CATIA Composer R2018 GA Program Directory Available

May 28, 2017- Dassault CATIA Composer R2018 GA program directory is now available online

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ZWSOFT Releases CADbro 2016 3D CAD Viewer

GUANGZHOU, China, May 4, 2016 - ZWSOFT, an innovative supplier of CAD solutions for the AEC and MCAD industries, announces the release of a full-featured and budget-friendly 3D CAD viewer, CADbro, for anyone to access, annotate & analyse engineering data, delivering highly efficient internal & external cooperation with greatly shortened time-to-market and largely saved project investment.

"ZWSOFT has leveraged its years of MCAD experience to develop this powerful yet simple-to-learn 3D CAD viewer, CADbro,” said Colin Lin, Director of ZW3D Overseas Business. “It will deliver superior experience and value to those who want to view and communicate CAD data.”

Directly reading virtually all major CAD formats with streamlined & easy-to-use UI

With over 20 major 3D CAD & neutral formats, like CATIA, NX, Creo/ProE, SolidWorks, Parasolid, STEP, DWG/DXF and STL etc., supported in CADbro, users can easily access & interact with 3D CAD data without expensive CAD licenses. Moreover, CADbro has also incorporated smart commands to detect open edges and perform quick healing, if required.

The seamless connectivity with engineering data makes CADbro a perfect solution to be deployed throughout any organization.

Vividly adding 3D annotations to share complex 3D product data and highlight specific areas

CADbro ships with topnotch 3D annotating functionalities, allowing even periodic users, like program managers, estimators, sales or marketers, to add dimensions, tolerance, symbols, or texts directly to the 3D models, saving the great complexity and expenditure of maintaining dozens of CAD platforms.

In a word, CADbro will help users focus and highlight certain areas of CAD files that are most vital to their particular projects.

Easily analysing & verifying engineering data for better interaction and more accurate quotation

CADbro is packed with diversified query & analysis tools, so salespersons can take measurements to estimate and quote accurately without disturbing CAD engineers; project managers can verify the manufacturability of product structure and assembly without cumbersome and costly CAD platforms.

Premium features provided for simple but smart editing

Apart from the above handy features, CADbro has also incorporated flexible editing technologies, like Direct Edit, Curve Creating and Shape/Part Transfer, making it possible for users to make some tweaks on 3D CAD models.

For more information about CADbro, visit click here.

About ZWSOFT

ZWCAD Software Co., Ltd. is an international CAD software provider through its network of over 300 partners in 80+ countries and regions. Its product ZWCAD is used by CAD designers across the AEC and MCAD industries. For more information, visit http://www.zwsoft.com/.

ZW3D 2016 Released

GUANGZHOU, China, Mar 30, 2016 - ZW3D, one of the world's leading suppliers of advanced CAD/CAM solutions for the manufacturing industry, announced the availability of ZW3D 2016, a full-featured & pro-level CAD/CAM program designed for Product Design and Operations alike, to smoothen interaction and shorten time-to-market.

Like most of 3D CAD programs, ZW3D 2016 is embedded with numerous powerful & comprehensive functionalities, like new 3D sketch for efficient piping design, new alignment for quicker assembly and expansive FTI for much-advanced sheet metal etc., allowing mechanics & engineers to explore design ideas, visualize concepts, and simulate designs. It also includes some easy-to-learn & entry-level functions to link operation departments in the following approaches:

Import & Healing

Data interoperability matters a lot in product development. For the engineering department, the ability to reuse rather than re-create modeling data will save countless hours; for others, the ability to access internal and external data will minimize communication costs.

In ZW3D 2016, the built-in file translator ensures seamless data exchange with mainstream CAD programs, like Catia, NX, Creo, SoldWorks, STEP, JT, Parasolid and much more, in latest file formats. Plus, abundance of healing & freeform tools enables quick detection & restoration of imported models.

Drawing Review & Direct Edit

Model Checking is vital to safeguard the manufacturability & quality of products. For procurement, ZW3D can help calculate mass properties and stock size of geometries before purchasing; for CAD managers, a series of verification tools, like thickness analysis, interference check & dynamic section view, etc., are provided to inspect product structure and assembly reasonability before releasing the design data downstream.

Plus, with the much-more stable Direct Edit technologies in ZW3D 2016, the pinpointed problems in the previous checking process can be easily fine-tuned, if required.

3D Annotation

Annotating is to upgrade the paper-based collaboration into digital one. Engineers can define dimensions & annotations vividly on 3D models with the newly-developed PMI in ZW3D 2016, which allows their collaborators who don’t work with CAD to be highly engaged in product development. This will help speed up interaction, avoid project delays and boost productivity.

File Output

Offering proper files to corresponding users is crucial to the cross-department and cross-company interactions. ZW3D 2016 comes with much improved 2D sheet, delivering rapid and precise generation of various standard 2D sheets and BOM table from parts or assembly. Moreover, designs in ZW3D can be exported to STEP, IGES, STL, Parasolid, SAT, CATIA & 3D PDF files etc.

“This new release is our attempt to expand the reach of ZW3D,” said Colin Lin, Director of ZW3D Overseas Business. “By developing simple-to-learn & use solutions to both CAD users and ordinary people.”

About ZW3D CAD/CAM

ZW3D is cost-effective CAD/CAM software for 3D modeling, mold design, and machining, which takes engineers from concept to finished product in one easy-to-use, single collaborative environment. For more information, visit http://www.zwsoft.com/ZW3D/ or follow ZWSOFT on facebook.

Datakit Adds Plug-ins to ThinkDesign Import Bundle

LYON, France, Mar 27, 2016 - Datakit, a leading CAD data exchange company offers two new import plug-ins for ThinkDesign. They enable ThinkDesign users to import files in JT (.jt) and Rhino (.3dm) formats in ThinkDesign very easily.

These imports have been added to the ThinkDesign import bundle without changing its price. This package of 12 import plug-ins remains at the price of € 3000!

All new purchasers of an import bundle for ThinkDesign, as well as users who already have this bundle with an up to date maintenance can therefore take advantage of this new import formats right now!

About Datakit 

Datakit is a private held and leading company founded in 1994 specialized in CAD data exchange solutions and services. It offers stand-alone converters, plug-ins and SDK that import, analyze and export models. Datakit exposes a wide range of geometrical and semantic data through its various range of products. It also provides services that aid in the migration of CAD databases and help customers choose the best data transfer solutions. It works closed to the Independent Software Vendors that currently integrate its CAD Data exchange solutions as components to their own software. For more information, visit www.datakit.com.

ZW3D 2016 Beta Released

GUANGZHOU, China, Jan 25, 2015 - ZW3D, one of the world's leading suppliers of advanced CAD/CAM solutions for the manufacturing industry, today announced the availability of ZW3D 2016 Beta, delivering much more collaborative product design to connect seamlessly your upstream & downstream partners.

"We’ve been devoted to developing innovative and better CAD products for over a decade,” said Colin Lin, Director of ZW3D Overseas Business, “And this time, ZW3D 2016 Beta comes with numerous enhancements to be even easier and more intuitive to learn and use. ”

Simplifying Manufacturing Processes with Newly-added PMI

One of the most significant features of ZW3D 2016 Beta is the newly-developed PMI(Product Manufacturing Information). Designers can define technique information, such as geometric dimensions, 3D annotations, surface finish and material specifications, directly on the 3D entities to guide the manufacturing process. This will help speed up interaction, streamline production and cut quotation time.

Diversifying Sketching Options with New 3D Sketch

3D sketchis another milestone to verify ZW3D’s progress in facilitating extremely easy-to-use and vivid modeling atmosphere. With common 2D sketch, everything is projected into the flat plane, leaving all constraints to be manipulated two- dimensionally. Now, users are free to snap or constrain sketches to any faces or 3D wireframe entities. 

Empowering Data Connectivity with Upgraded File Translator

The new version takes its powerful & seamless data interoperability technology to an even higher level, supporting up-to-date file formats of mainstream solutions, like NX 10, Catia V4/V5/V6,Creo 3.0, Inventor V2016, Parasolid 28.1+ & ACIS 2016 etc., to smoothen the interaction with suppliers or partners, minimize costs of data exchange and reduce data errors.

In terms of CAM module, ZW3D 2016 Beta includes numerous improvements on the robustness and accuracy of 3X Quick Mill in roughing and finishing, like new path pattern guide, simplified cut boundary setting & new region order control etc.

About ZW3D CAD/CAM

ZW3D, an integrated CAD/CAM solution designed for the complete product development process, features the fastest kernel for Solid-surface Hybrid Modeling, non-solid mold parting and smart CNC Machining tactics from 2 axis to 5 axis. It brings customers endless benefits such as reduced costs, optimized design workflow and improved efficiency. For more information, visit http://www.zwsoft.com/zw3d/.

Dassault CATIA Composer R2016 Refresh2 Program Directory Available

Aug 26, 2015 - Dassault CATIA Composer R2016 Refresh2 program directory is now available online.

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Datakit Releases CAD Data Exchange Tools v2015.3

LYON, France, Jul 1, 2015 - Datakit, a leading CAD data exchange company, releases the version 2015.3 of its CAD formats reading and writing interfaces.

This version offers several new features:

• The Siemens NX format writing is now available.
• The writing of SOLIDWORKS and COLLADA formats and the reading of SOLID EDGE 2D format have been added to CrossCad/Ware SDK, enabling software vendors to support these formats in their own software.
• The latest versions Inventor 2016 and CATIA V6R2014x are now supported.

These improvements benefit to:

• Components provided by Datakit to software vendors (CrossCad/Ware), enabling them to support many CAD formats in their own software.
• The stand-alone converter CrossManager, enabling users to convert their CAD files very easily and quickly in dozens of different CAD formats without requiring any third-party software license.
• CrossCad/Plg (regarding the support of new versions): These plug-ins add functionalities to CAD software such as Rhino, SOLIDWORKS, ThinkDesign and Open CASCADE, to import or export formats that are not natively supported.

About Datakit

Datakit is a private held and leading company founded in 1994 specialized in CAD data exchange solutions and services. It offers stand-alone converters, plug-ins and SDK that import, analyze and export models. Datakit exposes a wide range of geometrical and semantic data through its various range of products. It also provides services that aid in the migration of CAD databases and help customers choose the best data transfer solutions. It works closed to the Independent Software Vendors that currently integrate its CAD Data exchange solutions as components to their own software. For more information, visit www.datakit.com.

TraceParts Adds 6 CAD Formats to Support Rendering, Gaming, 3D Animation

ST. ROMAIN, France, Jan 22, 2015 - TraceParts, a world-leading digital engineering 3D content company, has recently added 6 new CAD formats to its growing list of supported formats.

The newest CAD additions to the TracePartsOnline.net platform include PLY, COLLADA, OFF, WAVEFRONT OBJ, VTK and THREE JS, among several more, opening a new world of possibilities to a community of design professionals for rendering, gaming or 3D animation purposes. These formats join an established group of long supported formats for all the most popular native CAD software including SOLIDWORKS, CATIA, Pro/ENGINEER & Creo, Inventor, AutoCAD, Solid Edge, TopSolid, Geomagic Design, Kompas 3D, SpaceClaim, SketchUp, Autodesk REVIT, ZW3D, Draftsight, HiCAD, TurboCAD, T-FLEX.

TracePartsOnline.net offers a robust solution to shorten product development time by offering both native and neutral CAD formats, providing interoperability and versatility for use with any CAD software from design to manufacture.

With the vast range of formats we now support on TracePartsOnline.net, designers and engineers have the utmost flexibility when downloading a model using whatever format they need. They no longer need to worry when sending a 3D model to a colleague, a client or a supplier, as they know there will always be a format compatible with whatever CAD software they use, said Bertrand Cressent, Product Manager at TraceParts.

About TraceParts

TraceParts is a world-leading digital engineering 3D content company, offering progressive business solutions through powerful web based products and services. TraceParts brings targeted and cost-effective market penetration to parts vendors, in all sectors of industry.

The TracePartsOnline.net CAD portal is freely available to millions of CAD users worldwide, with hundreds of supplier catalogs and 100 million CAD models and product datasheets suitable for the Design, Purchasing, Manufacturing and Maintenance processes. For more information about TraceParts, visit www.traceparts.com.

Delcam PartMaker Viewer 2015 R2 Available

BIRMINGHAM, UK, Oct 25, 2014 - Delcam releases PartMaker Viewer 2015 R2. 

 

The new features in PartMaker Viewer 2015 R2 includes:

• support to reading CATIA V5 CGR files and JT annotation
• support to reading AutoCAD Inventor 2015 files
• support to reading and writing "STL 2.0" additive manufacturing format (AMF) files

To download PartMaker Viewer 2015 R2, click here.

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.

ANSYS Licenses Datakit Translation Technology

LYON, France, Dec 26 - Datakit, a leading CAD Data Exchange Company announces that ANSYS, a global leader and innovator of engineering simulation software, has licensed Datakit translation technology for inclusion in ANSYS translation products.

ANSYS is using Datakit technology to extend the range of CAD formats supported and improve translation capabilities in the ANSYS geometry interface offerings. New geometry interfaces for JT and CATIA V6 leveraging Datakit technology were introduced with the ANSYS 15.0 release in December. These are standalone interfaces that may be used without a locally installed CAD system.

"We're very excited to have ANSYS license our data exchange technology," said Francis Cadin, CEO of Datakit. "Datakit is committed to providing the best in translation technology for CAD/CAM/CAE software vendors and ANSYS selection of Datakit technology reflects the quality of technology and support we have achieved based on this commitment."

About ANSYS, Inc.

Founded in 1970, ANSYS employs more than 2,500 professionals, many of them expert in engineering fields such as finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, electronics and electromagnetics, and design optimization. Headquartered south of Pittsburgh, U.S.A., ANSYS has more than 75 strategic sales locations throughout the world with a network of channel partners in 40+ countries. For more information, visit www.ansys.com.

About Datakit

Datakit is a private held and leading company founded in 1994 specialized in CAD data exchange solutions and services. It offers stand-alone converters, plug-ins and SDK that import, analyze and export models. Datakit exposes a wide range of geometrical and semantic data through its various range of products. It also provides services that aid in the migration of CAD databases and help customers choose the best data transfer solutions. It works closed to the Independent Software Vendors that currently integrate its CAD Data exchange solutions as components to their own software. For more information, visit www.datakit.com.

Dassault CATIA V4R2.5 SP 30 Program Directory Available

Dassault's CATIA Version 4 Release 2.5 (V4R2.5) Service Pack 30 program directory is now available online.

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AutoForm-QuickLink Exchanges CAD Data in AutoFormplus and CATIA, NX

WILEN B WOLLERAU, Switzerland, Oct 29 - AutoForm Engineering GmbH, the leading supplier of software solutions for the sheet metal forming industry, has developed AutoForm-QuickLink, a software for bi-directional fast and easy data exchange between AutoFormplus and CAD systems. This software enables process design departments to enhance their work efficiency through more effective collaboration with both in-house and external departments.

AutoForm-QuickLink, AutoForm’s latest software, links AutoForm's expertise in sheet metal forming process simulation with the powerful design functionalities of the CATIA and NX environments. This software is particularly beneficial during the tool design stage, when a die layout is defined and validated for the complete sheet metal forming process.

AutoForm-QuickLink allows for bi-directional data transfer between AutoForm^plus and CAD in both CATIA and NX

There are two major user applications for AutoForm-QuickLink:

• Data export from AutoFormplus into the CAD environment after die-face concept validation carried out in AutoFormplus. Based on the imported process data, CAD users can design the process further. Users who work in the CATIA environment can take advantage of AutoForm-ProcessDesignerforCATIA to rapidly generate CAD quality surfaces in the CATIA environment. Users who work in the NX environment can successfully carry out this procedure using NX native functionalities.
• Data export from CAD systems into the AutoFormplus environment after CAD creation of die faces for final validation simulations carried out in AutoFormplus, including optimization loops.

In both user applications, consistent and fast bi-directional data transfer with AutoForm-QuickLink leads to significant speedup as well as the effective prevention of errors which may occur during manual import and export operations. AutoForm-QuickLink ensures efficient data exchange and improves data consistency, transparency and usability.

Dr. Markus Thomma, Corporate Marketing Director of AutoForm Engineering, stated: "With AutoForm-QuickLink, CAD users can significantly speed up the CAD design process. This software allows for the selective import and export of geometry and process data between AutoFormplus and CAD systems. Users can easily modify geometry, part position, tipping and cam directions while remaining within the CAD environment. AutoForm-QuickLink also allows for the consistent naming and nomenclature as well as the transfer of the complete operation structure. With all these new features, this innovative software ensures seamless data flow between AutoFormplus and CAD systems and thus greatly facilitates the daily work of process design departments throughout the world."

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

GWJ Technology's eAssistant Plug-ins for Mechanical Engineering

GWJ Technology's eAssistant software is a web-based calculation software for mechanical engineering which can easily combine your calculation and design.  The eAssistant plug-in is now available for Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, Solid Edge, CATIA and Pro/E.

Features:

• Professional calculations of shafts, bearings, gears, shaft-hub-connections, springs and timing belts, etc.
• The implementation of internationally accepted standards and general guidelines (e.g., DIN, ISO, VDI, ...) is very detailed and related to practice.
• Calculation reports in HTML and PDF format
• User-friendly and intuitive handling for beginners and professionals

Check out here for your eAssistant CAD Plug-ins.

Datakit Releases CrossManager 2013.4 for CAD Converters

Datakit announces CrossManager 2013.4 update for CAD converters, along with plugins and SDK toolkits.

CAD Formats update

Latest release comes with several CAD readers updates including SolidWorks 2014 beta, SolidEdge ST6 and CATIA V6 R2013X. For up-to-date version information, click here.

Additionally datakit import/export SolidWorks plugins have been tested compatible with SolidWorks 2014 beta.

To download CrossManager, click here.

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