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ZW3D today announced the availability of ZW3D 2015 Beta, delivering new features and numerous enhancements to minimize overheads and maximize productivity in the design and manufacturing process. Empowering More Flexible 3D Modeling with Customer-driven Developments Enhancements of ZW3D 2015 Beta cover every aspect of ZW3D’s CAD functions, such as the newly-developed "Auto File Recovery" to restore unsaved modifications from unexpected crashes, the updated file translator to boost healing on imported models by up to 40%, the new interference checking to empower assembly modeling and many more developed modeling tools to provide a flexible and interactive design environment. These customer-driven optimizations of ZW3D CAD aim to make everyday design tasks easier and help users develop marketable products with a lower budget and shorter lead time. Boosting CNC Machining Speed with User-friendly Advancements As for CAM module, ZW3D 2015 Beta provides new and enhanced tools that can greatly increase product quality and manufacturing consistency with saved

Voxel8 announced pre-order availability of its initial product – the Voxel8 Developer’s Kit – on its website, www.voxel8.co. Voxel8 also announced its partnership with Autodesk to develop a new design tool called Project Wire for creating 3D electronic devices printed on Voxel8’s platform. Together, Voxel8 and Autodesk are enabling designers and engineers to create three-dimensional parts with embedded circuitry for the first time. The Voxel8 Developer’s Kit will include the desktop 3D electronics printer, conductive ink cartridges, PLA filament, modeling software and software support. Voxel8’s desktop 3D electronics printer features dual material capabilities by combining a Fused Filament Fabrication (FFF) printhead with a conductive silver ink printhead. A limited release of the Developer’s Kit will be shipped in late 2015. To strengthen this effort, Voxel8 is collaborating with Autodesk on Project Wire, a Spark powered design tool for 3D printed electronics. Project Wire is a new design tool under active development at Autodesk that

Delcam has launched the 2015 release of its DentMILL software for the milling of dental implant restorations with a series of enhancements to save time and reduce the chance of programming errors.   This latest version provides a new mechanism for identifying and creating machining features from imported CAD data, an improved interface for the library manager and the ability to provide 3D previews of imported parts.  It also benefits from the latest enhancements in Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM system on which it is based. DentMILL is an open dental CAM solution, which can mill all types of restoration, including crowns, bridges and implants, from all major dental CAD systems on the market.  It includes advanced strategies to mill restorations in any material from PMMA to titanium both quickly and accurately in clinics, laboratories or milling centres.  The system uses dental imagery and terminology, making it easy for dental technicians to use even

Gibbs and Associates today announced that it will participate at the SolidWorks® World 2015 Conference with a presentation and booth demonstrations of GibbsCAM software’s optimization for machining parts designed in SolidWorks. GibbsCAM is a SolidWorks Certified CAM Product that provides seamless integration with SolidWorks. Gibbs was selected to give a presentation called “Manufacturing Complex Solid Models with GibbsCAM,” to be delivered by Steve Aughinbaugh, a GibbsCAM applications engineer, on Monday, February 9, 2015 from 6:45pm-7:00pm. The presentation will highlight GibbsCAM’s integration with SolidWorks, and demonstrate the use of automation features of both products to read a complex part from SolidWorks and program it for machining with GibbsCAM. Mr. Aughinbaugh will demonstrate the ease of programming turning, milling, millturning and drilling operations on a multi-task machine, and finish with full simulation of the machining process. In addition to the presentation, GibbsCAM demonstrations will be available in Booth 525 of the Partner Pavilion. The

Continuing with its mission to provide every day opportunities for students to develop real-world engineering skills, and to build on the importance of designing smart, connected products to take advantage of the Internet of Things, PTC, today announced it will be donating PTC Thingworx® software to all FIRST teams in addition to PTC Creo®, PTC Mathcad® and PTC Windchill® software. PTC ThingWorx can be used to create an application which displays data collected by sensors on the robot in order to tell teams how it is performing, and what type of adjustments may be needed. The number of things connected to the Internet now exceeds the total number of humans on the planet, and this is accelerating to as many as 50 billion connected devices by the end of the decade. The implications of this emerging Internet of Things (IoT) are huge, including how smart, connected products are designed, built and serviced. “Manufacturers are addressing the

Missler Software and CIM Co. have joined forces to promote TopSolid on the Mexican market, as well as in Central America and the Caribbean. CIM Co. has acquired a strong expertise in the CAD/CAM sector and mainly operates in the following industries: automotive, aerospace, mechanical engineering, tooling, mold and die. To date, CIM Co. has equipped over 900 customers including renowned manufacturers such as: Volkswagen, Chrysler, Honda, Nemak, Benteler, Bosch, TRW, Schuler, General Electric, Bocar, Gestamp, Hella, Gillete, Vitro Group, Panasonic, Continental, Sanyo and Takata. It also relies on a strong partnership development strategy with CNC machine manufacturers such as Haas, DMG Mori Seiki, Haas and Mazak. Thanks to a dedicated team of 32 employees, 7 sales engineers and 7 CAD/CAM application engineers, CIM Co. is also deeply established in the education market in Mexico with more than 100 universities and technical schools equipped with CAD/CAM software solutions.  With over 24 years

A company developing new spinal instruments to reduce the risks of scoliotic surgery and a university's examination of how a leatherback turtle would weather climate change were among the five winning entries in the annual ANSYS Hall of Fame image competition. The contest, which highlights some of the most complex engineering challenges, gives ANSYS users the opportunity to showcase their simulation work by producing eye-grabbing images and animation. For the second year in a row, 2014 submissions were divided into two categories – corporate and academic – and allowed ANSYS to select multiple "best-in-class" winners from each category. The corporate winners are: Andritz Hydro, a global supplier of electro-mechanical systems and services for hydropower plants. Andritz used ANSYS solutions to develop a lighter-weight valve that replaces welds with bolts with controlled tightening, reducing design time and production costs – while increasing valve sales. BRP, a world leader in the design, manufacturing, distribution and marketing

3D Systems announced that it acquired U.K. based 3D printer maker botObjects and plans to launch the CubePro® C, a new desktop full-color 3D printer powered by botObjects’ technology. The company did not disclose the terms of the transaction, but expects it to be accretive to its 2015 results. The company invites International CES 2015 attendees to experience its revolutionary CubePro C for the first time this week at the 3DS booth, located at the Sands Expo, booth 72225. botObjects pioneered the first 3D desktop printer using PlasticJet Printing (PJP) that offers true full-color 3D printing, significantly expanding the palette of possibilities for what designers, artists and engineers create, from prototypes to products. botObjects also invented a proprietary 5-color CMYKW cartridge system, capable of mixing primary printing colors on the fly to generate vibrant color combinations and gradient transitions. The botObjects ProDesk3D will immediately be folded into 3DS’s new CubePro C printer family and deliver a

 PDF Key takeaways: In the automotive industry, PLM is a critical, extended-enterprise business solution Siemens PLM Software has extensive automotive domain expertise and embeds much of that within their solutions tailored for both OEMs and suppliers Siemens PLM Software is the enterprise PLM backbone for many major OEMs, providing comprehensive, scalable, and mission-critical solutions that help automotive manufacturers realize innovation PLM in the Automotive Industry The effective use of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) has become a key success factor for manufacturers in all industries. CIMdata defines PLM as a strategic business strategy enabled by information technology. It spans activities from product ideation, requirements definition, conceptual and detailed design, manufacturing process planning, quality and compliance, to in-service operations and maintenance, through end-of-life recycling, reuse and re-manufacturing. PLM supports collaboration across the extended enterprise. As an early adopter of PLM concepts and technologies, the automotive industry has helped shape the commercially available technologies and solutions that have evolved over

Recently, Joe Cocker passed away. If you don’t know, he was an iconic front-man for several rock groups in the 70's, and he sang with a unique style. He was best known for singing many covers of other people’s songs including the Beatles. Probably one of his best known covers was of the Beatle's song "With a Little Help from My Friends". I am thinking about PLM and ERP today, and wondering why they can't be better friends. PLM and ERP are both part of most major manufacturing companies. But, their relationship can often be rocky. Both are needed to create innovative, high quality products that delight customers. But, how they are deployed across the company is often a hotly contested topic. I wrote a blog in 2013 titled: PLM and ERP: Can't We All Just Get Along? In this blog I talked about the often rancorous relationship that PLM and ERP