ThingWorx 8.5 combines new capabilities with domain-specific solutions to serve the digital transformation needs of industrial enterprises worldwide. Among the new and enhanced capabilities are tools that simplify the composition and deployment of solutions. Customers will be able to configure applications faster and deploy them across multiple sites and geographies. For those who want more […]
PTC adds AI and generative design to its CAD portfolio with acquisition of Frustum
PTC announced that it has acquired Frustum Inc., an advanced generative design software company, for approximately $70 million. Frustum’s technology for generative design leverages artificial intelligence (AI) to generate design options. PTC says it is a transformative addition to the PTC Creo portfolio. Based in Boulder, Colorado, Frustum offers patented desktop and cloud-based engineering software […]
PTC Announces Creo 4.0 for Smarter Design
PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) announced the release of the latest version of its Creo 4.0 3D CAD software. Creo 4.0 introduces new capabilities for Internet of Things (IoT), additive manufacturing, augmented reality, and model-based definition (MBD). Creo 4.0 aids smarter design with an array of core modeling enhancements and new functions. With this latest release of […]
Design Must “Get Smart” in the IoT World
Once upon a time, products consisted of mechanical components. Much thought and brainstorming went into the best ways to design these components to make them function better than competing products. Life for product designers and engineers became more complicated when products began including electrical parts, as mechanical design and electrical design are often done on […]
New Technologies Ushering in the Maker Movement
by Barb Schmitz, Senior Editor Over the past several years, there’s been a confluence of new technologies that have given birth to a trend referred to as the “maker” movement, or the democratization of design. Members of this movement, the so-called “makers,” are people who can conceive, design and build products, with a healthy assist […]
ETRAGE Announces PTC Windchill-SharePoint Integration App
ETRAGE, a systems integration and design process automation company, announced at PTC Live Global that it’s releasing Windchill EasySearch app for PTC Windchill PDMLink for CAD files and documents. A little background on ETRAGE: The company has been building solutions for PTC customers that help automate viewable file creation and management, integrate PTC Windchill with […]
ETRAGE Demonstrates a Better Way to Share Files with SubContractors
ETRAGE LLC, a systems integration software company, will be presenting a solution that will make it easier for companies to provide access to 2D and 3D design files for their subcontractors at this year’s PTC’s Live Global Conference in Boston, June 15-17. The presentation will describe the process of how ETRAGE customer COM DEV Ltd. […]
Behavioral Changes Needed to Switch from History-based to Direct Modeling
Participants in yesterday’s “The Pros and Cons of History-based and Direct Modeling Paradigms” webinar heard from three leading experts on the strengths and weaknesses of both modeling approaches as well as where each modeling approach shines throughout the product development process. We learned that both tools are useful though some are better suited for particular […]
PTC Acquires Platform Developer ThingWorx
Coming in right under the wire in 2013 was the announcement that PTC had acquired ThingWorx, a tech developer of an application platform designed to rapidly build Internet of Things and Machine-to-Machine (M2M) applications. Your first question might be “what’s ThingWorx?” The Chester County, PA-based company develops what it calls the “1st Application Platform for […]
Mathcad for free
Mathcad, from PTC, is one of my favorite computer math systems. It’s one of those “just right” programs for engineers: It’s far better for doing engineering calculations than Excel, but is a lot easier to learn and use than Matlab. Here’s a splashy video that shows what can be done with Mathcad: PTC has just […]
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