The Congress on the Future of Engineering Software has a new home in 2019. Just in time for its 20th anniversary, the even will move from Scottsdale, Ariz., to Menlo Park, Calif., the heart of Silicon Valley. The conference is think-tank event where those involved with engineering technology industry come together to discuss best practices, […]

The Khronos Group of Beaverton, Ore., an open consortium of leading hardware and software companies that come together to create advanced acceleration standards, has released the OpenXR 0.90 provisional specification. OpenXR is a unifying, royalty-free, open standard that provides high-performance access to augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR)— collectively known as XR—platforms and devices. The […]

SolidWorks and Rize Inc., a maker of 3-D printing technology have joined to integrate the CAD software with Rize’s additive manufacturing capabilities. The companies announced their business partnership at SolidWorks World held in Dallas in February. The SolidWorks CAD software will now feature a 3-D print add-in from Rize Inc. The feature will streamline 3D […]

In a recent post, we detailed SolidWorks’ recently unveiled 3DExperience.Works portfolio, which brings together cross-industry applications on one platform, called the 3DExperience platform. That platform was created after Dassault Systèmes (which owns SolidWorks) acquired IQMS, an enterprise resource planning software company, late last year. We’ll give a bit more background on IQMS and what the integration […]

Dassault Systèmes executives announced the company’s 3DExperience.Works portfolio at SolidWorks World 2019, held in Dallas this week. The applications on the portfolio run on the company’s 3DExperience platform and are tailored to SolidWorks users and mid-market companies. SolidWorks executives term the set of software  a “business experience platform.” It provides software solutions for every organization […]

IronCAD, of Atlanta, has upgraded its Multiphysics for IronCAD (MPIC) 2019, the company’s integrated FEA simulation tool. In December, IronCAD released its IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite 2019. The majority of IronCAD customers are involved with the design and manufacturing of large, complex machines with many thousands of parts, factory automation layouts, and other assembly layout […]

Arvizio Inc. is expanding its software to accommodate many types of headsets. The Canadian company’s MR Studio is used for 3D visualization and collaboration in augmented, virtual and mixed reality. It can be used for design reviews, marketing demonstrations, new project pursuit, remote expert assistance and training across industries including architecture, engineering and construction; industrial engineering; […]

Konecranes, a Finnish company that makes and service cranes and lifting equipment, has implemented Siemens’ digital innovation platform to speed product development and connect product and performance data. The company is using MindSphere, an open, cloud-based Internet of Things (IoT) operating system, and the Teamcenter digital lifecycle management software to leverage the digital twin and […]

In the late 1980s, Stratasys founder Scott Crump printed a frog on a FDM printer in his kitchen. Today, students at the Anthropological Institute of the University of Zurich use Stratasys 3D printers to study the skull fragments of Neanderthal infants. To cut down on handling fragile fossils, they students scan them and reproduce 3D […]

IronCAD, the 3D computer-aided design platform for metal fabrication and custom machinery manufacturers, has been updated to IronCAD Design Collaboration Suite 2019. This is the 20th anniversary edition of the software. The software continues its performance with the large assembly designs and workflows needed by machinery manufactures. IronCAD was originally based on the idea of […]