CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 25 February 2011

25 February 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata News

• Altair: Supporting Business Innovation through an Innovative Business Model (CIMdata Commentary)
• CIMdata Inc. Announces Next PLM Certificate Program
• The Increasing Value of SOA-Based Architectures for PLM; A New White Paper from CIMdata
• New Poll on Purchase of CAx Software and User Support
• Percentage of Mechanical Product Designs in 3D CAD and What is Considered to be Master Product Data in Your Organization (Poll Results)
  
• Welcome to “The PLM Economy” Blog
  
  

Company News

• Altair Engineering Will Open Huntsville, Ala., Office for Aerospace Industry
  
• Concepts NREC Signs PD Solutions as New Channel Partner
• ecVision Appoints PLM and Supply Chain Executive to VP Sales
  
• Geomagic Announces Expanded Technical Support Resources
• Lantek Celebrates 25 Years at the Forefront of Technology in the Sheet Metal and Fabrication Industry
• New White Paper on Modern Nesting
  
• Pilgrim Software and QPharma Agree to Collaborative Alliance to Help Life Science Organizations Improve Operational Excellence
• Planit’s Decision to Support Southern Manufacturing at FIVE, Farnborough, was Reflected in the Four Brands at the Show 16-17 February 2011
  
• Sopheon Taps Business Leader and Product Development Executive Gert Staal to Head European Operations
• Women in the SolidWorks Community Reflect on their Start in Engineering
  
  

Events News

• Agilent Technologies’ Advanced Design System 2011 EDA Platform to Debut via YouTube and Webcast
• Aras to Present at NATO Configuration Management Symposium
• Be Together: The Bentley User Conference Registration Now Open
• Cadence to Showcase Advanced Verification at DVCon 2011
  
• CGTech to Feature VERICUT 7.1 at Midlands Design and Manufacturing
• Delcam Displays Latest PartMaker Technology at PMTS 2011
• GibbsCAM to be Exhibited at National, Four-Day Manufacturing for Growth Forum; Produced by AMT, AMTDA, NTMA & PMA
• GibbsCAM to be Featured at Haas Open House, HaasTec 2011
• How the Department of Energy-Biomass Cogeneration Facility Generated ROI Designing a New Plant in 3D (Webinar)
  
• Latest Developments in WorkNC Dental Automated CADCAM at LMT Lab Day, Chicago
  
• Majenta PLM Announces 2011 Training Schedule
• MCAD Smackdown! Direct Modeling vs. Parametric Modeling
• Nemetschek Vectorworks and Architect François Lévy Present Three-Part BIM Webinar Series
  
• SAP Showcases Business “Here and Now” at CeBIT 2011
• The Business Value of an Integrated PLM System at Red Bull Racing (Free Webinar)
  
• WorkNC Dental & DentalWings Draw 180 Delegates to Japanese Dental CADCAM Seminars
• Unlock Your Potential By Registering for PlanetPTC Live in Las Vegas
  

Financial News

• ANSYS Reports Record Revenue and Earnings for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2010
• Autodesk Reports 16 Percent Fourth Quarter Revenue Growth
  
• Centric Software Secures $7.5 Million in Series C Financing
• IFS Year-End Report Q4 2010
  
• Magma Reports $34.8 Million Third-Quarter Revenue, Exceeding Guidance
  
• Mentor Graphics Confirms Receipt of Unsolicited Conditional Proposal from the Icahn Group; Shareholders Need to Take No Action at this Time
• Mentor Graphics Reports Annual and Fiscal Fourth Quarter Results
  
  

Implementation Investments

• Ares Provides Oracle PLM for Network Security Company Lanner
  
• Broadcom Expands Use of Cadence Verification Computing Platform to Tackle System Realization
• Cimatron Helps Samsung Tier-1 Suppliers Speed-Up LCD Production
• Creating Playground Rides That Are Safe and Fun with Autodesk Inventor Software
• Delcam’s FeatureCAM Helps Renishaw Turn Designers into Machinists
• Dong-eui University Opens New Educational Center and Features Intergraph® SmartPlant® and SmartMarine® Enterprise Technology
  
• Engineering Supplier FLSmidth to Use Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise Solutions Worldwide
• IMS CHIPS Standardizes on Cadence Silicon Realization Product Line for Advanced Gate Array Design
  
• Internet Solutions Selects Tribold EPM for Product and Service Catalog Program
• Jaguar Land Rover and Dassault Systemes Agree New Strategic Partnership
• Land ‘N Sea Chooses NGC for PLM and Global Sourcing
• Lockheed Martin Expands Use of Dassault Systèmes Solutions; Upgrades DELMIA Robotics Implementation
  
• Manufacturers Leverage PARTsolutions to Secure $25 Billion in Component Sales
• MSC.Software and Defiance Technologies Partner to Deliver Advanced Engineering Software and Services
• Women’s Luxury Brand Magaschoni to Implement FashionManager ERP/PLM
  
• WorkNC Dental CADCAM Cuts it for Cosmetic Dentistry Experts Migros Dental
  
  

Product News

• Autodesk Expands AutoCAD WS, Adds Support for Multiple Languages and Inventor DWG
• Cadac Organice Introduces a Full Product Suite Update
  
• CCE Announces Release of ConfigLink 2011
• Dassault Systèmes’ No-Cost 2D CAD Product DraftSight Now Available for General Release
  
• Firehole Releases Helius:MCT Version 4.0
• KeyCreator 2011 Released with Faster, More Accurate File Importing, 64-Bit Option and Improved Dynamic Editing
  
• Latest Free 2D/3D CAD Release – MEDUSA4 Personal Version 5
• Mentor Graphics Underscores Comprehensive Support for UVM 1.0
• Oracle Announces Oracle Application Integration Architecture Release 3.1
• Right Hemisphere and Digabit Partner to Deliver Integrated, Secure, Web Enabled 3D Content Solutions
• Roland Introduces Advanced DWX-50 5-axis Dental Milling Machine
• Synopsys Announces Immediate Availability of Silicon-Proven DesignWare Data Converter IP in SMIC 65-nm LL Process Technology
  
  

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:

It is very encouraging to see that of those companies who responded the majority (over 63%) execute over 75% of their designs in 3D CAD. However, there are still a substantial number of technological followers: fully 18% of respondents still work mostly in 2D. Certainly, 2D is appropriate for some product design work, such as simple turned parts. However, when these parts are used in more complex assemblies and products it remains preferable to design them in 3D so that they can be analyzed for things such as weight and clash.

The results on the question of master data are interesting from the standpoint that clearly companies are moving away from drawings as the master. This shows a maturing process where 3D is used for design and then maintained as the master that supports future work. 60% of respondents now use 3D as the master or as the master along with a drawing derived from 3D. Of the 39% who continue to use drawings as the master, one has to wonder how many are required to do so by some regulatory organization (such as US FDA) and how many do this to satisfy their company's historical practices.

NOTE: The results of these polls are anecdotal, not scientific.
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