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The EDA Consortium (EDAC) is seeking nominations for the Board of Directors for the two-year term beginning May 29, 2014. Voting member companies are entitled to nominate their CEO, president or COO to serve on the consortium's Board of Directors. Nine of the nominees will be elected to serve a two-year term on the EDA Consortium Board, beginning on May 29, 2014. A list of voting member companies is available at http://www.edac.org/membership/member-directory. The deadline for nominations is Monday, March 31, 2014 at 5 p.m. PDT. "As the complexity of electronic products increases, it is important for EDA and IP companies to focus their valuable resources on creating the products that meet the needs of designers," said Robert Gardner, executive director of the EDA Consortium. "The EDA Consortium provides the forum for addressing common issues including licensing, software piracy, interoperability, and government regulations as a group, thus benefiting EDAC member companies and their customers." The

PTC has announced Matthew Cohen will become Executive Vice President of Global Services and Partners, effective April 1. Cohen joined PTC in 2001, serving most recently as Divisional Vice President in PTC's global services organization. In this capacity, Matt led the company's worldwide consulting and training lines of business and oversaw a team of more than 1000 delivery professionals responsible for ensuring clients realize value from PTC Solutions.  "Over the past few years, PTC has aggressively expanded its technology solution portfolio to help its customers capitalize on an increasingly smart, connected world," said James Heppelmann, president and CEO of PTC. "As a result, our customers today view us as a trusted advisor on how to unleash new kinds of value by transforming how they create, service and, most recently, operate their products. Matt's demonstrated ability to transform customer relationships into true partnerships positions him, and PTC, for great success in this role."  During

BIMobject ® announced that CAD-Solutions Martin Schnitzer has joined the BIMobject® network as a new BIMobject® Business Partner. It is now responsible for the sales activities of BIMobject® solutions in Southern Germany. CAD-Solutions is represented with its own offices in Munich, Nürnberg and Regensburg. They won for several years in a row the “Worldwide Reseller of the Year” award from one of the leading architectural CAD software companies. ”There is no question whether BIM will come as profound changes in the planning processes, much more needs to be asked how fast it will happen. The worldwide success of BIMobject, shows the importance of BIM content and BIM processes, even here in Germany. With our experience and our contacts we can develop our business to the next level and become one of the players in the BIM content race - the BIM objects. Real models from real objects”, says Martin Schnitzer, founder and

Siemens PLM Software has launched its new LMS SCADAS XS, a powerful and portable noise and vibration data acquisition system, which combines the productivity and measurement quality typical of the LMS SCADAS family with the autonomy and flexibility of a pocket-sized solution. The LMS SCADAS XS is specifically designed for easy in-vehicle or in-field measurements, delivering testing productivity and securing data quality. An included tablet application allows engineers to prepare test setups and monitor and validate test data on the go. With the LMS SCADAS XS, Siemens is adding a powerful portable solution to complete its successful LMS SCADAS range of data acquisition systems. There is continuous pressure these days to test products in real-life circumstances and against ever stricter deadlines. The LMS SCADAS XS provides the ideal size, flexibility, and measurement performance for optimal mobility. It allows on-the-go diagnostics and troubleshooting, even by non-expert users who need to perform a

Engineering PLM Solutions Srl today announced that RuleDesigner Configurator, the tool for product and process configuration, enhances the broad portfolio of 2D and 3D CAD integrations with the release of the integration for NX. RuleDesigner Configurator, through processes easy-to-create and maintain, drives the user focusing on the most important product-related information rather than on CAD extensive capabilities. Processes can perform procedures for part-numbers automatic renaming and renumbering, for analyzing relationships and for automatically extracting BOMs. NX users will really benefit from this integration. Thanks to the possibility of delegating automatic modelling to unattended dedicated workstations, users will be able to maximize the features of the design software. The NX user community can make the most of RuleDesigner Configurator to run processes aimed at automating the product design stage and getting 3D models, assemblies, drawings, drafts and technical documents of any type. Finally, coupled with the wide range of ready-to-use actions, the integration for NX

BETA CAE System S.A. announces the release of v1.0.1 of Simulation, Process, Data & Resources Manager (SPDRM) software. In this version, enhancements have been made to further facilitate the organization and planning of your simulation processes. Additionally, fixes have been made to reported issues. Addressing the problem of contemporary CAE community to integrate data, processes and resources, BETA CAE Systems S.A. brings forth a new solution for driving high quality and effective virtual product development procedures. This new software tool, the Simulation, Process, Data & Resources Manager (SPDRM), provides a simple and intuitive way to capture, deploy, and manage CAE process workflows by integrating the resources, the tools, and the data associated with these.  Reflecting a deep understanding of the demands of simulation and its role in the enterprise, it couples with the enterprise PDM system and integrates CAE into higher level business processes by delivering CAE tasks and associated data to analysts,

Following the release of the major v15.0.0 of our ANSA / μETA -pre and -post processing suite, BETA CAE System S.A. announces the v15.0.1. This maintenance release focuses on resolving identified issues with v15.0.0. Understanding the software release schedule The plan BETA CAE System is committed in delivering improved and enhanced software releases, the soonest possible, in order to meet the requirement of our customers for the continuous improvement of their experience and work. Therefore, they are working in releasing new software versions with code corrections, new software features and enhancements, in regular, frequent intervals. A major software version is released every year. The major version v15.0.0 is made available at the beginning of the year. First point releases, such as v15.1.0, v15.2.0 and so on, with code corrections but also with additional software features and enhancements are released every three months. Second point releases, such as v15.2.1, v15.2.2, mainly with code corrections only upon their

Rand Worldwide announced that its courseware division, ASCENT – Center for Technical Knowledge, will now offer its latest Autodesk Official Training Guides (AOTG), Creo courseware, and CATIA courseware in an online, self-paced eLearning format in addition to their traditional guides and eBooks. This new self-serve, online training platform includes learning elements such as step-by-step procedures, hands-on exercises, and review questions that reinforce understanding to appeal to multiple learning styles. “Our new eLearning Bundles put our industry-leading courseware into a rich interactive, online environment,” says Paul Burden, director of product development, ASCENT. “Our customers want to be able to learn when and where they want, so the addition of our online learning option enables us to offer them greater choice in how they access our content. We provide detailed instructional content, easy access to relevant practice exercises, plus instantaneous feedback on review quizzes so users will always know where they stand. There is also

aPriori today announced the latest release of its software platform. aPriori 2014r1 delivers new enterprise capabilities that enable users to better predict product costs in complex global manufacturing environments and supply chains; cost more different types of products and parts; and continue to expand usage across the enterprise so more resources can identify and act on product cost reduction opportunities. The release is generally available immediately. “Global manufacturers face increasing complexity as competitive pressures require multiple product variants tailored to local market preferences,” said Julie Driscoll, aPriori’s vice president of strategic marketing and product management. “Sharp fluctuations in commodity pricing and availability, the increasing cost of outsourcing and related quality concerns, and sourcing decisions that can make or a break a product’s profitability; all these dynamics make it more difficult to accurately predict product costs. To manage effectively in these fluid environments, manufacturers need to be able to evaluate multiple cost

LORD MicroStrain Sensing Systems is a division of LORD Corporation. LORD MicroStrain makes mini sensors and systems that are used in a wide range of sensing solutions including inertial measurement systems, micro-displacement transducers, wireless sensor networks and energy harvesting technologies. Their sensors have won numerous awards by being both innovative and responsive to their customer's unique requirements. Manual Quality Processes Lack Visibility into Issues LORD MicroStrain has been using the Empower PLM system to manage their parts, bill of materials (BOMs) and engineering change/ECO information since 2007. The company realized positive business benefits managing their design processes with Empower PLM and saw an opportunity to expand that success by leveraging the quality management capabilities of the system. The company did not previously have automated quality management in place. Without formal documentation of specific problems, it was difficult to identify and effectively resolve issues. The company was also setting out to achieve ISO 9001