Prostep AG of Darmstadt, Germany has added new functions to its PDF Generator 3D software to enables 3D PDF documents to be created automatically and to be published on the web. The company makes product lifecycle management software for publishing 2D and 3D content. Version 8 now allows both the export of 3D data to […]

In January, Siemens PLM Software will begin delivering its NX CAD design and analysis software in a continuous release model. This means the software updates are produced in short cycles and are released at any time. The approach helps reduce the cost, time, and risk of delivering changes by allowing for more incremental updates to […]

Siemens made two big announcements this week: the latest release of Solid Edge computer-aided design software, as well as an upgrade to its Simcenter Testlab software. Formerly LMS Test.Lab, the analysis tool is a suite of data collection, analytics, and modeling systems for test-based performance engineering. It’s most often used in noise and vibration, acoustics, […]

The maker of 3D portable measurement technologies, Creaform, recently launched Creaform Academia, a new suite of 3D measurement tools designed especially for the academic market. The new product is a suite of tools designed for teachers and researchers who want to to integrate 3D scanning into their classroom. It allows them to educate future engineers […]

Propel, of Santa Clara, Calif., which makes product lifecycle management software, has introduced two new solutions in its most recent 2018 release intended to help companies improve product compliance and deepen customer trust. They are a specification management and compliance solution and a training records management solution. All Propel customers get these capabilities as part […]

Siemens recently launched its Additive Manufacturing Network, an online collaborative platform to bring on-demand design and engineering expertise, knowledge, digital tools, and production capacity for industrial 3D printing to the global manufacturing industry. The venture was first announced at Hannover Messe 2017 and is planned for rollout in mid-2018. The April launch is an early […]

Since the JT open standard became ISO certified in 2012 and then ISO-revised in 2017, the 3D data format, many, if not most, CAD programs have adopted JT functionality. JT is a standardized 3D data format used for product visualization, collaboration, CAD data exchange, and sometimes for long-term data retention. The JT file format can […]

OnScale recently released its a solver-as-a-service platform called OnScale Cloud. The platform addresses demand for computer-aided engineering (CAE) and cloud computing resources to solve engineering challenges in areas such as, Internet of Things (IoT), Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), sensors, biomedical and smart car industries, according to Ian Campbell, OnScale’s chief executive officer. “The CAE/HPC space is ripe […]

Wohlers Associates notes the dramatic rise in the metal additive manufacturing industry in its recently released Wohlers Report 2018. The consultancy in Fort Collins, Colo., tracks the additive manufacturing (also called 3D printing) industry. The overall additive industry continues to grow at a rapid pace, with easily metal keeping up. In 2016, an estimated 983 […]

A component that embeds the RomaxDesigner process into Dassault Systèmes’ Simulia Isight application is now available. Engineering analysts can use the component to combine detailed driveline models within their Simulia Isight process, bringing its automation, integration and optimization capabilities to bear on the driveline discipline. Simulia Isight is used for simulation-based, repeatable, automated design processes. […]