Aras EPLM for SolidWorks EPDM Released

SAN DIEGO, CA, Jan 28, 2014 - Aras, the next leader in enterprise Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software, announced from the exhibit floor of SolidWorks World 2014 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.

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 and across the supply chain.

"We understand that SolidWorks users with complex global design environments need better multi-CAD capabilities for faster performance and greater scalability than they've been able to get from the other major PLM systems," said John Sperling, Vice President of Product Management at Aras. "By unifying our CAD data model across mechanical and electronics and enhancing our APIs, we are delivering a new level of multi-CAD management performance in this release of Aras EPLM."

Best In Class Multi-CAD Performance

A 10X increase in speed and 10X reduction in memory make Aras EPLM the fastest PLM platform for Multi-CAD check-in / check-out. The check in / out process for entire CAD assembly structures is automated and streamlined with new check-in / check-out manager capabilities.

A rapid status check for an entire CAD structure, a single compressed metadata commit and high-performance parallel, asynchronous file check-ins for each level of the CAD structure give Aras EPLM users greater reliability and faster performance.

Cloud-based Secure File Exchange

Aras EPLM now embeds file transfer capabilities called TRUaras from Trubiquity, a global provider of secure file exchange services in the Cloud. TRUaras is a free service for companies that run Aras which provides unlimited transactions with no file size limitation.

With TRUaras users can securely share and exchange large CAD assemblies, technical data packages, manufacturing data, inspection and test results and other intellectual property with full tracking and traceability.

Expanded Microsoft Platform Support

Aras EPLM now supports Windows 8, Internet Explorer 10, Windows Server 2012 and Microsoft SQL Server 2012 taking full advantage of the Microsoft platform products for the scalability and manageability required by global companies.

Additional Highlights include:

• Check-in / Check-out Manager automated conflict detection
• Drag & Drop files from Browser Interface to Windows Folders
• Improved One-Click Excel & Word Data Export
• New Visual Indicators in the Grid Display
• New User Personalization and Configuration Capabilities
• Expanded Multi-Level Table of Contents Navigation
• Affected Items Impact Matrix Improvements
• Multi-language Installer Capabilities
• Silent Installer for Virtual Machines, Server Farms and Cloud Environments

About Aras EPLM

Aras Enterprise PLM for SolidWorks Enterprise PDM is a business-ready solution for product lifecycle processes that enables companies of all sizes to improve product quality, accelerate time to market and achieve greater profitability. Built on top of SolidWorks Enterprise PDM, Aras EPLM is a full-featured solution that provides packaged functionality out-of-the-box to extend engineering business processes across the company, with powerful capabilities including Engineering BOM Management, Enterprise Change Management, Integrated Project Management and more. Aras EPLM offers an easy-to-use look and feel in a standard Web-browser, and delivers a new level of scalability and security to companies that run SolidWorks Enterprise PDM. For more information, visit http://www.aras-eplm.com.

About Aras

We offer the best Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) software for global businesses with complex products and processes. Advanced PLM platform technology makes Aras more scalable, flexible and secure for the world's largest organizations, and a full set of applications provide complete functionality for companies of all sizes. Customers include GE, GETRAG, Hitachi, Honda, Motorola, TEVA Pharmaceuticals, Textron and XEROX. Aras is privately held with global headquarters in Andover, MA. For more information, visit www.aras.com.

Vectorworks Landmark Tutorial by Tamsin Slatter Available

Now available for pre-order, will ship on February 3.

COLUMBIA, MD, Jan 28, 2014 - Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. is pleased to announce the publication of a new training guide, Residential Garden Design with Vectorworks Landmark, Sixth Edition. In this book, author Tamsin Slatter, a leading Vectorworks Landmark expert in the U.K., covers the workflow for residential garden designers using Vectorworks Landmark with Renderworks software.

The tutorial, with an accompanying DVD, includes the typical work stages of the residential landscape designer. Readers will begin by setting up a work environment and then move through the various stages of the design process in order to create a garden plan that can be presented in both 2D and 3D. The book is designed to build a foundation of essential knowledge to help users understand the way Vectorworks software is intended to work within a design discipline.

"With the release of Vectorworks Landmark 2014, Nemetschek Vectorworks has once again improved the design process for landscape designers," said Slatter. "The new and improved 3D modeling Taper Face and Twist tools help create bespoke landscape items quickly and easily whilst the Displacement Mapping of textures further enhances the photo-realistic visuals that many designers use to convey design intent. In addition, the new Publish facility will save time for those designers needing to exchange drawings with other professionals on a regular basis. With these new tools and many other improvements, the latest edition of Residential Garden Design with Vectorworks Landmark has been produced after a complete review of processes to enable all designers to make the most of these fantastic new capabilities."

The tutorial is now available for pre-order, and will ship on February 3. Residential Garden Design with Vectorworks Landmark is part of Nemetschek Vectorworks’ collection of training tools designed for people who like to learn on their own and at their own pace. For more information and to purchase this tutorial, visit www.vectorworks.net/training/guides.php.

About Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc.

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. is the developer of Vectorworks software, a line of industry-specific CAD and BIM solutions that allow designers to easily capture, develop and communicate their ideas with accuracy and efficiency. With more than 450,000 users around the world, Vectorworks software is a global leader in 3D design technologies for the AEC, landscape and entertainment industries. Nemetschek Vectorworks was founded in 1985 and has been a part of The Nemetschek Group since its acquisition in 2000. For more information, visit www.vectorworks.net. 

About Tamsin Slatter

After a 20-year career in the IT industry and working for large corporate software firms, Tamsin Slatter realized that life was passing rather too quickly and decided to make some changes. She retrained as a garden/landscape designer and loved it. However, once starting her own practice, she realized that she needed to work more quickly in order to make her work commercially viable - and returned to her laptop. When she discovered Vectorworks software, she was rapidly hooked. Since then, she’s become a huge advocate of the product and has written training courses that are much in demand across the U.K. and worldwide - with designers travelling from the United States, Canada and various European countries to attend her training seminars. Billed as the U.K.’s leading Vectorworks expert, Tamsin runs Design Software Solutions, where she has a team of trainers who all specialize in Vectorworks software

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Germany's Matzen & Timm Selects MSC's Marc Nonlinear FEA

NEWPORT BEACH, CA, Jan 28, 2014 - MSC Software Corporation, a global leader in helping product manufacturers to advance their engineering methods with simulation software and services, announced that Matzen & Timm, a leading producer of specified hoses, bellows and other flexible connective parts made of high-quality rubber materials, has selected MSC Software's Marc nonlinear simulation solution for structural analysis.

The hoses from Matzen & Timm are used by industries where precision and capacity are important - like aircraft and automotive design. Diameter, construction, pressure loads, temperature resistance and compliance requirements are essential in their design and development. In order to meet increasingly complex performance requirements, engineers at Matzen & Timm will use Marc to perform virtual testing.

Simulation will give engineers insight into the different operating conditions, internal pressures, relative motions, and behaviors occurring during the installation of the hoses. The objective of the analysis is to assess strength, flexibility and nonlinear buckling forces. The realistic and structural-mechanical behaviors cannot be accurately predicted without the consideration of the nonlinear effects. Matzen & Timm use a combination of different materials with partly nonlinear properties. For example, soft and highly nonlinear elastomers were combined with stiff fiber reinforcements or metal components.

"The main characteristics of our hoses are lightweight construction in combination with temperature resistance," explained Matzen & Timm managing director Dirk Baumann. "They have to withstand enormous encumbrances like pressure and temperature - for example in an airplane. Marc's versatility in modeling nonlinear material behaviors and transient environmental conditions makes it ideal for Matzen & Timm, as the company develops products based on the latest materials and sophisticated production engineering."

About Matzen & Timm

Matzen & Timm produces highly specified hoses, bellows and other flexible connective parts made of high-quality rubber materials. These products are made for various applications in different industries. Wherever precision and durability is requested, the mostly handmade products of Matzen & Timm are used. The main characteristics of all products are lightweight construction in combination with high mechanical strength, flexibility, temperature resistance and the latest safety properties (flame, smoke, toxicity). Matzen & Timm is a member of the Masterflex Group. For more information, visit www.matzen-timm.de.

About MSC Software

MSC Software is one of the ten original software companies and a global leader in helping product manufacturers to advance their engineering methods with simulation software and services. As a trusted partner, MSC Software helps companies improve quality, save time, and reduce costs associated with design and test of manufactured products. Academic institutions, researchers, and students employ MSC's technology to expand individual knowledge as well as expand the horizon of simulation. MSC Software employs 1,100 professionals in 20 countries. For more information, visit www.mscsoftware.com.

China's Zhao Shi Cheng Wins Delcam Int'l Student CAM Competition

BIRMINGHAM, UK, Jan 28, 2014 - Zhao Shi Cheng, from Beijing Automatic Engineering School in China, was the winner of Delcam's latest international student CAM competition, which was held at the company's Birmingham headquarters earlier this month. Second and third places were taken by students from Korea - Won Jun, Lee from Korea Polytechnics and Hyun Keun, Byun from Jeonbuk Human Resources Development Institute.

The competition was again sponsored by cutting-tool supplier, Seco, which provided the tooling for the student’s machining projects.

In addition to China and Korea, the finalists came from Greece, Taiwan, Russia and the Ukraine. Each of the contestants had previously won the CAM competition in their region to qualify for the final in Birmingham.

For the final competition, each student was given an IGES file of a component from which they had to produce a machining program using Delcam's PowerMILL software for high-speed and five-axis machining. The various NC programs were then run on one of the high-speed machining centers within Delcam's Advanced Manufacturing Facility using a specified range of tooling supplied by Seco. All of the students were able to produce toolpaths that could be machined successfully, with the results being assessed against criteria including quality of toolpaths, machining time and surface finish.

After announcing the winner and presenting certificates to all the contestants, Delcam's Commercial Director, Bart Simpson, said "Delcam works with universities around the world, helping to train the next generation of engineers for our growing customer base. We were very pleased by the standard reached by all the students, although that was perhaps to be expected after the finalists had already won competitions in their respective countries."

"We were very appreciative of Seco for the support given by the company for the competition," added Mr. Simpson. "We hope to continue to work with Seco on a bigger event next year, where we plan to attract finalists from an increased number of countries."

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

Delcam Adds Over 1000 Videos to AMS YouTube Channel

BIRMINGHAM, UK, Jan 28, 2014 - Delcam's dedicated channel on YouTube for its Advanced Manufacturing Solutions now contains more than 1,000 videos. The Delcam AMS channel, includes product demonstrations, tutorials on new features in recent software releases, and testimonials from customers and technology partners.

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To make navigation easier, the videos have now been grouped into sections by product. There are separate playlists for each of Delcam's CAM products, PowerMILL for high-speed and five-axis machining, FeatureCAM for feature-based programming, PartMaker for programming turn-mill equipment, Swiss-type lathes and bar-fed mills, and the Delcam for SolidWorks integrated CAM system, and for the PowerSHAPE CAD system and PowerINSPECT inspection software.

Similarly, the customer testimonials are separated by industry, with individual playlists for applications such as automotive, aerospace and medical. Each testimonial details the reasons why the customer chose Delcam software and the benefits to the business since adding the programs.

What's new videos have been added for all Delcam's AMS products, highlighting functionality released periodically over the past three years. Together these videos demonstrate the huge number of new options added recently to the various programs by Delcam's development staff, the largest development team in the CAM business.

A series of CNC compatibility videos are available for FeatureCAM, PowerMILL and PartMaker. These machine-tool simulations allow visitors to check that the Delcam software is compatible with their machine tools. Videos are included for a whole spectrum of machines, including equipment from Mazak, DMG, Mori Seiki, Haas, Okuma and many more. A related group of videos details Delcam’s partnerships with a range of technology partners, including machine-tool builders and cutting-tool manufacturers.

A further section of the site is dedicated to new technology from Delcam. This includes videos demonstrating some of Delcam's latest developments including the Vortex high-speed area-clearance strategy, the PowerMILL Robot system for machining with robots and the Delcam Electrode software suite for the design, machining and inspection of electrodes.

For more information, visit www.delcam.com.

GRAPHISOFT Releases EcoDesigner STAR for ArchiCAD17

BUDAPEST, Hungary, Jan 25, 2014 - GRAPHISOFT, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) architectural software developer, has announced the launch of EcoDesigner STAR, the first software that places standard-compliant energy analysis in the heart of the architect's familiar BIM work environment. EcoDesigner STAR enables architects to design the most energy-efficient buildings, by themselves or working together with engineers or specialist consultants.

Partnering with StruSoft three years ago, the single mission was to revolutionize how sustainable design is carried out in the Building Information Modeling environment. The result of their cooperation was the realization that while "energy" continues to be primarily a concern for engineers, the most important decisions influencing the energy performance of the completed building are made by the architect.

"The combination of the BIM model with hourly energy simulation based on weather conditions and operation profiles creates a virtual reality design environment that adds another dimension to the ArchiCAD Building Information Modeling experience," said Miklos Sved, EcoDesigner Product Manager, GRAPHISOFT.

EcoDesigner STAR enables architects to use ArchiCAD's building information model (BIM) right out of the box as a building energy model (BEM), resulting in the design of highly energy efficient buildings. Furthermore, EcoDesigner STAR offers standard-compliant energy analysis on the BEM and produces a detailed building energy performance report, all within the familiar ArchiCAD design environment.

EcoDesigner STAR for ArchiCAD 17 offers:

• BIM Geometry and Thermal Property Data Export
• Thermal Bridge Simulation
• Expert Building Systems Settings
• On-Site Renewables
• Building Energy Simulation Using Standard-Compliant Analysis Engine
• Energy Performance of Thermal Blocks
• Building Energy Performance Rating

For more information about EcoDesigner STAR, click here. 

 

Availability

 

EcoDesigner STAR is currently available in the United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Sweden and South Africa. For further product information and purchase details, contact GRAPHISOFT Partner.

About StruSoft

Structural Design Software in Europe AB (StruSoft) is a Swedish innovative software development company with more than 30 years of experience in specialized software applications for the entire building industry. StruSoft's main software packages FEM-Design, WIN-Statik, PRE-Stress, IMPACT and VIP-Energy have been applied in analysis and design, precast industry, detailing and energy modeling. The software applications have been developed into well proven products, and are now used by more than 10,000 users at more than 1,000 customers in more than 20 countries around the world. For more information, visit http://www.strusoft.com/.

About GRAPHISOFT

GRAPHISOFT ignited the BIM revolution in 1984 with ArchiCAD, the industry first BIM software for architects. GRAPHISOFT continues to lead the industry with innovative solutions such as its revolutionary BIM Server, the world’s first real-time BIM collaboration environment, EcoDesigner, the world's first fully BIM-integrated "GREEN" design solution and BIMx, the world’s leading mobile app for BIM visualization. GRAPHISOFT has been a part of the Nemetschek Group since its acquisition in 2007. For more information, visit www.graphisoft.com.

GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD 17 Hotfix 5 Available

Jan 22, 2014 - GRAPHISOFT releases ArchiCAD 17 Hotfix 5 (Build 5014) for ArchiCAD and BIM Server. It is currently available through the automatic update system for INT, AUS, NZE, SWE and USA language versions. Other language versions will be released continuously.

For more information and to download this hotfix, click here.