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Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM software was used by Manufax Engineering to create a highly efficient NC program to machine the tail-fin shear plate for the Bloodhound SuperSonic Car (SSC).  A complex, freeform aluminium component, the shear plate will form the interface between the tail-fin structure and the body of the vehicle…

For the production of its extremely complex assemblies, the manufacturer has opted for integrated TopSolid solutions, Missler Software's CAD/CAM solution and NCSIMUL Machine from SPRING Technologies for machining simulation. Very much a town in its own right, the DCNS nuclear submarine production facility in Cherbourg, France, must permanently reach the…

MathWorks announced an expanded relationship with Siemens Automation Systems to make it easier for customers to take advantage of Model-Based Design for developing and implementing complex control algorithms. Control engineers can now generate code from Simulink and deploy it to Siemens SIMATIC S7 modular PLC controllers and SIMATIC WinAC RTX…

C3D Labs is pleased to announce that Saint Petersburg-based NIP-Informatica has licensed the C3D geometric kernel. The kernel is being used to power Techtran, their software for designing CNC machine control programs. With C3D components built directly into the CAM system, users will now be able to import 3D models…

On December 18th, Materialise NV celebrated officially establishing  Materialise Shanghai Co. Ltd. and opening its new office in Shanghai’s Baoshan District. Materialise has been active in China since 2005 and, by officially registering as a company, it is now entirely dedicated to the Chinese market with a 3D printing software…

GRAPHISOFT® has announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with buildingSMART Korea, to assist in the development of the “Open BIM-based Building Design Standard and IT-Infrastructure Construction” efforts in Korea. The agreement between the parties covers areas including technical collaboration, collaboration on developing and disseminating the Korean BIM…

Mastercam's Dynamic Motion technology is a new and exciting approach to creating toolpaths. Dynamic Motion follows a proprietary and sophisticated set of rules that take into consideration a broad data set. In order to create the most efficient cutting motion possible, Dynamic toolpaths calculate more than just the areas where…

Altium Limited announced extended benefits to Altium Subscription. With the release of Altium Designer 15, Altium commits to delivering Product Updates and Maintenance Updates to the current release and Maintenance Updates to previous releases. Starting with Altium Designer 14, Altium will deliver fixes and small enhancements as Maintenance Updates to…

Finnish multidisciplinary engineering and information management company Citec has announced its expansion of Intergraph SmartPlant® Enterprise throughout several projects and regions. The decision was in response to client demand and is expected to further increase Citec’s reach and accessibility to other potential clients preferably implementing Intergraph SmartPlant Enterprise solutions. The…

Infor announced on its quarterly Lender Update Friday, December 12, that fiscal 2015 Q2 software license fees and subscriptions revenue increased 15 percent at actual currency rates and 17 percent in constant currency1 compared to its fiscal 2014 recast Q2.  Non-GAAP Q2 license fees and subscription revenue2 increased 14 percent at actual…