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Delcam will highlight developments in three programs from its range of manufacturing software on stand H57 in Hall 8 at the Euromold exhibition to be held in Frankfurt, Germany, from 25th to 28th November.  The new CADCAM software on show will include the 2015 releases of the PowerSHAPE Pro CAD…

EMC Corporation announced that Zane Rowe has joined the company as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer reporting to Joe Tucci, EMC Chairman and CEO. Rowe now assumes all internal and external financial responsibilities for EMC’s consolidated business. Prior to joining EMC, Rowe had a successful 19-year financial and corporate strategy…

TraceParts is due to break another record number of registered users by the end of 2014. With an average of 30,000 new subscriptions per month from Engineers and Design professionals worldwide willing to get a free and instant access to Millions of CAD models on TracePartsOnline.com, the TraceParts Engineering community is…

HP today announced plans to separate into two new publicly traded Fortune 50 companies: one comprising HP’s market-leading enterprise technology infrastructure, software and services businesses, which will do business as Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, and one that will comprise HP’s market-leading personal systems and printing businesses, which will do business as HP…

The EDA Consortium (EDAC) Market Statistics Service (MSS) today announced that the Electronic Design Automation (EDA) industry revenue increased 6.3 percent for Q2 2014 to $1757.9 million, compared to $1653.4 million in Q2 2013. Sequential EDA revenue for Q2 2014 increased 0.7 percent compared to Q1 2014, while the four-quarters moving average, which compares…

German software provider Nemetschek® AG announced it is acquiring Bluebeam® Software, Inc., the developer of PDF-based collaboration solutions for the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry, for a $100 million purchase price. “Today is an exciting day for Bluebeam Software and Bluebeam users alike,” said Richard Lee, Bluebeam Software CEO. “With…

Lattice Technology, Inc., announced Lattice3D Studio version 13. This latest release of the company’s authoring tool contains features that improve productivity and increase functionality for companies that create 2D and interactive 3D technical documentation for internal use, external stakeholders and customers. Lattice Technology delivers technical communication solutions that may be…

Software training firm Infinite Skills Inc. this week released its "Mastering Autodesk Inventor - Administration and Data Exchange," an advanced course designed for experienced Inventor users, particularly those working in a company environment, teaching the program's features for producing model libraries and templates in order to track data and allow…

IMSI/Design announced New DesignCAD® 3D Max v24. DesignCAD 3D Max, named for the second year in a row by TopTenReviews.com as one of the top 2 consumer-based CAD products, offers budget-minded professionals and hobbyist a versatile 2D/3D precision design solution.  "DesignCAD continues to be a price/performance leader in CAD," stated…

Rand Worldwide announced that its IMAGINiT Technologies division released an updated version of its Scan to BIM software, Scan to BIM 2015.1. This latest release features automated piping tools specifically designed to save mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) engineers and scanning professionals time when identifying, placing and connecting pipes from a point cloud…