EXTON, PA, USA, Jun 24, 2020 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twin cloud services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, announces that Robert Mankowski, Bentley’s senior vice president of digital cities, has been named to the executive board of the World Geospatial Industry Council.

Robert Mankowski

Mankowski leads Bentley’s digital cities solution area, which provides infrastructure engineering, digital twin software, and services to help cities that are going digital. He has over 20 years’ experience in software development and has co-invented several technologies now used in the OpenFlows product line. Bentley’s digital cities applications enable engineers to plan and design more efficient city infrastructure.

“I am honored to serve on the WGIC executive board and use my experience and knowledge of both the geospatial industry and the infrastructure industry to further advance WGIC’s mission and objectives,” said Mankowski.

Mankowski joined Bentley in 2004 as part of Bentley’s acquisition of Haestad Methods, a pioneer in object-oriented hydraulic analysis software, where he served as chief technology officer. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in civil engineering from Drexel University and is a licensed professional engineer.

Mankowski replaces Ted Lamboo on the World Geospatial Industry Council board. Formerly with Bentley, Lamboo is now CEO of Digital Construction Works, a new digital automation, integration, and digital twinning services and fit-for-purpose solutions company formed as part of a joint venture between Bentley and Topcon Positioning Group.

Bentley is a co-founder of the World Geospatial Industry Council, which acts as a collaborative platform for advancing the role of the geospatial industry and strengthening its contributions to society and the world economy.

Mankowski is one of four new members the World Geospatial Industry Council named to its executive board. More information about the appointments is available here.

About WGIC

The World Geospatial Industry Council is a registered not-for-profit trade association of commercial geospatial companies representing the entire value chain of the geospatial ecosystem. For more information about WGIC, visit: https://wgicouncil.org/

About Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems is a leading global provider of software solutions to engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators for the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley’s MicroStation-based engineering and BIM applications, and its digital twin cloud services, advance the project delivery (ProjectWise) and the asset performance (AssetWise) of transportation and other public works, utilities, industrial and resources plants, and commercial and institutional facilities.

Bentley Systems employs more than 3,500 colleagues and generates annual revenues of more than $700 million in 172 countries. From inception in 1984, the company has remained majority-owned by its five founding Bentley brothers. For more information, visit www.bentley.com.

PITTSBURGH, PA, USA, Jun 24, 2020 – Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) is empowering university students around the world to design, build and test next-generation autonomous vehicle (AV) software through the Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC). Students participating in the $1.5 million prize competition will program modified Dallara race cars for the world’s first autonomous race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS). The challenge was created to advance technology that will speed the commercialization of fully autonomous vehicles and advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS).

As the exclusive Simulation Sponsor of the IAC, Ansys is providing free access to products in its Ansys Autonomy suite — enabling students to develop and refine automated driving software for the modified Dallara IL-15 vehicle and validate it virtually in a closed-loop simulation environment. Ansys also hosted the first of four events designed to train students on AV simulation software and prepare teams for the final race. The challenge includes hackathons and educational workshops, the world’s first simulated high-speed self-driving car race and a head-to-head final competition reaching speeds of up to 200 mph at the IMS on October 23, 2021.

“The Indy Autonomous Challenge is an incredible opportunity to compete at the cutting-edge of driverless racing,” said Charles Vorbach, controls systems architect for the MIT Driverless team. “Our team is excited to develop our entry using Ansys’ simulation tools. We admire their use of sophisticated vehicle models, compatibility with open source systems like ROS2, and user-friendly code-generation that is intuitive enough for even non-software engineers. Most of all, Ansys’ software reduces the amount of physical testing required, which will help safely speed development, especially in the world of COVID-19.”

Ansys simulation solutions provide OEMs, automotive suppliers and mobility companies robust workflows for the design and validation of automated driving systems and components, including safety analysis, software and hardware development, simulation, data management, cloud computing and high-performance computing. As students master Ansys solutions throughout the competition, they will also develop highly sought-after skills in the workplace.

“We’re challenging students to develop autonomous vehicle software that can operate at speeds of up to 200 mph,” said Matt Peak, managing director of Energy Systems Network, a primary organizer of the IAC. “We approached Ansys because that would simply be an impossible task without the best simulation software available. Through Ansys’ virtual environment, student teams can quickly design, test, iterate and validate their software with high fidelity in time for the final race.”

A shared goal of the IAC and Ansys is to enable the development of software that can overcome existing barriers to help speed the commercialization of fully autonomous vehicles and enhance ADAS in cars under human control.

“For more than 100 years, IMS has served as a breeding ground for technological advancements,” said Eric Bantegnie, vice president and general manager at Ansys. “We’re continuing that legacy by putting Ansys Autonomy, the most comprehensive autonomous vehicle simulation software on the market, into the hands of students who will ultimately play a vital role in bringing safe, autonomous vehicles to public roadways.”

About Indy Autonomous Challenge

The Indy Autonomous Challenge, organized by Energy Systems Network (ESN) and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) is a $1.5 million prize competition among universities to program modified Dallara IL-15 racecars and compete in the world’s first autonomous head-to-head race around the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway on October 23, 2021. Racing at speeds of up to 200 mph, the primary goal of the Challenge is to advance technology that can speed the commercialization of fully autonomous vehicles and deployments of advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS). These enhancements will lead to increased safety and performance in all modes of racing and commercial transportation. In addition, the competition is a platform for students to excel in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM).

About Ansys

If you’ve ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane, driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a bridge or put on wearable technology, chances are you’ve used a product where Ansys software played a critical role in its creation. Ansys is the global leader in engineering simulation. Through our strategy of Pervasive Engineering Simulation, we help the world’s most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help them solve the most complex design challenges and create products limited only by imagination. Founded in 1970, Ansys is headquartered south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Visit www.ansys.com for more information.

LEVIS, QC, Canada, Jun 23, 2020 – Creaform, a worldwide leader in portable and automated 3D measurement solutions, today announced the release of the latest version of the MetraSCAN 3D lineup, the company’s advanced optical CMM scanner designed specifically to perform metrology-grade 3D measurements and inspections — right on the production floor. As the fastest and most accurate portable optical CMM scanner, the MetraSCAN BLACK can be seamlessly integrated in any quality control, quality assurance, inspection, MRO, or reverse engineering workflow and operated by users of any skill level in any type of environment.

The MetraSCAN BLACK dimensional metrology system has been developed to measure complex parts and assemblies from an array of industries and manufacturing processes, such as automobile, aeronautics, power generation, heavy industry, metal casting, metal forging, sheet metal, plastic injection, composites, etc.

Featuring unmatched performance and speed for optimized 3D measurements

1. 4X faster: Featuring 15 blue laser crosses for larger scanning area that take up to 1,800,000 measurements per second and live meshing, ultimately cutting down the time between acquisition and workable files.
2. 4X resolution: MetraSCAN BLACK features a measurement resolution of 0.025 mm (0.0009 in) to generate highly detailed scans of any object.
3. More accurate and traceable measurements: High accuracy of 0.025mm, based on VDI/VDE 2634 part 3 standard and tested in a ISO 17025 accredited laboratory, ensures complete reliability and full traceability to international standards.
4. Shop floor accuracy: The MetraSCAN BLACK features a unique and patented dynamic referencing that compensates for surroundings instabilities.
5. Maximum versatility: Masters complex, shiny and highly detailed parts
6. No warm-up time: Operators can be up-and-running in minutes.
7. Touch probing capability:  When paired with the HandyPROBE, the MetraSCAN BLACK lets users harness the power of both 3D scanning and probing for a complete, streamlined inspection process.
8. Available in BLACK and BLACK|Elite: Customers can choose from two models based on their needs: speed, part complexity, accuracy, etc.

“Today’s manufacturers are facing tremendous challenges. They are under increased pressure to accelerate their time to market in order to remain competitive on the global scale. Product quality issues impact scrap rate, production ramp-up, production rate, and downtime, ultimately affecting production costs and overall profitability. Manufacturers need to rely on innovative 3D measurement technologies, like the MetraSCAN 3D, in order to refine their product development and quality control processes,” explained Guillaume Bull, Product Manager at Creaform. “This new version of the MetraSCAN 3D takes dimensional measurement speed, accuracy and versatility to a whole new level. We believe manufacturers will appreciate its performance within their workflows.”

About Creaform

Creaform develops, manufactures, and sells 3D portable and automated measurement technologies and specializes in engineering services. The company offers innovative solutions for applications such as 3D scanning, reverse engineering, quality control, non-destructive testing, product development, and numerical simulation (FEA/CFD). Its products and services cater to a variety of industries, including automotive, aerospace, consumer products, heavy industries, healthcare, manufacturing, oil and gas, power generation, research and education.

With headquarters and manufacturing operations in Lévis, Québec, Creaform operates innovation centers in Lévis as well as Grenoble, France, with direct sales operations in Canada, USA, Mexico, Brazil, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, China, Japan, Korea, Thailand and Singapore. Creaform is part of AMETEK Ultra Precision Technologies, a division of AMETEK Inc., which a leading global manufacturer of electronic instruments and electromechanical devices, with annual sales of approximately $5 billion. For more information, visit https://www.creaform3d.com.

EVRY, France, Jun 23, 2020 – TOPSOLID SAS, one of the world leaders in CAD/CAM/PDM solutions for the Metal and Wood industries, pursues its international growth strategy with the acquisition of two of its historical distributors in Belgium and the Czech Republic.

For TOPSOLID Group SAS, these new acquisitions are part of its “TOPSOLID 4.0” strategic plan, which aims in particular to accelerate its international development and its product offering as part of the digitalization of the industry.

Richard Lamure, CEO of TOPSOLID Group SAS: “We had two very good opportunities to expand our direct presence abroad. I am very pleased to expand the TOPSOLID family and further strengthen our presence in Europe. I would like to extend a warm welcome to these two new teams and I would like to wish them great success!”

TOPSOLID Belgium

A TOPSOLID partner for over 17 years, 4D SERVICES has a remarkable team and recognized technical expertise. The company supports some very fine companies on a daily basis in their industrial processes. 4D SERVICES and TOPSOLID SAS have joined forces to consolidate and develop TopSolid’s positions in Belgium. 4D SERVICES has become TOPSOLID Belgium!

The subsidiary will be managed by Pieter Cornelis and Kurt Neuckermans, the two managers of 4D SERVICES: “Our common objective is to strengthen our operational capacities on the technical and commercial levels in order to continue providing more service to our customers and to reinforce our presence on the Belgian market, one of the most dynamic in Europe.”

TOPSOLID Czech

CENTERSOFT has been present for 10 years in the group’s network of 70 distributors and is the only TopSolid reseller in the Czech Republic. CENTERSOFT partners with many industrial companies that are well regarded in their respective sector of activity. Resulting from the desire of the TOPSOLID and CENTERSOFT teams to unite their destiny in a common project, the new entity called TOPSOLID Czech will be able to rely on the enthusiasm, sense of customer service and technical competence of this young team in order to build its success.

The subsidiary will be managed by Karel Preis, CEO of CENTERSOFT: “We are very confident about the development prospects of TOPSOLID Czech. The Czech Republic is historically a country with a strong mechanical culture, located in the center of Europe. TOPSOLID’s CAD/CAM solutions, and in particular TopSolid’Cam, have great potential for success and we will capture this market!

About TOPSOLID SAS

TOPSOLID SAS, headquartered in Evry, France, is the publisher of the TopSolid software, which provides CAD/CAM and ERP solutions for the mechanical manufacturing, tooling, wood and sheet metal work industries. With a headcount of 320, the company turned over €45 million in 2018. Every year, TOPSOLID invests some 30% of its turnover in research and development for its integrated range of software. The company was founded in 1984 and has been present on the international stage since 1997. Today, about 70% of the software is exported through a network of 60 value-added resellers all over the world. For more information, visit www.topsolid.com.

PARIS, France, Jun 23, 2020 – E-on software, a leading global developer of software for the creation, animation, rendering, and integration of natural 3D environments in the computer graphics, VFX, architecture, and gaming industries, announced the immediate availability of the R5 Release of its VUE, PlantFactory and PlantCatalog Exporter software.

A new free trial version is also available of its VUE and PlantFactory software which includes all the updates from R5.

The full release note details are available online at https://info.e-onsoftware.com/release-notes-june2020

NVIDIA OptiX and Intel Open Source Image Denoisers for the Path Tracer

The Path Tracer now includes two denoisers: The Nvidia OptiX and Intel Open Source Image Denoisers. The denoisers will remove noise from a path-traced render, based on machine-learning technology. Effectively, users can use less samples for rendering and remove noise automatically after the render is finished, which results in much faster rendering times.

Denoising is supported both with the interactive Path Tracer in the viewport and with the offline Path Tracer. By using the denoiser with the interactive Path Tracer, users will get an almost realtime preview of their scene in a much better quality than what OpenGL can offer.

Vastly Improved Displacement

Displacement was massively improved in R5. It works faster, consumes less memory and generates way better displaced geometry. Three new displacement subdivision options were added in the material editor: no subdivision, dynamic subdivision and uniform subdivision. Shadow terminator handling in the render engines was also significantly improved thanks to new interpolation methods, yielding far better finer details and avoids shading artefacts in rendered images and animations.

Satellite maps for Real-World terrains

The real-world terrain import (introduced in R4) can now import satellite maps for automatic texturing of imported terrain data. Users may select satellite data from sentinel-2 or from USGS, and VUE will import the maximum available texture resolution together with the heightfield elevation data information of the selected area.

PlantFactory real-time PBR viewport

PlantFactory has received a viewport facelift – but it’s more than just cosmetics. The new viewport is fully PBR compliant with accurate PBR material previewing, has better responsiveness and performance and introduces a customizable sky model that casts ambient light into the scene for more accurate and comfortable previewing while authoring vegetation species.

Integration technology updates

The VUE integration plugins are now supported in Autodesk 3ds Max 2021, Autodesk Maya 2020* and Cinema4D up to S22*. Additionally, VUE is now compatible with V-Ray Standalone RenderNodes for Maya.

The PlantFactory importer plugins technology previews are also now supported in 3ds Max 2021, Maya 2020 on Windows and Maya 2019 on MacOS. The tech previews also add support for automatic material conversion to Arnold materials and V-Ray Next. Additionally, the plugins can now convert animated vegetation models to animated points.

*Windows only

Other notable new features in VUE and PlantFactory R5

As with previous quarterly releases, e-on software has also added many other new features and UI/UX enhancements such as:

1. Cloud Morphing now supports material animation, plus is more performant and renders faster, VUE will automatically recognize and load sets of PBR texture maps (color/albedo, normal, roughness and many more) following preset and user-defined file name tags,
2. The Path Tracer now supports PBR channels with variable intensities through texture maps as well as semi-transparent and semi-reflective materials,
3. Python is upgraded to version 3.8, gets a new GUI, new documentation and a horde of new functions,
4. Mesh smoothing is up to 4 times faster, and displacement mapping preparation is up to 4.5 times faster,
5. Billboard export now supports PBR channels,  Substance materials can now easily be rotated,
6. VUE, PlantFactory, PlantCatalog Exporter and all PlantFactory import plugins can now share the same PlantCatalog collection location,
7. And a lot more

(1) Export and Integration Plugins are only available in Professional and Enterprise solutions

PlantCatalog Collection update

Alongside the R5 release, the company added a new batch of 15 HD and LD – botanically accurate – vegetation species to its PlantCatalog offering, including:

1. Coniferous: Picea engelmannii, Picea pungens, Picea pungens ‘Koster’, Picea pungens ‘Glauca Globosa’, Picea abies ‘Maxwellii’, Picea abies ‘Nidiformis’, Picea mariana, Picea mariana ‘Ericoides’
2. Perennials: Vinca minor, Chamerion angustifolium, Blechnum spicant, Asplenium scolopendrium, Thuidium tamariscinum, Polytrichum commune \
3. Grass: Phalaris arundinacea

Released in February 2020, the PlantCatalog collection is available either as a standalone package, or complimentary in the company’s Enterprise solutions, or is available as an add-on for Creator and Professional solutions.

More information and all species descriptions can be found at: https://info.e-onsoftware.com/plantcatalog

350 New collection items

e-on software continues to progressively release its owned content collection formerly sold on Cornucopia3D to users of its new software solutions. The R5 release therefore includes a new batch of over 350 3D assets comprised of atmospheres, materials, vehicles, animals, sample scenes etc.

Availability

The new update is available for download as a free software update for all registered users of the company’s VUE and PlantFactory solutions. Users will find the software update and the plant catalog download links on their user account page (under the Software Center tab)

The R5 trial versions are also immediately available at no cost from https://info.eonsoftware.com/try.

All VUE and PlantFactory software titles are available in English, French and German and perform under all versions of Windows 7, Windows 8, and Windows 10 (64 bit only), and Mac Intel (64 bit) for MacOSX 10.15+.

About e-on software

E-on software is the leading developer of solutions for the creation, animation, rendering and integration of natural 3D environments (VUE and PlantFactory). E-on software products are used worldwide by the film, television, architecture, game, science, educational and entertainment industries.

E-on software products were used in feature films such as “Dr. Strange,” “Kubo and the 2 Strings,” “Jupiter Ascending,” “Minions,” “Guardians of the Galaxy,” “The Croods,” “Dragons 1&2,” “Hunger Games,” “Hugo,” “Tintin,” “Super 8,” “Thor,” “Avatar,” “Clash of the Titans,” “Sucker Punch,” “Despicable Me 1&2,” “The Wolf Man,” “2012,” “Lovely Bones,” “GI Joe – The Rise of the Cobra,” “Land of the Lost,” “Terminator 4, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” “Indiana Jones 4,” “Monster Vs Aliens,” “Australia,” “The Spiderwick Chronicles,” “KungFu Panda,” “Pirates of the Caribbean 2” and TV series such as “Spartacus,” “Smallville,” “Battlestar Gallactica,” “Caprica,” “Stargate Atlantis,” “Stargate Continuum,” “The Vampire Diaries” and more. Read more on these stories in e-on software’s Spotlights section: https://info.eonsoftware.com/meetourusers E-on software was founded on the premise that powerful graphics tools should never get in the way of the designer’s creativity. By investing significant resources in research and development, e-on software is able to deliver cutting-edge, user friendly technologies that produce stunning digital nature scenery. In 2015, e-on software was acquired by Bentley Systems and now operates as an internal venture subsidiary. E-on software is based in Paris, France. For more information visit http://www.e-onsoftware.com.

About Bentley Systems

Bentley Systems is a global leader in providing engineers, architects, geospatial professionals, constructors, and owner-operators with comprehensive software solutions for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure. Bentley users leverage information mobility across disciplines and throughout the infrastructure lifecycle to deliver betterperforming projects and assets. Bentley solutions encompass MicroStation applications for information modeling, ProjectWise collaboration services to deliver integrated projects, and AssetWise operations services to achieve intelligent infrastructure – complemented by comprehensive managed services offered through customized Success Plans. Founded in 1984, Bentley has more than 3,500 colleagues in over 50 countries, more than $700 million in annual revenues, and since 2012 has invested more than $1 billion in research, development, and acquisitions. www.bentley.com.

HASSELT, Belgium, Jun 23, 2020 – SCIA is truly excited to announce the launch of the SCIA AutoConverter – a unique and revolutionary product that extends the existing SCIA portfolio changing the way engineers work today in a federated BIM process.

SCIA, together with our partners in the Nemetschek Group, we understand that collaboration between all disciplines, including architects, modellers, structural engineers, draughtsmen and others is at the heart of delivering a safe and sustainable design. Therefore, we are constantly looking for ways to improve the engineering workflow and to make BIM a workable reality for all, including structural engineers.

Hilde Sevens, Chief Executive Officer, SCIA, says: “BIM is becoming a more important process for the engineering world. SCIA has always been a front runner in BIM and today with the SCIA AutoConverter we are taking the next big step. We are very proud to be the first to deliver an OpenBIM solution for structural engineers. Get ready for a change, because the engineers will now be able to get fully integrated into the BIM workflow and save tremendous time, free from product dependency.”

Structural engineershave been standing on the side from the practical BIM workflow. They often have to recreate the models, loosing hours and days on tedious, repetitive tasks. They have to handle changes in the structural model, often with difficulty, frustration and risk of incomplete data, whilst their efforts are better spent elsewhere. Doing what they love most – calculate and analyse.

SCIA AutoConverter is a fast, accurate and reliable tool which enables structural engineers to convert structural models from any 3D structural software to create high quality and accurate analysis models offering:

Nigel Rees, Business Strategy Manager and Strategic Project Lead, Allplan, says: “The combination of Allplan’s Bimplus and SCIA’s AutoConverter offers an open and integrated BIM workflow, enabling engineers and modelers to develop analytical models from any source with a higher degree of accuracy than ever before, answering the demand of our collective customers for a reliable solution. The partnership between SCIA and Allplan brings together many years of expertise. Together we are delivering ground-breaking technology to disrupt the industry once again.”

With the models stored and shared in the cloud, anyone from the project team can access the data, anytime, anywhere. SCIA AutoConverter, is a truly global collaboration platform, allowing modellers to model and engineers to engineer.

Herman Oogink, Head of Strategic Alliances, SCIA, says: “We built a unique solution for engineers working in a federated BIM workflow. Our dedicated web application for engineers is helping them to convert a structural model coming from any CAD system into an analysis model. One of the benefits of our solution is that the engineer has full control over the generation of the analysis model, which is important as the analysis model is the responsibility of the engineer, and also the results are his/her responsibility. So, having the full control is extremely important.”

For more information, about SCIA AutoConverter, visit www.scia.net.

About SCIA

Founded in 1974, SCIA has become one of the world’s leading developers of structural design and analysis software that supports the Open BIM process. SCIA is a wholly owned subsidiary of the globally operating Nemetschek Group, a leading global software provider for the Architecture, Engineering and Construction market (AEC) and the only corporate group covering the entire lifecycle of construction and infrastructure projects, currently counting over 5 million customers worldwide. SCIA’s core purpose is to help users to create their best structural designs. To do so, the company provides powerful, cutting-edge software through a continual process of improvement, innovation and customer input.

SCIA Engineer is an integrated, multi-material structural analysis and design software for all kinds of structures. Its wide range of functionality makes it the ideal partner for the design of office buildings, industrial plants, bridges or any other project, all within the same easy-to-use environment. The software is powered by SCIA’s dedicated and passionate team of structural engineering devotees. SCIA Engineer supports Open BIM and is IFC certified for import and export.

About Nemetschek Group

The Nemetschek Group is a pioneer for digital transformation in the AEC industry. As the sole corporate group worldwide, Nemetschek covers the entire life cycle of building and infrastructure projects with its software solutions and guides its customers into the future of digitalization. With intelligent and innovative software solutions, the Nemetschek Group increases quality in the building process and improves the digital workflow of all those involved in the building process. This revolves around the use of open standards (Open BIM). The innovative solutions of the 16 brands in the four customer-oriented divisions are used by around six million users worldwide. Founded by Prof. Georg Nemetschek in 1963, the Nemetschek Group today employs more than 2,900 experts.

Publicly listed since 1999 and quoted on the MDAX and TecDAX, the company achieved a revenue amounting to EUR 556.9 million and an EBITDA of EUR 165.7 million in 2019.

MUMBAI, India, Jun 23, 2020 – Siemens Limited announced that it is expanding its Sitrain Digital Industry Academy portfolio to include new digital learning offering – ‘Sitrain access’. SITRAIN access is the digital learning platform for industry. It facilitates digital, innovative learning and professional education in all sectors. It is online, flexible, continuous, and personalized. The knowledge offerings are curated by Siemens experts, arranged in modular form, and can be accessed to suit the requirements of the industry.

The online learning platform for digital training delivers various courses via web-based training, tutorial videos and blended learning.

Bhaskar Mandal, Head of Digital Industries, Siemens Limited, said, “In a world that is witnessing fast-paced change, the most important skill is agility aided by technology. With ‘Sitrain access’, corporates can give their employees the necessary edge enabling them to take advantage of opportunities created by Industry 4.0. Online and digital content would be needed for re-skilling at all levels, giving a boost to the mindset and culture of continuous learning.”

The new offering provides state-of-the-art access to digital training for individual study apart from the added convenience of online booking. It is aimed at corporates and their employees, technical institutions and their students to support needs to upskill and stay up-to-date with ever-growing qualification requirements. In addition to web-based training and video tutorials, for example, users can contact other learners or the Sitrain experts directly. A significant advantage of this offer, alongside the numerous courses on a wide range of topics, is that learners can take part at any time and in any location. This innovative training solution can be used to build and extend knowledge and is designed to complement face-to-face training events.

About Siemens Limited

Siemens Limited focuses on the areas of power generation and distribution, intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, and automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. It is also a leading supplier of smart mobility solutions for rail and road transport and infrastructure solutions for Smart Cities. Siemens Limited, in which Siemens AG holds 75% of the capital, is the flagship listed company of Siemens AG in India. As of September 30, 2019, Siemens Limited had Revenue of INR 13,323 crore and 9,437 employees. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.co.in.

NOVOSIBIRSK, Russia, Jun 22, 2020 – LEDAS, a global provider of software research and development services for the engineering market, released an update on its business in light of the COVID-19 pandemic.

At the end of March and during April, a few LEDAS customers were forced to reduce costs by suspending or decreasing their projects with us. The decrease was caused by the general global decline, which affected CAD and manufacturing industries everywhere. Personalized digital medicine, a rather new but important sector for LEDAS, also declined, as healthcare changed its focus to fighting the coronavirus, and so other medical treatments were partly suspended.

The decline reversed during May and into the beginning of June from two sources of growth. Some projects returned to their previous levels of execution, and new customers began projects with us. In the area of digital dentistry, for example, one project essentially halted in March but then resumed in May, because dentistry took a big dip during the peak spread of COVID-19 in Europe and North America. Talking of new projects, in May we began a new project in specialized 3D modeling.

One reason the impact of coronavirus was rather small on our business is due to our involvement in long-term projects. These projects have long roadmaps, with sales typically lasting years into the future. When you develop a 3D kernel, a constraint solver, or a complex algorithmic engine for polygonal meshes (all in development by our team now), you plan for decades, not for months or even years.

The spread of coronavirus in Russia is yet not in stable decline, but our Novosibirsk region fortunately was not severely affected. Both the infection rate and the lethal rate are considerably less than in the Moscow region and most western countries.

In any case, LEDAS employees began working from home in March. This was due to an internal management decision before the start of the official lockdown by the government. We will continue to work remotely, as our work processes have been adjusted to this new environment.

We consider the pandemic to be the highest level of global threat, and we address it seriously at both the corporate and personal levels.

About LEDAS

LEDAS is a worldwide leader in providing of research and development services for engineering software market. Choose LEDAS for your CAD software. Begin your consultation by visiting us at www.ledas.com.

NEWPORT BEACH, CA, USA, Jun 22, 2020 – MSC Software Corporation (MSC), a global leader in Computer-Aided Engineering (CAE) simulation software and services and part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, has extended its advanced simulation offering by providing its customers access to software from technology partners through its MSCOne product access platform.

MSCOne orchestrates flexible token licensing to provide users access to any CAE software they need through the product development lifecycle – from materials R&D and engineering to virtual manufacturing and product testing. This offers engineering leaders the agility to provide immediate access to simulation tools when and where the software is needed and allows organisations to maximize their return on investment, no matter their CAE budget.

Launched today, MSCOneXT (MSCOne Extended Edition) will enhance MSCOne with industry-leading technology partners. MSCOne users will be able to try new products that extend and complement the capabilities of their MSC tools using tokens. Engineering projects will be able to take simulation one step further with access to software that enhances their workflows, but without the complexity, risk, or cost of managing agreements with multiple CAE suppliers.

SmartUQ has joined the MSCOneXT Program to help customers solve their difficult analytics problems while reducing costs and saving thousands of hours of work. “With SmartUQ’s integrations with MSC products, customers now have access to a powerful predictive analytics and uncertainty quantification (UQ) software tool that incorporates real world variability and probabilistic behavior into engineering and systems analyses,” shares Dr. Peter Chien, CEO and Chief Scientist of SmartUQ. “Model calibration and validation, Digital Twins, and Manufacturing Analytics are just a few of the advanced applications SmartUQ adds to the MSC solution set.”

John Janevic, Chief Operating Officer of MSC Software, explained: “Companies in every industry are turning to simulation to improve cost, quality, and innovation from R&D through to manufacturing and testing. By extending MSCOne to our technology partners, we are offering our customers a smarter way to access tools that enhance our offering to help them achieve greater innovation and productivity.”

“Manufacturers have more reasons to become agile than ever before and CAE underpins many decisions. Through MSCOne, customers can now access our extensive simulation portfolio and e-learning wherever and whenever it is needed, so they can respond to their engineering and commercial priorities and adapt to new working practices.”

MSCOne customers can easily access additional simulation tools that their company may not be able to justify with a separate license purchase. For example, a design team that uses MSC Apex could also use Simufact Additive to validate a new part design for additive manufacturing. This flexibility also allows an organisation to allocate resources by distributing tokens across teams and regions, or to use on-premise computing interchangeably with cloud HPC centres.

From today, MSC has also extended access to its extensive CAE e-learning through tokens. This enables any MSCOne user to develop new skills and certifications for any discipline, physics, or product group with structured on-demand courses and step-by-step workshops using the tools available through the platform.

New MSC products, including MSC Apex Generative Design and CAEfatigue have also been made available for the first time through MSCOne. Users can create, test, and perfect every aspect of product development in simulation, from material design to structures, acoustics and fluid dynamics to manufacturing process design and fatigue analysis. The MSCOne portfolio includes, but is not limited to:

1. Structures: MSC Nastran, MSC Apex, Patran, Marc, and Dytran
2. Multibody Dynamics and Systems: Adams and Easy5
3. Acoustics and Fluids: Actran, scFLOW, and scSTREAM
4. Durability and Fatigue: CAEfatigue
5. Materials: Digimat and MaterialCenter
6. Generative Design: MSC Apex Generative Design
7. Metal Manufacturing: Simufact and FormingSuite
8. Simulation Data Management: SimManager

MSCOneXT supports the entire CAE ecosystem – from supplier to user – by providing an easy way for engineering and design professionals to try new products, and for partners to gain exposure to a new customer base. New partners and tools are constantly being added, and prospective partners are invited to join the programme.

For smaller organisations, the MSCOneSE (MSCOne StartEditon) provides a cost-effective and flexible option to access MSC’s core products and e-Learning to help teams get started in advancing their product development proceses to include CAE.

For more information about MSCOne, visit: www.mscsoftware.com/mscone

About Hexagon | MSC Software

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Our technologies are shaping urban and production ecosystems to become increasingly connected and autonomous – ensuring a scalable, sustainable future.

MSC Software, part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, is one of the ten original software companies and a global leader in helping product manufacturers to advance their engineering methods with simulation software and services. Learn more at mscsoftware.com. Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides solutions that utilise data from design and engineering, production and metrology to make manufacturing smarter.

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