Commentaries & Highlights

AXISCADES announced the launch of its first “Digital- Centre of Excellence” (D-COE) in Pune, Maharashtra. The Digital – COE will house some of the key technology stacks that the company has been investing on including Industrial IOT, Augmented Reality, Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) and Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES). Located at Montreal Business Centre in Baner, Pune, the centre will focus on building cuttingedge applications for shop floor digitisation and intend to bring business value to their customers through their strategic alliances with companies like Altizon, Siemens Mindsphere, and Dassault Systèmes. It will also focus on bringing new offerings to its expanding customer base in Pune and usher in localized efficiencies in its operations. “Industry 4.0 is one of the most exciting areas of technology around today, but many in the industry are taking a piecemeal, guarded approach towards investing in digitization. With our strong engineering &

Atos announces a major 3-year contract with the C-DAC (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing), an organization within the MeitY (Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, India) to supply its BullSequana supercomputers. This contract is part of the NSM (National Supercomputing Mission), a 7-year plan of INR 4500 crores (~650M$) led by the Government of India which aims to create a network of over 70 high-performance supercomputing facilities for various academic and research institutions across India. This project will see Atos deploy its BullSequana supercomputers, with a cumulative computing power of more than 10 petaflops. These supercomputers, including the recently announced BullSequana XH2000 will be installed in various academic and research institutions, making Atos a leading supercomputing provider in India for this segment. "We are honoured to be given this opportunity by the Indian Authorities to be part of the NSM initiative and to become the technology partner of C-DAC for HPC-related platforms. We're proud to be supporting India as one of

The new 3D Generative Innovator role delivers browser-based, on-the-cloud, generative modelling. For Designers: Create in 3D Virtual Reality with CATIA Natural Sketch. The new Product Experience Presenter role creates compelling visual product experiences in 3D. ICEM Design Experience delivers a new generation surface modelling App. For Engineers: The Function Driven Generative Designer role has been further improved with even smoother and more regular surfaces. A new extension role, Function Driven Refinement Designer, enables further refinement. For AEC, productivity enhancements include the creation of variable curtain walls and increased sophistication in handling rebar for concrete structures. For Systems Engineers: Systems Engineers can enjoy multiple enhancements and additional roles to make their jobs easier and more productive. To view the original announcement, please click here. Search for CATIA on CIMdata.com

AddUp and ESI Group have announced the forthcoming availability of Distortion Simulation AddOn. This module will enhance the range of functionalities of the AddUp ManagerTM software for the definition and production tracking of parts in additive manufacturing. Founding members of the SOFIA project (Solution pour la Fabrication Industrielle Additive métallique – Industrial Metal Additive Manufacturing Solution), initiated in 2016 and sponsored by Bpifrance, AddUp and ESI Group have shared a common vision of metal additive manufacturing ever since their first meeting. At a time when the industrialization of additive manufacturing has become reality, simulation based on material physics, which ensures an in-depth understanding of material processes and behavior, is one of the key components to improving the competitiveness of the additive manufacturing process. Controlling manufacturing processes The optimization of process parameters is a crucial stage in the additive manufacturing process and a driver of competitive differentiation. Manufacturers, according to their specific applications,

Dassault Systèmes announced that GLM Co. Ltd., an emerging Japanese developer of environmentally friendly automobiles and related services, has deployed the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to expand its electric vehicle development business.  As the first company in Japan to mass-produce an electric sports car, GLM will be able to meet the high demand for its expertise and its own technical platform of electric vehicle development solutions including chassis, power systems, and vehicle control units, which automotive manufacturers and new entrants from other industries are using to deliver market innovations. “GLM aims to solve the problems of companies that enter the electric vehicle business.  For us, abundant creativity and fast execution are critical, not only for developing our original electric vehicle model but also for providing our customers with electric vehicle development solutions,” said Tomohisa Tanaka, Chief Operation Officer, GLM. “Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform is widely used by companies in various industries.  With it,

Secure Thingz and Renesas Electronics Corporation announced their collaboration aimed at ensuring secure Internet of Things (IoT) applications are more easily developed on leading microcontrollers (MCUs), and that a secure production flow is available to deliver a secure global supply chain. As part of the collaboration, Renesas will support the Secure Thingz Secure Deploy architecture for the secure provisioning of the Renesas RX family of MCUs. The Renesas RX65N will be one of the first MCUs to be featured when Secure Thingz’s Embedded Trust platform is launched to the broader market in 2019. According to ABI Research, by 2022, an estimated 70 percent of the world’s 57 billion connected devices will be targeted for the IoT, yet today, less than four percent of new devices have embedded security. Analysts estimate in the next couple of years 25 percent of cyberattacks will target IoT devices, and that could have serious ramifications for the

Infosys launched an initiative to accelerate digital leadership for its clients in Australia and shrink the digital skills gap in the region with the creation of 1200 jobs and the opening of three Innovation Hubs by 2020. Senior Vice President for Australia and New Zealand at Infosys, Andrew Groth was joined by Minister for Industry, Science and Technology, the Hon. Karen Andrews, at Infosys’ North Sydney office to announce a broad range of initiatives to meet the nation’s ever-growing demand for digital expertise. The initiatives will form an education ecosystem through which Infosys would enable continuous learning opportunities. They include: The creation of 1200 IT jobs in Australia by 2020, of which around 40 per cent will be Australian university graduates from a range of fields including Computer Science and Design The development of three Innovation Hubs across Australia Strengthening Infosys’ academic partnerships to attract top graduate talent and accelerate digital skill building in Australia The new Innovation

IBM and Columbia University today announced two new accelerator programs to build and scale the next generation of blockchain innovation. As key components of the Columbia-IBM Center for Blockchain and Data Transparency, the accelerators will offer entrepreneurs and blockchain network founders around the world access to the expertise and resources they need to establish blockchain networks. The programs will each support ten startups that are working to build out blockchain businesses and developing enterprise blockchain networks. As part of each program, participants will explore best practices for building a blockchain network with technical, academic and business mentors from IBM and Columbia. They will have access to agile design workshops from IBM, an experienced network of business and technical support, connections to the Columbia research community and student talent pools, business value design assistance and access to IBM Cloud technology through the program.  The goal of these programs is to help network

Established design and engineering workflows are about to go through radical changes, prompted by machine learning and AI-like algorithms that can suggest optimal design shapes based on user input. Dubbed generative design, the new approach often results in shapes and forms that are structurally superior and aesthetically more appealing to the human designers’ solutions. In this LIVE roundtable moderated by DE, panelists will discuss: The evolving role of the design engineer in the era of machine learning; The benefits and pitfalls of working with generative design; What humans can learn from AI-proposed solutions. Attendees can submit their questions during the question and answer session –   DATE: Thursday, November 29, 2018 TIME: 3:00 pm ET/ Noon PT To register, please visit https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&partnerref=LI&eventid=1853142&sessionid=1&key=151A8690370046C1F9B8B5FDE2F2F0C1&regTag=&sourcepage=register To view event details and information on how to register, please click here. Search for Digital Engineering on CIMdata.com

 PDF On November 20, 2018, PTC announced it had acquired Frustum, Inc., an advanced generative design software company for approximately US$70 million. Frustum develops and markets Generate, a generative design product that employs artificial intelligence (AI) to guide design solutions. PTC President and CEO, Jim Hepplemann, publicized the acquisition to an audience of industry and financial analysts in a hastily called press conference, to say that the Frustum solution would be embedded within Creo, PTC’s flagship CAD solution, in the coming year. This announcement was a bit of a surprise, since Siemens PLM Software has worked with Frustum as part of their Frontier partner program since 2016.[1] and in 2017 announced the integration of Frustum into Siemens’ NX 3D mechanical CAD solution.[2] Frustum is based in Boulder, Colorado, and offers their Generate product as a desktop and cloud-based solution. It relies on their patented generative engine, TrueSOLID, that can blend complex structures