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Contents CIMdata News _____________________________________________________________________ 2

CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Program Returns to Norway for Fourth Time ___________________________2

Acquisitions _______________________________________________________________________ 4 Autodesk Expands Analysis Software Portfolio through Acquisition of Firehole Composites ____________4

Company News _____________________________________________________________________ 5 3D Systems’ Receives Coveted ‘Boldness In Business’ Award____________________________________5 Accelrys Announces Strategic Partnership with USDM _________________________________________5 Agilent Technologies' EEsof YouTube Channel Passes Half-Million View Mark _____________________6 AVEVA Honoured at Cambridge News Business Excellence Awards ______________________________7 AVEVA Joins Universiti Malaysia Pahang’s Inaugural CEO Roundtable ___________________________8 Lectra Appoints Myriam Akoun-Brunet as Communications Director ______________________________9 MathWorks Hosts Student Robot Challenge __________________________________________________9 Tata Technologies Extends its 3DEXPERIENCE Capabilities in PLM _____________________________10

Events News ______________________________________________________________________ 11 Amerimold 2013: NCSIMUL Machine 9 Brings Realistic, Immersive, and High Performance NC Simulation to Manufacturing _____________________________________________________________11 CimatronE 11 Featuring in Special Presentation at Eurostampi ___________________________________12 COMSOL Conference 2013 - Call for Papers ________________________________________________13 CONTACT Announces a New SOA-based PLM/ERP Integration ________________________________14 Delcam PowerSHAPE New Solid Modelling and Point Cloud Tools at RAPID ______________________15 Delcam to Feature Robot Machining and Portable Inspection at Industrie __________________________17 Delcam to Highlight Five-axis Developments at EASTEC ______________________________________18 Engineers Gather for AVEVA World User Meeting Brazil 2013 _________________________________19 Flow Science Announces Its 2013 FLOW-3D World Users Conference ____________________________20 GibbsCAM MTM to be Demonstrated at PMTS 2013 (Precision Machining Technology Show) ________21 PSA will Exhibit CMPRO and Present at the 18th Annual ACDM Technical and Training Conference ___23

Financial News ___________________________________________________________________ 23 Oracle Reports Q3 GAAP EPS up 6% to 52 Cents; Q3 Non-GAAP EPS up 5% to 65 Cents ____________23

Implementation Investments _________________________________________________________ 24 Avnet ASIC Israel Switches to Synopsys to Accelerate SoC Design_______________________________24 Clough Selects Intergraph® SmartPlant® P&ID Engineering Integrity ____________________________26 Daimler Streamlines Flagship Truck Development with Mentor’s Capital Electrical Design Software ____27 Delcam’s FeatureCAM Supports Sophistication at Sutter Instruments _____________________________27 Multitest Deploys aPriori Product Cost Management Platform ___________________________________28 Soler & Palau Uses ADT’s TURBOdesign1 to Develop New Fan Designs in Less Time ______________30 Tome Ferrostaal Chooses Intergraph® Solutions to Build Topsides for Six Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading Vessels _____________________________________________________________________31 U.S. Protective Gear Manufacturer PGI Simplifies IT with Visual End2End ________________________31

Product News _____________________________________________________________________ 32 Allplan Receives IFC2x3 CV2.0 Certification from buildingSMART for Excellent IFC Export _________32 Bluebeam Software Releases Revu 11 for Organizing Project Data and Collaborating Anytime, Anywhere...Even Offline ________________________________________________________________33 DEM Solutions’ EDEM 2.5 Software Extends the Scale and Capability of DEM Simulation for Bulk Solids

PLM Industry Summary Jillian Hayes, Editor

Vol. 15 No 12 Friday 22 March 2013

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Equipment Design and Manufacturing Processes ______________________________________________34 Geometric Releases Glovius® Version 3.0 for Windows _______________________________________36 GRAPHISOFT Releases Feature Upgrade to BIMx Mobile _____________________________________37 InfiniteSkills Releases SolidWorks 2013 Training Video A Detailed Guide to 3D CAD Design Creation__38 Informative Graphics Announces Brava! for EMC Documentum xCP 2.0 __________________________39 LMS Launches LMS Imagine.Lab Rev12 ___________________________________________________39 Luxion Partners with TurboSquid for Model Verification _______________________________________41 Mentor Graphics Introduces FloTHERM XT Technology for Electronics Cooling Simulation – from Concept to Verification __________________________________________________________________42 Mitsui Zosen Systems Research Inc. Leverages CGM Modeler From Spatial Corp for Powerful 3D Simulation Solution ____________________________________________________________________43 MSC Software Corporation Selects Software Components from Siemens __________________________44 Plancal nova Software for MEP Contractors and Engineers Integrates with Trimble Construction Layout and Fabrication Solutions ___________________________________________________________________45 PolicyPak Rolls Out Management Tool for Autodesk Revit _____________________________________46 RuleDesigner PDM’s Integration Fully Compatible with all Versions of Solid Edge __________________46 SolidProfessor Announces New SolidWorks CSWP/E Certification Prep Course ____________________47 Structural Engineering Software Solutions Provider S-FRAME Software Provides BIM-CAD Link Updates to S-FRAME Structural Office R11 ________________________________________________________47 The Altair Partner Alliance Adds Unique Micromechanic Composites Tool from AnalySwift, Furthering the APA's Composite Solution _______________________________________________________________48 ZW3D 2013 Launches: Liberating Designers with Improved Efficiency ___________________________50

CIMdata News CIMdata’s PLM Certificate Program Returns to Norway for Fourth Time 19 March 2013 CIMdata, Inc., the leading global PLM strategic consulting and research firm announces that it will bring its highly acclaimed PLM Certificate Program to Oslo, Norway from June 10 -14, 2013. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is the flagship offering of CIMdata PLM Leadership, the PLM industry’s most comprehensive non-biased education and training offering available for today’s PLM professionals. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program prepares PLM professionals at several levels to successfully address the challenges inherent in PLM strategy development and implementation. This assessment-based certificate program includes a personalized classroom experience, individual and team-based exercises, and individual evaluations of achievement. Additionally, the program provides intensive and extensive exposure to a team of CIMdata experts. Upon successful completion of the program, each participant receives a CIMdata PLM Certificate and becomes a member of CIMdata’s global PLM Leadership community. According to Gerard Litjens, CIMdata’s Director of European operations, “We have designed our 2013 PLM Certificate Program schedule to address the needs of PLM professionals throughout Europe and

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North America, and are excited to bring the program back to Oslo for the fourth time.” The program will once again be hosted by CIMdata’s PLM Leadership Alliance Member, Summit Systems. According to Peter Bilello, CIMdata’s President, “Since the program’s introduction in 2009, over 150 global PLM professionals have received their PLM Leadership certificate from CIMdata. In many ways, our program has become the de-facto standard in PLM education. We are extremely excited with the program’s success and we look forward to continuing to deliver this valuable program throughout much of the industrial world.” The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is built on CIMdata’s 30 years of extensive worldwide experience guiding industrial companies in successfully defining and implementing best-in-class PLM strategies and tactics. The program is available to industrial companies who are considering or are already implementing PLM, and to PLM solution and service providers. PLM Certificate Program participants may register online for either a 3-day or 5-day program. For more detailed information about the CIMdata PLM Certificate Program and how to register, visit CIMdata’s website at http://www.cimdata.com/services/education/plm_certificate.html. About the CIMdata PLM Certificate Program The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program consists of nine educational sessions. These sessions can be completed by either attending the full program delivered over five consecutive days or attending the pre-requisite core PLM Certificate sessions offered over three consecutive days and at a later time, within a 12-month period, completing the remaining sessions over two consecutive days. The CIMdata PLM Certificate Program is available to industrial companies who are considering and/or implementing PLM, and to PLM solution suppliers. The program is built on CIMdata’s close to 30 years of extensive worldwide experience guiding industrial companies in successfully defining and implementing best-in-class PLM strategies and tactics. About CIMdata CIMdata, a leading independent worldwide firm, provides strategic management consulting to maximize an enterprise’s ability to design and deliver innovative products and services through the application of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions. Since its founding in 1983, CIMdata has delivered world-class knowledge, expertise, and best-practice methods on PLM solutions. These solutions incorporate both business processes and a wide-ranging set of PLM-enabling technologies. CIMdata works with both industrial organizations and suppliers of technologies and services seeking competitive advantage in the global economy. In addition to consulting, CIMdata conducts research, provides PLM-focused subscription services, and produces several commercial publications. The company also provides industry education through PLM certificate programs, seminars, and conferences worldwide. CIMdata serves clients around the world from offices in North America, Europe, and Asia- Pacific. To learn more about CIMdata’s services, visit our website at www.CIMdata.com, follow us on Twitter: http://twitter.com/CIMdataPLMNews, or contact CIMdata at: 3909 Research Park Drive, Ann

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Arbor, MI 48108, USA. Tel: +1 734.668.9922. Fax: +1 734.668.1957; or at Oogststraat 20, 6004 CV Weert, The Netherlands. Tel: +31 (0) 495.533.666. About Summit Systems Norge AS Established in 1993, Summit Systems (Summit) holds a leading position in the Norwegian market by offering a range of products from the leading solution providers and a full range of implementation services. On its own or in collaboration with the customer, Summit assists with construction, design, and analytical services. Summit complements its offerings from solution providers by providing training, implementation support, and integration and customization services to facilitate its clients’ engineering processes. The company is a preferred partner for product development solution providers in Norway. Summit’s customer base includes more than 150 clients, among them many global industrial players with operations in Norway. To learn more about Summit’s services, visit www.Summit.no or contact Summit at: Otto Sverdrups vei 9, N-1337 Sandvika, Norway. Tel: +47 (67) 55-1500.

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Acquisitions Autodesk Expands Analysis Software Portfolio through Acquisition of Firehole Composites 19 March 2013 Autodesk Inc., has completed the acquisition of Firehole Technologies (DBA Firehole Composites), a privately held software company that specializes in design and analysis software for composite materials. Through the acquisition, Autodesk will expand its expertise and technology to help its customers work with the next generation of lighter, stronger, safer and more energy efficient materials. Firehole Composites is based in Laramie, Wyoming. “As manufacturers move to more complex material such as light weight composites, new simulation technology is required to predict and optimize the performance of these materials. This acquisition will enable Autodesk to deliver this technology to a broad spectrum of design and engineering industries,” said Buzz Kross, senior vice president for Design, Lifecycle and Simulation products. “The Firehole team will add significant expertise in next generation materials and non-linear analysis, as well as industry-leading technologies that strongly complement our solutions for structural, thermal and plastics analysis. We welcome the Firehole employees and customers to the Autodesk community.” Autodesk intends to sell and support the existing Firehole Composites product line, which includes Helius:MCT and Helius:CompositePro, while enhancing the technology for closer integration with Autodesk solutions. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.

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Company News 3D Systems’ Receives Coveted ‘Boldness In Business’ Award 21 March 2013 3D Systems announced that it received the coveted Financial Times and ArcelorMittal ‘Boldness in Business’ Award recognizing companies, entrepreneurs and individuals who, through bold decisions, drive change, inspire innovation and deliver outstanding economic performance. 3D Systems invented the first 3D printing technology almost 30 years ago, changing the way people develop and manufacture their products. Through continuous innovation, 3D Systems’ content-to-print solutions transformed entire industries. According to the award sponsors, winning companies stand out by making the boldest decisions to change their business model, delivering sustainable and scalable economic and social impact. “On behalf of our entire team, I am deeply honored and proud to receive this distinguished award,” said Avi Reichental, President and CEO of 3D Systems. “Boldness in Business is synonymous with our unwavering commitment to democratize access to powerful and affordable design to manufacturing tools for the benefit of all humankind.”

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Accelrys Announces Strategic Partnership with USDM 19 March 2013 Accelrys, Inc. announced at Pittcon 2013 a strategic partnership with U.S. Data Management (USDM), a global regulatory compliance and risk management consulting firm focused exclusively on the life sciences industry. The partnership between Accelrys and USDM helps life sciences organizations achieve operational excellence in product development and technology transfer from lab to plant. In addition, the partnership supports the launch of the new process-centric Accelrys LIMS(also announced at Pittcon 2013) by helping organizations maintain compliance with regulatory and quality guidelines while improving product quality, increasing operational efficiencies and accelerating innovation in the scale-up, manufacturing and compliance stages of product commercialization. "Accelrys partnering with USDM is a win-win for life sciences organizations in regulated environments," said Ken Rapp , managing director of Accelrys ADQM Solutions. "The combination of Accelrys' market-leading process management and compliance products and services with USDM's best-practice regulatory compliance and risk management solutions returns data control and process monitoring to the scientists who are in need of harmonized capabilities in these critical areas." "USDM is excited to partner with Accelrys to bring innovation to the lab," said Diane Gleaner , vice president of USDM's Laboratory Practice. "Accelrys' products, combined with USDM's regulatory

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knowledge and life science experience, are changing the way labs operate. Efficiency and compliance now go hand in hand to reduce costs and increase productivity." The partnership between Accelrys and USDM enhances Accelrys' Process Management and Compliance Suite of software products and services for life sciences organizations requiring best practice regulatory compliance and risk management solutions. Components of the Accelrys Process Management and Compliance Suite include the Accelrys Electronic Lab Notebook (ELN), Accelrys Lab Execution System (LES), Accelrys Electronic Batch Records (EBR), Accelrys Discoverant Process Monitoring Informatics and a new Laboratory Information Management System (Accelrys LIMS) with applications supporting environmental monitoring, inventory management, metrology and calibration management, stability management, sample/specification management and work request management — all built upon or integrated with the scientifically aware Accelrys Enterprise Platform. Supporting these technology offerings, USDM brings a strong, proven professional services organization to assist customers in qualification, validation, auditing, risk management and other compliance-related projects, including implementation and IT architecture services for Accelrys LIMS. Together, the Accelrys and USDM team will perform all needed preliminary project/business needs assessments, piloting of the solution, initial deployments with qualification/validation and roll-out to the customer site, multiple sites or global operations. To learn more about the new partnership between Accelrys and USDM, drop by Accelrys booth 1810 at Pittcon 2013.

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Agilent Technologies' EEsof YouTube Channel Passes Half-Million View Mark 20 March 2013 Agilent Technologies Inc. announced that its Agilent EEsof EDA channel on YouTube has surpassed half a million views and 1,300 subscribers. The Agilent EEsof YouTube channel features over 275 videos offering detailed application information on electronic design automation software from Agilent EEsof, including Advanced Design System, Genesys, EMPro, GoldenGate, SystemVue, and the company's suite of device-modeling software. The videos provide viewers with detailed tutorials and design-flow information and are available to anyone wanting to learn more about Agilent EEsof's design software or high-frequency and high-speed design applications. "Our goal has been to provide customers with a convenient way to access a wealth of practical information about Agilent EEsof solutions," said Kirt Kisling, marketing programs manager at Agilent EEsof EDA. "With over 500,000 views in a few short years, the value of this medium to our customers is clear. We plan to continue developing quality videos to keep customers informed about the latest

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innovations in our software." Agilent has also begun porting its videos to YouKu, a video hosting service in China. YouKu currently ranks as one of the world's largest video hosting services, second only to YouTube. It provides Agilent EEsof's customers in China with access to its videos subtitled in Chinese. The Agilent EEsof YouTube channel is accessible via links on the Agilent EEsof website. Product and application information is organized into video playlists to help customers find tips on applying Agilent EEsof's products to their specific application. Customers also can rate the videos they watch, leave comments and sign up to receive email notifications of new videos.

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AVEVA Honoured at Cambridge News Business Excellence Awards 22 March 2013 AVEVA announced today that it has been named Business of the Year 2013 at the Cambridge News Business Excellence awards which took place Thursday 21 March at Kings College, Cambridge. Chosen from a list of prestigious Cambridgeshire companies, the award recognises an organisation that has led the way in 2012 in terms of growth, diversification or consolidation. “Winning Business of the Year is a real testament to how the AVEVA team made 2012 a great year,” said Richard Longdon, CEO, AVEVA. “2012 marked our 45th anniversary, we are growing rapidly and we have just released some of the most exciting technology in the company’s history. This accolade is a direct reflection of our commitment to significant and sustained R&D investment, commercial achievement and a solid growth strategy. We currently employ 1300 staff around the world, of whom 300 are based in our Cambridge headquarters, making us a truly global company that keeps its roots firmly in the region. We are still on the same site where we started those 45 years ago. “Our customers are in the process plant, power and marine industries and rely on our software to create and operate the world’s most complex engineering assets. We continually strengthen our product portfolio through both in-house development and the acquisition and integration of industry-leading technologies. It’s wonderful that the dedicated efforts of our AVEVA colleagues have been recognised by the panel of judges.” In 2012 AVEVA announced the release of AVEVA Everything3D (AVEVA E3D) and AVEVA Enterprise Resource Management (AVEVA ERM). AVEVA E3D drives the adoption of Lean Construction by enabling Engineering, Procurement and Construction contractors (EPCs) to break down barriers between design and construction, reducing project costs, schedules and risk. AVEVA ERM gives EPCs and shipbuilders a next-generation resource management solution enabling them to minimise risk and maximise profit, while delivering projects on time and within budget.

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Also in 2012, AVEVA made two strategic acquisitions, bocad and Global Majic, which added to its business growth and technology assets. Bocad produces market-leading software for structural steel detailing. The software will be tightly integrated with the AVEVA Plant and AVEVA Marine solutions. Global Majic’s advanced visualisation and simulation software complements AVEVA’s existing visualisation technology. It provides a highly realistic, immersive 3D environment that enables intuitive access to virtual plant facilities for operational purposes such as training or the planning of maintenance and inspection programmes.

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AVEVA Joins Universiti Malaysia Pahang’s Inaugural CEO Roundtable 15 March 2013 AVEVA announced that it has participated at Universiti Malaysia Pahang’s (UMP’s) inaugural CEO Roundtable Meeting at Seri Pacific, Kuala Lumpur, on 15 March 2013. AVEVA’s Senior Vice-President for SEA and Australasia, Pn. Rozita Mohd Nor, took part in the roundtable which explored and identified the latest employment requirements and industry standards to prepare the graduates of today to become the professionals of tomorrow. UMP has recently extended its use of AVEVA PDMS on its course entitled ‘AVEVA PDMS Operator Training’ for design engineers in the oil & gas and process plant industries. 'UMP’s programmes are designed to serve the needs of industry, so it is important to understand current requirements and trends,' said Professor Dr. Zulkefli Yaacob, Director, Industry Partnership and Community Relation Division, UMP. 'This roundtable was a good platform for UMP to showcase what we can offer industry today and in future. AVEVA’s software represents one of the core study areas at UMP, so we are honoured to have had their presence at the event.' 'AVEVA PDMS 3D design software has been used on various undergraduate research projects by UMP since their oil & gas industry partners introduced them to our technology in 2010,' added Rozita Mohd Nor. 'We are very happy to be part of UMP’s strategic plan to raise the profile of engineering within education curricula and to meet the demand for skilled engineers in the country. Through AVEVA’s Academic Initiative we work with a range of educational institutions, from local vocational training centres to postgraduate universities, to develop engineering skills that benefit students, employers and the global economy.' The event was also supported by other prominent companies represented by the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB), Agilent Solutions Malaysia, Sapura Kencana, Infeneon Technologies, Mieco Marketing, Motorola Solutions Malaysia, Silterra, Sime Darby Groups, Malaysian Automotive Industry, Swagelok Malaysia, Miyazu and IBM Malaysia. The Malaysian Public Works Department (JKR) also sent their representative to share their views.

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Lectra Appoints Myriam Akoun-Brunet as Communications Director 21 March 2013 Lectra is pleased to announce the appointment of Myriam Akoun-Brunet as communications director. Based at the company’s headquarters, in Paris, she reports directly to Daniel Harari, Lectra CEO. “Lectra has committed itself to a major transformation plan and far-reaching investments, in order to provide an offer in perfect harmony with the new requirements of its customers,” said Daniel Harari. “The role of the communications team is to support the progress of this transformation plan, throughout the world. I am delighted to have Myriam at the head of this team, as her experience and know-how will be key assets in helping Lectra reach its ambitious goals.” “Lectra’s close involvement with its customers is unrivalled in the industry. The company pre-empts their needs through its innovations in terms of technology and services.” added Myriam Akoun-Brunet. “Working alongside all the company’s teams, I want to highlight Lectra’s most important assets and support its image as a visionary and responsible company, which invests in the future by drawing on an entrepreneurial spirit, uncompromised ethics and a culture of creativity. 2013 marks Lectra’s 40th year and I am very happy to be part of a company whose values have endured and which is supported by a dynamic that enables it to plan for the future with peace of mind.” Myriam Akoun-Brunet has 20 years of experience in communications, acquired in advertising and communications agencies (Young & Rubicam, Media System, Salomon et Associés) as well as corporate communications roles. Before joining Lectra, she was market communications manager at BASF Agro from 1997 to 2001, after which she became communications manager at Zodiac. In 2006, she was promoted to deputy communications director of the group, which would later become Zodiac Aerospace.

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MathWorks Hosts Student Robot Challenge 18 March 2013 MathWorks today hosted a Student Robot Challenge at its new offices in Cambridge. Nine teams from the University of Cambridge participated in the contest, including students from engineering, science and maths disciplines. The challenge was to program a robot that could complete a navigational task using MATLAB and Simulink, applying theory and skills learned in the classroom to the real world. With growing calls from the UK’s engineering and technology industries to encourage more STEM students to learn hands-on programming skills and to leave university better prepared to solve real world engineering problems, this robot contest was a fun example of how MathWorks, together with University of Cambridge students, are teaming up to help enhance the academic experience.

• The winners of the MathWorks Simulink Robot Challenge were Team MatLads, whose members

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were Wesley Wroe and Richard Peach from the Engineering Department • In second place were QED-grad, whose members were Mark Varley, Henry Cathcart, Oliver

Armitage and Emil Hewage • In third place were Team CCA, whose members were Laird Hocking, Tom Begley, Parousia

Rockstroh and Henry Jackson Each member of the first placed team was awarded a Google Nexus 7. Prizes were also awarded to the second and third placed teams. The judging was carried out by an experienced team of MathWorks engineers who awarded points for correctly completing a series of navigational tasks within the set time. Professor Jan Maciejowski, Head of the Information Engineering Division at the University of Cambridge, said, “The MathWorks Simulink Robot Challenge is a great example of how we’re working with industry to help prepare students effectively for their future careers. Integrating industry standard tools such as MATLAB and Simulink and teaching skills such as Model-Based Design as part of the STEM curricula is essential. Project-based learning exercises such as this contest, which used LEGO MINDSTORMS NXT, offer opportunities to develop skills by encouraging imagination, creativity and problem-solving in real world situations.” Jakub Sanak, an engineering student and a member of the team Duplo, said, “This contest helped to make theory come to life. We had a lot of fun today and we hope this type of contest can be an inspiration for other universities, colleges and schools to take part in more project-based challenges. I’ve learned skills today that not only can be applied in my university course, but will also help me in my future career.” Tanya Morton, Application Engineering Manager at MathWorks, said, “There’s a major push to get more students in the UK interested in STEM subjects to help support the growth of the UK’s engineering and technology industries. By using industry-standard tools such as MATLAB and Simulink to program a robotic system, students get valuable hands-on experience and a taste of the challenges they may face in a career in industry.”

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Tata Technologies Extends its 3DEXPERIENCE Capabilities in PLM 19 March 2013 Tata Technologies has acquired distinct end-to-end capabilities to address future business challenges in the Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) space for manufacturing companies. As Dassault Systèmes’ only global partner, Tata Technologies has made heavy investments in the 3DEXPERIENCE strategy with unique tools, solutions and certified professionals in India and across the globe. Tata Technologies successfully inducted a team of 29 Dassault Systèmes certified 3DEXPERIENCE

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platform Specialists in India in 2012. With this development, the company has now become the only Value Added Reseller (VAR) with maximum number of Dassault Systèmes certified Specialists in India. Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform delivers an on premise, online or on the cloud platform that spans across the complete business enterprise. It also delivers engineering, manufacturing, and simulation applications needed to enable users to remotely collaborate online. Mr. Wishwas Julka, Vice President, Global Tata Group & Asia Pacific was quoted saying; “We are committed to our customers for providing the most effective and comprehensive solutions to help address the challenges they face today. For companies to thrive in the modern world, they must invest in the technology and solutions that strengthen their product design capabilities. 3DEXPERIENCE is the next step in the evolution of Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), and Dassault Systèmes’ 3DEXPERIENCE is an ideal platform to enhance business processes and achieve higher ROI.” Dr. Chandan Chowdhury, Managing Director, India, Dassault Systèmes, said; “Our 3DEXPERIENCE platform provides a great value proposition for the entire manufacturing industry and Tata Technologies is playing a significant role in helping Dassault Systèmes realize its potential. The tremendous commitment and passion demonstrated by the team speaks volumes about the unique capabilities that Tata Technologies brings to the table”.

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Events News Amerimold 2013: NCSIMUL Machine 9 Brings Realistic, Immersive, and High Performance NC Simulation to Manufacturing 20 March 2013 SPRING Technologies will demonstrate its recently launched NCSIMUL Machine 9 at amerimold 2013 in booth 525. The brand new version of its flagship software for machine simulation was introduced in North America this past January. With NCSIMUL Machine 9, SPRING customers are stepping into an NC simulation environment that is more realistic, intuitive, and integrated, with extended features dedicated to multi-axis and multitasking machining centers. Further, the software package has been developed to interconnect with other company-wide software systems, such as MRP, ERP, and MES. “NCSIMUL Machine 9 is much more than simply previewing toolpaths to avoid crashes,” said Silvère Proisy, U.S. General Manager. “It offers users a unique experience where CNC realistic simulation, integrating all machine, tools, and material parameters, quickly becomes a day-to-day part of a manufacturer’s lifestyle. More than 200 enhancements have been implemented based on extensive customer surveys.”

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NCSIMUL MACHINE 9: Taking the best from WINDOWS 8 PRO & INTEL multicore chips SPRING is a Microsoft-certified “Gold” partner and an INTEL Software Partner. As such, NCSIMUL Machine 9 incorporates new ribbon technology navigation, enabling users to work more efficiently. Tasks are now accessed via tabs that break down into tasks and sub-tasks. The new interface has been specifically designed to work on touch screen devices to facilitate mobility. The intuitive and context-sensitive icons are presented as a rapid access bar, boosting programming productivity. The "NCSIMUL Machine hub" apps enable users to browse any shared jobs or replay NC simulations with one-click. Flexible project-based management, tree organization, project/article/sub-article, jobs copied between projects, simplified search mechanism, job templates are among the new features in NCSIMUL Machine 9. Also, the software makes full use of Intel’s multi-core processors and multithreading. Collision detection and material removal calculations are performed simultaneously. Algorithms have been revised and optimized to support ISO decoding, probing, material removal with tools in 3D, and optimized cutting conditions. NCSIMUL Machine 9 also provides new interactive programming features that automate G-code generation from 3D motions or allow dynamic editing of the NC program to see the consequences in the 3D view. In addition, the newest 3D functional dimensioning module, particularly geared to sub-contractors enable users to add 3D graphics to workpieces and create a document describing the list of dimensions that need checking at each machining stage. This is a significant step forward towards a paperless factory.

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CimatronE 11 Featuring in Special Presentation at Eurostampi 17 March 2013 Cimatron Limited announced that a special presentation about CimatronE 11, the latest version of its integrated CAD/CAM software, will be featured at the Eurostampi trade show in Parma, Italy, March 21-23, 2013. “The Italian manufacturing industry is world-renowned for its innovative designs and the production of often complex products of enduring quality,” said Mr Gianluca Renzi, CEO of Microsystem, Cimatron’s Italian subsidiary. “To support its high standards, the industry requires a robust CAD/CAM software, a need that for many years has been met by the acclaimed CimatronE solution.”

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“The new CimatronE 11, in particular, enhances all stages of the mold project lifecycle, from quoting through to parting, mold tool design, drafting, electrode and NC programming. It is one of the very few products on the market able to offer such a powerful array of mold-specific tools for both CAD and CAM with advanced algorithms, automations and process-driven innovation.” Entitled, “From project to object”, the CimatronE 11 presentation at Eurostampi will feature the machining of a part by leading Italian mold maker and CimatronE customer Novotools. Microsystem’s senior engineer Paolo Betti will also be on hand to provide detailed guidance on CimatronE 11 and how it can be employed in the tool shop environment. CimatronE 11’s new design features include: an ECO Manager for handling an unlimited number of engineering changes; enhanced modeling capabilities for curves, faces and solids; rapid parting surface creation; wall thickness analysis; easy lifter pocket creation; and new cooling design tools. NC programming features include new strategies for 2.5-axis and 5-axis milling, automated drilling, finish and rough. There is also a new embedded material removal simulator and various new automations and capabilities that offer improved programming efficiency. The CimatronE display at Eurostampi will be at the Microsystem booth, Hall 5, Booth L71.

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COMSOL Conference 2013 - Call for Papers 19 March 2013 The Program Committee for the 9th annual COMSOL Conference on multiphysics simulation is pleased to invite engineers and researchers from around the globe to begin submitting abstracts describing their designs, projects and achievements for presentation at the Conference. Selected papers will be given the coveted opportunity to present their work at the world's largest conference on multiphysics simulation and computer aided engineering. Conference Locations Boston, MA: October 9 - 11 Beijing, China: October 17 Bangalore, India: October 17 - 18 Shanghai, China: October 24 Rotterdam, Netherlands: October 23 - 25 Singapore, Singapore: October 24 -25 Taipei, Taiwan: October 25 Seoul, Korea: November 15

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Tokyo, Japan: December 6 The COMSOL Conference connects more than 2,000 engineers, researchers and scientists worldwide, providing them with the chance to showcase their work, share innovative technologies and best practices, as well as the to meet with the makers of COMSOL Multiphysics. The Conference focuses on advancing cross-discipline and multiphysics simulation by providing Conference attendees with a multitude of hands-on minicourses, networking opportunities, keynote talks from industry leaders and over 850 user presentations. Highlights of the Conference Include

• Multiphysics minicourse sessions taught by COMSOL specialists that cover a wide array of disciplines and topics including electrical, mechanical, fluid and chemical applications.

• Keynote speeches from industry leaders and prominent researchers which in the past have included the Toyota Research Institute, Ford Motor Company, Robert Bosch GmbH, DuPont Company, Microsoft Corporation and others.

• Opportunities to interact with a panel of industry experts on multiphysics simulation and listen in on discussions surrounding real-world design challenges.

• An exhibition that showcases the services and products offered by COMSOL Partners and Certified Consultants to enhance and enrich your simulation experience.

• The announcement of a new version of COMSOL Multiphysics. Be the first to hear about new tools and technologies added to the COMSOL Multiphysics product suite.

Presenting a poster, paper, or both at the COMSOL Conference is an unparalleled and esteemed opportunity for multiphysics users to achieve widespread recognition within a highly skilled community of engineers and researchers. "It's a great opportunity for attendees to connect with each other, share their work, and interact with experts of the same field," says Dr. Jinlan Huang, Program Committee Chair of the Boston Conference. Not only will users who present at the Conference have to opportunity to showcase their work to fellow attendees, additionally, papers and posters presented at the Conference will be published on the COMSOL website and get international recognition. You can see the contributions from 2012 by visiting the COMSOL Conference User Presentations section of the website. To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.comsol.com/press/news/article/943/

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CONTACT Announces a New SOA-based PLM/ERP Integration 18 March 2013 At the industry fair HANNOVER MESSE (HMI), CONTACT Software will present a generic interface for the reliable coupling of ERP systems and other enterprise applications with its CIM DATABASE 10

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PLM platform. The solution's service-oriented architecture (SOA) permits the cross-system synchronization of product data and business processes. CONTACT developed the new interface as a consortium partner in WInD, a joint project conducted under the leadership of the Institute for Industrial Management (Forschungsinstitut für Rationalisierung (FIR)) at RWTH Aachen University. The new interface will be presented live to the public for the first time within the framework of an integrated production scenario at the HMI stand of PSI AG (hall 7, A18). WInD's concluding presentation will show visitors to the trade fair how to design production planning and controlling activities in the mechanical engineering and plant construction fields in a way that is adaptable to change. Such an approach demands new standards that simplify enterprise processes and connect different IT systems both internally and at cross-enterprise level. To achieve this, CONTACT, working in collaboration with the ERP vendor Psipenta, has set itself the task of developing a universal PDM/ERP standard interface. The new SOA interface not only groups together the functional scope of conventional ERP couplings in a uniform, easy-to-extend and re-usable standard. It also offers enhanced functionality, for example for the exchange of variant-related and project information between the PLM and ERP system, as well as improved support during the synchronization of core processes such as engineering change management. The technology used to integrate applications and processes via SOA-based web services forms part of the new component architecture of CIM DATABASE 10. CONTACT has identified a growing market demand for process-oriented solutions mediating between PLM and ERP as well as with other enterprise applications. "When enterprises are able to control their order processing flexibly on the basis of quality-assured real-time information then it becomes possible, for example, to route large numbers of small-run orders through production very quickly," says Dr. Roland Drewinski, a member of the management board. "Our open solutions permit this type of demanding, end-to-end communication scenario in heterogeneous IT landscapes."

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Delcam PowerSHAPE New Solid Modelling and Point Cloud Tools at RAPID 22 March 2013 Delcam will demonstrate new tools and enhancements for solid modelling and for manipulating point clouds in its PowerSHAPE CAD software family at the SME’s RAPID exhibition to be held in Pittsburgh from 10th to 13th June. The two sets of developments will speed the production of designs ready for manufacturing, whether starting from imported CAD data or from scanned data. The RAPID Conference and Exposition is North America’s definitive additive manufacturing solutions event featuring 3D printing and 3D imaging technologies.

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PowerSHAPE combines solid, surface, wireframe and direct modelling to provide a comprehensive range of modelling techniques available in a single CAD program. In particular, the combination of quick and easy direct modelling options, together with powerful and flexible surface modelling, makes PowerSHAPE the perfect choice for design for manufacture, especially when converting product designs into tooling designs. PowerSHAPE Pro combines these extensive CAD tools with point-cloud and triangle modelling, including tools for the real-time acquisition, repair and editing of point-cloud data from laser scanners. Having all the different technologies in the same package reduces the need to transfer data between multiple programs and so streamlines the whole product development process. The broad set of functionality makes PowerSHAPE Pro ideal for the re-engineering of existing products into improved designs or for creating personalised items, such as medical devices for individual patients or sports equipment for a particular athlete. The main enhancement in the new PowerSHAPE release is the ability to rewind the solid history tree of a model to any position using a graphical slider. Edits can then be made, either by applying the Solid Doctor to repair problematic data or by using the full range of direct modelling tools in PowerSHAPE, without losing the history of the model. Once the required edits have been completed, the rewind point can be moved or deleted; the complete solid history is then re-built automatically. A simpler change, that will also save significant amounts of time, is that clicking the right mouse button now has the same effect as pressing "Apply” or "OK” on all forms. This is particularly useful when carrying out repetitive tasks such as filleting around a complex model. The user can now select each edge to be filleted, click the right mouse button and then move on to the next edge. Similarly, a series of holes can be created more quickly just by selecting the position and clicking the button for each hole. Other solid modelling enhancements include a new dialog for the solid-split command, a more flexible replace-face option that now allows faces of one solid to be replaced with faces from a separate solid, and new hole types allowing faster creation of holes for standard metric and imperial cap-head screws and bolts. In addition, the Solid Doctor has been made more flexible with the ability to relax or tighten the linking tolerances on specific edges. This is important for subsequent modelling as tolerance issues can affect the reliability of Boolean operations. Additional improvements to PowerSHAPE Pro will make re-engineering from scanned data quicker and easier. A set of new modelling tools will allow users to extract selected points from within a cloud of point data to make a new one, or to combine separate clouds into a single set of data. In addition, separate clouds, or areas within a cloud, can be given different colours for easier identification.

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Delcam to Feature Robot Machining and Portable Inspection at Industrie 18 March 2013 Delcam France will highlight the latest developments in machining with robots and in portable inspection at the Industrie exhibition to be held in Lyon, France, from 16th to 19th April. The robot machining demonstration will feature programs developed in Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM software running on a KUKA robot, while the inspection demonstration will show the benefits of using Delcam’s PowerINSPECT inspection arm to program a Romer portable inspection arm. Other Delcam software being demonstrated at the exhibition will include PowerMILL for high-speed and five-axis machining; FeatureCAM for quick and easy feature-based CAM programming; PartMaker for turn-mill equipment and Swiss-type lathes; the Delcam for SolidWorks integrated CAM system; and ArtCAM for artistic applications. Recent years have seen rapid growth in the range of applications for robot machining. They now include the production of sculptures and models for theme parks and film sets, trimming and drilling of composite components for marine and other transport applications, and grinding and finishing of metal parts. One of the reasons for this increase in popularity is because the robot machining interface in PowerMILL software has made it far easier to generate programs for robots. The ability to program the robot offline from 3D CAD data is both faster and more efficient than the "teach and learn” approach that was previously used to create instructions for the equipment. This easier programming method allows manufacturers to take advantage of the many potential benefits of using robots. Firstly, the cost of installing a robot is far less than the price of a large machine tool with a similar working envelope. In addition, the flexibility of the robot means that complex operations can be carried out in a single set-up, so cutting production times and reducing the number of fixtures needed. Robots do have their disadvantages since they struggle to machine harder materials and cannot match the tolerances possible with modern machine tools. However, they can be used successfully in any area where softer materials need to be machined to accuracies of tenths of a millimetre. This can be more than adequate for components that might be several metres in length, as is often the case for tooling and parts for marine, aerospace, autosport and rail applications. PowerINSPECT combines the ability to work with all types of inspection device with a comprehensive range of inspection routines for taking simple measurements, for inspection of geometric features and for analysing complex 3D surfaces. The resulting reports present detailed information in an easy-to-read format, that can be understood by all engineers not just inspection specialists.

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The new version offers unique dual-device inspection options that allow measurement with two portable devices at the same time. PowerINSPECT is believed to be the only inspection software that supports simultaneous operation of different types of device, including laser scanning, from different manufacturers.

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Delcam to Highlight Five-axis Developments at EASTEC 20 March 2013 Delcam will highlight its latest developments for the programming of five-axis machines at EASTEC 2013 to be held in West Springfield, Massachusetts from 14th to 16th May. While the company’s PowerMILL software remains its leading program for the five-axis programming of the most complex shapes found in the toolmaking and aerospace industries, both FeatureCAM, the feature-based CAM system for production machining, and the PartMaker software, for equipment including turn-mill machines, bar-fed mills and Swiss-type lathes, also offer extensive five-axis capabilities. Five-axis machining continues to become more popular as companies become more aware of its ability to boost productivity by increasing efficiency, improving quality and shortening delivery times. The price of five-axis machines has been falling steadily , while five-axis capabilities that were once only available on large machines are now available on the smaller machining centres used by sub-contractors and toolmakers. At the same time, developments in five-axis machining software, including the Delcam systems, have made programming for five-axis operations much easier. More sophisticated simulation software has also been introduced, making it easier for the user to check toolpaths on the computer and so minimising any possibility of collisions or gouges. The first advantage of five-axis machines is that they enable shorter cutters to be used since the head of the machine tool can be lowered towards the job and the cutter oriented towards the surface. These shorter cutters minimise vibration, allowing higher cutting speeds to be used with no loss in accuracy. Another major benefit of five-axis machining is the ability to machine complex shapes in a single set-up. This saves considerable time compared to performing the job in a series of set-ups. Furthermore, with multiple set-ups, there is always a possibility of incorrect alignment each time the part is moved. With more complex parts, special fixtures need to be made to hold the component firmly during machining. By reducing the number of set-ups, five-axis machining can also save the time and cost of making a multitude of fixtures. For the latest PowerMILL release, the main change in the five-axis capabilities has been to increase the number of options for tool-axis definition. For raster toolpaths, the lead and lean angles can now be defined relative to a contact normal. In addition, better control is now possible for the tool-axis

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definition when using the To or From a Point, Line or Curve strategies. These improvements will make it easier for users to control the contact angle between the cutter and the part, and so set the optimum cutting conditions for efficient machining and high quality surface finish. The resulting NC programs can be made even more efficient by automatically reordering the toolpaths, using the tool number or tool diameter, to reduce the number of tool changes, or using a specific workplane, to minimise set-up changes. New five-axis strategies available in FeatureCAM 2013 include flowline machining between two curves, pencil machining and corner re-machining. These strategies for simultaneous five-axis machining allow a better surface finish to be achieved as well as ensuring access to more areas within the part in a single set-up. New options have also been added to give smoother five-axis machining. A new look-ahead capability will remove any sudden tool-axis changes during automatic collision avoidance and, instead, ensure that a smooth transition takes place. In addition, FeatureCAM now offers the ability to smooth the Azimuth and Elevation axes independently and so remove excessive five-axis movement. These options stabilise the rotary axis movement by maintaining a fixed tool axis as far as possible, replacing constant five-axis movement with a series of 3+2-axis segments having full five-axis transitions between them. PartMaker 2013 R2 features much improved simultaneous milling strategies for both four- and five-axis machining, within a new module, ASM-MX (Advanced Surface Machining – Multi-Axis). The module can be added across the entire PartMaker CAM suite, including the PartMaker Mill, Turn-Mill and SwissCAM modules. The new strategies found in ASM-MX are based on the same unique approach to multi-axis programming used in PowerMILL. This technology enables PartMaker to provide the user with complete tool-axis control for all five-axis simultaneous machining strategies. Additionally, ASM-MX features a unique new machining strategy called "Spine Finishing.” Spine finishing can be used in either four- or five-axis simultaneous operations and is ideal for machining parts with complex curves, such as angulated abutments found in the dental implant industry.

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Engineers Gather for AVEVA World User Meeting Brazil 2013 21 March 2013 AVEVA today holds its AVEVA World User Meeting Brazil 2013 in Rio de Janeiro. Delegates will learn more about AVEVA’s solutions for the design and construction of plants and ships, as well as those for the modification and life extension of existing assets. There will be opportunities to participate

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in technical discussions, exchanging experiences of current challenges and opportunities in energy, mining and shipbuilding. AVEVA will present its latest technologies, including the brand-new AVEVA Everything3D™ (AVEVA E3D™), enabling plant design for lean construction, and AVEVA Enterprise Resource Management™ (AVEVA ERM™) that supports efficient project planning, management and execution from design to construction. 'The AVEVA World User Meeting Brazil is a unique opportunity to see demonstrations of new technologies and to learn how AVEVA solutions are being used in other industry sectors,' explains Santiago Pena, Senior Vice President - Latin America, AVEVA. 'This year, one of the main topics for discussion will be AVEVA’s vision for its next-generation plant design solution, AVEVA E3D. AVEVA E3D enables those involved in the execution of major capital projects to monitor design, fabrication and construction as it progresses. Critical decision-making is streamlined, a new level of design efficiency can be achieved and better-quality projects delivered more quickly.' Other AVEVA products being featured include AVEVA Bocad Steel™ for structural steel detailing and fabrication, and AVEVA NET™ for maintaining information quality and integrity throughout a project’s or asset’s lifecycle. In addition delegates will receive an update on AVEVA’s products for 2D modeling: AVEVA Diagrams™ and AVEVA P&ID™. Recent updates include improved user experience enhancements such as rule-based consistency checking, exporting and revision capabilities. As part of an Integrated Engineering & Design approach, benefits such as improved project efficiency and reduced engineering and design costs can be achieved. The AVEVA World User Meeting Brazil 2013 is a forum for end users, PDMS administrators and engineering managers.

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Flow Science Announces Its 2013 FLOW-3D World Users Conference 21 March 2013 Flow Science announced today that its 2013 FLOW-3D World Users Conference will be held September 19-20, 2013 at the Allerton Hotel in Chicago, IL. The conference is open to FLOW-3D, FLOW-3D Cast, FLOW-3D/MP and FLOW-3D ThermoSET users and anyone interested in learning more about Flow Science’s products. User presentations and posters are expected from a variety of interesting applications of FLOW-3D. Additionally, software development plans for FLOW-3D will be presented by Michael Barkhudarov, VP of R&D and John Ditter, VP of Software Engineering at Flow Science. Free training in the use of the customized version of EnSight that will be FLOW-3D’s future visualization tool will be held Wednesday afternoon, September 18.

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The conference offers a venue for attendees to interact one-on-one with Flow Science developers and support engineers, learn from other FLOW-3D users, discover new modeling approaches, hear about the latest software developments, and hone their simulation skills. The call for oral presentations and posters is currently open. Abstracts should be 250 words or less and include the title of the presentation or poster, author(s) name(s), job title, and company/institution name. Presentations and posters should focus on benchmarks, validations, practical examples, and case studies using FLOW-3D. Go here for more information about submitting an abstract. Go here for a list of speakers from last year's World Users Conference. Online registration for the conference is available through September 6, 2013. An early bird registration fee of $100 US is available through July 26, 2013. CEI, the developer of the EnSight suite of 3D visualization software, will be the exclusive visualization sponsor at the conference. CEI and Flow Science have partnered together in order to embed a customized version of EnSight directly into FLOW-3D. In the free training on September 18, users will learn how to harness the power of the customized EnSight postprocessor in FLOW-3D to better visualize and understand their simulation data.

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GibbsCAM MTM to be Demonstrated at PMTS 2013 (Precision Machining Technology Show) 21 March 2013 Gibbs and Associates, developer of GibbsCAM ® software for programming CNC machine tools and a Cimatron company, today announced that it will demonstrate its GibbsCAM MTM (multi-task machine) CNC programming software at the 2013 Precision Machining Technology Show (PMTS), to be held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio, April 16-18, 2013. The entire suite of the forthcoming GibbsCAM 2011 software release will also be available for previewing in the GibbsCAM booth #906. The GibbsCAM NC programming system for MTM allows manufacturers to safely and efficiently program the most advanced and sophisticated multi-tasking machines with multiple turrets and spindles. It fully supports multiple flows and all of the functions of both standard and Swiss style multi-task machines, including sub-spindles, live tooling, multiple turrets doing simultaneous machining, Y-axis on all turrets, thread whirling, B-axis turning, B-axis milling with Y offset, full 4- and 5-axis simultaneous machining, and synchronization to optimize turret utilization and cycle times. Furthermore, Gibbs creates unique post processors for each machine and control combination, based upon MTM machine

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parameters and customer preferences, ensuring that each post processor is optimized for each customer's requirements. Gibbs has delivered over 1,000 unique post processors for both standard and Swiss style MTM machines, including the most complex machines from Citizen, Doosan, Ganesh, Haas, Hanwha, Index-Traub, Mazak, Miyano, Mori Seiki, Nakamura Tome, Okuma, Star CNC, Tornos, Tsugami, and Willemin- Macodel. "Collaboration with machine tool builders continues to help us stay on the leading-edge of Multi-Task Machining CNC programming software," says Robb Weinstein, Senior Vice President of Sales and Strategic Planning of Gibbs and Associates. "For the last 10 years Gibbs has been a leader in supporting full functionality for programming "standard" MTM machines. During the last few years GibbsCAM has become a recognized leader in programming Swiss style MTM machines too." Standard features of GibbsCAM are an easy-to-use and simple-to-navigate user interface with language and icons familiar to programmers and machinists, the capability to program the most complex machining processes, and the flexibility to allow user-preferred approaches to jobs, with options that are logical to programmers. Additional features of great importance to MTM programmers are integration of turning, milling and utility operations; synchronization of turrets and spindles; and a summary of operations. GibbsCAM integrates turning , milling and utility operations , so the user can move back and forth from turning to milling to utility operations, at any time, with simple mouse clicks. Integration enables programming operations in proper sequence, without leaving the software, so that trouble-shooting a program is usually nothing more than optimization. For visualization and toolpath verification, GibbsCAM includes Cut Part Rendering , which displays material removal whenever the programmer generates a toolpath, which can be verified in process, allowing the programmer to correct errors incrementally. The visual state of a part after each operation becomes stock for the next, as if the part were being machined. A part transferred to the sub-spindle is displayed with all prior, main-spindle operations completed, so the material removal display is accurate at every stage. In addition, GibbsCAM's machine simulation option allows users to simulate both the part being machined and all motion of the machine's moving components. For machine synchronization and optimization, GibbsCAM MTM ' s Sync Manager displays operations being machined on each turret and spindle, thereby allowing users to interactively optimize machine time. Sync Manager is especially useful for production runs where program optimization multiplies savings across thousands of parts. It allows automatic synchronization to prevent conflicts, and permits interactive wait-code insertion, with automatic checks and alerts for conflicts. GibbsCAM also accommodates use of machining patterns or machine modes, by allowing selection of the required utility, also allowing the programmer to insert a code within a flow, and automatically synchronizing the program with wait codes at the corresponding locations in the other flows. GibbsCAM ' s Operations Summary displays tool parameters and machining time for each operation, and a total cycle time, useful in locating lengthy operations for further optimization. Once programs are

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optimized, data from the Operations Summary is often used to estimate jobs, gauge machine and operator productivity, and even develop time-based incentives for machine operators. All GibbsCAM software is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions. The 64-bit version enables users to work with much larger files and to achieve faster and more accurate results with certain graphic, toolpath generation and post processing functions. It also provides higher efficiency and accuracy in evaluating machining operations with toolpath rendering and machine simulation, and provides full compatibility with 64-bit CAD systems, such as SolidWorks, Solid Edge and Autodesk Inventor. GibbsCAM is compatible with Windows 8.

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PSA will Exhibit CMPRO and Present at the 18th Annual ACDM Technical and Training Conference 19 March 2013 Professional Systems Associates, Inc. (PSA) announces participation in the 18th Annual Association of Configuration and Data Management (ACDM) Technical and Training Conference, being held April 7-10, 2013 in Lake Buena Vista, Florida. Senior Systems Analyst, Rob Stone, will exhibit CMPRO and present “Exploring the Transformation of CDM Awareness and Education via Game Based Learning (GBL)”. Rob Stone’s presentation will explore GBL and its potential to transform Configuration and Data Management (CDM) awareness and education. Rob Stone stated, “One of the continual challenges facing the configuration and data management community is helping people become aware of, learn about, and remain properly educated regarding CDM concepts and principles.” Stone continues, “Although the core concepts of game based learning are not necessarily new, they may offer a fresh way to engage people in learning about Configuration and Data Management, which results in a better understanding in the value and application of CDM.” According to Cynthia Hauer, President of ACDM, “Rob brings a fresh focus to ACDM, with his perspectives and understanding of new tools and technologies that enhance the disciplines of CM and DM. Of particular note is his vision for ACDM's net presence and how we can reach out to younger, newer practitioners.”

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Financial News Oracle Reports Q3 GAAP EPS up 6% to 52 Cents; Q3 Non-GAAP EPS up 5% to 65 Cents 20 March 2013

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Oracle Corporation announced that fiscal 2013 Q3 total revenues were down 1% to $9.0 billion. New software licenses and cloud software subscriptions revenues were down 2% to $2.3 billion. Software license updates and product support revenues were up 7% to $4.3 billion. Hardware systems products revenues were $671 million. GAAP operating income was up 1% to $3.3 billion, and GAAP operating margin was 37%. Non-GAAP operating income was down 1% to $4.2 billion, and non-GAAP operating margin was 47%. GAAP net income was unchanged at $2.5 billion, while non-GAAP net income was down 1% to $3.1 billion. GAAP earnings per share were $0.52, up 6% compared to last year while non-GAAP earnings per share were up 5% to $0.65. GAAP operating cash flow on a trailing twelve-month basis was $13.7 billion. Without the impact of the US dollar strengthening compared to foreign currencies, Oracle’s reported Q3 GAAP earnings per share would have been $0.01 higher at $0.53, up 8%, and Q3 non-GAAP earnings per share would have been approximately $0.01 higher. Total revenues also would have been 1% higher and new software licenses and cloud software subscription revenues would have been 2% higher than reported. “Our non-GAAP operating margin increased to a Q3 record of 47%, and we expect it to reach an all-time high for the fiscal year,” said Oracle President and CFO, Safra Catz. “Both operating cash flow and free cash flow were at record levels for a Q3, with operating cash flow of $13.7 billion over the last twelve months.” “The Oracle Cloud is the most robust and comprehensive cloud platform available with services at the infrastructure (IaaS), platform (PaaS) and application (SaaS) level,” said Oracle President, Mark Hurd. “In Q3, our SaaS revenue alone grew well over 100% as lots of new customers adopted our Sales, Service, Marketing and Human Capital Management applications in the Cloud.” “This month we will begin deliveries of servers based on our new SPARC T5 microprocessor: the fastest microprocessor in the world,” said Oracle CEO, Larry Ellison. “The new T5 servers can have up to eight microprocessors while our new M5 system can be configured with up to thirty-two microprocessors. The M5 runs the Oracle database 10 times faster than the M9000 it replaces.” Q3 Fiscal 2013 Earnings Conference Call and Webcast A replay of the conference call will also be available by dialing (719) 457-0820 or (888) 203-1112, Passcode: 1437646.

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Implementation Investments Avnet ASIC Israel Switches to Synopsys to Accelerate SoC Design 19 March 2013

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Synopsys, Inc. announced that Avnet ASIC Israel (AAI), a provider of system-on-chip (SoC) design, layout and manufacturing services has chosen Synopsys as its electronic design automation (EDA) provider for SoC design. AAI replaced its existing flow with Synopsys' Galaxy™ Implementation platform and Discovery™ Verification Platform, and adopted DesignWare® IP. With Synopsys’ unified digital and custom implementation platform, integrated portfolio of functional, analog/mixed-signal, debug, formal, low-power and hardware-assisted verification tools and silicon-proven IP, Avnet can leverage the powerful combination of its SoC design services and Synopsys’ advanced methodologies to provide ASIC companies in Israel with faster time-to-market. “By switching to Synopsys, AAI can now provide the services and solutions that will enable our customers to meet their power, performance, reliability and cost requirements as they transition to smaller process nodes,” said Nadav Ben-Ezer, general manager of AAI. “Leveraging a state-of-the-art CAD platform, advanced methodologies, silicon-proven IPs, local support, Hebrew-speaking technologists and close collaboration between the design teams, our customers can reduce design risks and shorten time-to-market for their end products.” Customers may also utilize AAI’s additional turn-key services for testing, characterizing and qualifying their devices for mass production and to develop system-in-package (SIP) devices for maximum system miniaturization. “Synopsys’ implementation and verification platforms are the tools of choice for leading-edge SoC design,” said Ehud Loewenstein, sales manager of Synopsys in Israel. “Our engagement with Avnet extends the deployment of Synopsys technology in Israel and enables Avnet’s ASIC customers to benefit from the high quality of results and fast turnaround time that can be achieved with Synopsys tools and IP.” Accelerating Innovations in Advanced IC Design The Galaxy Implementation Platform is a comprehensive solution for cell-based and custom IC implementation. Galaxy accepts design intent in industry standard formats and generates a production ready IC design in GDSII format. Galaxy RTL and Physical implementation products concurrently balance design constraints by performing intelligent tradeoffs between speed, area, power, test and yield. Galaxy Signoff engines accurately model complex physical interactions to help ensure signal and power integrity. Coherent algorithms for parasitic extraction and timing produce correlated results. Delivering a New Level of Verification Excellence The Discovery Verification Platform is an integrated portfolio of functional, AMS, debug, formal, low-power and hardware-assisted verification tools. Discovery provides high performance, high accuracy and efficient interactions among best-in-class technologies including mixed-HDL simulation, mixed-signal simulation, assertions, coverage, testbench automation, verification IP, formal analysis, unified debug, equivalence checking, acceleration, emulation and rapid prototyping. Discovery’s components support industry standards including SystemVerilog, SystemC, VHDL, UPF, OpenVera, Verilog-A, Verilog-AMS, SPICE, and more.

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Clough Selects Intergraph® SmartPlant® P&ID Engineering Integrity 20 March 2013 Clough, an engineering and project services company with headquarters in Perth, Western Australia, has selected Intergraph® SmartPlant® P&ID Engineering Integrity to boost safety, quality and productivity in design. This unique solution will enable Clough to automate many manual validations of piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs) against best practice engineering rules, safety practices and client-specific standards for improved design quality. Clough is a longtime customer of Intergraph and is an experienced user of SmartPlant Enterprise solutions, such as SmartPlant 3D, SmartPlant Review, SmartPlant Foundation, SmartPlant Materials, SmartPlant Instrumentation, SmartPlant P&ID, as well as Intergraph CADWorx® & Analysis products such as CAESAR II® and TANK™. To further enhance automation and expand its capabilities, the engineering firm sought to establish P&IDs as part of an intelligent process design system and eliminate the manual checking process. Clough determined that SmartPlant P&ID Engineering Integrity was a perfect fit with SmartPlant P&ID and can automate comprehensive design validation against more than 3,000 rules out of the box. The engineering company can also apply its own rules in SmartPlant P&ID Engineering Integrity and set them according to the company's operational process standards. This ensures that Clough's safety and pipe and process engineers can automatically and quickly execute checks against all P&IDs to ensure the design basis is correct before execution, which reduces the risk of late changes and improves design quality. "We are continuously looking to establish engineering best practices for our work processes, and SmartPlant P&ID Engineering Integrity will help us to eliminate the manual P&ID checking process for significant time and cost savings," said Paul Rushton, general manager of engineering at Clough. "This unique Intergraph solution ensures we maintain high-quality P&IDs, and when handed over to owners, they meet all operational needs of the project. SmartPlant Enterprise solutions have always delivered great value to our projects, and we are fully confident that SmartPlant P&ID Engineering Integrity will drive continued success." Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president, said, "Our longstanding partnership with Clough continues to grow with the addition of SmartPlant P&ID Engineering Integrity to the Australian company's existing portfolio of Intergraph solutions. SmartPlant P&ID Engineering Integrity enables Clough and all other engineering companies around the world to leverage intelligent P&ID capabilities, delivering tremendous value to owner operators when handing over engineering deliverables for enhanced safety, quality and productivity of projects across industries."

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Daimler Streamlines Flagship Truck Development with Mentor’s Capital Electrical Design Software 21 March 2013 Mentor Graphics Corporation and Mercedes-Benz Trucks announced successful application of the Mentor® Capital® software suite to the development of Daimler’s flagship heavy truck, the new Actros. Branded “trucks you can trust”, the Actros includes innovative electrical/electronic systems that significantly boost efficiency, safety, and reliability. The sophisticated nature of these systems drives challenges for the truck’s electrical design, particularly with respect to systems integration, design validation and configuration management. To solve these challenges, the Germany-based company used the Capital tools, extending Mentor Graphics software deployment to now span three continents. “To develop such an advanced truck requires not only powerful design automation, but also robust design data management,” said Wolfgang Appel, senior manager, system architecture, Mechatronic Engineering, Mercedes-Benz Trucks. “Capital was the natural tool choice because it is so strong in these areas, and is designed to be used by large, multi-site organizations.” Daimler noted that Capital’s powerful design lifecycle management, electrical/mechanical data integration, and standardized communication with suppliers were all key contributors to successful development of the Actros’ complex electrical systems. The Capital suite spans an extended electrical systems “Define – Design – Build – Service” flow and is particularly targeted at transportation applications. Combining powerful design automation and modern enterprise integration capabilities, the software creates digital continuity within the electrical domain to compress development cycle time and deliver significant cost reductions. “Capital is broadly adopted across Daimler’s several truck brands. In part this is because Capital supports a number of different design flows,” said Martin O’Brien, general manager of the Integrated Electrical Systems Division at Mentor Graphics. “The toolset is both flexible and future-proof, as well as being highly productive. This flexibility and power explains why many of the world’s leading truck manufacturers have adopted Capital, with deployments in multiple locations in Europe, USA, Asia and Japan.”

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Delcam’s FeatureCAM Supports Sophistication at Sutter Instruments 21 March 2013 A combination of Delcam’s FeatureCAM feature-based CAM system and the integrated CAM software, Delcam for SolidWorks, helps the Sutter Instrument Company to manufacture some of the world’s most sophisticated research and inspection equipment. University laboratories all over the world use Sutter’s instruments to do research into illnesses including Parkinson’s, multiple sclerosis, cancer and infertility.

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The company had its origins in 1977 when Dale Flaming, a scientist working at the University of California, San Francisco, was having difficulty in producing micropipettes for his studies of retina cells in the eye. He developed the first electronically-controlled micropipette puller to help facilitate his research. Additional demand for the device from colleagues prompted the formation of Sutter Instrument Company. Today, Sutter has grown to become a world-class manufacturer of biomedical and life science research instrumentation. Customisation of the optical product line for unique applications has extended the company’s customer base beyond the biomedical industry into such diverse industries as aerospace, semiconductors, electronics, atmospheric research, astronomical imaging, fusion research and material analysis. The company’s engineering and manufacturing facility occupies over 50,000 square feet and employs more than 70 staff; most of them have been with the company for more than a decade. The machine shop, which is staffed with 14 employees, is one of the finest precision-machining facilities in Northern California, employing state-of-the-art CNC machining and turning centres for volume production of precision mechanical components. Fred Siedenburg, a Vice-President at Sutter, oversees the research and development activities in the machine shop together with Ron Davenport, Research and Development Machinist, who has more than 30 years of experience in precision manufacturing. Both of them have tried nearly every CADCAM software package on the market. For more than a decade, they have been committed to Delcam software. Today, Sutter Instruments owns five seats of Delcam for SolidWorks and three of FeatureCAM. "When we first got our FeatureCAM software, we picked up the basics almost immediately,” remembered Mr. Davenport. "Over time, we have learned the more intricate features. We do call Delcam from time to time with questions and the technical support team is outstanding.” In fact, he admits that, when they were first evaluating FeatureCAM, it was the technical support they received that convinced them to switch to Delcam. More recently, Sutter has added Delcam for SolidWorks. "Delcam for SolidWorks is about twice as fast as anything else on the market,” claimed Mr. Davenport. "It became so easy to machine parts when Delcam for Solid Works came out – it was literally inside the SolidWorks program that we use for design. We can get a prototype into the hands of our decision makers very quickly. In manufacturing, we are able to fine-tune the design very quickly and easily, cutting production times.”

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Multitest Deploys aPriori Product Cost Management Platform 19 March 2013

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aPriori announced that Multitest, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of test equipment for integrated semiconductor chips, has selected aPriori’s platform to increase the visibility of product cost information for new product introductions and throughout its product lifecycles. The company expects to reduce product costs, accelerate time to market for new products, and collaborate more effectively with suppliers on sourced parts as a result. Multitest provides its customers with highly innovative test handling and test interface solutions, custom-tailored to fit their individual needs and requirements. Getting new products to market on time and on budget are critical to its success and the company will use aPriori in design engineering, sourcing and cost engineering to support these goals. The company’s design engineers will use the software to quickly and easily compare the cost of different product design alternatives and understand the cost impact of different design options as they happen. As changes are made, or new product specs are introduced, aPriori will automatically and immediately re-assess and provide updated product costs. This will enable Multitest’s engineers to evaluate more design options, attack cost earlier in the product lifecycle and make more informed design and production decisions to reduce product costs from the start. aPriori will also provide sourcing professionals with a standard tool for detailed “should cost” information to help evaluate make vs. buy decisions, work with suppliers more efficiently and reduce the time it takes to get cost estimates back from them. Multitest will also use the aPriori software to evaluate more cost reduction alternatives in cost engineering activities and conduct bulk cost analysis to identify parts’ costs that are out of line with industry standards. “Our product strategy is focused on doing things right the first time to accelerate our time to market and reduce the time and cost for expensive re-work,” said Mr. Michael Kohl, head of global supply chain management for Multitest. “The aPriori software gives our teams immediate access to product cost information to support their design and sourcing decisions from the earliest stages of product development through production. This will enable greater innovation in new product design and increase our advantage in a very competitive marketplace.” aPriori’s Product Cost Management software platform helps companies attack cost at the point of origin by equipping design, engineering, sourcing and manufacturing professionals with the knowledge and technology infrastructure to quickly and precisely determine the cost of a part or complete product. The software leverages computer-aided design and intelligent cost models to quickly generate detailed manufacturing analysis and cost estimates and quantify the impact of changes to product design, materials, manufacturing processes, volumes and location. The software also enables users to leverage product cost data hosted in other critical enterprise applications to communicate product cost information between all functional organizations involved in product definition and delivery. This includes the import of complex engineering Bills of Materials (BOMs) from ERP, PLM or other enterprise applications. “aPriori is supporting Multitest’s product strategy while reducing costs and keeping projects on schedule,” said Stephanie Feraday, president and CEO of aPriori. “Access to real-time ‘should cost’ assessments informs product design decisions early on and reduces expensive rework later in the development lifecycle. As a result, Multitest is driving greater innovation while gaining valuable

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Soler & Palau Uses ADT’s TURBOdesign1 to Develop New Fan Designs in Less Time 18 March 2013 Advanced Design Technology (ADT) today announced that its customer Soler & Palau Ventilation Group (Soler & Palau), an international company with a facility located in Jacksonville, Fla., completed a project using ADT’s TURBOdesign1 three-dimensional (3D) inverse design technology software. Soler & Palau used TURBOdesign1 to develop a new fan design that meets Europe’s Ecodesign Directive requirements. “Soler & Palau engineers needed a way to develop optimized blade designs quickly, so we decided to evaluate the three dimensional (3D) inverse engineering capabilities of TURBOdesign1 software,” said Guillem Bordas, project manager, Soler & Palau. “A plus is we believe TURBOdesign Suite will make it easier for junior engineers who join our company to complete the knowledge transfer from the senior engineers more quickly.” Soler & Palau’s A-MAX fan project focused on developing the axial fans, equipped with efficient brushless electronically commutated (EC) motors, for launch this month. Time-to-market for the development was a factor in selecting TURBOdesign1 as the 3D inverse design technology significantly reduces design times. Soler & Palau engineers completed the design and development of the new axial fans in less time than a typical design cycle. Bordas estimates that it took approximately two weeks to arrive at a very good blade geometry solution, whereas comparable past projects took approximately one month of blade only design time. ADT’s TURBOdesign Suite is a unique aerodynamic and hydrodynamic 3D design software package that allows users to design, analyze and optimize all types of turbomachinery, such as axial, mixed-flow or centrifugal pumps, compressors, fans, turbines and torque converters. Using the software, designers evaluate turbomachinery package size and performance predictions; perform detailed 3D blade design with 3D inverse design capabilities; analyze flow information per component; stage performances with turbomachinery specific 3D computational fluid dynamics (CFD); and automate exploration of the design space with automatic optimization capabilities. “Our 3D inverse design optimization technology provides innovative solutions while reducing development time and costs,” said Professor Mehrdad Zangeneh, founder and managing director of ADT. “TURBOdesign1 software eliminates trial and error and helps engineers view a larger design space. Even new engineers are productive within days.”

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Tome Ferrostaal Chooses Intergraph® Solutions to Build Topsides for Six Floating, Production, Storage and Offloading Vessels 19 March 2013 Tome Ferrostaal, a joint venture between Tome Engenharia and Ferrostaal in Brazil, has selected Intergraph® SmartMarine® Enterprise solutions, distributed by Sisgraph, as part of a project with Petrobras, one of the world's largest energy companies. Intergraph's enterprise engineering software will be used to construct the topsides of six identical floating, production, storage and offloading (FPSO) vessels, which will be built in Brazil. Sisgraph, based in Sao Paulo, Brazil, has been a distributor of Intergraph solutions in South America for more than 30 years. Intergraph and Sisgraph are part of Hexagon. Tome Ferrostaal will use these leading-edge Intergraph enterprise engineering solutions for the construction of the topsides: SmartMarine 3D, SmartPlant P&ID, SmartPlant Instrumentation, SmartPlant Electrical, SmartPlant Review, CAESAR II® and PV Elite®. In addition to the software, Sisgraph will provide training and on-site support for the project. "By using the Intergraph technology solutions distributed by Sisgraph, we expect to boost productivity and project quality, and also to reduce project time and errors, especially by having on-site technical support," said Sergio Miranda, automation systems coordinator at Tome Ferrostaal. Gerhard Sallinger, Intergraph Process, Power & Marine president, said, "This is the first major offshore project for Tome Ferrostaal, and in choosing Intergraph as its technology provider, Tome Ferrostaal reinforces our leading position in the Brazilian offshore market. For this important project, Tome Ferrostaal recognizes the safety, quality and productivity benefits that our enterprise solutions offer."

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U.S. Protective Gear Manufacturer PGI Simplifies IT with Visual End2End 22 March 2013 Visual 2000 International Inc. (http://www.visual-2000.com) announces that Green Lake, Wisconsin-based PGI, Inc. has begun implementation of its Visual End2End™ enterprise solution. The manufacturer of Cobra™ Flame Resistant Hoods, FireLine® Wildland Clothing, Sawbuck™ Chainsaw Chaps, and other firefighting and protective gear brands is replacing multiple software systems with the integrated, industry-focused solution across its product development, production, warehousing, financial management, and other key operations. PGI expects the move to a unified IT platform to eliminate redundancies and related errors, streamline critical processes, and increase overall business efficiency.

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According to PGI Corporate Secretary Renee Ristau, “We chose the Visual End2End solution because it will enable us to manage our entire operation with a single, out-of-the-box system. This will help us to eliminate the visibility and functional gaps of the past. Instead of struggling to patch together information from a variety of sources, we will have a single, reliable source for all the information we need to make faster and better informed business decisions.” Visual End2End incorporates Product Lifecycle Management (PLM), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Supply Chain Management (SCM), Warehouse Management (WMS), Financial Management (FMS), and other traditionally independent software capabilities into a fully integrated solution designed specifically to manage the unique requirements of fashion, sewn products, and other softgoods companies. PGI expects to go-live on the new system in the third quarter of 2013 at the company headquarters and peripheral office locations. “We welcome the opportunity to work with PGI,” noted Farhat Awan, Visual 2000 USA Sales Director. “Like many other growing companies, they will benefit greatly from the flexibility and power of this uniquely comprehensive system. We look forward to helping PGI accomplish their goals and take their business to the next level.”

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Product News Allplan Receives IFC2x3 CV2.0 Certification from buildingSMART for Excellent IFC Export 21 March 2013 The international association buildingSMART has extensively tested and recertified the BIM solution Nemetschek Allplan with respect to the IFC export – and hereby recognizes the company’s support of the Open BIM process. Thus Allplan is one of four products in the AEC market, which received this award at the international buildingSMART meeting in Waltham, USA, on March 12, 2013. Aleš Široký, Technical Director at Nemetschek Allplan said: "This certification is an important step towards improving open BIM collaboration among our customers and their partners. Nemetschek Allplan is committed to IFC as the industry standard and our developers cooperate with other industry players so that we stay at the leading edge of open BIM exchange." The Industry Foundation Classes (IFC) are an open standard for digital descriptions of building models. Shown are the logical building structures (e.g. Window-Opening-Wall-Story-Building), associated properties (attributes), and optional geometry. This allows, among other things the interchange of complex 3D design data with components and descriptive attributes between different construction software systems.

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Building Smart is an international, cross-industry alliance dedicated to improving the efficiency and cost-effectiveness of the design, construction and facilities management industries, with an emphasis on information sharing and BIM. It has developed the open IFC standard (Industry Foundation Classes), also known as the buildingSMART Data Model. In 2010, buildingSMART relaunched its certification scheme, introducing a clear distinction between import and export functions and improving quality checks. The scheme uses a web application, the Global Testing and Documentation Server (GTDS), which provides automated online testing of IFC files, tools for documentation of manual tests and is a place where candidates for certification can run tests to ascertain compliance. The database of GTDS stores all test results and provides test reports. Certification 2.0 by buildingSMART is open to all software developers who are members of buildingSMART. Rasso Steinmann, who leads buildingSMART Implementer Support Group, said: "Our certification is a stringent process and buildingSMART congratulates the successful vendors. The number of test actions to date is over 1,400 – an indication of how seriously we take the process." In addition to Allplan, the products ArchiCAD, Revit Architecture and Scia Engineer were also tested and certified. This means, three out of four successfully tested software solutions are from the Nemetschek AG. A clear commitment of the Nemetschek Group to Open BIM strategy.

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Bluebeam Software Releases Revu 11 for Organizing Project Data and Collaborating Anytime, Anywhere...Even Offline 19 March 2013 Bluebeam® Software announced the release of Revu® 11. This new version of Bluebeam's flagship solution makes it easier than ever for users in document-intensive industries including architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) and oil and gas to collaborate on project documents and digitize technical reviews. "Revu 11 makes anything possible by introducing cutting-edge technology for sharing feedback exactly how you intend it to be seen and truly collaborating anytime, anywhere," said Richard Lee, Bluebeam Software President and CEO. "Whether you are flying across country, working on an underground tunnel project, standing on an oil rig platform or sitting at your desk and inadvertently lose your Internet connection, Revu 11 allows you to continue to edit files from the cloud and annotate them with a dramatically enhanced set of PDF markup and editing options." Take Collaboration Offline Revu 11's Studio Projects Offline mode enables project teams to centrally maintain a digital master set. The enhancement to Revu's integrated cloud feature, Bluebeam Studio™, allows users to access and edit

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files stored in a Studio Project from a desktop, tablet PC or an iPad, even with the loss of an Internet connection. Changes can be synced as soon as connectivity is restored, and users are warned if additional changes by others occurred while they were offline, ensuring that no edit is ever lost. Get Organized For project teams working with large drawing sets, accessing the right page can seem as cumbersome as finding a needle in a haystack. Revu 11's AutoMark™ feature gives users the ability to organize PDFs by automatically creating bookmarks and page labels from PDF content, such as drawing title blocks. Another Bluebeam innovation, Sets, enables team members to view, navigate and edit multiple files as if they were one. This functionality is key for users in the field, who often divide multi-page documents into one file per page to allow for faster loading on iPads and tablets, but still need to quickly see related content when back in the office. Standardize Markups on the Fly When multiple parties are reviewing a PDF, it is often important to color code markups to visually distinguish who said what. The new Format Painter quickly applies property settings across multiple annotations. Simply select a markup that contains the desired property settings, select markups that need to change and Revu does the rest. Search for Anything Users who leverage the software's unique VisualSearch™ functionality, which searches PDFs for drawing objects, will love the enhancements in Revu 11. VisualSearch now performs more robust searches regardless of an object's size, color or rotation or even another intersecting object. Users can even apply a count from results that, when combined with Revu's formula option in the Markups list, can automatically generate easy material cost calculations for bids and estimates. Do more with 3D PDFs Take 3D PDFs to the next level. With Revu 11, users can now create 3D PDFs from any IFC file, and do more with 3D content. Use the Section Box tool to demonstrate the exact issue at hand by exposing interior details. The Transform tool allows users to explain how elements fit together by selecting and moving individual objects within a 3D PDF assembly, creating exploded views and then smoothly animating the reassembly. Combined with the power of a real-time Studio Session, the Transform tool can be invaluable in communicating how elements fit together during a meeting. To learn more about all the functionality debuting in Revu 11, visit http://www.bluebeam.com/Revu11.

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DEM Solutions’ EDEM 2.5 Software Extends the Scale and Capability of DEM Simulation for Bulk Solids Equipment Design and Manufacturing Processes 18 March 2013

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DEM Solutions, a company setting the standard for engineering application of discrete element method (DEM) simulation, announced the release of EDEM 2.5 Software with increased scalability and performance to simulate complex bulk particle processes required by the global equipment manufacturing and process industries. The EDEM solver is highly parallelized for operation on multi-core shared memory parallel computers, delivering the fastest and most scalable DEM simulation on the market. EDEM 2.5 further expands the functionality of the EDEM API to model particle processes such as drying, sorption, coating and comminution involved in manufacturing processes in industries including Minerals Processing, Metals Manufacturing, Pharmaceuticals, Consumer Packaged Goods and Food Processing. “EDEM provides an easy-to-use yet highly extensible platform for modeling a wide range of particle-scale physics and multi-physics through co-simulation with CFD and EMAG solvers,” stated Dr John Favier, CEO of DEM Solutions. “EDEM 2.5’s new API capabilities provide engineers an enhanced set of capabilities for simulation of particle processes such as particle breakage in crushing and milling of ore in comminution circuits, coating of tablets, pellets and food products, and removal or take-up of liquids and gases by particles. EDEM 2.5 expands on the existing capability to customize the properties of each particle, contacts with other particles and interaction with equipment and surrounding fluid or EMAG fields by enabling the size and shape of particles to change, as well as dynamic creation and disappearance of particles in response to the physical process conditions.” EDEM 2.5 Simulator and new API’s enable advanced DEM simulation capabilities for optimizing product design of equipment that handle or process bulk particles by enabling application-specific simulation of bulk particle behavior in manufacturing processes. Industry applications to benefit from EDEM 2.5 enhanced capabilities include:

• Minerals Processing: Simulation of crushing and milling of ore used in design and optimization of comminution equipment to better control the interaction between the bulk material and the equipment surfaces to increase product yield, prolong equipment life and reduce risk of malfunction.

• Metals Manufacturing: Simulation of phase transition and reduction of coke particles within a steel blast furnace to improve the energy efficiency and steel quality through improved handling of the bulk material and better process control.

• Pharmaceutical Solid Dose Production and Food Processing: Simulation of spray coating of tablets, confectioneries and baked goods to provide key information on the dynamics of individual tablets or food items interacting with coating spray, enabling prediction of coating efficiency to use in design and operational configuration of coating equipment.

• Asphalt Production: Simulation of the drying of aggregates and the application of liquid bitumen used in design of asphalt manufacturing plant to predict drying behavior, and to prototype the interaction between bitumen spray or stream with the aggregates to maximize coating efficiency.

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Dr Favier added, “Almost every manufacturing industry handles or processes bulk particles and can benefit from the use of simulation to improve the performance of their equipment and processes involving particles, reduce design prototyping time and costs, and increase process efficiency and product innovation. Simulation of bulk particles requires a particle-based modeling approach uniquely provided by DEM. The technology, while compute-intensive, employs parallel computing that allows application within engineering workflows. EDEM 2.5 Simulator is the most advanced DEM solver on the market and provides customers with a highly scalable, compute-efficient solution for large-scale, data intensive DEM simulation of complex particle processes on multi-core shared memory computer systems. DEM Solutions continues to innovate to bring greater benefits to the manufacturing and process industries, and with EDEM 2.5 we aim to provide customers with the most cost-efficient, scalable and advanced DEM simulation-based engineering tool to meet their application needs.” More information about EDEM 2.5 can be found on the DEM Solutions software pages. and an extensive video library of Particle-scale Physics Modeled using EDEM and Industrial Application of EDEM Simulation is available for viewing from the Video Gallery. Additional related material for EDEM customers are also available for viewing and download from the DEM Solutions website.

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Geometric Releases Glovius® Version 3.0 for Windows 21 March 2013 Geometric Limited today announced the launch of version 3.0 of Glovius for Windows®, an extensible and customizable 3D visualization tool, for consumption of product design data. The highlights of the latest version of Glovius for Windows include:- Improved CAD Importer Add-ons Popular CAD formats like CATIA® V5, Pro/ENGINEER®, NX™ and SolidWorks® can now be imported with full support for product manufacturing information (PMI), attributes, metadata and model views (also known as captures in CATIA V5). Significant Performance Improvements Files open twice as fast, and use less memory and disk space. Measurement and sectioning are also faster. “With the latest release of Glovius, we continue to make 3D data accessible and affordable to all users in the enterprise. CAD importer quality and performance improvements will benefit users, who want to quickly access engineering data”, says Mr. Sameer Kondejkar, Senior Director and Business Unit Head, Geometry Technology Solutions at Geometric.

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Glovius for Windows is a free JT viewer with an add-on and extensible architecture. File importer add-ons are available for CATIA V5, Pro/ENGINEER, NX, SolidWorks, Inventor® and STEP/IGES/STL formats. Feature-based add-ons are available for taking linear, angular and radial measurements; taking sections with multiple section planes; searching and filtering PMI information; adding notes and markups; viewing model views; and searching attributes and metadata. All add-ons include a free 7-day trial period. Add-ons can be downloaded from www.glovius.com/downloads. The add-ons can be used with permanent licenses or with monthly subscription plans. For plans & pricing information, please visit the online store at www.glovius.com/pricing Glovius mobile apps are available for iOS and Android™ smartphones and tablets. Users can export models from the Glovius desktop viewer and transfer them to the mobile apps using iTunes or a USB cable. Alternatively, users can upload models on Babel3D.com, a cloud based translation and visualization engine, to sync models with mobile apps. Glovius mobile apps can be downloaded from the Apple App Store and Google Play. The mobile and desktop apps can be configured and customized to support enterprises processes and workflows. For more information, please contact support@glovius.com.

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GRAPHISOFT Releases Feature Upgrade to BIMx Mobile 18 March 2013 GRAPHISOFT announced today updates to BIMx mobile for iOS and Android devices, with the latest innovations for its communication and presentation tool for BIM projects. The latest version of BIMx includes important bug fixes and new features such as:

• Real-time 3D Cutaway function; • Improved rendering technology; • Increased performance.

With the real-time 3D Cutaway function, users can dynamically cut the BIMx model with a horizontal cutting plane. This offers a floor plan-like overview of the entire model allowing users to locate internal model parts that may be hard to find using the explore method. 3D Cutaway provides an easy-to-understand view for non-professional viewers. The new rendering engine provides a shorter model loading time and a significantly better user experience during model navigation as a result of an increased FPS (frame per second) rate. This results in two to three times faster on average loading time and less memory use, allowing larger models to be opened.

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InfiniteSkills Releases SolidWorks 2013 Training Video A Detailed Guide to 3D CAD Design Creation 16 March 2013 With the introductory course, Learning SolidWorks 2013 Training Video, users can begin creating their own 3D models, parts, and assemblies, in a matter of hours, quickly and effectively integrating SolidWorks into a daily workflow with the guidance of Matt Lombard. Author Matt Lombard's engineering career has focused on manufacturing engineering, primarily designing electronic assemblies with plastic housings. Lombard has also worked as a SolidWorks implementation consultant and written numerous technical books on computer-assisted design using SolidWorks. In addition to his training practice, he currently works as an independent consultant, specializing in plastic parts and surfacing. "The biggest challenge to a Solidworks course," Lombard says, "is to come up with models that are both interesting for the viewer and can be used to illustrate the necessary techniques. It's important to keep the user in mind at all levels of course-design, and I think we've done that." Lombard's decades of combining practical SolidWorks applications with a training and consulting practice make him the ideal guide for new SolidWorks users. Complex techniques and concepts will become second nature as users learn by producing actual models and assemblies. After an opening that explains the basics of working in SolidWorks, along with an in-depth exploration of customization options, the training introduces the basic process of designing in SolidWorks, demonstrating how to begin by sketching elements and then creating a full-fledged 3D feature from that sketch. Learning SolidWorks 2013 Video Training continues, going into extensive detail with features. Lombard explains how to adjust and add details to various kinds of features including plastic parts and metal enclosures. Lombard then explains how to combine these features into assemblies, using a 3D model of a motorcycle as a work project. The course closes with chapters covering output options. These include visualization techniques such as creating a scene, adding lighting, and various display modes; and publishing models as drawings using various view options. Free demo videos and a full list of course contents can be found on the Learning SolidWorks 2013

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training page of the InfiniteSkills website: http://www.infiniteskills.com/training/learning-solidworks-2013.html

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Informative Graphics Announces Brava! for EMC Documentum xCP 2.0 20 March 2013 Informative Graphics Corporation (IGC) has updated its flagship viewing and collaboration software, Brava!®, for the latest version of EMC Documentum xCP. IGC participated in the EMC Early Access Program xCP 2.0, ensuring that Brava is seamlessly integrated into the solution development platform. The Brava HTML client adds functionality to EMC Documentum xCP 2.0 that is not available in competing viewers, such as:

• Users can view and collaborate on virtually any type of file, including PDFs, CAD drawings, image files and Microsoft Office documents.

• Comments and redactions are made directly within Brava, although they are saved in a separate file within the EMC Documentum repository. This ensures that the original source document is never compromised.

• Brava offers redaction tools for removing sensitive content from documents, not just hiding it. • Bidirectional, dynamic stamps can pull data from the database or push user-entered data to it.

"IGC has been an EMC partner for 16 years," said IGC President and CEO Gary Heath. "We're delighted to continue meeting the evolving needs of EMC customers." Learn more about IGC's integrations for EMC Documentum at infograph.com/emc.

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LMS Launches LMS Imagine.Lab Rev12 19 March 2013 LMS announces the launch of Rev12 of its flagship platform for mechatronic system simulation, LMS Imagine.Lab. As with its previous versions, this new release includes several remarkable new features and improvements, among which a particular emphasis has been placed on user efficiency, controls engineering support, collaboration and application-oriented solutions. LMS, which was recently acquired by Siemens, is now a business segment within Siemens PLM Software.

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Drastically improving user-efficiency Rev12 marks an important step in the usability and user efficiency of LMS Imagine.Lab. Several new features and improvements will help both experts and non-experts to benefit from the unique capabilities of the mechatronic system simulation platform. Among these additions, the new Apps Designer allows design engineers to easily create application-specific pre- and post-processing tools linked to certain models or components. Moreover, major improvements in the Supercomponent capabilities have been made, like the possibility to easily edit icons, ports and images, but also the possibility to encrypt Supercomponents to protect Intellectual Property. An advanced controls validation platform To strengthen its position as a leading platform for the support of controls development and validation, LMS Imagine.Lab Rev12 has a fully integrated, redesigned Simulink® environment interface. It enables users to easily create and configure the AMESim interface in Simulink without the need for any Matlab® environment scripts. In addition, an NI VeriStand interface has been developed, thus extending the integration of AMESim into MiL/SiL/HiL processes. Geared toward collaboration and architecture-driven To extend the Model-Based System Engineering capabilities of LMS Imagine.Lab, Rev12 comes with a new integrated SysDM client for AMESim. With this new feature, the AMESim user can benefit directly from SysDM’s model and data management features through an efficient and transparent integration in the day-to-day working environment. LMS Imagine.Lab Rev12 also comes with major improvements for System Synthesis, the architecture and configuration management tool, with new capabilities to build system configurations on the basis of tool-neutral system architectures (SysML import). The pillar for industrial innovation LMS Imagine.Lab is an ally to support design engineers in managing the growing complexity of mechatronic systems. With validated, application-oriented features, LMS Imagine.Lab is the ideal solution to drive virtual, intelligent system design all along the design cycle. With Rev12, automotive manufacturers and suppliers benefit from many new capabilities to overcome daily engineering challenges. Thanks to Apps Designer, new and efficient pre- and post-processing tools – Heat Exchangers Calibration, Battery Parameter Identification, Trajectory Generation, Combustion Analysis as well as Engine Block Parameterization – are now provided within AMESim. Moreover, Rev12 comes with a new drivability assessment tool which analyzes the driver perception for each maneuver and returns customizable objective drivability ratings. A new Energy Storage System solution as well as the associated Battery Identification Tool now enable engineers to model and study the thermal-electric behavior of ultra-capacitors and battery components. In the aeronautics and space domains, LMS Imagine.Lab Rev12 has made tremendous progress to consolidate its offer and make it inevitable for both system design and aircraft integration. The new Aircraft Fuel Systems library brings unrivalled capability to assess not only the fuel system as a piping

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network for fuel, but also to cover the whole analysis of thermal integration and inerting/pressurization network. In addition, the new Aircraft Electrics library allows for an easy and smooth integration of the more electrical aircraft and aids in designing reliable electrical networks. For mechanical industries, in addition to the improvements for automotive applications mentioned above, LMS Imagine.Lab Rev12 henceforth integrates new ropes and pulleys components for applications such as cranes and band conveyors. It also proposes a revolutionary approach with the new Adaptive Thermal-Hydraulic solution, making it possible to select the necessary level of assumption for the type of analysis to be performed on fluid systems. “Rev12 of Imagine.Lab is a step forward in terms of capabilities for system design and system engineering in general. Features such as its flexibility for Thermal-Hydraulic systems and components modeling are very valuable. Its overall capabilities, openness and robustness are key criteria for large deployment and intensive production use of system simulation,” comments Dr. Lars Reichelt, Technical Information Processing at Robert Bosch GmbH. “We are proud at LMS of the work accomplished in the new Rev12 release of Imagine.Lab and the amount of user valued content it includes. The three products of the Imagine.Lab family (AMESim, SysDM, System Synthesis) have all benefited from our increased development efforts toward many new features and constant quality improvements.”, adds Nicolas Orand, Imagine.Lab Solutions Director at LMS. “This release is the outcome of the LMS commitment and investment to bringing System Engineering and System Simulation closer for greater industrial products.”

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Luxion Partners with TurboSquid for Model Verification 19 March 2013 Luxion in partnership with TurboSquid is pleased to announce a unique partnership that gives 3D professionals confidence in the 3D models they use with KeyShot. TurboSquid is a provider of 3D model assets from 3d artist to engineer, with a keen focus on maintaining the quality in the large quantities of models available on the site. With the ability to import over 20 3D file formats, KeyShot imports the largest number of file types of any 3D rendering software. This partnership allows TurboSquid to use those import capabilities to verify and check the integrity of the 3D models submitted by TurboSquid members. “As production pipelines grow and evolve, the TurboSquid Member Services team is being asked to help verify models against more software products so that customers have confidence in what they purchase." says Beau Perschall, VP of Business Development, "We’re happy to announce that our Member Services team can now check models directly inside of KeyShot for those customers who depend upon this technology in their own work and help them make informed decisions when buying.”

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The use of KeyShot to verify the models happens behind the scenes, while buyers searching for models may apply filters to search criteria and view models that have been through TurboSquid's strict 'CheckMate' certification. For more information on TurboSquid and the CheckMate standard, visit turbosquid.com. For information on KeyShot and their 3D rendering technology, visit keyshot.com.

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Mentor Graphics Introduces FloTHERM XT Technology for Electronics Cooling Simulation – from Concept to Verification 18 March 2013 Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced the FloTHERM® XT software that enables the industry’s first integrated MDA-EDA electronics cooling simulation solution—from conceptual through detailed design—to dramatically shorten the process. This solution addresses two of today’s trends which are electronic challenges and geometric complexity. The electronic challenges are driven by increasing speed, density, and power consumption of ICs, PCBs and electronic systems. The increasing geometric complexity is driven by decreasing size and the increased influence of industrial design which requires handling of complex shapes. The FloTHERM XT technology efficiently interconnects mechanical design automation (MDA) and electronic design automation (EDA) domains and addresses the needs of design engineers as well as thermal specialists. This electronics cooling simulation solution enables earlier virtual prototyping, fewer design iterations, and advanced “what-if” analysis for improved product quality and faster time-to-market benefits. Key markets where the FloTHERM XT product can benefit design teams from components to systems of electronic applications are industries such as automotive, aerospace, telecommunications, computing, industrial automation and consumer electronics. “In support of our design consultancy business, FloTHERM XT empowers us to perform thermal analysis throughout our client’s design process. We are now able to start optimizing designs from the early concept stage and, using the same data model, can continue to support our clients with increasing levels of sophistication and shape complexity as they progress onto the verification/prototype phase and prepare a fully vetted design ready for manufacturing,” said Guy Wagner, director, Electronic Cooling Solutions. Combining the electronics cooling DNA from the Mentor Graphics® Corporation’s FloTHERM® thermal analysis software, and Concurrent Computational Fluid Dynamic (Concurrent CFD) technology from the FloEFD™ product, the FloTHERM XT solution offers the power and performance to solve complex electronics systems design problems. The product’s easy-to-use interface is fully configurable so new users can customize the functionality features on the screen, providing a scalable user experience that can be adapted as the needs of the design project change. Imported or CAD-generated geometries work seamlessly with the FloTHERM XT’s SmartPart library of

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models, and automatic meshing and data convergence provide significant reduction in execution times. It also provides an easy and intuitive direct interface to enterprise platforms such as the market-leading Mentor Expedition® Enterprise solution. The direct integration of the FloTHERM XT product with PCB design flows will reduce time-consuming data translation and costly errors. As a result, FloTHERM XT is the only solution on the market that allows engineers to work effortlessly with geometry created in the MDA or EDA world. “Our FloTHERM XT technology was developed to support today’s most innovative electronics components and systems,” stated Erich Buergel, general manager of Mentor Graphics Mechanical Analysis Division. “We have combined our best-in-class technologies from FloTHERM and FloEFD with an easy-to-use interface that will serve both the MDA and EDA worlds, and we believe FloTHERM XT will be a ‘game-changer’ in electronics cooling due to the ease with which MDA and EDA data can be used to create the single best design.” The FloTHERM XT product is available for immediate shipment. Additional information can be found on the company website: http://www.mentor.com/flotherm-xt.

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Mitsui Zosen Systems Research Inc. Leverages CGM Modeler From Spatial Corp for Powerful 3D Simulation Solution 20 March 2013 Spatial Corp has announced that Mitsui Zosen Systems Research Inc has released RoboTrue Laser, an application based on Convergence Geometric Modeler (CGM). RoboTrue Laser is a production line simulation tool which offers an advanced 3D software solution for industrial machines. RoboTrue Laser allows automated fixture design and offline programming for 5-axis laser cutting, significantly reducing the time and expense typically required to create NC data. Released by Spatial in 2011, CGM is the industry’s newest commercial 3D geometry kernel. As the 3D modeling kernel used in Dassault Systèmes’ V5 and V6 products, CGM has been the foundation of V5 products, proven in the most challenging application environments and used by some of the world’s largest manufacturers. Mitsui Zosen Systems Research Inc. required both a 3D modeling kernel and CAD translation components which supported their vision of an easy-to-use, high-performance application to replace existing solutions and to deliver unique features to a competitive market. With customers spread across a variety of industries such as automotive, aerospace and machine manufacturing, Mitsui Zosen Systems Research had stringent requirements for multi-CAD interoperability. They were confident that 3D InterOp from Spatial could address their needs for flexible and reliable data exchange, but they knew that the choice of the 3D modeling kernel must address their rigorous development needs now and into the future. Getting to market quickly with the highest possible quality was vitally important.

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CGM addressed these needs with a consistent interface for easy integration as well as tolerant modeling designed in from the beginning to maintain geometrical and topological precision. CGM also provided large model capacity and performance; extensive surfacing capabilities to address stringent modeling requirements; and geometric data compatibility with V5 and V6 for well-integrated PLM workflows. Mitsui Zosen Systems Research Inc. also leveraged their partnership with Spatial’s local technical staff as well as the larger resources of the Spatial Corp development staff during the development of RoboTrue Laser. “Since their initial adoption of CGM as the 3D modeling kernel for RoboTrue Laser, the partnership between Spatial and Mitsui Zosen Systems Research has been beneficial to both companies,” said Jean-Marc Guillard, Spatial Chief Executive Officer. “CGM aligns very well with their forward looking priorities of greater productivity, a reduced learning curve, and higher performance. As an early adopter of CGM, the experience of Mitsui Zosen Systems Research has provided valuable confirmation on the benefits of CGM.” “In addition to the CGM Modeler, Spatial provided an integrated framework and the support necessary to improve our development productivity,” said Yukio Fukumori, RoboTrue development project leader. “The success of the RoboTrue Laser release is a result of collaborative partnership between Mitsui Zosen Systems Research and Spatial. The proactive and well organized support provided by Spatial ensured that CGM met our very aggressive standards.”

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MSC Software Corporation Selects Software Components from Siemens 19 March 2013 MSC Software Corporation has licensed Siemens’ D-Cubed™ software components to be used in a significant new MSC Software solution. MSC Software selected the D-Cubed 2D DCM (Dimensional Constraint Manager) and the D-Cubed 3D DCM from Siemens’ product lifecycle management (PLM) software business unit to provide the geometric constraint solving capability that is fundamental to many modern computer-aided design, manufacturing (CAD/CAM) and CAE software applications. This decision is considered a significant milestone in Siemens’ continuing expansion as a global supplier of open software solutions. "We are working on fundamentally redefining how CAE will be done going forward and we intend for D-Cubed software components to be part of this important effort,” said Ken Welch, Vice President Strategy & Product Management, MSC Software. “We found the D-Cubed components provided exceptional functionality, performance and reliability. Siemens has proven itself a reliable provider of these core technologies, so we have complete confidence they will meet the high quality standards we have established with our global customer base.” “We are very pleased that MSC Software has selected our D-Cubed geometric constraint solvers,” said Paul Sicking, senior vice president, Chief Technology Office, Siemens PLM Software. “This represents

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a major milestone in the usage of D-Cubed components for the CAE market as well as expansion of many successful years of technology cross-licensing between MSC Software and Siemens PLM Software.” For more information about Siemens’ PLM Component software solutions, please visit www.siemens.com/plm/open.

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Plancal nova Software for MEP Contractors and Engineers Integrates with Trimble Construction Layout and Fabrication Solutions 18 March 2013 Trimble announced the release of its Plancal nova software for CAD and calculation application for engineers and installers. Version 9 includes new features such as a cooling load calculation module (implementing the European DIN 6007-1 Standard), wastewater pipe detailing capability and improved freshwater engineering calculation module. To provide more detailed information from the office to field applications, nova v9 also incorporates native file support for Trimble® SketchUp as well as Trimble's Field Link for MEP construction layout and Vulcan fabrication solutions. The new functionality supports Trimble's effort to promote the exchange of Building Information Model (BIM) data across mechanical, engineering and plumbing (MEP) project-based workflows from estimating to design, engineering to fabrication and field layout. A key element of Trimble's overall MEP portfolio, Plancal nova is a 3D CAD/CAE software solution, which integrates design, drawing and engineering calculation/analysis through a proprietary CAD-core. Trimble's focus is to build upon and extend its market presence in Central Europe as well as the United Kingdom by continuing to enhance and invest in nova's core feature development. "We view the Plancal nova software as a part of the evolution and maturation of our MEP portfolio. Providing holistic connections between key MEP stakeholders helps to reduce errors and creates project efficiencies that equate to improved productivity for our customers," said Pat Bohle, general manager of Trimble's MEP Division. "Adding Trimble SketchUp model support as well as integration with the Trimble Field Link for MEP layout and Vulcan fabrication products to Plancal nova v9 demonstrates our commitment to meet the unique needs of the European MEP market and Trimble's capabilities to optimize the BIM workflow," said Dominik Rueedi, CEO of Plancal. Plancal nova v9 as well as Trimble's field layout and 3D laser solutions are available now for Central European customers directly through Plancal.

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PolicyPak Rolls Out Management Tool for Autodesk Revit 20 March 2013 PolicyPak Software recently released a new Pak that makes life easier for Autodesk Revit admins. This pre-configured Pak for Autodesk Revit gives IT admins the ability to deliver and enforce key security settings, and ensure documents are safe. IT admins no longer have to run around from machine to machine to configure teams of Autodesk users. Using the Autodesk Revit Pak, admins can deliver almost all settings and lock them down so users can’t work around them. PolicyPak doesn’t deploy Revit using Group Policy; rather it manages and locks down settings using Group Policy. A video demonstration can be seen here. Preconfigured Paks are also available for other popular AutoCAD and Autodesk products such as AutoCAD Civil 3D, AutoCAD Inventor2012, and AutoCAD Design Review. Jeremy Moskowitz, desktop management expert and Group Policy MVP talked about how PolicyPak is the best management option for Autodesk Revit when he said, “There’s simply no way to deliver, enforce or remediate AutoCAD application’s settings to teams of AutoCAD users. With PolicyPak, it’s a no brainer.” IT Admins and network administrators who want to try out the PolicyPak software can get a free trial by attending a Group Policy Webinar at the PolicyPak Website, or by calling (800) 883-8002. PolicyPak can deliver settings using Microsoft Active Directory Group Policy, Microsoft SCCM, Dell KACE, or any other management tool.

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RuleDesigner PDM’s Integration Fully Compatible with all Versions of Solid Edge 18 March 2013 ENGINEERING PLM Solutions today announced the availability of RuleDesigner PDM’s integration with all versions of Solid Edge, even the latest released Synchronous Technology 5, and supported operating systems. Regardless the release in use, Solid Edge users can benefit from the jointly use of the CAD system with RuleDesigner PDM to manage in an easy and consistent way product related design files concerning components, assemblies, metal sheet and welding development procedures, and 2D drawings. It allows to manage all related technical documentation, too.

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Moreover, RuleDesigner PDM provides organizations with extended functionalities to manage and share their Solid Edge product designs. It offers functionalities for parametric classification, part-numbering and file automatic rename, configurable workflows, deriving and manipulating BOMs and the possibility of performing batch processing on lists of files. Finally, RuleDesigner PDM’s commands are embedded in Solid Edge, providing user with the ability to launch any PDM operation directly from the CAD environment accelerating part-numbering operations and information searching and reuse. RuleDesigner PDM is a reliable and cross-sectional product data management system which grant high performances in the context in which it is deployed. It is recommended both in medium-sized organization using different CAD systems and as a system for global corporations with several sites worldwide.

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SolidProfessor Announces New SolidWorks CSWP/E Certification Prep Course 22 March 2013 SolidProfessor's CSWP/CSWE Prep course teaches users everything they need to know to pass the Certified SolidWorks Professional (CSWP) exam, and provides insight to help prepare for the Certified SolidWorks Expert (CSWE) exam. This course familiarizes users with the structure and style of the exam, and walks through sample exercises covering every aspect of the CSWP exam - part design, configurations and part modifications, and assembly design. By completing this course, users will be familiar with the style and level of complexity of questions on the CSWP, and have all the information they will need to ace the exam. Once they've passed the CSWP, there's a section to help prepare for some of the possible question types that might be seen on the CSWE exam, the highest level of SolidWorks certification. There's also a follow-up section showing how to access certificates, logos, and get listed as a Certified SolidWorks Professional or Expert in the online directory. The 2013 SolidWorks CSWP/E Certification Prep course is included with SolidProfessor Professional or Premium Memberships.

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Structural Engineering Software Solutions Provider S-FRAME Software Provides BIM-CAD Link Updates to S-FRAME Structural Office R11 19 March 2013

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S-FRAME Software Inc., developer of structural engineering software solutions used by Structural and Civil Engineering Professionals worldwide, announced the introduction of new BIM/CAD links within S-FRAME Structural Office R11. Two brand new bi-directional links between S-FRAME Structural Office R11 and BIM solutions Revit and Tekla will be released with R11. A new DXF import link will also be available within R11. The new bidirectional Revit & Tekla links provide extended functionality and improved model persistence between these BIM solutions and S-FRAME Structural Office R11. Enhancements include Objects transferred, Revamped User Interfaces, Improved Section Mapping, Multiple Export Features, and Easy 1-click support email function with optional file attachments. In addition, “Round Tripping” (bidirectional workflow) has been added to allow the engineer to export a model to S-FRAME, change the model and analyze appropriately in S-FRAME, and update the BIM model back in the native environment. The DXF Import Link provides import features for many common DXF shapes, import of DXF layers as members, shells or panels, pre-assignment of properties to layers (such as sections, materials, or thicknesses), import selection by layer or entity, disparate unit systems conversion, joint tolerance checks for model connectivity, and more. Additionally, new interface features include: a 3D visualization window, fast rendering for large models, controllable layer and background colors, toggling layer and entity display, automatic S-FRAME group folder creation, and other productivity enhancing features. Dr. Marinos Stylianou, CEO of S-FRAME, commented about the new BIM/CAD Link functionality, “It is not enough today to simply offer a single integrated suite of engineering software because most of our clients operate within disparate analysis and design environments. Interoperability is very important to our clients and it has been a major focus of our R11 development efforts. These brand new BIM/CAD links have been designed to enable smooth information sharing and engineering collaboration amongst various stakeholders in order to accelerate and streamline the analysis and design workflow when using multiple systems. These new links coupled with S-FRAME’s open architecture (through Microsoft Access and Excel) can also be used to customize and automate the connection to practically any other software application.”

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The Altair Partner Alliance Adds Unique Micromechanic Composites Tool from AnalySwift, Furthering the APA's Composite Solution 20 March 2013 The Altair Partner Alliance announced today that AnalySwift will be joining the program and adding its complex composite modeling tool, SwiftComp Micromechanics, to the growing offering of partner applications available to HyperWorks users under Altair's license manager. SwiftComp is a unique software that combines efficiency and accuracy when assisting with the design and modeling of complex composites to improve structural designs, estimating a structure's capabilities or engineering a new

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material with enhanced performance characteristics. "AnalySwift is thrilled to be working with the Altair Partner Alliance," said Allan Wood, president & CEO of AnalySwift. "As the world-class micromechanics program, SwiftComp Micromechanics is a unique and versatile tool that can be used for the analysis and modeling of composites. With the ability to be applied to a large span of industries and assignments, SwiftComp is exceptionally valuable, now especially for Altair's HyperWorks users." SwiftComp Micromechanics is a general-purpose micromechanics code, applying a powerful mathematical approach to enable quick results without the loss of accuracy. While being extremely efficient, SwiftComp accurately calculates a complete set of physical properties in seconds. It runs only one analysis, which can be done on a typical laptop computer, and takes just seconds to complete, unlike other approaches, which may take several hours. The software obtains a complete set of fully coupled, multiphysical properties without the application of highly crafted load and boundary conditions, postprocessing or multiple runs. "The time savings could easily be orders of magnitude," said Wenbin Yu, Ph.D., chief technology officer for AnalySwift. "A major benefit to users is the ability to efficiently design and analyze materials and structures in ways not possible otherwise--for instance, models that are too large to be handled by computers in a practical way." The necessary properties can be calculated by SwiftComp for any heterogeneous material, including layered, binary, fiber/particle reinforced, and woven composites, as well as any other composites created using other manufacturing techniques. This tool also can achieve a complete set of three-dimensional material properties using a one-dimensional analysis of the 1D unit cell for binary composites. It also can analyze other heterogeneous materials, including construction materials, metals, bone and brain tissue, ice and many others. "AnalySwift is another important addition to our broad suite of Altair Partner Alliance products that addresses the needs of our customers using advanced composite materials," said Robert Yancey, senior director – aerospace for Altair. "To make full use of the advantages offered by advanced composites, tools such as SwiftComp are necessary to design and analyze these materials so that they meet customer requirements." With the ability to deal with any microstructure containing a given number of constituents, SwiftComp is an incredibly versatile tool, applicable to a wide variety of industries, including aerospace and aircraft, wind energy, automotive, marine, defense and construction, to name a few. It can be used to perform multiscale modeling of composite structures, homogenization of heterogeneous materials and multiphysics micromechanics analysis of composites, among other processes. Available for the last 12 years, Altair's innovative unit-based licensing system allows HyperWorks users customizable access to a growing portfolio of applications while optimizing their return on investment

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(ROI) with each new partner added. Since the start, every license has been composed of a pool of recyclable HyperWorks units (HWUs), which can be used to access any application within the HyperWorks family. After experiencing this original licensing model's success, Altair has offered the opportunity for third-party companies to run their own applications under this unit-based system, a collaboration now known as the Altair Partner Alliance. The overall flexibility of these HWUs empowers users and allows them access to the largest and most complete suite of CAE applications available, making the benefits to participating HyperWorks customers infinite. The ROI increases for users each time a new application is added to the offering, since any of the partner programs can be accessed using the same leased HWUs they are already using to run HyperWorks. This makes more than 50 additional applications available at no incremental cost or long-term commitment. HyperWorks users can download SwiftComp Micromechanics at www.altairalliance.com/analyswift. To learn more about AnalySwift and SwiftComp, please attend one of the introductory webinars, being held on April 1, 2013, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. EDT. These webinars will be hosted by Altair and presented by AnalySwift.

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ZW3D 2013 Launches: Liberating Designers with Improved Efficiency 18 March 2013 ZWSOFT today unveiled ZW3D 2013, the next generation of its flexible CAD/CAM software available for all types of 3D modeling and machining. “The new version of ZW3D is aimed at streamlining design workflow for designers, engineers, and construction professionals,” said Colin Lin, Vice Director of ZW3D Overseas Business. “It optimizes the efficiency of various design tasks and shortens the development cycle through its improved CAD performance, greater flexibility of its CAM Manager, and simplified 3D molding processes.” Increased Efficiency in CAD Design ZW3D 2013 makes great strides in improving the efficiency for designers through a number of great enhancements:

• Smart Constraint. When designers establish constraints for several objects, ZW3D 2013 will generate constraint options automatically and intelligently.

• Constraint Detection. When designers need to find and resolve constraint conflicts, ZW3D 2013 allows them to do it in a single click.

• History Manager with Drag and Drop Functionality. When designers intend to make quick modifications to models, ZW3D 2013 allows simple drag and drop operations managed by History Manager.

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During the beta test of ZW3D 2013, several new CAD features received positive feedback from users for their operational efficiency. Gary, Smith, a tester from USA, commented, “Changing the menu by drag and drop! I like to load up the Document-Aware toolbar with frequently-used commands. Now it’s easier than ever.” Simplified Machining Workflow ZW3D’s intelligent CAM (computer-aided manufacturing) module makes machining easier and safer, streamlining the workflow tremendously and reducing design errors before production as well. In the new 2013 release, the CAM Manager is redesigned to make work more flexible and manageable. Designers can easily manage all items with the Fold function, such as geometry, operation and output. New containments provide better machining tool paths, including tangent-to-open-edges, silhouettes, and face curves. Extended containments ensure maximum cutting angle of part surfaces, which helps improve machining accuracy and quality. William, Koontz, a tester from Poland commented on the new CAM features, “ZW3D 2013 is a next big step for its user-friendly interface and interactions; I especially like the new tool manager very much.” Improved 3D Mold Efficiency Standard parts and mold base libraries are essential to mold designers. Customized libraries provided by ZW3D 2013 will allow users to save their standard industrial parts and mold bases in ZW3D libraries for future reuse, saving a huge amount of design time and shortening the development cycle.

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