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Continuing with its mission to provide best in class teaching and learning to its customers, PTC today announced it is working with Colorado State University to deliver an authorized training program for PTC software. Colorado State University students and PTC customers will have access to the same curriculum and methodologies offered by PTC…

CADENAS and CAXA present the new PARTcommunity portal which was especially adjusted for CAXA, offering one of the biggest collection of online catalogs for CAD models in native formats for the Chinese design software CAXA 3D. Via the Community portal, designers get immediate access to certified, native 3D CAD models…

End-to-end apparel and softgoods software solutions provider Visual 2000 International Inc. (http://www.visual-2000.com) announces the release of its new Visual PLM.net® Mobile app. The new creativity and productivity tool enables designers to use their smartphone or tablet to immediately launch the new product development process while on a buying trip or virtually anywhere they find…

The latest release of VISI CAD/CAM from Vero Software, which is being unveiled at the forthcoming MACH Exhibition, features innovative, unique technologies included for the first time. VISI 21 will be released shortly, and is being highlighted on stand 4426 in Hall 4 at the NEC in Birmingham, between April…

Delcam GmbH has opened a new office in Eislingen in Baden-Württemberg to further increase its sales in the southern part of Germany.  Delcam’s German subsidiary achieved record sales of software and maintenance in 2013 and, with the opening of the new office, is looking forward to even better growth this…

Mentor Graphics Corp. today announced that it has acquired Berkeley Design Automation, Inc. (BDA), a leader in nanometer analog, mixed-signal, and RF circuit verification.  With over one hundred customers worldwide, BDA uniquely addresses nanometer circuit design challenges via its Analog FastSPICE™ unified verification platform and exceptional vertical-application expertise.  The acquisition…

This acquisition aligns EAC with industry trends toward Service Information Management (SIM), Service Lifecycle Management (SLM), and automated publishing of technical information. The Arbortext Business Unit will operate as the EAC Product Development Information Services group or PDIS, and provide implementation, customization, development, and support for the Arbortext product line. Thane Hathaway,…

Version 4.1 of PROSTEP's PDF Generator 3D is now available and offers a number of small but nonetheless excellent and very useful enhancements and new features. For example, in version 4.1, the Model Script plug-in for the converter engine – available since version 4.0 – provides a function that allows…

Agility Group, a leader in engineering, procurement, construction, installation and commissioning solutions for the offshore oil and gas industry, has renewed its Global Alliance Agreement (GAA) for three years to use Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise as a key design and information management solution. The company seeks to position itself as the…

SAP AG announced that its Annual Report is now available and that SAP’s Annual Report on Form 20-F has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for the year ended December 31, 2013. The report can be accessed via SAP’s Web site at www.sap.com/investor and www.sap.de/investor. Hardcopies of both of the…