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The latest version of Bystronic’s CNC software controlling its laser profiling machines enables labelling of cut parts, ensuring that bending is carried out correctly afterwards. PartID is a new function within BySoft 7 that automatically laser-engraves cut parts with an identification code. When the component is transferred to a Bystronic pressbrake, the code is scanned to ensure that the correct bending program is loaded. The risk of human error is lowered and mix-ups with similar parts eliminated, raising process reliability, saving time and reducing scrap. PartID within Bysoft 7 is applicable to all of Bystronic’s laser cutting machines, both CO2 and fibre. Subsequent processing machines must be fitted with ByVision Bending, the Swiss manufacturer’s graphical user interface for pressbrakes, and an additional scanning unit. For customers with and without Bystronic bending machines, the code can be useful to recognise the part by scanning with a smart phone or similar device. Parts removal in

The New Jersey Meadowlands, home of MetLife Stadium and Super Bowl XLVIII, has long been known for its unpredictable, swirling winter winds. Autodesk and FOX Sports are teaming up to give viewers the opportunity to actually see what impact the wind may have on the first Super Bowl ever held outdoors in a cold-weather locale. The technology, dubbed FOX WEATHER TRAX for the game, clearly illustrates, for the first time ever on live television, dynamic in-stadium airflow patterns. FOX Sports called upon Autodesk, a leading software provider changing the way the world is designed and made, to illustrate the challenges players may face due to potentially unprecedented Super Bowl wind conditions. Using Autodesk simulation technology to calculate the specific weather conditions inside MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, NJ, the software provider and FOX plan to superimpose visual representations of wind direction directly over game play. Prior to this joint effort, coaches,

News Summary Seattle City Light selected a broad footprint of Oracle Utilities applications and technology solutions to more effectively adapt to changing business conditions, meet and exceed customer expectations, address operational issues and support future smart grid initiatives. News Facts Seattle City Light, the tenth largest public utility in the United States, selected a broad footprint of Oracle applications and technology solutions to help reduce costs, improve customer service and lay the groundwork to support smart grid initiatives. Seattle City Light is working with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a Diamond level member of Oracle PartnerNetwork (OPN), on the implementation. Seattle City Light, which is updating its enterprise architecture and technology infrastructure as part of a broader business transformation to enhance operational efficiency, selected Oracle Utilities Customer Care and Billing, Oracle Utilities Customer Self Service, Oracle Utilities Meter Data Management, Oracle Utilities Smart Grid Gateway, Oracle Business Intelligence for Utilities, Oracle Documaker Enterprise Edition and Oracle User

Cache Cache China has selected Centric Software, Inc., for its product lifecycle management (PLM) solution, making it Centric’s first customer in China. Cache Cache China, which offers modern, fashionable women’s ready-to-wear apparel, footwear and accessories, will implement the Centric 8 PLM software for retail, apparel, footwear, luxury and consumer goods for all of its product lines. The company will use Centric’s PLM software to develop its collections for the more than 900 stores it operates in China. Deployment will begin immediately. “The innovative Centric PLM software is an excellent solution for Cache Cache China,” says Sandrine Woirnesson, vice president of finance, IT and corporate governance for Cache Cache China. “The software’s scalability, along with the fact that it is designed for the specific needs of the apparel industry, will allow Cache Cache China to continue its fast-growth strategy.” Expected benefits include enhanced collaboration throughout product development teams, and improved visibility for better go/no-go

Delcam’s PartMaker Inc. Division will host a series of User Group Meetings around the USA during February and March to launch PartMaker 2014.  The programme at each event will feature comprehensive technical sessions on the new features of PartMaker 2014, with a special focus on Delcam’s latest high-speed machining technology, Vortex. The event dates and locations are as follows: February 21 – Philadelphia area February 28 – Chicago area March 7 – Los Angeles area March 14 – New England The full agenda, booking form and details including exact location for each event can be found at www.partmaker.com/2014usergroup    The events will also include a presentation on tactics for best utilizing Delcam’s new Vortex high-speed machining strategies with high-feed end mills.  Additionally, delegates will be updated on Delcam’s acquisition by Autodesk. PartMaker's senior technical personnel will discuss the latest developments in PartMaker and will be on hand to answer any technical questions.  They will also discuss the future

Rand Worldwide announces their IMAGINiT Technologies division has elevated their long term relationship with the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) and joins them this year as a Platinum level partner. In addition, IMAGINiT will be hosting a business session entitled 'Who's driving the boat: industry vs. technology' at the CCA's 2014 annual conference being held at the Westin Playa Bonita in Panama, March 8-14, 2014. "We are pleased to have IMAGINiT Technologies onboard as a Platinum level sponsor this year," says Serge Massicotte, 2014 conference chair and incoming 2014 chair of the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) board of directors. "Our members increasingly leverage technology in their work. IMAGINiT Technologies' understands the intersection of technology and the modern construction industry. I think the panel session -- Who's Driving the Boat: Industry vs. Technology - sponsored and moderated by IMAGINiT will be very interesting. We at CCA look forward to their contributions at our

Cimatron Limited announced that its CimatronE and GibbsCAM software solutions will be demonstrated at the Interplastica trade show, Moscow, Russia, from January 28-31, 2014. Among the large number of tool shops and manufacturers across Russia that use CimatronE and GibbsCAM is the CAD/CAM Center at the Samara State Aerospace University, a leading contractor for the manufacture of aeronautical parts. The Center uses both software solutions to manufacture a wide range of complex aeronautical parts on its continuous milling and mill-turn machines for its commercial clients. Its production range includes impellers, turbine blades, hydraulic cylinders, landing gears, mold cores and cavities, and 3-5 axis discrete parts. Dr Oleg Surkov, the Center’s director and an associate professor of aircraft engine manufacturing at the University, noted: “The Center’s tasks are many and varied and the CAD/CAM programs we use have to be both reliable and robust given the fine detail involved in producing often complex, high quality

SPRING Technologies has a 30-year track record as a vendor of solutions that enable manufacturers to optimize ROI on their NC machines, maximizing productivity and reducing costs. Now, SPRING Technologies announces the latest version of NCSIMUL Machine 9.1, its flagship machining simulation software. THE MAIN NEW FEATURES OF NCSIMUL MACHINE 9.1 Highlights Simulation of composite material laying Complete integration of the NCdoc document publication module Automated functions to enhance user experience Simulation of COMPOSITE MATERIAL LAYING The result of several years’ collaboration with major aerospace customers, NCSIMUL Machine 9.1 today makes it possible to replicate material laying processes executed by Numerical Control machines. Just as it does in conventional machining, NCSIMUL Machine 9.1 decodes all types of NC programs, representing the complete machine environment in 3D to identify and analyze programming errors and collisions. The “Composite” option of this version also enables a dynamic representation of fiber ribbon laying, taking into consideration the 3D form of the carbon

Infolytica Corporation announces today that MagNet for SolidWorks, an entirely new software package developed by the company, will be officially launched in 2014. SolidWorks® users who need to design and analyze electromagnetic or electromechanical devices can use this new tool directly in their preferred CAD environment. MagNet for SolidWorks is an entirely new product from Infolytica Corporation which embeds an electromagnetic field simulator as an add-in to Solidworks 2013 or later. It uses the same 3D EM finite element technology that is in the company’s MagNet 2D/3D simulation software. The advantage is a device can be simulated and analyzed with Infolytica’s electromagnetic solver technology directly in Solidworks’ native solid modeling system without any geometric translation or model import. Using just one environment for modeling and design is both convenient and more efficient for the user. More details about the first version of MagNet for SolidWorks will be available in the first quarter of

Aras® today announced from the exhibit floor of SolidWorks® World 2014 (booth #434) availability of the latest release of Aras Enterprise PLM (EPLM) for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM (EPDM). The new release features a series of CAD-focused enhancements enabling best-in-class multi-CAD performance for companies running SolidWorks that also need to manage designs in CATIA V5, NX, Creo and other MCAD and ECAD applications. Additional highlights include TRUaras secure cloud-based file exchange, Windows 8, IE10, Windows Server 2012 and SQL Server 2012 support along with a series of other scalability, performance and usability improvements. See a Demo of Aras EPLM and Learn More at: http://www.aras-eplm.com/ Aras EPLM is the best PLM software for global businesses that rely on SolidWorks and have complex products and processes. Built on top of SolidWorks EPDM, Aras EPLM is a full-featured PLM suite that extends EPDM with a Web-based interface and business processes for cross-functional collaboration throughout the company