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CD-adapco today announced the release of STAR-CCM+® v10.04, the second release in 2015 of its flagship simulation tool. The latest release represents a major step forward in the company's vision of allowing its customers to "discover better designs, faster" using Multidisciplinary Design exploration (MDX). The highlight of the v10.04 release is an entirely new Finite Element Based Solid Stress Solver, enabling Computational Solid Mechanics from within STAR-CCM+. This engineering breakthrough makes STAR-CCM+ the first tool on the market to offer both Computational Fluid Dynamics and Computational Solid Mechanics from a single and easy to use fully integrated environment. STAR-CCM+ offers the most efficient way of modeling Fluid Structure Interaction problems. "The introduction of Computational Solid Mechanics in STAR-CCM+ is a very important step in terms of the future direction of engineering simulation," said Jean-Claude Ercolanelli, Senior VP of Product Management, CD-adapco. "Engineers can now easily bridge the gap between the fluid and

BuilderMT now offers a new estimating capability through its integration with CG Visions. Using CG Visions’ BIM Pipeline™, BuilderMT users can now move design and option data from CAD and BIM systems directly into BuilderMT Estimating, even for home plans heavily customized in the options process. CG Visions’ BIM Pipeline™ uses model dimensions to translate a home builder’s designs into the products the builder needs to build that home. Those products can then automatically appear in BuilderMT, where their data populates BuilderMT’s purchasing system, creating accurate purchase orders in the process. BuilderMT purchase orders are tied to real-time pricing, so BIM Pipeline / BuilderMT users can accurately determine the costs of any home, even if they are building it for the first time. With CG Visions’ BIM Pipeline, home builders can work entirely in digital design environments, through design programs like eTakeoff, PlanSwift, VisionREZ, Revit, AutoCAD and Vertex, saving time that used to go to

24 June 2015 Lectra is pleased to announce that Bertrandt SAS has chosen Lectra's DesignConcept solution to optimize its design, development and prototyping processes for car seat covers designed for French automobile manufacturers. Bertrandt SAS is the French subsidiary of the German group, Bertrandt AG, an international engineering company dedicated to the automobile, aeronautics and mobility industries. Founded in 1974 in the German town of Möglingen, Bertrandt AG currently has 11,500 employees in eight countries. The Group counts major automotive constructors and suppliers among its customers. Bertrandt SAS is investing in the DesignConcept solution as part of its business expansion; it is looking to accelerate its seating development process in order to optimize responses to requests for quotation and improve communication with car makers and suppliers. The company had previously developed its templates manually. When interpreting OEMs' 3D specifications, its teams were unable to use soft materials when working with digitized foam shapes.

ZW3D today announced that it has been selected by Able Tech industries Ltd.(Able Tech) for improving the efficiency of precision mold making.  Able Tech, a Hong Kong invested enterprise, specializes in mold making, plastic part injection and secondary processing. 85% of their clients are from Japan and Japanese enterprises in China, like Panasonic, DAKIN, Canon and Sony etc.  Able Tech focuses on precision mold making and invests heavily on their overall production lines. To maximize flexible capital operation and enlarge their market share, they needed a fully functional 3D CAD platform for designing high-tech craft of molds at affordable prices.  Having advantages in price and function, ZW3D was finally chosen by Able Tech to be fully applied in the enterprise, tremendously alleviating the pressure of finance and strengthening the flexibility of procurement.  “ZW3D has many unexpected functional advantages such as unique hybrid modeling which can flexibly realize the interchange between solid and surface. The

How do technical customers in South Korea learn about new engineering software available in other countries? One way is through the Startup Village Conference (see https://startupvillage.ru/en), now in its third year at Moscow’s Skolkovo Innovation Center. The annual conference matches investors with innovators in an open-air festival held over two sunny days in early June. A delegation of 30 South Korean companies, R&D institutions, and technology centers arrived, interested primarily to learn about the capabilities of Russian technological start-ups. The delegation was accompanied by Park Ro-byug, the South Korean ambassador to Russia. C3D Labs was invited to attend the annual startup conference as one example of the collaboration that’s possible to achieve between firms from Russia and South Korea. The Russian software company is a resident of Skolkovo’s IT Cluster, and last year licensed its C3D geometric kernel to South Korea’s Solar Tech (see http://c3dlabs.com/en/news/items/?news=1876), a developer of CAM systems. As a

ThermoAnalytics, Inc. has a trifecta of news to deliver:   Software Release; Version 12.0   A refreshed website   A rebrand of their premier product; RadTherm® will now be TAITherm™ Version 12.0 – Bigger, Broader & Better  ThermoAnalytics has consistently delivered a powerful CAE software suite, but version 12.0 provides users more simulation power, and results that focus on component temperature limits. The most exciting feature being released with the latest version is support for distributed memory parallel processing. By running on a parallel cluster of machines, the already-fast Partial-Direct or Multi-Grid solvers will yield a significantly faster thermal solution. Development within the software suite has also rapidly progressed with many new powerful post-processing features. “The 12.0 release of our software suite of CAE tools represents our journey into a new era of modeling & simulation,” says Keith Johnson, CEO of ThermoAnalytics. “In the past we focused predominantly on speed and accuracy, which we still value highly, as evidenced in this version’s new solver features. What is transformational is the

Comet Solutions, Inc. announces a partnership with Brian Wilson of Advanced Drivetrain Engineering & Technology (ADET).  This partnership further strengthens Comet’s expertise and commitment to providing solutions to designers and manufacturers of transmissions, axles, industrial gearboxes, and other power transmission products. Mr. Wilson brings to Comet over 25 years of experience in the design, test and analysis of rotating machinery. His experience includes Romax Technology, Inc. where he served as Chief Technology Officer, Ford Motor Company where he held the position of NVH Technical Specialist and work as a consultant for SDRC (now Siemens PLM).  He currently serves as Vice-Chair on the AGMA Sound & Vibration Committee and sits on ASME’s Power and Transmission Gearing Committee. Mr. Wilson will focus on expanding the market for Comet’s existing drivetrain-related SimApps and guiding Comet product line expansion in order to broaden coverage of drivetrain engineering. In addition, the partnership delivers deep technical support and

Dassault Systèmes today announced the launch of the 3DVIA Make application to enable retailers to offer customer-personalized products without requiring a huge back-end inventory or a lengthy fulfillment process. Retailers can now capture mass personalization opportunities for consumer products with flexibility that benefits the customer, retailer and brand. Using 3DVIA Make, products can be extensively personalized to the desire of each individual customer from within the retailers’ or brands’ website. Orders are then fulfilled on-demand by a 3D printing service or local bureau, reducing the need to stock a wide variety of products. For example, a customer can visit a retailer website or e-store and create a personalized product by selecting from a wide variety of materials, colors, shapes and designs. The customer can see the selected product from a 360-degree viewing angle before deciding to purchase. A personalized, one-of-a-kind product can then be printed using a 3D printer and sent to the

At this year’s SPE Offshore Europe exhibition, computer aided engineering (CAE) software expert EPLAN will be showcasing its latest fluid system and harness design products. Also on show will be other software packages from the company’s popular range, which cover virtually every aspect of industrial system design. EPLAN Fluid is an efficient and intuitive engineering tool for the design and automatic documentation of fluid power systems in applications that include hydraulics, pneumatics, cooling and lubrication. A key benefit of the EPLAN CAE platform is that it connects fluid power engineering with all other engineering disciplines so that design tasks can be executed in parallel. This approach makes the entire engineering process more efficient and less time-consuming, as well as reducing the risk of errors. EPLAN Harness proD, which is also spotlighted on the EPLAN stand, is a powerful 3D/2D software tool for the efficient design and documentation of cable harnesses. It offers

Tukatech announced the release of TUKA3D 2015, the newest version of Tukatech’s 3D system for digital development from prototyping to eCommerce. “TUKA3D 2015 is the most advanced work that we have ever done in CAD/CAM technology. It should be called the 4D system, the fourth-dimension being the real-time motion simulation and live feedback,” says Ram Sareen, Founder and CEO of Tukatech. TUKA3D 2015 is a thoroughly tested version with over 14 months of use in 27 different companies with different brands, products, and applications, resulting in a system that has helped eliminate physical sample making. “Our biggest challenge has been working with vendors who used cloth-covered fit forms nominated by brands and retailers for checking the fit of a garment. The vendor kept trying to compare a physical sample on fit form and 3D garment on the screen, and of course, they never drape the same. We all know that the fit forms are