MathWorks introduced Vision HDL Toolbox, a new product now available in the company’s Release 2015a. Vision HDL Toolbox provides pixel-streaming algorithms for the design and implementation of vision systems on FPGAs and ASICs. The toolbox also includes a design framework that supports a diverse set of interface types, frame sizes, and frame rates, including high-definition (1080p) video. The image processing, video, and computer vision algorithms in the toolbox use an architecture appropriate for HDL implementations.

Vision algorithm developers are challenged by the combination of increasing video frame sizes, frame rates, and the complexity of prototyping or implementing the vision...

Now native Spanish-speaking Mastercam users can unlock the power of Mastercam X8 which introduces new Solids features, UI improvements, Usability/Workflow improvements, and so much more. 

Here are a few things you’ll see in Mastercam X8:

• Dynamic Motion toolpaths calculate not only the area where metal will be removed; they also take into account the changing condition of the material throughout various stages of machining. 
• Solids improvements such as a new interface and workflow to make constructing and editing solids easier and more intuitive than it’s ever been.
• Improved usability & workflow to customize the way you work. The graphics display has been...

Intergraph^® has released SmartPlant^® Electrical 2015, an enhanced version of its integrated solution within the Engineering & Schematics product suite designed to help plant owners achieve business success. SmartPlant Electrical (SPEL) addresses the electrical power distribution network needs of a plant’s entire life cycle, from concept to detailed design through operations and maintenance, including start-up, continuous operation, emergencies and shutdowns.

SmartPlant Electrical enables users to create and maintain a safe and reliable power distribution from load identification to plant start-up, with input taken from mechanical drawings and piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) to interface with other vendors’ analysis products for design...

Forming Technologies Inc. (FTI) the industry’s leading developer of solutions for design, simulation, planning and costing of sheet metal components, today announced the worldwide release of FormingSuite 2015. Aimed at all sheet metal forming and costing engineers, designers, and estimators in the Automotive, Aerospace, Consumer Product and Electrical/Electronic industries, the main objective of FormingSuite 2015 is to introduce new leading edge technologies to stamping simulation and to provide continuous improvement to all users in a unified collaborative environment.

“FormingSuite 2015 is the result of listening to our client’s ideas and incorporating those ideas into deliverables that will increase their productivity, improve...

Cadence Design Systems Inc., San Jose CA, has unveiled five new OrCAD products and three key feature updates as it marks 30-years of continued design and innovation of the software brand. The expanded OrCAD portfolio enables greater product creation efficiency by delivering additional high-speed design capabilities that address productivity and time-to-market challenges.

The new products and key features focus on increasing designers’ productivity by reducing design cycle time and facilitating more advance designs via additional high-speed capabilities.

New products include:

• OrCAD Component Information Portal provides users with CIS database management capabilities and integrated access to parametric component data through an interactive, web interface...

Delcam will demonstrate the latest developments in machining with both machine tools and robots on booth B55 in Hall 6 at the Paris Air Show to be held at Le Bourget from 15^th to 21^st June. 

Programs on show will include PowerMILL for high-speed and five-axis machining, and FeatureCAM for quick and easy feature-based CAM programming.  Delcam’s PowerSHAPE Pro software for reverse engineering and PowerINSPECT inspection software will also be demonstrated in Paris.

The latest release of PowerMILL includes improvements to the Vortex high-efficiency area-clearance strategy, developments in toolpath simulation and verification, improved collision checking to also...

ANSYS  customers can now deploy consistent enterprise-specific simulation workflows and data to more engineers, regardless of geographic location or business unit with today's launch of ANSYS^® 16.1 and ANSYS^® Enterprise Cloud™.

ANSYS unveils ANSYS Enterprise Cloud

The new solution, running on Amazon Web Services (AWS), simplifies and accelerates the transition to cloud-based simulation by providing a reference architecture for end-to-end simulation that can be deployed within days – minimizing risk while boosting productivity. Customers who adopt the ANSYS Enterprise Cloud can scale their simulation capacity – including infrastructure and software assets – on demand, in response to changing business requirements, optimizing efficiency...

aPriori, a provider of enterprise product cost management solutions, today announced that its software platform has been selected by Komatsu’s European Technical Center located at Komatsu Hanomag GmbH. The European subsidiary of Komatsu Ltd. will implement the aPriori solution to provide its design teams with a fast, repeatable and consistent method to estimate product costs from the earliest stages of new product design.  Komatsu expects the increased cost visibility to help it meet new product cost targets while also accelerating product development cycles, producing higher quality products and increasing profitability.

“By deploying aPriori, we’re providing our engineering team with the detailed...

Net sales increased by 19 per cent to 705.1 MEUR (594.8)

Using fixed exchange rates and a comparable group structure, net sales increased by 5 per cent

Operating earnings (EBIT1) increased by 21 per cent to 149.8 MEUR (123.4)

Earnings before taxes, excluding non-recurring items, amounted to 142.2 MEUR (115.2)

Net earnings, excluding non-recurring items, amounted to 113.8 MEUR (92.2) 

Earnings per share, excluding non-recurring items, increased by 19 per cent to 0.31 EUR (0.26)

Operating cash flow improved by 40 per cent to 65.1 MEUR (46.5)

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