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The Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute and Autodesk have teamed up to offer product designers a chance to win up to USD $4,000 through the inaugural Cradle to Cradle Product Design Challenge. Participants are eligible to submit their design after completing the free 1-hour, online course Designing Cradle to Cradle Certified™ Products for…

TraceParts has now released the 2015 version of its Supplier Parts Management Software TraceParts Enterprise. The highlights for this release are the new Subcontractor Edition and the import of existing data into the TraceParts Enterprise Database. “We’ve taken onboard suggestions from our current users worldwide and from companies who tested…

RLM Apparel Software Systems Inc., is closely following last year’s exceptionally strong software development agenda with the first in a series of planned 2015 system-wide innovations for its popular FashionManager™ Enterprise software solution. Comprising new and enhanced capabilities to PLM, Financials, and Sales modules, the latest round of improvements bolsters…

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. is releasing expert trainer Jonathan Pickup’s Vectorworks Essentials Tutorial Manual, now in its seventh edition. The book supports the new capabilities of Vectorworks® 2015 software and helps users gain a firm understanding of the basic tools, features and commands found in the Vectorworks line of industry-specific CAD and…

Engineers and designers of electric machines have a revamped & more intuitive modeling environment to use when performing motor simulations and analysis as of today with the release of MotorSolve version 5. Major additions to the software also enhance the charts and field data available to users. Here are just…

Granta Design announced the release of GRANTA MI:Materials Gateway 3.0™, its third generation innovative solution for accessing managed materials data within Computer-Aided Design (CAD), Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE), and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems. Engineering enterprises manage wide-ranging and valuable information on the materials specified in their products (metals, composites, plastics, and natural…

Thailand's PTT Research & Technology Institute (PTT RTI) has selected three Intergraph® SmartPlant® solutions to deliver a range of projects that will help to drive innovation in process engineering. The solutions are being implemented by PTT RTI's Process Technology Research Department, where researchers use them to create preliminary design layouts…

Stratasys Ltd.  announced preliminary fiscal 2014 results as well as full-year 2015 guidance, as it enters a new phase of increased investment in its business. To foster growth and help it secure significant future long-term market opportunities, the Company also announced a new investment plan under which it expects to…

Dassault Systèmes today announced IFRS unaudited financial results for the fourth quarter and year ended December 31, 2014. These results were reviewed by the Company’s Board of Directors on February 4, 2015. Summary Highlights (unaudited) Organic new licenses revenue up 12% in Q4 and 10% in FY in constant currencies…

After years of an increasing proportion of downloads for Windows, Linux is rallying among MEDUSA4 Personal users. The free CAD system is used by hobby and professional engineers in 165 countries (with a pay-per-result portal for commercial use). Professional Drafting Toolset on Linux CAD Schroer has been comparing download statistics…