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Radan will be demonstrating at the forthcoming MACH Exhibition that it is becoming much more than the world’s most powerful sheetmetal CAD/CAM system, in isolation. As well as detailing the wide range of new and enhanced functionality in its 2014 release, Radan, from Vero Software, is previewing another of its developing logistics modules. Radan will launch its universal quoting software, Radquote, on stand 4361 in Hall 4 at the NEC in Birmingham, between April 7 - 11. This new module generates quotes for sheet metal, tube, bar and purchased parts. It provides a full breakdown of costs, and allows each cost area to be altered, giving complete flexibility when negotiating. It integrates seamlessly into Radan’s manufacturing solutions. Sales and Major Accounts Manager Kevin O’Connor says visitors will also see there is something new for every type of Radan user in the latest release, 2014, whether they are profiling customers, punching, 3D or 2D. The

Aras® announced that it will sponsor the 2014 AIAG Lean Product Development Briefing on March 25th at the AIAG offices in Southfield, Michigan, USA. Information and registration at http://aras.com/plm/002382 The Automotive Industry Action Group (AIAG) Lean Product Development Briefing is designed to be a highly interactive exchange between attendees, industry experts, OEMs, suppliers and solution providers. Business and technical automotive professionals from product engineering, design engineering, innovation, quality, manufacturing engineering and program management are encouraged to attend. Marc Lind, an Aras executive, will moderate the discussion panel on best practices for lean product development.

Group to provide research/guidance on the top PLM issues affecting airplane manufacturers, major defense OEMs, and Tier 1 suppliers ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 20 March 2014—CIMdata, Inc the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the formation of its newest PLM member service—the Aerospace & Defense PLM Action Group, an association of aerospace and defense (A&D) companies within CIMdata’s globally recognized PLM Community Program. The group is an industry-specific PLM advocacy group as well as a defining organization for unfulfilled common interest PLM-related capabilities. The group will also sponsor collaborative research on prioritized industry and technology topics. Membership is open to A&D OEM companies and select Tier 1 suppliers. Peter Bilello, President of CIMdata, stated, “PLM solution providers continually deliver new products, architectures, and solutions to market, while industrial customers must cope with previous product launches, attempting to realize the value from existing PLM investments. The Aerospace & Defense PLM

Worksoft®, a provider of business process validation software for packaged enterprise applications, today announced support for Siemens PLM Software’s Teamcenter®. Industry leaders in aviation and defense, automotive and manufacturing industries utilize PLM software to integrate people, data, processes and business systems and provide a product information backbone for their organizations and extended enterprises. Worksoft’s support for Teamcenter reaffirms the company’s commitment to helping Fortune 1000 companies ensure business process quality across an increasingly complex system landscape. Today’s enterprise application landscape extends beyond SAP® to include dozens of enterprise systems, including PLM applications. “We are pleased to support the growing portfolio of enterprise applications that our customers depend on for their success,” said Brian Smith, vice president, engineering, Worksoft. “New test automation capabilities for Teamcenter bring additional assurance for customers seeking complete end-to-end business process validation across their SAP and non-SAP landscapes.” Worksoft technology supports automated business process testing on a variety of platforms and

Siemens today announced its Shipbuilding Catalyst, aimed at helping accelerate the deployment of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and further enhancing PLM value in this industry. Using a pre-packaged combination of industry-specific best practice guides, templates and tailored software, the Shipbuilding Catalyst integrates and synchronizes shipbuilding operations, including crucial members of the supplier network and third-party service providers. The Shipbuilding Catalyst is one of Siemens’ Industry Catalyst Series™ offerings announced in September of last year. “Siemens’ Shipbuilding Catalyst represents a transformational technology that enables shipyards to shorten their time-to-value and boost their return on investment,” said John MacKrell, vice president, CIMdata. “By improving total enterprise productivity, reducing cycle times and lowering the total cost of ownership of future fleets, Siemens´ shipbuilding solution can help change the way leading shipyards design, produce and sustain the next generation of advanced ships.” The marine industry is undergoing a major transformation. Fleet operators need to develop reliable,

SAP AG today announced new innovations for SAP® PowerDesigner® software, the information modeling and enterprise architecture tool. SAP PowerDesigner now integrates into an organization’s operational process intelligence. Through a new intelligent business operations offering, users can create a blueprint for processes systems, and technologies needed to execute their business. The announcement was made at the Gartner Business Process Management Summit, being held March 19-20 in London.  “The advanced features of SAP PowerDesigner empower organizations to meet the demands of today’s complex business environment,” said Darren Crowder, vice president and general manager, Middleware, SAP. “SAP has made significant investments in this critical component of the middleware portfolio to help ensure that it continues to meet the changing needs and challenges of businesses seeking to improve their information and enterprise architectures.”  While many enterprise architecture tools focus primarily on business process management (BPM), SAP PowerDesigner offers full support for all components of an organization’s enterprise architecture,

ENGINEERING PLM Solutions announces today the release of RuleDesigner PDM integration for Creo Parametric 2.0, by PTC. The new integration allows to extend the benefits of a collaborative organization and management of product information to all Creo Parametric 2.0 users. Moreover, those organizations that are planning to replace their design software for Creo Parametric 2.0 can find in RuleDesigner PDM a trusted partner. In this regard, thanks to the large portfolio of integrations available, RuleDesigner PDM is able to manage both the history of the old cad data and new cad projects. RuleDesigner PDM permits to classify drawings created in Creo Parametric 2.0 with a unique and homogeneous part-numbering plan, facilitating collaboration within the design team and the reuse of existing design information.  Also, due to a dedicated environment, RuleDesigner PDM enables users to create and manage different types of BOMs and reports and to export them to ERP systems. Finally, combined to the different

Today, the Altair Partner Alliance (APA) announced that multi-body dynamics (MBD) software from ChassisSim Technologies is available for download. Traditionally used in the racing industry, ChassisSim simulates and predicts numerous vehicle parameters. "ChassisSim Technologies is delighted to be working with Altair to provide our simulation technologies to their user community," said Danny Nowlan, Director at ChassisSim. "ChassisSim is a natural fit for any project involving motorsport, race engineering or automotive vehicle dynamics." ChassisSim allows race teams and vehicle dynamics engineers to simulate all aspects of vehicle behavior early in the design process, saving time and resources by preventing unnecessary cycles. Users can predict lap times by performing full multi-body transient simulation and then export the data for review. "ChassisSim is a product which has been created by race engineers, for race engineers," said Michael Hoffmann, Sr. VP Math & Systems at Altair. "It combines ease-of-use with predictive simulation technology, both of which are absolutely necessary

Kubotek USA has released Kubotek Comparison Suite 2014 Version 12.5.  Comparison Suite products include Validation Tool and ECO Manager. The engineering change identification and documentation tools found in the Kubotek Comparison Suite help users avoid the costs and pitfalls resulting from undetected or undocumented changes in CAD files. Comparison Suite 2014 Version 12.5 adds several new capabilities, updated translators, and user-driven improvements to save time and improve user control: CATIA V5 version to version compare   Added ability to enter disposition text next to related geometry in validation quality documents Updated CAD interoperability readers for Inventor 2014 and Parasolid R26.  CATIA V5 import now reads Hidden Assembly Instances User control options for locating closed sets of curves. Geometry ToolTips to identify entity locations for all entities and entity components Tony Anderson, VP and General Manager of Comparison Suite Products, states, “Our Comparison Suite products help design and quality teams confidently compare two CAD models, regardless of file type, to find differences in product

PDF3D today announced their support for AutoCAD’s latest 2014 software version. PDF3D’s latest update of their popular ReportGen tool goes beyond other AutoCAD plugins with a new level of 3D PDF creation for 3D CAD users. Working in parallel with Autodesk’s aim of providing highly sophisticated 3D design tools, PDF3D’s ReportGen allows AutoCAD users to easily convert DWG files to rich, fully interactive, beautifully animated 3D PDFs at the touch of a button. “As unaffiliated, independent developers, we are great fans of Autodesk and admire what the company has done with their 2014 version. The brand’s values fit perfectly with those at PDF3D and so evolving ReportGen to work seamlessly with AutoCAD 2014 felt like a natural evolution of our tool. It’s good to be able to add value to such a popular design authoring product,” explained Ian Curington of PDF3D. “Just as Autodesk has done, we have focused on usability, functionality and