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Industry Summary Articles
Thursday, 25 February 2016 09:13
YuniquePLM V6 Fosters International Growth for Norwegian Apparel Brand Moods of Norway
Moods of Norway, a fashion lifestyle brand located in Stryn, Norway, has implemented Gerber Technology's YuniquePLM™ V6 web-based product lifecycle management software to manage its design and development process, while it continues to blend Norwegian heritage with international lifestyle and fashion.
"With YuniquePLM V6, we are able to have an individual perspective on products from the 'get go,' allowing designers and buyers...
Thursday, 25 February 2016 09:10
Tetra4D Converter 2016 Supports Solid Edge ST8, SolidWorks 2016 and Export to ACIS SAT
Tech Soft 3D today announced the latest release of Tetra 4D Converter, a powerful solution for creating 3D PDFs to support multiple workflows, enabling the model based enterprise by allowing users to package constrained models with all necessary product manufacturing information into a lightweight, sharable format. Tetra4D Converter 2016 now supports exporting 3D data to ACIS (SAT) files as well as updated support for reading the most recent versions of Solid Edge (ST8) and SolidWorks (2016). The 2016 release of Tetra4D Converter also features additional functionality for controlling the display of 3D PMI and views in 3D PDF files.
"This...
Thursday, 25 February 2016 09:08
German Researchers Use Tecplot Software to Help Design Cleaner Gas Turbine Engines
Tecplot, Inc., developer of the leading CFD visualization and analysis software for engineers and scientists, today announced that researchers at the University of Stuttgart’s Institute of Aerospace Thermodynamics are using Tecplot 360 EX to help design cleaner gas turbine engines.
Working under a grant from the German Research Foundation and the Research Association for Combustion Engines, the researchers specifically are working to improve modern aircraft engines by changing the geometry of turbine blade endwalls, the region between two adjacent turbine blades.
The end-users of the research findings -- companies that manufacture gas turbine engines -- hope to incorporate the...
Thursday, 25 February 2016 09:06
Addnode Group Signs New PLM Partnership with Market Leading Low Price Retailer ÖoB
Runsvengruppen, owner of the market leading low price retailer ÖoB, has chosen TechniaTranscat, a subsidiary to Addnode Group, as their strategic partner for implementation of a Product Lifecycle Management solution (PLM). The PLM solution will enable ÖoB to further improve their efficiency, facilitate further expansion and an enhanced range of products.
Runsvensgruppen, which operates over one hundred department stores under the brand ÖoB in Sweden, has chosen a PLM solution based on a platform from Dassault Systèmes. The system will be delivered by Addnode Group’s subsidiary, TechniaTranscat, which will be a strategic supplier of software, support and maintenance services.
Thursday, 25 February 2016 09:02
Centric Software Announces Annual Results
Centric Software, Inc., marked its 2016 fiscal year (ending Jan. 31) with its 4th year of phenomenal growth thanks to overwhelming market adoption of its strategy based on mobility, innovation and extending solutions beyond traditional PLM (product lifecycle management) for fashion, retail, luxury, footwear and consumer goods.
Enthusiasm from the market has driven Centric's massive growth and worldwide leadership position. "Centric is disrupting the marketplace with a strong emphasis on mobility and innovation, and by extending the value proposition beyond traditional PLM. The market worldwide continues to give its endorsement," says Chris Groves, president and CEO of...
Thursday, 25 February 2016 09:00
NAFEMS Workshop on Practical Aspects of Product Design & Simulation Technology
Product Design is a study of structured design processes and methods. Exercise of Structured Design Process (SDP) has many benefits for both Academia and Industries in equal measure. From Industrial aspect, a SDP is mandatory to effectively decide what type of products to bring to market place, schedule the development in existing scenario of uncertain and changing world and create a wonderful and robust product.
From the Academia perspective, the benefits of using SDP include experiences with hands-on products, applications of current technologies, applications of scientific principles and mathematics, studies of systematic experimentation and exploration of boundaries of technology. At the present day scenario, product design is the...
Thursday, 25 February 2016 08:57
TCS, Infosys, Wipro Join ‘Computer Science for All’ Plan
Three major Indian IT companies — Infosys, Tata Consultancy Services and Wipro — have joined
Thursday, 25 February 2016 08:54
iBASEt Appraised at CMMI Level 3 for Product and Service Development
iBASEt announced today that it has been appraised at Level 3 of the CMMI Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI)® for Product and Service development.
The appraisal was performed by Kevin Cotherman, and comes after a demanding examination of iBASEt’s processes and practices, many of which were enhanced over the last two years to institutionalize standards throughout the product and service development organizations and ensure compliance with CMMI guidelines.
An appraisal at maturity level 3 indicates iBASEt is performing at a “defined” level. At this level, processes are repeatable, proactive, reflective, and focused on continual process...
Thursday, 25 February 2016 08:50
BobCAD-CAM Launches New Site to Give CNC Programmers Machinist ToolBox Software at No Cost
BobCAD-CAM has launched a new website, http://www.Machinist-ToolBox.com, where CNC machinists can download the popular shop utility, Machinist ToolBox software, free of charge.
Normally retailing for $100.00, BobCAD-CAM is waiving the fee whenever anyone downloads the Machinist ToolBox software from the new Machinist-ToolBox.com site. Also included in the download is a trial version of the company’s latest CAD-CAM software for CNC programming, BobCAD-CAM V28.
Machinist ToolBox offers fast access to optimized speed and feed calculations for CNC milling, drilling, turning, and tapping, in addition to trig calculators, quick conversion formulas, and important reference guides. These calculators...
Wednesday, 24 February 2016 12:52
Kostal Achieves ISO 26262 ASIL D Certification with Model-Based Design
MathWorks today announced that Kostal Asia R&D Center, a subsidiary of automotive supplier Kostal Group of Germany, adopted Model-Based Design to achieve on-schedule ISO 26262 functional safety-based certification for its new electronic steering column lock module. Extending the use of Simulink for early verification and validation and Embedded Coder for production code generation allowed Kostal to develop a module compliant with Automotive Safety Integrity Level D (ASIL D). This certification level requires the highest verification and validation practices throughout the development process and the most rigorous qualification of development tools across all ISO 26262 levels.
Kostal is the first...
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