CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 17 September 2010

17 September 2010

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Siemens PLM Software’s New Machine Design Solution to Dramatically Improve Development Time and Quality

Siemens PLM Software announced a new integrated machine design solution aimed at creating value for companies that develop and market machine tools and production machines. Mechatronics Concept Designer™ represents a paradigm shift for the industry with a new systems engineering approach to machine design that captures “voice of the customer” input, manages early requirements and facilitates the simultaneous definition and simulation of the complex mechanical, electrical and automation software found in today’s increasingly complex machine tools. With an ...

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata in the News: “Avoid PLM Woes with PLM Leadership Program"; An interview with CIMdata President Peter Bilello ...
• Ten Questions to Ask PLM Solution Suppliers; A New White Paper from CIMdata

Company News

• Autodesk Offers Students Free Three-Year Software Licenses
• Bentley’s 2011 Student Design Competition Call for Submissions Now Open
• Cadac Organice Nordic Signs up Rackpeople as a New Reseller in Denmark
• Dassault Systèmes Forming Americas Campus in Greater Boston Area
• MDTVISION, an IBM Company, and Siemens PLM Software Strengthen Partnership to Enhance Presence in French PLM Market
• Mecanica Solutions Inc. and CADimensions Embark on a Partnership to Market 360 Enterprise Software
• MSC.Software & Ingeciber Sign Business Partner Agreement
• MSC.Software Donates Multidiscipline Simulation Software to Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
• Senior Consumer Goods Execs Identify Top 4 Issues on ‘What Keeps You Awake at Night’ Meter
• ShapeSpace Ltd Selects ProcessFlows as UK Distributor
• Siemens PLM Software’s Solid Edge Sweeps Design Competitions
• The Dimensional Metrology Standards Consortium (DMSC) and National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Announce The First-Ever Award of DMIS Certification to Siemens PLM Software
• Zuken Announces ZD MechaTronics as Distributor for CADSTAR in Italy, Spain & Portugal

Events News

• Apache Design Solutions to Present at the International Symposium and Workshops on Electromagnetic Compatibility Conference
• AVEVA to Showcase its Technologies for the Plant industries at SAOGE 2010
• CGTech to Exhibit at COE Aerospace & Defense Workshop
• Delcam Reaches 10,000 Customers in North America
• Delcam to Launch Latest CAM Systems at AMB
• Delcam to Show High-Accuracy Dental CADCAM at BDTA Showcase
• Delcam to Show Orthotics CADCAM System at AOPA National Assembly
• ESI’s 2nd Fracture Seminar Declared a Success
• Geomagic Points Beyond Tour to Explore New Territories in 3D Design and Engineering
• Hankook Delcam Celebrates 1,500th Customer at User Group Conference
• Power3 Suite Combines Best-in-Class Software From Geomagic and New River Kinematics
• Synopsys Reduces IP Integration Risk With Extensive SATA-IO Interoperability Testing
• Utilities Industry Leaders Explore Sustainability for the New Energy Era with SAP
• Warren Harris Tata Technology President Addresses Frost & Sullivan GIL 2010
• Wipro Showcases Ideas for Creation of Successful and Adaptive Business for Clients at Oracle OpenWorld 2010

Financial News

• ESI Group First Half 2010/11 sales: €33.3 million (+6.8%)
• Oracle Reports Q1 GAAP EPS up 20% to 27 Cents; Non-GAAP EPS up 38% to 42 Cents

Implementation Investments

• American Italian Pasta Company Rolls Out Aras Enterprise Open Source PLM for Recipe Management
• Catalog Data Solutions CAD Download Solution Implemented by Heyco Products
• Dassault Systèmes Helps Kyushu University Accelerate Development of Advanced Wind-Power System
• eMemory Standardizes on Synopsys FastSPICE for Circuit Simulation
• EnergyHub: Bringing the Smart Grid Home with Help from SolidWorks
• Equipment Designed with Autodesk Inventor Enhances Mine Safety and Productivity
• Global Unichip Boosts Design Productivity with Cadence Encounter Timing System
• JM Invests in Dassault Systèmes PLM Solution from Technia to Control and Rationalize Their Business Processes
• Mentor Graphics DO-254 Platform Adopted by the Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC)
• Red Bull Racing Chooses Helius: MCT for Composite Simulation
• SMIC Adopts Cadence Silicon Realization End-to-End Product Line for 65-40nm Design
• Toyota Caelum uses Spatial’s 3D CAD Translation to Improve Data Workflows for Automotive Manufacturers
• Women’s Lifestyle Brand LILLA P Adopts YuniquePLM™ to Support Growth

Product News

• Autodesk Extends Inventor Publisher to Mobile Devices
• Dassault Systèmes’ 3DVIA Introduces “First-of-Its-Kind” 3D Model Viewer for the iPad
• Delcam Launches Fastest Feature-Based Machining with FeatureCAM 2011
• LMS Strengthens Leadership in Fuel Injection System Simulation with LMS Imagine.Lab AMESim
• Mastercam’s Multi-Threading
• MathWorks Delivers New Tools for Advanced Signal Processing In MATLAB and Simulink
• Nemetschek Vectorworks, Inc. Releases the Vectorworks 2011 Product Line
• New Batteries & Fuel Cells Module for COMSOL Multiphysics Released
• New CIM DATABASE OfficeLink; CONTACT Opts for MS Office and PDM Interoperability
• New Generation PDF3D Hits Major Milestone
• New Infor Solutions Improve Performance, Bring Rapid ROI to Mid-Market
• progeCAD USA Offers progeCAD in the French Language
• Vuuch Announces Vuuch 3.0; Leading Enterprise Social System for Manufacturers Improves Product Development
• With Version 8.8 SPRING Technologies Makes NCSIMUL Easier Than Ever

CIMdata Online Polls

CIMdata is now featuring online polls with real time reporting on our web site at http://www.cimdata.com/polls/polls.html. Each week the results of the previous poll will be included in the CIMdata PLM Industry Summary to help you stay on top of trends in the PLM industry.

Take a moment to visit the site and vote on our current poll.

The results for the last opinion poll are:

23% of respondents continue to execute at least half of their design work in 2D. This would not be surprising if the responses were representative of global practice. We know that a lot of design on a worldwide basis is still done using 2D drawings (note that 2D design can be quite appropriate for certain situations such as basic turned parts). The interesting factor in this survey is that almost 1/3 of respondents report that they do ALL of their design in 3D. This indicates that many organizations are abandoning 2D altogether. We can only assume that these are companies that design products at the higher end of the product complexity scale.

A follow on question is to understand how many companies continue to use drawings to communicate their design work to manufacturing and to their partners. We will pose this question in a future poll.

NOTE: The results of these polls are anecdotal, not scientific.
If you have a suggestion for a poll you'd like to see contact us at info@cimdata.com.

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