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Sigmetrix, a leader in GD&T and tolerance analysis software and a PTC® PartnerAdvantage™ Gold Partner, announced the latest release of its GD&T Advisor software for  PTC Creo® design software.  Developed in partnership with Alex Krulikowski at Effective Training, Inc. (ETI), GD&T Advisor is an interactive tool that expertly guides designers through a standards-based application…

Flow Science, Inc. has announced that it will hold its 14th annual FLOW-3D European Users Conference on June 17-18, 2014 in Vienna, Austria at the NH Danube. Advanced training for the use of FLOW-3D in the water & environmental industry will be held Monday, June 16. In addition, a technical…

TraceParts with IronCAD today launched the portal www.tracepartsonline.net/ws/IRONCAD, a free online design resource, to the fast growing user community of IronCAD software. Directly available through IronCAD’s 2014 suite of products interface, this new online part library features over 100 million part numbers from hundreds of leading component manufacturers and distributors and…

SpaceClaim today announced the immediate availability of SpaceClaim Engineer 2014. With advances in nearly every aspect of the software, from new tools and extended interoperability to significantly faster performance, this new release maintains the popular interface and intuitive work flow of SpaceClaim Engineer while introducing several benefits. “We continue to…

ITC Infotech’s PLM RUNTEAM is an all-encompassing support service for PTC Windchill and PTC FlexPLM product lifecycle management (PLM) installations. It is rapidly gaining popularity with PLM teams across the globe because it takes away the burden of keeping complex PLM systems running at maximum efficiency, allowing product design teams…

The latest release of the Alphacam CAD/CAM software suite incorporates a range of new and enhanced functionality, including aspects relating to solid tools, multi-processing and CAD to CAM. Amongst the updates in Alphacam 2014 R1: Solid Tools Cutting tools can now be defined from solids which are displayed during solid…

ZWCAD Design announced that MP Ingenieros Ltda, a professional construction consulting company in Chile, has selected ZWCAD+ to enhance construction project outcomes. With the ability to handle large files flexibly, the fast running speed and easy revision functions, MP Ingenieros Ltda is able to review design projects in a more efficient…

PTC® today announced that Hitachi, Ltd. Rail Systems has selected the PTC Global Product Development Solution based on proven PTC Windchill® technology as its single enterprise platform for global product development throughout its railway vehicle engineering and manufacturing business. Hitachi, the only railway systems integrator in Japan, designs, manufactures, and services railway vehicles, traffic control…

AVEVA today announced that EMS-CHEMIE has moved to the new AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) software for the design of its chemical facilities. The EMS-SERVICES business unit of EMS-CHEMIE has successfully used AVEVA PDMS since 2004. Now it will benefit from the advanced functionality and improved design efficiency provided by AVEVA…

An agreement-in-principle has been reached between Altair and EMSS, pursuant to which Altair will acquire 100 percent of EM Software & Systems – S.A. (Pty) Ltd and its international distributor offices in the United States, Germany, and China.  The agreement is expected to close early in 2014. Altair is a…