Saturday, January 30, 2016

ANSYS 17.0 Released

PITTSBURGH, PA, USA, Jan 30, 2016 - Engineers across disciplines – from structures to fluids to electromagnetics to systems – will realize step-change improvements in the way they develop products using the newly released ANSYS 17.0. This next generation of ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) industry-leading engineering simulation solutions set the scene for the next quantum leaps in product development, enabling unprecedented advancements across an array of industry initiatives from smart devices to autonomous vehicles to more energy-efficient machines. The most feature-rich release in the company's 45-year history, available now, delivers 10x improvements to product development productivity, insight and performance.


Simulation has been identified as one of the key pillars of the next industrial revolution, known as Industry 4.0. With the advent of the Internet of Things all products are getting smarter, new advanced materials are enabling lighter, stronger and more sustainable designs, and additive manufacturing enables users to 3-D print anything they can imagine. Unlocking the power of these trends is impossible without simulation tools' ability to virtually explore these vastly increased options to arrive at the winning designs of tomorrow.

"Companies are under relentless pressure to create top-line growth and increase savings," said Jim Cashman, president and CEO of ANSYS. "Innovation, time to market, operational efficiency and product quality are key factors that contribute to this business success. ANSYS is focused on helping customers improve their critical business metrics and leapfrog the competition by improving their product development process through engineering simulation. When we set out to develop the next release of our simulation platform, we challenged ourselves to improve our customers' product development process by a full order of magnitude, or 10x." 

"Hyperloop Technology is accomplishing safe and reliable ground transportation at close to the speed of sound," said Josh Giegel, vice president of design and analysis, Hyperloop Technologies. "ANSYS 17.0 technology offers deeper insight into our designs and enables us to make the necessary improvement to our development process, which in turn will help us realize the Hyperloop concept."

"ANSYS has been an acknowledged leader in enabling simulation-driven design over the past several decades, and ANSYS 17.0 release is a major step forward in terms of bringing together all of the ANSYS modeling and simulation capabilities required to achieve the vision of an integrated yet open enterprise product innovation platform driven by behavior modeling and simulation," said Peter Bilello, president of CIMdata. "As industry moves ahead over the next decade to realize the vision and promised benefits of Model-Based Systems Engineering in the context of mega-trends such as the Internet of Things (IoT), Industry 4.0 and the Circular Economy, ANSYS' product portfolio and M&S platform is well positioned to meet the multi-domain requirements for developing complex cyber-physical systems with ever increasing levels of software and electronics content."

Highlights of the release include:

10x Improvements to Productivity - ANSYS 17.0 delivers solutions faster so engineers and designers can make more informed decisions sooner in the product development cycle. That enables organizations to rapidly innovate and bring products to market faster, while getting more productivity from their existing engineering assets.

Through tighter integration of semiconductor and electronics simulation solutions, ANSYS 17.0 delivers a comprehensive chip-package-system design workflow. New capabilities for automated thermal analysis and integrated structural analysis deliver an unequalled chip-aware and system-aware simulation solution, enabling customers to deliver smaller, higher-power density devices to market faster. With the advent of the Internet of Things, more products and engineers will rely on these capabilities.

In the fluids suite, ANSYS continues its technology leadership with breakthrough advancements in physics modeling and introduces new innovations across the entire workflow and user environment design to accelerate time to results by up to 85 percent without compromising accuracy. Improvements to workflow and meshing enable novice users to quickly become productive while new tools and options expand the application reach for experienced users.

"ANSYS has broken through by truly integrating multi-domain 3-D meshed solutions," said Brad Kramer, director of engineering at HUSCO International. "By closely integrating the fluid and the mechanical interfaces, we are now able to simulate and gain insight into the real physics of the problem without having to set up artificial boundary conditions."

Preprocessing – or the act of setting up simulations – with ANSYS 17.0 has also improved by an order of magnitude. Using the direct modeling tools in ANSYS 17.0, users can prepare their geometry for analysis faster than traditional computer-aided design (CAD). Save and load times for complex models, as well as the performance for common geometry editing functions has increased by up to 100 times. ANSYS 17.0 geometry tools also boast tighter integration to ANSYS Workbench and offer many productivity advancements for modeling fabricated and composite structures. Fluids pre-processing for complex systems has also improved dramatically. The process of preparing and meshing models with hundreds of parts has been reduced from days to hours with ANSYS 17.0. 

ANSYS 17.0 enables software engineers to be more productive with developing, testing and certifying embedded software. New industry-specific vertical solutions take full benefit from the openness and flexibility of the platform to facilitate interactions with original equipment manufacturers and suppliers while adhering to such industry standards as ARINC 661/664, FACE and AUTOSAR.

10x Improvements for Deeper Insight - ANSYS 17.0 delivers deeper insight into real-world product performance through such enhancements as higher fidelity simulations and better post processing. For example, with printed circuit boards, engineers can now quickly import ECAD geometry and perform coupled thermal-structural analysis with power integrity and electronics cooling analyses to accurately predict stress, deformation and fatigue. These capabilities enable engineers to design board layouts and thermal management strategies for more reliable electronic components. As a result, complex board and packages can be set up and solved in minutes, not hours or days.

As products become more complex, the ability to simulate entire systems provides a significant advantage to manufacturers. Using a single simulation platform at ANSYS 17.0, engineers can not only simulate physical models but can also consider embedded systems design and embedded software models. This enables virtual systems simulation, testing and prototyping, reducing product development time and cost. In this release, ANSYS introduces native support for the industry-standard system modeling language, Modelica, which enables access to hundreds of additional mechanical and fluid component models in addition to its rich model library for power electronics. At the same time, advancements in the platform provide more insight to real world system performance by enabling high-fidelity 3-D results to be incorporated into system-level models.

ANSYS 17.0 greatly expands turbomachinery simulation capabilities across a broad spectrum to produce highly accurate results, across a wider array of operating conditions and with shorter turnaround time. Engineers can solve considerably more transient blade row configurations by calculating as few as one blade per row instead of the full wheel to speed time to solution by over 10x and drastically reducing the required computing resources. These advances are critical given that turbines produce 99 percent of the world's electricity.

10x Improvements to Performance - ANSYS 17.0 delivers performance improvements for all of its product lines, particularly in the realm of high-performance computing (HPC). ANSYS 17.0 introduces the most modern HPC solver architectures that leverages the latest processor technologies. Organizations can leverage this power on most IT configurations – from desktops to cloud environments – to obtain their simulation results sooner.

There is a clear global demand to develop more power efficient machines, but progress has been hindered due to the huge computational resources required to simulate an electric machine. Complete transient electromagnetic field analysis of an electric machine can require two weeks or more to complete. HPC advances in the ANSYS 17.0 electromagnetics suite deliver unprecedented computational speed for full transient electromagnetic field simulation for electric motor design. Simulations of critical transient behaviors that previously required weeks of computational time can now be completed in hours during early design stages, reducing the risk of project delays and late-stage design changes.

"This is amazing technology," said Briam Cavalca Bork, product engineer at WEG. "ANSYS 17.0 allows us to fully utilize our HPC hardware. Simulation time has improved by a factor of 20x, but more importantly we have gained more in-depth and timely design insight that will allow us to deliver industry leading, innovative machine designs. The new ANSYS technology delivers the capability to do more complex analyses on a greater variety of scenarios."

As previously announced, ANSYS fluids solutions have smashed the previous simulation world record by scaling to 129,000 compute cores running at 90 percent efficiency – a 10x improvement over the past two years. HPC performance of the structures suite has also improved significantly and now demonstrates scaling up to 1000 cores. Structural simulations which required running overnight, can now be completed in an hour, enabling engineers to explore 10x more variations and find the best design faster. 

"Organizations across a wide variety of industries are struggling to keep pace with the growing need for data-intensive modeling and large-scale simulations to accelerate business innovation," said Scott Misage, vice president and general manager, High Performance Computing, Hewlett Packard Enterprise. "By bringing together all high-performance computing (HPC) advances made in the new ANSYS 17 release with our industry-leading HPE Apollo compute platform for HPC and big data workloads, our customers can now transform their product development processes, reduce engineering costs and accelerate time-to-market."

"Our partnership with ANSYS has always equipped us with exceptional simulation capabilities, which have allowed us to design and develop our cars more quickly, efficiently and intelligently," said Nathan Sykes, head of numerical tools and technologies, Red Bull Racing and Technology. "The ANSYS 17.0 fluids suite has been used extensively in the design of our 2016 challenger, the RB12, allowing us to conduct critical CFD analysis and make design decisions faster than ever before."

For more information on ANSYS 17.0, click ansys.com/17.

About ANSYS, Inc.

ANSYS is the global leader in engineering simulation. We bring clarity and insight to our customer's most complex design challenges through the broadest portfolio of fast, accurate and reliable simulation tools. Our technology enables organizations in all industries to imagine high-quality, innovative product designs that are sustainable and have an accelerated time to market. Founded in 1970, ANSYS employs almost 3000 professionals, more than 700 of them with PhDs in engineering fields such as finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, electronics and electromagnetics, embedded software, system simulation and design optimization. Headquartered south of Pittsburgh, U.S.A., ANSYS has more than 75 strategic sales and development locations throughout the world with a network of channel partners in 40+ countries. For more information, visit www.ansys.com.

Vero Appoints Peter Ameloot as BizDev Manager for Europe

GLOUCESTERSHIRE, UK, Jan 30, 2016 - Vero Software announces its continued growth has resulted in the recent appointment of Peter Ameloot as the newest member to Vero Software Limited’s international business development team.

Peter has been appointed as a Business Development Manager for Europe and will be responsible for some of our established reseller as well as appointing and developing new sales channels for a range of Vero software brands.

“The move to Vero Software Limited represents a wonderful opportunity for me to apply the experience I have gained from many years direct sales and sales management in the CAD/CAM industry on a much wider stage” commented Peter.

Simon Lee, EMEA Sales Director commented “Peter joins Vero at a very exciting time, we are experiencing substantial year on year growth and are busy opening up new markets for Vero products across Europe. Peter brings with him a wealth of knowledge and experience that will prove invaluable in his new role”.

"We are driven by growth and Peter’s appointment will bring new momentum to our international business expansion and restructure, I wish him every success in his new role".

About Vero Software

Vero sells and supports its range of products through its direct offices in the UK, Italy, France, Germany, Netherlands, USA, Brazil, India, Japan, Korea and China, and through a comprehensive global reseller network across more than 45 countries.

Vero is part of Hexagon (Nordic exchange: HEXA B), a leading global provider of design, measurement and visualization technologies that enable customers to design, measure and position objects, and process and present data. For more information, visit http://www.verosoftware.com/.

AutoForm Hydro 2016 Unveiled for Sheet Metal Forming

WILEN B WOLLERAU, Switzerland, Jan 29, 2016 - AutoForm Engineering GmbH, the leading supplier of software solutions for the sheet metal forming industry, has unveiled its latest software AutoForm Hydro 2016. This version of AutoForm Hydro has many significant enhancements including a completely new unique set of functionalities for springback compensation. Based on accurate springback simulation results, AutoForm Hydro 2016 allows for efficient springback compensation after bending and hydroforming operations.

Springback compensation of bending operation

AutoForm Hydro is AutoForm’s state-of-the-art solution for rapid tool design for tube hydroforming processes as well as for the simulation of these processes. The latest software version, AutoForm Hydro 2016, offers new functionalities and significant enhancements. The most important one is springback compensation of bending and hydroforming operations.

Springback compensation of hydroforming operation

The bending compensation is achieved through the generation of a new bending line using the same springback value in the opposite direction and compensation of process parameters while the tool geometries remain unchanged. The hydroforming compensation takes into account springback after the hydroforming operation and all springback modes such as translation, twisting and crowning. The automatic update of tool geometries results in compensated tools which can be easily exported. By identifying and analysing the root cause of springback, engineers are able to define the most effective compensation strategy for the project at hand.

In addition to this new and unique functionality in tube hydroforming, AutoForm Hydro 2016 also provides enhancements in process description and tool design such as force controlled axial tools for bending and hydroforming operations, appropriate positioning before bending operation, generation of fillet radius for upper and lower dies as well as volume controlled hydroforming. The comprehensive in-depth understanding and validation of the entire hydroforming process leads to shorter development time and reduced tooling, material and production costs.

Dr. Markus Thomma, Corporate Marketing Director of AutoForm Engineering, stated: “AutoForm Hydro 2016 enables our users to reach a new level of competitiveness in tube hydroforming. This is the only software on the market today which allows for springback compensation in tube hydroforming. The ability to carry out feasibility, springback calculation and its compensation already in the process engineering stage reduces additional costly efforts for redesign in the CAD stage and results in significant time savings in tool making and tryout. With AutoForm Hydro 2016, part designers, process engineers as well as tool and die makers are well-equipped to meet the increasing demands in terms of part complexity, ever higher part quality requirements, implementation of new materials as well as ever shorter lead times and higher cost pressures.”

For more information about AutoForm and its products, visit http://www.autoform.com/.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

MecSoft Releases VisualCAM 2016 for SOLIDWORKS

IRVINE, CA, USA, Jan 26, 2016 - MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of VisualCAM 2016 for SOLIDWORKS, the latest version of MecSoft’s integrated Gold Certified CAM solution for SOLIDWORKS.

VisualCAM 2016 for SOLIDWORKS includes 2 CAM modules known as VisualCAM-MILL for SOLIDWORKS, and VisualCAM-TURN for SOLIDWORKS, each of which run integrated inside the SOLIDWORKS CAD program and can be bought and licensed independent of each other. The 2016 version includes enhancements to 2 Axis, 3 Axis and 4 Axis milling methods, Tooling, Feeds/Speeds and Knowledge Bases and more.

“Just as with our recent release of RhinoCAM 2016 and VisualCAD/CAM 2016, this product improves upon a CAM product that consistently exceeds expectations of our users. With an emphasis on automation of programming tasks in this release, along with our continued focus on improving our toolpath generation methods, we are proud to release this product to our customers.”, stated Joe Anand, President & CEO of MecSoft Corporation.

For more information or to download a free demo of VisualCAM 2016 for SOLIDWORKS, visit mecsoft.com/visualcamforsolidworks.

About MecSoft

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS and RhinoCAM & Rhino3DPRINT. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For more information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

MecSoft Joins Onshape App Store

IRVINE, CA, USA, Jan 26, 2016 - MecSoft Corporation announces that it has joined the Onshape App Store. The Onshape App Store that has been released in private beta allows users of Onshape easy access to applications to augment the capabilities of the Onshape CAD product. MecSoft is a principal CAM participant in this App Store with an initial product offering called VisualIMPORT for Onshape.

VisualIMPORT for Onshape allows access to the users’ on-line Onshape account from inside VisualCAD, enabling users to view and import part files from their Onshape account. Once imported into VisualCAD, users can utilize VisualCAD’s plug-in VisualCAM to create cutter paths for CNC machining.

VisualCAM additionally includes a completely free 3 Axis CAM product called FreeMILL.

“We are very happy to see VisualCAM now available to all Onshape users via Onshape App Store. Onshape users now have access to affordable, production level CAM. With just a few clicks from the app store, Onshape users can immediately start generating toolpaths starting with 2 1/2 axis and going all the way to 5 axis. Users are now cutting parts on their CNC machines directly from the Onshape documents. The fact that users can also access FreeMILL, a free 3 axis CAM component of VisualCAM is an added benefit” says John McEleney, CEO of Onshape.

“MecSoft is extremely excited to partner with Onshape by participating in their app store to bring CAM functionality to Onshape. With VisualIMPORT for Onshape, a product that can be obtained through the app store, Onshape customers can access their Onshape part files for the purposes of manufacturing them” says Joe Anand, CEO of MecSoft.
About Onshape

Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, Onshape is a fully-cloud based 3D CAD system that brings your entire design team together to be able to work on a design using any web browser, phone or tablet. The struggle with finding secure and simultaneous access to a master version of your CAD data is over, without the hassles of creating duplicate files. Learn more about Onshape.

About MecSoft

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS and RhinoCAM & Rhino3DPRINT. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For the latest news and information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

MecSoft Releases VisualCAD/CAM 2016 for CNC Programming

IRVINE, CA, USA, Jan 26, 2016 - MecSoft Corporation, the developer of industry leading CAD/CAM software solutions, has announced the availability of VisualCAD/CAM 2016, MecSoft’s flagship standalone CNC programming software.

VisualCAM, running completely integrated inside the VisualCAD base CAD platform, addresses the CNC manufacturing market with modules VisualMILL, VisualTURN, VisualNEST, and VisualART. MecSoft continues to provide VisualCAD as a completely free design tool.

VisualCAD/CAM 2016 has been enhanced to bring you the best and most affordable CAD/CAM manufacturing platform on the market today. These changes include:
  • Enhancements to geometry construction and design functions in VisualCAD
  • Enhancements to 2 Axis, 3 Axis and 4 Axis milling methods
  • Enhancements to Tooling, Feeds/Speeds and Knowledge Bases
  • Utilities for cabinet makers to help in programming toolpaths for cabinet manufacturing
  • Enhancements to the NEST module
“Just as with our recent release of RhinoCAM 2016, VisualCAD/CAM 2016, improves upon a CAM product that consistently exceeds expectations of our users. With an emphasis on automation of programming tasks in this release, along with our continued focus on improving our toolpath generation methods, we are proud to release this product to our customers.” stated Joe Anand, President & CEO of MecSoft Corporation.

The free demo software of VisualCAD/CAM 2016 can be downloaded at MecSoft.com.

About MecSoft

Headquartered in Irvine, California, MecSoft Corporation is a worldwide leader in providing Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) software solutions, addressing both Additive and Subtractive manufacturing technologies, for the small to mid-market segments. These solutions include products VisualCAD/CAM/3DPRINT, VisualCAM for SOLIDWORKS and RhinoCAM & Rhino3DPRINT. These software products deliver powerful, easy-to-use and affordable solutions for users in the custom manufacturing, rapid prototyping, rapid tooling, mold making, aerospace, automotive, tool & die, woodworking, and education industries. For more information, visit mecsoft.com or call (949) 654-8163.

Monday, January 25, 2016

ZW3D 2016 Beta Released

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

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

Simplifying Manufacturing Processes with Newly-added PMI


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

Diversifying Sketching Options with New 3D Sketch


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

Empowering Data Connectivity with Upgraded File Translator

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

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

About ZW3D CAD/CAM

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

Friday, January 22, 2016

Delcam Releases FeatureCAM 2016 R2

BIRMINGHAM, UK, Jan 22, 2016 - Delcam has added more five-axis machining functionality in the 2016 R2 release of its FeatureCAM CAM programming software. Other enhancements include improved control and simulation capabilities for multi-axis machines, plus options to reduce both programming and machining times.


FeatureCAM was the world’s first feature-based programming software when it was launched in 1995. Constant development since then has ensured that the system has retained its leadership in programming speed and ease of use, while an increased range of strategies has been added to provide more efficient toolpaths that give greater productivity on a wider range of machinery, including turn/mill machines, five-axis mills and wire EDM equipment.

FeatureCAM 2016 R2 introduces the ability to machine features aligned to the Z axis by using the C axis, rather than by moving in the X and Y axis. This option, which is commonly known as polar milling or polar indexing, can be used in situations where the machine cannot travel beyond a certain linear point. Instead, the C axis can be used to rotate the part within the machining envelope. It can be most helpful when machining parts with a circular profile, when machining times can be reduced and surface finish improved.

Another addition to FeatureCAM’s flexible machine architecture provides support for the W-axis option in machine tools such as horizontal boring machines. This addition can be used to control and simulate moveable live spindles that can extend the travel limits of the Z axis to help avoid collisions.

The new release also includes an improvement to automatic tool selection – the inclusion of a check of the diameter of the tool shank. If the shank diameter is found to be larger than the diameter of the cutting portion of the tool, FeatureCAM will choose a tool of the appropriate length to avoid collisions of the shank with the part.

FeatureCAM 2016 R2 provides settings to position and index a turret within a part-handling feature when programming turn/mill machines. These settings can now be shown within the machine simulation, making it possible to pre-empt and fix potential collisions during part-handling operations.

Two options will allow more efficient machining. Firstly, relative plunge, which now supports two-axis spiral and zig-zag toolpaths, can be set to allow the tool to rapid to the plunge clearance location, rather than feeding to it. Secondly, curve sorting has been added to give better control of the order for machining multiple curves within a single feature. This can be set automatically using options including ascending or descending in X, Y or Z, or using the shortest path to achieve the quickest cycle time.

Machine design files can now be selected on a document level, making it easier to check visually which file is loaded. The same dialog also makes it quicker to edit the set-up location of the component and to change the machine-design file for the post-processor that is currently loaded.

Finally, FeatureCAM allows a post-processor document to be generated. This document helps users to understand the capabilities of the post-processor that is loaded currently.

For video demonstrations of the main enhancements of the FeatureCAM 2016, visit  Learning Zone at www.delcam.tv/fc2016/lz.

Turkey’s Retailer Boyner Group Selects Dassault 'My Collection'

VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France and NEW YORK, USA, Jan 22, 2016 - Dassault Systems (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, today announced that Boyner Group, the leading retail company in Turkey, is using the “My Collection” industry solution experience to streamline the design and development of its multi-category fashion retail collections. Based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, “My Collection” provides Boyner Group with a collaborative digital solution that accelerates time to market, allowing its teams to dedicate more time toward creative planning.

Boyner Group’s eight group companies, 28 brands and 500 stores serve 15 million customers in Turkey and select international markets with products known for style, elegance and creativity. Following a concentrated effort to improve operational efficiency in 2014, the group decided to invest in state-of-the-art technologies to better satisfy customers, specifically capabilities to manage the development of apparel, accessories, bags, footwear and other product categories for three of its companies: Aymarka, Beymen and Boyner Retail.

Dassault Systems’ “My Collection” industry solution experience provides Boyner Group with a single and unified digital environment that connects internal and external stakeholders, integrates their supply chain, and improves visibility, flexibility and decision support for multiple and diverse product categories. Teams collaborate on a single platform, spending less time on chasing and duplicating data and more time on developing and sourcing items. With “My Collection,” Boyner Group can mitigate the risk of incorrect samples, additional costs and production errors or delays, to accelerate time to market of products that meet consumer demand.

“We needed a digital platform to manage collections among our iconic and expanding product lines and one that could be fully integrated with our existing ERP system,” said Ozan Akkaya, Information Technologies Coordinator, Boyner Group. “We chose Dassault Systems and its ‘My Collection’ industry solution experience for its powerful fashion development, design management and enterprise collaboration capabilities. Other factors in our decision were Dassault Systems’ position as a strong, knowledgeable technology solution partner to many successful international brands and the expertise of its local team.”
“Boyner Group faces many of the same challenges affecting other major retailers across the globe: developing products consumers love while improving global efficiencies and speed to market,” said Susan Olivier, Vice President, Consumer Goods and Retail Industry, Dassault Systems. “Our 3DEXPERIENCE platform offers a new approach to collaborative innovation for on-trend and on-time collections.”

For more information on Dassault Systems’ industry solution experiences for Consumer Goods & Retail, visit: http://www.3ds.com/industries/consumer-goods-retail/

Dassault Systems is exhibiting this week at the NRF BIG Show in New York, booth #1877.

About Dassault Systems

Dassault Systems, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, provides business and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations. Its world-leading solutions transform the way products are designed, produced, and supported. Dassault Systems’ collaborative solutions foster social innovation, expanding possibilities for the virtual world to improve the real world. The group brings value to over 190,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 140 countries. For more information, visit www.3ds.com.

Sunday, January 17, 2016

Electric-Car Company Faraday Future Adopts Dassault 3DEXPERIENCE

VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France, Jan 17, 2016 - Dassault Systems (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, world leader in 3D design software, 3D Digital Mock Up and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) solutions, announced that Faraday Future has adopted its 3DEXPERIENCE platform. The electric-car company has already deployed the “Target Zero Defect” and “Smart Safe & Connected” industry solution experiences for the development and delivery of its new fully electric vehicle and connected automotive experience concept unveiled during CES 2016 in Las Vegas last week.

Both Faraday Future and Dassault Systems see the fundamental shift that is now occurring in the relationship between people and cars. This emerging generation of cars requires manufacturers to integrate traditional automotive design disciplines with Internet-connectivity, alternative power-sources, and autonomous driving technologies. Faraday Future determined that Dassault Systems’ 3DEXPERIENCE platform was the only innovation platform that made this rapid integration of design and technology possible.

“We are taking a user-centric, technology-first approach to vehicle design with the ultimate aim of connecting the automotive experience to the rest of our customers’ life,” said Nick Sampson, Senior Vice President, Product R&D, Faraday Future. “Dassault Systems’ focus on customer experience and its unmatched technologies will enable us to meet our aggressive schedule to deliver the most advanced electric vehicles into the market. Dassault Systems’ industry solution experiences like ‘Target Zero Defect’ and ‘Smart Safe & Connected’ clinched the decision for Faraday Future.”

Based on the 3DEXPERIENCE platform, “Target Zero Defect” and “Smart Safe & Connected” industry solution experiences were fully deployed across the company of more than 400 employees worldwide within two weeks. It has enabled Faraday Future to design, simulate, and prepare for production in ways that were not possible with any other solution.

"Faraday Future is attempting to transform the transportation and mobility industry. By choosing to partner with Dassault Systems, it has a proven solution it deployed quickly and fits with its very rapid and aggressive development schedule,” said Olivier Sappin, Vice President, Transportation & Mobility Industry, Dassault Systems. “Faraday Future has quickly adopted the 3DEXPERIENCE platform and is benefiting from the integration of our extensive experience in the automotive and high tech industries.” 

In addition to helping Faraday Future turn its concept car into reality, the 3DEXPERIENCE platform will also be utilized in Faraday Future’s forthcoming manufacturing facility in North Las Vegas. Dassault Systems’ industry solution experiences for manufacturing, including “Lean Production Run,” are used by companies like Faraday Future for plant optimization, quality control, and real-time visibility into facility operations. By leveraging the breadth of the 3DEXPERIENCE platform’s capabilities for manufacturing, Faraday Future will be able to construct and maintain a high-tech factory of the highest modern standards, and stay ahead of future demand for next-generation automobiles. 

About Dassault Systems

Dassault Systems, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, provides business and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations. Its world-leading solutions transform the way products are designed, produced, and supported. Dassault Systems’ collaborative solutions foster social innovation, expanding possibilities for the virtual world to improve the real world. The group brings value to over 190,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 140 countries. For more information, visit www.3ds.com.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

GRAITEC Acquires Slovakia's STOR CAD

BIEVRES, France, Jan 14, 2016 - GRAITEC, international BIM and CAD software developer for AEC, and international Autodesk Platinum Partner in US and across Europe, is delighted to announce the acquisition of Slovakian BIM technology provider and Autodesk Gold Partner: STOR CAD.


STOR CAD Computers Ltd., based in Bratislava, is a long standing Autodesk reseller with the largest market share in the Slovak Republic and brings with them 15 years' experience of providing CAD solutions in the Civil, Infrastructure and Engineering industry.

The acquisition of STOR CAD significantly increases GRAITEC presence across Europe, bridging the GRAITEC offices in Czech Republic and Poland with Slovakia, to establish a strong European network. This move contributes to GRAITEC's long-term strategy to become a global leading BIM provider and recognised international Autodesk Partner and innovative developer of BIM technology.

Jan Žilka, STOR CAD commented: "STOR CAD has built up a considerable reputation throughout Slovakia and was one of the first companies in Eastern Europe to offer BIM solutions. The opportunity to join GRAITEC is perceived as a very positive step that will bring new momentum to us and our users."

Francis Guillemard, GRAITEC CEO adds: "One of the reasons for our exponential growth, is GRAITEC's highly professional service to customers. The acquisition of STOR CAD, with its customer-centric focus, creates an obvious synergy with GRAITEC which, together with our Czech and Poland offices, will project a positive and dynamic image to the regional market. We will work to make STOR CAD an Autodesk Platinum partner under the GRAITEC brand in order to further contribute to our continued expansion in the region with the success of Autodesk and our internal products."

About STOR CAD

STOR CAD is an Autodesk Gold Partner and CADKON Reseller with several years' experience of providing CAD solutions throughout the Slovak Region. With over 40 employees, STOR CAD strives to keep their clients fully updated with innovative design processes in order to save them time and money, the necessary practical training and assistance with enabling BIM technology throughout their clients' organisations. For more information, visit www.storcad.cz.

Sunday, January 10, 2016

COMSOL Multiphysics Available on Rescale Cloud

BURLINGTON, MA, USA, Jan 10, 2016 - COMSOL is excited to announce the availability of COMSOL Multiphysics software on Rescale simulation platforms through a collaboration with COMSOL, creators of the robust, physics-based modeling and simulation software.

COMSOL Multiphysics is an all-inclusive modeling software, based on powerful numerical methods, for simulating physics-based problems. With COMSOL Multiphysics, users are able to account for coupled or multiphysics phenomena. The simulation suite is further expandable with more than 30 add-on products for simulating electrical, mechanical, fluid flow, and chemical applications allowing for unlimited multiphysics combinations.

Simulation experts can use the Application Builder within COMSOL Multiphysics to create specialized simulation apps that can be run by engineers and others not well versed in simulation. These apps are hosted and run on the COMSOL Server™ software, which is also available on Rescale’s cloud.

Now COMSOL Multiphysics users can run computationally demanding analyses on high-end hardware that matches the power and flexibility of their solvers. Users submit simulations using their existing COMSOL Multiphysics licenses with on-demand high performance computing (HPC) hardware, making use of the software’s automatic and sophisticated parallel processing capabilities. The new Rescale and COMSOL collaboration allows users to accelerate their COMSOL Multiphysics analyses using Rescale’s diverse and dynamic pay-per-use HPC platforms, leveraging built-in administration and collaboration tools designed to improve and speed-up the simulation process.

"For customers seeking HPC resources for bigger analyses, this important initiative with Rescale allows our users to take full advantage of both the COMSOL Multiphysics software and Rescale's secure and flexible simulation environments," says Phil Kinnane, COMSOL's VP of Business Development.

“We’re very excited to be partnering with COMSOL to offer their unique software on our platforms. COMSOL Multiphysics is a critical tool for many engineers and scientists worldwide and an excellent addition to our suite of available software packages” said Vice President of Sales, Tony Spagnuolo.

For users interested in taking advantage of COMSOL Multiphysics in the cloud using Rescale’s platforms, you can contact Rescale and COMSOL using the resources below. To begin running COMSOL Multiphysics immediately, you can create a free Rescale account by going to www.rescale.com/signup.

About COMSOL

COMSOL is a global provider of simulation software for product design and research to technical enterprises, research labs, and universities. Its COMSOL Multiphysics® product is an integrated software environment for creating physics-based models and simulation apps. A particular strength is its ability to account for coupled or multiphysics phenomena. Add-on products expand the simulation platform for electrical, mechanical, fluid flow, and chemical applications. Interfacing tools enable the integration of COMSOL Multiphysics simulations with all major technical computing and CAD tools on the CAE market. Simulation experts rely on the COMSOL Server™ product to deploy apps to their design teams, manufacturing departments, test laboratories, and customers throughout the world. Founded in 1986, COMSOL employs more than 400 people in 22 offices worldwide and extends its reach with a network of distributors. For more information, visit www.comsol.com/contact.

About Rescale

Rescale is the world’s leading cloud platform provider of simulation software and high performance computing (HPC) solutions. Rescale’s platform solutions are deployed securely and seamlessly to enterprises via a web-based application environment powered by preeminent simulation software providers and backed by the largest commercially available HPC infrastructure. Headquartered in San Francisco, CA, Rescale’s customers include global Fortune 500 companies in the aerospace, automotive, life sciences, marine, consumer products, and energy sectors. For more information, visit www.rescale.com

Friday, January 1, 2016

Happy New Year, 2016!

PUNE, India, Jan 1, 2016 - SimplyCAD wishes all its readers a very Happy and prosperous New Year 2016 ahead!

Regards
Team SimplyCAD!