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Delcam will preview a new rib-machining module for its PowerMILL CAM system on stand H57 in Hall 8 at the Euromold exhibition to be held in Frankfurt, Germany, from 25th to 28th November.  The new module, which will be available as part of the PowerMILL 2015 R2 release scheduled for January 2015, will 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 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 a dedicated

Dassault Systèmes announced that it has reached a significant milestone in its project aimed at driving the creation and use of simulated 3D personalized hearts in the treatment and diagnosis of heart diseases and medical device development. Powered by Dassault Systèmes 3DEXPERIENCE platform’s realistic simulation applications, The “Living Heart Project” announced in May of this year, has rapidly moved its first realistic 3D heart simulator into beta test, validated the efficacy of a device and has surpassed 30 contributing member organizations. As a key step of this initiative, Dassault Systèmes has signed a five-year collaborative research agreement with the United States’ Food and Drug Administration (FDA) which will initially target the development of testing paradigms for the insertion, placement and performance of pacemaker leads and other cardiovascular devices used to treat heart disease. Using a technology crowdsourcing model that protects the intellectual property of each member, yet enables all to share the outcome, the “Living Heart Project”

IMS Software announced the signing of a reseller agreement with Avantage Mécanique, Inc. of Longueuil, Quebec, Canada. “Our post-processing experts have used IMS for over 10 years and never reached the limits of the possibility that IMSpost offers. Any machining process can be supported, any kinematics, even with more than 5 simultaneous axis” said Vincent Thomasset, Director of Innovation and Business Development. “IMSpost’s open design allows advanced logic and custom macros to be integrated into our post-processors, adding intelligence to the NC generation process.” “And with IMSce, the controller emulator functionality opens up a whole new world of possibilities with its integration with CATIA V5 and V6. Post-processing and simulation in a single window will dramatically boost productivity.” “Avantage Mécanique will offer significant value to manufacturing companies in Quebec and across Canada” said Dan Wrenn, president and co-founder of IMS Software. “They are assembling a world-class engineering services organization focused on the most

Spatial Corp. announced today that they have teamed up with Machine Research to develop a new, cloud-based software solution for manufacturing companies. Spatial and Machine Research will partner to deliver secure, ITAR-compliant software that helps manufacturers mine and reuse their existing manufacturing knowledge, thereby increasing efficiency and streamlining workflows. The combination of a flexible business model and core 3D technology from Spatial gives Machine Research a powerful partner that will help sell its SaaS products to manufacturers and opens new growth opportunities for Spatial’s solutions. By leveraging Spatial’s expertise in 3D software development, application developers from Machine Research can focus their efforts on building innovative software solutions making it easier to share manufacturing knowledge. "Manufacturers have made smart, strategic investments in software; yet for all the investment, the industry's current way of implementing that software remains fragmented and inefficient. We think there's a better way,” explained Chris Skubic, CEO, Machine Research. “Working closely with

IronCAD today announced a new seamlessly integrated Multi-Physics module. "Multi-Physics for IronCAD" (MPIC) is the newest generation of integrated CAD/FEA for general entry to advanced design simulations. MPIC focuses on ease of use and provides fully coupled Multiphysics with stress, thermal, and electrostatic analysis. Traditional FEA solutions are specialized for advanced users and are not particularly well suited for quick, in-process design analysis. With MPIC, users at any skill level will be able to use full FEA capabilities. Seamlessly integrated, users can simply add material, forces or constraints and the AutoSolve meshes and returns analysis results. Any modifications to the IRONCAD model enables an analysis re-solve in seconds As part of the IronCAD Gold Partner Program, a node-limited version of MPIC is included with full product capabilities with the standard IRONCAD solution. Beyond the included version, customers can purchase a full accuracy basic version, advance version, and add-on functionality. MPIC is available

Granta Design announced the release of GRANTA MI:Materials Gateway™ for HyperMesh®, which provides quick, traceable access to materials data and applications within HyperMesh, the CAE pre-processor from Altair's HyperWorks® suite. This new application further reinforces MI:Materials Gateway as the standard for accessing and applying managed materials data across a broad range of CAD, CAE, and PLM software. Quality materials property data is a pre-requisite for accurate design and simulation. Granta has worked with some of the world’s top engineering enterprises to develop best practice in managing, accessing, and applying materials property information. The resulting GRANTA MI™ software enables these companies to store and use both their corporate materials knowledge and an unrivalled catalog of Granta-supplied materials reference data on thousands of metals, plastics, ceramics, composites, and natural materials. GRANTA MI:Materials Gateway for HyperMesh appears as an embedded application within HyperMesh, putting this authoritative materials information into the hands of simulation engineers. It complements the flexibility of HyperMesh in

Leading New Zealand hydrocarbons engineering company ITL has selected Intergraph® CADWorx® Plant Professional plant design software to deliver all new projects going forward. ITL made the switch to CADWorx Plant Professional from a competitor product after evaluating a range of plant design software packages against criteria that included cost-effectiveness, features and usability. "After an extensive evaluation exercise, one of the main deciding factors for us was that Intergraph has made considerable investments to advance CADWorx over the past few years, rather than just maintain it," said Garnett Henderson, ITL's design office manager. "We haven't seen that with many other vendors. "We also like the admin setup for CADWorx Plant Professional," Henderson added. "The majority of our jobs are relatively small, and CADWorx does not assume you want to link every document in a project together out of the box. You can get up and running quickly on small projects, and choose to add the integration

Aras® today announced that Cofely Energy & Infra BV, a division of GDF-SUEZ and Europe’s leading provider of efficient energy and environmental solutions, has selected the Aras solution suite for enterprise PLM. Cofely Energy & Infra will leverage Aras to standardize and optimize collaboration throughout the enterprise and extended enterprise, including external design firms and contractors, and to provide a single source of information for all project stakeholders. Working with Aras gold certified partner Minerva, Cofely Energy & Infra will implement Aras Innovator® to standardize workflows and deliver significant infrastructure improvements in the areas of transport and traffic networks, oil & gas, water, marine & offshore, smart grids and more. To achieve this, The Netherlands-based company will roll out Aras solutions for document management, engineering change management, and configuration management. “Aras Innovator will help reduce errors related to the sharing of designs and configurations,” said Rico Verhage, Manager of Configuration Management at

Synopsys, Inc. today announced it will report results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2014 on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, after the market close.  A conference call to review the results will begin at 2:00 p.m. PT (5:00 p.m. ET) and will be hosted by Aart de Geus, chairman and co-chief executive officer, and Brian Beattie, chief financial officer. Financial and other statistical information to be discussed on this conference call will be available on the corporate website at http://www.synopsys.com, immediately before the call.  A live webcast will also be available on this site.  Participants should access the live webcast at least 10 minutes prior to the start of the call.  A webcast replay can be accessed on the corporate website beginning Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014, at approximately 4:00 p.m. PT.  The replay will remain available until Synopsys announces its first quarter fiscal year 2015 results in February 2015.  In addition, a dial-up replay of the conference call will

Cimatron Limited today announced its financial results for the third quarter and first nine months of 2014. Highlights of Cimatron's results for these periods include the following: 27% year-over-year increase in non-GAAP operating profit for Q3/14, to a third quarter record of $1.8 million; 29% year-over-year increase in non-GAAP operating profit for the first nine months of 2014; 8% year-over-year revenue growth on a constant currency basis in Q3/14, to record Q3 revenues of $11.2 million; 18th consecutive quarter with year-over-year revenue growth on a constant currency basis; 88% gross margin and 16% operating margin on a non-GAAP basis in Q3/14 Record $8.0 million cash flow from operating activities in the first nine months of 2014; End of September net cash balance of $20.1 million or $1.87 per share Commenting on the news, Danny Haran, President and Chief Executive Officer of Cimatron, noted, "Once again, we are very pleased to report our best ever third quarter, with record revenues,