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ESI Group announces the launch of a 6-year joint research program between Centrale Nantes and ESI, for which an Endowed Chair has been created. Both organizations will conduct advanced research on the topics of Model Reduction, Advanced Welding Simulation, and Thermoplastic Welding. The official inauguration will take place on January 21, 2014 at…

Autodesk, Inc. announced that it will broadcast its special meeting of stockholders live via its website on Tuesday, January 14th at 3:00 p.m. Pacific Time. The live webcast will be available through Autodesk's Investor Relations website at www.autodesk.com/investors. Please go to the website at least 15 minutes early to register, download and…

SolidCAM resellers from around the world gathered in Hannover, Germany to share information and catch up with the latest developments at the SolidCAM 2013 reseller conference. With six offices in Germany, offices in the USA, Canada, China, Japan, and India, and affiliate companies in the UK, France, Czech Republic and…

Autodesk, Inc. has completed the acquisition of technology and the development team of Circuits.io, a web-based app and connected community for designing and simulating electronic circuits. Autodesk partnered with the Circuits.io team to introduce Autodesk 123D Circuits in 2013, and through this acquisition Autodesk intends to expand its offering of technology for…

SpaceClaim announced today an integration with Lagoa, the 3D cloud platform company, that allows designers and engineers to access Lagoa directly within the SpaceClaim environment, making it easier and faster to produce high-quality images. “Lagoa provides photorealistic rendering and visualization-sharing power that adds immediate appeal to web-hosted SpaceClaim 3D models, without…

Intergraph® has launched Intergraph Geospatial 2014, a comprehensive portfolio of technologies. Building upon the foundation introduced in 2013, this release provides enhanced analytical tools, mobile support and tremendous cost savings associated with managing big data. With an ongoing focus on a fully united, modern and dynamic product portfolio, this powerful release…

Following the introduction of the Vortex high-efficiency area-clearance strategy in PowerMILL 2014 last September, Delcam’s new roughing strategy has now been added to the FeatureCAM, PartMaker and Delcam for SolidWorks CAM systems. A video showing the benefits of using Vortex in FeatureCAM to program a HAAS machine can be seen…

3D Systems announced today the immediate availability of Cubify® 2.0, the only comprehensive consumer destination that delivers the complete 3D printed lifestyle through highly-curated, brand-driven experiences for fashionistas, décor enthusiasts, kids at play and entertainment fans.  The new Cubify.com also includes the first-ever, 3D printing-powered Mancave where the value is in powering your…

Visual 2000 International Inc. announces that children's specialty clothing brand Persnickety Clothing has begun implementation of the Visual End-2-End™ fashion business software. The Utah-based designer of girl's boutique clothing is leveraging Visual 2000 Rapid Deployment Process (RDP) to quickly gain the benefits of the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)…

MCS, formerly known as Marlboro Classics, has increased the potential distance between them and their competition through their recent implementation of the WFX Cloud based fashion product lifecycle management (PLM). MCS, formerly part of the Valentino Group in Valdagno, Italy, is one of the brands acquired in 2013 by Emerisque.…