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Rand Worldwide today announced that its courseware division, ASCENT- Center for Technical Knowledge, is partnering with 4D Technologies to provide free access to their Autodesk Certification Preparation content online for a limited time. The new online certification preparation portal includes Official Certification Preparation content by ASCENT and rich CADLearning video courses by 4D. These…

PTC announced today it has completed its acquisition of the Vuforia business from Qualcomm Connected Experiences, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated. The Vuforia™ platform is the industry’s most advanced and widely adopted augmented reality (AR) technology platform. The acquisition enhances PTC’s technology portfolio and accelerates PTC’s strategy as a…

Key takeaways: SAP is expanding their reach across the extended supply chain, focused on needs and opportunities in the age of smart connected products The platformization of the SAP portfolio on S/4HANA illustrates the evolution of the product innovation platform as defined by CIMdata and others Expansions like Innovation Management,…

CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces a program review of Arena Solutions and their PLM portfolio. Arena Solutions was the originator of multi-tenant cloud-based PLM. Since their inception they have continued to expand and evolve the functional capabilities of their solution portfolio, their…

Australia's vintage clothing firm, The Darnell Collection, has partnered with Gerber Technology, to adopt 3D technology into its clothing styles. McFadden executive director, CAD Product Management, Gerber said, “The Darnell Collection is important on so many levels, but perhaps the highest being its role in bringing the true art of…

PROSTEP has integrated the OpenDXM GlobalX solution for file exchange and managed file transfer (MFT) even deeper into the Windows environment, thereby allowing Office application users outside the engineering department to also easily and securely exchange files. In addition to OpenDXM GlobalX Outlook-Integration, which has been available since 2014, the…

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software solutions for sustaining infrastructure, today announced the general access of its new SewerGEMS, SewerCAD, StormCAD, and CivilStorm V8i (SELECTseries 5) products for the analysis and design of wastewater and stormwater systems. In addition to being available as stand-alone applications and to running on CAD and GIS platforms,…

“The time saving is epic. What used to take a week, now takes a day.” Those are the words of Ollie Crosthwaite, Managing Director of a specialist manufacturer of engines and components for historic racing cars. He was referring to the difference Edgecam’s new port machining module makes to producing…

Third quarter 2015 revenue of $562.3 million was down 4 percent as compared to the third quarter of 2014, and was approximately flat on a constant currency basis. Engineering and Construction revenue was $326.4 million, down 5 percent. Field Solutions revenue was $73.5 million, down 17 percent. Mobile Solutions revenue was$131.6 million, up 9…

ModuleWorks, the leading supplier of CAD/CAM components for toolpath creation and CNC simulation is happy to join the consortium for the European Twin Control project. The first of October saw the start of the European project Twin-Control, an alliance of eleven European partners that aims to design a new concept…