Delcam Appoints Pete Baxter as VP, Delcam Ltd

BIRMINGHAM, UK, Feb 4, 2015 - Manufacturing software developer Delcam announces that Pete Baxter has been appointed to lead Delcam in the new role of Vice President. Pete joins Delcam from its parent company, Autodesk, Inc, where he was a Vice President of Sales and served as the country manager for Autodesk in the United Kingdom.

"I’m thrilled to announce the appointment of Pete Baxter as Vice President, Delcam Ltd.,” said Buzz Kross, Autodesk senior vice president, Design, Lifecycle and Simulation. "In his new role, Pete will be responsible for managing the global Delcam business, and for leading the company in the next stage of its growth. Pete brings to Delcam extensive leadership experience and knowledge that will be critical in helping Delcam develop closer connections to Autodesk, to the benefit of both organizations and our customers.”

"I am delighted to be joining Delcam, and helping create the next generation of manufacturing software,” said Pete Baxter, Vice President, Delcam, Ltd. "The company has an unrivalled reputation for the support and industry-leading products it offers to manufacturing companies around the world. I look forward to working with Delcam’s staff and reseller channel to accelerate the growth of the business and to deliver an even better manufacturing experience to our customers.”

Pete joined Autodesk in 2004, most recently serving as a Vice President in the Autodesk Worldwide Sales organization. Prior to that, he held a number of other sales and management roles, including head of sales for Northern Europe, where he was responsible for sales across the Manufacturing, AEC, Media and Entertainment industries. Previously, Pete held management positions at companies including Revit Technology Corporation, Bentley Systems and PTC.

For more information, visit http://www.delcam.com.

Dassault ENOVIA VPM V1 R6 PTF35 Program Directory Available

Feb 4, 2015 - Dassault ENOVIA VPM Version 1 Release 6 PTF35 program directory is now available online.

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csimsoft Releases Trelis SpaceClaim Add-in

AMERICAN FORK, UTAH, USA, Feb 3, 2015 - csimsoft, a leading developer of simulation pre-processing tools for CFD and FEA, announced the release of the Trelis SpaceClaim Add-in, a mesh generation add-in for the popular ANSYS SpaceClaim 3D modeling software that allows designers to quickly create new designs and automatically mesh their design iterations for FEA and CFD analysis.

The SpaceClaim add-in includes Trelis Lite 15.1, a lite version of csimsoft's popular Trelis geometry preparation and mesh generation software. Trelis Lite produces high-quality triangle and tetrahedral meshes using MeshGems™ from Distene, the recognized world leader in triangle and tetrahedral meshing technologies. Trelis Lite contains support for assessing mesh quality and establishing boundary conditions, material properties, and other parameters necessary for analysis. The mesh can be exported for analysis in various solver formats.

Trelis is based on time-proven technology developed for more than two decades in conjunction with Sandia National Laboratories. Trelis provides users with powerful meshing tools that specifically meet their pre-processing needs through robust geometry preparation and high-quality mesh generation for FEA and CFD analysis.

About csimsoft

csimsoft is a globally recognized developer of engineering simulation solutions for computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis. Having pioneered mesh creation algorithms in the late 1980s, csimsoft now provides end users and OEM partners with high-end geometry preparation and mesh generation solutions to many of the largest commercial and academic institutions worldwide. csimsoft is headquartered in American Fork, Utah. For more information, visit www.csimsoft.com.

Author Malcom Gladwell to Speak At PTC Live Global 2015

NEEDHAM, MA, USA, Feb 3, 2015 - A smart, connected world mandates that manufacturers must transform their businesses by challenging traditional assumptions. PTC (Nasdaq: PTC), announced that Malcom Gladwell, New York Times bestselling author of Tipping Point, Blink, Outliers, David and Goliath, and one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people, will draw from concepts previously explored in his writings and experiences to inspire the PTC Live Global audience to consider the unconventional and act with a sense of urgency in this fast-paced Internet of Things (IoT) world.

PTC Live Global will offer keynotes, industry insights perspectives, product roadmaps and demos, customer case studies and training opportunities for those who want to create value in a smart, connected world. The conference will offer attendees the opportunity to network with thousands of their peers and understand the advancements in the broad expanse of PTC technology, from CAD and PLM to Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) and Application Lifecycle Management software and solutions. There will be many opportunities to learn more about smart, connected products, their role in the IoT era and what companies can do to take advantage of what’s being called “the most disruptive technology of our time.”

With the rise of the Internet of Things, technology is being used to drive massive innovation in product and service value creation,” said Jim Heppelmann, CEO, PTC. “PTC Live Global will highlight and educate attendees about the incredible new value opportunities for those who create, operate and service products for today’s smart, connected world. I believe this will be an inspiring conference, with actionable ideas that people can implement. Our goal is to show people how they can move toward this exciting future.”

Registration for PTC Live Global 2015 now open. To register, click here. 

About PTC

PTC (Nasdaq: PTC) enables manufacturers to achieve sustained product and service advantage. The company's technology solutions transform the way products are created, operated, and serviced across the entire product lifecycle – from conception and design to sourcing and service. Founded in 1985, PTC employs over 6,000 professionals serving more than 28,000 businesses in rapidly evolving, globally distributed manufacturing industries worldwide. For more information, visit www.ptc.com.

PTC Commends Michael Porter for 20 Years of Service to Board

NEEDHAM, MA, USA, Feb 3, 2015 - PTC (Nasdaq: PTC) announced that Harvard Business School Professor Michael E. Porter will transition off its board of directors when his term expires at the company’s 2015 annual meeting in March. A professor at Harvard Business School since 1973 and a Harvard University Professor since 2001, Porter has served as a member of PTC’s board of directors for 20 years. Prof. Porter will continue to serve as a strategy adviser to the company, and will continue to collaborate closely with PTC president and CEO Jim Heppelmann in thought leadership on the impact of the rise of smart, connected products on competition and strategy.

In November, 2014 Prof. Porter co-authored with Heppelmann a seminal piece in the Harvard Business Review defining the strategic business implications of the rise of smart, connected products and the Internet of Things (IoT). This deeply thought provoking article argues that smart, connected products are disrupting value chains, transforming competition, and forcing companies to rethink everything they do. The article has already been published in more than 11 languages and 14 countries around the world and even served as a platform for discussion at the recent 2015 World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.

“It has been my distinct pleasure to serve on the PTC board and to help guide the company through two decades of growth, innovation and transformation,” said Porter. “As the world’s products become ever smarter and more connected, PTC has created a unique position in this field, and set itself up for sustainable competitive advantage. I look forward to continuing to help the Company maximize this advantage in an advisory capacity.”

Prof. Porter was first elected to PTC’s board in 1995. He most recently served as chairman of the board’s Corporate Development Committee.

“It has been my great privilege to work with Michael over these past many years and especially to co-author the recent HBR article on smart, connected products,” said Heppelmann. “As a world leader in understanding what drives business competition, growth and success, he is second to none. His impact on PTC’s strategy cannot be overstated and will be felt for many years to come. We are grateful for the tremendous contribution he has made to PTC’s success over the past two decades and we look forward to continuing to work with him in his role as strategy adviser.”

About PTC

PTC (Nasdaq: PTC) enables manufacturers to achieve sustained product and service advantage. The company's technology solutions transform the way products are created, operated, and serviced across the entire product lifecycle – from conception and design to sourcing and service. Founded in 1985, PTC employs over 6,000 professionals serving more than 28,000 businesses in rapidly evolving, globally distributed manufacturing industries worldwide. For more information, visit www.ptc.com.

C3D Labs Introduces C3D Geometric Kernel V16

MOSCOW, Russia, Feb 3, 2015 - C3D Labs is pleased to introduce C3D V16, the latest update of its professional toolset for developing engineering software. V16 extends the capabilities of C3D for creating sophisticated geometric shapes, matures its 2D/3D design functions, and adds powerful features for constructing solids composed of sheet metal.

Most of the improvements made to C3D V16 were requested by customers, fifteen as of now. Overall, the latest release of C3D features more than 100 improvements to the kernel's functionality.

What’s New in C3D V16 ?

For this release, the C3D development team focused on improved the sectioning and cutting processes, adding efficient parallel calculations within the kernel, and on securing threads for binding multiple surfaces. The geometric solver now boasts clustering, journaling, dragging, and reflection symmetry for 3D shapes, as well as advanced options for building parameterized splines. In addition, there are major changes to 2D Boolean operations.

The updated C3D converter imports data in STL and VRML formats, passes attributes during conversion, and adjusts the accuracy of exported STL models. Thanks to optimized multi-threading, data are now processed much faster during the importing of 3D models.

To improve the quality of software products, C3D Labs has extended its reference database to 350,000 3D models, and increased the total number of Boolean operations being tested daily to several million. The lab implemented support for Clang 3.5 and Visual Studio 2013 compilers, the latest C# programming language, an extended list of supported Linux builds, updated test applications for Linux, and a newly illustrated user manual.

C3D Modeler Enhancements

Among the new capabilities of C3D Modeler V16, the following are perhaps of greatest interest to customers:

• In kinematic operations, the elements of solids are cloned for a variety of positions relative to the guide path.
• Threads can now be adjusted according to the initial position and length of the hole in which it is rendered.
• Building shell rings by individual sketches with irregular faces is now performed using the constant bend radius. Building conical polygons through sheet metal bends is now performed through segmentation of the support arches.
• When building sheet metal bodies, the closure of angles is now rendered through the rotary processing of the target area. Users can set different lengths to the left and to the right of the bending extension.
• Edge fillets are created more efficiently, with dramatically fewer inaccuracies and with no building limitations, as compared to the previous versions of C3D.
• The thickness of surfaces can be based on singular (polar) points.
• The tangent line junctions of surfaces built from a web of curves are rendered more smoothly.

C3D Solver Enhancements

The C3D Solver adds a new geometric object called the “cluster.” Essentially, a cluster is a solid body with its own constraint system. Clustering is useful for arranging geometric models against a hierarchy of nested sub-assemblies. In this use case, designers can now employ the same solver instance for an entire assembly. This saves computing resources and speeds up calculations when modifying 3D models.

To facilitate the development of applications, C3D Labs has implemented journaling of all API calls in the 2D solver. All details regarding interactions of the C3D Solver are recorded automatically to file. This allows remote debugging of bugs that are reported by customers, and is especially useful because the same environment in which they use the kernel is not needed by developers.

For assemblies in which some objects are a full or partial mirrored reflection of others, C3D Solver has a new type of geometric constraint for 3D shapes: reflection symmetry. Reflection symmetry can be applied to any geometric object, such as curves on pairs of bodies or external facets.

C3D extends the number of functions used in building parameterized splines in V16. These include the following: a new dragging function; a new interpolated spline function with any type of constraint (such as those available for the ordinary NURBS curves); a new function for recognizing the types of conic sections defined as NURBS curves; and a new constraint for defining spline configurations through its points with fixed coordinates, as well as through vectors of the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd derivatives at points with the specified parameters.

C3D Converter Enhancements

The updated C3D converter adjusts the accuracy of exported STL models by three triangulation parameters. These are the maximum deflection, the maximum pivot angle of a normal curve (or surface), and the maximum length of a triangle side.

The update imports polygon models in STL and VRML formats. As well, the software now transfers attributes of items being exported, such as name, designation, and owner.

Thanks to the improved multi-threading capability, C3D V16 converts data much faster when importing models. For instance, it is 1.7 times faster for Parasolid files (x_t, x_b) and 2.2 times faster for STEP files.

About C3D

Existing customers are encouraged to download the updated kernel today. To learn more about the C3D geometric kernel, go to c3dlabs.com/en/products/c3d-kernel/

To submit your request for a C3D V16 evaluation version, register at c3dlabs.com/en/evaluation/

About C3D Labs

C3D Labs specializes in the technologically intensive market of CAD components. The company develops and markets the C3D geometric modeling kernel, which is used by developers of CAD systems and educational institutions. In 2013, C3D Labs became a resident of Skolkovo, Russia's state development office park.

For more information about C3D, visit www.c3dlabs.com/en

Delcam Launches OrthoMODEL 2015 for Custom Orthotic Insoles

BIRMINGHAM, UK, Feb 2, 2015 - Delcam has launched the 2015 version of its OrthoMODEL software for the design of custom orthotic insoles. The new release includes the ability to design three-quarter-length rigid orthotics and an extended range of corrections for rigid orthotics, plus other enhancements. 

OrthoMODEL offers ‘real-time design’ of both accommodative orthotics, ideal for patients with diabetes and for those requiring comfort insoles, and corrective orthotics, to address problems with the patient’s foot orientation and gait cycle.

The software has a direct interface to Delcam’s iQube range of scanners, all of which are able to scan the patient’s foot, foam boxes or casts. As an open system, OrthoMODEL can also import scan data from most other systems as well as create NC code for orthotics generated in other CAD systems.

The main addition to the 2015 release is the new option to create three-quarter-length rigid orthotics. The new style can be selected from the existing menu of orthotic types, with the same options to specify the size and width required for the patient.

The range of corrections that can be made to rigid devices has been extended in OrthoMODEL. Options available to be added now include extrinsic and intrinsic forefoot and rearfoot posts, as well as heel lifts and raises.

In addition, all rigid orthotics can now be designed with constant thickness across their width, even in areas with steep walls, thereby maintaining rigidity.

Other enhancements in OrthoMODEL 2015 include support for orthotics with flat heels, dynamic reporting of the pad height as a pad is adjusted, and an easier method to set up a new library of orthotics with improved error reporting if details are entered incorrectly.

As with all of Delcam’s products for the orthotics industry, the new software has been developed in association with Delcam customers from laboratories, podiatrists and orthotists around the world, coupled with Delcam’s knowledge of footwear design and manufacture gained from its relationships with leading brands.

For further details, visit lz.orthotics- cadcam.com.

Delcam Offers ArtCAM Express 2015 for $149

BIRMINGHAM, UK, Feb 2, 2015 - Delcam has added more powerful tools for the editing of vectors to its ArtCAM Express program and made the software capable of creating more complex 3D designs. The price of this entry-level version of the company’s ArtCAM artistic CAD/CAM system, which is designed for hobbyists and users new to CNC machining, remains at US $149, £99 or 125 Euros.

ArtCAM Express 2015 offers 2D drawing, over 600 free pieces of relief clip-art, and 2D and standard 3D machining functions. It provides an ideal introduction to computer-based manufacturing for companies and hobbyists involved in engraving, routing and sign-making, or other areas of decorative metalworking and woodworking. A range of modules are available to add extra design and machining functionality.

The 2015 release of ArtCAM Express allows faster creation of designs by including new tools to speed up the editing of vectors. Selection of vectors has been made easier and quicker. Simply, dragging the mouse across any area of a model now selects all the vectors either completely or partially within that area. Selection can also be made of a set of nodes, either from a single vector or from a group of vectors. Once selected, the group of vectors or the set of nodes can be edited simultaneously in either the 2D or the 3D view.

Movement of relief clipart and vectors has been made simpler and more accurate with the ability to specify the exact distance to be moved, as well as being able to move items by eye.

The ability to create and edit text has been extended so that text can be written in the 3D view. New options include writing text on a curve, as well as rotating, scaling and angling text after creation.

CNC machining is often easier if all the vectors are in either the clockwise or anticlockwise direction. ArtCAM Express can now identify all vectors created in one direction automatically, rather than having to check each vector in turn.

While ArtCAM Express does not contain any 3D design tools, users can create 3D designs for machining by importing 3D models or by using the clipart reliefs included with the software. To enable more complex 3D designs to be created, a new combine/replace mode has been added allowing reliefs to be overlapped and intersected.

For more information, visit www.artcam.com/express