MUNICH, Germany, Apr 8, 2021 – With the DS-E3 StarterPackage, Zuken introduces a preconfigured feature set of its DS-E3 data management software, specifically designed to manage E3.series projects. The solution has been designed to provide an easy entry into a controlled and user-friendly design data management practice with a single source of data, secure version control and defined access rights. Thanks to a direct integration into the E3.series electrical and fluid design tools, engineers can share and manage data without having to leave their familiar CAD application.

The DS-E3 StarterPackage includes for automatic versioning and reuse of projects , thereby providing access to the complete project history.

“Managing project data on a file system is often cumbersome and error-prone. This is exactly where the DS-E3 StarterPackage takes over by taking design data management to the next level”, comments Tobias Martin, Operations Manager, Zuken Switzerland. “Through a standardized installation procedure and a hands-on training concept, we were able to reduce the effort for the introduction to a minimum. With this combination, users can get a perfect start into data management with DS-E3.”

The DS-E3 StarterPackage includes functionalities for the automatic versioning and reuse of projects, thereby providing access to the complete project history. Any design revision can be used as a starting point for a new design. Pre-defined environments ensure that users always use the correct settings, project structure and database. Extended search capabilities using a variety of characteristics, such as customer or project number, help to save time on administrative work, which can then be used for product development tasks. And finally, the solution is complemented with a defined release process for active error prevention.

Thanks to its modular and flexible architecture, the DS-E3 StarterPackage can be flexibly expanded and adapted as requirements increase.

Availability

The DS-3 StarterPackage is currently available in Europe only.

About Zuken

Zuken is a global provider of leading-edge software and consulting services for electrical and electronic design and manufacturing. Founded in 1976, Zuken has the longest track record of technological innovation and financial stability in the electronic design automation (EDA) software industry. The company’s extensive experience, technological expertise and agility, combine to create world-class software solutions. Zuken’s transparent working practices and integrity in all aspects of business produce long-lasting and successful customer partnerships that make Zuken a reliable long-term business partner. For more information, visit www.zuken.com, blog.zuken.com, or www.linkedin.com/company/zuken.

Invitation

NASHUA, NH, USA, Apr 8, 2021- Global BIM and EAM consulting firm Microdesk, a leading provider of business and technology services for the design and construction industry, is collaborating with the Autodesk Foundation, the philanthropic arm of Autodesk, Inc., to support non-profit and social impact organizations throughout 2021. This is the 7th year in a row that Microdesk will work with the Autodesk Foundation to provide a range of leading BIM services such as energy analysis and generative design to mission-driven leaders within the AEC industry.

The Autodesk Foundation supports the design and creation of innovative solutions to the world’s most pressing challenges by providing risk-tolerant funding, technology and talent to nonprofits and social enterprises to help them maximize and scale their impact. For the past six years, Microdesk has proudly contributed resources, time and consultants to a variety of impact-driven projects around the world. This multi-year effort acknowledges Microdesk’s exceptional BIM expertise and steadfast dedication to their global clients beyond standard project support. Working with Autodesk Foundation’s portfolio provides an opportunity for Microdesk to continue developing solutions that enable AEC firms to virtualize, engineer and construct sustainable projects globally.

Microdesk experts have collaborated with several Autodesk Foundation customers including multi-disciplinary architecture firm MASS Design; global building design and analysis specialist Build Health International; bamboo structural manufacturer BamCore; disaster-resistance and recovery educator Build Change; and residential housing provider Habitat for Humanity. Microdesk provides high-quality, comprehensive project support across a range of services, from BIM implementation training to standards and applications development. This work also provides an opportunity to leverage the latest in AEC software capabilities like energy and ventilation analysis, computational fluid dynamics and generative design.

Autodesk Foundation’s Head of Partnerships Engagement, Christine Stoner noted, “We’re proud to continue our work with Microdesk for another year. Their knowledge and passion for sustainable projects benefits our customers every day, and their ability to upskill our customers on emerging technologies helps scale sustainable innovations faster.”

Last year, a partnership between Microdesk and Autodesk Foundation customer Build Health International helped design an energy-efficient maternal healthcare facility in a resource-deprived region of Sierra Leone, Africa. Through various analyses and model iterations, Microdesk was able to craft a plan for a facility that could provide adequate lighting for bedside tasks utilizing skylights to minimize electric and material demands. A similar project completed with Build Health International was presented by Microdesk Client Success Manager Clarke Morrison and Solution Specialist Luc Wing at Autodesk University in 2020.

“Collaborating with the Autodesk Foundation has been incredibly rewarding as it allows us to support and help drive the impactful work being completed by non-profit organizations whose values toward sustainability align with our own,” said Microdesk Co-Founder and CEO Michael DeLacey. “We believe that the AEC industry at large has a responsibility to address the challenges associated with massive urbanization and this type of work gives us an opportunity to explore solutions with some of the brightest minds in the field.”

To learn more about Microdesk’s sustainability and non-profit efforts, contact Microdesk here or call 1 (800) 336-3375 or +44 (0) 800-029-4635.

About Microdesk

Microdesk is a Global BIM and EAM consulting firm dedicated to assisting design, construction and operations teams with improving workflows and integrating BIM, VDC and EAM technologies. Using software from industry leaders such as Autodesk and IBM, combined with our vision and passion for sustainably meeting the demands of urbanization, our team of industry experts is redefining project deliver and asset management. For more information, visit https://www.microdesk.com.

BALTIMORE, MD, USA, Apr 8, 2021 – ASCENT- Center for Technical Knowledge has expanded its Autodesk Revit learning content for residential architects and drafters as well as for students and educators, by releasing a residential-dedicated Revit learning guide – Autodesk Revit 2021 Fundamentals for Residential Design. It is the latest Revit 2021 title from ASCENT and is available in both print and eBook formats.

“Today, our popular line-up of Revit curriculum now includes a guide solely focused on meeting the unique needs of residential architects and drafters,” says Paul Burden director of product development, ASCENT. “By tackling design challenges that are unique to residential design and using a purpose-built building information model (BIM) with specific examples and exercises, this new guide serves a market that has been waiting for a comprehensive learning product for residential home design.”

In this course, the content and practical exercises take you from starting a new single detached home design project with Revit through to design development and construction document creation. The guide also covers how Revit handles specific residential design challenges such as roof design, kitchen layout and chamfered ceiling material. This content is covered in much more depth than in ASCENT’s standard Revit Architectural Fundamentals training guide, making it the perfect solution for residential design professionals.

Highlights of topics covered in this unique learning guide include:

1. Understanding BIM and how it is applied in Autodesk Revit
2. Navigating the Autodesk Revit workspace and interface
3. Working with basic sketching and modifying tools
4. Setting up a residential project
5. Creating a 3D farmhouse with residential walls, floors, windows, and doors
6. Adding component features, such as furniture and casework
7. Adding floors, ceilings, and complex roofs to the farmhouse
8. Modeling stairs and railings for both interior and an exterior front porch
9. Setting up sheets for plotting with text, dimensions, details, tags, and schedules
10. Creating residential stem wall and garage sill details

To support instructors in effectively delivering content that is well-paced, this guide offers detailed practice sessions and timeframes for course delivery within an instructor guide. For a complete listing of the topics covered in this learning guide, visit the ASCENT website.

To learn how ASCENT’s trio of Autodesk Revit 2021 fundamental-level guides for architecture design are interconnected and how this latest guide helps architects and architectural drafters overcome challenges, register for the upcoming webcast: Overview of Autodesk Revit 2021 Guides. This free event is led by author Cherise Biddulph and will be held on April 29, 2021 at 11:00am Eastern.

Orders for both the learning guide and instructor guide can be placed through the ASCENTeStore.com, Amazon.com (print only) or by calling (866) 527-2368.

About ASCENT

ASCENT- Center for Technical Knowledge, a division of Rand Worldwide (OTCBB: RWWI), is an Authorized Publisher and Developer of Autodesk curriculum, developing professional training courseware and technical documentation for engineering applications including those from Autodesk, Dassault Systèmes and PTC. For more information, visit the ASCENT website and follow ASCENT on Twitter at @ASCENT_CTK.

About Rand Worldwide

Rand Worldwide is one of the world’s leading providers of professional services and technology to the engineering community, targeting organizations in the building, infrastructure and manufacturing industries. For more information, visit www.rand.com.

HAMBURG, Germany, Apr 7, 2021 – Simufact, a global operating software company providing process simulation solutions and services to metalworking industries, announced the release of Simufact Forming 2021. The latest release covers five top highlights such as the new tetrahedral elements for meshing, which speed up the process simulation at highest accuracy. Further enhancements are the assistance for damage modelling, which allows the user for an easy, automated and efficient way to generate a damage model increasing the accuracy of the results in terms of predicting the component at failure.

Simufact Forming 2021 also comes up with a a new finite volume solver, taking calculation speeds to a next level, the extended boundary conditions to predict properties under loads, and even the ability to simulate new process types such as hydroforming. An additional highlight of the new version is the MpCCI Mapper, an interface for exchanging simulation results with 3rd party products, coming from our technology partner SCAI Fraunhofer institute.

Significantly faster calculation with the same accuracy thanks to new tetrahedral elements, new finite volume solver and a new time step control option

Simufact Forming 2021 provides our user with several new improvements, that significantly increase the calculation speed of his process simulation. A new tetrahedral element for meshing has been developed, which makes the simulation up to 2.8x faster speed compared with the previous tetrahedral elements. A new finite volume method (FVM) solver has been developed. It especifically targets hot forming processes and is up to 1.5x times faster than the existing FVM solver. Also a new time step control option has been implemented, giving the user a speed gain of 40%-70%.

New damage model assistance serves for increased accuracy

For the first time, Simufact introduces an assistant for damage modelling in Simufact Forming 2021. It convinces by its ease of use and the user benefits from increasing accuracy. The damage model for itself can have an enormous impact on the accuracy predicting the damage occurrence as well as the force progression. The creation of a damage model in the simulation has been very difficult and therefore has been neglected in the simulation. In Simufact Forming 2021, the user enters the damage characteristics from experiments, including equivalent strain and the averaged Lode angle at failure. The new damage modelling assistant automatically calculates, generates and calibrates the damage model’s parameters. Finally, the user benefits from the newly generated damage model, which enables accurate calculations in the future.

First approach to predict properties under loads

With Simufact Forming 2021, after process simulation, the user looks forward to structure simulation with basic functionalities. The structural simulation helps him, among other things, to determine the maximum load before the component fails and the force progression of a dynamic load. In addition, with this new feature, the user has the possibility to simulate new process types, such as hydroforming.

Result transfer to and from 3rd party product by the MpCCI Mapper

Thanks to this new feature, the user can transfer his process simulation results from the software into any format by the help of the MpCCI Mapper interface. It provides advanced and robust methods to map, compare and transfer simulation results and experimental data in integrated simulation workflows. Thus, the user benefits from the capability to transfer his results from 3rd party products prior to Simufact Forming and afterwards.

“Simufact Forming is an established software solution for the simulation of metal forming manufacturing processes. Our top priority is to help our customers increase their efficiency and productivity as well as reduce costs and time-to-market by shifting physical tryouts to virtual testing”, says Dr. Gabriel Mc Bain, Senior Director Product Management at Simufact Engineering GmbH & Forming Technologies. “With the release of Simufact Forming 2021, we take speed, stability as well as user experience of our solution to the next level. We are pleased to announce the new version of Simufact Forming 2021 – faster and more exciting to use than ever before!”

Visit the What’s new website in order to discover the top highlights in the recent version: https://www.simufact.com/what-s-new-in-v2021.html

About Hexagon | Simufact

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.

Simufact, part of Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division, applies simulation and process knowledge to help manufacturers optimise metal forming, mechanical and thermal joining and additive process quality and cost. Learn more at simufact.com. Hexagon’s Manufacturing Intelligence division provides solutions that utilise data from design and engineering, production and metrology to make manufacturing smarter.

Learn more about Hexagon (Nasdaq Stockholm: HEXA B) at hexagon.com and follow us @HexagonAB.

WORCESTERSHIRE, UK, Apr 7, 2021 – After many years of operating from New York, XS CAD has set up its East Coast office in Wilmington, Delaware.

The new address is:

XS CAD Inc.
1000 N West Street
Suite 1200
Wilmington
DE 19801

From Delaware, XS CAD will continue to formulate strategic solutions for US design-and-build firms through CAD/BIM and visualisation services at Wilmington, where our representatives will be available for questions and collaboration.

For more information, visit http://www.xscad.com.

WALTHAM, MA, USA, Apr 7, 2021 – Expanding our business development activities in the UK, AMC Bridge has been named as a supplier on Crown Commercial Service’s (CCS) Digital Outcomes and Specialist (DOS) framework.

PARIS, France, Apr 7, 2021 – The COVID-19 health crisis is driving transformation in manufacturing businesses, especially in the furniture industry. The change in consumer behavior and expectations is forcing upholstered furniture manufacturers to adapt in order to meet the growing demand for personalized furniture. These changes in consumer demand, introduce major challenges to the production process, requiring furniture manufacturing companies to industrialize and switch from manual operations to automated and digital processes. A major global player in the furniture, fashion and automotive industries, Lectra designs smart industrial solutions combining—software, equipment, data and services—for brands, manufacturers and retailers.

Furniture On Demand by Lectra is Lectra’s 4.0 offer dedicated to personalized furniture and small series production. It is a turnkey solution for manufacturers of sofas and armchairs, covering the entire furniture manufacturing workflow, from order processing to cutting.

Artificial intelligence (AI), the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT), cloud computing and big data are key Industry 4.0 technologies that Lectra has integrated in its solutions since 2015. This is particularly the case with Furniture On Demand by Lectra, which helps furniture manufacturers industrialize and optimize their production, both for small series and personalized orders, thanks to on demand (Made to Order) and customized (Made to Customize) production processes. In practice, Furniture On Demand by Lectra captures automatically the styles, materials and components information of the product, directly from the customer’s order. This data is then transformed into a cutting order, transmitted to the cutting room, and monitored in real time during the entire process. The oneclick cutting solution speeds up production while minimizing the risk of error.

COVID-19 increased the importance of home in people’s lives COVID-19 disrupted the lifestyles of people across the globe, encouraging them to spend more time at home. At the height of the pandemic, 78% of consumers worldwide decided that home was their haven and two out of five made changes to their homes in 2020.

With reduced spending on travel, dining and leisure, consumer purchasing is shifting to home décor and design. The immediacy of the need increased during the pandemic, as retailers saw the emergence of compulsive buying behavior, both on the high street and online.

A trend that is benefiting the upholstered furniture market. , which had already been growing steadily over the past decade. This trend that existed before the pandemic should strengthen.

In the office furniture market, manufacturers must now meet the expectations of new customers who work from home. They must adapt their B2B model to a B2C approach and totally rethink their offer, pricing strategy and distribution network accordingly.

Personalization: a global structural trend

Consumers increasingly want to participate in the design of their own furniture. In the United Kingdom3 , nearly one in two buyers shows a keen interest in custom-made furniture, while nine out of ten American consumers4 are willing to pay up to an additional $300 for a personalized sofa. In China, this market segment5 is even expected to grow by 18%.

This trend is driven by Millennials, those born between 1980 and 2000, who want to buy furniture that reflects their personality and customize it themselves. They see furniture as a way to reflect a certain lifestyle within a given moment and no longer consider it a long-term investment. The average lifespan of a sofa, for example, has been halved since the 1980s and 2000s2 . Millennials are even prepared to pay more for their furniture as long as they don’t have to wait for delivery. This is a side effect of buying online.

Furniture On Demand by Lectra: a sought-after solution by leading manufacturers

Furniture on Demand by Lectra is a solution designed specifically to meet the needs of furniture manufacturers, regardless of their geographic location and business model. As evidenced by the many companies that have already adopted it and are improving the efficiency of their day-to-day operations: ATL Group, Andreu World, Cassina, DFM, Duresta, Euroline, Design Foundry, Furia Cuscini, Karimoku, King Hickory, Lee Industries, Molteni , OFS, Plumbs, Poliform, Polipol, Ruchaud, Sherrill Furniture, Smith Brothers, Tetrad, Vilmers, Whitemeadow, Zanotta.

“Today, with Furniture On Demand by Lectra, furniture manufacturers no longer have to choose between quality and profitability. In an economic context in which it is crucial to control costs and reinvent the customer experience, they can produce small series and personalized furniture as quickly as standard products and make on-demand production a new growth driver”, enthuses Maria Modroño, Chief Marketing & Communications Officer at Lectra.

To discover Fashion On Demand by Lectra on video, click here.

About Lectra

For companies that breathe life into our wardrobes, car interiors, furniture and more, Lectra is crafting premium technologies that facilitate the digital transformation of their industry. Lectra’s offer empowers brands, manufacturers and retailers, from design to production, providing them with the market respect and peace of mind they deserve. Founded in 1973, today Lectra has 34 subsidiaries across the globe, serving customers in over 100 countries. With over 1,700 employees, Lectra reported revenues of €236 million in 2020. Lectra is listed on Euronext-Paris (LSS). For more information, visit www.lectra.com.

PITTSBURGH, PA, USA, Apr 7, 2021 – ESSS and Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) are collaborating to provide an improved discrete element modeling (DEM) workflow for quickly analyzing and assessing particle movement across numerous industrial applications. Interoperable with industry-leading Ansys flagship solvers, the workflow helps engineers design highly reliable products, slash development time and win the race to market.

From candy to vacuum cleaners, nearly 70% of industrial products experience bulk granular material flows, where different-sized particles with complex shapes interact, potentially impacting a product’s efficiency or structural integrity. To overcome this difficult design challenge, engineers require DEM, coupled with structural and fluid analysis, to assess the flow behavior of these granular particles early in the design phase.

Ensuring product quality of  pharmaceutical tablet coating process using Ansys CFD and Ansys Rocky

ESSS and Ansys’ new workflow, Ansys Rocky, is a robust 3D DEM solution for tackling particle movement design issues. Harnessing multiple GPUs simultaneously to analyze bulk material flow systems 20-90x faster, Ansys Rocky runs high-fidelity, uncompromised massive particle models. Seamlessly integrated with Ansys Fluent and Ansys Mechanical, Ansys Rocky swiftly simulates fully coupled fluid and structural systems’ bulk material movement and reaction to forces such as gravity and adhesion, ensuring new products are more reliable than ever.

“We welcome the news of the agreement between Ansys and ESSS. As you can imagine, most products we design and manufacture involve particulate systems and are inherently multi-components and multiphysics,” said Lei Zhao, R&D director at PepsiCo. “R&D and engineering teams at PepsiCo rely on Ansys Fluent to perform computational fluid dynamic analysis and Ansys Rocky to perform particle dynamic analysis to ensure product quality and optimize manufacturing processes. The results are a shorter product development cycle with less waste and more efficient processes that help meet the growing demand for healthier and more environmentally friendly products.”

Optimizing packaging of potato chips using Ansys Rocky

Unlike a traditional DEM code, Ansys Rocky accurately models particles shapes including arbitrary 3D shapes, 2D shells and flexible fiber, helping engineers quickly solve challenging design problems with very complex geometric design variations.

“The ability to model large number of particles with real shapes, ranging from a pharmaceutical tablet to potato chips, has expanded Rocky’s reach from traditional sectors, like heavy machinery, to new areas such as agriculture, battery design and additive manufacturing,” said Clovis Maliska, Jr., CEO at ESSS. “Additionally, Rocky’s integration into Ansys’ workflow extends the power of DEM analysis beyond design centers and brings simulation into manufacturing, operation and production, enabling companies to optimize the production, transportation and packaging material handling of bulk and discrete particle systems.”

Ansys Rocky delivers unique usability, portability, solver performance and multi-GPU acceleration to cost-effectively calculate particle transport.

“Ansys Rocky incorporates the latest technology advances in customization and user experience integration to augment fluid and structural mechanics with particle mechanics, enabling customers to understand how their products will perform across thousands of real-world operating scenarios,” said Shane Emswiler, senior vice president at Ansys. “From modeling complex shapes to flexible fibers, Ansys Rocky combines its multi-GPU capabilities with Ansys’ flagship simulations — empowering our customers to rapidly run large, highly realistic simulations that include key bulk material details.”

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.

About ESSS

Engineering Simulation and Scientific Software (ESSS) is an innovative international provider of engineering simulation products and services operating in more than 10 countries. With over twenty-five years of experience, and over 200 employees, ESSS is a well-established Ansys channel partner. In addition, ESSS develops new simulation tools, runs ESSS Institute and drives broader adoption of customized CAE solutions in the energy industry. Visit https://www.esss.co or https://rocky.esss.co for more information.