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Catia V5/V6 and Siemens NX users will undoubtedly be familiar with the challenges of successfully collaborating concurrently with internal and external teams using different CAD and PLM systems. Successful development depends on a seamless two-way exchange of data and a requirement to conform to company PLM procedures, data validation and…

Siemens, and Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), today announced ETO2Win, a new joint software and services solution for automating complex Engineer-to-Order (ETO) processes. ETO2Win leverages TCS’ domain expertise and Siemens’ Rulestream™ software, developed by its product lifecycle management (PLM) business. ETO2Win is designed to capture, manage and reuse corporate intellectual property…

PDF3D have spent the past few months building in some key PMI features for developers in their V2.10 SDK released today. Until now annotation layers are often lost when PMI is published in visual formats outside of native CAD systems. This new release removes these issues for developers looking to…

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC) has announced the release of IntelliCAD 8.0. Available in both 64-bit and 32-bit versions, IntelliCAD 8.0 opens, saves, and creates .dwg files, including the latest 2014 file format. New features include layer states, layer filters with search, layer transparency and viewport freeze, .cui custom menu…

IMSI®/Design today announced the release of its updated Software Development Kit (SDK) for 2D and 3D CAD viewing on iOS and Android mobile platforms. The TurboApps SDK allows developers like California-based AppTree Software to integrate award-winning 2D and 3D DWG and DXF viewing into their apps quickly and without any of…

Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC®) announces IGC Brava!® Enterprise 7.2 for EMC Documentum xCP 2.1. In addition to seamless integration with the new Documentum xCP 2.1, Brava offers significant upgrades: The Brava HTML5 viewer now offers vector viewing, which provides crisp text even at tight zoom levels and support for CAD drawings,…

EMA Design Automation (ema-eda.com) today announced Component Information Portal™ (CIP) 5.0 – offering a tight integration with Cadence® OrCAD® Capture CIS and EMA EDABuilder® for a complete part search and new part introduction flow including automated symbol creation. “CIP 5.0 fulfills the automated new part introduction vision, EMA pioneered back…

Accenture today announced the launch of Accenture Product Lifecycle Services (APLS), a new business service aimed at helping manufacturing clients better organize, develop and manage products and services, from idea to retirement. APLS combines capabilities from Accenture’s strategy, digital, technology and operations growth platforms, with industry-specific services across manufacturing and…

Dassault Systèmes announced today that BNP Paribas Securities Services chose the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and its “Innovation Factory” industry solution experience to enhance product management and accelerate product development. The 3DEXPERIENCE platform will give BNP Paribas Securities Services’ teams access to a dedicated product lifecycle management solution centralizing product development information from…

Altair today announced that Aernnova, Spain, a leading aerostructures company, has heavily extended its use of Altair's computer-aided-engineering (CAE) software suite HyperWorks®. The company assumes integral management of large aircraft sections and provides engineering services, composites and metallic parts as well as maintenance and support services. As one of the…