Industry Summary Articles

Granta Design today announced GRANTA MI™ Version 9, the latest version of its leading materials information management software, delivering a series of new tools based on extensive experience and feedback from enterprise implementations worldwide. This major annual release rolls-up all the upgrades and updates from the past year, adds further enhancements,…

CCE has updated its SOLIDWORKS ODX libraries with several enhancements. “CCE’s purpose is to continuously stay current with market trends in order to provide our customerswith the best possible software; therefore, we strive to align our software features with the needsof our users by constantly enhancing support for significantly used CAD software, such as SOLIDWORKS.  CCE’s ODX libraries now have enhanced PMI support for SOLIDWORKS 2016, which is very important given the increasing focus on Model Based Designs (MBD) and enterprises investing in creating richly annotated 3D models,” said Vinay Wagle, CCE’s VP of Sales and Marketing. CCE’s updated ODX libraries for SOLIDWORKS now feature a significant enhancement to its PMI support by including support for “collection features” in GTol, which is a way to combine one or more tolerances into a single group in SOLIDWORKS. This is a very efficient way of adding tolerance information for instances in a pattern. For example, let’s say there is a circular pattern of five holes where the tolerance information is the same for each hole; instead of applying GTol (30+0.05) to each hole, the combined representation of value can be (5X30+0.05) to indicate that five holes have the same tolerance. ODX/SW now provides both the tolerance information and instance count by way of its support for “collection features” in GTol.  CCE has also introduced some important updates to its SOLIDWORKS write libraries; there is now the ability to create configurations in a SOLIDWORKS part file. CCE has also improved attribute support  by supporting document units and custom material information.   To learn more about the ODX libraries visit –  http://www.cadcam-e.com/development-tools/cad-libraries.aspx Open Data Exchange (ODX) libraries read & write Native CAD data.  File formats that are currently supported for ODX include CATIA V4, CATIA V5, CATIA V6, NX, Inventor, SOLIDWORKS, Pro/ENGINEER (PTC Creo®), JT, Solid Edge, Parasolid, IGES, STEP, 3D PDF, VDA, & STL.  Applications developed using ODX libraries are independent of CAD.  The libraries written in C & C++ are easy to implement & follow software releases via continuous updates.  Apart from licensing the library components, we also provide integrations services to integrate our libraries into customer applications.  The true benefit of using our ODX libraries is the reduced cost to the user.  Our ODX libraries do not require CAD software or licenses, which can be quite costly.  ODX gives the user the ability to read & write native CAD files without the cost of ownership associated with the CAD system.   To view the original press release, please click here. Search for CCE on CIMdata.com

Among the many new developments to be shown by Delcam on stand 4011 at MACH will be a new method for machining blisks that offers substantial savings in both cycle time and cost.  The new method, which has been developed by Delcam in association with tooling supplier Technicut, covers the…

aPriori, a provider of product cost management (PCM) software solutions for global manufacturing enterprises announced today that on February 8th through the 10th, 2016, leading PCM practitioners from across North America will meet at the JW Marriott Desert Ridge Resort in Phoenix, Arizona for the 4th Annual STARS Customer Conference. This…

To capitalize on growth opportunities, International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI) introduces a new brand identity and website. Since the company's founding more than thirty years ago, ITI's business units have operated independently to help solve engineering and manufacturing technology problems. Today, the company's growth strategy aligns under a single brand that…

Altair today announced it is now accepting nominations for the fourth annual Altair Enlighten Award. The 2016 award program brings with it new categories allowing nominees to submit entries for lightweighting achievements in two distinct categories: full vehicles and modules. This change has been made to give full and proper…

TraceParts announces the availability of its  3DX Certified Models app for users of Onshape CAD software through the Onshape App Store “Private Beta” program. This new fully integrated app is the first to allow all Onshape users instant access to hundreds of millions of free standard and supplier certified 3D models from directly…

TraceParts announces the availability of its  3DX Certified Models app for users of Onshape CAD software through the Onshape App Store “Private Beta” program. This new fully integrated app is the first to allow all Onshape users instant access to hundreds of millions of free standard and supplier certified 3D models from directly…

SAP SE announced today that Wipro Limited is extending its SAP footprint by deploying SAP's next-generation business suite, SAP® Business Suite 4 SAP HANA® (SAP S/4HANA), and other solutions from SAP. With SAP, Wipro intends to simplify its internal operations and reduce the costs of IT operations. The project will…