HEERBRUGG, Switzerland, May 28, 2021 – Hexagon’s Geosystems division participates in a new centre at ETH Zurich (Swiss Federal Institute of Technology) as a strategic partner with a donation via the ETH Foundation over six years. The centre for Computationally Augmented Design in Architecture, Engineering and Construction, known as Design++, is intended to help ETH further strengthen its globally leading position in digital design, planning and construction.

The donation from Hexagon will primarily go towards establishing a new professorship for Augmented Computational Design at the Design++ centre. The new centre aims to develop digital instruments and processes that simultaneously improve design, boost productivity in the construction process, increase the quality of buildings and reduce their environmental impact. To this end, the areas of architecture and civil engineering incorporate current knowledge from artificial intelligence, focusing on machine learning and extended reality. The centre and the new professorship aim to build a bridge between architecture, civil engineering, construction and computer science.

“We are pleased to announce the partnership with ETH Zurich and Design ++. We share the ambition, purpose, and entrepreneur spirit with Design ++. We are looking forward to enabling professionals to simultaneously increase productivity, improve the quality of work processes, and substantially reduce the environmental footprint of the AEC industry,” says Thomas Harring, President Hexagon’s Geosystems Division. “We have ambitious plans in place for AEC, and we are eager to learn more from leading research institutes such as Design++.”

“Technology innovation is a critical success factor for our business and a key element of our DNA. Becoming a strategic partner of Design++ allows us to bring our core competence into the partnership and enables us to drive together this technology innovation for the AEC industry,” emphasises Burkhard Boeckem, CTO at Hexagon. “We are looking forward to collaborating in visual computing, immersive design, extended reality, and accelerating intelligence-based technologies in the AEC space through this strong and meaningful partnership.”

Hexagon is, after Basler & Hofmann, the second strategic partner of Design++. The new centre and the Immersive Design Lab (IDL) was official opened on 27 May.

About Hexagon Geosystems

Hexagon is a global leader in sensor, software and autonomous solutions. We are putting data to work to boost efficiency, productivity, and quality across industrial, manufacturing, infrastructure, safety, and mobility applications.

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

Hexagon’s Geosystems division provides a comprehensive portfolio of digital solutions that capture, measure and visualise the physical world and enable data-driven transformation across industry ecosystems.
Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) has approximately 21,000 employees in 50 countries and net sales of approximately 3.8bn EUR. Learn more at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

SOMERVILLE, MA, USA, May 28, 2021 – Formlabs, a leading 3D printing company, announced Nylon 11 Powder, a high performance nylon material ideal for functional prototyping and small batch production. Available for use on the Fuse 1, Formlabs’ high performance selective laser sintering (SLS) 3D printer, Nylon 11 Powder enables users to print parts that need to bend or take impact like hinges, clips, and orthotics. Nylon 11 Powder is one of many materials Formlabs plans to launch for the Fuse 1, reaffirming the company’s position as the complete solution for end-use 3D printing by expanding the versatility of powder-based materials.

Historically, industrial 3D printing was out of reach for many companies due to its high cost and complex workflow. The Fuse 1 makes industrial 3D printing more cost accessible and user-friendly than ever with its straightforward workflow. Materials are key to expanding the range of possible applications, and Nylon 11 Powder was developed to bolster design and creation capabilities with low cost per part. Nylon 11 Powder requires less training and additional equipment needed compared to other PA11 materials on the market, expanding the functionality of the Fuse 1 and enabling users to print end-use parts that can handle wear and tear over time, all in-house.

“Engineers, product designers, and manufacturers choose industrial 3D printers for design freedom, the ability to customize end-use parts, and speed in bringing products to market,” said Kathy Bui, ‎Engineering Vertical Lead of Formlabs. “Nylon 11 Powder’s robust characteristics make it ideal for creating end-use parts and functional prototypes like sports equipment or flexible hinges when impact resistance and ductility is key in delivering peak performance while optimizing cost per part.”

Nylon 11 Powder improves on the unique advantages offered by Fuse 1. Where Formlabs’ Nylon 12 Powder is a versatile material that provides high detail and dimensional accuracy, Nylon 11 Powder is ideal when durability and performance are essential. Nylon 11 Powder’s ductile, strong, and flexible qualities suit end-use parts that must be able to take impact and handle wear and tear over time, including snaps, clips, and hinges. Nylon 11 Powder is also designed for use in manufacturing, production, engineering, and product design to create:

1. Impact-resistant prototypes
2. Thin-walled ducts and enclosures
3. Robust jigs and fixtures
4. Replacement parts
5. Prosthetics and orthotics

Join the live webinar, Printing in Nylon 11 and Nylon 12 on the Fuse 1, on June 2nd – 12PM EDT / 6PM CET. To register the webinar, click here.

About Formlabs

Formlabs is expanding access to digital fabrication, so anyone can make anything. Headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts with offices in Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, Hungary, and North Carolina, Formlabs is the professional 3D printer of choice for engineers, designers, manufacturers, and decision makers around the globe. Formlabs products include the Form 3, Form 3B, Form 3L, and Form 3BL powered by an advanced form of stereolithography (SLA) called Low Force Stereolithography (LFS)™ 3D printing, Form Wash and Form Cure post-processing solutions, Fuse 1 SLS 3D printer, and Form Cell manufacturing solution. Through its Factory Solutions offering for industrial users, Formlabs provides the factories of tomorrow with the flexibility and versatility needed for demanding, evolving industrial applications. Formlabs also develops its own suite of high-performance materials that continue to push the boundaries for 3D printing, as well as best-in-class 3D printing software. For more information visit formlabs.com.

CAMBRIDGE, UK and PITTSFORD, NY, USA, May 28, 2021 – CAD Schroer is pleased to announce that the new platform for VR meetings, i4 MEETING, is now officially available. Users can now meet using their own models in virtual reality.

By using  i4 MEETING VR platform, you can hold your meetings online in a virtual world and participate using a web browser, PC, tablet or VR glasses. Design your own VR world and upload your 3D models (e.g. CAD) to present them.

The newly developed i4 MEETING VR platform enables users worldwide to meet online in an individually designed virtual world. Users can now book their own VR worlds.

Online meetings are already part of everyday life for many companies. Staff and customers regularly meet online to discuss projects and for presentations. But the experience is limited to showing product videos and images which fail to convey a true sense of size and space. There is also no common room or space where participants can gather to realistically view products.

Experience online meetings in an innovative way

With i4 MEETING, the online meeting has been reinvented to provide a shared experience for all participants in virtual reality (VR). Companies can create VR worlds containing their own 3D product models. Attendees can then experience these VR worlds using a PC, tablet or VR glasses. I4 MEETING is a thoroughly innovative meeting solution that is now a reality.

One solution for all industries

Due to the low entry requirements, i4 MEETING can be used by almost any industry. Products can be presented in a very innovative way in a VR environment. Companies can upload their own 3D product models to realistically present them during a meeting. Meeting participants experience the products full-size in virtual reality.

Of course, a comprehensive meeting solution also requires communication. With i4 MEETING, users can simply talk to each other. Everyone can activate their microphones at the push of a button to talk to other participants.

Easy access through a versatile range of clients

Access to an i4 MEETING can be via browser, tablet, PC or VR glasses. Users simply choose an avatar and a display name and then join the meeting. They can then move freely around the VR world and also see the avatars and names of other participants. The i4 MEETING client used to access the meeting determines how realistic and immersive the virtual meeting experience will be. Of course, the highest level of immersion is achieved by using VR glasses, which enable users to experience the virtual meeting very realistically.

Experience VR meetings for yourself right now

The possibilities for creating innovative meeting experiences with i4 MEETING are almost limitless. For anyone who would like to experience an i4 MEETING, several trial meetings with different VR worlds are available. Users can immerse themselves in VR worlds containing entire factories, plants and buildings.

To try i4 MEETING, visit https://www.cad-schroer.com/products/i4-meeting.

PLANO, TX, USA, May 28, 2021 – Siemens Digital Industries Software announces the release of Simcenter Studio software, a web application dedicated to discovering better system architectures, faster. Simcenter Studio offers a unique competitive advantage for designing products by finding the best possible system architectures in a shorter amount of time, searching through thousands of possibilities using artificial intelligence and system simulation. These results are automatically generated to meet the user’s design requirements and deliver specific systems architectures faster than ever before. This AI-based generation of system architectures is the latest addition to Simcenter software within Siemens‘ Xcelerato portfolio.

The tight integration of system simulation inside computational notebooks in Simcenter Studio is unique to the market and is complemented with an automatic generation of controllers to enable realistic trade-studies.

Today, engineers rely on individual expertise and known rules, and only evaluate a limited number of system architecture variants before choosing the “right” concept for time sensitive projects. Simcenter Studio allows organizations to overcome these hurdles by using AI-based techniques to vastly expand the design space and perform rapid evaluations of system concepts to identify the most promising designs earlier in the development program. This new generative engineering approach to architect complex systems has applications in various industries including automotive, aerospace and heavy machinery.

“The expansion of generative methods toward system architectures will provide a clear competitive advantage for companies that design complex systems,” said Peter Bilello, President and CEO, CIMdata. “With the introduction of this new offering, Siemens has demonstrated leadership by bringing together AI and system simulation for the conceptual stages of system design.”

The tight integration of system simulation inside computational notebooks in Simcenter Studio is unique to the market and is complemented with an automatic generation of controllers to enable realistic trade-studies. This allows for the evaluation of the most important key performance indicators (KPIs) to be reliable and properly facilitated when making business and engineering decisions.

To learn more about generative engineering for system architectures, please watch a free online presentation by Mike Nicolai during Siemens’ virtual RealizeLIVE event. For more information on Simcenter Studio, please see here.

About Siemens Digital Industries

Siemens Digital Industries Software is driving transformation to enable a digital enterprise where engineering, manufacturing and electronics design meet tomorrow. The Xcelerator portfolio helps companies of all sizes create and leverage digital twins that provide organizations with new insights, opportunities and levels of automation to drive innovation. For more information on Siemens Digital Industries Software products and services, visit www.sw.siemens.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Siemens Digital Industries Software – Where today meets tomorrow.

PLANO, TX, USA, May 28, 2021 – Siemens Digital Industries Software announced that its simulator-independent Questa Verification IP (QVIP) solution now supports PCI Express 6.0, which is the newest version of the ubiquitous networking protocol that facilitates the rapid transfer of data between the world’s highest performance cloud computing servers, as well as billions of smart connected devices around the world.

Engineered to expedite verification closure and expose complex design issues, Siemens’ QVIP solution supports detailed functional verification across all layers of the PCI Express 6.0 specification.

For customers looking to adopt the new PCI Express (PCIe) Gen 6 protocol into their next-generation designs, QVIP integrates seamlessly into all advanced verification environments on any simulator. QVIP helps establish maximum productivity and flexibility for the verification of block level, subsystem, and SoC designs, leveraging a consistent and easy-to-use UVM architecture across all protocols.

“Innovative customers looking to gain a first-mover advantage by adopting the early versions of PCIe Gen 6 need a reliable and comprehensive verification IP platform to validate their designs,” said Stephane Hauradou, chief technology officer for PLDA, a leading high-speed interconnect IP firm. “With its long heritage of leadership in PCIe VIP, Questa VIP delivers an ideal environment for developing next-generation designs that help our customers differentiate and win in highly competitive markets.”

Engineered to expedite verification closure and expose complex design issues, Siemens’ QVIP solution supports detailed functional verification across all layers of the PCI Express 6.0 specification. The offering includes ready-to-use verification components and exhaustive stimuli that increase productivity and accelerate verification signoff. In addition, QVIP eliminates design biases found in competing solutions.

“Siemens has a long and successful track record of supporting the PCIe standard as it has matured and progressed,” said Ravi Subramanian, Ph.D., senior vice president, IC Verification, Siemens Digital Industries Software. “Available now for early adopters of PCIe 6.0, the newest Siemens Questa VIP solution for PCIe provides a proven, robust and exhaustive verification platform that allows our customers to validate their next-generation designs with speed and confidence.”

About Siemens Digital Industries

Siemens Digital Industries Software is driving transformation to enable a digital enterprise where engineering, manufacturing and electronics design meet tomorrow. The Xcelerator portfolio helps companies of all sizes create and leverage digital twins that provide organizations with new insights, opportunities and levels of automation to drive innovation. For more information on Siemens Digital Industries Software products and services, visit www.sw.siemens.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Siemens Digital Industries Software – Where today meets tomorrow.

PLANO, TX, USA, May 28, 2021 – Siemens Digital Industries Software introduced Xcelerator Academy, a new unified approach to developing the skills of users, implementers and developers during their digital transformation journeys with the Xcelerator portfolio. This global training offering uses state-of-the-art tools, high-quality curriculum, world class instructors, and easy to access virtual and physical campuses to address the role-based needs of both customers and partners. Xcelerator Academy empowers Siemens’ software users with the skills needed to optimize their digital enterprise by channeling a broad range of expertise from services professionals and learning consultants into compelling, easy to consume, role-based learning journeys.

Xcelerator Academy can help businesses realize value from technology-driven process improvement by providing users with the skills needed to accelerate product proficiency and solution adoption.

“Digitalization is changing everything, as business processes need to rapidly evolve and adjust to business needs,” said Beat Neuhaus, VP of Global Learning Services at Siemens Digital Industries Software. “A business’ success when using digitalization relies heavily on user adoption of these new technologies, as users need to stay up to date with new processes and systems. Xcelerator Academy is leveraging cloud technology to provide holistic learning solutions that develop initial skills, coupled with effective performance support approaches to maintain and expand these skills over time can help users stay proficient and achieve their innovation goals.”

Xcelerator Academy can help businesses realize value from technology-driven process improvement by providing users with the skills needed to accelerate product proficiency and solution adoption. Hands on learning events with technical experts and specific role-based, outcome-oriented learning journeys can guide users through the knowledge and practices needed to maximize the value that can be achieved from the digital twin. On demand availability offers access to the skills needed today, with content continuously added and ongoing support of performance to stay current.

For more information on Xcelerator Academy, please visit our website at:
Siemens.com/XceleratorAcademy

About Siemens Digital Industries

Siemens Digital Industries Software is driving transformation to enable a digital enterprise where engineering, manufacturing and electronics design meet tomorrow. The Xcelerator portfolio helps companies of all sizes create and leverage digital twins that provide organizations with new insights, opportunities and levels of automation to drive innovation. For more information on Siemens Digital Industries Software products and services, visit www.sw.siemens.com or follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Siemens Digital Industries Software – Where today meets tomorrow.

BOSTON, MA, USA, May 28, 2021 – From the stage of the Vuforia Live Virtual Event, PTC (NASDAQ: PTC) announced the release of the new Vuforia Instruct out-of-the-box offering from the Vuforia Enterprise Augmented Reality (AR) Suite.

The Software as a Service (SaaS)-based offering, available on the PTC Atlas platform, empowers original equipment manufacturers to extend the value of the digital thread all the way to their front-line workers. With Vuforia Instruct, enterprises can leverage 3D CAD data to easily create, deliver, and scale interactive AR work instructions, enabling them to optimize inspections for Quality and Field Maintenance use cases.

“We are thrilled to be working with PTC and Rockwell Automation to bring AR to our customers, and see tremendous opportunity to use 3D work instructions to address critical inspection steps within our maintenance, repair, and sanitation processes on our packaging equipment,” said Alexander Ouellet, Innovation Engineer, Harpak-ULMA Packaging. “The enhanced work instructions created with Vuforia Instruct enable us to upskill our customers’ employees, and even our own technical staff, on intricate procedures in mission critical environments. AR technologies will help our customers reap significant productivity gains by enabling them to improve the accuracy and timeliness of complex, manual processes.”

Approximately 67% of manufacturers are still utilizing manual paper processes for inspections. These existing methods are often error-filled, difficult to transcribe, and costly – ultimately becoming barriers to continuous improvement. Such inefficiencies can result in poor product quality or experiences, cost millions of dollars per year, and lead to loss of brand reputation, market position, customer satisfaction, and revenue. Vuforia Instruct enables companies to eliminate reliance on paper forms by delivering contextual visual guidance and references to front-line workers with built-in, real-time inspection feedback to capture critical insights.

“Vuforia Instruct enables organizations to transform the way they create and scale work instructions to their front-line employees,” said Michael Campbell, Executive Vice President and General Manager, Augmented Reality Products, PTC. “Leveraging existing 3D CAD data, organizations can now guide employees to exactly where work needs to be done and provide them with detailed instructions for critical inspection procedures in context. Such enhancements are critical to industrial organizations looking to increase productivity, improve quality, and reduce unplanned downtime.”

About PTC (NASDAQ: PTC)

PTC enables global manufacturers to realize double-digit impact with software solutions that enable them to accelerate product and service innovation, improve operational efficiency, and increase workforce productivity. In combination with an extensive partner network, PTC provides customers flexibility in how its technology can be deployed to drive digital transformation – on premises, in the cloud, or via its pure SaaS platform. At PTC, we don’t just imagine a better world, we enable it.

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LONDON, UK, May 28, 2021 – AVEVA, a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability, today announced that it has strengthened its strategic partnership with global resource company BHP to deliver increased productivity across multiple assets.

AVEVA’s Flex Subscription program will provide BHP with flexibility in how it purchases, designs, and uses industrial software thereby removing the traditional barriers to adoption, responding to evolving market demands faster and enhancing business agility.

“Adopting this technology will help BHP better support our operating assets around the globe,” said Pat Bourke, BHP Vice President of Technology, Minerals Australia. “With greater visibility of operational data from sites, including at our remote operating canters, we can improve our decision making and efficiency. And, we will also be able to better manage our products across assets by tracking production of ore and inventory. Working collaboratively with AVEVA, we have put in place a commercial framework and partnering model that leverages their capability and solutions, unlocks our own latent capacity, improves data quality, and mitigates cyber security risks in BHP’s operational technology (OT) environments.”

As well as providing flexibility in the use of industrial, engineering and operations software, the AVEVA Flex Subscription program also simplifies the consumption of new capabilities and makes digital transformation easier change to adopt.

“The recent global pandemic has accelerated the adoption of digitalization and organizations that have leveraged this fundamental change have seen immediate benefit. AVEVA Flex eliminates the traditional barriers to the adoption of technology and digital assets by ensuring that our industry partners can choose from a scalable set of solutions aligned to specific business goals and objectives,” said AVEVA’s Vice President, Pacific, Damien McDade.

“Flexibility and the need for business agility are driving the demand for subscription licensing. AVEVA is the only industrial infrastructure software vendor to offer full portfolio coverage within a subscription, alongside the flexibility to maintain perpetual licensing in the deployment mix. AVEVA will help BHP deploy innovative solutions across its value chain from the conceptualization of technology and process through to decommissioning legacy systems,” McDade concluded.

About BHP

BHP is a world-leading resources company. We extract and process minerals, oil, and gas, with more than 80,000 employees and contractors, primarily in Australia and the Americas. Our products are sold worldwide, with sales and marketing led through Singapore and Houston, United States. Our global headquarters are in Melbourne, Australia. Our corporate purpose is to bring people and resources together to build a better world. We do this through our strategy: to have the best capabilities, best commodities, and best assets, to create long-term value and high returns. We are among the world’s top producers of major commodities, including iron ore, metallurgical coal, and copper. We also have interests in oil, gas, and energy coal. For more details visit: www.bhp.com

About AVEVA

AVEVA is a global leader in industrial software, driving digital transformation and sustainability. By connecting the power of information and artificial intelligence with human insight, AVEVA enables teams to use their data to unlock new value. We call this Performance Intelligence.  AVEVA’s comprehensive portfolio enables more than 20,000 industrial enterprises to engineer smarter, operate better and drive sustainable efficiency. AVEVA supports customers through a trusted ecosystem that includes 5,500 partners and 5,700 certified developers around the world. The company is headquartered in Cambridge, UK, with over 6,500 employees and 90 offices in over 40 countries. Learn more at www.aveva.com.