CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 29 April 2011

29 April 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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Acquisitions

• Dassault Systèmes Acquires Enginuity PLM to Accelerate Innovation for Formulated Products
• ESI Group Acquires Comet Technology’s IP, Including “COMET Acoustics” Software for Low Frequency Noise and Vibration Modeling
• Lawson Software Enters into Definitive Agreement to be Acquired by an Affiliate of Golden Gate Capital and Infor

CIMdata News

• CIMdata in the News: “CIMdata Evaluates PLM-Market in 2010 and Gives Optimistic Forecasts”
• YouTube: Oracle Agile PLM Team Interviews CIMdata Analyst
  

Company News

• CGTech and VMH International Announce Joint Partnership
  
• Delcam Wins Third Queen’s Award for International Sales Success
• 500 Technical Paper and Presentations on Multiphysics Simulation are Available from COMSOL
  
• POLYTEDA Joins Si2’s Design for Manufacturability Coalition
• PTC Holds the Inaugural FIRST Tech Challenge in China to Inspire Student Innovation
  
• Seven Universities Sign on with Altium: From the Classroom to CubeSats
  
• Veryst Engineering LLC Becomes COMSOL Certified Consultant
  

Events News

• Altair HyperWorks Technology Conference Keynote, Workshop Sessions Will Focus on Aerospace Innovation
• Delcam PartMaker Webinar on Bone-Screw Manufacture
• Delcam to Show Complete Open Implantology at Lab Day West
  
• Forum TERATEC 2011, the European Meeting of HPC
  
• 48th Design Automation Conference Announces Keynote Speakers
• Geometric to Showcase Next Gen Solutions at Siemens PLM Connection 2011
  
• SURFCAM V5.2 to Showcase at EASTEC 2011
  

Financial News

• Arena Kicks Off 2011 With 24% Increase in Subscription Sales
  
• Aspen Technology Announces Date of Third-Quarter Fiscal 2011 Financial Results Release, Conference Call and Webcast
• Cadence Reports Q1 2011 Financial Results
  
• Cimatron's First Quarter 2011 Results Release Scheduled for May 12th, 2011 before US Markets Open
• Dassault Systèmes Reports Record First Quarter Earnings and Reconfirms 2011 Financial Growth Objectives
• ESI Group Strong growth in 2010/11 Annual Results
  
• Geometric Declares Net Profit of Rs. 575.21 Mn for FY11; a Rise of 23.3% from the Previous Year
• Lectra: First Quarter 2011 Financial Results
  
• Nemetschek Publishes Annual Report and Increases Earnings Forecast for 2011
• OpenText Reports Third Quarter Fiscal 2011 Financial Results
• PTC Announces Q2 Results and Initiates Q3 Guidance
• PTC Q2 Fiscal 2011 Prepared Remarks
• SAP Reports 26% Growth in Software Revenue and 20% Growth in Software and Software Related Service Revenue
  
• SofTech Announces Q1 & Q2 FY2011 Results

Implementation Investments

• Autodesk Software Helps U.S. Navy Go Ropeless
  
• Embraer and Dassault Systèmes to Raise Digital Manufacturing Excellence to New Levels
• GL Noble Denton Purchases Intergraph® SmartMarine Technology to Optimize Offshore and Ship Design
  
• Italian Boat Designer ABstructures Extends Usage of HyperWorks
• Jaya Apparel Group Rolls Out NGC's PLM Software at 10 Divisions, Including Patterson J. Kincaid, and Elizabeth and James
• Latest Innovations in Synopsys IC Compiler Deliver up to 40 Percent Power Reduction at HiSilicon
• OHL Industrial Selects Intergraph® Solutions to Develop Oil and Gas and Power Generation Plants
• Shin Kurushima Dockyard Company Limited Standardizes on Intergraph®SmartMarine® 3D
  
• Welker Engineered Products Increases Sales With PARTsolutions 3D Website
• Wind-Harnessing Clean Tech Company Aims To Solve Renewable Energy’s Greatest Challenge Using Autodesk Software
  

Product News

• Agilent Technologies’ SystemVue Smashes Validation Barriers for Emerging Wireless Circuit Designs
• Altair's PBS Professional Added to Dell's High-Performance Computing Solution Portfolio
• Celeritive Technologies Announces VoluMill™ for Siemens NX™ CAM and CAM Express
  
• Delcam CRISPIN Releases 2011 Software for Footwear Design and Manufacture
• Dynamics NAV Web Services Now Supported by Agni Link ERP-CAD Data Integration System
• LEDAS Improves Performance of its LGS 3D Constraint Solver; Version 5.0 introduces new functions, improves speed by 30-100%
  
• Mastercam X5 Now Certified for Autodesk Inventor 2012
• Missler Announces Launch of TopSolid'Mold 2011
  
• Motor-CAD Takes the Heat Off
• MSC Software Introduces Adams Bearing Advanced Technology Solution for Rolling Bearing Modeling & Simulation
• New aPriori 2011 Product Release Continues Push to Provide Costing for All of Product Development
  
• New Cadence Allegro Technology Boosts Productivity and Predictability for Silicon, SoC and System Developers
• Okino Ships Certified Autodesk Inventor® 2012 CAD Conversion System for 3ds Max®, Maya®, Lightwave®, Cinema-4D®, Softimage® & All Major Downstream 3D File Formats
• Okino Computer Graphics ships its 15th Yearly Release of PolyTrans-for-3ds-Max® & PolyTrans-for-Maya® 2012 for CAD, DCC, Skinning, Animation & Architectural File Format Conversions
• Okino Releases v5.6.1 "PLM" (Product-Lifecycle-Management) 3D File Conversion Pipeline Based on the "JT Open" Initiative. Ideal for Enterprise-level Data Management, Sharing and Data Re-Purposing
• Open CAD Files Faster with New Version Kubotek KeyView
• Significant Productivity Gains with TopSolid 7.5
  
• Striker Systems Introduces PARTshare Nesting Interface for Solid Edge
  

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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