CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 22 April 2011

22 April 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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CIMdata News

• The Power of Partnership: A New White Paper from CIMdata
  

Company News

• Altium Continues to Expand its Reseller Network in the Baltics
• AESSiS Joins the ShapeSpace Reseller Team
  
• Autodesk Adds Platinum Tier and Enhances Channel Partner Program
• DS SolidWorks Corp. Announces Global Green Design Contest Honoring Earth Day
  
• HP Appoints Veteran Marketing Professional Marty Homlish as Chief Marketing Officer
  
• Humans and Computers Compete in Marker Making Contest
• MSC Software Launches Registered Consultant Program to Deliver Simulation Best Practices to Customers
• New Mastercam Software Development Center Opened in Switzerland
  
• Siemens Helps Universities Develop Next Generation of Vietnamese Engineers with US$71 Million In-Kind Software Grant to the Higher Engineering Education Alliance Program
• solidThinking Expands its Global Presence by Adding U.K.-Based Cadsoft Solutions as a Distributor
• Xavier Falcons from Middletown, CT Win the 2010-2011 Real World Design Challenge
  

Events News

• Alibre-Designed WIKISPEED 100 MPG Ultra-Efficient Car to be Top Exhibit at Boeing’s Future of Flight Earth Day Event
  
• ASCON Successfully Hosts KOMPAS-3D V12 at Hannover Fair 2011
• AVEVA to Exhibit at Nor-Shipping 2011
• Bluebeam Software to Host First-Ever International Rally User Conference
  
• CGTech to Preveiw New VERICUT Drilling and Fastening Programming and Simulation at the Paris Air Show
• ESI User Conferences Underline Growing Presence in India
• Executives from BP, Huntsman, and Shaw Group to Headline Keynote Speeches at AspenTech’s OPTIMIZE™ 2011 Conference
  
• FISHER/UNITECH to Participate in Erie Tool Show
• Pratt & Whitney and Micro Engineering Solutions Experts Announced as EASTEC 2011 Keynotes
  
• Speakers Announced for the 11th FLOW-3D European Users Conference
  
• TactonWorks to be Featured at 2011 Design Automation Conference Hosted by Lino GmbH
• Tanner EDA to Demonstrate Version 15.11 of Full-flow Analog Design Suite and TowerJazz PDK at ChipEx 2011
• VISTAGY Webcast: How to Profitably Develop Composite Aerostructures
  
• ZW3D a Hit at the 17th AUTOMATICON in Poland
  

Financial News

• EMC Reports Record First-Quarter Results
• IBM Reports 2011 First-Quarter Results
  
• SofTech Announces Audit Completion & Financial Results for Its Fourth Quarter & Fiscal Year 2010
• Surfware Reports 31% Increase in Sales Growth for 1st Quarter of 2011
  

Implementation Investments

• Autodesk Software Aids Quest to Harness Energy from the Sea
• Autodesk Wins Global Deal Worth More Than AUD 5 Million with GHD
  
• Catalog Data Solutions CAD Download Solution Selected by CUI, Inc.
  
• Customer Case Study: Jobshop: “Monumental Contribution to Our Success”
• Engineering Team for British SuperSonic Car Addresses Design Challenges with Altair's HyperWorks Technology
• Fashion Retailer The Limited Selects Visual PLM.net®
• KTH and COMSOL Sign $400,000 Software License Agreement
• Leading Australian Manufacturer Wilson Transformer Company Expands Use of Epicor® With Migration to Latest ERP Solution
• Materion Implements Stature from Dyadem for Quality Risk Management
• Radan Customer Case Study: Punching and Bending Keeps Nichol McKay in Shape
  
• Synopsys Design Compiler Graphical Cuts Design Time at Exar
• VeriSilicon Standardizes on Springsoft’s Verdi Debug Platform for Digital IC and System-On-Chip Verification
  

Product News

• Bentley’s AutoPLANT Design Software Now Available for 64-Bit Platforms
• Bentley Showcases First Commercially Available Products to Support Two-Way Interoperability With ISO 15926
• CCE Broadens its PLM Portfolio to Include Aras
• Cortona3D Launches RapidAuthor 6.0 A Single Suite of Tools for all Support Documentation: Manuals, Parts Catalogs, Training Materials and Assembly Instructions
  
• Dassault Systèmes Announces Isight 5.5 for Simulation Automation and Design Optimization
• Extensible CAD Joins Aras Partner Program; Integrates InspectionXpert with Aras PLM
• Omnify Software Launches Next Generation Empower PLM Solution
  
• Process Management and New Nest Functionality for Radan
• Siemens PLM Software Introduces Next Generation of Social Product Development Built on Microsoft Technology
  
• SmartCAM V18 Features New Rest-Milling Roughing, Improved Modeling & Toolpath Editing
• Synopsys Advances Mixed-Signal Verification with New CustomExplorer Ultra
• TransMagic Ships R8 sp5 with Enhanced Support for CATIA V5 Meta Data
  

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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