Commentaries & Highlights

Responding to market demand for innovations to digitally transform product design and development, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) leader Centric Software announces the availability of a new 3D Sample Review mobile app. Fit is a key component of a brand’s DNA yet it is also an enormous challenge for fashion and apparel companies to execute. In the era of inclusive and adaptive design, apparel makers work to meet consumer demand for clothing that fits a variety of body shapes, heights and sizes. With 3D technology gaining in maturity across fashion and retail, businesses are turning to 3D, virtual reality and augmented reality tools to meet rising customer expectations and solve the fit challenge. The traditional fit review process is one of the most time-consuming and expensive parts of getting a product from the design stage to final production for retail. A live fit model tries on each physical sample in

Arena Solutions today announced Arena Requirements Management as part of its Summer 2018 software release.  Requirements Management complements the Arena Tickets issue management solution to bring design teams together, allowing them to manage new product development (NPD) requirements and issues, in addition to enhancements for future iterations and new product work—all connected to the existing product record and quality processes.   With this release, Arena capitalizes on the product record, product project management, and quality processes customers use within the platform by providing connected development requirements, as well as issue and enhancement management capabilities. With all NPD requirements managed within the context of the entire product record, customers gain transparency across product teams to collaborate and make proactive adjustments from early concept to new product introduction (NPI). Successful NPI is the first strategic goal for all product companies, yet the latest LNS Research survey reveals only 56 percent of new products meet all

Aspen Technology, Inc. today announced that it will release financial results for its fourth-quarter and fiscal year ended June 30, 2018, after the U.S. financial markets close on Wednesday, August 8, 2018. AspenTech will host a conference call and webcast presentation on August 8, 2018 at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) to discuss the company's financial results, business outlook, the implementation of ASC Topic 606 and related corporate and financial matters. To listen to the earnings call, participants need to utilize the live dial-in number (833) 713-6081 or (702) 374-0603, conference ID code 1967135. The supplemental webcast presentation about ASC Topic 606 will occur at the end of management’s prepared remarks and prior to the live Q&A session. To view the webcast, interested parties will need to log on to the Investor Relations section of AspenTech’s website, http://ir.aspentech.com/, and click on the “Webcast” link. After the webcast presentation, participants should return to

Kyvos Insights, a big data analytics company, today announced that Ajay Anand, the company's vice president of products and marketing, will participate in a complimentary meetup titled "Breakthroughs in BI on Big Data" held at Zillow in San Francisco.     The event will explore how information technology (IT) professionals can utilize breakthrough technologies to make their business intelligence (BI) systems and tools effectively perform in today's rapidly evolving IT environments. BI is the leading big data use case for many organizations - a recent survey found that 70 percent of enterprises consider it the most important - but most BI tools can't handle the scale of today's data sets. Also, the performance of traditional SQL on Hadoop solutions decreases dramatically when numerous users query the same information at the same time.  As a result, despite significant investments in related infrastructure like data lakes, most organizations are not able to achieve the promise of their big

Altair announced the immediate availability of its simulation-driven innovation™ software to qualified startup companies through its newly formed Altair Startup Program. Tailored specifically to the unique needs of the startup community, the global program offers preferential pricing for its simulation-driven design, computer-aided engineering, cloud computing and Internet of Things software solutions. The program also provides no-cost expert consulting to quickly ramp-up startup organizations with the industry’s leading multi-physics optimization platform, Altair HyperWorks™, used by thousands of manufacturers worldwide.  “The startup community has always been at the forefront of innovation in new and high-growth markets of shared interest,” says Michael J. Kidder, SVP of Corporate Marketing of Altair. “This program provides a powerful vehicle for Altair to connect more directly with hardware startups to help mitigate product performance and financial risks early, realize a successful exit and cost-effectively scale for growth with Altair’s open-architecture simulation solutions.” The program includes full-featured access to all

Fourth Module of the 2018 PLM MAR Report Series ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 31 July 2018—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces the release of the CIMdata PLM Industry Analysis Report, the fourth of five modules of the CIMdata 2018 PLM Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during 2017. It contains analyses of major trends and issues; revenues of leading PLM providers; and revenue analyses for geographical regions, industry sectors, and historical and projected data on market growth. All industries saw growth in PLM spending in 2017 as shown in the figure below. CIMdata forecasts continued growth in all industries during the five-year forecast period. PLM spending is greatest in automotive & other transportation, fabrication & assembly, electronics & telecommunications, and aerospace & defense. It is lower in the process industries and utilities. There are some

The latest release of Zuken’s electrical and fluid engineering solution, E3.series, addresses the challenge of growing complexity within today’s products and processes. Key enhancements lie in the areas of topology planning, modularity support and variant handling, which are designed to support the requirements of manufacturing companies using modular product design to control complexity. Other highlights include: Extended access to detailed information in electrical and fluid diagrams, cable plans and formboard drawings to increase productivity. Further automation of the autorouting functionality for cabinet layout in E3.panel. Polish language support. Joachim Frank, E3.series Business Manager, says: "Most of the enhancements in E3.series 2018 have been developed in close collaboration with our global customers; in many cases to support their efficiency improvement programs. Zuken extended the modularity and variant management functions empowering the configuration management capabilities we recently introduced with our engineering data management environment DS-E3.”  Modular project support E3.series has long offered design reuse support. Proven sub-circuits and fluid plans can

From the Autodesk blog: “Netfabb 2019 is here! This latest release brings updates to two of the most powerful Netfabb features: simulation and latticing, in addition to new features focused on improved productivity – from new support actions, to machine workspaces and new cloud viewing. Simulation: Cloud based, multi-scale, metal powder bed process simulation is now available for Netfabb subscribers beginning at the Premium tier. With metal additive manufacturing, the stakes are high. Materials are expensive and lead times are continually compressed. The ability to anticipate your outcomes can often save the day, and the project. From additive consultancies to industrial innovation labs and research facilities, industry leaders turn to Netfabb Simulation.  Now, this same simulation capability is available in the cloud, allowing you the ability to pay for simulation only when you need it. Here’s how it works: Netfabb simulation uses a multi-scale modeling approach. For ultimate accuracy, input machine parameters and material

ASM International announces major upgrades to Materials Information Online (MIO) Digital Databases, taking advantage of enhancements to the underlying materials information technology platform with GRANTA MI Version 11 and the GRANTA MI:Explore app. The upgrade will streamline the ASM Digital Database user experience and provide new consumption capabilities for users to access updated, peer-reviewed, and convenient information on a variety of cutting-edge materials science information databases. In addition to improved search and browse capabilities due to the platform enhancements, ASM has added and updated over 14,500 records across the nine ASM Digital Databases. Ron Aderhold, ASM’s Chief Operations and Information Officer, stated, “Our members have told us they desire a streamlined way to access ASM’s depth of content and requested improvements to the interface of our MIO offering. In cooperation with Granta, we have been able to respond quickly and affirmatively to those requirements. This response reflects the significantly higher IT

Applied Math Modeling Inc. announced today the immediate availability of CoolSim for AutoCAD 2.0, an add-in for AutoCAD that allows users to set up and export data center designs directly from AutoCAD to the CoolSim data center CFD modeling application. In addition to direct geometry transfer, users are also able to define the object type, airflow direction, as well as load parameters including IT rack power consumption and CRAC (Computer Room Air Conditioner) cooling capacity within the AutoCAD application. To view a demonstration of this new add-in, please use this link. “Many of our CoolSim users utilize AutoCAD to record the layout of their data centers. With this new revision of our popular CoolSim for AutoCAD add-in, AutoCAD users can now define entire rack row definitions all at once, including the rack name, airflow direction, and thermal loads from within the existing AutoCAD drawing. The AutoCAD data can then