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Dassault’s Subsidiary Medidata Announces New Research Published at ASCO 2020 Annual Meeting

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NEW YORK, NY, USA, Jun 9, 2020 – Medidata, the global leader in creating end-to-end solutions to support the entire clinical trial process, and a Dassault Systèmes company, announced the online publication of four abstracts at the American Society for Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2020 Annual Meeting, being held virtually May 29 – 31.

Acorn AI, by Medidata, and its partners – Friends of Cancer Research, Guardian Research Network, Donald and Barbara Zucker School of Medicine of Hofstra/Northwell, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York-Presbyterian/Weill Cornell Medical Center and Weill Cornell Medicine, and New York Medical College – collaborated on research studies that highlight the importance of integrating multiple sources of data to provide insights into clinical oncology.

“Our research findings demonstrate the value of generating new clinical insights by collecting, combining, and analyzing data in innovative ways,” said Glen de Vries, co-founder and co-CEO, Medidata. “We are proud to be working with outstanding research partners, who help bring meaningful contributions to the field and hope to millions of patients.”

The published abstracts include use cases that combine omic and clinical data, use real-world data and pooled clinical trial data, and that expand on Medidata’s pioneering work in synthetic control arms. The following are a summary of these abstracts:

  1. Exploring the validity of a synthetic control arm (SCA) for augmentation or replacement of a randomized control in difficult-to-study indications – a case study in relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma (R/R MM)  (Abstract e20521)
    1. The study demonstrated that the treatment effect based on a synthetic control arm can mimic the treatment effect from a randomized clinical trial in a study involving patients with relapsed or refractory multiple myeloma; this may have significant implications in speeding drug development and reducing patient burden
  2. Evaluating progression free survival in black and white women with triple negative breast cancer in pooled clinical trials from a Synthetic Control Database (SCD) and real-world electronic medical records (EMR) (Abstract e13102)
    1. A representative pool of cross trial triple negative breast cancer patients demonstrated lower progression free survival in Black patients compared to their non-Black counterparts by using a Synthetic Control Database and real-world EMR data, underscoring the necessity of diversity in clinical trials
  3. Assessing the relationship in relapsed-refractory multiple myeloma between response, progression, and survival between pooled clinical trial subjects and a real-world electronic medical record data source (Abstract e20525)
    1. The study revealed that using pooled clinical trial analyses, together with real-world data, can overcome individual trial sample size limitations and biases; this can expand the range of populations and allow a more comprehensive understanding of the complex oncology treatment landscape
  4. Error-free, automated data integration of exosome cargo protein data with extensive clinical data in an ongoing, multi-omic translational research study (Abstract e16743)
    1. The automatic, efficient, and reliable integration of clinical and omic data was demonstrated in a clinical trial for pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC), an aggressive, difficult to treat malignancy; much-needed diagnostic biomarkers for early detection may now be found in a more expedited, less-resource intensive manner

The Acorn AI/Medidata team invites the oncology community to learn more about these studies at the ASCO Industry Expert Theater, which are available starting May 29. This is an opportunity to dive deeper into how the company is bringing data, expertise and technology to the frontlines of decision-making in clinical oncology:

  • Making Precision Medicine a Reality in Clinical Development, Discovery and Beyond with Bryant Fields, Senior Director, Integrated Evidence Commercial Lead, Acorn AI
  • Clinical Trial Data meets the Real World: Bridging the Experimental and Post-Launch Worlds with Aaron Galaznik, Head, Acorn AI Labs Boston, Real-World Evidence (RWE)

Medidata is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes, which with its 3DEXPERIENCE platform is positioned to lead the digital transformation of life sciences in the age of personalized medicine with the first end-to-end scientific and business platform, from research to commercialization.

About Medidata

Medidata is leading the digital transformation of life sciences, creating hope for millions of patients. Medidata helps generate the evidence and insights to help pharmaceutical, biotech, medical device and diagnostics companies, and academic researchers accelerate value, minimize risk, and optimize outcomes. More than one million registered users across 1,400 customers and partners access the world’s most-used platform for clinical development, commercial, and real-world data. Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company (Euronext Paris: #13065, DSY.PA), is headquartered in New York City and has offices around the world to meet the needs of its customers. Discover more at www.medidata.com and follow us @Medidata, The Operating System for Life SciencesTM.

About Acorn AI

Acorn AI, by Medidata, a Dassault Systèmes company, combines data, technology, and deep expertise to help life sciences companies deliver actionable insights across the entire continuum of clinical development. Acorn AI’s advanced analytics answers the most important questions in R&D and commercialization including accelerating breakthrough innovation, optimizing study execution and commercial success, and demonstrating the value of therapies. Built upon the Medidata platform comprising nearly 20,000 trials and more than six million patients, Acorn AI products feature the industry’s largest structured, standardized clinical trial data repository connected with real world, translational, and other datasets. For more information, please visit www.medidata.com/acornai.

About Dassault Systèmes

Dassault Systèmes, the 3DEXPERIENCE Company, is a catalyst for human progress. We provide business and people with collaborative virtual environments to imagine sustainable innovations. By creating ‘virtual experience twins’ of the real world with our 3DEXPERIENCE platform and applications, our customers push the boundaries of innovation, learning and production.

Dassault Systèmes’ 20,000 employees are bringing value to more than 270,000 customers of all sizes, in all industries, in more than 140 countries. For more information, visit www.3ds.com.

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Siemens Introduces Workplace Distancing Solution to Manage ‘Next Normal’ Manufacturing

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PLANO, TX, USA, Jun 9, 2020 – Manufacturers are facing new challenges as they look to restart or maintain operations during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As preparations are made for the “next normal”, manufacturers must consider additional dimensions of employee safety, including the establishment of production environments and workflows that address physical distancing requirements. Combining proven hardware and software, Siemens has created a new solution that enables companies to quickly and efficiently model how employees interact with each other, the production line and plant design. The new solution also enables organizations to build an end-to-end digital twin, in order to simulate worker safety, iterate on and optimize workspace layouts and validate safety and efficiency measures to help future-proof production lines.

 

Industrial SecurityCombining proven hardware and software, Siemens has created a new solution that enables companies to quickly and efficiently model how employees interact with each other, the production line and plant design.

 

With Siemens’ SIMATIC Real Time Locating Systems (RTLS), companies can continuously measure distances between workers, provide real time visual feedback to employees regarding their spacing from others and create a log of all movements and interactions over time. In this way the Siemens’ SIMATIC RTLS continuously facilitates safe distancing while providing numerous additional benefits.

Combining Siemens’ SIMATIC RTLS with a digital twin of the actual manufacturing environment permits companies to model and simulate how employees interact with the equipment and each other, enabling them to iterate and optimize safety and productivity in the short term, and validate a redesign of the entire operation before more costly physical changes are made.

“We are helping our customers create a safe work environment, which is extremely important as they look to produce efficiently and reliably under unprecedented circumstances,” said Tony Hemmelgarn, President and CEO of Siemens Digital Industries Software. “The combination of real time distancing management and digital simulations will help companies maintain safe work environments today and make educated decisions about ongoing and long-term optimization.”

In order to implement this solution, Siemens’ SIMATIC RTLS transponders are embedded in badges which are worn as personal protective equipment by all employees. RTLS receivers placed throughout the operation can then continuously track and record workforce movement. When two employees are in a risk scenario (e.g., less than six feet apart), their badges will display a warning, alerting them to the situation. The data collected over time can be analyzed to identify “hot spots” where risk scenarios occur frequently. Such situations become easily actionable via the digital twin, which is provided by Siemens’ Tecnomatix® Process Simulate and Plant Simulation software. Utilizing the collected data, new manufacturing layouts or workflows can be simulated until one is determined to provide the desired outcomes, which can then be implemented in the physical operation.

Beyond this, manufacturers can add traceability to the solution through Siemens’ on-premise solutions or an application such as Siemens’ Trusted Traceability Application on MindSphere, the cloud-based, open IoT operating system from Siemens, which helps enable rapid, comprehensive contact analysis in the unfortunate event of an actual workplace illness. All movement and contact with the affected employee can be visualized, enabling rapid notification of those who came into close contact and selective (rather than site-wide) deep cleaning of exposed physical environments.

“Siemens is providing a powerful, rapidly deployable solution that helps manufacturers take control of their operations and achieve better safety, productivity and cost outcomes today and in the post-Covid era,” said Raj Batra, President of Digital Industries for Siemens USA. “Our solution consists of proven technologies that can begin delivering results for most manufacturers in one to two weeks.”

For more information on how Siemens can help manufacturers during these times, please see here.

About Siemens Digital Industries Software

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.

About Siemens Digital Industries (DI)

Siemens Digital Industries (DI) is an innovation leader in automation and digitalization. Closely collaborating with partners and customers, DI drives the digital transformation in the process and discrete industries. With its Digital Enterprise portfolio, DI provides companies of all sizes with an end-to-end set of products, solutions and services to integrate and digitalize the entire value chain. Optimized for the specific needs of each industry, DI’s unique portfolio supports customers to achieve greater productivity and flexibility. DI is constantly adding innovations to its portfolio to integrate cutting-edge future technologies. Siemens Digital Industries has its global headquarters in Nuremberg, Germany, and has around 76,000 employees internationally.

About Siemens AG 

Siemens AG (Berlin and Munich) is a global technology powerhouse that has stood for engineering excellence, innovation, quality, reliability and internationality for more than 170 years. The company is active around the globe, focusing on the areas of power generation and distribution, intelligent infrastructure for buildings and distributed energy systems, and automation and digitalization in the process and manufacturing industries. Through the separately managed company Siemens Mobility, a leading supplier of smart mobility solutions for rail and road transport, Siemens is shaping the world market for passenger and freight services. Due to its majority stakes in the publicly listed companies Siemens Healthineers AG and Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy, Siemens is also a world-leading supplier of medical technology and digital healthcare services as well as environmentally friendly solutions for onshore and offshore wind power generation. In fiscal 2019, which ended on September 30, 2019, Siemens generated revenue of €86.8 billion and net income of €5.6 billion. At the end of September 2019, the company had around 385,000 employees worldwide. Further information is available on the Internet at www.siemens.com.

Bentley Acquires NoteVault, Provider of Voice-based Field Automation for Construction Management

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EXTON, PA, USA, Jun 9, 2020 – Bentley Systems, Incorporated, a leading global provider of comprehensive software and digital twins services for advancing the design, construction, and operations of infrastructure, announced the acquisition of NoteVault, a San Diego-based provider of voice-based field automation for construction management. The acquisition expands Bentley’s SYNCHRO digital construction environment with industry-leading mobile field applications to track and manage labor, materials, and equipment. Together, these comprehensive offerings further extend the value of digital twins across construction management, enabling projects to combine immersive 4D models of the construction progress with detailed up-to-date reports on resource expenditures, enabling more effective management of cost, schedule, and risk, leading to better project outcomes.

 

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NoteVault’s reporting automation solutions are used widely by both large and small construction companies across the global ENR Top 400 Contractors. Designed to simplify and accelerate job site information collection, NoteVault’s SaaS solution is deployed via mobile devices, uniquely offering natural language automated speech-to-text, augmented with automated machine learning, and human transcription to ensure accuracy. Because NoteVault has been engineered specifically for construction site mobile field reporting, it recognizes construction-specific language for accurate transcription, and enables automated translation so non-native English speakers can submit daily reports more easily using their native language. With NoteVault on their mobile devices, construction professionals can help synchronize status reporting effortlessly while saving time and money, reducing the risk of contractual disputes.

“Digital twins continue to transform the way projects are delivered and operated. Inherent in every digital twin is a stream of continuously updated data, and for construction, automating the semantic interpretation of field reports can now be one of the richest sources of live project information. With the addition of NoteVault’s market-leading resource tracking capabilities, the SYNCHRO 4D construction environment delivers the most comprehensive construction digital twin solution available. We are excited to continue advancing the scope of construction digital twins,” said Dustin Parkman, vice president, project delivery, Bentley Systems.

Peter Lasensky, CEO, NoteVault, added, “Bentley’s vision for transforming construction through digital twins is the perfect vehicle to expand the reach and impact of our innovative voice-based field automation solutions. Updating 4D construction models through insights gleaned from our software for field-captured reporting fully extends the power of voice and positioning technologies together. Combining NoteVault and SYNCHRO is a natural next step in our overall mission, with Bentley, to drive greater efficiencies in construction.”

For more information, about NoteVault, visit Notevault.com.

About Bentley’s Project Delivery Offerings

Bentley Systems undertakes to provide comprehensive collaboration and constructioneering software, and cloud services, for infrastructure project delivery. ProjectWise 365 cloud services take fullest advantage of Microsoft’s Azure and native web environments. For project digital twins, Bentley’s iTwin Design Review services range from ad hoc 2D/3D discipline-specific workflows through comprehensive and continuous 4D design reviews spanning the full scope of projects utilizing ProjectWise Design Integration. For 4D construction digital twins, Bentley’s SYNCHRO portfolio leverages iTwin services to integrate reality modeling with 4D construction modeling, advanced work packaging, project management and field management cloud services.

Bentley is ranked by ARC Advisory Group as the leading provider of collaborative BIM software. Bentley’s ProjectWise services are the “workhorse for worksharing” for the majority of the ENR Top Design Firms, including 43 of the Top 50. In 2019, Microsoft named Bentley a finalist in the Mixed Reality category of its Partner of the Year program for SYNCHRO’s Microsoft HoloLens 2 use cases.

About Bentley Systems

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

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

Mastercam 2021 Released

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TOLLAND, CT, USA, Jun 8, 2020 – CNC Software, Inc., developer of Mastercam, the world’s leading CAD/CAM software, announces the release of Mastercam 2021. Mastercam 2021 increases machining productivity and reduces overall production costs with faster and more flexible multiaxis improvements, improvements in turning and turning-related applications, advances in speed, safety, and much more.

According to Mastercam President and CEO Meghan West, these advancements have been made in direct response to the needs of the global manufacturing community. “Mastercam is developed by listening to our users and creating solutions for their problems. We adapt to changing needs to ensure that the customer experience is the best it can be as we continue to innovate for improved automation, efficiency, connectivity, and precision. From job setup through job completion, you can depend on our technology to empower productivity.”

 

 

Faster, more flexible multi-axis programming

As more shops continue to rely on streamlined multi-axis cutting for single-setup precision, Mastercam 2021 adds new techniques and strategies. Expanded Multi-axis Pocketing combines efficient pocket cutting with a focus on finishing with Accelerated Finish tools, automatically maintaining the correct tool contact within defined parameters. Mastercam now gives you the ability to analyze and modify the UV direction on surface models, expanding the power and flexibility of multiaxis flowline milling toolpaths. The new 3+2 Automatic Roughing toolpath automatically makes multiplane 3-axis roughing toolpaths by evaluating the model and stock, creating a cut, calculating what remains, and repeating the process until roughing is complete.

Advances in turning and turning-related applications

Mastercam 2021 expands the support for modeling chucks and chuck jaws; you can now define them by selecting a solid model. Mastercam Mill-Turn supports collet chucks as individual component types which greatly expands the range of machines that can be directly supported. Mill-Turn Simulation has been added to the Mastercam Simulator interface so you can experience Mill-Turn simulation with the same interface tools as Mastercam Simulator. And, our Swiss machining solutions combine Mastercam Mill and Mastercam Lathe with specialized post processors. This adds machine-specific controls inside the Mastercam interface, delivering accurate G-code for a wide variety of Swiss machines.

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A new toolpath in Mastercam 2021, Advanced Drill, is a customizable multi-segment drill cycle that is useful for spot drilling, deep hole drilling, and back spot facing and each segment of the drill cycle can be defined and customized. And, when using tools with a tip angle, the new Chamfer Drill toolpath chamfers holes after calculating the correct depth based on the desired width or depth, and lets you select holes of different diameters or sizes, or that lie in different planes, and machine them in a single operation with a single tool. When creating a bounding box in Mastercam 2021, the new Wrap option allows you to create the smallest bounding box possible. The new Check Tool Reach function lets you check your tool and holder against the selected model geometry to view where the tool can and cannot reach.

For more information on Mastercam 2021 and the new features included, please visit www.mastercam.com or https://whatsnew.mastercam.com.

About Mastercam

Developed by CNC Software, Inc., Mastercam is Windows-based CAD/CAM software for 2- through 5-axis routing, milling and turning, 2- and 4-axis wire EDM, 2D and 3D design, surface, and solid modeling. Privately owned and founded in 1983, CNC Software provides CAD/CAM solutions to more than 250,000 installations in 75 countries in industries including mold making, prototyping, automotive, medical, aerospace, consumer products, and much more. For more information, visit www.mastercam.com.

About CNC Software, Inc.

Founded in 1983, CNC Software, Inc. is a privately held company headquartered in Tolland, Connecticut, with corporate offices in Switzerland and China. The company develops Mastercam, a suite of CAD/CAM software created to reduce production time and expense with efficient machining strategies and advanced toolpath technologies. Mastercam is the world’s #1 CAM software, with more than 250,000 installations in industries such as mold making, automotive, medical, aerospace, consumer products, education, and prototyping. It is distributed through an international channel of authorized Mastercam Resellers in 75 countries, providing localized sales, training, and support for 2- through 5-axis routing, milling, and turning; 2- and 4-axis wire EDM; 2D and 3D design; surface and solid modeling; artistic relief cutting; and Swiss machining. For more information, visit www.mastercam.com.

Altair Announces Most Significant Software Update Release in Company’s History

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TROY, MI, USA, Jun 8, 2020 – Altair (Nasdaq: ALTR), a global technology company providing solutions in product development, high-performance computing (HPC), and data analytics, announced the most significant software update release in the company’s history. All of Altair’s software products have been updated with advancements in user experience and countless new features, including intuitive workflows that empower users to streamline product development, allowing customers to get to market faster.

 

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The new software release includes several new features and enhancements for EDA, low- and high-frequency electromagnetic design

The software update release expands on the number of solutions available for designers, engineers, data analysts, IT and HPC professionals, facility managers, and more to drive better decisions and accelerate the pace of innovation. It broadens the scope of the new user experience, enables access to more physics, data analytics, and machine learning, and makes the Altair software delivery method more flexible and accessible.

“Our teams are always driven to develop and provide access to a range of different technologies that enable our customers to break through complex problems, and explore and discover on their own terms,” said James Scapa, chairman, founder and chief executive officer of Altair. “This software update release is the largest collection of our applications for design, simulation, and data analytics.”

Some of the most notable highlights enhance and bring new capabilities to the needs aligned to the following applications:

Structures

  1. Altair HyperWorks – new interface to Altair’s solution for high-fidelity computer-aided engineering (CAE) modeling and visualization, making learning easy and productivity high
  2. New subsystem entity for modular model configuration
  3. Altair SimLab – fatigue optimization
  4. Altair OptiStruct – includes the addition of new explicit solution and expanded implicit non-linear solutions including 2D axisymmetry
  5. Altair SimSolid – includes advanced 3D seam weld connections to further improve speed
  6. Altair Radioss – employs a dramatic reduction in runtimes for virtual drop testing of electronics devices

Fluids and Thermal

  1. HyperWorks CFD – provides engineers and experienced computational fluid dynamics (CFD) specialists with the most productive CFD pre- and post-processing capabilities to-date
  2. Altair AcuSolve – GPU acceleration yields 3-4 times increased speed while also supporting nucleate boiling, radiation, condensation/evaporation and multiphase fluid-structure interaction (FSI)
  3. Altair ultraFluidX – includes a new, more accurate wall model and overset grid technique
  4. Altair nanoFluidX – is three times faster than the previous version

CX1_water_wadingAltair nanoFluidX’s GPU-based solution enables blazing fast simulation of complex phenomena like water wading

 

Industrial Design and Structures

  1. Altair Inspire integration of Altair SimSolid solver includes support and connector reaction forces, instantaneous reaction time modeling large PolyNURBS models, and improved geometry generation from optimization
  2. Inspire Studio – advanced morphing of any geometry type

Manufacturing

  1. 3D printing simulation available in Inspire with new unit cell lattice generation

Electromagnetics and Multiphysics

  1. SimLab – electric motor modeling and coupling with AcuSolve and Altair Flux; accommodates ECAD file import (ODB++)
  2. Altair Feko – provides a component library tightly integrated with CADFEKO
  3. Altair FluxMotor now includes thermal and acoustics evaluation
  4. Flux includes several enhancements including those for modeling iron losses and skew type motors

Systems Modeling

  1. Altair Activate – performs multi-physics system modeling with hardware-in-the-loop and Internet of Things (IoT) for digital twin development
  2. Integration of EDEM bulk material modeling with multibody dynamics simulation and hydraulics ideal for heavy equipment and agricultural applications
  3. Altair MotionView – has a two-wheeler vehicle dynamics library for motorcycles and scooters
  4. Altair Compose – OpenMatrix Language available in Jupyter Notebook
  5. Altair Embed – supports three additional target and two additional target families from ST Micro, VRTOS code modifications for MISRA compliance, and OpenCV DNN (Deep Neural Network) module integration

Data Analytics

  1. Recent release of Altair Panopticon – platform for user-driven monitoring of real-time data – includes major update of cloud-based deployment, enabling users to build, modify, and share custom-designed functions and content easily via standard web browsers; hotfix to enable deployment at Nomura
  2. Altair Knowledge Hub – improved messages for troubleshooting and robustness; security hardening; more flexible Windows deployment; deployment on Azure; transformations including continuous binning and lookup join (refactoring for performance) and more
  3. Altair Monarch – user experience improvements; Excel trapping; PDF Engine 4.5; retheme; enhanced column list and more
  4. Altair Knowledge Studio – new features including Keras model, model stacking, and pivot table; variable transformations node improvements with dataset and variable preview and re-ordering

Smart Product Development

  1. Altair SmartWorks – major re-architecture of the edge orchestration and augmentation; ability to validate the edge application in real-time environments and deploy at scale

HPC and Cloud

  1. Altair Access – updated “work from home” features; more responsive 3D remote visualization; internationalization; better job resource charts; two-factor authentication and single sign-on; share support on mobile
  2. Altair Accelerator – EDA workload support on AWS (with Rapid Scaling), Microsoft Azure, and GCP; 10x faster for dynamic workloads; container improvements; REST query API; IPv6
  3. Altair PBS Professional – scalability improvements towards exascale; Cray Shasta support; container enhancements for converged AI+HPC workloads; better system maintenance support

All products are available through the Altair licensing model, making access to all Altair’s software broader and more flexible.

For more information, visit www.altair.com/2020.

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. To learn more, please visit www.altair.com.

Lattice Technology’s XVL Web3D Manager Enables Access to Gigabyte-Size 3D Models Using Only a Web Browser

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WESTMINSTER, CO, USA, Jun 2, 2020 – Lattice Technology, Inc., a leading software solution provider in the PLM space, announces the release of XVL Web3D Manager. This new product enables viewing of complete product data (3D and metadata) using any modern web browser. What separates XVL Web3D Manager from standard viewing solutions is that it can accommodate gigabyte-size 3D models with fast performance, access control, and other features.

 

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Lattice Technology delivers XVL-based software solutions that enable manufacturing companies to re-purpose 3D CAD data to be used by stakeholders downstream from product development. XVL can be the single source of truth and can serve as a company’s product data backbone for 3D data consumers — standalone or inside of PLM/PDM systems. Common use cases include design reviews, assembly validation, assembly work instructions, technical documentation, and procedural service instructions. With XVL, multiple CAD files can be converted and combined into a single XVL file, even those from different CAD vendors. XVL is ultra-lightweight so that even the largest 3D models can be accessed in their entirety.

XVL Web3D Manager provides complete management for XVL data files. Management includes versioning; storage of related files, such as 2D drawings and work instructions in industry-standard formats like PDF and Microsoft Excel; integrations with internal systems; and controlled sharing to any stakeholder using a modern web browser without add-ons.

For sharing 3D data, XVL Web3D Manager controls user authentication and access rights. XVL Web3D Manager is a server product, which streams 3D and associated metadata to any modern web browser that supports HTML 5. XVL Web3D Manager delivers a high-performance user experience, even when viewing extremely large models with thousands of parts.

“Most of our customers use PDM/PLM systems. XVL supplements these systems to facilitate improved workflows for leveraging their 3D CAD models to functions downstream from product development,” said Hiroshi Toriya, CEO, Lattice Technology. “We have optimized XVL for the data consumer; for instance, for manufacturing, tech pubs, and service. XVL can consolidate multiple CAD files from virtually any CAD format, and because it is extremely lightweight, it can handle even gigabyte-size CAD files. XVL Web3D Manager, our latest product, simplifies how companies engage stakeholders by using only a web browser for even gigabyte-size CAD model files,” Toriya said.

Try live streaming examples by visiting XVL Web3D Manager. Nothing to download, just use your web browser.

About XVL

Convert – Author – Publish is the process for using XVL. Convert from virtually any CAD format. Author use case-specific information leveraging the existing 3D CAD and metadata. Publish 2D or interactive 3D documents for consumption by free viewers and players, including modern web browsers and Microsoft® Excel®. To learn more about XVL, download our XVL whitepaper or contact us (info@lattice3d.com).

About Lattice Technology Inc.

Lattice Technology provides XVL-based software solutions in the PLM market space. Our solutions enable users in functions downstream of product development to use 3D CAD data for their specific needs. XVL, which is CAD agnostic, was designed to be used outside of product development. Using XVL solutions, engineers and non-engineers alike can repurpose and leverage 3D CAD model information for functions ranging from manufacturing to service.

XVL benefits companies who produce products with high part counts, complex geometry, detailed manufacturing processes or have ongoing lifecycle support requirements such as documentation, maintenance and training. Target industries range from those developing large products such as airplanes and automobiles to small, complex machinery and medical devices.

Founded in 1997, Lattice Technology, Inc. has offices in Denver, CO and Tokyo, Japan. For more information, visit https://www.lattice3d.com.

ODA Adds Shadow Support to Visualize SDK

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SCOTTSDALE, AZ, USA, Jun 1, 2020 – Open Design Alliance (ODA), the leading provider of CAD and BIM interoperability solutions, announced today the addition of real-time shadow support to Visualize, its Software Development Kit (SDK) for 2D and 3D engineering graphics applications.

ODA Visualize SDK is used by hundreds of companies worldwide to incorporate high-performance visualization of open and proprietary engineering formats such as .dwg, Autodesk Revit files, IFC and Autodesk Navisworks files. Visualize can also be used to view custom 2D and 3D data for disciplines such as Finite Element Analysis (FEA).

The new shadow support in Visualize adds realism to generated scenes. Shadows are updated in real time as the view position within the scene changes to support high-quality animation.

 

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Visualize includes configuration options for light source types, default lighting, and per-entity control of shadows, as well as sophisticated options such as Gaussian blur.

 

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“Visualization is a key part of interoperability for a majority of ODA members,” said Neil Peterson, ODA President. “During the past twelve months, more and more members have been dropping their expensive third-party graphics solutions and switching to ODA Visualize. The improved realism of our new shadow support makes the choice to switch even easier.”

Availability and Pricing

Visualize is available to all ODA members as part of a standard ODA membership, with no additional fee required. It can be downloaded by members at opendesign.com. Pricing and details for all ODA membership levels can be found at opendesign.com/pricing.

A free 60-day trial version is available for non-members.

About Open Design Alliance

ODA builds SDKs for people who work with complex engineering data. We offer platform-agnostic solutions for proprietary and open engineering formats, including data access, visualization, cloud development, publishing and more. Learn more at www.opendesign.com.

ESI Releases 2019 Universal Registration Document

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PARIS, France, Jun 1, 2020 – ESI Group (ISIN Code: FR0004110310, Symbol: ESI), announces the availability of its Universal Registration Document, filed with the Autorité des marchés financiers on April 23, 2020 under number D.20-0340.

The Universal Registration Document includes, in particular, the following information:

  1. The annual financial report for the year ended on December 31, 2019;
  2. The Statement on extra-financial performance of the Group;
  3. The presentation of the company’s risk factors;
  4. The report of the Board of Directors on corporate governance;
  5. The reports of the Statutory Auditors and information on their fees;
  6. The resolutions submitted to the Combined General Meeting of June 25, 2020.

The Universal Registration Document can be found on the “Investors” section of the company’s website at the following address: https://www.esi-group.com/company/investors/documentation/financial-reports​

About ESI Group

ESI Group is a leading innovator in Virtual Prototyping software and services. Specialist in material physics, ESI has developed a unique proficiency in helping industrial manufacturers replace physical prototypes by virtual prototypes, allowing them to virtually manufacture, assemble, test and pre-certify their future products. Coupled with the latest technologies, Virtual Prototyping is now anchored in the wider concept of the Product Performance Lifecycle™, which addresses the operational performance of a product during its entire lifecycle, from launch to disposal. The creation of a Hybrid Twin™, leveraging simulation, physics and data analytics, enables manufacturers to deliver smarter and connected products, to predict product performance and to anticipate maintenance needs.

ESI is a French company listed in compartment B of NYSE Euronext Paris. Present in more than 40 countries, and addressing every major industrial sector, ESI Group employs about 1200 high-level specialists around the world and reported annual sales of €139 million in 2018. For more information, please visit www.esi-group.com.

IntelliCAD Mobile 1.3 Released for ITC Mobile SIG Members

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PORTLAND, OR, USA, Jun 1, 2020 –  The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium (ITC)  announced the release of IntelliCAD Mobile 1.3.

 

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IntelliCAD Mobile Platform 1.3 uses ODA Platform version 21.1 and Qt 5.12.8. New support is added for Microsoft Visual Studio 2019, Android NDK R21, XCode 11, C++17 standard, clang-format tool, and the Pdfium library (instead of PDF VI).

New features and improvements in the 1.3 release include:

  1. Regen command
  2. Entity Selection command
  3. Save the window size, position, and working folder between sessions
  4. Font initialization fixed
  5. Zoom factor issue fixed
  6. Documentation

The IntelliCAD Mobile Platform provides ITC Mobile SIG members with a development platform and CAD file viewer (.dwg, .dxf, .dgn, .dwf, .dae, and various image files; architecture and civil objects; and underlays) that runs on thousands of different Microsoft® Windows® desktop, Google Android™, Apple® macOS®, and Apple iOS mobile devices.

About IntelliCAD Technology Consortium

The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium is an independent, non-profit organization funded and directed by its members specifically for the development of the IntelliCAD technology. The IntelliCAD Technology Consortium licenses the IntelliCAD technology to its commercial members, who in turn market and sell applications based on IntelliCAD to their end users. Commercial members have access to the IntelliCAD source code, documentation, developer support, and more. The ITC is also a founding member of the Open Design Alliance, thereby contributing to interoperability in the engineering industry. For more information, visit https://www.intellicad.org/

CAD Schroer Releases M4 P&ID FX v7.0 for Piping Schematics

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CAMBRIDGE, UK and PITTSFORD, NY, USA, Jun 1, 2020 – CAD Schroer releases the new version 7.0 of its professional P&ID software – optimized for the quick and easy creation of P&IDs. With the new version of M4 P&ID FX, P&IDs can now be created and checked even faster. Many new customization options are also provided to meet customer requirements.

The next level of P&ID software

“With our M4 P&ID FX software, we offer companies the opportunity to elevate their P&ID designs to a professional level for a modest budget,” said Mark Simpson, Product Line Manager at CAD Schroer. “With version 7.0, we have as usual paid particular attention to meeting our customers’ needs and requirements, whilst making the software more user-friendly than ever before”.

 

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The user – always at the forefront

M4 P&ID FX has become more personal. With the new version, many tools have been optimized for user-friendliness and made customization for users. The new version helps users save a lot of time on their daily tasks. In addition to favorites and simplified copying tools, users can now also customize attributes for their own user profile so that their preferred default values are used for a symbol. Favorites display their own default values, making it even easier for users to specify the required attributes. In this way, every user receives a personalized design experience.

Rapid reuse of existing designs

Version 7.0 of the M4 P&ID FX software offers new functionality enabling P&IDs to be created and used even quicker. For example, parts of an existing P&ID can be easily copied for reuse in a new P&ID. Copied symbols are automatically checked for consistency when they are inserted in the new P&ID and their individual symbol tags are adjusted accordingly. This makes it very quick and easy to reuse parts of existing designs.

 

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Create a symbol legend with just one click

With version 7.0, a symbol legend can be quickly added to a P&ID. The symbol legend is automatically generated based on the symbols used in the P&ID. This saves a considerable amount of drafting time for every P&ID created. Accurate symbol legends are now only a click away.

 

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And much more: 2D CAD functionality and a DXF/DWG interface

In addition to intelligent P&ID functionality, M4 P&ID FX offers an extensive range of 2D CAD drawing tools. These tools can also be used to create and edit CAD drawings. The DXF/DWG interface enables drawings to be easily exchanged with customers and suppliers.

Availability

M4 P&ID FX version 7.0 is now available for download. The new version is focused on increased productivity and makes the creation of P&IDs even easier and faster. Customers with an active maintenance contract can download the new version directly from the customer portal at no additional charge.

About CAD Schroer

CAD Schroer is a global software development company and engineering solutions provider, helping to raise the productivity and competitiveness of customers working in manufacturing and plant design, including the automotive sector and its supply chain, the energy sector and public utilities. CAD Schroer has offices and subsidiaries throughout Europe and in the United States.

CAD Schroer’s product portfolio includes 2D/3D CAD, plant design, factory layout and data management solutions. Customers in 39 countries rely on MEDUSA4, MPDS4 and STHENO/PRO to provide an efficient, flexible and integrated design environment for all phases of product or plant design – cutting costs while raising quality. CAD Schroer emphasizes close customer partnerships and supports its clients’ objectives through extensive consultancy, training, development, software support and maintenance services. For more information, visit www.cad-schroer.com.

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