CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 11 March 2011

11 March 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Autodesk Completes Acquisition of Blue Ridge Numerics, Inc.
  
• OpenText Accelerates Mobile App Strategy with weComm Acquisition Agreement
  

CIMdata News

• The PLM Economy Blog: "Excuse me, is this seat taken?"
  

Company News

• Autodesk Names IMAGINiT Technologies Reseller of the Quarter
  
• AVEVA Launches New Operations Integrity Management Paper
• Cabinet NG Achieves Gold Independent Software Vendor Accreditation in New Microsoft Partner Network
• Fishbowl Solutions Announces European Expansion
• Focus PLM of Italy Joins Aras Partner Program
• Hard Dollar Expands Project Cost Management with Terillium Inc
• Informative Graphics Putting Strong Focus on Microsoft SharePoint Development, Expertise and Leadership
  
• Surfware Appoints JBH Technologies, Inc. as Educational VAR in Illinois
• Visual 2000 Appoints Fashion Veteran Tony Walker as European Sales Director
  

Events News

• Apache Design Solutions to Host Technical Workshop Series at DATE 2011
• Delcam to Host MTA/UKTI Export Seminars on China and Russia
• Delcam to Launch Complete “Open Implantology” Dental System at IDS
• Delcam to Show CADCAM Latest at Composites Manufacturing
• Familiarize with KOMPAS-3D at Hannover Messe in Hall 17 Stand G68
  
• Get Complimentary On-demand CATIA V5 Training with your COE Conference Registration
• Graphic Products North America Inc. (Windsor, Ontario) Announces Release of CAM-TOOL Version 7.1 at Amerimold 2011 Booth 658
• HiQube and NCMS Host Technology Webinar for Plant Managers to Improve Operational Efficiency
  
• iBASEt Demonstrates CAD, PLM and MES Integration at AeroDef
  
• Si2 Sponsors the 12th International Symposium on Quality Electronic Design
• 3 Critical Tips for PLM PDM CAD Migration Planning and Execution - PROSTEP Webinar for Siemens - Dassault - PTC and More
  
• VISTAGY Highlights Industry-Specific Approach to Composites Engineering Solutions at JEC 2011
  

Financial News

• Catalog Data Solutions Announces 26% Growth Driven by Industrial Suppliers Adapting to the New Buying Process
• Planisware Enjoys Continued Growth and Success in 2010
• SpaceClaim Continues Rapid Global Growth and Market Expansion in 2010

Implementation Investments

• Cleaner Energy, Fluid Processes: Viessmann Selects Siemens PLM Software Technology to Enhance Efficiency and Productivity
  
• IFS signs MRO provider Alitalia Maintenance Systems S.p.A.
• Mentor Graphics Helps CamSemi Replace Design and Verification Flow to Improve Simulation Performance and Time to Market
  
• Pharmaceutical Enterprise TOLMAR Selects Pilgrim Software’s Integrated Quality & Compliance Solutions
• Radan Customer Case Study: Wired DNC Bites the Dust
• Shengli Engineering and Consulting Company Limited Selects Intergraph® SmartPlant® Enterprise Solutions
  
• Yokogawa Achieves 5X Faster Programmable Logic Controller Performance With Synopsys' Processor Designer
  

Product News

• Advanced Magnet Lab Becomes COMSOL Certified Consultant
• Agilent Technologies’ Latest GoldenGate RFIC Simulation Software Raises the Bar on Performance and Usability
• CCE’s EnSuite Enhanced with Tools for Reverse Engineering & Rapid Prototyping
  
• Coventor SEMulator3D Software Reduces Cost and Development Cycles for Semiconductor and MEMS Processes
• Dassault Systèmes’ DraftSight Now Available for Linux
• EPM Live Launches WorkEngine’s Enterprise Portfolio Management Capabilities for SharePoint
  
• Feature-Packed LMS Virtual.Lab Rev 10 Puts Speed and Productivity Center Stage
• Fujitsu Releases New Virtual Product Simulator with Assembly Process Verification
• Introducing DARS v2.06: Advanced Chemistry Simulation for Efficient & Green Engineering
  
• Lectra Leads the Leather Cutting Solutions Market with Leather Suite V3R1
• LMS International and e-Xstream Partner on Composite Fatigue Analysis and Composite Simulation
  
• Mentor Graphics Announces Logic and Physical Synthesis Support for Xilinx 7 Series FPGAs
• Mentor Graphics Introduces Calibre RealTime for Instant Signoff Verification of Custom IC Designs
• MSC Software Reseller Develops Productivity Tools for Compute Intensive Nonlinear Simulations using MSC Marc
• New TurboCAD Pro 18 Significant Performance and Feature Additions
  
• Siemens PLM Software’s Parasolid and D-Cubed Components Power New Product from IronCAD
• Springsoft, Dongbu HiTek Release First in Series of Laker Process Design Kits to Streamline Custom Chip Design
• Synopsys Announces FPGA Synthesis Support for Xilinx's Newest ISE Design Suite 13
  

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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