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Materialise is collaborating with the full-cloud 3D CAD system, Onshape to integrate 3D Printing functionality into their platform. The Materialise 3DPrintCloud tools to analyze and repair a design for 3D Printing will be brought to Onshape users through the new 3DPrintCloud Print Preparation app now available on the Onshape App Store, currently in private beta.

The collaboration helps alleviate pitfalls commonly associated with 3D printing workflows by plugging the Onshape community in to software technology that facilitates the process of turning their 3D designs into physical parts. The companies have developed an integration between Onshape and Materialise 3DPrintCloud capable...

Dassault Systèmes and Meyer Werft, one of the world’s leading cruise ship builders, today announced that Meyer Werft is deploying Dassault Systèmes’ “On Time to Sea” and “Designed for Sea” industry solution experiences to more efficiently design and build its ocean-going cruise ships, enhance its innovation skills and expand its market leadership.

This deployment reinforces the long-standing cooperation between the two companies. Specifically, it supports Meyer Werft’s new Technology and Development Center in Papenburg, announced in November 2015, which will pool most of the design and...

Synopsys, Inc. announced that Axell, a leading fabless design company of graphics chips for interactive entertainment and industrial embedded systems, has switched to Synopsys' Design Compiler^® RTL synthesis solution for their IC designs. Achieving smaller die area with high engineering productivity are critical goals for Axell to deliver competitive products to their target markets. To achieve these goals, Axell evaluated available RTL synthesis solutions and selected the Design Compiler solution, including DC Explorer, based on results delivering 5 percent area reduction coupled with high design performance and fast runtime.

"With their next-generation interactive entertainment products requiring higher resolution...

AVEVA has announced that the leading Russian oil & gas cluster of Bashkortostan Republic has standardised on AVEVA’s Integrated Engineering & Design software solution. The cluster required a proven multi-discipline engineering and design solution for capital projects globally that would increase productivity and improve efficiency. The cluster is a group of companies that specialise in oil & gas including, energy-efficient technologies and precision engineering. All members of the cluster will use AVEVA software on all projects.

The licenses, for all members of the cluster, will be funded by Government of the Russian Federation from an initiative called the Development...

CADsoft Consulting Inc is excited to announce the official launch of CADsoft University in Tempe, Arizona, a conference where architecture, engineering, and construction professionals will uncover new ways of implementing design solutions. The conference will be led by CADsoft's award-winning technical team and is scheduled to run in Phoenix on January 13, 2016 and in Albuquerque on February 18, 2016.

CADsoft University's agenda is divided into two sections for Infrastructure & Design and Building & Construction, with the underlying theme of "this is what the future will be, but you can do this now." The technical team will cover the...

Worldwide sales of 3D Printing machines which produce metal parts were up +45% in Q3 2015 compared to the same period one year ago despite the woes in the overall Industrial/Professional 3D Printer market, according to figures released today by IT Market research company CONTEXT. Preliminary findings also show that shipments of metal 3D Printers alone have grown 51% so far in 2015 compared to the same period last year.

While sales of metal 3D printers accounted for only 7% of the global 2,743 Industrial/Professional printer unit volume shipments in Q3, revenues from metal 3D Printers took 31% of...

Global software major Wipro on Friday announced it had won the Aegis Graham Bell award for developing a solution for the Internet of Things (IoT).

"The solution enables flexible adaptation of data streams from a wide range of end devices to IoT platforms and data stores," the IT bellwether said in a statement here.

The Aegis Graham Bell Award is the country's innovation award in the field of Telecom, Internet, Media and Entertainment (TIME) and Social, Mobility Analytics and Cloud (SMAC).

Minister of State Jitendra...

Aras® announced the release of the Aras Technical Documentation application which provides a breakthrough in the authoring, visualizing, and publishing of a wide range of product, regulatory, safety, and technical publications. By directly using PLM controlled data, the solution enables faster production of accurate, up to date technical publications like catalogs, maintenance manuals, regulatory filings and training manuals.

Improving Speed and Accuracy of Technical Publication Production

Built on the Aras Innovator platform, Aras Technical Documentation takes a new approach to simplify the creation and updating of Technical Publications. During the authoring process, the solution uses PLM content directly, which cuts out rewriting...

TFTLabs S.A.S, announces today in this latest release of 3Dviewer, the support of new SolidWorks 2016 for company products TFTWeb, TFTPad, TFT4iT and free JSON3D Gallery. 
The free JSON3D Gallery, http://json3d.tftlabs.com, which already supports CATIA V5, Pro/Engineer, SolidWorks and JT formats, has been updated to support SolidWorks 2016 as well. 
TFTLabs products support all major 3D formats, which now include latest release of CAD System,

Dassault Systems / SolidWorks 2016 Entities treated:

• Assemblies, parts,
• Visibilities, colors, transparency,
• Document and Configuration properties on parts and assemblies,
• All 3D entities
• File extensions: .sldprt, .sldasm,

“In CAD...

Gerber Technology announced advances to its YuniquePLM In The Cloud, and AccuMark 10.1, and enhancements to its AccuMark 3D, and key processes including virtual sample management and a pilot of Internet of Things (IoT) management dashboard.

Gerber’s subscription based YuniquePLM In The Cloud provides benefits of the company’s V6.1 software, including the ability to generate and export user-created product and line report views and increased functionality within the 3D file support media. YuniquePLM In the Cloud offers flexible and scalable product lifecycle management software without IT infrastructure, so platform users of all sizes can embrace it.

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