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In late April, the 15th annual Congress on the Future of Engineering Software (COFES) was held in Scottsdale, Arizona USA. COFES is one of the most important events for the CAD industry, and each year is organized by research agency Cyon Research. Two years ago, ASCON Group used the event…

IBM announced that it has expanded its global partnership with SAP to deliver the SAP HANA® platform, the SAP HANA ONE service and other SAP® applications on the cloud platform from SoftLayer, an IBM Company. The SoftLayer platform has been verified by SAP to run SAP applications, including SAP Business…

Autodesk, Inc. has acquired Stockholm-based Bitsquid AB, the creator of the Bitsquid game engine. The acquisition brings to Autodesk expertise in 3D game development and proven technology that will enable Autodesk to supercharge its portfolio of tools for game makers through the development of a new 3D game engine. Multiple…

Intergraph has announced the release of its Intergraph FreeView® application that lets users of Intergraph CADWorx Design create, publish, and share intelligent AutoCAD®-based CADWorx Plant models for viewing on an Apple® iPad®. Rick Allen, president, Intergraph CADWorx & Analysis Solutions, made the announcement during his keynote address to over two-hundred (200) attendees…

GTX ® Corporation announced the newest release of its popular GTXRaster CAD®  2015 Series for AutoCAD 2015. The new GTXRaster CAD 2015 Series for AutoCAD 2015 enhancements and features include: Full AutoCAD 2015 DWG compatibility Support for Microsoft®  Windows®  8 and Windows®  7, 32- and 64-bit operating systems New User Interface with enhanced Icons, Ribbons, and Toolbars which incorporate the new Light…

DataCAD Software & Services GmbH has announced the availability of the latest release EditNC v10.2.1. All R10 users should install this new version. The CNC program editor is designed to complement CAD/CAM systems, and provides powerful capabilities for manual G-code programming. EditNC includes a large number of CNC programming features like:…

Bluebeam® Software announced that they are working together with Citrix to give Citrix ShareFile® full integration with Bluebeam Revu® for iPad, enabling mobile professionals to more easily access, manage and share project files digitally. ShareFile is a popular cloud storage service within architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) and other document-intensive industries, for which Bluebeam…

Altium Limited introduced WEBENCH® Altium Connector, a collaborative effort between Altium and Texas Instruments (TI) to blend TI’s award-winning WEBENCH power design and simulation tools with Altium’s leading EDA tool suite Altium Designer. This powerful platform provides design engineers with the first end-to-end analog circuit design and simulation environment, including everything from…

Stratasys Ltd. announced that it will hold its Annual General Meeting of Shareholders (the "Meeting") on Thursday, July 10, 2014, at 9:00 a.m. U.S. Central Time, at the Stratasys NASH Building, 9600 West 76th Street, Eden Prairie, Minnesota. The record date for shareholders entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting is Tuesday, June 10, 2014. To view an…

OPEN MIND Technologies AG is presenting for the first time at Manufacturing Surabaya (11 to 14 June 2014 in Surabaya, East Java, Indonesia). OPEN MIND will introduce the CAM solution hyperMILL® Version 2014.1 at their local distributor’s stand – PT Jaya Metal Teknika. The CAM system hyperMILL® is the ideal link between design and…