CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 1 April 2011

1 April 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata 2011 North American Vendor Forum Inspires Its Attendees
• PLMisGreen: Enabling a Green Product Lifecycle (CIMdata Commentary)
  

Company News

• AVEVA Opens Office in Bogota, Colombia
  
• Biesse to Resell Delcam’s ArtCAM Woodworking Software
• Dr. Richard Johns to lead CD-adapco's Internal Combustion Engine Team
• From Microsoft Outlook to the Sims, 3D Mice Can Now be Used with Any Application
  
• Gerber Scientific, Inc. Announces Organizational Changes
  
• Gerber Technology’s James Arthurs to Retire at Year End
• Graphic Products North America Inc. is Renamed to CGS North America Inc as of March 21st 2011
• Mastercam 2011 Innovator of the Future Competition Gives Teachers a Chance to Accelerate Their Students’ Careers
  
• MWH Soft Changes Name to Innovyze
  
• MSC Software and St. Petersburg State Marine Technical University Establish Shipbuilding Simulation Competency Center
• New Tribold Industry Report: Product Experience: Leveraging Enterprise Product Management to Enhance the Customer Experience
• Now Available: COMSOL Multiphysics Simulation Booklet
• Sescoi Recognized Among the Top SMEs in France
• The Commonwealth Center for Advanced Manufacturing Breaks Ground in Prince George County, Virginia
  

Events News

• CNC Software, Inc. Showcases Mastercam® X5 at EASTEC 2011
• Delcam to Highlight Integrated CAM for SolidWorks at EASTEC
• Delcam to Preview ArtCAM 2011 at Sign & Digital UK
• Delcam to Show Orthotics CADCAM Software in Australia
• FARO and Delcam Combine for Inspection Open House
  
• GibbsCAM MTM to be Demonstrated at PMTS 2011 (Precision Machining Technology Show)
• Geometric to Showcase Reduction in Programming Time with CAMWorks® 2011 at Houstex 2011
  
• Graphic Products North America Inc. is Renamed to CGS North America Inc as of March 21st 2011
• Rand Worldwide Participates in the COE 2011 Annual Conference Supporting Users of Dassault Systèmes Software Solutions
  
• Sescoi’s Latest CADCAM and ERP Productivity Tools at Industrie 2011
  
• Tech Soft 3D Announces Second Annual Customer Meeting at COFES 2011
• solidThinking Supports Industrial Designers’ Continuing Education Through Program-wide Sponsorship of 2011 IDSA Regional Conferences
• SURFCAM V5.2 to Showcase at AERODEF 2011
  

Financial News

• CENIT Publishes 2010 Annual Report
  
• EDA Consortium Reports Revenue Increase for Q4 2010
• Nemetschek Publishes Annual Report and Increases Earnings Forecast for 2011
  

Implementation Investments

• Apriso Selected by HITCO to Use FlexNet as Enterprise Manufacturing Execution System
  
• AxSTREAM to Assist SMTU Students with Marine Turbine Design
• Baltic Yachts Transforms Business with Dassault Systèmes PLM Solutions
• Customer Case Study: Winning Oil and Gas Business with Edgecam’s ‘Wow’ Factor
  
• Dassault Systèmes Helps National Taiwan University Improve Electric Car Design with CATIA and SIMULIA Solutions
• Fairchild Semiconductor Achieves First-Pass Silicon Success with DesignWare USB 2.0 nanoPHY IP
  
• IFS Applications Streamlines Operations at Porta KMI Poland
  
• iWatt Selects Magma's Titan to Automate Analog Design of Power Supply Control ICs
• State Nuclear Electric Power Planning Design and Research Institute Selects Intergraph® SmartPlant® Foundation
  
• Weatherhaven Deploys Portable Shelters with Help from Autodesk Inventor Softwares
  

Product News

• Agentrics Releases a “FSMA Readiness Promotion”
  
• Agilent Technologies Ships Latest Advanced Design System Platform for RF and Microwave Design and Simulation
• Cadac Organice Introduces Workbox 2010 R3
  
• Cadence Releases Industry’s First Wide I/O Memory Controller IP Solution
• Free FEA Mobile Application -- Now Available for Download
• Gerber Technology and Virtek Launch LaserKit™ Laser-Guided Kitting Solution Collaboration
• Magma's New Excalibur-Litho is First System to Efficiently Integrate Real-Time Data From Semiconductor Manufacturing Floor With CAD Information, Speeding Yield Ramp at Advanced Nodes
• Mentor Graphics Outlines Strategy for 3D-IC Design, Verification and Testing
• Mentor Graphics Proceeds with Convertible Debt Offering
  
• Mentor Graphics Teams with TSMC to Enrich Reference Flow 11 Low Power Verification Solutions
• Moldex3D Released a New Interface for Creo Elements/Pro: eDesignSYNC for Creo
  
• PROSTEP Packages the Whole World Of Engineering in a 3D PDF Document
• Solibri Introduces Solibri Model Checker v6.2
  
• Spatial’s 3D InterOp Suite of CAD Translation Components Provide IronCAD Users 3D Model Accessibility
• Synopsys Announces Availability of DesignWare PHY and Embedded Memory IP for TSMC Advanced 28-nanometer Technologies
  
• Synopsys Unveils DC Explorer for Early RTL Exploration
• TopSolid’Cam 2011 – A Guarantee of Exceptional Part Surfaces and Calculation Speeds
• TraceParts 3D Catalogs Receive Autodesk Inventor 2012 Certification
  
  
  

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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