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C3D Labs, part of the ASCON Group, is pleased to announce that the Mac OSX version of its C3D geometric kernel is now available to developers. The kernel is used by third-party developers to create their own CAD, CAM, and CAE systems and add-on applications. It now supports three operating…

AMC Bridge has released the Cloud Renderer for Autodesk Revit 2014. Cloud Renderer for Revit, a plug-in that enables physically based rendering of Revit models on the Microsoft Windows Azure cloud platform, is now available on Autodesk Exchange Apps. AMC Bridge has released the Cloud Renderer for Autodesk Revit 2014, a plug-in…

Mentor Graphics Corp. announced that LEONI is expanding its use of Capital® software throughout the world. LEONI now has significant Capital software deployments in Europe, America and Pacific Rim. This growth is driven in part by increasing adoption of the modular approach to wire harness configuration management, also known as…

PTC today announced that it will release its fiscal 2014 second quarter results on Wednesday, April 23rd after the stock market closes. Senior management will host a live webcast and conference call to review the results on Thursday, April 24th at 8:30am Eastern Time. The earnings press release and accompanying prepared remarks will…

Infor today announced that it will host an investor conference call to discuss Q3 fiscal year 2014 results for current holders of Infor securities and other interested parties on Monday, April 14, at 11 a.m. Eastern time. Materials and dial-in details will be available at www.infor.com/company/investor-information/ after 8 a.m. Eastern time on…

NAFEMS hosts its 2014 Americas Conference in Colorado Springs, CO on May 28-30, co-located with the Collaboration & Interoperability Congress (CIC). The preliminary conference agenda has now been released, featuring over 80 cutting-edge presentations covering two conferences over three days in May. Dr Takeshi Abe, from Ford Motor Company, will provide a…

SolidProfessor announced today that April 2014 marks the company’s 10 year anniversary. Ten years ago SolidProfessor released their first eLearning course for SolidWorks. Since that time their involvement in engineering and architectural communities has rapidly grown as the need for rich, digital learning content has increased. SolidProfessor now offers comprehensive…

SPRING Technologies has just won this year’s Innovation Trophies “Special Mention Prize” at the Industrie 2014 show in Paris. In front of over 850 industry guests, the award, offered in partnership with Arkea Banque Entreprises et Institutionnels, went to WYSIWYC® (What You See Is What You Cut), a dedicated solution…

After an extensive review of Breault Research’s APEX® software, support, quality assurance, and usability, Dassault Systèmes SolidWorks Corporation has promoted the APEX Optics Add-In for SOLIDWORKS to Gold Status in its partner program. APEX joins a select few SOLIDWORKS add-ins with this distinction. According to Robert Shroder, Optical Engineer and…

Autodesk announced the commercial availability of Inventor HSM, a truly integrated CAM solution for Inventor users. Inventor HSM 2015 helps machinists, designers and engineers turn their Inventor designs into manufacturable parts by generating best-in-class machining toolpaths, directly inside Inventor. “In the manufacturing world, quality is critical,” said Carl White, senior…