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Contents Acquisitions _______________________________________________________________________ 2

3D Systems Completes Acquisition of Phenix _________________________________________________2 PTC Acquires Enigma; Advances Market Position in Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) ____________3

Company News _____________________________________________________________________ 4 Bentley Systems’ London Office Achieves LEED Silver Certification, Underscoring Company’s Commitment to Environmental Sustainability _________________________________________________4 Cansel earns Autodesk Civil Infrastructure Specialization _______________________________________5 Delcam adds 30 Graduates and Undergrads to Birmingham Staff __________________________________5 F1 in Schools and Autodesk Partner to Deliver Design Software to Students Worldwide _______________6 Free CAD Downloads up, Further Growth Predicted ____________________________________________7 Industry Partnership Forms “Complete Solution” ______________________________________________8 MachineWorks expands its Support and Development _________________________________________10 Nemetschek Allplan is joining the “TUM Center of Digital Methods for the Built Environment” at the Technical University of Munich ___________________________________________________________11 Red Cedar Technology Announces Distribution Partnership with Xitadel Group _____________________12 solidThinking Partners with Boundary Systems to Support Rapidly Growing solidThinking Inspire User Community ___________________________________________________________________________13 SURFCAM Appoints South Korean Reseller_________________________________________________14 Tata Technologies signs MoU with BITS Pilani ______________________________________________14 Trace One Names Michael Bromme as Senior Vice President to Further Drive US Market Growth ______15

Events News ______________________________________________________________________ 16 3D Systems to Present at Needham Advanced Industrial Technologies Conference ___________________16 Aras Announces ACE 2013 Japan September 26 Tokyo ________________________________________16 TopSolid at EMO Hannover 2013 _________________________________________________________17

Financial News ___________________________________________________________________ 18 Infosys: Q1 Revenues Grew by 13.6% Year-on-Year; 2.7% Quarter-on-Quarter _____________________18 SAP Announces Second Quarter and First Half Results 2013 ____________________________________19 Tata Consultancy Services: Strong Volumes Drive Another Stellar Quarter _________________________20 TOA Technologies Raises $66 Million to Transform Global Field Service Management _______________21

Implementation Investments _________________________________________________________ 23 Accuride International now Offers 3D Downloads in 15 CAD Formats ____________________________23 BAE Systems Standardizes on Infor ________________________________________________________23 CD-adapco Brings Virtual Testing Capabilities to USA Luge ____________________________________24 Proterra Standardizes on Electrical Systems Design and Wire Harness Engineering Tools from Mentor Graphics _______________________________________________________________________25 Russia’s Technoproekt Strengthens its Relationship with AVEVA ________________________________26

Product News _____________________________________________________________________ 27 3D Systems Announces Geomagic 2014 ____________________________________________________27 Altair's Compute Manager 12.0 Scales Beyond 500 Concurrent Users and 500,000 Jobs, Managing Big Data from HPC Faster _______________________________________________________________________28 Altium releases Maxim Integrated Board-Level Design Content Online ____________________________29 CADLearning Autodesk Revit Architecture 2014 Course for Architects, Students and Faculty __________30 Delcam Enhances Integrated Electrode Solution ______________________________________________31

PLM Industry Summary Jillian Hayes, Editor

Vol. 15 No 29 Friday 19 July 2013

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EMA Announces CircuitSpace 5.0 _________________________________________________________32 Edgecam Global Community Launches Alongside New Software Release __________________________33 FabStream ™ Announces Official Production Version of SoloPCB Design™ Software _______________35 IMAGINiT Technologies Launches Utilities for Civil 3D 2014 __________________________________36 Mastercam X7 Mill Brings Speed, Efficiency, and Automation __________________________________37 New AVEVA Bocad software offers 30-40 percent project savings _______________________________38 New i GET IT Knowledge Management Subscription Packages Open Leading On-line Engineering Training Portfolio to All Subscribers ______________________________________________________________39 PDF3D C TECH Partnership Brings Technological Advantage to Geological Engineers _______________40 Silicon Labs and Altium Release Design Content for EFM32 Gecko MCUs ________________________41 Vector Software Announces Integration with Polarion Software Products __________________________42 Visure Solutions Integrates with ALM Hub to Simplify Data Exchange Between Customers’ Tool Chains 43 Yunique Solutions Announces YuSnap Mobile App Combining Creativity with Efficiency to Further Accelerate the Fashion Product Development Process with YuniquePLM __________________________45 ZW3D 2013 Student Supports Global Education with Over 10 Languages Available _________________46

Acquisitions 3D Systems Completes Acquisition of Phenix 15 July 2013 3D Systems announced today that it has closed its acquisition of Phenix Systems, a leading global provider of Direct Metal Selective Laser Sintering 3D Printers based in Riom, France. The company paid $15.1 million for 81% of the share capital and will immediately launch a simplified take-over bid process in accordance with the French Markets Authority on the remaining shares and voting rights. Phenix Systems designs and manufactures proprietary Direct Metal 3D Printers that print chemically pure, fully dense metal and ceramic parts from very fine powders with the granularity of 6 to 9 microns. Materials include stainless steel, tool steel, super alloys, non-ferrous alloys, precious metals and alumina for a variety of aerospace, automotive and patient specific medical device applications. Phenix Systems strengthens 3D Systems offerings and immediately positions it at the heart of these rapidly growing direct manufacturing opportunities. “Phenix Systems is a strategic and differentiated addition to our extensive 3D content-to-print portfolio and we are thrilled to deliver these powerful solutions to our customers,” said Avi Reichental, President and CEO, 3D Systems. “Our proven track record in advanced manufacturing, combined with Phenix Systems extensive metals technology and expertise represents a true game-changer that empowers our customers to manufacture the future.” Learn how Phenix direct metal solutions can help you at 3DSystems.com.

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PTC Acquires Enigma; Advances Market Position in Service Lifecycle Management (SLM) 16 July 2013 PTC today announced it has acquired Enigma, a developer of software that aggregates and delivers technical content in aftermarket service environments. The acquisition enhances PTC’s existing portfolio of service lifecycle management (SLM) solutions and further distinguishes the Company’s position within the SLM market. Now, in addition to its best-in-class capabilities in technical authoring, illustrating, publishing, and delivering product-centric information, PTC will be able to amass, digitize, and deliver technical content that was created outside the PTC platform. The Enigma products intelligently aggregate a wide variety of service content available in many formats and then repurpose and present that information for technicians or end users requiring technical and parts information to operate, maintain and service complex products. By leveraging Enigma’s technology within PTC’s existing Technical Information and Service Parts Information solutions, PTC will enable service-oriented organizations to make available a broad array of technical content. “The addition of Enigma technology to the PTC solution suite will expand companies’ ability to deliver the best possible product performance and service experience to their customers,” stated Lee Smith, divisional vice president and general manager, SLM Segment, PTC. “Our combined solution will get the right information to the right person at the right time – regardless of the information’s origin. What made Enigma an attractive acquisition to us was its rich intellectual property, world-class customer base and skilled technical resources. This deal reinforces PTC’s commitment to become the single best partner to manufacturers, equipment operators and service providers seeking to increase value from their service operations and improve their customers’ experience.” “We share PTC’s vision of providing best-in-class solutions that help customers reduce costs and provide faster and more personalized service,” stated Jonathan Yaron, CEO of Enigma. “Our customers will benefit from the vision, commitment, and resources of our combined companies.” PTC’s decade-long investment in organic development and select acquisitions has resulted in mature, market-leading solutions that help service organizations produce, manage and deliver high-quality, configuration-specific service information. Benefit to Manufacturing and Service Organizations – A single system that aggregates service content (including technical product information authored and published within and outside of the PTC platform) from across the enterprise will enable the right information to be available at the critical point of service. Benefit to Manufacturers’ Customers – A single system for service that provides the latest

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configuration-specific content and parts information will enable improvements in technician work quality, product uptime, and customer satisfaction.

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Company News Bentley Systems’ London Office Achieves LEED Silver Certification, Underscoring Company’s Commitment to Environmental Sustainability 17 July 2013 Bentley Systems, Incorporated, announced that the renovation and interior fit-out of its new London, U.K., office in the 23-year-old former Barclay’s Bank headquarters building has just received LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Silver certification from the U.S. Green Building Council office. LEED certification provides independent, third-party verification that a building, home, or community was designed and built using strategies aimed at achieving high performance in key areas of human and environmental health, including sustainable site development, water savings, energy efficiency, materials selection, and indoor environmental quality. Last year, this same office achieved BREEAM “Very Good” certification – the primary green building rating system in the U.K. Earlier this year, Bentley further extended its commitment to environmental sustainability by becoming one of the first 30 major U.S. employers, which also included 3M, Bloomberg LP, The Coca-Cola Company, Dell, Duke Energy, Eli Lilly and Co., Facebook, General Electric, Google, The Hartford, National Grid, Raytheon Company, Siemens, Southern California Edison, and Verizon, to join the U.S. Department of Energy’s Workplace Charging Challenge for Plug-in Electric Vehicle (PEV) charging stations. The company’s first charging station will be installed in its Huntsville, Ala., U.S.A., office. Amy Mussen, Bentley corporate environmental officer, said, “Sustaining the environment isn’t just a corporate program at Bentley, it’s part of our mission. And I’m pleased to report that Bentley’s environmental sustainability efforts continue to make solid gains with the support and commitment of senior management and our many colleagues around the globe. Together, over the past five years, we’ve been able to reduce our per capita carbon footprint 24 percent, recycle more than 27 tons of electronics, launch successful public transit and bike-to-work programs, implement energy efficiency and conservation measures across our 90 offices, adopt virtual meeting technology as a common practice to significantly reduce business travel, implement green procurement policies for office supplies, and more.” Also this year, Bentley is partnering with organizations in Greater Philadelphia to develop sustainability projects that combine its software, STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) projects, and active community engagement. The work is being done in support of preparations being made by Pennsylvania’s Delaware Valley region to host the U.S. Green Building Council’s GreenBuild Conference in November 2013.

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Cansel earns Autodesk Civil Infrastructure Specialization 15 July 2013 Cansel, a provider of software, hardware and services to the engineering, surveying, construction, mining, architecture, utilities, forestry, manufacturing and government industries, announced that it has earned the new Civil Infrastructure Specialization designation for value added resellers from Autodesk, Inc. As an Autodesk Specialized Partner, Cansel has shown that they have made significant investment in their people, they have a business plan specific to their specialization area, they have customer references, and that they can offer a high level of technical background and support to customers in the AEC and Manufacturing industries. The new Autodesk Partner Specializations enable value added resellers to highlight and brand their expertise in delivering services in key industry areas. By completing the required curriculum and training, as well as meeting required levels of service and standards set by Autodesk, Cansel demonstrates it can be a trusted advisor to Autodesk customers throughout the world. "We are very excited to be recognized by Autodesk for our expertise, commitment to being the best and our proven success," said Mr. Sasha Nikodijevic. "We have built the strongest team of technical professionals in Canada and along with our implementation methodology we are able to help customers achieve their business objectives."

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Delcam adds 30 Graduates and Undergrads to Birmingham Staff 18 July 2013 CADCAM developer Delcam is adding a total of 30 graduates and undergraduates to the staff at its Birmingham headquarters, a record number of recruits for the company’s annual summer intake. The extra staff are being added across the company in software development, engineering support and marketing. The recruits include new graduates in permanent positions and students wanting to gain employment experience during their courses that have been given fixed-term placements. This latest round of new staff marks the fourth consecutive year when Delcam has added more than 20 recruits at its Birmingham headquarters. The increasing scale of the company’s recruitment parallels the rapid growth in its global sales, both in its established manufacturing area and in the newer healthcare markets. Earlier this month, Delcam was rated by CIMdata as the world’s leading specialist supplier of CAM software for the thirteenth consecutive year, while, earlier this year, the company announced that it had achieved record half-year sales in the second half of 2012, the sixth consecutive six-month period in which it has set new record levels of sales.

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"Once again, we have offered some of this year’s new permanent positions to students that have previously completed placements at Delcam,” commented Software Development Manager, Richard Barrett. "The placement system works well for both the company and the students. It gives us a comprehensive opportunity to assess their potential as full-time employees, while the work experience helps the students’ credibility when they apply for jobs at end of their courses. Our scheme has become more established in recent years, helping us to attract more applications for the positions.” "Applications for our 2014 intake will open on the 1st September with full details listed on our website (www.delcam.com/graduates) from that date,” he added. "We will again be looking for first class applicants for all our departments, with assessment days planned in Birmingham during the autumn.”

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F1 in Schools and Autodesk Partner to Deliver Design Software to Students Worldwide 17 July 2013 Autodesk, Inc. and F1 in Schools have forged a partnership to offer all students and schools participating in the F1 in Schools programme access to an extensive portfolio of Autodesk 3D design software free of charge. F1 in Schools reaches more than 20 million students in 40 countries and challenges them to design a scale-model Formula One car of the future. Autodesk is the premier software partner for F1 in Schools. “It is great news to have Autodesk on-board with us as we continue to grow F1 in Schools and expand the number of schools participating and the territories we operate in,” said Andrew Denford, founder and chairman, F1 in Schools. “This is a major step forward for F1 in Schools and I know that by pooling our resources and the global reach of both organisations, we will be able to eliminate any barrier to entry for schools.” Autodesk will provide students, teachers and schools in the F1 in Schools programme with free access to design, visualisation, and simulation tools that enable them to bring their ideas to life in the virtual world before creating race cars from balsa wood. The partnership reflects Autodesk’s commitment to advancing design and engineering education around the world by providing early access to digital tools that help inspire students to engage in the process of creativity and design. “The opportunity to work closely with F1 in Schools to help students around the world learn how to explore their design concepts through digital tools is very exciting,” said Chris Bradshaw, chief marketing officer at Autodesk. “It’s inspiring to see students, some as young as nine, using design software like virtual wind tunnels to create and test their designs just as professionals do. It’s our hope that this partnership will enable students to cultivate a lifelong love of design.” F1 in Schools’ programme challenges students to create their own Formula One™ team which is

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commissioned to design, construct and race the fastest miniature Formula One Car of the Future; a 21cm long scale model built from a block of balsa wood and powered by a compressed air cylinder. Each team of between three and six students creates a ‘pit’ display at their Regional Final and showcases their work in developing their race car, with a verbal and written presentation for the judges. The teams will race their model car on a specially designed 20 metre test track, with the cars covering the distance in just over one second. The winners from the Regional Finals compete for the title F1 in Schools National Champions and the victorious teams head to the F1 in Schools World Finals in Austin, Texas with teams from around the globe racing for the prestigious Bernie Ecclestone World Champions trophy and coveted automotive and motorsport engineering scholarships to City University London. The partnership between F1 in Schools and Autodesk was announced at an event held today at the Savoy Place in London, home to the Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET). For more information about the partnership, visit www.f1inschools.com.

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Free CAD Downloads up, Further Growth Predicted 17 July 2013 In spite of a wide choice of free CAD programs of varying quality and complexity, CAD Schroer’s MEDUSA4 Personal software, used in 165 countries, has seen a 10% increase in downloads in the first four months of 2013 compared to the same period in 2012. CAD Schroer believes the continuing rise in downloads is due to the comprehensive professional toolset provided in MEDUSA4 Personal, which includes extensive 2D drafting and editing tools, basic 3D, parametrics, image integration, and a sheet metal design module. Regular Updates “We also keep simplifying the free license request, software download and installation process, as well as adding new tutorial videos to our website,” explains Sergej Schachow of CAD Schroer. MEDUSA4 Personal is updated regularly, benefitting from new developments in the commercial version a few months after their initial release. The latest update was released in April. Download: http://www.cad-schroer.com/Software/Free_CAD/ Great for Small Business CAD Schroer’s eSERVICES portal (http://eservices.cad-schroer.com), launched in response to requests from business users, enables designers to use their work commercially by converting drawings to PDF, DXF or the professional MEDUSA4 .SHE format for a small fee.

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“It’s helping many people turn a hobby into a business,” says Sergej Schachow, “and we’ve seen around 40% growth in registrations on the portal recently.” In Germany a plotting service allows users to upload their MEDUSA4 Personal designs to get them printed in A0, A1 or A2 formats, delivered straight to their door. These drawings can then also be used commercially. CAD on Linux As one of the first free high end CAD systems available on Linux, MEDUSA4 Personal continues to remain popular with Linux users, with 21% downloading the 2D/3D software on Linux in 2012. Top download country Germany saw a 12% growth in Linux users (now 8.9%) in the first part of 2013, although the overall proportion has so far been slightly down from 2012. Canada (29.2% Linux) and Belgium (13.6% Linux) have replaced Brazil and Spain in the top ten download locations this year. They join France (6.6% Linux), Italy (37.9% Linux), the USA (24% Linux), Switzerland (6.1% Linux), Austria (12.6% Linux) and Russia (66.7% Linux). “It’s great that ever more users throughout the world are using our flexible high-end CAD suite for hobbies as well as for start-up businesses,” Sergej concludes. “We love hearing their feedback and success stories, some of which we’ll be sharing with readers throughout the year.”

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Industry Partnership Forms “Complete Solution” 15 July 2013 Edgecam celebrated 30 years in the CAD/CAM industry by holding a productivity event at Seco’s new Technology Centre. Manufacturers from around the country attended the seminar, where they learned from Seco’s Business Development Manager – Products, David Magnall, how a dedicated partnership of suppliers forms “the complete solution for the metal cutting industry.” Presentations from Edgecam, Seco, and workholding specialists Roemheld showed over 130 delegates representing all industry sectors:

• How Edgecam’s new Workflow application will help them reduce costs, improve quality and hit shorter lead times

• The essential differences between high speed machining and high feed milling • How to future-proof their workholding investments.

Edgecam engineer Mike O’Neill said Workflow – which was introduced in Edgecam 2013 R2 – and the Waveform Roughing Strategy launched last year, are the most significant developments in Edgecam’s history. He and Pre Sales Manager Lee Richards detailed how Workflow automatically loads a part in the correct manufacturing environment, with datum set, enabling CAD/CAM engineers to apply toolpaths within seconds.

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Live machining demonstrations were held on a Mori Seiki and AgieCharmilles Mikron showing how Waveform maximises material removal rates while delivering shorter cycle times and prolonging both tool and machine tool life...along with 5-axis machining. Steve Heatherglen, Seco’s Product Manager for Indexable Milling, explained the theory behind high speed machining, outlining machine tool requirements such as NC control, block cycle times, machine rapidity, spindles and run out. He showed how harder carbide tools were used with small arcs of contact, creating small radial cutting depths. And he highlighted its difference from high feed milling, which he said was a roughing process designed to remove as much material as possible in the shortest time. Delegates were also shown how workholding for 5-axis components is “totally different” from standard positioning. Roemheld Managing Director Bill Neal said the growing complexity of components means 5-axis machining is becoming increasingly more popular, and he outlined how to “future-proof” workholding investments for access, component handling, positioning, repeatability and rigidity. Edgecam users said they found the event invaluable in keeping up with Edgecam’s latest “game-changing” developments.

• Tom Newbery, Technical Director of VES Precision Ltd, said Workflow will dramatically speed up the programming of parts for their aerospace and food industry components, and Waveform has already considerably extended tool life.

• Waveform is now Aerogrind Tooling’s default roughing strategy, according to Managing Director Tim Shillabeer, who said: “We’ve used it successfully in many recent applications.” And he forecast that Workflow will enable him to provide a better, faster and more efficient service to customers. “It’ll speed up the programming process, so we can start cutting metal much quicker than in the past.”

• Andrew Wright, Production Engineer for both Newburgh Engineering and the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre, expects Workflow to reduce part setting up time. “It’ll take out a lot of the mundane operations that we do day to day, such as repeats, rotations, orientating them in the correct way, and setting stock. Basically it’ll reduce the nuts and bolts of setting the part up and getting to the toolpath generation much quicker.”

The seminar also looked at other new and enhanced functionality in Edgecam 2013 R2, including moving faces, the 3D Mirror procedure and the Analyse Profile command in Part Modeler. Lee Richards said a major benefit comes from the Part Modeler CAD Loader options for NX, ACIS, Inventor, CATIA V5 and Creo Parametric now being included in the Edgecam Part Modeler and Solid CAD/CAM core licenses. Turning enhancements include support for multiple turrets with the Siemens and Mori Seiki code wizards...the intention is to roll this out to more templates in future releases...and a new Finish Groove

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cycle. Milling cycles have been updated to allow boundaries to be selected directly from solid edges without the need to create wireframe geometry from edges or Edge Loop Features first. In previous versions of Edgecam, each time the simulator was started the entire toolpath was sent from start to finish, along with all the model data. An update in 2013 R2 means it picks up where the simulation last finished. New functionality in the Wire EDM module introduces the ability to create “User Technology,” selected in the same way as Machine Technology. Materials and Wires are added from the Machining Sequence start up. Cuts can be saved to the User database on the Cycle dialog technology page with a unique, identifying name. After saving the cuts, the new technology will be listed on the technology database page. Selecting a technology populates the Cut Technology page within the database settings. Existing Machine Technology cut data can also be amended and saved as a new User Technology. A new Wire Profile Feature command has been added to find “wireable” features directly from a solid, removing the need to extract geometry from a solid body, which can be time-consuming. Multiple 2D and lofted form features can be created within one transaction. Moreover, the Wire Feature is associate to the solid body, meaning that if the original model is altered, the wire path is automatically updated.

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MachineWorks expands its Support and Development 16 July 2013 Sheffield-based MachineWorks Ltd, provider of CNC simulation and verification component software, has welcomed new members to its technical team. A new developer will be involved in the design and implementation of algorithms for geometric modelling and computer graphics. The MachineWorks development team is based in Sheffield. It includes both the original developers who wrote the first version of MachineWorks almost 20 years ago and an increasing stream of developers that has been broadening the team ever since. The development team works together under the same roof, bouncing ideas off each other and pushing the boundaries of the code. MachineWorks' cutting-edge technology is continuously being developed to improve performance, stability and accuracy.

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By putting its customers at the centre of development requirements, MachineWorks has refined its offering to deliver a smooth integration of its multi-engine toolkit. It also takes advantage of technological advances such as multi-core processors via multi-threading. Support has also seen a new addition to the team. The new team member will help to maintain the quality and stability of the code and improve further testing processes. The support team takes care of MachineWorks' customers by holding regular meetings both face-to-face and virtually to ensure that all their needs are fulfilled. This tight relationship helps to anticipate and resolve any issues that may arise. The team has years of experience with the MachineWorks API and is able to automate processes to ensure fast turnaround and consistent quality of the code. Scripting to automate testing, system building, regression testing and comparison builds are just some of the standard procedures that any patch or upgrade goes through before being released. The testing protocol is rigorous and the available written documentation is extensive. David Manley, Managing Director at MachineWorks says "We are delighted to grow our technical team and welcome the newcomers as part of the Sheffield team. As we expand the business into new markets such as robotics, metal forming, medical and 3D printing it is essential that we have the right people in place to meet the needs of current and future customers." The highly skilled technical team includes mathematicians specialised in 3D geometry and 3D modelling, experts in graphic design and rendering, doctorates in a number of disciplines, computer scientists, programmer testers and quality assurance engineers. Based in Sheffield, members of this broad international team have previously put their academic achievements to use in the fields of aeronautical engineering, automotive manufacturing and mechanical engineering.

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Nemetschek Allplan is joining the “TUM Center of Digital Methods for the Built Environment” at the Technical University of Munich 16 July 2013 As the provider of the Allplan BIM solution, Nemetschek Allplan is looking forward to a successful cooperative partnership with the recently founded “TUM Center of Digital Methods for the Built Environment” at the Technical University Munich. The software company expects this collaboration with leading international scientists in joint research and promotional projects to lead to important technical developments within the company. The “TUM Center of Digital Methods for the Built Environment” provides a platform for interdisciplinary research projects in the construction industry together with the TU Munich. It places particular emphasis on the various aspects of data transfer and model management, and a wide range of simulation applications based on BIM models are considered. The research in the center focuses on

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development of new and existing digital methods for design in architecture, civil engineering and geodesy. According to André Borrmann, Professor for Computational Modeling and Simulation at Technical University Munich, “Working in interdisciplinary networks means that different participants supplement, support and inspire one another to develop innovative solutions. At the new center, we bring together the previously separate disciplines of architecture informatics, construction informatics and geoinformatics in order to research shared problems and develop new methods in the area of digital support in the construction industry. This creates real added value – both for us as researchers and also for our partners in industry.” Karin Schmidt, Manager of Education at Nemetschek Allplan says: “Ever since our company was founded, our products have been taking an interdisciplinary approach: Nemetschek Allplan develops one-stop software for architects, civil engineers and facility managers. As a pioneer of BIM and a member of the openBIM initiative, we expect to create valuable synergy with the researchers at “TUM Center of Digital Methods for the Built Environment”. This is why we’re really looking forward to working with TU Munich and generating some useful ideas for the future development of our software products.”

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Red Cedar Technology Announces Distribution Partnership with Xitadel Group 18 July 2013 Red Cedar Technology announced today that it has chosen Xitadel CAE Technologies as a distribution partner in India. Xitadel will promote, sell, and support the HEEDS product line in conjunction with the other products that they represent, including LS-DYNA, ANSA, and CarSim. Xitadel is led by Prakash “Krish” Krishnaswamy, the technology-oriented entrepreneur who previously founded EASi Engineering, a company renowned for its technology and innovation. “I have known and respected Krish for many years,” states Bob Ryan, President of Red Cedar Technology. “He has a proven track record of creating and promoting best practices in CAE. I am confident that his knowledge-centric approach to customer problems will result in widespread adoption of the HEEDS process automation and design exploration technology in the Indian marketplace.” Through this agreement, Red Cedar Technology will extend its interface portals to include ANSA and CarSim, further strengthening its support of advanced meshing and morphing as well as vehicle dynamic simulations in its process automation capabilities.

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Xitadel Group’s CEO states: “CAE engineers increasingly need better ways to explore their simulation models to discover better designs, faster. It is clear to us at Xitadel that the HEEDS product line from Red Cedar Technology is a perfect fit for this need.” The new agreement is effective immediately.

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solidThinking Partners with Boundary Systems to Support Rapidly Growing solidThinking Inspire User Community 16 July 2013 solidThinking, Inc. announced today that it has added Boundary Systems, Ltd. to its global network of channel partners. Boundary Systems will provide solidThinking Inspire software and support to customers in Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, West Virginia and Ontario. "The expansion of solidThinking Inspire usage this year has been phenomenal," said Jim Hassberger, President of solidThinking. "We have trained almost a thousand new users in the last six months. Adding new partners to continue this growth and provide customers with high quality support is essential. Boundary Systems has a very strong reputation for technical expertise and customer service." Inspire allows design engineers, product designers and architects to create and investigate structurally efficient concepts quickly and easily. The software is easy to learn and works with existing CAD tools to help design structural parts right the first time, reducing costs, development time, material consumption and product weight. Ian Kimbrell, President of Boundary Systems said, "solidThinking Inspire is an exciting new technology that generates material layouts within a package space using the loads as an input. We look forward to introducing Inspire to new and existing customers alike." Located in Cleveland, Ohio, Boundary Systems is a leading solutions provider for companies that design and manufacture products. Not only does Boundary Systems provide software applications, but they also sell and support 3D printers. This brings an additional synergy; the underlying algorithms in Inspire can propose designs ideally suited to the freedom inherent in additive manufacturing processes. solidThinking recently announced the release of solidThinking Inspire® 9.5 which added new capabilities including:

• Minimizing Mass – When running an optimization, users can now choose to either maximize stiffness or minimize mass.

• Stress Constraint – A global stress constraint can be applied to limit the maximum stress in the model during optimization.

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• Displacement Constraints – Displacement constraints can be applied to a model to limit deflections in desired locations and directions.

• Extrude Draw Direction – The new extrusion shape control generates constant cross-section topologies in a specified direction.

• Localized Language Support – Chinese, English, French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese and Spanish are now supported.

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SURFCAM Appoints South Korean Reseller 17 July 2013 Leading CAD/CAM software supplier Surfcam Inc. has appointed a new reseller for South Korea. AdMill Tech is providing SURFCAM CAD/CAM systems and support to both industrial and educational end-users in the territory of South Korea. SURFCAM Reseller Manager Matt Soucy says: “As SURFCAM continues to grow and expand into growing international territories, we need professional experts such as AdMill Tech to support these new customers. AdMill Tech is a welcome addition to our global network of Value-Added Resellers, enabling more manufacturers in South Korea to benefit from the world class precision, control and ease of use that SURFCAM provides.” “We are very excited to join the SURFCAM Network of Value Added Resellers in South Korea”. Says Steve Yoon of AdMill Tech. “SURFCAM will have a big impact within the growing aerospace manufacturing companies in South Korea that require superior performance from their CAD/CAM system with the added benefit of its ease of use for shop floor programming”. AdMill Tech’s sister company, Hana ITM, has proven SURFCAM’s world-class capabilities by programming 5-Axis aircraft and gas turbine engine parts in the latest release of SURFCAM 6 using TRUEMill Technology. As one of the most affordable CAD/CAM software solutions for the CNC machining market, SURFCAM has been installed on more than 26,000 systems worldwide, and during the last 20 years has grown to support 15 languages, gaining the outstanding reputation it enjoys today for training and providing the highest level of technical support for its expanding customer base.

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Tata Technologies signs MoU with BITS Pilani 15 July 2013 Tata Technologies today signed a MoU with Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS), Pilani to

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design and implement specialized educational programmes for skill development of engineering professionals, students and faculty. Tata Technologies would support existing BITS industry interface programs such as Practice School I & II for internships and Industry Immersion for faculty refreshers. BITS would run specialized programmes created with expert industry perspective and inputs from Tata Technologies; leading to specific degrees of BITS through its off-campus Work Integrated Learning Programmes (WILP). Prof. G Sundar, Senior Professor, Chemistry, Deputy Director, Off-Campus Programmes, BITSPilani said; “Industry relevant education, in close collaboration with industry, has been a cornerstone of the educational philosophy of BITS Pilani for the last four decades. I am confident that the exciting multidimensional engagement that we are entering into with Tata Technologies will grow in strength, and prove mutually beneficial.” Commenting on this significant development, Gopinath Jayaraj, President, Global Delivery, Tata Technologies said; “The engineering services industry has tremendous potential and there is a huge demand for top class, trained and experienced engineering talent across the globe. We are confident that our deep engineering & design, PLM and manufacturing IT domain knowledge combined with BITS Pilani’s renowned professional educational framework & methodology will help us develop industry-aligned programs that will significantly benefit students and the industry.” As the first step, a select group of employees from Tata Technologies will undergo a specially designed Masters Program (MS) in Automotive Engineering from BITS. The employees enrolled in this programme will attend classes online through virtual classrooms without being dislocated from their work environment. The first batch will start in August 2013.

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Trace One Names Michael Bromme as Senior Vice President to Further Drive US Market Growth 18 July 2013 Trace One, a leader in private label, product lifecycle management (PLM) solutions for retailers, manufacturers and suppliers, today announced that Michael Bromme has joined its executive team to further the company’s growth in the United States. Bromme will leverage his significant retail, grocery, and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry experience with SaaS-based companies such as DemandTec (IBM) and HarvestMark to serve as Trace One’s senior vice president. “According to Deloitte, the private label industry is a $1 trillion global market and it is growing rapidly in the States. US consumers want safe, reliable and value-driven private-label goods. Our solutions ensure that retailers and manufacturers, and all of the stakeholders in between, can collaborate quickly

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and effectively to deliver on these growing private label demands,” said Jerome Malavoy, founder and CEO of Trace One. “With Michael’s tenure in the retail and consumer goods software industries, his work in private label traceability, and his history with fast-growing companies, he’ll be positioned to aggressively drive Trace One’s North American sales and marketing initiatives. We’re very pleased to welcome him to Trace One.” Bromme’s hire is the latest move in Trace One’s impressive reach into the North American private label PLM market, which began with the company’s acquisition of Agentrics PLM in January 2012 and the relocation of Trace One’s headquarters from Paris to Boston in September of 2012. Trace One works with more than 18,500 manufacturers worldwide and 37 of the top, global retailers – including leading US brands such as Walgreens and Safeway – to facilitate SaaS-based PLM collaboration resulting in the efficient delivery of high-quality and safe, private-label products. “Trace One’s platform has set the bar for cloud-based, private-label PLM collaboration standards. For the past decade, I observed their impressive growth in Europe and Asia from the sidelines, and I’m thrilled to be a part of their expansion in the US today,” said Bromme. To learn more about Trace One, please visit www.traceone.com. To better understand Trace One’s customer and market success, watch this video.

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Events News 3D Systems to Present at Needham Advanced Industrial Technologies Conference 17 July 2013 3D Systems announced that it plans to present at Needham’s Advanced Industrial Technologies Conference on Tuesday, August 13, 2013 at 10:00 AM ET at The Needham Headquarters in New York, NY. Avi Reichental, President and CEO, will update investors on the operational and strategic progress the company is making. Investors are invited to follow the real-time webcast of the presentation that will be available on 3D Systems’ website under the Investor Relations section at investor.3dsystems.com.

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Aras Announces ACE 2013 Japan September 26 Tokyo 17 July 2013 Aras® today announced the Aras Community Event (ACE) 2013 Japan will be held September 26 at

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Tokyo Akihabara UDX Gallery Next in Tokyo, Japan. Details, Agenda and Free Registration at http://aras.com/plm/001994 At ACE 2013 Japan, business and technology professionals will meet to learn about next generation product lifecycle management and collaborate on PLM best practices for dealing with complexity challenges from global product development and systems engineering, to enterprise quality and supply chain management. Attendees will see and learn how leading global companies have transformed their businesses and talk with peers who are working on PLM with Aras to drive results. VIDEO: Invitation from Aras Japan President, Masahiko Hisatsugu Watch Now http://aras.com/plm/002012 The theme of the conference is “DO MORE” which emphasizes the many things Aras is doing so that global businesses can Do More with PLM. These advancements include more solutions, applications and capabilities in a more scalable, secure and open platform architecture which supports more collaboration, integration and communication. Aras President and Founder Peter Schroer will deliver the keynote address live in Tokyo. ACE 2013 Japan Topics include:

• Live Keynote by Aras President • User Case Study Presentations • Introduction to Aras 9.4 – Latest Open Release • Technical Presentations • Product Demonstrations • Showcase of New Solutions & Projects • Partner Networking & Exhibits • Aras Roadmap and much more

Date: September 26, 2013 Location: Tokyo Akihabara UDX Gallery Next, Tokyo, Japan Cost: Free to Attend - No Fee (Space is Limited - Registration Required) Details and Registration: http://aras.com/plm/001994

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TopSolid at EMO Hannover 2013 16 July 2013 Missler Software will exhibit TopSolid’Cam, its innovative CAM software, at EMO Hannover 2013 with a 100 square-meter booth. Staged under the theme of "Intelligence in Production", the trade fair

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will take place from 16-21 September at the Hannover Exhibition Center, Germany. Missler Software will of course participate on this fair with its leading German speaking resellers: Moldtech, AdeQuate Solutions, WeSt and NCDATA. Held every two years, EMO Hannover is the world’s leading trade fair for the metalworking sector, with a special focus on industrial development trends and technological advances in terms of CAD/CAM software, machine tools, manufacturing systems, precision tools, automated materials flows, computer technology, industrial electronics and accessories. TopSolid’Cam will be showcased in Hall 25 at Stand J16 where the Missler Software team and its local partners will be happy to provide visitors with all the information and support they need, including customized demonstrations and presentations of features available within the latest version of the software. Here are some of TopSolid’Cam’s new functionalities which will be presented on this show and will enable users to machine parts more quickly and with increased precision: • "Spinning Machining" – Spinning operations are supported: these turning operations are

performed with a round insert cutter. The combined rotation of the tool and the part provides better thermal control of the tool and results in extended tool life. Cutting conditions are significantly improved, enabling users to benefit from high productivity gains.

• Trochoidal Grooving – This function makes it easier to machine deep grooves in extremely hard materials.

• VoluMill Strategies – VoluMill’s well-known strategies are now integrated into TopSolid’Cam and result in longer cutting-tool life, reduced forces on the machine, as well as dramatically reduced chip-to-chip times (up to 70% in some cases).

• Automatic Tilting – 5-axis users will appreciate the new automatic tilting mode, which will help them avoid all potential collisions with the tool and the tool holder.

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Financial News Infosys: Q1 Revenues Grew by 13.6% Year-on-Year; 2.7% Quarter-on-Quarter 12 July 2013 Financial Highlights: Consolidated results under International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) for the quarter ended June 30, 2013:

• Revenues were $1,991 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 o QoQ growth was 2.7%

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o YoY growth was 13.6% • Net profit was $ 418 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2013

o QoQ decline was 5.9% o YoY growth was 0.5%

• Earnings per American Depositary Share (EPADS) was $0.73 for the quarter ended June 30, 2013

o QoQ decline was 6.4% o YoY unchanged.

• Liquid assets including cash and cash equivalents, available-for-sale financial assets, and government

o bonds were $4.1 billion versus $4.4 billion as on March 31, 2013 Other highlights:

• Infosys and its subsidiaries added 66 clients during the quarter • Gross addition of 10,138 employees (net addition of 575) for the quarter by Infosys and its

subsidiaries • 157,263 employees as on June 30, 2013 for Infosys and its subsidiaries

“Despite facing an uncertain macro environment, changing regulatory regime and a volatile currency environment, we have done well in Q1 and are cautiously optimistic about rest of the year,” said S. D. Shibulal, CEO and Managing Director. “We maintained our margins and continued making investments in the business,” said Rajiv Bansal, Chief Financial Officer. “We have announced compensation increases for FY 14 effective July which will affect our margins in the future quarters.” To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.infosys.com/investors/reports-filings/quarterly-results/2013-2014/q1/Documents/IFRS-USD-press-release.pdf

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SAP Announces Second Quarter and First Half Results 2013 18 July 2013 SAP AG today announced its financial results for the second quarter and first half ended June 30, 2013:

• Three Years of Double-Digit Growth – Second Quarter 2013 Non-IFRS Software and Software-Related Service Revenue Increased 10% at Constant Currencies (7% at Actual Currencies to €3.35 Billion)

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• Second Quarter 2013 Non-IFRS Software and Cloud Subscription Revenue Increased 7% at Constant Currencies (3% at Actual Currencies to €1.17 Billion)

• Triple-Digit Year-Over-Year Growth in Cloud Subscription and Support Revenue, Annual Cloud Revenue Run Rate Exceeded €930 Million

• Expanding Leadership in In-Memory Computing with SAP HANA • Second Quarter 2013 Non-IFRS Operating Profit Reached €1.22 Billion, a 10% Increase at

Constant Currencies (4% at Actual Currencies) • SAP Reaffirms Non-IFRS Operating Profit Outlook and Remains Committed to Be a Double-

Digit Growth Company with an Increase of at Least 10% in Non-IFRS Software and Software-Related Service Revenue at Constant Currencies in 2013

To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.sap.com/corporate-en/news.epx?category=ALL&articleID=21244&searchmode=C&page=1&pageSize=10

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Tata Consultancy Services: Strong Volumes Drive Another Stellar Quarter 18 July 2013 Tata Consultancy Services reported its consolidated financial results according to IFRS US Dollars for the quarter ended June 30, 2013. Financial Highlights for Quarter Ended June 30, 2013

• Operating Profit at $ 856 million up 14.0% Y-o-Y • Dividend per share of ` 4

Business Highlights for Quarter Ended June 30, 2013 • Gross Addition of 10,611 Employees • High Utilisation rates at 82.7% (excluding trainees) • Two new $100million clients added

Commenting on the Q1 performance, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director, N Chandrasekaran said: “We have delivered another solid quarter, driven by the highest volume growth in the past seven quarters. It has been an all-round performance with strong revenue growth across markets led by the US. Our investments in Europe continue to gain strong traction with customers and helped us deliver industry-leading growth this quarter.” Mr Chandrasekaran added: “Strong momentum in our business, the right cost structure, a customer-centric approach and our increasing investments in new digital solutions and services positions us well to post another year of strong business growth.”

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Rajesh Gopinathan, Chief Financial Officer, said: “The current environment demands an agile operating model that can capture diverse growth opportunities. We continue to execute to plan and invest for growth, while maintaining stability in our margin profile.” Growth in Q1 was holistic. Growth was seen across all industry segments led by Life Sciences, Retail, Telecom and BFSI. There was balanced growth across IT and other service lines led by Assurance, EiS, Global Consulting and Asset Leveraged Solutions. Major markets grew smartly led by USA, Europe and UK alongside growth in emerging markets like Latin America and Asia Pacific. During the quarter, TCS closed the acquisition of Alti, one of the top 5 system integrators of SAP solutions in France with several top French corporations in the banking, financial services, luxury, manufacturing and utilities sectors as its key customers. To view an unabridged version of this press release, visit: http://www.tcs.com/SiteCollectionDocuments/Investors/Presentations/TCS_PressRelease_IFRS_USD_Q1_14.pdf

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TOA Technologies Raises $66 Million to Transform Global Field Service Management 16 July 2013 TOA Technologies has raised $66 million from Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), a leading provider of growth-stage capital to technology businesses. This investment will power the company’s continued global expansion as it pursues a broadening variety of organizations with mobile employees. TOA Technologies provides a complete cloud-based field service management software solution to a wide array of industries including telecommunications and pay TV, utilities, B2B services, healthcare and retail. The company’s comprehensive technology makes sure the right field employee gets to the right appointment with the right tools and the right information, on-time, every time, improving productivity and enhancing the customer experience. TOA Technologies was founded in 2003 with a clear vision: to transform the service experience into a meaningful and memorable interaction between service provider and customer – whether that customer is a person waiting at home for an installation, service or delivery, a doctor anticipating the repair of a life-saving medical device or a telecommunication providers’ cell tower in need of immediate maintenance. With this in mind the company developed the most sophisticated solution for mobile field service delivery, ETAdirect. Leveraging cloud, mobile, social and context-aware technologies, as well as the predictive and actionable information it delivers in real-time, ETAdirect makes field service management powerful and scalable for large enterprises, and easily attainable and equally impactful for mid-sized businesses worldwide.

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“Field service has become a strategic component of every service business. As a result, organizations worldwide are rethinking the technology they use to run their mobile operations," said Yuval Brisker, co-founder and CEO of TOA Technologies. "The mobile, cloud and social revolutions have created a once in a lifetime opportunity for a new kind of software to finally do the job right. This solution must be flexible across all industries and business processes, across languages and geographies and available to anyone with a mobile device. “Our goal is nothing short of transforming the way people get and do their work in the field, helping companies realize what is possible when they put the best applications in the hands of their field management teams. As the only company that has taken full advantage of this pivotal moment of converging technologies with real invention and innovation, we have for years been driving the evolution of software applications that make service organizations successful. Now is the time to bring our award-winning products, proven approach and 100 percent track record of successful delivery to every service organization around the world.” The investment follows the announcement that TOA Technologies’ cumulative annual contract value increased 444 percent from 2008 to 2012. Other recent accomplishments include:

• New strategic partnerships with companies including salesforce.com, Oracle and Accenture • A successful product launch of ETAdirect Professional to meet the needs of a growing mid-

market opportunity • Doubling the number of new customers from 2011 to 2012 • Recognition as one of America’s Most Promising Companies by Forbes magazine

“We’re thrilled to partner with TOA Technologies to bring ETAdirect to every organization that has mobile employees anywhere in the world,” said Tim McAdam, general partner for TCV. “This is a company that offers the most advanced solution of its kind, has a proven track record helping businesses across multiple industries exceed their goals and has a fantastic plan for continued rapid growth. We are confident TOA will quickly and aggressively expand its reach and continue providing unmatched value by empowering organizations to enhance the customer experience while improving operational performance.” TOA Technologies raised $35 million in previous funding from Draper Triangle Ventures, Early Stage Partners, Intel Capital and Sutter Hill Ventures. TCV's Tim McAdam will be joining TOA Technologies' Board of Directors. GCA Savvian acted as the exclusive financial advisor in connection with this transaction. For more information about TOA Technologies, visit toatech.com.

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Implementation Investments Accuride International now Offers 3D Downloads in 15 CAD Formats 16 July 2013 Long before there was an internet, Accuride International began as a small tool and die shop producing ball bearing slides for the electromechanical industry. Now, 50 years later, Accuride encompasses nearly than 1 million square feet of manufacturing space around the world where they design and manufacture products and services for a multitude of applications. Last August they engaged with TraceParts to upgrade their CAD model offering and increase their internet presence to reflect their expanded global business model. Among Accuride’s objectives in engaging with TraceParts was the desire to replace their existing CAD formats with something more powerful and flexible to better address the needs of their worldwide audience. “We wanted our customers to have access to complete 3D model viewing and downloads in a host of CAD formats,” said Claudia Tuttle, Marketing Manager. “Previously, we had just 2 CAD formats available. By repurposing our data, we now offer 15 CAD formats and added real-time 3D viewing,” said Tuttle. “Accuride also wanted to provide their sales staff and distributors with complete up-to-the-minute download information,” says Mike Antell, Regional Sales Manager, TraceParts Inc. “Our robust sales analytics gave them what they wanted and more. Now they can’t live without this on-demand reporting they get from TracePartsOnline.net.”

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BAE Systems Standardizes on Infor 18 July 2013 Infor has confirmed that aerospace leader BAE Systems Military Air and Information (MAI) will standardize on Infor applications as part of a business transformation project that is expected to yield operational efficiency improvements and reduced licence costs. Currently at the solution design phase, the Infor Aerospace & Defense project is projected to go live in 2015 and will be rolled out across numerous locations in the UK. News Points

• BAE Systems Military Air and Information (MAI) business unit became aware of the potential for efficiency benefits it could obtain through rationalizing its complex and customized portfolio, which consisted of several ERP systems and more than one hundred supporting applications.

• Driven by a realization that fewer applications can lead to simpler, faster, more efficient operations, a dedicated team was tasked with delivering a coherent, modern ERP platform with

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supporting functionality. • The project is intended to drive transformation and help improve competitive position by

delivering: o Common processes o One business system o More efficient operations o Faster decision making o Collaborative working o Accurate, detailed data o Fit for purpose operations

• Building on a commercial relationship lasting over 15 years, BAE Systems has selected Infor LN as the central ERP system for the MAI business unit. In addition, BAE Systems will use Infor EAM and Infor Warehouse Mobility. Analysis and reporting will be handled by Infor BI and Infor Enterprise Performance Management (EPM). The applications will be integrated using Infor ION.

• BAE Systems chose Infor LN as it wanted an off-the-shelf product and sought an application that could be upgraded without the challenges inherent in upgrading more customized solutions. The solution will be applied across the BAE Systems MAI organization including on programs such as Typhoon, Hawk and the F-35 Lightning II.

This transformation project is born from the simple realization that fewer applications lead to easier management and less distraction from our core activities," said John Booth, BAE Systems' Head of Project. "The next step in that process is to standardize on applications that do not need customization to deliver the functionality we require, with a clear, simple upgrade path to help keep us competitive." "BAE Systems MAI and other defense contractors must work smarter and faster than ever before in order to reduce the cost of defense projects in the face of ever tighter margins," said Arsenin Rodriguez, director of business consulting, Aerospace and Defense, Infor. "A trusted source of live, contextual information, delivered to the right person to help them make the best decisions is a cornerstone of competitive advantage. Infor provides this new level of business information to help companies like BAE Systems MAI win on the global defense stage." "This project validates that Infor has gained significant momentum in the aerospace and defense industry with the latest release of Infor10x," said Edward Talerico, industry director, Aerospace and Defense, Infor. "Our ongoing innovation and investment in enterprise applications for customers is driven by continued collaboration with customers such as BAE Systems."

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CD-adapco Brings Virtual Testing Capabilities to USA Luge 18 July 2013

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CD-adapco today announced a partnership with USA Luge. The company will be providing guidance and technical assistance to USA Luge in an effort to increase aerodynamic efficiency of the team's sleds and racers. CD-adapco will significantly augment the existing technical support being provided to USA Luge by Indianapolis-based IndyCar team Panther Racing. Panther Racing, one of the top teams on the Izod IndyCar circuit, began its support of USA Luge in the fall of 2012, thanks to an introduction made by the National Guard, a sponsor of both teams. The agreement will provide the Panther Racing engineering team with the tools, specifically, CD-adapco’s STAR-CCM+, to run external aerodynamic simulations for USA Luge's sleds and athletes. The results of the simulations will provide engineers with an improved understanding of how lift and drag affect the sled and athlete, with the eventual goal of improving sled design and efficiency. "The support of CD-adapco is a very exciting development for our program," said USA Luge Director of Sports Programs and two-time Olympic medalist Mark Grimmette. "We've been wishing for this level of technical analysis for many years and look forward to having access to world-class software to help our team find the tenths, hundredths and thousandths of seconds that often determine the winner in the sport of luge."

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Proterra Standardizes on Electrical Systems Design and Wire Harness Engineering Tools from Mentor Graphics 16 July 2013 Mentor Graphics Corporation today announced that the leading provider of zero-emission commercial transit solutions, Proterra Inc., has standardized on the Mentor Graphics® VeSys® tools for its electrical systems design and manufacture of wire harnesses. Proterra will be using the VeSys tools to help design and manufacture heavy-duty, electric drive systems, energy storage systems, vehicle control systems, transit buses, and the world's first all-electric, fast-charge transit bus. The VeSys tools are a suite of wiring and harness design software tools optimized for rapid deployment and low IT footprint. Proterra is standardizing on both the VeSys Design and VeSys Harness tools, enabling wiring design data to flow seamlessly into the associated harness designs and thereby reducing effort and minimizing the risk of errors. “To stay ahead of our competition, we needed to introduce new levels of electrical integration and a design flexibility we have never seen before. VeSys is helping us to achieve that,” said Adam Fowlkes, engineering manager at Proterra. “We were particularly impressed with the ease of use and the high level of functionality, flexibility and automation demonstrated by VeSys. Benefits of the software

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include intelligent schematics and harness designs, bill of materials creation, wire length calculations, reporting and built-in error proofing.” “Buses have a very demanding duty cycle and therefore require high-quality engineering and design change capabilities. VeSys allows Proterra to design extremely robust electrical/electronic systems that exceed customers’ requirements,” said Nick Smith, marketing director of the Integrated Electrical Systems Division of Mentor Graphics. “VeSys is both flexible and easily adaptable to changing future needs, as well as being highly productive. In particular, the automated part selector and manufacturing report generation capabilities speeds the design time and automates many steps in the design process.” Adam Fowlkes, engineering manager at Proterra, will be speaking about the challenges in the industry and also about Proterra electrical systems design and wire harness engineering processes on Thursday, September 19, 2013 at the Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum (IESF) in Dearborn, Michigan. For more information, visit www.mentor.com/IESF.

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Russia’s Technoproekt Strengthens its Relationship with AVEVA 15 July 2013 AVEVA today announced a significant development in its relationship with the Technoproekt Group of Companies. A new agreement further expands Technoproekt‘s use of solutions from the AVEVA Plant portfolio. This investment follows extensive modernisation of Technoproekt’s working methods, enabling it to reach new levels of efficiency through the use of AVEVA software. “Since we deployed the software in 2011, AVEVA solutions have played an important role in dramatically increasing our project efficiency”, said Alexander Aksenov, General Director, Technoproekt KNHP. “Our extended use of AVEVA Plant solutions on major capital projects has allowed our engineers to eliminate extensive manual work. For example, the change and highlight capability across different disciplines has saved us time and increased our process productivity. “At Technoproekt we have a well-defined roadmap for future development and a list of upcoming complex projects. AVEVA is a reliable partner, whose Continual Progression approach assists us in our business and is the reason we have expanded our AVEVA Plant usage for engineering and design”. “I am very pleased to see Technoproekt, a relative newcomer to the Russian oil & gas and petrochemical market, become a growing vibrant business, playing a key role in these industries”, said Evgeny Fedotov, Senior Vice President Russia, India & Middle East, AVEVA. “AVEVA’s innovative solutions have made a significant contribution to this breakthrough. This new contract is a confirmation of the strong partnership between Technoproekt and AVEVA”.

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Technoproekt LLC provides engineering and design services for oil & gas and petrochemical assets, storage and transfer, as well as for complex transport infrastructure and civil projects. It also conducts engineering surveys for project construction phases. For more information visit www.tehnoprojekt.ru.

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Product News

3D Systems Announces Geomagic 2014 17 July 2013 3D Systems announced today that its 2014 printable CAD design, scanning and inspection software tools are now available. Packed with a broad array of enhanced and new features, Geomagic® 2014 products deliver greater productivity and use case versatility through seamless design to manufacturing integration for engineers, product designers, artists and manufacturers 3D Systems is the only company that provides an advanced toolbox of integrated software and hardware solutions that cover every stage of the 3D scan-design-print workflow. Geomagic 2014 builds on those workflows by introducing key new Geomagic® Design™ motion simulation, clash check analysis and Finite Element Analysis (FEA) modules. Additional functionality updates for the Geomagic products include:

• Enhanced user interface (UI) functions including improved LiveInspect™ process in Geomagic Verify

• Support for more contact and non-contact scanning and measurement devices • Greater automation of 3D scan and measurement processes through expanded Python Scripting

tools • Powerful tools to process, repair and complete 3D scan data • Tighter integration of scan and design products

“Geomagic 2014 is here within months of bringing all of our software products together,” said Calvin Hur, vice president and general manager, Geomagic Solutions. “Geomagic 2014 is packed with comprehensive updates to each of our key products underscoring 3D Systems’ commitment to re-imagine the engineer’s desktop. Our easy-to-use, ground-breaking design and manufacturing tools fully support our users’ 3D content-to-print processes, ensuring quality, manufacturability and printability.” Geomagic Solutions’ engineering software products include: Geomagic Design and Geomagic® Freeform® for CAD and modeling design; Geomagic Verify and Geomagic Control for 3D inspection; Geomagic Design X and Geomagic Design Direct for scanning and reverse engineering. Geomagic Studio®, Wrap® and Geomagic XOS also received current 2014 updates to round out the product portfolio.

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Geomagic 2014 products are available for immediate download by supported customers worldwide. For details of the new features and enhancements for each Geomagic 2014 product please visit software.3dsystems.com/2014-release/.

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Altair's Compute Manager 12.0 Scales Beyond 500 Concurrent Users and 500,000 Jobs, Managing Big Data from HPC Faster 17 July 2013 Altair today released Compute Manager 12.0, an even faster version of its popular software for running, monitoring, and managing workloads and results on distributed resources in high-performance computing environments. Compute Manager is a Web-based job portal that serves as a simple but powerful interface for submitting and monitoring jobs in PBS Professional complexes. Compute Manager automates job submission tasks, bridging the gaps between users and their distributed applications, so users only need to focus on the data and applications they wish to run without concern for any of the associated technical complexities. It further allows users to browse and modify remote files while minimizing the necessity to write, modify and test complex application scripts. Compute Manager 12.0 runs one-and-a-half times faster than previous versions. A single instance of the software can handle over 100 concurrent users and up to 500,000 jobs. It is capable of scaling beyond 500 concurrent users through new load-balancing support that enables a highly redundant and highly scalable configuration. The latest version of Compute Manager also incorporates a new version of the popular Access Management Service, an easy-to-use graphical interface that allows specification of which individuals and/or groups can access various applications and which users may share application profiles. "The latest version of Compute Manager is a perfect solution for users who want to consolidate their hardware and software resources," said Altair PBS Works CTO Bill Nitzberg. "Its intuitive drag and drop interface, its ability to monitor jobs with filter capabilities and its 3D and 2D plots for visualizing results on the server allow users to simplify the management of their HPC jobs. It also serves as a gateway into HyperWorks On-Demand, Altair's HPC public cloud offering." Compute Manager 12.0 simplifies the management of HPC jobs, letting users view data and results remotely. Users are able to access distributed resources securely and immediately from virtually any Web-enabled device. Compute Manager 12.0 is enterprise-hardened, protected from a range of potential security vulnerabilities; and, with the new Display Manager, it provides a tightly integrated results visualization service that enables exploration of huge datasets directly on the server side.

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Display Manager 12.0—an equally powerful Web-based interface for visualizing large datasets—is built into the same framework as Compute Manager, allowing users to choose between them for viewing remote results. Requiring no client-side software installation, Display Manager operates with no movement of data—only pixels—thereby eliminating lengthy data transfer times. "After implementing PBS Works' HPC solutions, our overall hardware utilization and production have dramatically improved. Compute Manager's easy-to-use interface and open architecture allow us to prioritize workloads; it is a one-stop solution for submitting, monitoring and visualizing all of our FE jobs," said Dirk Junglas of Kirchhoff Gruppe. Altair has scheduled a hands-on workshop for Compute Manager for Oct. 1, immediately before the opening activities of the 2013 Americas Altair Technology Conference in Garden Grove, Calif., as part of its two-day PBS Works User Group event. The "Introduction to Integrating Applications Within Compute Manager" workshop is scheduled for 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and is open to HPC users. To register for the PBS Works User Group and the workshop, visit www.altair.com/pbsworksug13.

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Altium releases Maxim Integrated Board-Level Design Content Online 16 July 2013 Altium Limited, a global leader in Smart System Design Automation and provider of solutions for 3D PCB design (Altium Designer) and embedded software development (TASKING), has released a new range of component libraries for board-level designs using Maxim Integrated devices. Available now from AltiumLive, the release delivers board-level component models and corresponding supply chain information, such as real-time price and availability data from distributors and vendors including Digi-Key, Mouser and Farnell, directly to designers using Altium's electronics design software, Altium Designer. "Continuing to deliver board-level components that support key parts manufacturers such as Maxim Integrated, provides our customers with a growing resource of design-ready content for use in Altium products" said Rowland Washington, Product Manager CAD Library and Design Data Development for Altium. "Hosting our design content in AltiumLive allows us to update and maintain an ever increasing pool of supply-chain enabled component models, in harmony with the needs of Altium’s customers and partners". A component model hosted in AltiumLive includes the schematic symbol, PCB footprint and a detailed 3D model for 3D mechanical integration during the PCB design process. Corresponding component price and availability data is drawn directly from vendor and supplier web services. AltiumLive also provides access to a host of design-related content including training and design tips videos, reference designs and a large range of documentation resources.

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More than 3,000 new Maxim Integrated components have now been released to AltiumLive bringing Altium’s coverage of the Maxim catalog to more than 5,500 devices. In this release we feature components for Maxim’s wide range of:

• Digital Potentiometers • Sensors • Current-Sense Amplifiers • Switched Capacitor Filters

The announcement highlights a further step in Altium's continuous expansion of the design content available through AltiumLive. This brings the total number of components available to more than 125,000. The board-level components for new and existing Maxim device families, along with other vendors including Texas Instruments, Microchip, NXP and more - can be accessed online by visiting the Community > Design Content section in AltiumLive at http://live.altium.com/. More information on board-level components and how they are accessed in Altium Designer is available from AltiumLive and in the related blogs. Maxim Integrated products are available directly from Maxim online or from a range of Maxim authorized distributors worldwide. For more information, go to www.maximintegrated.com.

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CADLearning Autodesk Revit Architecture 2014 Course for Architects, Students and Faculty 18 July 2013 4D Technologies, Autodesk authorized publisher and maker of the CADLearning products for Autodesk software, released a new CADLearning course for Autodesk® Revit® Architecture 2014. CADLearning for Autodesk Revit Architecture 2014 offers over 52 hours of training and 534 searchable video tutorials. Taught by Jason Boehning, this course provides training and tutorials for the popular architecture design tool from Autodesk to completely plan out every aspect of a building, including walls, stairs, railings, doors and roofs. Topics include building planning, site planning, and project management with the software. “CADLearning shows users how to manage a complete building project, from the basics of planning to more in-depth organization tools,” said Boehning. “For architects that are planning a complete building project, Revit Architecture can provide them with tools for scheduling, planning out materials and more.” Jason Boehning is the Revit Subject-Matter Expert at 4D Technologies. With 5 years’ experience as a BIM Technology Manager and a respected Autodesk University speaker, Boehning specializes in developing CADLearning training courses for BIM and CAD software.

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CADLearning lessons are developed and instructed by industry respected subject matter experts to deliver the most comprehensive, consistently high-quality Autodesk software courses available. Subscribe online for instant access to CADLearning courses with uniquely searchable video tutorials, complete exercise files, and learning assessments to track progress. Visit http://www.cadlearning.com/revit-architecture-tutorials to watch sample video tutorials, view course details, and to learn more about subscription options for individuals, Education, Enterprise and Government.

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Delcam Enhances Integrated Electrode Solution 15 July 2013 Delcam has added a range of enhancements to its Delcam Electrode integrated solution for the design, machining and inspection of electrodes. The new version includes support for burn-vector electrodes, automated machining of electrode frames, batch processing of multiple machining projects and faster generation of electrode drawings. Delcam Electrode also benefits from a number of options introduced into Delcam’s PowerSHAPE design software which provides the CAD element of the overall solution. Full details are available on the website – www.delcam-electrode.com. Burn-vector or side-sparking electrodes are used to spark undercuts within moulds, including those needed for submarine gates, or to avoid any possibility of a collision when sparking the base of a deep rib or similar feature. They use an arbitrary axis for their operation, rather than being aligned with the principal axes. Delcam Electrode now allows these electrodes to be designed and used with the same quick and easy wizard-based process available for conventional electrodes. The electrode action can be simulated in the software and the final design passed to Delcam’s PowerMILL CAM system for machining in the same way as standard electrodes. Electrode frames are used to provide the basis for machining and inspection datums. Delcam Electrode now allows these areas to be modelled and then coloured separately from the electrode blank. This makes it easy for them to be identified in PowerMILL for automated manufacture using a specific template. The burn region, extension faces and clearance faces were already able to be displayed and machined with separate colours in this way. The ability to automate programming within PowerMILL as part of the electrode solution does save considerable time for the user. However, when machining a large number of electrodes, it is inefficient to wait for toolpaths to be calculated on each individual project. To overcome this problem, the option to use batch processing of multiple projects has been introduced within the electrode machining wizard. The user now simply allocates one machining template in PowerMILL to a series of electrodes if the designs are similar, or applies the appropriate template to each example if they differ significantly in

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size or style. Processing the toolpaths starts as soon as the first project is loaded. Subsequent projects are displayed in a list, with calculations beginning on the next item in the list automatically. At any stage, the user can move items up and down the list, depending on the urgency of the various tasks. If the calculations for a particular electrode cannot be completed, for example, if the software detects a collision, the problem is recorded and PowerMILL moves on to the next item automatically. Thus, a long series of calculations can be left to run overnight if necessary. Alternatively, the complete series of projects can be collected into a folder and moved to a second computer for calculation, while the user carries on with other tasks on his main computer. The ability to generate customised drawings automatically is another important benefit of the electrode solution. This has been enhanced so that information generated while the user progresses through the electrode-design wizard, such as the project name or the different spark gaps to be applied, is used to fill in details for the drawings immediately. Generation of the drawings when the design is complete becomes much faster as a result. All of the direct modelling enhancements to PowerSHAPE help to speed the creation of the electrode design. Of particular benefit are the "replace-face” command, which ensures extensions are at the same height when merging electrodes to be machined from a single blank, and the "solid-split command”, which makes it easier to divide unwanted material away from the electrode to create a simpler shape for machining. Delcam Electrode combines Delcam’s PowerSHAPE CAD software, PowerMILL CAM system and PowerINSPECT inspection software to give a completely integrated solution for the design, machining and inspection of electrodes. At the heart of the Delcam solution is a novel file format – the .Trode file. This contains all the information for each electrode project, including not only the electrode design but also the machining and inspection information, plus the set-up sheets for its manufacture and use. Having all the required information in a single file simplifies data management as well as increasing overall efficiency.

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EMA Announces CircuitSpace 5.0 16 July 2013 EMA Design Automation (ema-eda.com), today announced CircuitSpace 5.0 with enhanced features to improve the usability and productivity for circuit board design placement, replication, and design reuse in Cadence® Allegro® PCB Designer. “CircuitSpace enables engineers to expedite the PCB design requirements with a higher level of quality and reproducibility from the placement phase of the design cycle through design review and verification,” said Manny Marcano, president and CEO of EMA. “We strive to continue to innovate with our technology to make life easier for PCB designers.”

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Customers frequently use reference designs to facilitate new product development where package names in the reference do not match company libraries. The CircuitSpace 5.0 ‘Match Packages’ feature applies templates with similar package styles but having different names and pin locations in support of reference designs. Also, mirroring circuit clusters has been expanded to allow mirroring components on the same layer. This facilitates placing clusters around a central location keeping components relative to the center object(s), retaining the same relative component positions as other circuits. This would particularly be useful to customers creating automatic test equipment (ATE). Other enhancements in CircuitSpace 5.0 include the support of crossprobing with the latest Adobe 11 version. Also, templates now support keywords and along with advanced filtering, candidate template memberships are narrowed to matching keywords in the template to the current design. Network Settings file is another new feature to support corporate site configuration and a long requested feature to support Undo/Redo CircuitSpace commands has now been implemented. “These new features build on CircuitSpace’s ability to save PCB designers significant time and reduce errors by incorporating intelligent clustering, placement, and design reuse into their workflow,” added Marcano. For more information about EMA and CircuitSpace 5.0, visit EMA at ema-eda.com/CircuitSpace5or call 800-813-7494.

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Edgecam Global Community Launches Alongside New Software Release 16 July 2013 Edgecam has launched a new global Customer Community at the same time as the latest release of the market-leading CAD/CAM software. As well as the game-changing Workflow, Edgecam 2013 R2 contains a number of other powerful items of new and enhanced functionality, including modern redesign of dialogs, four-turret support, free loading of CAD files into Part Modeler, quicker simulation, and improvements to the Wire EDM Feature Finder. Edgecam’s global Customer Community went live at the same time, for all users to share their experiences. General Manager Raf Lobato says: “It will be a great start for users to feedback information on the new release.” The most far-reaching enhancement in 2013 R2 is Workflow, enabling CAD/CAM engineers to apply

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toolpaths within seconds. The new tools aid in loading and positioning the component, choosing the manufacturing method and suitable machine tools, adding user defined stock or stock from a database, importing fixtures, selecting a machine and toolkit, and managing strategies to automate manufacture. At each stage Workflow takes decisions or makes suggestions as to how the goal is best achieved. However, the user can easily over-ride the decisions if required making the whole process flexible. All Edgecam dialogs have been updated to include a set of buttons for selecting data interactively. These buttons at the top of the dialog indicate what data is required:

• As geometry is required the appropriate buttons are highlighted • If the geometry is mandatory and must be selected then the button is marked with an underline • When the data is picked, the appropriate button is ticked to show successful selection • If the geometry selection is not required the appropriate button is greyed out.

If any buttons are left without data after the OK button has been clicked, a prompt will be displayed and the user will be asked to select the geometry. These new buttons guide the user through geometry selections making all Edgecam cycles much easier to use. Part Modeler now comes with free CAD Model Loaders for Parasolid, STEP, NX, ACIS, Inventor, CATIA V5 and Creo Parametric files. A Move hole and Faces command allows the repositioning of features from models designed in another CAD system. They can either be moved from the original CAD datum position or relative to a user defined position. To modify features, for example, holes, grooves, pocket walls and boss heights on a third party model, individual features can be moved to create a “Manufacturing Model” from a design model, allowing for mid tolerancing models to be created and manage conditions created, such as expansion, when using heat treatments. Simulator now runs as a separate process to Edgecam providing the following benefits:

• Simulator starts instantly on second start up; a major benefit when simulating large parts • Simulator starts from where the simulation last finished; no need to run simulation from the start

each time • Update Stock is up to 50% quicker than the previous release.

Simulator rendering has been enhanced. By default, stock surfaces are rendered with a metallic look. And a Flat Rendering option has been added to render the surfaces with a non-metallic look. Rapid Result has been improved for this release and Tool graphics are now displayed, with Toggle Tool and Toggle Tool Holders buttons enabled. A new Wire Profile Feature command has been added to find features suitable for Wire Erosion from a solid. This facility removes the need to extract the edges from the solid to make the wireframe fences. Other improvements to the Wire EDM include:

• Faces can be picked individually, by window or chained

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• Selected faces can have differing levels and heights; they do not need to be on parallel planes • It is possible to control the XY and UV Profile Height of the feature using controls on the feature

dialog • The identified Wire Features appear in the feature list and have their own list of properties.

The new global eSupport community is a one-stop shop for sharing technical information, comprising forums, online documents, searchable databases and technical videos. Wiki will be continuously updated with topics from the forum to build a comprehensive knowledge base and Frequently Asked Questions database, as well as showing “What’s New” from each release, and resolved issues. Current maintenance users can access the Customer Community Forum through the already popular Customer Support Portal, where uses have access to Edgecam releases and updates.

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FabStream ™ Announces Official Production Version of SoloPCB Design™ Software 16 July 2013 FabStream® (www.fabstream.com), the integrated printed circuit board (PCB) design and manufacturing solution developed by DownStream Technologies and targeted at the DIY electronics market today announced the completion of the beta pilot program and the availability of the official production version of SoloPCB Design Software V1.1. During the beta pilot program - which began in April, 2013 - more than 500 software downloads were completed. The company received feedback from users on the software’s features as well as the user interface and overall usability. Based on input from the beta software users, more than 200 updates have been made to the software including defect corrections and a number of functionality changes. “The market reaction and response to FabStream and SoloPCB has been very positive,” said Rick Almeida, Managing Director of FabStream. “The feedback we’ve received during the beta pilot phase has strengthened an already powerful design alternative for DIY engineers who need access to quality PCB design software and manufacturing. We were able to incorporate many changes and suggestions that were reported to us since the initial launch of FabStream earlier this year,” he added. As expected, there was demand for the software in the DIY electronics market but the company also saw downloads come from well-known commercial high technology companies. Almedia noted, “Even though the software is tailored to the DIY electronics market, SoloPCB has been well received amongst more experienced PCB designers because it is powerful and provides functionality not found in the other free PCB software on the market,’ he added. Moving Forward

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FabStream offers the user free, easy-to-use yet powerful PCB design tools pre-loaded with a specific PCB manufacturers rules eliminating design pitfalls that can lead to problems getting a board produced. It also contains the manufacturers’ pricing structure so the PCBs can be ordered automatically through the software shortening delivery times. This release also means that SoloPCB for Mass Design is now available for production use and can be downloaded at either www.massdesign.com or www.fabstream.com. Now that the SoloPCB Design beta pilot program is complete and the official production version of the software is available, FabStream will focus on launching additional versions of the software targeted to specific PCB manufacturers. “The completion of the beta phase of FabStream now allows us to focus on adding more SoloPCB versions to support other manufacturers, particularly in Europe where we’ve seen an increase in download activity,” said Almeida. “Our goal is to bring several European manufacturers, which we have already signed partnerships with, online in the third quarter of 2013,” he added.

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IMAGINiT Technologies Launches Utilities for Civil 3D 2014 17 July 2013 Rand Worldwide today announced that its IMAGINiT Technologies division has released the new Import from Google Utility and Point Station and Offset Report Utility for IMAGINiT’s Utilities for Civil 3D. In addition to the new Utilities, IMAGINiT has also enhanced the existing AutoOffset Utility to include compatibility with the 2014 version of Autodesk Civil 3D. “IMAGINiT’s success in developing over 20 popular utilities for the building and manufacturing sectors has made designers and engineers using Civil 3D request similar time-saving applications,” says Bob Heeg, executive vice president, IMAGINiT Technologies. “Our seasoned development team has now developed new Civil 3D specific utilities that will allow team members to focus on the high-value work while minimizing manual and repetitive tasks.” New Utilities available for Autodesk AutoCAD Civil 3D 2014 IMAGINiT Utilities for Civil 3D are specifically designed to alleviate the burden of low-value work such as manual calculations and sifting through large amounts of geographic and topographic data. Import from Google reunites Google Maps and Civil 3D. Civil engineers can once again, using data from Google Maps, import color, geo-referenced images as well as terrain model surfaces that can be used to determine land use, basic topography, basic cut and fill volume calculations, profiles, and cross sections. Almost all civil engineering projects are based on existing topography and related information, making Import from Google an essential tool for Civil 3D. Now engineers can quickly and easily complete a preliminary analysis of a site, doing in minutes what would normally take hours of research

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and possibly even an aerial survey – saving both the time and related costs. Point Station and Offset Report identifies the station and offset points relative to an alignment and writes them to a report or an ASCII file. The level of detail provided by this Utility offers unsurpassed flexibility and reduces the amount of manual calculation and editing from hours to minutes. Enhancements to IMAGINiT Utilities for Civil 3D AutoOffset is a ‘must have’ utility for municipal engineers and consultants who work with linear design along roads where there is a need to identify and label significant topography points (trees, structures, markers, etc.) from survey data points. This Utility allows users to understand potential design conflicts as well as restore items that were within the right of way to their original location upon completion of work. Now with full compatibility with the 2014 version of Civil 3D, AutoOffset continues to provide significant time savings, by automating label creation and editing to produce time savings of days on a large project.

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Mastercam X7 Mill Brings Speed, Efficiency, and Automation 18 July 2013 Mastercam X7 Mill offers expanded machining flexibility and an increased emphasis on speed and automation. The new Mastercam Simulator, Renishaw Probing, and the new Tool Manager combine with dozens of additional new enhancements in a package intended to improve shop floor productivity. Here are some of the most significant highlights and new functionality in Mastercam X7 Mill: New Mastercam Simulator The Backplot and Verify utilities that you use to check all your Mastercam tool motion have now been combined to offer a more efficient workflow, better analysis tools, and more comprehensive toolpath support in Mastercam Simulator. You still access Backplot and Verify from buttons at the top of the Operations Manager, but these utilities now display their results in a separate window from Mastercam. This allows you to keep making adjustments to your toolpaths even as your tool motion display continues. Renishaw Probing Mastercam X7 integrates Renishaw’s Productivity+™ for in-process gauging. This uses a measuring probe on a machine tool to determine fixture offsets, orientation, and critical dimensions. Probing eliminates the need for tool presetters, expensive fixtures, and manual settings with dial indicators. It allows for machine offsets to be automatically adjusted during machining, further enhancing the manufacturing process.

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New Tool Manager Mastercam’s new Tool Manager provides a whole new way to organize and create your tooling. This application offers a lot of power and flexibility for all your mill tools. The new Tool Manager has been designed from the ground up as a flexible and efficient way to manage tools and tool holding components and to create tool assemblies that can be used in Mastercam. Additional powerful tools in Mastercam X7 Mill include:

• Dynamic and OptiRough toolpaths with more efficient tool motion, including enhanced cut orders and faster calculation times.

• Multi-threading support extended to most 2D high speed toolpaths, resulting in faster toolpath processing.

• Oscillate motion for Curve and Swarf 5-axis toolpaths, improving your tool life by not always machining with the same area of the tool.

• 3D HST Hybrid toolpath improvements. • New 3D HST Project toolpath now includes a full suite of high speed toolpath parameters to

refine tool motion. For more information on Mastercam X7, and to view videos on the new software features, please visit www.mastercammill.com.

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New AVEVA Bocad software offers 30-40 percent project savings 17 July 2013 AVEVA announced today its release of new products and improvements in its AVEVA Bocad range of structural steel detailing software. The new products will increase structural detailing capability and enable more design standardisation and automation. Together, by enabling more effective decision-making and increasing project transparency, these new features offer potential project time and cost savings of up to 30-40 percent. In addition, AVEVA Bocad has benefited from better integration with AVEVA’s 3D design products - AVEVA Everything3D, AVEVA PDMS and AVEVA Outfitting. Engineering contractors and fabricators working in the Process Plant and Marine industries will therefore be able to achieve greater productivity and project quality. This can eliminate many sources of errors, leading to time and cost savings. AVEVA Bocad Steel, AVEVA Bocad Onshore, AVEVA Bocad Offshore and two new products, AVEVA Bocad Tower and AVEVA Bocad Roof and Wall, have been developed to meet customer demand for sophisticated, purpose-designed software to improve design and fabrication efficiency in

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these specialist sectors. Using these with the new AVEVA Bocad Steel Interface, AVEVA Plant or AVEVA Marine users can now achieve a much greater level of design integration. Advanced change highlighting and real-time updates enable swift and effective communication between design teams to achieve major time and cost savings. “It was important that we extended AVEVA’s Integrated Engineering & Design capabilities to embrace the structural steel discipline”, said Bruce Douglas, Senior Vice-President, EDS Strategy & Marketing, AVEVA. “AVEVA Bocad now works with AVEVA’s Plant and Marine products, including all of our 3D design software tools. Engineers can now supply accurate and timely deliverables to dramatically increase productivity and quality throughout the fabrication and construction processes.” EDC Consultants of Australia has been using Bocad software for over 12 years. Its Managing Director, Chris Velovski said, “Using the Bocad software, we’ve developed some really intelligent design automation that has astonished our partners. We can deliver massive efficiency & cost benefits. Using the power of the Bocad software we have been able to overcome any challenge, and I mean ANY challenge; we have not come across any technical situation that Bocad has not been able to help us resolve. We look forward to more exciting technology developments like this in the future.” AVEVA Bocad is fully integrated into AVEVA’s Integrated Engineering & Design solutions. This approach improves project efficiency and reduces engineering and design costs by offering complementary products that draw on common processes, disciplines and deliverables, through a single managed information model. For more information visit www.aveva.com/aveva_bocad_steel.

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New i GET IT Knowledge Management Subscription Packages Open Leading On-line Engineering Training Portfolio to All Subscribers 18 July 2013 i GET IT, the online self-paced training solution for engineers from Tata Technologies, announced all-new packaging of its knowledge management solutions that, for the first time, opens the complete i GET IT portfolio to all paid subscribers. The new subscription packages are available at two levels, Personal, for individual subscribers and Business, for business with more than one user. “Offering our industry-leading training and knowledge portfolio for engineers through this new packaging is part of the overall strategy of expanding i GET IT to meet the needs of engineering professionals worldwide,” said Dan Miles, Vice President iProducts. “Beyond training and skills enhancement, i GET IT offers engineering professionals a full portfolio of courses and engineering support to keep individuals and organizations continuously increasing their productivity.

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“Engineering productivity is critical in a market that demands innovation at a greater rate than ever,” Miles added. “The KPMG 2012 Global Automotive Executive Survey notes that there is an evolving and expanding application of diverse technologies in the industry; effective knowledge management is the only way to keep pace.” i GET IT is an industry leader in online training and knowledge management for engineers. In addition to being the only source for technical training in solutions from all three major solutions providers, Autodesk, Dassault Systemes, and Siemens PLM, i GET IT also provides industry-leading courses in Vehicle Packaging, Geometric Dimension and Tolerancing (GD&T) and plastics; with additional specialized courses slated to be added later in 2013. The new i GET IT subscription packages make it more convenient and affordable for engineers to keep skills current. The Personal subscription, priced at $295 per year, includes the capability to create five custom courses. The Business subscription, priced at $395 per user/per year, provides access for up to hundreds of users and includes the capability to create an unlimited number of custom courses. Both subscription packages provide full access to more than 800 courses. For details of the new subscription packages, click here. i GET IT offers engineering professionals in more than 60 countries a full portfolio of courses and engineering knowledge, online technical assistance and engineering industry news to support skills development and increase productivity. For a video overview of how i GET IT improves productivity, enhances skills and improves organizational efficiency, click here.

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PDF3D C TECH Partnership Brings Technological Advantage to Geological Engineers 18 July 2013 Visual Technology Services is pleased to announce its partnership with C Tech Development Corporation for the global distribution of its PDF3D technical publishing tools. The 3D PDF conversion software will be made available to the worldwide environmental, geological and general earth science engineering community who are currently using C Tech's MVS, EVS and EnterVol visualization modeling tools. The integration of both systems will enable C Tech software users to communicate and share complex models, such as those used in ground water modeling, environmental site remediation, geological and geospatial modeling, in a widely accessible, interactive 3D PDF format. "The ability for scientists and engineers to communicate and share visualization results is critical in distributed organizations." comments Reed Copsey Sr., President & CEO of C Tech, "The PDF3D distribution brings access to a large new community. From 3D plume dispersion, to 3D GIS integration we see great potential here, and we are very pleased with the rapid support and nimble responsiveness of the PDF3D development team."

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According to Ian Curington, CEO of Visual Technology Services, "The partnership brings expanded distribution to a wider engineering community, including federal agencies, and enables advanced visualizations of complex 3D environmental and geological models to be shared in standard PDF form, including time-series and parameter studies." The PDF3D integration and distribution is available immediately, directly from C Tech.

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Silicon Labs and Altium Release Design Content for EFM32 Gecko MCUs 19 July 2013 Altium Limited, a leader in Smart System Design Automation and provider of solutions for 3D PCB design (Altium Designer) and embedded software development (TASKING), has released a new range of component libraries for board-level designs using the ARM® Cortex-M™ based EFM32 Gecko microcontrollers, which were developed by Energy Micro, recently acquired by Silicon Labs. Available now from AltiumLive the solution delivers board-level component models and corresponding supply chain information, such as real-time price and availability data from distributors and vendors including Digi-Key, Arrow and Farnell, directly to designers using Altium's electronics design software, Altium Designer. "Close collaboration between Altium and device manufacturers allows us to generate design IP that our customers can trust and use ‘out of the box’," said Rowland Washington, Product Manager CAD Library and Design Data Development for Altium. "We are pleased to see the EFM32 MCU families now available for hardware design in Altium Designer, adding to the existing support we have for EFM32 in our TASKING development toolset for ARM.” A component model hosted in AltiumLive includes the schematic symbol, PCB footprint and a detailed 3D model for 3D mechanical integration during the PCB design process. Corresponding component price and availability data is drawn directly from vendor and supplier web services. AltiumLive also provides access to a host of design-related content including training and design tips videos, reference designs and a large range of documentation resources. The release of EFM32 libraries for board-level design covers the entire Gecko microcontroller range with over 240 scalable MCU options. The EFM32 products are extremely energy efficient 32-bit microcontrollers suitable for ultra-low-power applications. Energy Micro built their EFM32 microcontrollers around the 32-bit ARM Cortex-M4 with FPU, Cortex-M3 and Cortex-M0+ processor cores, which enable low active power consumption, reduced processing time, very fast wake-up time and ultra-low standby current. “Altium’s solution is a fresh and unified tool for electronics design”, said Øyvind Grotmol, Senior Engineering Director, Software for Silicon Labs’ Microcontroller business group. “We really support the

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simplicity aspect when it comes to development and design, and the combination of our EFM32 MCU portfolio paired with tools that make everything readily available for the designer is a key aspect when customers choose a product platform.” Visit the Community > Design Content section in AltiumLive for information on components from Energy Micro and other suppliers, as well as additional details on board-level components and how they are accessed in Altium Designer. More information about the TASKING development toolset for ARM can be found on Altium’s TASKING website athttp://tasking.com/products/arm/.

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Vector Software Announces Integration with Polarion Software Products 15 July 2013 Vector Software, the provider of dynamic software testing solutions for embedded systems, today announced the integration of its VectorCAST suite of embedded software test tools with the requirements traceability and application lifecycle management tools from Polarion Software. Polarion Software develops and markets web-based solutions for Requirements Management, Test Management, Quality Assurance (QA), and ALM that provide full traceability and transparency throughout the product lifecycle. Polarion solutions improve the efficiency of product development and help organizations identify and mitigate risks, improve quality, and achieve compliance and quality standards. Using the VectorCAST Requirements Gateway (VectorCAST/RGW), engineers can import software requirements and associate them with VectorCAST test cases, including pass/fail results. This mapping can then be pushed back to the requirements management tool for complete traceability. Through a simple and intuitive interface, developers can quickly and easily link requirements to VectorCAST test cases. The VectorCAST/Polarion integration permits data flow between the Polarion ALM tools and the VectorCAST testing tools. The integration enables organizations to effectively manage their requirement engineering process and to ensure compliance with industry standards such as FDA and IEC 62304 for Medical Devices, DO-178B/C for Avionics, ISO 26262 for Automotive, EN-50128 for Railway transportation and IEC 61508 for Industrial automation. “The VectorCAST integration with Polarion not only provides VectorCAST users with solid requirements from which to build test cases, it also provides Polarion users the ability to include VectorCAST test status into their overall test management process,” said John Paliotta, Vector Software

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Chief Technology Officer. “We are enthusiastic about the integration and partnership with such a high caliber test automation company such as Vector Software. The VectorCast/RGW integration with Polarion ALM leverages two market leading solutions to provide a complete integrated testing solution,” commented Regg Struyk, Polarion Product Manager.

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Visure Solutions Integrates with ALM Hub to Simplify Data Exchange Between Customers’ Tool Chains 17 July 2013 Visure Solutions, The Requirements Lifecycle Company, has partnered with agosense GmbH, provider of the integration and data exchange platform agosense.symphony. The partnership creates immediate data exchange for Visure Requirements, an award-winning requirements definition and management solution, with a large number of Application Lifecycle Management (ALM) tools using open standards defined by the Object Management Group. As well, this integration removes the need for specialized tool-to-tool porting. Visure Solutions’ partnership with agosense ensures that companies have the luxury of integrating a leading, next-generation Requirements Engineering tool for requirements gathering, definition, and analysis capabilities while maintaining compatibility with other chosen tool chains and third-party providers. agosense.symphony serves as an integration hub for ALM tools, bringing together a plethora of tool chains used for requirements management, change management, test management, issue and defect tracking, and project portfolio management. Visure Requirements Now Links to Diverse Tool Ecosystem Thanks to this integration, Visure Requirements customers can flexibly exchange data with the following software development components, among others:

• Requirements Management o Visure Requirements o IBM Rational Doors

• Change & Configuration Management o Microsoft Team Foundation Server (TFS) o IBM Rational Change o IBM Rational ClearCase o IBM Rational ClearQuest o IBM Rational Team Concert (RTC)

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o Atlassian JIRA o Perforce o Bugzilla o Subversion o Polarion ALM o PTC Integrity o Serena Dimensions

• Test Management o HP Quality Center/ALM o Tosca Testsuite

• Variant Management o Pure-systems pure::variants

• Modeling & System Architecture o Sparx Enterprise Architect

• Agile o Rally

• Business Support o Microsoft Sharepoint o SAP Netweaver

Similarly, companies in industries where processes and standards are well-defined, such as the automotive sector, use agosense.symphony as a collaboration portal with manufacturers. “Being able to integrate our requirements engineering and management solution with surrounding ALM tools gives our customers much-needed flexibility,” stated Christian Christophoridis, Vice President of Product Management for Visure Solutions. “Our customers have thoughtfully selected specific tools to support their development processes based on their unique needs, yet struggle to cope with the heterogeneous environment. Integration hubs, like agosense.symphony, seamlessly connect all components of the software development cycle.” “The complexity of applications, whether automotive, microelectronics, or financial, is driving more and more customers to seek out next-generation tools like Visure Requirements,” said Ralf Klimpke, CEO of agosense GmbH. “Our core business involves managing complex integration scenarios, and we provide these companies a way to take advantage of Visure Requirements’ many benefits and combine it with their other tool chains. We give companies a more powerful platform to work with.” agosense.symphony directs the exchange of information between the various tool chains from a central location. Based on processes defined using Business Process Execution Language (BPEL), all possible scenarios of interaction between requirements from different parties, change requests, tests, defects, and

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other relationships are preconfigured within the process layer of the integration hub. No additional programming or direction is needed. Despite a diverse ecosystem, all stakeholders can access the information needed in an environment they are comfortable with. Integration Hub Eases Tool Migration For companies using traditional, documents-based requirements management tools, the ALM integration hub brings next-generation capabilities with or without migration. Using the OMG RIF/ReqIF protocol, requirements and related information from the traditional tool can be synchronized, decomposed, structured and reused within Visure Requirements, giving the development team access to next-generation capabilities within a familiar environment. And, if the decision to migrate to a newer tool makes sense, companies can move their data in a way that is smoother, less risky, and more transparent. Companies adopting a standardized ecosystem have the advantage of defining processes from a central configuration point, which enables all stakeholders both within the company and with third-party suppliers to coordinate processes reducing typical challenges and costs.

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Yunique Solutions Announces YuSnap Mobile App Combining Creativity with Efficiency to Further Accelerate the Fashion Product Development Process with YuniquePLM 15 July 2013 Yunique Solutions, creator of YuniquePLM™ product lifecycle management software, announces the launch of YuSnap™ mobile app. Specifically developed for iOS® devices, YuSnap enables collaborators to snap photos and instantly synchronize them with YuniquePLM. While on the go, design, development, merchant and sourcing teams can easily capture and share digital assets for inspiration, communication and collaboration. With YuSnap, designers can quickly capture and share inspirational photos, while merchants and sales professionals are able to better communicate visually with photos and comments. Although YuniquePLM is fully accessible from any iOS devices, now with YuSnap, users can easily access and manipulate their digital libraries in real time and on the go. Darioush Nikpour, vice president of Product Management for Gerber’s Yunique Solutions business said, “We constantly strive to empower our users with easy to use, intuitive solutions. YuSnap, our first installment of our new Yunique Mobile Suite puts the power of inspiration to work immediately in the design process in a fun and innovative way.” YuSnap provides secure access to all digital assets in YuniquePLM’s image folder via Internet connection. The app also features an integrated camera, filter searches and industry-proven creative metadata to help organize photo albums. YuSnap is compatible with Yunique PLM v5.0 or later.

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Donny Askin, senior vice president and general manager of Gerber’s Yunique Solutions business said, “YuSnap represents the first of a litany of upcoming mobile offerings, fruits of a long-brewing mobile strategy. Further, offering these apps via Apple’s app store fosters a new standard for ease of deployment.”

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ZW3D 2013 Student Supports Global Education with Over 10 Languages Available 16 July 2013 ZWSOFT has just announced that ZW3D 2013 Student Version is now available in more than 10 languages including English, Japanese, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese and German. The combination of multi-language support and easy-to-use features makes this free-of-charge version more suitable for global students, helping them enhance their competitive edge in the highly demanding and fast-changing 3D design industry. Easy-to-use Features to Benefit CAD Students and Novices When students start off trying to use 3D design software, their first challenge is the complicated operations which discourage most. As ZW3D 2013 Student Version has been optimized for the ease of use, students can focus on design instead of complicated settings and operations. With only a few clicks, they can create the most complex models within a few minutes. With the hover information and clear tutorials, students can grasp 3D design techniques in hours. As a result, they can spend more time exploring new ideas while being able to share, collaborate, and embrace their love of design. Extending Global Reach with Availability in 10+ Languages ZW3D 2013 Student Version is now extended to support over 10 languages, including English, Japanese, Czech, French, German, Italian, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Traditional Chinese and Turkish. Students can learn in a more familiar language environment which enables them to keep up with the 3D design technology available in the fields of architecture, engineering and manufacturing. Using ZW3D, they can bring ideas from concept to product with simplified features for easier 3D modeling and more efficient sketching. The multi-language support, combined with easy-to-use features, will give global students a chance to improve their qualifications and enhance personal competitiveness through self-study. “ZW3D Student is a good choice for students in architecture, engineering and manufacturing majors,” said Colin Lin, Vice Director of ZW3D Overseas Business. “With easy-to-use features and detailed tutorials, students can quickly master 3D design and show their talent in an easier way. And we will continue to make efforts to help the next generation of architects, engineers and digital artists to succeed in their career.”

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To Get ZW3D Student License for Free ZW3D has its Student Version with premium functions to help students accelerate their design career. By registering with their .edu email addresses, students can get student licenses for free. Click here to get a student license now.

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