Commentaries & Highlights

Delcam will demonstrate the company’s complete range of design, machining and inspection software for toolmakers at the DieMould China exhibition to be held in Shanghai from 4th to 7th June.  The range includes PowerSHAPE Pro for data translation and repair, modelling for manufacture and tooling design, and reverse engineering; PowerMILL for high-speed and five-axis machining; PowerINSPECT for CAD-based inspection on all types of measuring device; and Delcam Electrode for the design, machining and inspection of electrodes. The 2014 R2 release of PowerSHAPE Pro includes a range of new functionality for the design of products and tooling.  In particular, the new version introduces powerful new tools to make re-engineering complex parts from scanned data faster and easier, plus an option to merge disjointed faces within a solid and so make direct modelling operations more robust.  By offering a combination of solid, surface and direct modelling, together with reverse engineering functionality, PowerSHAPE Pro provides

OpenText announced that Paul McFeeters has informed the Company that he will be retiring from his position as Chief Financial Officer no later than September 30, 2014.  OpenText has engaged a leading executive search firm and expects to announce Mr. McFeeters' successor on or before his retirement. Mr. McFeeters was appointed CFO of OpenText in June 2006. "Paul has served as our CFO for 8 years, his career spans nearly 40 years and I would like to take this opportunity to thank him for his extraordinary service to the company. Although I am sad to see him leave, I am glad he is taking the time for himself and his family," said OpenText CEO Mark J. Barrenechea. "As many of us who know Paul well and would expect, he has built an outstanding professional finance team, and will help with the selection of his successor."

Hagerman & Company is celebrating 30 years as an Autodesk, Inc. Value-Added Reseller. In 1984, the company was founded by Dennis and Sandy Hagerman in Mt. Zion, Illinois and has since grown to 20 offices and training centers in the Midwest, South and California. Hagerman is now one of the largest Autodesk Value-Added Resellers in the United States. Hagerman & Company is an Autodesk Gold Partner in the Manufacturing and AEC industries and has earned specializations in several areas, including Consulting, Product Support, Simulation, Civil Infrastructure, Building, Product Design & Manufacturing, Process & Power and PLM. The company is also one of five Master Resellers in the country for Autodesk HSM, the new integrated CAM software for CAD tools. "As I reflect on the past 30 years I think of the enormous advances in technology and communication since our start up as a three person, one office Autodesk reseller," said Hagerman & Company CEO/President

Agilent Technologies Inc. announced a strategic partnership with the Center for Women in Science, Engineering and Technology (WISET), a government organization based in Seoul, South Korea, to help advance women scientists and engineers in that country. Under the agreement, Agilent and WISET will jointly develop training programs that will be conducted at WISET's academy and Agilent's customer applications and training center in Seoul. The training will be conducted by Agilent experts, using the company's latest analytical instruments, for groups of unemployed women identified by WISET. "As South Korea continues to invest in research and development, demand will grow for skilled talent across various industries for top-notch scientists, chemists, engineers and technologists," said Dr. Heisook Lee, president of WISET. "Examples of these industries include life sciences, pharmaceutical, environment and chemical. WISET is actively engaging with Agilent, the world's leading provider of analytical instruments used by scientists and engineers in these industries, to help

Lantek recently unveiled its new 2014 portfolio.  The portfolio includes innovative improvements in 2D and 3D CAM solutions, manufacturing management, and mechanisms for integration which, facilitate the user's experience, reducing the time and materials required for manufacturing, and increasing the options for integration with the most popular CAD solutions on the market. "Lantek has the largest software portfolio in the industry and can offer a comprehensive solution, in an advanced and technological environment, for every function and department of a company.  The ultimate goal is for everything that happens in a company to be available for management and monitoring in real time, with integrity and guaranteed access capability. In short, we provide innovative solutions that significantly simplify the processes within a company," explains Alberto Martínez, Director General of Lantek. One of the core commitments of the Miñano-based company is to update and reformulate its technological solutions to meet the growing design, nesting,

Flow Science, Inc. announces the availability of a new release of FLOW-3D, version 11. A major release, FLOW-3D v11 features a state-of-the-art postprocessor, FlowSight™, advanced meshing capabilities, a new sediment transport and erosion model and many more numerical solutions designed to help Flow Science’s customers continue to innovate, design and research. FlowSight is a new advanced visualization tool for FLOW-3D based on the leading EnSight® post-processor. FlowSight offers users new and powerful ways to analyze, visualize, and communicate their simulation data. This release also comes with increased meshing capabilities, including conformed and partially-overlapping meshes, and solution sub-domains that significantly decrease the memory requirements, simulation times, and size of results files without compromising accuracy. One of the most widely-used and unique CFD models in the industry, FLOW-3D's sediment scour model has been rewritten to address the complex nature of sediment transport and scour. The model features improved accuracy, an extension to shallow water flows,

Toyota Motor Corporation has expanded its vehicle safety information management system based on Siemens’ Teamcenter® software.  The system has been in use since January 2013 as part of a comprehensive initiative to produce safe vehicles for its customers. Teamcenter was selected based on the proven track record of its technology and its widespread usage throughout the global manufacturing industry. Market requirements regarding safety compliance for vehicles are constantly increasing. In 2011, the International Safety Organization (ISO) published the ISO 26262 Functional Safety standard which defines functional safety for automotive equipment applicable throughout the lifecycle of all automotive electronic and electrical systems. In order to ensure compliance with ISO 26262, Toyota decided to implement a new safety information management system based on PLM that would standardize processes across multiple divisions.   After evaluating several PLM software systems, Toyota selected Teamcenter. Toyota cited the widespread adoption of Teamcenter by the global manufacturing industry and

GRAPHISOFT® announced that a large-scale purchase agreement has been finalized between GRAPHISOFT and Obayashi Corporation; the agreement will equip more than 4,000 Obayashi staff with GRAPHISOFT BIMx Docs. Obayashi Corporation will adopt BIMx to make the award-winning BIM project presentation app available to thousands of field technicians, further ensuring on-site construction quality and management efficiency. As a result of this agreement, Obayashi will be authorized to install and use GRAPHISOFT BIMx Docs on all Obayashi-owned tablet computers in Japan. This agreement is yet another step on a path shared by GRAPHISOFT and Obayashi as a means of reforming the use of BIM among the design, construction and building operation functions within the entire Obayashi Corporation. “BIMx Docs’ superior operability was the deciding factor for its introduction. In order to effectively carry out our construction management, the BIM model must be brought to the construction site. BIMx Docs will further spread the use of

3D Systems announced that it has priced a public offering of 5,950,000 shares of its common stock for estimated total gross proceeds of approximately $317 million.  In connection with the offering, the Company has granted to the underwriter an option for 30 days to purchase up to 892,500 additional shares of common stock. The offering is subject to customary closing conditions and is expected to close on or about May 30, 2014. 3D Systems intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to finance future acquisitions and for working capital and general corporate purposes.

U.S. CAD announces that its annual Hawaii Solutions Day user event has been scheduled for June 12, 2014. This half-day event features various sessions revolving around the latest in the Autodesk releases and this year, the event includes guest speaker Sasha Reed, the Director of Strategic Alliances at Bluebeam® Software. Sasha Reed began her career in the AEC industry in Honolulu, and is returning to the islands to share her industry knowledge as it relates to technology. During the Opening Session of Hawaii Solutions Day, Sasha will offer unique insights into the ways architects, engineers, and construction professionals can leverage Bluebeam Revu for PDF workflows and how they can push their businesses beyond paper and into the digital age of collaboration and BIM. Sasha is an industry leader; she has spoken at numerous events, including the AIA Design DC Conference, written articles for publications such as Construction Executive Magazine and is