UGS Releases Parasolid v19.0 for Geometric Modeling

UGS PLM Software, a division of Siemens Automation and Drives (A&D) and a leading global provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software and services, today announced the availability of Parasolid version 19.0 (V19.0) software, the latest release of its PLM industry-leading geometric modeling component software.

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SolidWorks 2008 Unveiled, Expected Later This Summer

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New Catia V5-to-SolidWorks Converter

Datakit, a Cad Data Exchange Leading Company, announced today that it rethinks one of its most popular converters: Catia V5 to SolidWorks. Datakit’s converters, with their unique depth of capability, have become a favourite of the SolidWorks community. These tools enable users to transfer a wealth of native data: 2D, 3D, geometric, topological, attributes, construction history, FD&T and Features with a wide choice of control parameters addressing specific user needs (choice of coordinate system, entity filtering, etc.).

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Dassault to Acquire ICEM. MCAD giant pays 51.4 million Euros for industry leading styling software

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Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 Wins 2006 Product of the Year

Desktop Engineering subscribers and website readers picked Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 from PTC as the 2006 Readers’ Choice Product of the Year, giving it the most votes out of a field of 11 other highly innovative products. In late March of this year, DE Publisher Brian Vaillancourt and I met with PTC’s VP of Product Management, MCAD, Mike Campbell, to present the award plaque. Nicole Rowe, director of corporate communications at PTC, coordinated our visit with the able assistance of Jessica Pozerski.

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Autodesk Releases Inventor 2008

Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today announced that Autodesk Inventor 2008 software, the latest release of its best-selling 3D mechanical design application, is shipping and available for purchase at www.autodesk.com and at Autodesk authorized resellers. The new release of the Inventor family of products makes it easier than ever for customers to add the power of 3D design to existing 2D design processes, helping them save time and money, improve quality and foster innovation.

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VISTAGY Claims Leadership in Aerospace Composite Design

VISTAGY, Inc., a leading global provider of specialized engineering software, today re-affirmed its leadership position in providing composites and airframe design and assembly software to the global aerospace engineering industry. Rapid growth in the civil and regional aircraft manufacturing industry, coupled with unprecedented demand for carbon-fiber composite materials used in aerospace products and parts, has provided VISTAGY with a platform for pursuing significant new growth opportunities in 2007. VISTAGY cited market evidence that supports the need for its specialized engineering software tools across the global supply chain for today's new composite aircraft designs.

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SolidWorks 2008 Preview

SolidWorks World, February 7, 2007.  In General Session, SolidWorks gave the 3500+ users a sneak peek of SolidWorks 2008. The first feature of SolidWorks 2008 shown was more detail on the FastPreview option for opening assemblies. SolidWorks 2008 will include a Hole Alignment analysis tool. SWIFT technology has been further enhanced throughout the product.

Dynamic Assembly Motion, Physical Simulation, & COSMOS Motion have been unified into a single seamless interface. Another new “Xpress” tool was announced. FloXpress will be included with all SolidWorks licenses starting with SolidWorks 2008. It allows the user to do basic fluid flow analysis. Just like COSMOSXpress, the interface is an easy to use wizard based system. Results of each analysis can be viewed with slice planes (movable sections) or fluid flow trajectories that are displayed in the 3D model. A report can be automatically generated by the software and re-running analysis after changes have been made to the design is easy. A few more enhancements were shown in Drawings.

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SolidWorks Labs Launched for Beta Products

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SolidWorks Redesigns 3D ContentCentral Website

SolidWorks Corporation today announced a comprehensive redesign of its 3D ContentCentral Web site that presents online catalogs in a common format, enables engineers to quickly find appropriate 3D CAD models, and accelerates the product design process. A standardized view of millions of product models reduces time spent searching through supplier catalogs and frees engineers to spend more time designing better products.

This new version of 3D ContentCentral is free to registered users and is available in English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese. Users may now access supplier product information, 3D CAD models and 2D drawings in a consistent format and quickly complete cross-catalog searches to find the desired component.

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