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 PDF Key Takeaways: Autodesk Simulation 360 is a distinctive solution that effectively delivers cloud-based simulation. Innovative delivery and low cost of entry will serve to democratize simulation to a broader base of users and companies. The cloud can be a simple, cost effective way to deliver simulation resources. There will continue to be a need for highly utilized internal computing resources for some simulation requirements. The importance of simulation is expanding as companies move to full digital product development. Performance assessments using digital prototypes can have immense payback in terms of product development time, cost, and quality. Thus, companies are moving to implement “simulation-driven design,” using simulation early in the design process to develop, evaluate, and validate design concepts. Many of these same companies wish to democratize simulation: making it pervasive, integrated into their product design process, and available to a much larger constituency of users. To do so, they must overcome barriers of complexity (e.g.,

 PDF Key takeaways: SolidWorks 2013 contains significant enhancements. eDrawings is now available on the iPad. SolidWorks is not being rearchitected at this time. SolidWorks held a launch event for the 2013 version of its flagship SolidWorks CAD solution set on 6 September 2012. The event was attended by a number of analysts and press members who cover CAD and related topics. In addition to functional updates and fixes to SolidWorks itself, the announcement included the introduction of a number of new features and capabilities included in SolidWorks 2013, as well as a pre–announcement of a new product from the company. Highlighted additions to SolidWorks that were presented include: Addition of true conic curves. Surface texture mapping using the computer’s GPU to increase mapping performance. Use of multi–core processors to improve speed when generating drawing views, processing multiple views on a drawing in different cores. Perform analyses (meshing and simulation) on local “parts” of an object and allow selective re–meshing of

 PDF Key takeaways: Siemens PLM Software has made good progress on the industry strategy and realignment announced last year, but industry solution deliveries are still to come. Their new 4th Generation Design (4GD) approach is a big step forward in terms of how their customers interact with managed data during the product lifecycle. A new Teamcenter user interface (UI) built on the Microsoft Metro paradigm should enhance usability and acceptance by Siemens PLM Software’s customers. Siemens PLM Software (SPLM) held their annual analyst and media event on September 5th and 6th at the Renaissance Hotel in Boston, Massachusetts. Analysts and media represented about one third of the approximately 200 people in attendance. As usual, it was all–management–hands–on–deck for the SPLM team, with all senior leaders available to update the audience on the company’s progress during the last year, and on their plans for the future. Also on the agenda were several customers whose talks served

 PDF Key takeaways: The increasing volume of simulation data is overwhelming analysts’ capacity to find the useful information contained within it. Simulation analytics refers to both the process and the tools for extracting useful information from large amounts of simulation data. Simulation analytics can be applied to enrich information and reduce the volume of data, to compute simulation metrics, and to enable important data to be retained and archived. CIMdata is tracking the development and adoption of several promising new Simulation Analytics applications; we consider Tecplot Chorus to be noteworthy. As companies move to digital product development, the role of simulation (computer–aided engineering) rises in importance. Indeed, with the shift to model–based and simulation–driven design, the role of simulation is evolving rapidly. Leading users now leverage simulation to help create product concepts—to optimize designs to best meet competing or conflicting requirements and to create robust designs whose performance is less sensitive to variations in manufacturing processes

 PDF Key takeaways: Three major technology-driven themes–the consumerization of IT, the availability of information-on mobile delivery devices, and the social media-savvy workforce–are converging and changing the face of collaboration. This convergence is forcing companies to implement new PLM-related business processes and technologies that allow and enable social business collaboration. Nuage is taking an exceptional approach by offering an online business application suite for social business collaboration that provides users the flexibility and interactivity often lacking in today’s traditional data management solutions. The Future is Upon Us Ready or not, here they come. This is the soft rumble that is reverberating throughout much of the corporate world. The social media-savvy workforce is upon us, but is the corporate world ready for this new wave of workers who expect instant download of applications and data with little or no training necessary; where everything is accessible via the Internet and over their mobile devices; where they are always connected

 PDF Key takeaways: A revolution is underway throughout much of the architecture, engineering, and construction industry that requires today’s building products manufacturers and fabricators to adopt a new way of working. Building information modeling (BIM) is playing a major role in this revolution. Autodesk is well positioned to support both the product development and BIM needs of building products manufacturers and fabricators of all types and sizes. The BIM Revolution A revolution is underway throughout the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry. Many industry leaders are promoting and nurturing a shift from building to assembling. This is a fundamental shift from a business-operating model where everything is unique to a paradigm where much is repeatable and off the shelf. One in which building products are pre-packaged and assembled rather than being designed, manufactured, delivered, and installed for a single use. In this new paradigm, Building Information Modeling (BIM) plays a core role in the development, execution,

 PDF On June 5 and 6 Dassault Systèmes held their annual Industry Analyst event at their Velizy headquarters just outside of Paris. Day one focused on Dassault Systèmes—the company, and day two covered eight of their twelve targeted industrial vertical markets. This session provided some needed clarity on their recent changes in messaging, brand focus, and acquisitions. The attendee list included the usual industry analysts, but there have been some changes over the years as Dassault Systèmes has expanded their vision. This is reflected in how Dassault Systèmes defines the relevant analyst community, and there were some new faces in the crowd, including analysts covering virtual worlds, serious games, and financial services. Day one started with a passionate presentation by Dassault Systèmes President and CEO Bernard Charlès. Dassault Systèmes tends to refer to their company’s evolution as a series of historical epochs around their key offerings: DS1 for 3D modeling, DS2 for

 PDF CIMdata recently attended PlanetPTC Live 2012 in Orlando, Florida. PlanetPTC Live gives PTC customers the opportunity to showcase their work, network with peers, share ideas, and discuss how they are addressing their challenges. PTC reported that over 1,200 attendees were present at the event. A major theme for PlanetPTC Live was that inspiration is the spark that drives innovation and fuels the technology breakthroughs that help transform great ideas into great products. Several PTC customers shared their stories of how inspiration can impact the world around us. PTC President and CEO Jim Hepplemann opened the annual end-user conference, repeating the bold statement recently published by The Economist magazine that the world is entering into a “third industrial revolution.” Mr. Hepplemann noted that the new era is defined by the transformation of global manufacturing in the digital world, and the leveraging of technologies and the process changes that technology enables. According to

 PDF Food and beverage industry customers demand a continually expanding variety of healthy, high quality products at continuously lower prices. At the same time, food and beverage companies want to expand their markets and sell the same or similar formulas and products in multiple geographic regions. This requires understanding the local culture, tastes, available raw materials and ingredients, and importantly, local regulatory requirements. Perhaps the most difficult issues to address are those related to regulations. Regulatory requirements vary by region and by product and are becoming increasingly complex and difficult to support. Each region and/or product normally requires different packaging, labeling, and reporting. As discussed in the CIMdata white paper, Delivering PLM Technology to Solve Food & Beverage Industry Issues: Infor Optiva, published in May 2012, regulatory issues primarily fall into two categories: food safety, where the product may be physically harmful; and labeling, for which completeness and accuracy are extremely important.

 PDF Automotive industry manufacturers are well known for the adversities they face in the design and production of competitive products in their volatile consumer markets. They have, however, become known as leaders in innovative new product development. In particular, automotive OEMs set a forward looking example of excellence often emulated in other industries. The challenges the automotive sector confronts entail: Visual appeal with demands on mathematical, aerodynamic, and aesthetic disciplines Responding to increasing customer demands for personalization of “their” vehicle Product innovation and complexity across mechatronics systems of mechanical, electrical, and embedded software solutions Reducing cost through virtual simulation in numerous domains of structural, thermal, fluid dynamics, and injection molding Improved collaborative design, decision making and product visualization across the supply value chain Manufacturing agility with asset management, production layout and optimization As a leading technology solution provider to product development companies, Autodesk has expanded their presence in the automotive industry based on growth through product enhancements and