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 PDF Key takeaways: Autodesk stayed on message about the future of making things, positioning Fusion 360 and Autodesk 360 at the center of their product innovation platform Autodesk announced Forge, an initiative to accelerate cloud solution development for their platform, consisting of a platform-as-a-service offering, a developer program, and a $100 million investment fund Inventor 2016 introduced AnyCAD, an approach for importing foreign CAD models into Inventor without data conversion unless the user needs to edit the models Autodesk University 2015 opened to the fanfare of the Star Wars theme and a phalanx of Imperial storm troopers escorting Ms. Lynn Allen, Autodesk Technical Evangelist, to the stage to welcome the approximately 10,000 attendees. Staged at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas the event brought together Autodesk users from the architecture, engineering, manufacturing, film, and games industries, Autodesk staff, resellers, and third-party solution providers over three days of presentations and more than 700 educational classes. Ms.

Altair today announced it is now accepting nominations for the fourth annual Altair Enlighten Award. The 2016 award program brings with it new categories allowing nominees to submit entries for lightweighting achievements in two distinct categories: full vehicles and modules. This change has been made to give full and proper recognition to both the vehicle manufacturers and the suppliers who help them to meet their increasingly aggressive weight targets, separately. The 2016 Altair Enlighten Award (#AltairEnlighten) will recognize achievements in weight reduction across the entire automotive industry, from motorcycles to passenger cars, light trucks to commercial vehicles and buses. Now entering its fourth year, the annual award will be presented in collaboration with the Center for Automotive Research (CAR) at the 51st annual CAR Management Briefing Seminars in Traverse City, Mich., August 1-4, 2016. “After three years, the Enlighten award and the automotive lightweighting industry have outgrown the original, single award program,”

TraceParts announces the availability of its  3DX Certified Models app for users of Onshape CAD software through the Onshape App Store “Private Beta” program. This new fully integrated app is the first to allow all Onshape users instant access to hundreds of millions of free standard and supplier certified 3D models from directly inside Onshape. Onshape users interested in the beta program are invited to participate at this link:  www.onshape.com/app-store-beta. Anyone wanting to experience the Onshape full-cloud CAD system is welcome to  create a free Onshape account here. Once the 3DX Certified Models app is added, users can find products from over 400 leading suppliers by graphically navigating to specific products, using tag based product search, or search across multiple certified catalogs. Once parts are found and selected, the user is provided with a real-time 3D product preview, a summary of the Bill of Materials (BOM) attributes, and with a single pick, the product model is inserted

TraceParts announces the availability of its  3DX Certified Models app for users of Onshape CAD software through the Onshape App Store “Private Beta” program. This new fully integrated app is the first to allow all Onshape users instant access to hundreds of millions of free standard and supplier certified 3D models from directly inside Onshape. Onshape users interested in the beta program are invited to participate at this link:  www.onshape.com/app-store-beta. Anyone wanting to experience the Onshape full-cloud CAD system is welcome to  create a free Onshape account here. Once the 3DX Certified Models app is added, users can find products from over 400 leading suppliers by graphically navigating to specific products, using tag based product search, or search across multiple certified catalogs. Once parts are found and selected, the user is provided with a real-time 3D product preview, a summary of the Bill of Materials (BOM) attributes, and with a single pick, the product model is inserted

SAP SE announced today that Wipro Limited is extending its SAP footprint by deploying SAP's next-generation business suite, SAP® Business Suite 4 SAP HANA® (SAP S/4HANA), and other solutions from SAP. With SAP, Wipro intends to simplify its internal operations and reduce the costs of IT operations. The project will be delivered by a joint team of Wipro and the Global Service & Support organization from SAP, and the implementation is expected to go live in early 2016. "Complexity hurts growth, and simplification is the new mantra," said Bhanumurthy BM, president and chief executive, Business Application Services, Wipro Limited. "At Wipro, our aim is to drive a rich experience, enhance productivity and achieve faster IT performance at a lower cost. With SAP, Wipro can drive better innovation and help our customers reimagine business processes. SAP S/4HANA is a true simplifier of IT and business processes and delivers end-to-end digitized operations. We

Aras® today announced that Murata Manufacturing Co., a worldwide leader in the design, manufacturing, and sale of ceramic-based passive electronic components and solutions, is using Aras Innovator® to unify expanding global business initiatives. After replacing a legacy PLM system, Murata is using Aras as an enterprise PLM platform to streamline collaboration between design and manufacturing locations, including the ability to easily and securely communicate product design and specification changes. Murata chose Aras because the flexibility and customizability of the solution is ideal for accommodating the expanding business initiatives created through mergers and acquisitions, where the ability to easily adapt to varying product management workflows is a requirement. Additionally, Aras will be used to more efficiently manage customer requirements and improve customer service.  Murata chose Aras based on the following criteria:  Customization capabilities without involvement of developers Subscription model with lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for an expanding user base User access management and end-to-end

ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 15 December 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces new research on “CONTACT Software: Focused on Customer Success.” In today’s global economy, industrial companies face competitors from around the world. Customers demand increasingly complex products that require new approaches, new value chains, and new enabling technologies. To meet this changing world, many companies apply product lifecycle management (PLM) strategies and enabling solutions. CONTACT Software, a German company with a global strategy, has been successful through their laser focus on their customer’s success. This paper focuses on how CONTACT is evolving their offerings and strategy to empower companies to compete in a global economy demanding increasingly complex products. This paper is freely available from CIMdata’s Publications web page.

Aveva, the British engineering software company, has called off its £1.3bn reverse takeover by France’s Schneider Electric, citing unforeseen costs and risks associated with the proposed merger. The complex deal would have involved Aveva acquiring Schneider’s industrial software unit — Schneider Software — but the French company would in turn have taken a majority stake in Aveva. The two companies had previously said there was a “clear and compelling industrial logic and strategic rationale” for the tie-up. But following six months of extensive due diligence, Aveva said on Tuesday the companies had determined that “significant integration challenges were identified that could not be overcome without considerable additional risk and cost”. Aveva shares dropped 35 per cent in morning trading to £14.75. Schneider shares were basically flat. Schneider said in a statement: “The two parties have decided to stop their discussions by mutual consent as no agreement could be reached on the terms of transaction.” Speaking to the Financial

ZW3D, one of the world's leading suppliers of advanced CAD/CAM solutions for the manufacturing industry, today announced that it has teamed up with SimLab Composer, one of the best 3D scene building and sharing programs, assisting ZW3D user community worldwide to create high-quality visualizations and run dynamic simulation analysis. Partnering with SimLab Composer, ZW3D has developed a plugin to provide seamless connection, allowing users to access SimLab Composer directly in ZW3D interface and utilize its full benefits. Plus, active links can be built to keep data in sync across ZW3D and SimLab Composer, saving the trouble of reprogramming. “We are very excited about this partnership. It gives our users a powerful toolset to create amazing visualizations and perform mechanism simulations efficiently,” said Colin Lin, Director of ZW3D Overseas Business. Key Benefits of ZW3D’s Integration with SimLab Composer: Quick collision detection with complex Rigid-Body simulations With the Simulation Workbench in SimLab Composer, ZW3D users can fast

L&T Technology Services, a global R&D and Engineering Services company, has been rated as an expansive and established leader in the overall category by Zinnov’s 'Global R&D Service Providers Ratings’ (GSPR) survey 2015. The survey also rated L&T Technology Services in the Leadership Zone for eight industry verticals - Automotive, Aerospace, Telecommunication, Energy & Utilities, Industrial Automation, Transport, Construction & Heavy Machinery and Medical industries - besides technology horizontals for Mechanical Engineering Services and Embedded Systems.  “The key differentiators for L&T Technology Services has been their strong core engineering culture and their investments in lab infrastructure for both embedded and mechanical capabilities. This has helped them to build deep expertise in the verticals they operate in and come up with innovate solutions such as iBEMS, UBIQWeise and SmartWELD” said Sidhant Rastogi, Partner and Practice Head, Zinnov. Dr Keshab Panda, Chief Executive, L&T Technology Services said, “Building on the deep engineering heritage of our parent