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The new featured-packed release of solidThinking Inspire® 2016 introduces groundbreaking PolyNURBS functionality allowing users to quickly and easily flow optimized designs into manufacturable products by wrapping topology results with NURBS geometry. “Our new PolyNURBS toolset is a game changer, allowing users to create geometry from optimized results much faster than traditional…

Global textile service company Lindström, which operates in 24 countries in Europe and Asia, has implemented Gerber Technology's YuniquePLM™ web-based product lifecycle management software to accelerate the production of customer solutions throughout its operations. Gerber and their Finnish distributor ACG Nyström provide product support to Lindström. "Our volumes of product…

Materialise, a leading provider of additive manufacturing software and of sophisticated 3D printing solutions, today announced that management will participate in the Jefferies 3D Printing Summit on Tuesday, March 29, 2016. Founder and CEO Fried Vancraen will attend the invitation-only summit, to be held at the Jefferies Conference Center in…

Geometric Limited, a global leader in 3D CNC machining software, will present critical new functionality in CAMWorks to simplify and speed up the CNC programming process in the Tool and Die Industry by using manufacturing data; including tolerances, surface finish, GD&T, thread callouts, etc. in SOLIDWORKS 3D models, at Booth…

Synergis Engineering Design Solutions, a division of Synergis Technologies, LLC and an Autodesk Inc. highest-rated value-added reseller in the Americas, today announced that it has partnered with CAD Training Online to increase its offering of online, live interactive Autodesk training solutions. Synergis is an Autodesk Authorized Training Center (ATC), having…

EY and EMC have announced a formal strategic partnership over business technology services, building on a long-standing relationship between the two firms. The partnership will offer a number of different services to clients ranging from enterprise mobility management, hybrid cloud enablement, governance risk & compliance and cyber security. “Working together…

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Sandeep Waghchoure, Director of the Business Transformation Program Office at Dell, Inc. (Dell), will make a presentation at PLM Road Map™ for the High Tech and Medical Device Industries on the topic of empowering people to…

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm, announces that Dr. Suna Polat, Director, Collaborative Innovation & Social Product Development Consulting Practice, will lead a special session at the Innovation & Growth Leadership Summit, which takes place on April 25-26, in Chicago, Illinois. Sustaining profitable business…

It's always risky to drag metaphors from one realm into another, but sometimes the urge is irresistible.  Take the matter of technology obsolescence, traditionally the Third Rail for information technology (IT) management. Third rails have delivered electric power to subways for over a century, and they are dangerous.   The usefulness…

Trimble introduced today three new software versions of its Building Information Modeling (BIM) and analysis & design solutions for engineering and construction—Tekla Structures 2016, Tekla Structural Designer 2016 and Tekla Tedds 2016. The solutions provide enhanced collaboration and workflow efficiency for structural steel and precast concrete designers, detailers and fabricators,…