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As the next step in capturing the global market for engineering software, C3D Labs today announced it reached a strategic cooperation agreement with ProtoTech Solutions of India. C3D Labs selected ProtoTech for its expertise in programming solid modeling, graphics, user interfaces, and Internet technologies. In turn, ProtoTech appreciated the potential of the C3D geometry kernel to create specialized software. In a remarkable limited-time offer, ProtoTech is offering prospective customers two weeks of free technical consulting on C3D. ProtoTech is experienced in CAD development and gained valuable knowledge while testing the C3D kernel. The free consultation is a service that prospects will find extremely helpful for evaluating C3D’s potential in fulfilling their needs of a geometric kernel. For developers, the most important aspects of geometric kernels are its structure, simplicity of use, and clarity of its algorithms and APIs calls. C3D succeeds in all these areas. “A geometrical kernel is characterized primarily by the

Yunique Solutions® is now seamlessly integrated with Pointcarré® textile design software. The integration enables companies to reduce sampling costs, speed product to market and enhance merchandising presentations, resulting in improved productivity and increased sales. The integration is another example of how YuniquePLM supports product management and design teams in day-to-day activities, enabling users and businesses to reap the benefits of a fully-featured and user-centric PLM system. Steve Greenberg, president of Pointcarré North America said, “The integration of our product is an absolute breakthrough, marking the first time that a pure CAD software and PLM system communicate so well, truly changing the way designers work. What used to take hours can now be accomplished in only a few minutes. The addition of Pointcarré integration is a tremendous aid for the creative team and ultimately offers an improved way of working.” Bill Brewster, vice president and general manager at Yunique Solutions said, “The mutual

Origin International Inc. is proud to announce the release of CheckMate for SOLIDWORKS®. The availability of the CheckMate suite of CAD based dimensional metrology software on the SOLIDWORKS® platform further pushes the envelope of the “art to part” concept of product development and process improvement on a common CAD platform to unprecedented levels. Quality professionals and manufacturing engineers whose companies use SOLIDWORKS® can now implement CheckMate dimensional metrology functionality on the CAD platform of their choice, eliminating the pitfalls of “islands of automation” and benefiting from the common interface to which they are accustomed. Origin has chosen SOLIDWORKS® as the platform of choice for the CheckMate suite of CAD based dimensional metrology software based on the quality of the product, its level of penetration in the manufacturing sector and the level of excellence of the SOLIDWORKS® reseller channel. CheckMate for SOLIDWORKS® will serve to enhance our customers metrology experience and increase their

A new online resource for mechanical engineers is now available on the COMSOL website. The Analyzing Mechanical Systems & Designs showcase is a comprehensive online resource featuring content about applications, physics, and industries pertaining to the modeling of mechanical designs. Using the resource, engineers from all disciplines can gain insight into applications that include mechanical effects and that require multiphysics simulation for their successful design. Explore information about modeling thermal stress and deformation, acoustics, multibody dynamics, nonlinear materials, and much more at: www.comsol.com/showcase/mechanical. Modeling Mechanical Systems with Real-World Accuracy The COMSOL Multiphysics software allows for a unified simulation that couples physics phenomena in a way that accurately replicates their interactions in the real world. The mechanical showcase was created as a resource to demonstrate the powerful modeling capabilities of COMSOL Multiphysics for simulating the physics involved in mechanical systems, depicting how mechanical phenomena can be accurately captured and analyzed. It contains rich content

Luxion is pleased to announce, from this year’s Siemens PLM Connection Conference, KeyShot integration for the users of the Siemens NX™ software. KeyShot integration with NX is a plugin that provides direct transfer of NX models to KeyShot and includes LiveLinking to capture updates in geometry. Luxion continues to expand the integration of 3D modeling and surfacing software with KeyShot, building on the widest support of 3D file formats across any 3D rendering and animation software. Users of Siemens NX now have the option to import their models into KeyShot from NX with the transfer of all assembly structure, color information and camera views. A streamlined workflow is maintained across the interfaces with the option to send any model changes made to the NX model directly to KeyShot through Luxion’s LiveLinking™ technology, without the need to re-apply materials or redo animations. With KeyShot 5, NX users also gain the option of importing their models

Tech Soft 3D announces today that its HOOPS Exchange toolkit now connects developers with even more precise access to original CAD data with its 7.2 release. Targeted enhancements build on its reputation as the go-to solution for fast, comprehensive and highly accurate data translation. Highlights of HOOPS Exchange 7.2 include:   Full import of B-Rep data from Autodesk Inventor files, critical when completely accurate conversions are required. A variety of improvements to visual PMI within JT, CATIA and NX files. Advancements in healing techniques with a particular focus on adapting non-Parasolid-based models for use with the Parasolid modeling kernel. “It’s the small details that enable translation to run smoothly,” says Gavin Bridgeman, Tech Soft 3D VP of Products. “Our object is to provide as much value to our customers with each format we support – and a huge part of that is enabling access to a model’s full data attributes, from B-Rep to PMI.”  “By integrating HOOPS Exchange

Aras® today announced that Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. (KHI), a premiere manufacturer of equipment for the aerospace, energy, industrial equipment, power, rolling stock and shipping industries has selected the Aras solution suite for enterprise PLM. KHI will leverage Aras as a unified service platform to streamline new product development and optimize costs within and between the company’s multiple business units. Kawasaki Heavy Industries will implement Aras Innovator® as a platform-as-a-service (PaaS) for maximum business agility. KHI chose Aras because it needed a single scalable, flexible PLM system that would enable the company to respond faster to business environment changes and accommodate the unique processes used by the many different KHI business units. “The challenge for our PLM system was to shorten the construction period and reduce costs in the whole KHI group,” said Yutaro Mishima, Information Planning Department, Corporate Planning Division of KHI. “With Aras, our business units can share process innovations

MSC Software Corporation announced that LIXIL, manufacturer of building materials and housing equipment, has selected MSC Software's Actran acoustic analysis software to predict sound insulation performance and improve the quality of next generation window sashes. Recently, diversification of open-close design and the type of glass used in the design and development of window sashes has made the evaluation and experimental testing of sound insulation performance in products difficult. As a result, the cost of product testing has increased. For this reason, LIXIL is now relying on numerical simulations for further validation and testing leading to a reduction in the number of physical tests, lower costs, and a shorter development process. Actran was selected because of the highly reliable support and expertise provided by the FFT team which delivers deep acoustic application knowledge and technological skills. LIXIL is also working on high-precision prediction and control of sound insulation performance through the calculation of sound transmission

JETCAM international s.a.r.l. announced the successful installation of JETCAM Expert and CrossTrack composite manufacturing suite at Connova AG, Switzerland, a leading marketer of high performance composites. The five-day installation, performed by JETCAM Composite GmbH, took place in April 2014, covering installation of JETCAM Expert and CrossTrack, plus training for three staff. CrossTrack AMS (Advanced Manufacturing Station) was installed to provide real-time tracking and control of materials, plies, kits, orders and nests. JETCAM Expert, in conjunction with its High Performance Nesting module was configured in ‘RCP’ (remote control processing) mode to completely automate the import, ‘cleaning’, profiling and nesting of CAD files - all controlled remotely via CrossTrack. Users are also able to interact at any stage to deal with ‘real-world’ scenarios. CrossTrack AMS provides a common interface covering all composite material handling and manufacturing processes, including material delivery, transferring stock, allocating materials to the machine, scheduling nests to be cut and kitting

GRAPHISOFT® will showcase the latest version of its BIM software solution for architects and designers, ArchiCAD 18, at this year's AIA National Convention in Chicago, IL at booth #3048, June 26-28. As the world's brightest architects, designers, innovators and thought leaders come together in Chicago – the heart of America's architectural epicenter – the GRAPHISOFT team, joined by GRAPHISOFT CEO, Viktor Varkonyi, will demonstrate the new solutions and key customer- focused initiatives found in ArchiCAD 18. Varkonyi says it is an exciting time to be in Chicagoand participate in showing off the software. "Without a doubt, ArchiCAD 18's laser-like focus delivers solutions for the most important user requests related to workflow issues," said GRAPHISOFT CEO, Viktor Varkonyi. "By keeping the clear goal of providing our users with a tool that supports them in the creative design flow with as little disruption as possible, we've delivered a software that will enhance productivity without interference of the creative flow." ArchiCAD 18 streamlines the