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LEDAS Ltd., today announced new capabilities in its LEDAS Geometry Comparison (LGC) component. LGC now supports most formats from today’s MCAD systems, including all flagship and mid-range products of the top four CAD vendors. Because LGC makes it possible to compare models from any source, the new release allows users…

AVEVA announced today that ENERGOINVEST d.d. Sarajevo, a multi-disciplinary engineering company, has used AVEVA Bocad Tower to complete the construction of a K-Face transmission tower, saving a time for the design of towers significantly.  AVEVA Bocad Tower is the only software designed specifically for the construction of transmission and communication towers,…

Simpleware has joined 3T RPD Ltd in the GOSSAM (Generation of Optimal Support Structure in Additive Manufacturing) project. Funded by Innovate UK, the project aims to develop innovative and advanced intelligent metal additive manufacturing (AM) support structures. Launched in October 2013 and running to December 2015, GOSSAM targets breakthroughs in…

Vero Software has appointed Hideki Hasegawa as Regional Director for the APAC region. Hideki joined Vero as Commercial and Technical Manager at the start of 2014, becoming General Manager just three months later. Prior to joining Vero, he held increasingly senior positions at a major automotive supplier, followed by technical,…

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced an agreement with CADD Edge, Inc., a distributor of electrical and mechanical design and analysis tools, to provide Mentor Graphics® electronic systems design products to customers in the eastern USA. These Mentor products provide customers with the world's leading printed circuit board (PCB) design, high-performance analysis,…

Pointwise announces the latest release of its computational fluid dynamics (CFD) meshing software featuring direct integration with overset grid assembly (OGA) software. “The integration of grid generation and overset grid assembly represents a vast improvement over the hodge-podge of disparate tools typically employed by practitioners of overset CFD,” said Nick…

GrabCAD announced that starting immediately GrabCAD Workbench will be free for all users. This announcement means that engineering teams of all sizes will be able to share and manage CAD files effortlessly, accelerating the product development process. GrabCAD Workbench is a central part of GrabCAD’s mission to help engineers unlock…

Delcam has released the 2015 version of its PowerINSPECT inspection system.  The new version includes automatic collision avoidance, faster import of large CAD files, quicker preparation of longer inspection reports, and improved display of results from point-cloud data, plus many other customer-requested enhancements. PowerINSPECT has included collision detection for many years…

Dassault Systèmes announced the latest enhancements to MySolidWorks, the online gateway that provides single-point access to all SOLIDWORKS communities and content. Launched last year, MySolidWorks has been updated with new features to help 2.7 million SOLIDWORKS users get the best answers to their questions about SOLIDWORKS, stay current, sharpen design skills,…

The new BobCAM for SOLIDWORKS® V4 Mill Training Professor Video Series has been released. BobCAD-CAM, Inc. is a Gold Partner CAM solution for SOLIDWORKS CAD Design products. The latest Gold Partner BobCAM V4 CAM Plugin software is used to integrate CAD with CAM for SOLIDWORKS users that need 2.5, 3,…