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TraceParts introduces an additional function into its CAD download platform for looking up parts and the associated information with a simple search using geometric criteria.  With the geometric similarity search feature, designer professionals can now use the 3D model of an existing part on the TraceParts platform to find all the variations and technical information of that model in just a few seconds and display the results of all the parts with a similar shape and size.  Basically, the 3DPartFinder™ shape search technology extracts the geometric signature that is unique to each part and compares it to millions of other parts on the TraceParts platform. The search results are presented in a 3D viewer, where the corresponding products are displayed in order of geometric similarity.  To provide CAD designers with even easier access to industrial parts, TraceParts naturally chose the ultra-powerful 3DPartFinder™ search engine. To implement the new search engine,

HomeByMe is an online interior design application that allows you to visualize your home ideas in 3D. Experiment with thousands of colors, materials and well known products to see your ideas come to life. Invite friends and family to view your progress and provide feedback as you make your decisions. Homebyme leverages 3DVIA applications to provide an immersive and interactive user experience with new cloud-based services to transform home furnishing and interior decoration projects, visualize this transformation in a realistic 3D environment and connect consumers to home professionals. The products and services presented on Homebyme are not sold by 3DVIA but referenced by partners who are solely responsible for the products, services and informations related to those products and services. Experience for yourself: https://home.by.me/en/ To view the original press release, please click here. Search for 3DVIA on CIMdata.com

Artec 3D, a developer and manufacturer of professional 3D hardware and software, today announced the release of Artec Studio 11, the latest version of its industry-acclaimed software. Designed for use with Artec's professional handheld 3D scanners as well as a range of sensors, Studio 11 offers simplified, rapid post-processing that never compromises on precision or accuracy. The new software release meets the needs of professionals at any experience level and boasts numerous automated features, including a state-of-the-art Autopilot mode, to create professional-grade, 3D models of any size. With Artec's unprecedented Autopilot mode, users are guided through a few simple questions related to the characteristics of the object being scanned and the type of 3D model that is desired. Studio 11 then deletes any unwanted captured data, auto aligns the scans with one click, and instinctively selects the most effective 3D algorithms for the data at hand. The result is a

Altair recently released the latest HyperWorks 14.0 Student Edition, making it the most comprehensive computer-aided engineering (CAE) suite available to aspiring structural and mechanical engineers. Altair® HyperWorks® is the most comprehensive, open architecture CAE simulation platform in the industry, offering the best technologies to design and optimize high performance, weight efficient and innovative products. HyperWorks includes best-in-class modeling, linear and nonlinear analyses, structural and system-level optimization, fluid and multi-body dynamics simulation, electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) and antenna placement, multiphysics analysis, model-based development, and data management solutions. The free HyperWorks 14.0 Student Edition brings all these features directly to students around the world and can be easily installed on any PC or laptop. The Student Edition is based on HyperWorks Desktop, an integrated user environment for modeling and visualization. It can be used to pre-and post-process finite element and multi-body dynamics simulations as well as to manage and visualize simulation results

TraceParts is celebrating the fifteenth anniversary of the launch of its online CAD platform. A subsidiary of the Trace Group created in 1989, TraceParts started its activity by distributing DVDs containing the 3D content of a few manufacturers. At that time, the DVDs were sent by post to design offices. Today, almost 600 industrial-part suppliers have chosen the TraceParts online platform to publish their catalogs and make them available to design engineers. In 2001, TraceParts launched its first web platform for downloading CAD files, enabling the company to expand its publishing network around the whole world. The past fifteen years have been marked by constant growth and innovation; in 2016, the TracePartsOnline.net platform had 2.5 million designers registered on the site.  Françoise PFISTER, Managing Director of SIAM RINGSPANN, shares her experience of working with TraceParts since the launch of the first online platform, “SIAM – RINGSPANN has always appreciated the

Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that customers and ecosystem partners are expanding their use of Calibre Pattern Matching solution to overcome previously intractable IC verification and manufacturing problems. The solution is integrated into the Mentor® Calibre nmPlatform solution, creating a synergy that drives these new applications at IC design companies and foundries, across multiple process nodes. Calibre Pattern Matching technology supplements multi-operational text-based design rules with an automated visual geometry capture and compare process. This visual approach is both very powerful in its ability to capture complex pattern relationships, and to work within mixed tool flows, making it much easier for Mentor customers to create new applications to solve difficult problems. Because it is integrated into the Calibre nmPlatform toolset, the Calibre Pattern Matching functionality can leverage the industry-leading performance and accuracy of all Calibre tools and flows to create new opportunities for design-rule checking (DRC), reliability checking, DFM, yield

International TechneGroup Incorporated (ITI) today introduces a white paper outlining seven recommendations to help manufacturers develop a strategy to improve profitability by managing engineering errors, changes and escapes. Engineering escapes happen as a result of routine product data exchange throughout the lifecycle and across the supply chain. Escapes are typically very costly in terms of labor waste, material, and part scrap, assembly errors, and manufacturing delays; but escapes are often not thoroughly or accurately identified and measured. Over the past 15 years, ITI consulting projects revealed that engineering changes throughout the product lifecycle result in engineering escapes, or “unidentified changes to 3D product data that lead to a negative economic consequence.” Traditionally, the management of engineering escapes, changes and errors has been viewed as an opportunity to reduce costs. Many authors and industry experts have written on the topic, including Ed Lopategui, Michael Grieves, Dean Beutel, Donald G. Reinertsen,

"This past April, CIMdata, a leading independent worldwide firm, announced the launch of their AEC & Manufacturing Convergence consulting practice with Ed Martin at the helm. CIMdata provides strategic management consulting to maximize an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. In addition to consulting, CIMdata conducts research, provides PLM-focused subscription services, and produces several commercial publications. The company also provides industry education through PLM certificate programs, seminars, and conferences worldwide. CIMdata serves clients around the world from offices in North America, Europe, and Asia. The goal of the new consulting practice is to bridge the gap between manufacturing and the design, fabrication, and operation of facilities and ultimately reduce waste, budget, and timeline contingencies, improve compliance, quality, and the flow of information. They aim to work with industrial companies and software/service providers and draw on

 PDF Key takeaways: Capgemini offers a custom solution to access product information across disparate data managed repositories Metadata search capabilities leverage Dassault Systèmes’ EXALEAD solution In order to fight increasing competition, industrial product companies allocate extensive time and budget to increase the productivity of their product development design process by installing the latest technology including up-to-date design software and strong computing IT infrastructures. Yet the “weak link” in the workflow of new product design—lack of effective search capabilities that enable part reuse—often goes ignored. Most product design companies maintain extensive repositories of released components and subassemblies that if reused in their current new product development can dramatically reduce time and cost. Capgemini[1], the consulting, technology, and outsourcing services company, offers their clients support for an effective metadata search across multiple, data-managed repositories. CIMdata views this capability as a strong positive for industrial companies who often have to work in a multi-provider solution environment. Today, industrial

Recognizing that the design challenges for each industry and every company are different, Onshape is introducing FeatureScript, a new open programming language that lets CAD users create their own built-in parametric features or modify existing ones. Ever wish you could change the way your CAD system's features work? FeatureScript lets you do just that. It is the same language used to develop all of Onshape's current features (Extrude, Fillet, Shell, Loft, etc.) and has already been used millions of times by Onshape users without even realizing it. By making FeatureScript public – available to all Free, Professional and Enterprise Customers – full-cloud Onshape is now offering the first truly customizable parametric CAD feature set.   "This is the first time that a professional CAD system has made the implementation of its parametric features open and extensible," says Ilya Baran, Onshape's Director of FeatureScript. "In the past, the only way to change