Third Module of the 2013 PLM MAR Report Series ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 31 July 2013—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the CIMdata 2013 PLM Market and Solution Provider Analysis Report, the third of five modules of the CIMdata PLM Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during 2012. 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. The CIMdata PLM Market Analysis Report Series is packaged as five modules: The CIMdata 2013 Executive PLM Market Report provides an overview of CIMdata’s complete global analysis. It includes key charts on PLM market investment statistics through 2012, forecasts of investments for 2013 through 2017, and a summary of PLM solution providers’ performance in 2012. The

Program will take place in Birmingham – October 21 - 25. Ann Arbor, Michigan — 24 July, 2013 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm announces that it will bring its highly acclaimed PLM Certificate Program to Birmingham, United Kingdom from October 21-25, 2013. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership, the PLM industry’s most comprehensive non-biased education and training offering available for today’s PLM professionals. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program prepares PLM professionals at several levels to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM strategy development and implementation. This assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. Additionally, the program provides intensive and extensive exposure to a team of CIMdata experts. Upon successful completion of the program, each participant receives a CIMdata PLM Certificate and becomes a member of CIMdata’s global

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 PDF Key takeaways: The transportation trend most visible to consumers is the requirement to reduce the environmental footprint of new vehicles Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform promises to deliver on the industry solutions needed to enable a dramatic evolution in eco–friendly vehicle design Dassault Systèmes continues to roll out new Industry Solution Experiences built upon their 3DEXPERIENCE platform. Solution Experiences are designed to cover the full sweep of end-to-end product development and comprise a suite of industry-tuned process application modules that support a particular theme. The latest suite, Lean, Green, and Compliant, targets what Dassault Systèmes calls the Transportation & Mobility industry segment and addresses the design challenges behind environmentally friendly, yet high-performance, compliant vehicle In the automotive industry the trend most visible to consumers is the requirement to reduce the environmental footprint of new vehicles. The IBM Automotive 2020 Global Study report 1 based on collaborative interviews with 125 automotive industry leaders indicates that the

Second Module of the 2013 PLM MAR Report SeriesANN ARBOR, Michigan, 10 July 2013—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the CIMdata 2013 PLM Industry Review and Trends Report, the second of five modules of the CIMdata PLM Market Analysis Report Series. The MAR Series provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the worldwide PLM market during 2012. 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. The CIMdata PLM Market Analysis Report Series is packaged as five modules: The CIMdata 2013 Executive PLM Market Report provides an overview of CIMdata’s complete global analysis. It includes key charts on PLM market investment statistics through 2012, forecasts of investments for 2013 through 2017, and a summary of PLM solution providers’ performance in 2012. The CIMdata

Estimates that the Chinese PLM Market Grew 16.9% in 2012 ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 9 July 2013—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the availability of its 2013 China Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Market Analysis Report. This report provides detailed information and in-depth analysis on the People’s Republic of China’s (“China”) rapidly-evolving PLM market. The report discusses the major China PLM trends and issues, PLM purchase investments in software and services, PLM adoption in various industry sectors, and market growth forecasts that pertain to this important and quickly expanding economic region. This report also provides insight into PLM market dynamics within the region and the revenue performance of the leading PLM solution providers operating within it, both China-based and international PLM solution providers based elsewhere. This report is a joint collaborative effort of CIMdata and China-based e-works Manufacturing Information Technology Co., Ltd. (www.eworksglobal.com in English and

 PDF Autodesk once again aggressively pushes against the boundaries we know for CAD modeling with the introduction of Fusion 360. Riding the wave of a new generation of cloud–based applications, Fusion 360 combines stylized modeling techniques obtained from Autodesk’s acquisition of T–Splines, together with the best of Autodesk’s viewing and collaboration technologies. It’s a bold move that continues Autodesk’s commitment to cloud delivery and subscription–based solutions. The market is still unsettled and undecided in its acceptance or rejection of cloud–based CAD and Fusion 360 will need to prove itself in the coming months: Can proper levels of performance be maintained as the CAD client becomes thinner? Which segments of the market will buy in to having their data floating around in the cloud? Autodesk has an opportunity to help shape answers to these and other questions. Fusion 360 doesn’t stop there in challenging the market. The Fusion 360 approach to modeling diverges

First Module of the 2013 PLM MAR Report Series ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 9 July 2013 – CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of the CIMdata 2013 PLM Executive PLM Market Report. This report provides an executive-level view of CIMdata’s comprehensive analysis of the PLM market, with summary charts on the overall market and on specific PLM solution segments (including the chart below). It also includes perspectives on current trends in the PLM industry and how they may affect current suppliers and investments. Mainstream PLM Market Sector Sizes in 2012 (US$ Millions) Based on CIMdata estimates, the Mainstream PLM market grew 12.6% in 2012 to $21.1 billion. “The PLM market started strongly in 2012, and then growth tailed off in the second half of the year,” according to Stan Przybylinski, CIMdata’s Vice President of Research, “MCAD revenues grew slowly in both sub-segments that CIMdata tracks.

 PDF Key takeaways: Topology optimization generates efficient lightweight structures that meet performance requirements for weight, stiffness, and strength Altair, the parent company of solidThinking, pioneered the commercial availability of topology optimization with OptiStruct solidThinking Inspire is a purpose-built topology optimization tool that can be used by design engineers up front in the product development process Customers report that topology optimization results in first-time capable designs and eliminates iterative redesigns to meet performance requirements solidThinking Inspire is finding applications in industries beyond automotive and aerospace, including architecture and industrial design The organic shapes generated with this technology are functional and often aesthetically appealing As the revolution in digital product definition continues, strong forces are seeking to democratize the tools that are employed, to make them easier to use and accessible to a wider audience. Particularly as simulation drives into the early part of the product development process, to help select product concepts and to define product architecture, the tools

Expanding the Vision for and Awareness of Systems Engineering Attend a Systems Engineering Knowledge Council Workshop The Systems Engineering Knowledge Council (SE Council) gathers and benchmarks best practices for integrating data, processes, tools, and people across all business domains that impact the product. This industry-wide effort focuses on the cross-domain collaboration necessary to integrate specialties currently fragmenting systems engineering. The program identifies and prioritizes requirements and capabilities for systems engineering strategies, best practices, and enabling solutions. SE Council sponsors include both industrial companies and PLM solution providers. Two levels of membership are available: Enterprise and Individual. Research Topics Include: Requirements-driven design and validation Identifying critical priorities and issues in achieving a Model-Based Systems Engineering approach Determining metrics for measuring SE success High-level requirements for Systems Engineering process management Features & Benefits of Participation: Enterprise Members Two primary contacts receive all SE Council deliverables. Four secondary contacts. Redistribution rights within the company to archived reports from past CIMdata PLM Knowledge Council research. A one-hour web