ZWSOFT ZW3D 2012 SP2 Available in 5 Languages

This new service pack from ZWSOFT is available to many users in their local languages. The available languages are English, French, Korean, Italian and Portuguese. There will be more languages localized soon including Czech, German, Japanese, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Turkish.

For more information or to download ZW3D 2012 SP2 visit: http://www.zwsoft.com/zw3d2012sp2/index.html.

Luxion KeyShot Available with PTC Creo 2.0 Academic Edition

Luxion KeyShot 3 and PTC Creo bundle comes with the full versions of both products - PTC Creo with all apps and extensions, including PTC Creo Parametric and PTC Creo Direct, and KeyShot 3 with Animation and KeyShotVR. The license is a 1-year term license with no software expiration.

Pricing and Availability

The KeyShot 3 and PTC Creo 2.0 Academic Edition is available immediately in the PTC Web Store for $294.99 per license. Additionally, Luxion offers a special program for students, teachers and schools to adopt KeyShot as part of their curriculum. With options for full-featured single user license or floating license Lab packs, students and schools can be up and running with KeyShot in minutes on Mac or PC. For pricing and more information, visit http://keyshot.com/buy/education/.

Free Solid Edge High School Edition Available

As a part of its ongoing investment in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) education, Siemens PLM Software announces free High School Edition of its Solid Edge software for 3D computer-aided design (CAD) that is now available for educators in all secondary schools throughout the world.

The software is being made available to teachers and instructors in an effort to expose students to the same engineering and product design tools used by manufacturers worldwide, and encourage them to pursue STEM careers, thus helping address the global skills shortage in engineering and related fields.

The High School Edition of Solid Edge builds on the success of the Student Edition, which gives free access to all full- or part-time students throughout the world at any academic level. The High School Edition now gives teachers and instructors access to Solid Edge for use in both the classroom and in extra-curricular projects. By providing both educators and students with the latest 3D CAD technology that is easy-to-learn and use, Siemens aims to help educators increase student interest in STEM. And by offering these academic editions of Solid Edge at no cost, Siemens is helping to address the persistent tightening of school budgets.

The High School Edition of Solid Edge contains Siemens PLM Software’s unique synchronous technology, which combines the speed and flexibility of direct modeling with the precise control of dimension-driven design. Schools will have access to the full function modules of Solid Edge drafting, sheet metal, surfacing and advanced assembly design.

Educators can download a free 12-month academic site license at www.siemens.com/plm/solid-edge-highschool. The 12 month, free license can be renewed on an annual basis.

ZW3D Design Challenge - Holiday Edition on GrabCAD.com, Last 8 Days!

ZWSOFT announces a holiday design challenge on GrabCAD.com. Participants will use ZW3D CAD/CAM software to design Christmas gifts. The contest takes place from November 1st to 30th. Winner to get $700 + 3D print + 3Dconnexion SpacePilot Pro 3D Mouse, in prize.

For more information, visit http://grabcad.com/challenges/zw3d-design-challenge-holiday-edition.

GRAITEC Releases Advance Steel 2012 Service Pack 2

GRAITEC Advance Steel 2012 Service Pack 2 has a set of enhancements and provides the following advantages to users:

• International catalogs additions: Advance Steel libraries have been extended for profiles such as Zed and C Australian sections.
• More efficient modifications: The user can now modify all anchors in fewer clicks using the multi-edit function which now also works with anchors.
• Detailing of complex beams: Polybeams (such as beams created from polylines) can be automatically detailed with an unfold representation and the correct display of holes and bolts which are part of them.
• BOM on drawing enhancements: Service Pack 2 provides more choices to define the BOM on drawing template with new options such as creating formulas with divisions ("/").
• GRAITEC Advance manager: The tool which helps users to control all global settings and have a direct access to the databases of the software has been enhanced concerning the table editor.
• General reliability: performance and stability updates.

Users can download Service Pack 2 from GRAITEC Advantage web site at www.graitec.com/advantage.

ESI Opens Office in Yekaterinburg, Russia

ESI Group, pioneer and world-leading solution provider in virtual prototyping for manufacturing industries, announces the opening of an office in Yekaterinburg, Russia.

ESI’s new address in Russia:

Mecas ESI,
Vainera str. 51b, 3rd floor, 620014,
Yekaterinburg,
Russian Federation

Registration Opens for Technology Course on Verification, Validation and Model Updating

Dynamic Design Solutions opens registrations for the 3-days technology course on Verification, Validation and Updating of Finite Element (FE) Models for Structural Analysis, which will take place on March 20-22, 2013 in Leuven, Belgium.

This course is suitable for anyone interested in learning the state-of-the-art in finite element model validation and updating. Participants typically have a background in CAE, engineering quality assurance, structural dynamics, modal testing, noise and vibration troubleshooting. The methods shown can be applied to a wide range of industrial applications.

The fee for this 3-day course is 950 euro per person and will be charged by invoice. This fee includes value added tax* (21 %), course materials, lunches and refreshments.

For more information and registration click here.

Note: All presentations will be in English.

Nemetschek Releases Vectorworks 2013 Spanish, Portuguese Versions

Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc., a provider of CAD and Building Information Modeling (BIM) software solutions, is pleased to announce the release of the Spanish-language version of the Vectorworks 2013 line of design software, including: Vectorworks Designer, Architect, Landmark, Spotlight, Fundamentals and Renderworks. Nemetschek also released Vectorworks 2013 line of products Portuguese version in Brazil on November 13.

The Spanish-language version will be available throughout the Americas, the Caribbean and Spain.

All Spanish- and Portuguese-language customers have the option to become members of the subscription program Vectorworks Service Select, which includes access to Vectorworks Cloud Services. Language options vary by country.

For Vectorworks 2013 Spanish-language brochures, FAQs, videos and other materials, click here. To learn more about Vectorworks 2013 software, visit www.vectorworks.net/2013.