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The University of Waterloo (UW) and Maplesoft have announced a partnership to provide effective, engaging, online education for science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) courses. Combining rich course materials developed by the University with Maple T.A., Maplesoft’s online testing and assessment system, and Maplesoft technology for developing, managing, and displaying dynamic STEM content, the collaboration has produced a platform for engaging and efficient learning. The first result of this collaboration is the Secondary School Courseware project from the University of Waterloo. The University’s Centre for Education in Mathematics and Computing (CEMC) has launched a courseware site designed to support high school students and teachers in their Precalculus and Calculus courses. Interactive investigations and on-screen text with synchronized audio teach the concepts from Grade 12 Advanced Functions (Precalculus) and Grade 12 Calculus and Vectors. In addition, self-assessment questions, exercises, and solutions help consolidate learning. The courseware provides a rich selection of freely accessible,

Gibbs and Associates today announced that this month it delivered its 1,500th post processor for GibbsCAM, in support of a growing variety of Multi-Task Machines (MTMs) from 75 manufacturers. Each of the 1,500 post processors is uniquely developed and configured for a specific combination of MTM machine, machine options, machine control and shop-process preference. This milestone represents continuing adoption of MTMs for the productivity the machines can provide, and increased utilization of GibbsCAM to program the machines. GibbsCAM MTM post processors, in combination with GibbsCAM software – widely known for its shop-friendly interface – allows Gibbs to provide a unique solution to customers who own “standard” or “Swiss style” multi-task machines. Gibbs has a staff dedicated to doing the machine and control research for the specific machine, and then developing, implementing and maintaining post processors for the customer. This service has proven most valuable to customers with MTM machines, because the

EMA Design Automation® (ema-eda.com), and Arena Solutions, today announced that they have formed a strategic alliance combining Arena PLM with EMA's data management solution for Cadence® OrCAD® to improve the overall user experience.   "Many of our customers are using Arena PLM today," said Manny Marcano, president and CEO of EMA.  "By establishing this strategic alliance, our mutual customers can be assured that their product lifecycle data and their work in progress engineering data are in sync and work together as a unified system."  The OrCAD and Arena integration provides a number of benefits for organizations using both systems.  Components from the enterprise PLM system are available directly within the OrCAD Capture CIS design environment making search, selection, and placement very simple.  Parts listed as obsolete in the PLM system can be easily identified and swapped out in an OrCAD design.  All parts added to a design are assured to be approved and preferred

CADD Microsystems, an Autodesk Platinum Partner, today announced its partnership with Bluebeam® Software to enhance design technology solutions and promote project collaboration. Combined with Autodesk and other applications, Bluebeam solutions enhance the processes in the project lifecycle that address CADD Microsystems' clients' needs and growth opportunities. With the powerful PDF enhancements that Bluebeam offers, digital collaboration within design-build projects is much more manageable. CADD Microsystems customers can now purchase or renew Bluebeam licenses either as a new product purchase or as part of their Subscription renewal, and use CADD Microsystems as a single source for all of their design workflow assets. "Our business is about partnerships, both with our clients and with the business partners who allow us to work with our design community at the highest level," said Matt Davoren, President and COO of CADD Microsystems. "We recognize that our clients need the tools to properly communicate their design intent and deliverables, working in

GRAPHISOFT announced that it has acquired the ArchiCAD and Artlantis distribution unit of Cigraph, its first distributor partner in Italy, as part of a strategic market development plan in Europe. As a result of this acquisition, GRAPHISOFT opened its Italian office on January 15, 2015. GRAPHISOFT and Cigraph have agreed that GRAPHISOFT Italy will take on most of Cigraph’s employees in its newly-formed Italian office. GRAPHISOFT Italy will continue to sell all GRAPHISOFT products with the current Italian ArchiCAD reseller partners, and will offer SSA services directly to customers located in Italy. Cigraph will continue operations from its current location. Cigraph’s partnership with GRAPHISOFT dates back to 1984. With over 30 years of deep product and market knowledge in Italy, Cigraph will now focus on two core business activities: Research on ArchiCAD and Artlantis training methods and services offered to the Italian market, and Continued development of ArchiSuite, which will be expanded to include more vertical problem solutions

Industry-focused PLM Conference set for June 16th in Silicon Valley ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 27 January, 2015—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM consulting and research firm announces that the first-ever PLM Road Map™ for the High-Tech Electronics Community will take place on June 16, 2015. The event will be held at The Biltmore Hotel and Suites, Santa Clara, California, located in the heart of Silicon Valley. Now in their twenty-second year, PLM Road Map conferences bring together leading industry experts from CIMdata, key industry players, and front-line implementation experts who explore end users’ progress, opportunities, and road blocks. The theme for this conference is “Innovating in a Nanosecond World: How PLM Makes Innovation and Collaboration for the High-Tech Electronics Community Repeatable, Sustainable, and Scalable.” Having listened to the needs of industrial users and the preferences of solution providers alike, PLM Road Map 2015 for the High-Tech Electronics Community will continue CIMdata’s focus on

CGS's BlueCherry Enterprise suite is selected to maximize efficiency, enhance accuracy of decision-making data and provide around-the-clock system support. CGS, a leading global provider of business applications, enterprise learning and outsourcing services announces that after an extensive evaluation and due diligence process, Dan Post Boots selected CGS’s BlueCherry® Enterprise Suite to replace the company’s existing software to maximize efficiency, enhance the accuracy of decision-making data and gain around-the-clock system support. Dan Post Boots is a wholly owned subsidiary of McRae Industries, whose core businesses is manufacturing military boots for the United States government. As Dan Post Boots operations began to extend beyond the traditional 9-to-5 business framework, the footwear company realized it needed a system with the capacity to scale up its functionality as it continued to grow. To achieve this goal, Dan Post Boots selected the best-in-class BlueCherry enterprise suite of solutions including: omnichannel merchandise planning (OCMP), product lifecycle management (PLM),

Delcam has launched a new rib-machining module for its PowerMILL CAM system for high-speed and five-axis machining. The new module has been introduced to speed up and simplify the machining into tooling of cavities to form ribs. Reinforcing ribs are required in many types of plastic mouldings, from electrical housings to containers to furniture. They are typically much deeper than they are wide, which poses special challenges when machining the cavities needed to form them. In many cases, these challenges prompt companies to use EDM to form the features rather than machining. The new PowerMILL rib-machining module makes it much easier and safer to program the machining of cavities for narrow ribs, even when the cutter’s length is much greater than its diameter. Using the dedicated rib-machining strategy gives a better surface finish than using a standard finish-machining option and also improves efficiency by limiting the number of air moves. The first stage

BigLever Software announced today that the company has partnered with Aras to deliver the industry's first integrated PLE and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution, the Aras Innovator/BigLever Gears Bridge. The integration of PLE and PLM is a significant step forward in enabling companies to reduce complexity, break down organizational and operational silos, and achieve new levels of efficiency, interoperability and alignment across all aspects of planning, designing, implementing, delivering, maintaining, and evolving a product line. "The sophistication of products and systems being deployed throughout the industry requires a commensurate sophistication in the alignment of tools and methods for the traditionally siloed hardware and software engineering," said Dr. Charles Krueger, BigLever CEO. "While the strategic alignment of PLM, PLE and ALM has been widely touted in recent years, the Aras Innovator/BigLever Gears Bridge provides a dramatic breakthrough in how the industry will realize this vision. The result is a distinct competitive advantage

aPriori, today announced that it has been selected by Calsonic Kansei North America, a Tier 1 supplier of automotive parts and systems integration. The company will use the software platform to automate its product cost estimating process and increase the speed and accuracy of its responses to customer requests for quote (RFQs). aPriori's solution will enable Calsonic Kansei to rapidly estimate the cost impact of different design changes and alternatives so it can determine the best sourcing options and quickly and confidently respond to new business opportunities. Calsonic Kansei North America Cost Analysis Training (CAT) Team will initially evaluate deployment of aPriori within its US Purchasing group. They will consider how well Buyers will be able to quickly estimate costs for products and parts based on a variety of potential routings and manufacturing processes to identify the best cost solution. And use aPriori to monitor supplier costs against Calsonic Kansei developed "should cost" targets. "With aPriori's