unitech will be hosting its Design Excellence Forum, which offers those in attendance a look at how to utilize today's most innovative technologies to achieve the best manufacturing and design results. The Forum aims to deliver insight on how CAD, simulation, data management, and 3D printing are helping product development reach new heights that the design and manufacturing industries haven’t seen. Design Excellence Forum will also offer new updates on Solidworks 2016 and what current users can expect from the new release. The Design Excellence Forum serves as a unique and complimentary resource for not just SolidWorks...

Solidworks Partner Fisher Unitech will be hosting its Design Excellence Forum, which offers those in attendance a look at how to utilize today's most innovative technologies to achieve the best manufacturing and design results. The Forum aims to deliver insight on how CAD, simulation, data management, and 3D printing are helping product development reach new heights that the design and manufacturing industries haven’t seen. Design Excellence Forum will also offer new updates on Solidworks 2016 and what current users can expect from the new release. The Design Excellence Forum serves as a unique and complimentary resource for not just SolidWorks...

ESI Group announces its upcoming user forums this autumn in Czech Republic, Germany and Japan. These events are an opportunity to hear from ESI Product teams about the latest software releases, and from fellow users about the benefits gained from Virtual Prototyping.

   The first forum of this season, ESI's India Forum 2015 gathered over 200 participants on September 9 in Pune, India. This 1-day conference featured presentations by ESI customers ARAI, Armstrong, BARC, Bajaj, CSIR India, Jaya Hind, John Deere, Lear Corporation, Mahindra, the Indian Ministry of Defense, Tata Motors, Visteon and Whirlpool. More information can be found...

According to a new report on 15 European markets for dental prosthetics and CAD/CAM devices by iData Research (www.idataresearch.com), the CAD/CAM block market in Europe is developing new materials that are constantly being introduced and tested. One new trend is the introduction of translucent zirconia blocks, which are more tooth-like and pre-colored. These blocks are significantly more expensive than their non-colored counterparts for aesthetic and durability reasons. However, lithium disilicate blocks such as the IPS e.max® by Ivoclar Vivadent, are dominating the block market due to high demand. More competitor products are also emerging in this field,...