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U.S. CAD, an Autodesk Gold Partner, announces today that it has acquired Sterling Systems, an Arizona-based Autodesk Reseller. The acquisition aligns with U.S. CAD’s and Sterling Systems’ shared mission to introduce and educate a growing market about CAD and BIM technology solutions. “We are very excited to join U.S. CAD and leverage the company’s expertise to help our customers grow their business and expand their technology investments,” says Bruce White, former President of Sterling Systems. “Customers should be assured that they will continue to have access to the same great offerings and excellent service that they have come to expect.” Among some of the other changes following the acquisition include a relocation of the existing Sterling Systems team to a new U.S. CAD Arizona office that will support a training facility. The training facility is expected to offer monthly classes for products such as AutoCAD, Revit Architecture, Civil 3D, and Navisworks. “For the

While my time in the PLM space is short compared to some of my colleagues (only 14 years), I have been involved with software, one way or another, througout my career. So expanding our PLM coverage to include providers of software development tools is no hardship. Our focus is on development of embedded software, the software that animates products designed, manufactured, and deployed using PLM. In that vein, I recently had a call with Seapine Software (www.seapine.com), a long-time provider of application lifecycle management solutions. While they are not a huge company, with over 100 employees and over 8,500 customers, they do have offices in Cincinnati (HQ), London, Munich, and South Africa (which handles Asia-Pacific), and their business is mostly split between North America and Europe, with some in AP. Their solutions began on-premise, and they launched a cloud option earlier this year.  In their 20 year history they have had some

SolidPartners announces immediate early adopter availability of 4G:PLM.  4G:PLM is a Simple, Powerful, and Affordable Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution specifically developed for small to medium-sized (SMB) manufacturing companies who need tools to manage their Product Structure (BOM), Approved Manufactures Lists (AML) and change process (ECO/ECN) 4G:PLM provides advanced PLM capabilities while decreasing software, implementation, training and on-going maintenance costs typical with existing PLM solutions. 4G:PLM is a natural fit for small and medium sized companies struggling to  justify the high up-front software, implementation and training costs associated with existing PLM products.  It enables companies to realize the benefits of PLM at a fraction of the cost of existing tools.   The reduction in software, implementation and training costs will have an immediate positive impact on the ROI from implementing PLM.  4G:PLM is already in use at customer sites in the US and is now available for broad evaluation and implementation by early adopters.  Dave Snyder,

Bentley Systems, Incorporated, announced the availability of its new SewerGEMS, SewerCAD, CivilStorm, and StormCAD V8i (SELECTseries 4) products for the analysis and design of wastewater and stormwater systems. The new releases provide advanced hydraulic and operational capabilities for an increased depth of information modeling that empowers users to evaluate and compare a wider range of network considerations. Through the optioneering this facilitates, users are able to assess trade-offs across disciplines and systems in terms of cost, time, and efficiency. This allows them to make better-informed decisions that result in better system performance. The SELECTseries 4 releases also help streamline the information modeling process – saving time and money. Gregg Herrin, Bentley director, product management, explained, “With the SELECTseries 4 releases of our SewerGEMS, SewerCAD, CivilStorm, and StormCAD V8i products, users are able to evaluate every aspect of existing systems and compare possible new designs. Simulations can predict everything from flooding to hydrogen sulfide formation, and then assess the effect of alternative designs to

Software training firm Infinite Skills Inc. this week introduced its Learning Revit MEP 2015 Tutorial, an introductory Revit course designed to equip new users with essential tools and techniques for designing infrastructural systems within an architectural model. Since 2013, Revit MEP has been included in the standard Revit package. Revit MEP is fully integrated with the program's capabilities for building information modeling (BIM), design documentation, and 3D visualization, supporting all phases of the building cycle from initial conceptual studies through to the most detailed modeling and scheduling phases. With Infinite Skills’ Learning Revit MEP Tutorial, new users will learn Revit's basic tools and develop a firm grasp of how to design, schedule, document, and present designs for mechanical, electrical, and plumbing systems. Course author Tim Dundr began his career as an AutoCAD draftsman, and has spent nearly twenty years working in the fields of architecture and engineering, helping companies implement CAD software and

Tata Technologies will host a free engineering lunch and learn event for its customers on Wednesday, July 16 from 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. to demonstrate and discuss the newest features of Autodesk 2015 Product Design Suite, including the latest in Autodesk Simulation Mechanical 2015, and Autodesk Inventor 2015 Digital Prototyping Design Solutions. The complimentary event will be held at the Tata Technologies Novi Michigan headquarters, and led by in-house 3D simulation and prototyping expert Ben Curtin. Curtin will discuss and demonstrate how through utilization of these solutions, mechanical engineers, designers and manufacturers in all industries can develop more innovative designs. Curtin is a uniquely experienced application engineer and business development consultant who has more than 14 years of experience using Autodesk manufacturing products. He offers unique insight in digital prototyping with 3D modeling, PDM and simulation through his experience in machine tool manufacturing and product development engineering. Autodesk Product Design Suite 2015 is a comprehensive solution for

Geometric will preview its latest release of CNC programming automation solution, CAMWorks® 2015, in Booth E-3320, IMTS 2014 in Chicago, Illinois from September 8 - 13, 2014. In today’s environment, manufacturers need to be able to do more with less - less design time, program time, setup time and machining time. CAMWorks 2015 focuses on making the entire design to part cycle shorter. Quicker Programming Time – CAMWorks 2015 has over a dozen enhancements focused on shortening the programming time. One example is the color based identification of complex surfaces making it easier and quicker to define features by avoiding the traditional chains and profiles methodology. CAMWorks 2015 has bolstered its ability to interpret non-prismatic surfaces on solid models as machinable entities automatically. This enhanced ability to leverage feature-based machining for complex requirements in combination with Intelligent Knowledge Base (TechDB™) allows end users to eliminate the routine elements in CNC programming and

Nemetschek AG has further strengthened its position in the international Building Information Modeling (BIM) market, a market that is expected to grow by 17 percent on average in the years to come. The software provider has been able to make more intensive headway into the promising BIM 5D market with two investments. In this market, the dimensions of cost (4D) and time (5D) have been added to digital 3D planning models to provide complex large-scale projects in particular with considerable advantages in terms of costs and efficiency. These advantages can amount to up to 25 percent of building costs. Together with Hasso Plattner Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Nemetschek has invested in the start-up company Sablono GmbH. The innovative company with headquarters in Berlin develops and distributes software solutions for the digital planning, control and monitoring of construction projects. With this investment, Nemetschek has extended its expertise in BIM 3D solutions and

Earlier in July, Delcam China hosted its first seminar in the Chinese market on applications of the PartMaker CAM system in the healthcare industry.  The seminar was held in Changzhou in Jiangsu province, one of China’s main centres for the manufacture of medical equipment.  The event was organised in conjunction with Suzhou Unigenius Software and Starrag Group (Shanghai) and attracted more than forty delegates from thirty companies, including representatives of the leading medical equipment manufacturers and machine tool suppliers from the East China region. Changzhou was chosen as the venue for the seminar because there are more than 300 manufacturers of medical devices in the city.  During 2013, production of medical equipment in Changzhou was valued at 8.5 billion Yuan. With the rapid development in the industry, Delcam China hopes to help more medical equipment companies in the region to adopt the world-leading PartMaker machining technology and enable them to produce high quality

CAMCAD Technologies, Inc. (CAMCAD), was recognized as the number one reseller of SURFCAM® software in North America for the year to date through June. CAMCAD also ranked first in sales for the month of June and is currently second worldwide through June 2014 “Any company can sell a product,” explains CAMCAD founder and president, Don McKillop. “What makes CAMCAD consistently rank high is our superior customer support. Our specially trained engineers help manufacturers tailor SURFCAM® to their own unique specifications to ensure the software is being utilized at its maximum potential. We are always on call and ready to help with technical questions. Companies take comfort in knowing when they purchase a product from CAMCAD, we support it 100%.” Over the past 21 years, CAMCAD has continually achieved a top five SURFCAM® reseller status and was recognized in 2009 and 2011 as “Reseller of the Year.” In April 2014, Vero Software, the