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Stratasys Ltd. has selected finalists for the 10th annual Extreme Redesign 3D Printing Challenge. A finalist in the college engineering category, Straggling Laces was submitted by Carrie Groskopf and Eric Reid from Ryerson University in Toronto, Canada. The global contest offers students in middle school, high school and college the opportunity to redesign an existing product or to create a new product that improves how a task is accomplished. Entries are evaluated based on creativity, being mechanically sound and being realistically achievable. The top-10 finalists in each category (middle school/high school engineering, college engineering and art/architecture) will receive a 3D printed model of their design and a $50 gift card. During the final round of judging, industry experts will select winners in each category. The judges this year are: Todd Grimm (President, T.A. Grimm & Associates) Patrick Gannon (Engineering Manager, Thogus/RP+M) Tim Shinbara (Technical Director, Association for Manufacturing Technology) Rachel Park (Editor-In-Chief, 3D Printing Industry) Stratasys will award first place winners a $2,500 scholarship, with second and third place winners both receiving a $1,000 scholarship. The instructor of the first place winner in

SPRING Technologies exhibited in booth 868 at the MMTS (Montreal Manufacturing Technology Show), from May 12 to 14. SPRING’s exhibit highlighted the features, benefits, and applications of company’s flagship simulation software, NCSIMUL Machine and Player 9.1. Specifically, with the growing adoption of remote and mobile software accessibility, SPRING will demonstrate its recently introduced mobile system called WYSIWYC® (What You See Is What You Cut).  Thanks to NCSIMUL Player 9.1 embedded on a fully rugged, mobile Panasonic Toughpad FZ-G1 and connected to machine tool controllers such as Fanuc CNCs, shop floor operators and managers are able to interact remotely – in 3D and in real time using intuitive touch controls – with one or several CNC machines and their machining processes, as they execute the CNC program on the machine. 3D animations of CNC machining processes, as well as related work instruction sheets are directly accessible from the mobile application. RETHINKING THE WAY YOU WORK

RuleDesigner Configurator is now integrated with Creo parametric 2.0 - 3D design software - and Windchill - PLM software product - offered by PTC, to manage design automation and advanced product configuration processes. ENGINEERING PLM Solutions announces the release of a RuleDesigner Configurator action library able to drive Creo Parametric 2.0 and Windchill, by PTC. The new features offered by RuleDesigner Configurator allow to extend the benefits of automated CAD design and product configuration also to Creo parametric 2.0 and Windchill community. PTC users have much to gain by using RuleDesigner Configurator wide range of actions to perform typical operations of the two environments. For instance: open, upload and close CREO 2.0 files; renaming file in session; regenerate assemblies and parts; built components; edit parameters; perform functions predefined by the user; replace components; enable or remove features; documents check out; and Whindchill workspace management. Finally, RuleDesigner Configurator allows to extend configurations beyond the design

Software training firm Infinite Skills Inc. this week introduced its "Mastering Autodesk Inventor - Sheet Metal Design Tutorial," a concise set of lessons targeting capabilities for sheet metal design in the popular CAD program designed for mechanical engineers. Autodesk Inventor is a 3D mechanical computer aided design (CAD) program used to create, visualize, and simulate, mechanical products. Inventor's vast toolset includes specialized features and commands for thin-walled design, allowing users to create and modify the flat patterns common to sheet metal designs. Infinite Skills Mastering Autodesk Inventor - Sheet Metal Design Tutorial demonstrates how to use these specialized tools to create robust sheet metal designs, complete with modification such as chamfers, folds, and cutouts. An Inventor user since 1999, course author Adam Cooper is a career mechanical engineer designing primarily plastic installations in the automotive industry. He is also an accomplished trainer and a regular speaker at Autodesk University. He is an Autodesk Certified

Companies thrive on innovation, but how do they assess and plan their actions to meet corporate strategic objectives? Enterprise innovation management (EIM) solutions are helping global companies bridge the chasm between corporate strategy and purposeful action across a wide spectrum of business operations. EIM helps strategically define necessary product and process innovation, including product development actions executed through product lifecycle management (PLM), and other enterprise strategies. EIM and PLM working together can help ensure that product innovation meets both corporate strategic objectives and lifecycle requirements. Download whitepaper here.

On-going research on strategic business alignment ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 17 March 2014—CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic management consulting and research firm announces the release of a new research paper entitled “Driving Innovation from the Top Floor to the Shop Floor.” Companies thrive on innovation, but how do they assess and plan their actions to meet corporate strategic objectives? New ideas are often needed to meet business objectives, and CIMdata’s definition of PLM has always extended from ideation to end of life. However, PLM strategies and tools do not often explicitly connect back to corporate strategy. Enterprise innovation management (EIM) solutions are helping global companies bridge the chasm between corporate strategy and purposeful action across a wide spectrum of business operations. EIM helps strategically define necessary product and process innovation, including product development actions executed through product lifecycle management (PLM), and other enterprise strategies. CIMdata tracks EIM firms as part of our

MicroSurvey, the maker of MicroSurvey CAD and the MapScenes System, announces the release of MicroSurvey inCAD 2014 and MicroSurvey embeddedCAD 2014. MicroSurvey inCAD 2014 is a powerful plugin that transforms AutoCAD® into a survey and design powerhouse. It adds the MicroSurvey feature set to the latest Autodesk® software – including AutoCAD® 2014, AutoCAD Civil 3D™ 2014, and AutoCAD Map 3D™ 2014 – to offer a complete survey drafting toolkit, including COGO, DTM, traversing, adjustments, volumes, contouring and more. MicroSurvey embeddedCAD 2014 is a standalone application that is powered with Autodesk technology and includes the latest AutoCAD® OEM 2014 enhanced with the suite of MicroSurvey tools. Like inCAD 2014, it incorporates the full suite of survey drafting tools. MicroSurvey embeddedCAD 2014 includes a licensed copy of AutoCAD OEM 2014, and it opens and saves AutoCAD® 2014 drawing files, so implementing it in existing AutoCAD environments is smooth, painless and free of conflicts. Both releases

AVEVA today announced that AVEVA E3D Insight is now commercially available for project decision makers in the power, process plant and mining industries. This Windows 8.1 app enables mobile users to comment and approve AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) designs from a tablet device. Developed in collaboration with Microsoft, AVEVA E3D Insight demonstrates AVEVA's commitment to anticipating and meeting changing customer requirements by offering the ability to inspect, comment upon, and approve designs at any time, from anywhere around the world. AVEVA E3D Insight streamlines the design review and approval process to support Lean business practices. It maximises project efficiency by providing authorised users with secure, direct access to the live AVEVA E3D design model, regardless of their location, 24 hours a day. "Over the years we have seen how many companies struggle to effectively collaborate across their supply chain," said Bruce Douglas, SVP Product Strategy and Marketing, AVEVA. "AVEVA E3D Insight overcomes this

Altium Limited announces the opening of a new office in Newton, Massachusetts. This is a direct reflection of Altium’s commitment to providing high quality services to its customers and growth of its US user-base. As Altium continues to expand the presence in the US Printed Circuit Board design market, the addition of the new office is part of the investments in the US market allowing Altium to be closer to its strategic partners and customers in the New England area, one of the largest technology hubs in the Americas market. Additionally, the new office will allow Altium to further strengthen what is the largest resell network in the EDA industry and to ensure that the ever growing list of Altium Designer users continue to get access to superior and responsive service. "The opening of Altium's Massachusetts office is an important step towards realizing our goals of becoming more available to all users

Dassault Systèmes announces the extension of the expiration date of the tender offer by its wholly owned indirect subsidiary, 3DS Acquisition Corp., to purchase all of the outstanding shares of Accelrys, Inc. (Accelrys) common stock at an offer price of $12.50 per share in cash, without interest and subject to any required withholding of taxes. Dassault Systèmes and Accelrys have agreed that the expiration date will be extended until 12:00 midnight, New York City time, at the end of the day on Tuesday, March 25, 2014, unless otherwise extended or terminated. Except for the extension of the tender offer, all other terms and conditions of the tender offer remain unchanged. The extension allows for the conclusion of the initial 30-day review period by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) under the Exon-Florio Amendment to the United States Defense Production Act of 1950, as amended. The initial CFIUS