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Aspose team is pleased to announce the new release of Aspose.CAD for Java 16.12.0. The major development in this release is the implementation of the feature drawing DGN format as a part of DWG format. Underlay flags for DWG format are implementation in this release. Reading insert coordinate and rotation angle for DGN underlay feature also been incorporated in this release. Aspose.CAD for .NET has implemented the underlay flags for DWG format and allows developers to access them. It also enables developers to export a DWG file with embedded DGN underlay inside. Sample code demonstrating how to access the DGN underlay inside a DWG file while exporting a DWG file is provided on the blog announcement page. There are some important enhancement parts of this release, such as the process of loading DWG file, process of converting DWG to PDF format, process of converting DWG to PNG format in

Geometric Ltd. announced its third quarter financial results for FY 2016-2017 at the board meeting held today. Highlights for the quarter ended December 31, 2016 (Q3 FY17 – IND AS) Total revenues in USD terms down by 0.1% Q-o-Q and rose by 3.7% Y-o-Y to USD 36.86 Mn in Q3 FY17 compared to USD 36.88 Mn in Q2 FY17 and USD 35.54 Mn in Q3 FY16 Consolidated net profit after tax at INR 447.20 Mn for the quarter, as against 396.15 Mn for the previous quarter and INR 276.93 Mn for the same quarter last year          Signed new deals worth USD 18.04 Mn Annualized attrition for the quarter at 10.0% Consolidated EPS for the quarter at INR 6.78 Under Indian GAAP, the Company declared operating revenues of INR 3479.54 Mn for the quarter, a growth of 1.2% when compared to revenues of INR 3437.18 Mn in the previous quarter and a growth

Details: February 6, 12-1:20 PM PST Los Angeles Convention Center Agenda and registration info at the 3DS website. To learn more, please click here. Search for Dassault Systemes on CIMdata.com

Next is Now 2017 is a unique fashion-forward technology conference taking place in the heart of Montreal, Canada from March 29th to 30th, 2017 and is hosted by end-to-end software provider, Visual 2000 International. Throughout this two-day event, industry experts and business leaders will discuss the shifting fashion marketplace, and the technology solutions built to dominate it. Key industry experts have been invited to present at the conference, providing valuable advice and analysis backed by years of experience. Next is Now is thrilled to announce Mark Harrop, CEO and Founder of WhichPLM, WhichERP and WhichPLM Academy as the presenter of PLM: The Foundation of Product Innovation. With over four decades’ experience in designing, selecting and implementing a broad range of solutions for the apparel industry, Harrop is considered a fashion technology industry figurehead. The presentations throughout Next is Now 2017 will focus on key subjects including Business Intelligence, Ecommerce and Omnichannel strategy.

TFTLabs S.A.S, announces today in this latest release the support of new Solidworks 2017 for company products TFTWeb™, TFTPad™, TFT4iT™ and free JSON3D Gallery™.  The Free JSON3D Gallery, which already supports CATIA V5, Pro/Engineer, SolidWorks and JT formats, has been updated to support Solidworks 2017 as well.  “In CAD interoperability business, the #1 customer requirement is the responsiveness in delivering updates compatible with the latest versions of any CAD format. This is also our #1 priority for the 20+ formats we support and, thanks to our Web software available on most popular Web browsers. Deployment to end-users is instantaneous and transparent. We are proud of our development team who managed to release this update. Our technology reads and visualizes all 3D native formats without any license of 3D software from a simple Web browser,” says Jean-Luc Brocard, CEO and Quality and Customers Support Manager. TFTLabs products work directly on 3D data from all native or generic CAD

Sierra Monitor Corporation, a provider of Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) solutions that connect and protect high-value infrastructure assets, today announced that its FieldServer IIoT gateways are now ThingWorx Ready certified and available on PTC’s ThingWorx Marketplace™, the single source for third-party IoT solutions, technologies, and services built on or specifically for the ThingWorx® IoT platform. PTC’s ThingWorx IoT platform offers a world-class set of pre-integrated IoT-specific development tools and capabilities. ThingWorx is utilized by hundreds of IoT solution builders, providers, and enterprises to develop, deploy, monitor, analyze, report on, and control solutions for a variety of industries including, manufacturing, smart buildings, smart cities, and oil and gas. Solution providers and enterprises can now use Sierra Monitor’s FieldServer IIoT gateways to connect field devices that speak standard protocols such as BACnet, LonWorks, Modbus, M-Bus, KNX and 140 other standard and device vendor-specific protocols to the ThingWorx platform. The FieldServer IIoT gateway ships

“We talked to several infrastructure consultants to get their outlook on the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry in 2017 and beyond. Ed Martin, AEC & Manufacturing Convergence Practice Director, CIMdata cited acceptance and more use of cloud-based software as a major trend for the new year. We also spoke to Dan Chapek, manager of Reality Capture Solutions, IMAGINiT and members of the Microdesk team including principal Michael DeLacey; Content Project Manager Angela Doyle; and Architecture/Engineering Solutions Specialist Jeff Shloesser. Chapek said we’ll see more adoption of high definition laser scanning, along with more affordable scanning options like Leica’s new BLK360 laser scanner. Microdesk suspects more technologies, such as virtual reality, generative design and the Internet of Things (IoT), will be utilized for BIM modeling and management. They also think firms will invest more in education, and that repairing infrastructure will be a key goal of

  Will Microsoft Simplify Collaborative Innovation Management? By leveraging LinkedIn in their Enterprise solutions When Microsoft announced last June its intention to acquire LinkedIn, there was speculation in the media about the reasons[1][2]. Many thought the value of this acquisition relied in the size of the “social network” – 400+ million professionals who are members of LinkedIn. Some thought LinkedIn would enable Microsoft to become a bigger player in the CRM market. Now that the acquisition is complete, I am excited to share my thoughts on what it might mean for Collaborative Innovation and network management. Last March I gave a presentation at CIMdata’s annual PLM Market and Industry Forum. The title of my presentation was “Materials Innovation Ecosystems: Finding, Building, and Managing Your Networks.” In this talk I shared a simple vision for enterprise network management architecture, see Figure 1. Figure 1. A vision for Enterprise Network Management (Courtesy of CIMdata) The key elements of this

First Insight announced today the launch of its Optimized Line Planning (OLP) solution in collaboration with PTC, a global technology provider of the ThingWorx® IoT platform and FlexPLM® product lifecycle management (PLM) software for retail, fashion, footwear, apparel, and consumer products. "We want to provide actionable insights to retailers as early as possible in the product decision cycle. With Optimized Line Planning we can now offer that kind of guidance at the very first step of creating an assortment. By leveraging the design recommendations provided by OLP based on historical data streams and real-time consumer input, retailers can mitigate the risk in line planning where they have the least reliable data to inform their decisions," said Greg Petro, CEO of First Insight. "We are excited to partner with First Insight to deliver an OLP solution to our customers and the industry, and to further advance PTC's retail transformation journey. This journey provides

Tata Consultancy Services reported its consolidated financial results according to IFRS in dollar terms for the quarter ended December 31, 2016. Business Highlights for Quarter Ended December 31, 2016 Total employees: 378,497; Gross addition: 18,362 employees Attrition down further Q-o-Q to 11.3% (LTM) in IT Services Clients in $50M + revenue band increased by 2 and in $10M + revenue band by 5 Commenting on the Q3 performance, CEO and MD, N Chandrasekaran said: “The resilience of our business model and strength of our operating strategy has been brought to the fore by our performance in Q3, traditionally a quarter of weak demand. Our strengths in Digital, Platforms and Cloud as well as our deep knowledge of the customers’ domain are driving our ability to play a strategic role and make a holistic impact on the business.” Mr Chandrasekaran added: “To support and sustain our Digital business that is growing at 30%