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Zuken Bundles eCADSTAR with Four New Configurations for PCB Design

Sachin R Nalawade
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BRISTOL, UK and WESTFORD, MA, USA, Jan 7, 2020 – Zuken unveils advanced high-speed design features for its recently launched eCADSTAR connected PCB design platform. eCADSTAR Advanced HS extends eCADSTAR’s connected 3D PCB design capabilities with powerful high-speed routing tools, such as length and delay-based impedance and skew control, and comprehensive constraint management capabilities. With the release of eCADSTAR Advanced HS, eCADSTAR is now available in four complementary bundles that can be easily combined to meet individual profiles.

 

ecadstar-high-speed-collageeCADSTAR Advanced HS provides powerful built-in capabilities to address the complex details of critical high-speed layout and routing.

 

“As products become more complex and connected, high-speed design is a key part of the design and manufacturability of printed circuit boards (PCBs). High-speed components and interfaces are at the heart of today’s smart and internet-connected products, and they demand advanced requirements for layout and routing”, says John Berrie, Signal Integrity Expert, Zuken Technology Center, Bristol. “eCADSTAR Advanced HS delivers those capabilities in an easy to use environment so that PCB designers can deliver exceptional high-speed design quality.”

High-speed PCB design

The need to utilize high-speed design principles is becoming the norm rather than the exception – even if the clock-rates are not in the gigahertz range. Many of today’s common components like DDR3, DDR4 or DDR5 SDRAMs require high-speed PCB design practices to produce high-signal quality. As product performance increases and the need for device connectivity is pervasive, so is the need for high-speed constraint-driven PCB layout techniques.

eCADSTAR Advanced HS

With a consistent user interface from design entry through physical layout, and a central constraint browser, eCADSTAR Advanced HS provides powerful built-in capabilities to address the complex details of critical high-speed layout and routing. Constraints can be specified both in the schematic, and the physical design tools, or as design rules stacks eCADSTAR’s built-in constraint browser.

 

HS_TTM_topologyCreationThe routing strategy for high-speed signals can be defined (“constrained”) in eCADSTAR’s Constraint Browser. Specifications include topology assignment and transmission line constraints

 

eCADSTAR’s high-speed capabilities include:

  1. Impedance controlled routing: In eCADSTAR, hardware engineers can constrain both single-ended and differential impedance to meet constraints on each board layer.
  2. Length, delay and skew based routing: eCADSTAR works with both, length and delay constraints, including built-in simulation for detailed investigation of effects such as signal-to-signal coupling.
  3. Topology control: High-speed signals need a routing topology that adhere to specified constraints. eCADSTAR enables topology control with a wide selection of templates and instant visualization to make control as fast and reliable as possible.
  4. Handling of differential signals: In eCADSTAR differential signals can be routed with the assistance of automatic, clean end routing, specific design rules, and constraints.

Configurations and pricing

With modular bundles, eCADSTAR Base, Advanced 3D, Advanced HS and Ultimate eCADSTAR can be configured in a wide variety of options to fit individual needs. eCADSTAR promotional pricing starts at under 2000 GBP / 2200 EUR / 2500 USD.

About eCADSTAR

eCADSTAR provides a fully managed 2D/3D design process in a modern environment with a common user interface and centralized library that exists at the heart of schematic and PCB editors. Design constraints and variants can be defined in the schematic and propagated throughout the PCB layout and routing process. eCADSTAR helps ensure that PCB designers achieve top-class high-speed design the first time.

To learn more, or to request a demonstration please visit: www.ecadstar.com/advanced-HS

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.

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JETCAM Expert v20.31.00 for CADCAM Nesting, JOC v3.37 for Automation Released

Sachin R Nalawade
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Monaco, Jan 7, 2020 – JETCAM International s.a.r.l. announced the launch of new versions of JETCAM Expert and JETCAM Orders Controller (JOC), containing various new features and enhancements.

 

joc-337-fill-existing-nestsJOC 3.37 allows you to select one or more nests and check if they can be used to fill existing order lists

 

JETCAM Expert v20.31.00 benefits from several global interface enhancements including a new Screen Macro Recording feature that allows users to assign menu options or keyboard shortcuts to strings of commands, drastically reducing the time to perform common functions. Unlimited UNDO/REDO allows the user to step back through multiple actions if required. Logic improvements across the board in areas such as fly cutting and common cutting can further reduce CNC machine runtime.

JETCAM Orders Controller (JOC) 3.37 now includes enhanced static nest ordering*, allowing users to select one or more nests in the nests screen and see if they can be used to fulfil parts in the orders list. Users can then modify the number of runs of each nest in order to see the optimum number required to fulfil the orders list. JOC can also create image thumbnails of components during CAD import. These can then be used by third-party systems such as MRP to show an image against a component. To aid customers where network stability and performance are sub-optimal JOC now makes multiple attempts to ready component data, ensuring that temporary network glitches will not impact processes from taking place.

There are also hundreds of other improvements and fixes throughout both applications.

Martin Bailey, General Manager said; “These releases focus on the user experience, with features such as Screen Macro Recording in JETCAM Expert and Static Nest Ordering in JOC both allowing users to perform tasks much quicker than before. We’ve also made significant ‘under the hood’ enhancements to many of our automation technologies, so not only do they take less time to run but they also deliver improvements in CNC machine and material efficiency on the shop floor.”

Videos of new functions are available to view in the JETCAM online video tutorial ‘University’, which is free for all JETCAM customers. Both products are available for immediate download for free for all customers with a current maintenance contract.

* JOC Premium Automation only

About JETCAM International s.a.r.l.

JETCAM International has been developing and distributing its JETCAM Expert range of CADCAM software since 1986, serving the sheet metal and aerospace/automotive composite cutting industries. In use in 82 countries worldwide, JETCAM software supports virtually every CNC punching, laser, plasma, routing, waterjet and flatbed cutting machine available today, and provides automation and Industry 4.0 IIoT connectivity. The software has received various accolades and awards due to its high level of automation and fast return on investment. For more information, visit https://www.jetcam.com.

Altair Acquires newFASANT to Expand its High-Frequency Electromagnetics Portfolio

Sachin R Nalawade
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TROY, MI, USA, Jan 6, 2020 – Altair, (Nasdaq: ALTR) a global technology company providing solutions in product development, high-performance computing and data analytics, today announced the acquisition of newFASANT, offering leading technology in computational and high-frequency electromagnetics. newFASANT’s solutions address a wide range of electromagnetic problems in areas such as antenna design and placement, radar cross section (RCS) analysis, automotive V2V/ADAS, and infrared/thermal signatures.

Originally a spin-off from the University of Alcalá, near Madrid, newFASANT is home to world renowned industry pioneers. Its software portfolio containing various full-wave and high frequency asymptotic electromagnetic solvers, when combined with Altair Feko™, will allow Altair to leapfrog its competition and offer advanced solutions in relevant technology areas like V2V, Doppler effects, radome analysis, periodic structures, reflectarrays and others.

“We are thrilled to welcome newFASANT and its brilliant engineers to Altair,” said James Scapa, Altair’s chief executive officer and founder. “By combining its people and software into our advanced solutions offerings, we are clearly emerging as the dominant player in high-frequency electromagnetics – technology that is critical for solving some of the world’s toughest engineering problems.”

“We couldn’t be more excited to join the ranks of such a globally relevant and growing software player,” said Felipe Cátedra, chief executive officer of newFASANT. “Ever since we spun off from the University of Alcalá, we have grown the sophistication of our offerings, but by joining a powerhouse like Altair, we will be able to commercially expand our footprint immensely.”

This move solidifies Altair’s place as a world leader in high-frequency electromagnetics, a critical technology that supports advanced digital communications for areas such as IoT, cellular networks, mobile phones and connected devices, V2V, radar and radio.

About Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR)

Altair is a global technology company that provides software and cloud solutions in the areas of product development, high performance computing (HPC) and data analytics. Altair enables organizations across broad industry segments to compete more effectively in a connected world while creating a more sustainable future. For more information, visit www.altair.com.

CES 2020 Survey by CITE, Dassault Reveal Consumers Want of Personalized Products

Sachin R Nalawade
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VELIZY-VILLACOUBLAY, France, Jan 6, 2020 – Dassault Systèmes (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA) today revealed that younger consumers are leading the push for personalization that improves products and services, quality of life and personal safety, and are more willing to pay and share their data to get it.  The findings came from a survey of citizens representing the demographics of adults in the U.S., China and France that was conducted in partnership with independent market research firm CITE Research.

The survey revealed differences among generations, geographies and technology adoption levels in terms of how consumers view personalization in mobility, healthcare, retail and the home and city environment, how they define personalization, and what they are willing to give up for it.  Yet it also confirmed that nearly all consumers already value the importance of personalization, in particular for health and personal safety, and share concerns about how data is collected and managed to achieve it.

Findings from the survey include:

  1. Consumers want personalization but don’t want to wait for it.  Eighty-three percent of consumers expect products or services to adapt in a matter of moments or hours.  Only 21% will wait four or more days for a personalized product or service to be delivered.
  2. Consumers are willing to pay on average 25.3% for personalization. In return, they expect to be compensated with an average of 25.6% savings for giving out their data. They are more willing to pay for personalized healthcare; less so for personalized retail.
  3. Industry has an opportunity to clearly define personalization.  Consumers have a mixed definition of personalization.  More than 50% define it as products/services they customize before purchasing, and as products/services selected from a list of options, as well as products/services created based on personal data; 63% of early technology adopters define personalization as the latter.
  4. Consumers are most interested in personalized products and services that benefit health, such as personalized preventative health plans based on behavior, and alert systems for falls.
  5. Personalization for personal safety is also of interest to consumers, such as products that notify of time-sensitive home emergencies, crime alerts based on location, and sending their location to police during times of safety concerns.
  6. Data privacy is a concern for 96% of consumers.  Most consumers will only share data they agreed to share in exchange for personalization, yet anonymizing data will make six out of 10 respondents more willing to share.  Eighty-eight percent will discontinue a helpful personalized service if they are unsure of how their data is being managed.  For 68%, consumer demands will lead to data protection.
  7. Artificial intelligence, 5G and home assistants are necessary for personalization.  About half of consumers think that 5G, in particular, is very necessary for delivery of personalization in healthcare, while it is seen as less vital in retail.
  8. Personalization expectations differ among generations.  Generation X , millennials  and Generation Z  are more comfortable sharing data for better personalization and are more likely to agree on the personal safety, time and monetary benefits it brings than baby boomers  and the silent generation.   Sixty percent of baby boomers are most excited about personalization in healthcare, 24% of Generation Z about mobility, and 21% of millennials about the environment.
  9. Chinese consumers are more enthusiastic about personalization than American and French consumers, but Americans have the highest expectations.  More American consumers expect personalized products and services to be commonplace by 2030, and more are willing to pay for them.

“Consumers want experiences with personalization as the differentiator, especially among younger consumers. The solution for manufacturers to capitalize on this trend is to collect, analyze and transform data while addressing concerns for data privacy.  Our 3DEXPERIENCE platform enables them to do just that. Using the platform, companies can innovate, design, create and manufacture hyper-personalized products in the most sustainable way,” said Florence Verzelen, Executive Vice President, Industry Solutions, Marketing and Global Affairs, Dassault Systèmes.

About Dassault Systèmes

Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, provides business and people with virtual universes to imagine sustainable innovations. Its world-leading solutions transform the way products are designed, produced, and supported. Dassault Systèmes’ collaborative solutions foster social innovation, expanding possibilities for the virtual world to improve the real world. The group brings value to over 250, 000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 140 countries. For more information, visit www.3ds.com

AEye, ANSYS Accelerate Autonomous Driving Safety

Sachin R Nalawade
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PITTSBURGH, PA, USA, Jan 6, 2020 – The next generation of autonomous vehicles will mimic how human eyes focus on and evaluate road conditions by leveraging AEye and ANSYS (NASDAQ: ANSS) technologies. AEye is incorporating ANSYS’ industry-leading simulation solutions into the design of its Intelligent Detection and Ranging (iDAR) platform — enabling customers to reduce physical prototyping and improve the safety and reliability of autonomous systems.

Safeguarding autonomous driving requires next-generation sensors to quickly and correctly interpret certain hazardous road scenarios that cannot be reliably detected by conventional perception platforms. To validate the sensors’ effectiveness, exhaustive road testing must be successfully completed — demanding significant development time and expenses. With ANSYS, AEye empowers automotive manufacturers to potentially simulate driving situations across millions of miles in just days, minimizing physical prototyping.

AEye is implementing ANSYS SPEOS and ANSYS VRXPERIENCE, a state-of-the-art driving simulation tool with physics-based sensor models, into the design of AEye’s iDAR — empowering customers to quickly test and certify iDAR designs within a realistic virtual driving environment. AEye’s automotive-grade iDAR combines deterministic and AI-driven perception to deliver detection and classification at high speed and far range not possible for conventional LiDAR or camera sensors. Through the integration, automotive customers deploying autonomous vehicle and advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) will be able to virtually prototype AEye’s software-definable, agile LiDAR to simulate exactly how they want to sense their environment.

“Addressing use cases systematically will eventually allow AEye and its OEM and Tier 1 customers to drive more intelligence from the edge and achieve higher autonomous capabilities, a concept we refer to as autonomy on-demand,”said Luis Dussan, co-founder and CEO at AEye. “By collaborating with ANSYS, we are helping to accelerate customer and partner innovation – bringing safer, more reliable autonomous features to the market.”

“iDAR will substantially advance autonomous vehicles and advanced driver assistance systems’ reliability, enabling improved autonomous perception and, in turn, safer roads,” said Eric Bantegnie, vice president and general manager, Systems Business Unit at ANSYS. “ANSYS helps automotive manufacturers test scenarios that are nearly impossible to physically test, fully validating iDAR’s performance. As OEMs and Tier 1 manufactures adopt iDAR, our simulation solutions will reduce development time and optimize implementation.”

AEye and ANSYS will showcase their ability to detect driving scenarios using SPEOS and VRXPERIENCE at CES on Jan. 7-10 in Las Vegas at ANSYS Booth 3310 and AEye Booth 7538 in the Las Vegas Convention Center, North Hall.

About ANSYS, Inc.

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. For more information, visit www.ansys.com.

About AEye

AEye is an artificial perception pioneer and creator of iDAR, a perception system that acts as the eyes and visual cortex of autonomous vehicles. Since its demonstration of its solid-state LiDAR scanner in 2013, AEye has pioneered breakthroughs in intelligent sensing. The company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and backed by world-renowned investors including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Taiwania Capital, Hella Ventures, LG Electronics, Subaru-SBI, Aisin, Intel Capital, Airbus Ventures, and others. For more information, visit www.aeye.ai.

European Private Equity Firm Apax Partners Acquires GRAITEC

Sachin R Nalawade
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PARIS, France, Jan 4, 2020 – Apax Partners announces the acquisition of GRAITEC, publisher and distributor in Europe and America, of BIM (Building Information Modelling) software for design, calculation, simulation, manufacturing and collaborative management.

 

apaxFrancis Guillemard (Graitec) and Gilles Rigal (Apax)

 

Apax Partners has signed an acquisition protocol for a majority stake in GRAITEC alongside its founder Francis Guillemard and the management team who are significantly reinvesting in the transaction.

GRAITEC offers software solutions that meet the digitalization needs of the architecture, engineering and construction industries through a portfolio of innovative products, both developed internally and by its historical partner Autodesk, the world leader in BIM solutions.

The company enjoys Autodesk Platinum reseller status across Europe and Gold in the United States, Canada and Russia. With nearly 550 employees and a network of 48 offices in 13 countries, GRAITEC distributes its solutions to 15,000 customers, representing nearly 135,000 active users.

Francis Guillemard, Founder and Chairman of the GRAITEC Group, said: “Thanks to Apax as a new investor, GRAITEC aims to become a leader in BIM by expanding its existing software portfolio and developing the distribution of innovative BIM solutions. This will include an ambitious acquisition strategy for which we have strong support from our new partner.”

Gilles Rigal and Thomas de Villeneuve, Partners at Apax Partners, said: “Under the leadership of its founder Francis Guillemard, Manuel Liedot – CEO – and his management team, GRAITEC has grown very rapidly over the past few years. TODAY, GRAITEC is a reputable company with a large international presence, with high growth potential, market leader. We are pleased to support Francis Guillemard and his teams in their very active development ambitions, notably through the acceleration of its international expansion and the consolidation of other players in the market for software solutions for digitalization of construction.”

Bertrand Limoges, Associate Director at Isatis Capital, welcomes this transaction and is very pleased with Isatis Capital’s contribution to the development of GRAITEC Group over the past five years, by supporting its executives in their transformation from value-up SMEs to added to international ETI.

About Apax Partners

Apax Partners is one of Europe’s leading private equity firms. With more than 45 years of experience, Apax Partners supports companies over time to become leaders in their sector. The funds managed and advised by Apax Partners amount to more than 3.3 billion euros. These funds invest in fast-growing SMEs and ETIs in four specialization sectors: TMT, Consumer, Health and Services.

Apax Partners, based in Paris (www.apax.fr), and Apax Partners, based in London (www.apax.com), have a common history but are two independent companies. For more information, visit www.apax.fr or follow @ApaxPartners_Fr

About GRAITEC

Founded in 1986, an international group, GRAITEC’s mission is to support the digital transformation of its customers by offering software solutions, consulting and training in the field of BIM.

GRAITEC is a high value-added BIM solutions company for design, computing, simulation, manufacturing and collaborative management, and an Autodesk Platinum partner in Europe and GOLD in North  America and Russia.

Present in 48 agencies in 13 countries around the world, with more than 550 employees, including more than 200 BIM consultants, GRAITEC is focused on innovation whose products are used by more than 100,000 construction professionals worldwide. For more information, visit www.graitec.com.

About ISATIS Capital

ISATIS Capital is an independent management company that invests in profitable, growing SMEs and supports them sustainably.

The ISATIS Capital team, with 18 years of experience, now manages more than 400 million euros through Professional Investment Capital Funds dedicated to institutional clients, FIP and FCPI distributed in private banks and with wealth management advisors, as well as through the perpetual CPF Isatis Capital Life and Retirement for life insurance contracts and retirement products. For more information, visit www.isatis-capital.fr

Nano Dimension Appoints Ofir Baharav as Chairman

Sachin R Nalawade
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NESS ZIONA, Israel, Jan 4, 2020 – Nano Dimension Ltd., a leading Additively Manufactured Electronics (AME) provider (NASDAQ, TASE: NNDM), announced that Mr. Ofir Baharav will replace its retiring Chairman of the Board, Mr. Avi Reichental, following his resignation from the company’s board of directors, effective December 24, 2019.

 

Ofir-BaharavOfir Baharav 

 

Mr. Ofir Baharav has been serving on the board of directors of Nano Dimension since October 2015. He is a partner and executive in Stratus Venture Group Florida. He founded and ran 3D printing and semiconductors companies, operating in the United States, China, Japan, Korea and Europe. He is a named inventor on over 10 patents in software and hardware.

Mr. Baharav was a VP Product Portfolio in Stratasys, Ltd., where he worked to convert a slow moving product line into Stratasys’ fastest growing segment. He was the founder and CEO of Xjet Ltd., raised over $60M in capital and led Xjet from inception to first product sales in less than two years, installing machines in China, Singapore and Germany. In Credence Systems Corporation (Nasdaq: CMOS), Ofir was Executive VP Products, and contributed to the company’s generating $450M in annual revenue, controlling $120M in R&D budget, cooperating with industry leaders such as Intel and Toshiba. Prior to that, as the President of Optonics Inc., he led its growth from a four-person company to 120 employees and over $100M in sales with 25% net profit in five years. Ofir was the founder and President of Healinx/Relayhealth Corporation the world’s first patient/doctor e-visit platform, where he raised $26M from premier venture capital firms, and later sold the company to McKesson (Nasdaq: MCK) for $50M.

Upon his departure, Avi Reichental commented: “I am deeply grateful for the time I got to serve as Chairman of the Board of Nano Dimension through a period of innovation, product commercialization and global expansion. I am pleased with the significant progress, which has been made to position the company for growth, and particularly with the strengthened leadership of the company. I have full confidence in Yoav, Ofir, Amit and the rest of the Nano Dimension team, and I remain excited about the future of the company.”

“On behalf of the company, I thank Avi for his service and support, as Nano Dimension was built into a global leader in additively manufactured electronics,” commented Amit Dror, co-founder and outgoing CEO. “Avi worked with us since April 2017, as we transformed and grew the company. We wish him the best success in his endeavors.”

About Nano Dimension

Nano Dimension (Nasdaq, TASE: NNDM) is a leading provider of additively manufactured electronic (AME) machines. The company develops and sells 3D-printers of specialized electronic components and sub-assemblies, disrupting, reshaping, and defining the future of the overlap between printed-circuit-boards (PCB) and semi-conductors industries. Nano Dimension is targeting the growing demand for electronic devices that require increasingly sophisticated features. Unique miniatured circuitry, including PCBs, are the heart of modern electronic technologies – within markets such as defense, aviation, space, medical devices, automotive, IoT and telecom. Nano Dimension’s products and services incorporate rapid prototyping and short-run manufacturing of otherwise expensive and/or non-producible micro-electronics devices. For more information, visit www.nano-di.com.

Wipro 3D, HAL Signs MoU for Metal 3D Printing Adoption in Aerospace

Sachin R Nalawade
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It is the first, unique collaboration in India in Metal 3D Printing

Bangalore, January 2, 2020 In a first  HAL, India’s aerospace, and defence company and  Wipro 3D, the metal additive manufacturing (AM) business of Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (WIN), have signed an MOU to design, develop, prove out, manufacture and repair of Aerospace Components using Metal Additive Technology. This MoU also accentuates development, prove out and application of new material for use in Metal Additive Technology.

The path breaking initiative will focus on development, prove out and production of Aerospace applications including MRO, using metal Additive Manufacturing. Prove-outs and certification of components developed using Metal 3D Printing is also a key element of this co-operation.

Commenting on the collaboration, Mr. Shekhar Shrivastava, CEO, Bangalore Complex, HAL, said, “This initiative between HAL and Wipro 3D will create a unique synergy of capabilities that can accelerate the adoption of metal additive manufacturing in Aerospace in India. Qualification of parts for Aerospace is challenging as it would require prove out and extensive testing followed by certification by regulatory authorities which may also include flight testing. This cooperation would be a unique opportunity for both the parties. Metal 3D printing has the potential to play a significant role in the success of national aerospace and defense platforms including HAL’s own needs.”

Mr. Pratik Kumar, CEO, Wipro Infrastructure Engineering, said, “This MoU will bring Metal 3D printing into the mainstream of India’s Aerospace. Wipro 3D and HAL have worked together in the past. This further strengthens our collaborative efforts to create additive technology leadership in Aerospace.”

Globally, the Aerospace industry has been one of the foremost adopters of Metal 3D printing due to the benefits of faster design iterations, weight and geometry optimization, performance improvement and flexible manufacturing.

Mr K Rajamani, GM Engines, HAL and Mr Ajay Parekh, Vice President & Business Head – Wipro 3D are signing the MoU as Mr Pratik Kumar, CEO, Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (fourth from the left) and Mr Shekhar Shrivastava, CEO, Bangalore Complex, HAL (fourth from the right) look on.
Mr K Rajamani, GM Engines, HAL and Mr Ajay Parekh, Vice President & Business Head – Wipro 3D are signing the MoU as Mr Pratik Kumar, CEO, Wipro Infrastructure Engineering (fourth from the left) and Mr Shekhar Shrivastava, CEO, Bangalore Complex, HAL (fourth from the right) look on.

Mr. Ajay Parikh, Vice President & Business Head, Wipro 3D, said, “The MoU will provide significant manufacturing and MRO flexibility and freedom to existing, upcoming, and legacy Aerospace programmes. The Additive Technology capability Wipro3D has built over years in Aerospace and Defense verticals will help us in collaborating with HAL”

About HAL

HAL is a premier and leading aerospace company in India involved in Design, Development, Manufacture, Supply and Maintenance of Aircraft, Helicopters, Aerospace Equipment, Engines and Accessories. For more information visit www.hal-india.co.in

About Wipro 3D

Wipro 3D, is a leading provider of Additive Manufacturing Solutions to customers including Additive Consulting, Additive and Product Engineering, Additive Manufacturing, R&D services  Special purpose machines as well as set up and operations of captive AM centers. In Aerospace, Space, Industrial, Automotive, Healthcare, Oil & Gas, Heavy Industry and General Engineering.  For more information visit www.wipro-3d.com

BETA CAE Systems Releases ANSA, EPILYSIS, META, KOMVOS, RETOMO Suite v20.1.0

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LUCERNE, Switzerland, Jan 2, 2020 – BETA CAE Systems announces the release of version 20.1.0 of its software suite with solutions for every stage of the product development process.

 

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The v20.1.0 paves the way for more efficient process streamline and acceleration, as it successfully embraces noteworthy enhancements in the lately introduced functionality of v20x series, coupled with distinctive new features.

Some key points about the new tools and the noticeable software features of this version are highlighted below.

New tools & Highlights

ANSA

Towards an even more efficient model build-up process, ANSA v20.1.0 expands the already introduced Standard Parts Library concept, embracing the notion of Fasteners’ automatic recognition, handling and modeling through Features Manager.

Version 20.1.0 invites you to delve further into the core of BETA products by introducing new features , such as the User Defined Quality Criteria, and the enrichment of the Virtual Reality implementation with Morphing and Optimization functionality.

EPILYSIS

EPILYSIS, comes with extended functionality for SOL200 Multidisciplinary Optimization. It expands Topology Optimization capabilities with MAC-based mode-tracking, as well as Density Filtering Method and Maximum Member Size (TVMAX).

Further enhancing interoperability and interaction with other simulation software, ANSA users can now create various representations of Reduced Order Models from large scale FEM models, using EPILYSIS (or META), and then export them for use in 3rd party multi-body dynamics and control system software.

META

META goes a long way in the Graphics area, providing enhancements not only in the field of visualization, but also in the speed performance. The new version augments the Virtual Reality experience via new features, such as Voice Commands, and upgrades in existing features related to model manipulation and handling, such as Explode and Teleport.

Noteworthy performance improvement in METADB files and dedicated toolbars for NVH analysis are amongst the new tools and features that add value to our post-processing solutions. Same time, new classes supplement the creation, modification and deletion of data from Report and Spreadsheets. Coupled with a new META script API, these developments offer less memory consumption and faster execution.

KOMVOS

Following its distribution as a stand-alone application, this version, amongst other developments, brings a new layout to display DM relationships increasing efficiency in core operations, and performance in all user scenarios.

RETOMO

The introduction of Python support in RETOMO enables the acceleration of even the most demanding and time-consuming image and mesh processing actions, and makes possible the training and application of Artificial Intelligence via a Python script.

Not to be missed, the significant performance improvement for large projects, as part image manipulation and loading of large meshes take place now much faster.

For more details about the new software features, enhancements and corrections please, refer to the Release Notes document.

Graphic Requirements

Upon v20.1.0, the minimum graphic requirements for ANSA and META are: AMD or NVIDIA GPU with at least 1GB of video memory and OpenGL 3.3 support.

In case of unsupported hardware in Windows or Linux, ANSA and META will automatically fallback to software rendering using Mesa LLVM rasterizer pipeline. Additionally, Mesa can be manually activated.

For more details please refer to the Release Notes document.

New Documentation

Best practices

  1. Working with fastener library.

Compatibility and Supported Platforms

ANSA files saved by all the first and second point releases of a major version are compatible to each other. New major versions can read files saved by previous ones but not vice versa.

META Project files saved from version 20.1.0 are compatible and can be opened by META version 20.0.0 or later. To be readable by META versions earlier than v20.0.0 or v16.0.0, they have to be saved selecting the option “Version 16.0.0” or “Version <16.0.0”.

*Support for Mac OS has been discontinued.

*Support for 32-bit platform has been discontinued for all operating systems.

Download

Where to download from

Customers who are served directly by BETA CAE Systems, or its subsidiaries, may download the new software, examples and documentation from their account on our server. They can access their account through the “user login” link at our web site.
Contact us if you miss your account details. The Downloads menu items give you access to the public downloads.
Customers who are served by a local business agent should contact the local support channel for software distribution details.

What to download

All files required for the installation of this version reside in the folder named “BETA_CAE_Systems_v20.1.0” and are dated as of December 27, 2019. These files should replace any pre-releases or other files downloaded prior to that date.
The distribution of this version of our pre- and post-processing suite is packaged in one, single, unified installation file, that invokes the respective installer and guides the procedure for the installation of the required components.

For the installation of the software on each platform type, the.sh installer file residing in the folder with respective platform name, for Linux or the respective .msi installer file for Windows, have to be downloaded.

In addition to the above, optionally, the META Viewer is available to be downloaded for each supported platform.

The tutorials and the example files reside in the folder named “TUTORIALS”. This folder includes the complete package of the tutorials and example files, and a package with only the updated ones.

The Abaqus libraries required for the post-processing of Abaqus .odb files are included in the installation package and can be optionally unpacked.

Earlier software releases are also available in the sub-directory called “old” or in a folder named after the product and version number.

About BETA CAE Systems

BETA CAE Systems is a private engineering software company committed to the development of state of the art CAE software systems that meet the requirements of all simulation disciplines. The company’s products, the ANSA pre-processor/ EPILYSIS solver and META post-processor suite, and SPDRM, the simulation-process-data-and-resources manager, hold a worldwide leading position across a range of industries, including the automotive, railway vehicles, aerospace, motorsports, chemical processes engineering, energy, electronics, heavy machinery, power tools, and biomechanics.

Committed to its mission to produce best-in-class CAE software systems, BETA CAE Systems offers products that consistently exceed expectations and provides exemplary technical support to its customers. The company’s continuously growth attest to the high level of customer satisfaction and user confidence. For more information, visit http://www.beta-cae.com.

Pointwise Launches Survey on Mesh Types and Sizes Used for CFD

Sachin R Nalawade
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FORT WORTH, TX, USA, Jan 2, 2020 – Pointwise has launched a survey of the CFD market to assess the relative popularity of mesh types and sizes with a goal of assessing where the industry is headed in terms of flow solver and meshing technology.

“I remember in the 1980s that CFD meshes were virtually all multi-block, structured hexahedra,” said John Chawner, Pointwise’s president. “Today, a wide variety of mesh types, each with their own relative advantages, serves an even wider variety of flow solver technology. This survey is an attempt to discover where the technology is headed and seek any points of convergence.”

The 5-minute survey seeks input from CFD users about their use of structured, unstructured, and hybrid mesh topologies; their flow solver’s discretization scheme; their use of 2D, overset, and high-order meshes; and the typical number of cells in their CFD meshes.

The survey is hosted on Survey Monkey at https://ptwi.se/2rjTEmJ.

About Pointwise, Inc.

Pointwise, Inc. is solving the top problem facing computational fluid dynamics (CFD) today – reliably generating high-fidelity meshes. The company’s Pointwise software generates structured, unstructured, overset and hybrid meshes; interfaces with CFD solvers such as ANSYS FLUENT, STAR-CCM+, OpenFOAM, and SU2 as well as many neutral formats, such as CGNS; runs on Windows, Linux, and Mac, and has a scripting language, Glyph, that can automate CFD meshing. Manufacturing firms and research organizations worldwide have relied on Pointwise as their complete CFD preprocessing solution since 1994. For more information, visit https://www.pointwise.com

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