Commentaries & Highlights

CCE announced its participation as a gold sponsor at the 2014 PTC Live Global event, taking place in Boston, MA at the Boston Convention and Exhibition Center, June 15-18, 2014. PTC Live Global is the industry's premier annual conference for users of PTC software like Creo, Windchill, Mathcad and more. The conference brings together mechanical engineers and engineering IT professionals from PTC customer organizations, as well as product experts and partners; providing an excellent platform for attendees to discuss real-time problems, identify best practices, attend hands-on training and network with other users in the PTC ecosystem. "PTC Live Global is a must-attend event for users of PTC software," said CCE's VP of Sales & Marketing, Vinay Wagle. "We've been partnering with PTC for almost 10 years and our continued participation is a testament to our mission to offer the PTC community technology solutions to boost their productivity levels." At Booth #502 in the

SigmaTEK Systems LLC, announces the appointment of Christoph Weber as Chief Executive Officer for the company’s German office: SigmaNEST Systems GmbH. Mr. Weber will be responsible for the daily operations of the office while also managing sales and customer support throughout Germany, Netherlands, Austria and Switzerland. Mr. Weber has more than 30 years of sales, project management, and consulting experience; most recently managing fabrication software sales for MesserSoft. His background includes sales and consulting for IT and enterprise business operations software solutions.  SigmaTEK President & CEO, Ben TerreBlanche comments: “We are pleased to welcome Christoph as manager of our German office. We look forward to growing our presence throughout the region under his leadership. Christoph’s industry knowledge and experience, along with that of his staff, will assist fabricators in identify and implementing opportunities for shop floor productivity improvement. We invite current and future members of the SigmaNEST user community throughout all German

Siemens has been named a “Top Supporter" of Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) for the 12th consecutive year according to the annual survey conducted by Career Communications Group, Inc. Siemens supports diversity in STEM education by providing in-kind grants of software to HBCU Engineering schools through its product lifecycle management (PLM) software business. Siemens is committed to revitalizing manufacturing in the United States through STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) education and diversity initiatives. The company’s academic PLM programs provide education and community development to prepare the next generation of designers, engineers and computer scientists. "It is a delight to see that Siemens PLM Software has maintained its commitment to the advancement of diverse students in STEM over the last 12 years," said Tyrone Taborn, publisher of USBE&ITmagazine and chairman and CEO of Career Communications Group. "It is a great achievement to be recognized as a Top Supporter of HBCU engineering

Dassault Systèmes unveiled the world’s first 3D realistic simulation model of a whole human heart. Developed with a multidisciplinary team of heart experts to help combat cardiovascular disease, the “Living Heart Project” will launch the next frontier in diagnosing, treating and preventing heart conditions through personalized, 3D virtual models. According to recent research from the World Health Organization, 17.3 million people died from cardiovascular diseases globally in 2008, representing 30 percent of all global deaths. The American Heart Association report, Forecasting the Future of Cardiovascular Disease in the United States, believes the real total direct medical costs of cardiovascular disease will reach $818.1 billion over the next three decades. At the center of the project is a 3D heart model powered by Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform’s realistic simulation applications. Simulation experts from Dassault Systèmes have used the latest advancements in simulation provided by the SIMULIA applications to develop a comprehensive 3D heart model, capturing the

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis announced that it has received an in-kind software grant from Siemens PLM Software, with  a commercial value of $538 million. “This partnership is a tremendous opportunity for IUPUI students to benefit from having access to state-of-the-art technology that will help prepare them for an evolving 21st Century advanced manufacturing economy,” said IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz.  “We thank Siemens for their vision and commitment and look forward to realizing the great potential of this collaboration.” The in-kind grant gives students access to the same product lifecycle management PLM technology that companies around the world depend on every day to develop innovative products in a wide variety of industries including automotive, aerospace, machinery, shipbuilding, high-tech electronics and many more. Graduates with this type of software training are highly-recruited candidates for advanced technology jobs. “This partnership enables us to meet the needs of employers and prepare students for these significant high-paying STEM

EOS Solutions has been an industry leader in client based solutions providing intelligent, interactive, and animated documents in the 3D PDF format for a variety of industries such as Military, Aerospace, Automotive, Industrial Pipelines, and more. PROSTEP, Inc. provides integration and migration solutions between different vendor’s engineering related document management systems (PDM, PLM, TDM), supply chain solutions for secure and reliable data exchange, CAD related services for translation and migration, and server based 3D PDF document creation. It is being announced that PROSTEP, Inc. (based in Birmingham Michigan, USA) has purchased all assets and intellectual property around EOS Solutions’ products; 3D PDF Animate™, 3D PDF Publish™, and 3D PDF Compare™. Additionally, all of its employees have now joined the growing PROSTEP Team. This purchase is a continuation of  PROSTEP’s strategy to provide powerful commercial off the shelf tools (COTS) to enable enterprises of all sizes to break down barriers between engineering authors and

Presentation will show how a multi-disciplinary team was able to succeed in maturing the systems under their design control using a Model-Based Systems Engineering approach. ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 21 May 2014—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces that Matthew Loew, Technical Director at Maverick Innovation Lab, will make a presentation at CIMdata’s upcoming Systems Engineering workshop in Cincinnati on June 24th. Mr. Loew’s presentation, “The Critical Role of MBSE in Getting from Idea to "Show Me it Works" - Fast!,” will share how the use of a Model-Based and collaborative approach was key to realizing success on an aggressive systems engineering development project. The presentation will offer workshop attendees an overview of the approach taken to develop the hydraulics and control systems for an innovative automated drilling rig machine. Prior efforts had started without system-level models being developed, critical customer requirements were not captured well, and

 PDF Key takeaways: The word “social” is overloaded with meaning in today’s business world, with people immediately focusing on Facebook, Twitter, and other common platforms. Even though product development is almost always a social activity, its requirements are different from those enabled by these ubiquitous platforms Social platforms and technologies are supporting many PLM-related use cases, and creating new opportunities for collaboration Autodesk has introduced a number of offerings that combine business, social, and engineering capabilities Product Development Is Inherently Social We spend our lives awash in products. Cars, planes, machines of all types, electronics, toothpaste; the list is endless. Some are produced locally, and some are purchased from great distances. How do these products come into being? Unless you are buying products from an individual artisan, the products in our lives result from purposeful collaboration and communication among a multitude of interacting individuals and groups. In today’s complex global economy this means a company’s ideas could

Solid Concepts, the largest dedicated service provider of rapid prototyping in North America, is offering a unique design challenge to 3D printing experts and enthusiasts alike. The challenge requires participants to design a deck for a skateboard. Two lucky winners will receive their skateboard deck 3D printed for free. Challenge Parameters: Skateboard decks must be structurally sound, challenging to traditional deck designs and unique. Participants must be in the US, Canada or Europe. Skateboard decks must fit within certain design parameters: – Length cannot exceed 25.5” – Deck must be at least 0.475” thick Designs must be submitted to Solid Concepts no later than June 30th. The top five finalists will be uploaded to the Solid Concepts Facebook page, where they will be judged by a panel of their peers. The two designs with the highest amount of Facebook “Likes” will receive 3D printed versions of their skateboard decks, ready to ride. Solid Concepts will use their Selective Laser

Tekla has released a new version of Tekla Structures Learning. The new version 20 includes a lot of new and improved features and fixes.  Now you can convert complex geometrical models into parts and then modify them as if they were original. The new features allow you visualize and create for example solid welds and precast elements like filigree slabs. They recommend all Tekla Campus users to install this latest version of Tekla Structures Learning. For more information on the new version, please see Tekla for Engineering & Fabrication (webinar) Tekla for Contractors (webinar) Tekla Structures 20 release notes