CIMdata PLM Industry Summary 6 May 2011

6 May 2011

CIMdata PLM Industry Summary

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The New Global Product Development Approach Spurs Collaboration, Speeds Innovation

In the post-recession economy, successful product development efforts will increasingly be shaped—and driven—by advanced IT tools like product lifecycle management (PLM) and collaborative software that enables all stakeholders in a product’s design to share updates, reuse data and streamline processes. This was one of the key findings released today in a survey of more than 1,200 global enterprises, conducted by the Harvard Business Review Analytic Services, which sought to understand how companies are positioning themselves for revenue growth as the economy improves. . .

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CIMdata News

• CIMdata in the News: “Delmia Pushes Its Digital Manufacturing Software Beyond Automobiles”
  
• Dassault Systems Acquires Enginuity (CIMdata Commentary)
  

Company News

• Altair Engineering Receives Boeing Performance Excellence Award
• CD-adapco Announces UAB Student As its 2011 Academic Paper Contest Winner
  
• Ciespace Corporation Names Sanjay Choudhry as Chief Technology Officer
• ICAM Signs Dealership Agreement with VCI China
  
• Knovel Adds Four Publishing Partners in Q1
• MecSoft Corporation Welcomes VAR in Russia
  
• Mensch und Maschine Software SE / Open Mind Technologies AG: Mourning the Loss of Werner Schwenkert
• MphasiS, an HP Company, Partners with Siemens PLM Software to Provide Systems Integration for PLM Solutions to Mid-Market Organizations
  
• The New Global Product Development Approach Spurs Collaboration, Speeds Innovation
  

Events News

• Delcam to Announce AICON PowerINSPECT Agreement at Control
• Delcam’s Bulgarian Sales Partner DiTra Holds Largest User Meeting
  
• Delcam’s Latest PartMaker to be Demonstrated at EASTEC
• Delcam’s New CAM Range on Show at AUSTECH
• Geometric to Showcase Reduction in Programming and Machining Time with CAMWorks® 2011 at EASTEC 2011
• New GibbsCAM 2011 5-Axis Machining and Machine Support to be Highlighted at EASTEC 2011
  
• PlanetPTC Live 2011 to Offer Attendees First Look at New Solutions for Optimizing Product Development Processes
  
• Product Design + Innovation: New London Conference Warmly Welcomed by Industrial Design Community
  
• ProSTEP iViP Symposium 2011; The Network Promotes Open Systems and Supports Outstanding Scientists
• SAPPHIRE® NOW Connects to SAP® World Tour Events in Four European Cities
  
• Si2 to Host “Synergies in IC Design: PDKs and DFM Standards Working Together” Co-Located Event at DAC 2011
  
• solidThinking Will Offer Hands-On Demonstrations of Its Latest Software at the ProductDesign + Innovation Conference May 18-19 in London
• SPRING Technologies at EASTEC this May 2011
• 10,000+ to Attend the Biggest-Ever EMC World, Where Cloud Meets Big Data
  
• Tribold Sets the Pace Again for Enterprise Product Management at Management World 2011
  

Financial News

• ANSYS Reports Strong Revenue and Earnings Growth for the First Quarter
  
• Aspen Technology Announces Financial Results for the Third Quarter Fiscal 2011
• Autodesk Extends Invitation to Join its First Quarter Fiscal 2012 Financial Results Conference Call Thursday, May 19, 2:00 p.m. Pacific Time
• Magma Schedules Fourth Quarter Earnings Call and Webcast for May 26, 2011
  
• Mentor Graphics Reports Preliminary Fiscal First Quarter Results
• Synopsys Announces Earnings Release Date and Conference Call for the Second Quarter Fiscal Year 2011
  
• Tata Technologies Receives Equity Funding
  

Implementation Investments

• Bosch Deploys Cadence Unified Custom/Analog Flow to Gain Overall Design Productivity
• Building System and Diagnostics Pte Ltd Adopts CD-adapco's STAR-CCM+ for Ventilation and Airflow Analysis
• Catalog Data Solutions CAD Download Solution Implemented by Newport
• Dow Corning Chooses SAP to Create Product Compliance Documents for 14,000 Products in 100 Countries
• From Motorsports to Defence
  
• INITEC Energía Adopts AVEVA Diagrams
• IOsemi Adopts Berkeley Design Automation Analog FastSPICE™ Platform
• Lufthansa Technik Simulates Aircraft Engine Wear and Tear
• Siemens Extends PLM Software Support for Daimler AG; Extensive Rollout of NX to Daimler AND its Global Suppliers
• UK Outdoor and Sports Brands to Implement Visual PLM.net®
  

Product News

• Alcove9 Joins Aras Partner Program and Offers Enterprise Search Solution for Aras Product Lifecycle Management Platform
• ArchiCAD 15 – Broaden Your Design Horizons
• Autodesk Buzzsaw Mobile App Provides Access to Building and Construction Data on iPad or iPhone
• Autodesk SketchBook Pro App Reaches Next Level on iPad 2
  
• Cadac Organice Introduces SharePoint Framework for the Mining Industry
• Cadence Announces Breakthrough in System Development to Meet Demands of ‘App-driven’ Electronics
• CoreTech System Announced the Release of Moldex3D eXplorer 2011
• Delcam Offers New Modules for $149 CADCAM Software
• Eagle Point Software Corporation Announces 2012 Updates to Its Autodesk Revit Companion Solutions
  
• Geometric Releases DFMPro Version 3.0 for Creo Elements/Pro®
• Lattice Technology Announces Membership in the JT Open Program
• Mentor Graphics Announces New Integrated Development Environment Based on the GNU Toolchain
• Mentor Graphics Announces FloEFD for Siemens NX Product for Fully-integrated and Seamless Concurrent CFD Simulation
• Mentor Graphics Partners with TSMC to Validate Advanced Functional Verification Technology
• Oracle Introduces Oracle® Argus Safety 7.0
• SAP Makes Collaboration Core to Business Applications
• Siemens PLM Software Delivers Parasolid V23.1, Continuing Focus on Application Developer and End User Productivity
  
• Siemens PLM Software Partners with Cortona3D to Deliver Complete PLM-Based 3D Technical Publishing Solution
• SolidWorks 3DVIA Composer Breaks Down Communication Barriers
• SpringSoft’s Verdi Debug Software Expands Verification Interoperability with Comprehensive UVM Support
• Synopsys and HHNEC Announce the Availability of Low Power Reference Flow 3.0
• Synopsys' DesignWare SuperSpeed USB 3.0 xHCI Host Controller IP Receives USB-IF Certification
• With Rev 11, LMS Expands World-Class LMS Test.Lab Transfer Path Analysis Portfolio Fatigue Analysis and Composite Simulation
  
  

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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