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Autodesk University--Starting tomorrow, December 1, Autodesk, Inc.  will spotlight a number of advances toward the future of making things. As disruptions reshape how the world is designed and made, the company will showcase new technologies and modes of work that will help Autodesk University attendees navigate and thrive in this shifting…

Significant developments in CAD, Mould and CAM functionality are included in VISI 2016 R1, from Vero Software.  The product naming convention also explains the move to a new 6 month release cycle with two versions planned per year. As a leading developer and provider of CAD/CAM/CAE solutions, Vero Software say…

KISTERS and DESIGNRULE have announced the availability of the 3DViewStation integration into ENOVIA SmarTeam. This will give SmarTeam users the option to work with a new generation CAD viewer, providing blisteringly fast review of large 3D CAD data; supporting the latest releases of all major CAD systems incl. CATIA V5,…

AVEVA says that Spain’s TSK has selected the AVEVA Integrated Engineering & Design (IE&D) software solution. Initially requiring a 3D design tool, TSK were shown the full benefit of AVEVA’s complete IE&D approach. By integrating all engineering and design disciplines to share common information, TSK benefits from reduced design time…

Mentor Graphics Corp.today announced that Xiamen San'an Integrated Circuit Co. Ltd. (San'an IC) has selected the Calibre® nmDRC™ and Calibre nmLVS™ products as its golden signoff physical verification solution for gallium arsenide (GaAs) ICs used in mobile and other wireless applications. As part of its foundry offering, San'an IC will provide the Calibre design…

Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM software has been chosen for a new service from Star Prototype that combines additive and subtractive manufacturing.  The new service, which Star Prototype calls AddSub Manufacturing, combines metal 3D printing and five-axis CNC machining to deliver quickly complex, low-volume components that would previously have required the input…

Processing between 30 and 60 new tooling projects every day, industrial mechanics specialists Bemap Aranda say WorkNC CAM software is the core element of their manufacturing operation. “It allows the workshop to function around the clock without supervision,” says Director Michel Gauthier. And accurate production control is achieved by using…

Hewlett Packard Enterprise provided an update on its fiscal 2015 fourth quarter segment results, reaffirmed its fiscal 2016 outlook and provided its outlook for the fiscal 2016 first quarter. "Hewlett Packard Enterprise is off to a very strong start," said Meg Whitman, president and chief executive officer, Hewlett Packard Enterprise.…

Alain de Rouvray, ESI Group’s Chairman and CEO, comments: "The third quarter continues the trend established during the first half of the year, with the increasingly wide adoption of Virtual Prototyping solutions. The Licensing business remained robust with a continued high rate of repeat business in all geographical regions and an…

Atos and Rio 2016 officially opened the Technology Operations Centre for the Rio 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The official opening comes during the 15th project review by the International Olympic Committee when the TOC is visited as part of the IT readiness review. The TOC in the host city…