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bim+, the open, web-based BIM platform for the building industry by the Nemetschek brand of the same name, launches and offers a cost-free BIM starter pack for architects, engineers and building managers. BIM for starters Effective communication and productive collaboration: It has never been easier to stay in sync with clients and colleagues. On site, in the office, or on the go: All building information can be accessed in one place. 3D models, 2D plans, photos, bills and everything else connected to building projects. The free Team Edition simplifies the daily work of architects, engineers, building managers and house owners as well as their business partners and helps to avoid costly errors. Multi-model collaborative features integrate building models of different software solutions and visualize them on a web browser or the iPad. bim+ uses the best technologies for the Internet, cloud, apps and mobile devices to help all participants in a building process

The latest release of Javelin production control software automates a number of mundane activities, allowing manufacturers to focus on the important information the system provides for running production. Javelin consultant Ian Cartwright says: “We’ve taken away some of the more mundane manual tasks, such as entering certain types of data and replacing it with default data that manufacturers can customise. This frees them up to concentrate on actually running their business.” Amongst the functionality which can now be automated: Time and Attendance – instead of employees using a keyboard and mouse to select whether they are clocking in our out, they now scan their ID badge at a single screen to toggle in/out.   Call Off Purchase Order – creates a “call off” purchase order against a contract’s agreed period or price. “It means that when there’s a specific requirement to take delivery of any of those items MRP can call them off the existing

Yamamay, a leading Italian retailer brand in underwear and swimsuits, with over 700 franchised stores, of which 500 in Italy, has successfully implemented the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solution by TXT in order to optimise its design and product development processes. The tie-up between TXT and Yamamay stems from the need to rationalise the design process of new styles: from collection design to the creation of prototypes, from sample checks to the final manufacturing stage by selected subcontractors. The quality of products and process efficiency, including the management of a wide network of suppliers, are the cornerstones for the company, which is in the midst of steady growth. Yamamay presently operates through its headquarters in Italy and branches in Germany, Spain and China. The dynamism of the international market as well as the management of increasingly wider supply chains require businesses in the field of fashion and apparel to put a higher

Rand Worldwide, Inc. announces its financial results for the three and six months ended December 31, 2013.  For the three months ended December 31, 2013, Rand Worldwide, Inc. reported total revenues of $24.5 million as compared with $20.1 million in the same quarter for the prior fiscal year. The Company’s overall gross margin percentage for the current quarter was 49.3%, down from the 52.1% reported for the quarter ended December 31, 2012 as a result of a single larger sale that yielded a lower margin percentage. Total selling, general and administrative expenses as a percentage of total revenues were 36.3% for the current quarter, down significantly from 42.8% in the same quarter for the prior fiscal year. As a result, the Company reported net income from continuing operations of $1,559,000, or $0.03 per share per fully diluted share, compared to $716,000, or $0.01 per share, for the same period in the prior

WorkNC Dental will be revealing its latest release at the forthcoming Chicago LMT Lab Days. Running on February 21 and 22, the Lab Days represent the largest international gathering of the dental laboratory community in North America, and WorkNC Dental will be showing V4.0 on booth 1403, as well as also being represented on the booths of partners, Datron Dynamics and Zahn Dental, Willemin Macodel.  Visitors to the Vero Software booth can see the latest release of WorkNC Dental V4.0, the CAM software for milling dental components, designed to help provide laboratories with the lowest costs to milling quality dental prostheses. Features such as multi-threading, parallel processing and batch processing, enable fast calculations, while customized templates and part setups allow more parts per block/puck of material to be milled. WorkNC Dental V4.0 integrates the latest version of WorkNC V22 which offers a wide range of innovative functions ensuring increasingly efficient and reliable toolpaths.

I-Cubed has recently announced the appointment of Judy Geaslen as the company’s Director of Operations and John Jurkin as the Director of Sales. As Director of Operations, Geaslen will head the Finance and Human Resources departments, while continuing to lead select corporate initiatives and corporate governance activities. Geaslen previously worked as I-Cubed’s Manager of Corporate Planning where she assisted the executive team with the development and execution of key initiatives, in addition to bringing improvements to internal business processes. She brings over 20 years of financial experience, having held senior positions in the pharmaceutical and financial industries including Curaxis Pharmaceutical Corporation, Wilmington Trust and Ernst & Young. Jurkin comes to I-Cubed in the role of Director of Sales where he is responsible for the development and execution of a comprehensive sales strategy that will accelerate I-Cubed’s goals for new and existing market initiatives, including business analytics. Prior to joining I-Cubed, he held senior management

Dassault Systèmes announces that it commenced a cash tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of Accelrys common stock at a price of $12.50 per share yesterday. The tender offer is being made pursuant to the previously announced merger agreement dated January 30, 2014 between the companies. The tender offer period will expire at 12:00 midnight (New York City time) at the end of the day on March 13, 2014, unless otherwise extended or terminated. Dassault Systèmes has filed a tender offer statement on Schedule TO with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). 3DS Acquisition Corp., a US affiliate of Dassault Systèmes, is the acquirer in the tender offer.  The Offer to Purchase contained within the Schedule TO sets out the terms and conditions of the tender offer. Accelrys has also filed a Solicitation/Recommendation Statement with the SEC, which includes the recommendation of the Accelrys board of directors that Accelrys

Program will take place in Andover, Massachusetts from May 19-23 ANN ARBOR, Michigan, 14 February, 2014 — CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm announces that it will bring its highly acclaimed PLM Certificate Program to Andover, Massachusetts from May 19-23. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership — the PLM industry’s most comprehensive non-biased education offering for today’s PLM professionals. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program ensures PLM professionals at several levels have the tools they need to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM strategy development and implementation. This assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. In addition, the program provides intensive and extensive exposure to a team of CIMdata experts. Upon successful completion of the program, participants receive a CIMdata PLM Certificate and become a member of CIMdata’s global PLM

C3D Labs (ASCON Group) is pleased to announce a newest release of its geometric modeling kernel, C3D. The company worked with customers over the last year on improving V15, and so the new version offers developers over fifty new functions, methods, and algorithms, as well as enriched documentation, an improved test application, and English localization. The C3D Solver and C3D Converter modules now operate several times faster. "The potential for enhancing C3D is far from exhausted, as V15 proves,” said C3D Development Manager Nikolai Golovanov. “The architecture of the product provides great opportunities for developers. For example, we achieved impressive acceleration in individual components of the kernel.” Developers using the new version for three-dimensional computer-aided design systems will be able to increase the speed and efficiency of their applications with minimal consumption of their resources. English localization expands the geography of sales for the geometric kernel. Thanks to its flexible licensing policy,