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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

Developing an Internet of Things (IoT) enabled product is a complicated task, whether it be an autonomous vehicle, a vehicle user interface or a connected factory. IoT-enabled products contain hundreds, if not millions, of lines of embedded software code. And many of these products, and the systems and software that control them, are mission- or safety-critical. Therefore, developers must have confidence that the software code controlling these devices is 100 percent accurate and responds in the intended manner. Attend this webinar to discover how ANSYS SCADE products and certified code generators provide a complete solution for the development of embedded systems, software and Human Machine Interfaces (HMIs) that are often a critical part of IoT-enabled products. We’ll present practical use cases of industrial IoT systems developed with SCADE, including connected drones for the aerospace industry and autonomous vehicles for the automotive industry. June 2, 2016 9:00 AM - 10:00 AM

RIB Software AG, a technology leader in Integrated enterprise 5D BIM and Construction management solutions using BIG Data and Cloud Computing, today announced a global alliance with Wipro Ltd. (NYSE:WIT), a leading global information technology, consulting and business process services company. Wipro will leverage RIB's iTWO software suite to provide a spectrum of services, ranging from consulting, implementation and managed services to formulate and execute strategy, monitor and improve efficiency in Energy, Utilities, and Engineering & Construction industries. Wipro and RIB intend to establish a strategic partnership cooperation to jointly transform the global construction industry into the most advanced industry in the world by iTWO new thinking, new working and new technology and Wipro's technology expertise and portfolio of services. RIB provides the world's leading web-based 5D BIM iTWO technology and Wipro provides consulting, SI and professional services to global clients over Wipro's and RIB's network. Wipro's competencies in delivering

Trimble announced today that architect Greg Lynn used its mixed-reality technology and Microsoft HoloLens to re-imagine and design the Packard Plant—the historic, abandoned automobile factory in Detroit. The architectural project was commissioned as part of the U.S. Pavilion and will be featured at the 2016 Venice Biennale exhibition in Italy from May 28 through November 27. Detroit's Packard Plant Transformed – The Center for Fulfillment, Knowledge and Innovation The Center for Fulfillment, Knowledge and Innovation is Greg Lynn's re-imagination of the historic Detroit Packard Plant. The new complex combines a transport hub, industrial park, factory and university to transform the Packard Plant by incorporating innovations in robotic manufacturing, autonomous transportation and online retail. The architecture of the new complex prioritizes flow, movement and processing—an interconnected network of products, people, robots and ideas. The design evolved through the use of Trimble's mixed-reality technology and Microsoft HoloLens. The historic buildings' first two floors house inventory including an online retail fulfillment center,

The National Science and Technology Development Agency (NSTDA), the Ministry of Science and Technology, and Autodesk today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to help advance Thailand’s manufacturing competitiveness through industry-wide adoption of leading edge 3D technologies and digital manufacturing capabilities. “Thailand will need to adapt in this 21st century world from a Thailand 3.0 model to a ‘Thailand 4.0 model’, in order to advance Thailand further into a developed country. This is to support Thailand in changing from a country with ‘middle income’ to ‘high income’, moving the economy from one that operates on ‘performance’ to one that progresses through ‘innovation’. One of the initiatives and mechanisms for moving into an economy of Thailand 4.0 is through the use of technology in Industry 4.0, which will adopt the greater use of digital technologies in manufacturing. A special element of this is the ability to directly connect the needs of consumers to the manufacturing process,