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Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business has been awarded a 5-Star rating in The Channel Company’s CRN 2015 Partner Program Guide. This is the ninth straight year that Siemens PLM Software has received this designation. In addition, CRN recognized Jeff Zobrist, Siemens PLM Software’s Vice President of Global Solution…

Rand Worldwide announced that its IMAGINiT Technologies division has partnered with 4D Technologies, developers of industry leading CADLearning video learning content, to create an unrivalled multi-modal eLearning experience. Now available through IMAGINiT’s ProductivityNOW portal, the popular self-paced, Autodesk focused eLearning curriculum combines video instruction to create a rich learning experience. “As a time-starved professional, sacrificing billable time…

Gerber Technology announces the availability of the AccuMark® 10 intelligent pattern design, grading, planning and marker making software solution. In addition to digital printing capabilities and other features that increase productivity throughout the system, AccuMark 10 will also offer a fully integrated 3D solution for garment development and pattern making as an…

Exa® Corporation announces its newest release, PowerFLOW 5.1, offering up to a 300% speed up for complex transient cabin comfort simulations — allowing vehicle manufacturers an accurate, robust, and practical method of studying exceedingly complex thermal engineering problems. According to J.D. Power and Associates' initial quality studies, it is crucial…

Datakit releases the version 2015.2 of its CAD conversion interfaces. This version offers three main new features: The Solid Edge 2D (.dft) format is now available. It can be converted to PDF or DXF. The CATIA V5 reader supports the latest version CATIA V5 R25 (V5-6R2015). The NX reader supports the latest versionNX 10. All these improvements benefit to components provided…

Rand Worldwide today announced that its courseware division, ASCENT – Center for Technical Knowledge, is releasing the first Autodesk Official Training Guides (AOTG) for Autodesk 2016 software. The newly released titles are available through ASCENT’s online store at ASCENTeStore.com in both print and eBook formats. "ASCENT will release close to 60 AOTG titles…

EMC Corporation will publish its first-quarter 2015 financial results on April 22, 2015 at approximately 7:00 a.m. ET. EMC will also issue an advisory news release on April 22, 2015 announcing availability of the results via the EMC Investor Relations (http://www.emc.com/ir) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (http://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0000790070&owner=exclude&count=40) websites. …

ZWSOFT launched its 2015 Global Partner Conference (GPC) in Guangzhou, China. The first day of the conference featured inspiring ideas from ZWSOFT management, CAD expert Roopinder Tara and SAIC Co., a ZWSOFT partner, shedding light on industry trends, future prospects of ZWSOFT products and partnership. CAD Trends 2015 in Experts’…

Okuma America Corporation is pleased to announce that Siemens PLM Solutions Partner has joined Partners in THINC. Members of Partners in THINC provide superior technologies that are integrated with Okuma’s CNC machines and controls to deliver advanced manufacturing system solutions. Siemens PLM Solutions Partner, VMH International, provides integrated software solutions…

Autodesk, Inc. today announced its $10 million investment in Carbon3D from the Spark Investment Fund. Carbon3D’s innovative Continuous Liquid Interface Production technology (CLIP) addresses the current speed, mechanical properties and material choice limitations of the 3D printing industry, and promises to connect the digital thread from design through prototyping to 3D manufacturing by enabling…