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Bentley Systems, Incorporated, today announced that American Electric Power (AEP), one of the largest electric utilities in the United States, has chosen to enhance its electric substation design practices with Bentley Substation. By taking advantage of Bentley Substation’s integrated set of capabilities combining intuitive 3D modeling, electrical design functionality, and automatic bills of materials and report generation, AEP will gain from B/IM, Bentley’s advancement of the reach and benefits of “BIM” – for better-performing assets through increased depth of information modeling, and better-performing projects through increased breadth of information mobility. As a result, AEP anticipates faster design cycles and improved collaboration across physical and electrical design disciplines. AEP selected Bentley Substation based on a careful review of commercially available alternatives, the productivity benefits demonstrated at other utilities, and the estimated improvement the software would make in its own design processes. AEP is making Bentley Substation available to the more than 100 staff members in its transmission and engineering organization and plans

Granta Design today announced the latest advances to support both simulation and materials information management in engineering enterprises working with composites and advanced materials. Central to this is the idea of “bridging the gap” between design or test data and the input data required by the finite element community, as well as for Integrated Computational Materials Engineering (ICME). At next week’s JEC Europe (Paris, March 11-13), Granta will be demonstrating the 2014 release of the Composites Design Data Module, providing traceable design data from the AGATE and NCAMP global aerospace projects. This material property data compilation covers the constituents, intermediates, and processing steps used to generate over 600 laminates, including design data tested in up to four standard conditions. It has applications across research, design, testing, and simulation. Discussions on Granta’s booth (F74 in Hall 7.3) will also draw on the outcomes of the recent Material Data Management Consortium (MDMC) meeting, hosted by Northrop Grumman in January.

3D Systems announced its CEO, Avi Reichental, will deliver a keynote address on Manufacturing the Future at CeBIT 2014 in Hannover, Germany. Reichental will speak on Friday March 14, 2014, at 12:15 local time, Hall 8, Center Stage, Hannover Exhibition Grounds, Germany. A livestream of Reichental’s keynote can be viewed here. CeBIT 2014, hosted by Deutshe Messe AG, brings together more than 4,000 companies from 70 different countries for 5 days to showcase high-tech’s latest innovations. Thousands of live attendees along with over 37,000 online followers learn, discuss, debate and shape the digital world’s hottest topics, trends and innovations from game-changing and emerging technologies to their impact on business and society. Reichental’s keynote is part of the game-changing technologies program and he will speak on how 3D printing is manufacturing a future that integrates virtual design with physical production and free from complexity, entering the world into an era of bold localized, digital craftsmanship.

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ZW3D today released ZW3D CAD/CAM 2014. This new version is fully developed based on the collected market needs, featuring upgraded CAD, more productive Mold and Smarter CAM, to ensure intelligible design and machining experience with high quality. Enhancing 3D Modeling with Optimized Functionalities Improvements of ZW3D 2014 cover every aspect of ZW3D’s CAD functions, such as the integrated file translator supporting more up-to-date formats of mainstream design software, simplified feature manager providing faster history regeneration, part configuration accelerating design of parts variations and enhanced 2D sheet presenting production-ready 2D drawings efficiently. These customer-driven optimizations of ZW3D CAD can speed up product design process, reduce development time and save project budget. “I think the improvements of 2D sheet are fantastic. Some are quite amazing and it seems faster than before,” commented by Paul, a ZW3D 2014 Beta user, on ZW3D forum. Strengthening CNC Machining with Smarter Operations  One of the most anticipated highlights of ZW3D CAM is the

ANSYS, Inc. will be webcasting the ANSYS 2014 Investor Day being held at the Pittsburgh Fairmont Hotel on March 12, 2014. The morning webcast will begin at 10:00 a.m. ET and end at approximately 11:15 a.m. ET, resuming in the afternoon at 12:00 p.m. ET and ending at approximately 3:00 p.m. ET. Please go to the following link to view the web cast:   http://www.livestream.com/ansys Password: AnssinvDay14 - The password is case sensitive and will be useable 15 minutes prior to the start of the event. Live Webcast Agenda Presentations: 10:00 a.m. - 11:15 a.m. ET Jim Cashman, President and Chief Executive Officer Walid Abu-Hadba, Chief Product Officer 12:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. ET Members of our Research and Development Team presenting "The Power of Our Products" Maria Shields, VP and Chief Financial Officer Question and Answer Session 3:00 p.m. Adjourn The archived webcast will also be available on the Investor Relations section of the Company's website www.ansys.com within twenty-four hours of the conclusion of the event.

Representatives from Siemens PLM Software will be participating in the 10th International Modelica® Conference to be held in Lund, Sweden from March 10 to 12, 2014. At the conference, Siemens PLM Software experts will present white papers on Modelica and Functional Mock-up Interface (FMI) as well as the latest Modelica and FMI capabilities developed in the LMS Imagine.LabTM software. A leading simulation environment for multi-domain system integration, LMS Imagine.Lab AmesimTM software is an ideal choice for users looking to couple C-based and Modelica modeling approaches into a single open platform. Depending on modeling requirements, users can access a wide selection of built-in libraries containing complex, validated component models, or they can create customized libraries using a full-featured Modelica development environment. After the Modelica models have been built, Modelica users can run them within LMS Amesim benefitting from powerful analysis tools for visualization, linear analysis and design exploration. To meet the growing demand for

Cimatron Limited announced today that its CAD/CAM software, CimatronE, will display high speed roughing at the METAV trade show, March 11-15, 2014, in Dusseldorf, Germany. “CimatronE helps mold shops achieve high speed roughing through its integration of VoluMill, the ultra-high performance machining technology,” said Mr. Dirk Dombert, Cimatron Group’s General Manager for Germany. “Recent test cuts in Germany using the integrated VoluMill functionality in CimatronE have demonstrated a fantastic reduction of 42% in the overall machining time of mold plates and up to 30% reduction in the machining time of mold cores. “Aside from the dramatic reduction in milling time, the VoluMill high speed roughing technology increases tool life, as it maintains constant side step and chip load throughout the milling process.” VoluMill is available for two separate milling strategies in CimatronE: Pocket VoluMill (includes support for open pockets, 2D rest milling, and the option of slotting or side-mill) and Rough VoluMill (which includes

3D Systems  announced today an expansive new seminar series designed to inform, educate, train and inspire local businesses, entrepreneurs, designers and other professionals world-wide on the new paradigm of 3D printing-powered design-to-manufacturing technology available. The seminars include demonstrations from the company’s  2014 product line spanning more than 20 new printers, design solutions and advanced materials; all of which are at the core of 3DS’ 3DPRINTING 2.0 initiative. This seminar series consists of over 300 total events between March and June 2014 at 3DS reseller locations throughout the globe from North America and Europe to the Middle East and Asia, and it will give attendees a firsthand look how 3DS’ newest printers can benefit the full spectrum of high-end manufacturers down to prosumers. 3DPRINTING 2.0 represents the exponential advancement in speed, capacity and performance materials that the company’s new roster of products brings to its entire 3D content-to-print platform for companies large and

A total of 115 customers attended a series of user groups run by Alphacam’s Denmark and Norway reseller, Østjydsk CAD-CAM A/S. The agenda included details of functionality in Alphacam 2014 R1, along with practical examples of how to create a jig and mould for machining a blended drawer front. Østjydsk CAD-CAM A/S supplies Alphacam to woodwork, metal and plastic manufacturers across a wide range of industries throughout both countries.  Managing Director Karl Erik Andersen says: ”We held six events, and each one was filled to capacity. As well as highlighting the very latest routing, milling and profiling enhancements in Alphacam, the sessions provided an excellent networking opportunity and platform for our customers to share their knowledge and experience. “We also demonstrated a number of diamond tools from German company AKE, one of the leading manufacturers of circular sawblades and cutting tools worldwide.” Part of the Vero Software Group, Alphacam is a leading CAM solution providing