Commentaries & Highlights

Delcam are embracing the new era of mass customisation within the Additive Manufacturing (AM) orthotic design industry. Utilising 30 years + experience in subtractive manufacturing, Delcam have now embarked on integrating the increasingly sophisticated AM technology into the custom orthotic insole solution designs using research conducted with customers all over the world. Back in 2010 Delcam first looked at AM for the orthotics and prosthetics industry; working with Adrian Bowyer of Bath University using a RepRap to print custom PLA insoles. More recently with Delcam’s orthotics solution software, OrthoMODEL, the Healthcare team were able to transfer the surface data across into ArtCAM (Delcam’s artistic CAD/CAM package).  By combining the functionality of these two software packages, Delcam have been able to generate and print a series of concept designs which demonstrate some of the possibilities for AM orthotics. The process comprised of creating the orthotic designs within OrthoMODEL and importing into ArtCAM where additional

HP will conduct a live audio webcast of its conference call to review its financial results for the second fiscal quarter ended April 30, 2014. The call is scheduled for Thursday, May 22, at 5 p.m. ET / 2 p.m. PT, and the webcast will be available at www.hp.com/investor/2014Q2Webcast. A replay of the audio webcast will be available at the same website shortly after the call and will remain available for approximately one year.

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, today announced the release of its 2013 Annual Report in digital format. In addition to reviewing the company’s 2013 performance highlights, the report presents key Bentley initiatives, including its BIM advancement for better-performing infrastructure projects and assets. Effective and emerging strategies for advancing BIM are shared annually at Bentley’s Year in Infrastructure Conference and showcased in Bentley’s Infrastructure Yearbook. Performance highlights include: 8% GAAP revenue growth (also 8% in constant currency) in 2013 to $593 million, with 74% of revenues from subscriptions; Strong 2013 organic growth in BRICS, South Korea, Malaysia, Singapore, the Middle East, and the U.K., with 63% of revenues from outside the U.S.; Application usage logged by over 1,000,000 commercial users in 165 countries; R&D reinvestment approaching 25% of revenues; Company ownership by colleagues increasing to 98% (from 58% in 2008); Net debt reduction by 50% since the beginning of 2013. According to ARC Advisory Group’s “Engineering Design Tools for Plants and Infrastructure” study, released in October 2013,

Tekla India ventures into the Saarc market with a product launch of Tekla Structures Software. During this event Tekla India along with its local partner, Envision Builders will showcase how the building and construction industry in Nepal can be benefited by adopting Tekla structures. As the industry is increasingly aiming for higher productivity and minimising errors, more and more organisations have begun adopting such solutions in their processes. Tekla Structures is a versatile BIM software capable of handling all type of construction projects namely Hydro Power, Industrial Plants, Bridges, Buildings, Pre Engineered Buildings and many more. At this seminar Tekla India will demonstrate how project stakeholders can ensure a higher level of involvement and thus result in the actualisation of seamless workflow with reduction in overall project cost and errors.

Tekla India today announces strategic alliance with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and the RICS school of Built Environment. The partnership is formed to build a critical mass of quality talent pool and create better employment opportunities for young professionals across the construction and infrastructure industry. The new collaboration will help educate students on BIM technology using Tekla Structures on the Real Estate and Construction Management courses that RICS School of Built Environment offers in their campuses in India. As a part of this 2-year course, the program provides students with a firm foundation on Tekla Structures Building Information Modelling (BIM) software. As a strategic partner, Tekla India will also be part of RICS’s conferences and workshops. The construction industry is the second largest industry of the country. The use of new technologies and deployment of project management strategies has made it possible to undertake projects of mega scale. In

Computer Simulation Technology (CST), has joined the SOLIDWORKS Partner Program as an official Solution Partner.  In conjunction with the new partnership comes the ability of CST’s flagship EM simulation tool, CST STUDIO SUITE® 2014 to import models from SOLIDWORKS directly. Direct SOLIDWORKS import together with CST’s new CAD import version control is a powerful combination for rapid design and optimization. SOLIDWORKS, from Dassault Systèmes, is a 3D CAD and project management software, used by millions of engineers worldwide. CST STUDIO SUITE is a package of cutting-edge electromagnetic simulation tools for modeling and optimizing designs across a wide range of application areas. Using the new SOLIDWORKS import feature introduced in CST STUDIO SUITE 2014, the two products can be combined in one straightforward workflow to help engineers bring their ideas to fruition faster and more effectively. The performance and EMC compliance of products designed in SOLIDWORKS can be analyzed in CST STUDIO SUITE,

Dan Turk, Principal Systems Engineer, Honda R&D North America Dan Turk is a Principal Systems Engineer at Honda R&D North America. During his 20 year career at Honda Dan has held a variety of positions including; design engineer for the Power Equipment Division and systems engineer for CAE software and hardware. In his current position he is manager of the IT Department for CAE, Computer-Aided Testing, and Model-Based Systems Engineering.  

Missler Software has just launched TopSolid’Wood 2014, its new integrated CAD/CAM solution for the wood industry. TopSolid’Wood is an integrated design, manufacturing and management software specialized for wood processing. It is a uniquely integrated CAD/CAM wood solution that meets the needs of designers, manufacturers and subcontractors in the wood working sector. There are many new features in the 2014 version which offer substantial time gains for TopSolid’Wood users. Customizable user interface The new style configuration allows you to organize your menus and icons as you wish and to create as many as you want depending on the project worked on. You can customize your work environment (by eliminating icons and menus not required) and thereby work faster and more efficiently. The new style configuration function is easy to use and requires little preparation work to get started.  More functions to secure collaborative work   TopSolid’Wood 2014 offers a new file lock mode which enables several

Geometric Limited announces the availability of version 2014 of CAMWorks for Solid Edge software, the 3D CAD tool from Siemens PLM Software for the mainstream manufacturing market. The new version provides tighter integration to enable customers to reduce programming time to further accelerate time-to-market.  Tim Hoeing, Plant Manager at H&M Tool & Die says, “The feature-based approach seems much more intuitive than the process of creating profiles and chains method. The automatic feature recognition and tool path associativity helps reduce programming time by as much as ten times. And the knowledge-based machining will save machining strategies for future use, enabling faster turn-around times on new jobs.” With this release, Solid Edge users will gain access to the full suite of CAMWorks modules including Sync Manager and Sub Spindle operations manager to speed up CNC programming for complex multi-spindle, multi-turret mill turn machines. In addition, with the 5-axis simultaneous machining module, users in

Trimble has announced financial results for the first quarter of 2014. First Quarter 2014 Financial Highlights First quarter 2014 revenue of $604.7 million was up 9 percent as compared to the first quarter of 2013. Engineering and Construction revenue was $309.3 million, up 16 percent, with growth across all major product categories. Field Solutions revenue was $138.2 million, down 6 percent due primarily to weaker than expected sales of agriculture products, partially offset by an increase in Geographic Information System (GIS) sales. Mobile Solutions revenue was $118.6 million, up 8 percent due primarily to double-digit growth in sales of transportation and logistics solutions. Advanced Devices revenue was $38.7 million, up 22 percent. Revenue in all major regions grew despite a year-over-year drop in Russia.  GAAP operating income was $75.7 million, up 34 percent as compared to the first quarter of 2013. GAAP operating margin was 12.5 percent of revenue as compared to 10.2 percent of revenue in the first quarter of